Living a Joyful Life

Here are the books I read in November: 1. This Christmas: Stories by Jane Green, Jennifer Coburn, & Liz Ireland (loved a lot ; 4 out of 5 stars) 2. Chicken Soup For The Soul: Christmas Treasury -Various Authors (liked ; 2.5 out of 5 stars) 3. Home For Christmas -Thomas Kinkade & Jo Ann Brown (liked ; 2.5 out of 5 stars) 4. Shopaholic To The Rescue -Sophie Kinsella (loved a lot ; 4.5 out of 5 stars) All images from  GoodReads.com

I'm so very thankful for all of my blessings in my life, especially my amazing family and being an aunt. Credit:  This Site I hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving with your family & loved ones!

1. What We're Eating This Week Sunday: Meatloaf and baked mac & cheese Monday: Leftovers Tuesday: Pizza Wednesday: Not sure about tonight Thursday: Traditional Thanksgiving dinner This Weekend: Thanksgiving leftovers Credit:  This Pin 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... Spending Thanksgiving as a child with my family at my aunt's house with lots of aunts/uncles/cousins and creating so many wonderful family memories together. Credit:  This Site 3. What I'm Loving... My family, the holiday & Christmas season, Christmas movies & music, this season of Dancing With The Stars, my new purse/travel blog, planning in my Erin Condren planners, reading, Fall TV shows Credit:  This Site 4. What I've Been Up To... Today I got a lot done as we are having people over for the holiday tomorrow. I vacuumed, swept the front walkway & stoop, cleaned the stairs, emptied the dishwasher, wiped the cabinets, cut u...

I found this survey/meme on this blog:  Meghananna  and I decided I wanted to do it on my blog. 1. What is your middle name? Rae 2. What was your favorite subject in high school? Creative writing & my English classes 3. What is your favorite drink? Iced coffee 4. What is your favorite song at the moment? I have a lot of favorite songs but here are just a few: House Party -Sam Hunt, Keep Your Head Up -Andy Grammer, What I Never Knew I Always Wanted -Carrie Underwood 5. What is your favorite food? Pasta 6. What is the last thing you bought? Groceries 7. Favorite book of all time? The Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo 8. Favorite color? Electric blue & hot pink 9. Do you have any pets? Two cats: Davey & Pumpkin. <3 10. Favorite perfume? I usually just wear the scents from Bath & Body Works. 11. Favorite Holiday? Christmas 12. Are you married? No 13. Have you ever been out of the...

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 every month. Here is what I received in my November PSMH Box: ^November Information Card & What Inspired This Month's Box^ Capri Blue Mercury Jewel Box in Rain Retails for: $18.95 This candle is really pretty. I gave it to my mom to put in the library downstairs. My subscriptions overlapped again and I ended up getting two boxes. I put the other candle on the My Subscription Addiction swap site. From the information card: "Doubling as a candle and a jewelry holder, this mercury jewel box smells and looks divine. Once the candle burns out, reuse the hand blown recycled glass box to hold all your keepsakes." Gramr Gratitude Co. Exclusive Thanksgiving Postcard Pack Retails for: $10 I love decorative photos/magazine clippings/postcards etc. and these are so beautiful. I'm keeping both packs but...

Here are the books I read in October: 1. Mr. Maybe -Jane Green (liked ; 2.5 out of 5 stars) 2. Falling Stars -Ashlyne Huff Revelette (loved a lot ; 4.5 out of 5 stars) 3. Coming Home Again (Book 1 in Series) -T.I. Lowe (loved ; 3.5 out of 5 stars) 4. Julia's Journey (Book 2 in Series) -T.I. Lowe (loved ; 3.5 out of 5 stars) All images from  Goodreads

+ Nephew M’s 1st birthday <3 + Mom’s birthday + Dad’s birthday + Celebrating my mom’s birthday with her + Weekend in NY (10/30-11/2) + Trick or treating with niece O + Quality time with my family in NY + Niece A’s soccer game. She scored her first goal of the season! + Shopping with mom + Mets made it to the World Series Credit: nym_news on Instagram +Watching games 3 & 4 of the World Series with my dad + Received a lovely package filled with planner goodies from a friend + Halloween + Received my October Pop Sugar Must Have box + Read some great books

1. Halloween Recap As mentioned in my previous post, I spent last weekend in NY. I squeezed a lot of fun stuff in a short amount of time, especially on Halloween. I saw my sister/best friend C, niece A, nephew M, BIL A, and fur niece T in the morning. We went to my niece's soccer game where she scored her first goal of the season and this super proud, loud, & crazy aunt went nuts when that happened as did the soccer star's wonderful mom. We were very surprised that we didn't wake up my nephew who was sleeping in his stroller. After the game, I was able to spend some more time with them before heading on to my next adventure of the day: seeing my sister/best friend K, nephew M, niece O, BIL M, fur nephew S, & fur nephew B. I went trick or treating with my niece which was a lot of fun. I haven't been to NY in Halloween for a few years so it was really nice to be able to be in  NY for the holiday. My nephew, niece, and I played Scrabble. My niece & nep...

Friday: -flew to NY -picked up take out Applebee's for dinner -watched the Mets game with my dad Saturday: -spent the morning/early afternoon with my sister C, BIL A, niece A, & nephew M -played with my niece A & nephew M -watched my niece A's soccer game where she scored her first goal of the season -spent the afternoon/early evening with my sister K, BIL M, nephew M, niece O, and my dad -went trick or treating with my niece O -played Scrabble with my niece & nephew -enjoyed a delicious dinner with my family -watched the Mets game with my dad Sunday: -watched my nephews J & N football games -threw the football around with my nephew N -played with my nephews J & N -watched football with my nephews, dad, & brother -watched the Mets in the last game of the World Series with my nephews, dad, & brother Monday: -flew back to SC & went to work