Living a Joyful Life

Here are the books I read in August: 1. Suburbanistas -Pamela Redmond Satran 2. Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love and Being Comfortable In Your Skin... Every Inch Of It -Brittany Gibbons 3. The Visibles -Sara Shepard 4. Maybe In Another Life -Taylor Jenkins Reid 5. Girl, Online -Zoe Sugg 6. Second Chance Friends -Jennifer Scott 7. This One Is Mine -Maria Semple All Images above from Goodreads.com I loved Brittany Gibbons book! I wanted to share one of my favorite passages (I enlarged the photo so it's easier to read): Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid was an amazing book and I definitely recommend it. I rated it 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads!

Highlights from my trip to NY this Summer: + Spending quality time with my family <3 (always my favorite thing to do) + Seeing my nephew M & niece O perform in two plays (Grease & The Sound of Music) ; they were absolutely phenomenal!! + Attending two Mets game (one with my dad & one with my nephews J & N, brother R, & SIL A) + Weekend trip to the lake (I grew up going here every summer for a week and it is still my favorite place to visit!) + Shopping with my sister C, niece A, & nephew M + Lots of swimming with my nephews & nieces + Seeing a bunch of my cousins & second cousins and two of my aunts + Going to my favorite New York restaurant with my dad

This link-up takes place on the last Wednesday of every month. 1. What We're Eating This Week... Sunday: Stuffed peppers & mashed potatoes Monday: I went out to dinner with a friend. We went to Chili's. I had a chicken quesadilla, broccoli, and loaded mashed potaotes. It was really delicious. Tuesday: Spinach & cheese ravioli & salad 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... My three weeks spent in New York spending quality time with my family. I miss them all so much already. Credit: djmelodie.tumblr 3. What I'm Loving... The TV show Scream that premiered on MTV this summer! I think there's either 1 or two episodes left of the season and I really hope it comes back for another season! Credit: Google 4. What We've Been Up To... I started back to work on the first day of the school year last week. I've been watching a ton of baseball and David Wright finally came back this past Monday (he's only...

1. Daily Bumps  Youtube Channel The Daily Bumps Youtube Channel is easily my favorite channel on Youtube. It is a daily vlog (video blog) that follows the lives of Bryan, Missy, & Ollie. The family is so fun to watch and you can just tell how awesome, funny, and amazing they are from their videos. I found their channel about 2 months ago and I've watched every day since. When I got back from my trip to visit family, one of the first things I did on the computer was catch up on the vlogs I missed while I was away. If you're looking for a fun vlog to follow or just fun videos to watch, I would definitely recommend this channel with TWO THUMBS UP!! 2. First Day Back To Work My summer vacation is officially over as yesterday started the first day of school. I had a wonderful summer and a great trip to NY (which I will I have a blog post about this weekend). The summer went by so quick, as is the year in general! I can't believe it's almost September! ...

This is my second year subscribing to Pop Sugar Must Have Box and I'm such a huge fan of this subscription box and I really enjoy receiving it each month. Here is what I received in my August PSMH box: ^August Information Card^ ^What Inspired August's box^ ^Information card^ American Colors Mediterranean Plaid Scarf Retails for: $79 Honestly, I'm kind of over PopSugar sending scraves. This is my second full year being a subscriber and I believe this is the 3rd scarf I've received from them. I don't wear scraves often so that's the main reason why I don't like receiving them. I've kept two scraves I've gotten and then I gave one to my mom. I put this up on the swap site and if no one wants it, I'll give it to my mom. Pastel Best Day Ever Mug Retails for: $12 This is such a super cute mug. I love the design of it and the saying is really cool. Royal Apothic Tea Balm Firming Eye Treatment Retails for...

Here are the books I read in July: 1. Babyville -Jane Green 2. After The Storm: A Kate Burkholder Novel -Linda Castillo 3. Angels -Marian Keyes All Images From  Good Reads

July Happy & Loved List: + Nephew N’s birthday + Visit from family: sister C, BIL A, niece A, nephew M & spent quality time with them <3 + Bonded with my baby nephew M + Took nephew M swimming for the first time and he loved it + Trip to NY (I left on July 21st) & quality time with my family that lives there + Mets game with my dad (walk off win by Wilmer Flores) + Saw my nephew M & niece O perform in two plays + Saw my cousin’s and my second cousins E & A + Lots of swimming while I was in NY + Visit from Aunt S and cousins T & K + Local music impersonators show with my mom that was a lot of fun + Celebrated the Fourth of July with my family + Family shopping trips + Auntie’s Day on the 26th + New book in the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo came out (All of her books are amazing!) + Won third place in the book ch...