The Quarantine 15

Can you believe Mark didn’t even know what the “freshman 15” was? He had never hear that expression before. Is it a just a girl thing? Or does he just not pay attention to slang? Anyone else spend the first month of this quarantine not worrying about calories or fat or eating treats? I think

Puppies during Pandemic

You all remember Hank? Hank the Tank, the yellow lab puppy. A little backstory and then I’ll give you the update and skinny on how much Hank loves the pandemic. Hank is a now 16 month old yellow Labrador Retriever. We hadn’t planned on getting a dog, in 2019 we lost our black lab, Ebony

Rosemary Beach Florida

This past weekend was the weekend I was to be in Rosemary Beach Florida with my Rodan and Fields team. I literally have looked forward to it for a year. I’ve done a lot of soul searching about how I’m feeling about missing this and about missing our annual spring break trek to Destin, Florida.

Packing Lists

Winter is ending and springtime is coming, that means it is TRAVEL TIME! In our family we take two type of vacations. One is the road trip in the mini van where we can bring everything we will possibly need, sometimes we include some small cooking appliances if we are in a hotel room for

Tuxedo Pants and Ruffles

I’ve been busy the past couple of nights booking hotels, airlines and rental cars for a couple of different trips in March. The first one, Jackson and his college baseball team play at a tournament in Winter Haven, Florida over their spring break. Winter Haven is between Orlando and Tampa. Last year we stayed at

Denim and Polka Dots

It’s Taco Tuesday today. As often as possible we try to have have Taco Tuesday with our neighbors. Literally Tacos on Tuesdays! I hope you are as blessed with neighbors as we are. To the south are our neighbors who have lived there for 20+ years. We have great history, Mark and Mr. neighbor went

Grey and Pearls

Does anyone else leave notes for their family and on the bathroom mirror? I’m not sure how we came up with that system, but it’s very effective because they all need to use the restroom and there is the mirror, so big you can’t miss it! A little scotch tape, a dry erase marker and

Suede Leggings

Anyone else just love a lazy day at home? Today is Sunday, we went to 11:00 Mass, heard an amazing homily, as always, thank you Father Jegar! Came home to shovel the drive, back patio and flat part of the roof. After that, other than laundry, I really didn’t have anything I HAD to do,

#baseballbreak

I am blessed, I get to take 2 Florida vacations again this year! (and possibly 3…. Shhh don’t tell my husband!!). One is our annual trek to the emerald coast during our school’s spring break and the other is a trip to the Orlando area to watch Jackson and his college baseball team play in