Living a Joyful Life

This link-up was for Wednesday and I'm way late to it but I still wanted to do it. I had surgery on Tuesday and the recovery has been very slow and very painful. 1. What I'm Eating This Week... Monday: Meatball Subs Tuesday: Surgery Day (nothing for dinner) Wednesday & Thursday: Scrambled Egg for dinner Friday: Applesauce & Jello Saturday: Farina Sunday: Mashed potatoes 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... Christmases throughout the years Credit: Heather Stillufsen @  Rose Hill Design Studio 3. What I'm Loving... That my mom is the best mom, best friend, and best nurse in the world. She has taken such good care of me throughout my surgery & my very slow recovery. Credit: Heather Stillufsen @  Rose Hill Design Studio 4. What I'm Dreading... Up until the day of my surgery (December 20th), I was dreading my surgery. 6 days post-op I'm still dreading the almost constant pain. 5. What I'm Wor...

1. Thanksgiving Blessings I hope you all had a wonderful, happy, and blessed Thanksgiving day with your family & friends! I'm so very thankful for my family, having my mom as my mom & best friend, being an aunt, the planner community and the amazing friends I've met through it, the health of my family, friends, and myself, and my wonderful job working with children. Working with children is my passion and my dream job and I'm so thankful that I have the opportunity to do so. Credit:  This Site 2. Welcome, nephew A On Sunday, I became an aunt for the 10th time. Being an aunt is truly the best blessing. I have 7 nephews and 3 nieces whom I love, treasure, and adore. They are my pride and joy and I'm so very blessed to be their aunt and to have them in my life. Credit: SomeEcards.com 3. Balayage Hair I really want to do this to my hair. I've really only cut my hair, straightened it professional and had Keratin treatments d...

1. What We're Eating This Week: Monday: Outback. I treated my step-dad and mom to dinner to celebrate my step-dad's birthday. Tuesday: Grilled sausage, my step-dad's famous potatoes (so delicious), cauliflower Wednesday: Salmon & Salad Thursday: Thanksgiving Feast Friday: Left-overs Credit: MarthaStewart.com 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... Three years ago when my brother, SIL, nephews J & N came down to visit for Thanksgiving! We had the best time with them. We played lots of games, went to a Christmas lights show, celebrated Thanksgiving, went shopping, watched Christmas movies, and my nephews helped me put up and decorate the small tree I put up in my room. My brother, nephews, and I also went to the park and had an epic game of hide and go seek! Credit: QuoteDiary.Com 3. What I'm Loving... My family! Everyday I thank God for blessing me with the family I have. I just wish that I got to see my family more. T...

1. Insomnia & Sickness For the past month, I've had severe insomnia. I wake up about 5-10 times an hour every hour. I haven't had a full night's sleep in over a month. I've also been dealing with lots of aches & pains due to not being able to sleep. This week, I also have a stomach virus on top of everything else. I just want to feel better and be able to sleep through the night again. 2. Substituting I recently started substituting and I love it. I really enjoy working with the children and being in the classroom. I am so grateful and blessed to have this opportunity and it has been a wonderful experience! Credit:  This Site 3. Planner Event with Friends Next month, I'm attending a planner conference with some of my friends whom I've met through the planner community and I'm so excited. It sounds like it's going to be one fun and jam packed weekend! ^Photo of my 2017 Erin Condren Life Planner^ 4. Christma...

4 Jobs I've Had: 1. Babysitter 2. Customer service representative 3. Daycare worker 4. After-school child care worker Credit:  This Blog 4 Movies I've Watched More Than Once: 1. Love & Basketball 2. All of the Scream movies 3. Now & Then 4. Hocus Pocus Credit: IMDB.com 4 Books I Would Recommend: 1. The Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo 2. The Girl On The Train -Paula Hawkins 3. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour -Morgan Matson 4. The Time Traveler's Wife -Audrey Niffenegger Credit: Amazon.com Credit:  This Site 4 TV Shows I Watch: 1. Chicago PD 2. Chicago Fire 3. Chicago Med 4. Pitch Credit:  This Site 4 Things I'm Looking Forward To This Year: 1. Celebrating all of the holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Eve 2. My niece/God-daughter's birthday 3. Planner conference with some of my planner friends 4. Celebrating my birthday Credit:...

1. What I'm Eating This Week... Monday: Steak, veggies, baked potatoes Tuesday: Chick-Fil-A I'm not sure about the rest of the week 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... My weekend trip to NY last October to visit family. I spent quality time with my nieces & nephews. I watched the Mets in the World Series with my nephews, brother, and dad. I also went trick or treating with my niece/God-daughter O, attended my niece A's soccer game and attended my nephews J & N's football games! It was such a fun and special weekend. 3. What I'm Loving... My family, being an aunt, spending quality time with my mom, attending planner meet ups & hanging out with my planner friends! 4. What I've Been Up To... Earlier this month, Hurricane Matthew hit us. We didn't have damage except for our streets flooding and a piece of siding come off the house. However, a lot of surrounding areas weren't as lucky. My mom had a birthday...

Happy Birthday to my amazing mom! You are my life's greatest blessing. I'm so blessed to be your daughter and I'm so lucky and thankful to have you as my best friend. You have been a constant source of support, love, encouragement, and inspiration in my life. I love all of the many inside jokes and special memories we share together. I'm so very thankful for all of the fun times we've shared together as I grew up and the wonderful memories we continue to make every day. I cherish all of the time we spend together. I'm forever grateful that we have such a special bond and friendship. I hope your birthday is amazing as you are, Mom. Thank you for all that you are and all that you do. You are truly my hero and I'm so blessed to have you in my life as my mom and my best friend. Here's to many more birthdays and wonderful memories spent together! I love you so very much! Credit:  Southendgirlart on Etsy