ABOUT ME

I’m Sonya Cox, a southern lifestyle blogger and content creator on YouTube, living in the suburbs of the Nashville, TN area. I am retired from a career in HR/Payroll for 38 years.

Married to my retired hubby “Chef George” for 34 years. George also recently retired and is loving it. I fondly refer to him as “Chef George” as he loves to cook… and does most of the cooking. We have a daughter, Katy who is married to Cody and living on a ranch in Texas along with our grandsons, River and Trace. We love traveling to Texas any time we can to visit our Texas crew.

We have two dogs, a Golden Retriever/Beagle Mix named “Dexter” that we rescued in May of 2022. And in May of 23 we added another rescue, a long haired chihuahua that we named “Maddie”. Maddie rules the house and loves to boss around Dexter at any time even though he is 8 times her size! We have a senior black cat named “Little Bit” who can be a “little bit” of a troublemaker on occasion – can’t forget him! And then his somewhat twin lookalike, “Elmo” has decided also to call us family this year.

In 2021, we moved my mother to live near us in a new villa built about 20 minutes away. She no longer drives, is partially blind, and requires some attention from us to help her out.

I enjoy being retired and I love to spend time being geeky, writing this blog, making and editing videos, making plans with George, taking care of Momma, doing some serious bible study, and spending time with our fun loving, cocktail sipping, music-loving -foodie friends. I enjoy reading, traveling, and watching other’s YouTube Videos, playing Farmville2. I’m adding a few new hobbies recently such as bread-making and jewelry making into the mix.

What you see here, much like life, takes on many forms and will change from day to day especially in these golden years of retirement as I share all the things we are engaging in, our trips, our ups and downs, our goals and life lessons.

I always post my YouTube video links every Saturday morning around 7:00-7:30 a.m CST. God sets my paths, and He will be here among these pages. True to the blogs name, I seek ways to relax and sip coffee or have a glass of wine. Once and for all, in retirement I am finding where “time” went all these years, and I’m going to enjoy the less hustle and more coffee (or wine)! 🙂

What Will You Get From This Blog?

  • Taking time to LEARN about the world around you
  • Exploring/Travel
  • Nashville area blog posts, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, and more
  • Fun ways to decorate
  • Dreaming, stretching, reaching for those goals
  • Taking time to reflect on what is important
  • Taking time to plan life
  • Pausing for prayer, devo, and journaling
  • Digging deep within yourself to understand yourself
  • Self-Help; Be your own therapist!
  • Being more efficient in the life you live
  • Struggle along with me for a Health and Wellness Journey
  • Aging gracefully together
  • Loving our family and friends, and a sharing of quality time
  • Sharing of beautiful moments and making life special
  • Recovering from sad moments
  • How to have FUN while getting things done
  • Enjoyment of good Coffee
  • Enjoyment of good Wine
  • Loving and embracing pets
  • Sharing things we love

The REAL truth. This is a REALITY blog, of me sharing my life existence with you, and so you never know what life balls will be thrown my way from day to day. I am usually brutally honest with my posts. I share life each day as I saw it the day before.

Journaling and vlogging and capturing my days have been the best and most lasting hobbies I have ever had. It has always opened doors for me and leads to many other hobbies as life evolves.

Thanks for being here and I hope you will follow along.

The YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4sHeSAsISlEW8qjJAK1TcQ