Living a Joyful Life

Feeling: Happy. I'm having a great Spring Break and I'm enjoying my time off. Reading: "A Girl's Best Friend" by Lindsey Kelk. She is one of my favorite authors (I have a lot!) and I love her books. This book is her latest novel. Watching: A few hours ago, I watched the latest episode of Chicago PD, which is my favorite TV show on air right now and one of my all time favorite TV shows. Listening To: The Vertical Podcast with JJ Redick Working On: Getting things done around my room: cleaning out my closets, cleaning & organizing my room. Needing: Quality time with my family in NY. Wanting:  ^These sneakers from the MLB Shop^ Excited: Baseball Opening Day on Sunday! Let's Go Mets!! Credit:  This Twitter Hoping: That I can Facetime with my nieces & nephews soon. Loving: Being an aunt to the most amazing nieces & nephews in the world. Being an aunt is my favorite thing in the world and I wouldn...

1. What We're Eating This Week... Sunday: Easter dinner at my Grandma's Monday: Pizza Tuesday: Chicken fajitas Wednesday: Salmon & Caesar salad Credit:  This Site 2. What I'm Reminiscing About... The Mets making it to the World Series last year. I'm so excited for baseball season and opening day this Sunday. 3. What I'm Loving... My family, being an aunt, Facetiming with my family in NY, Spring Break, baseball season, planning in my Erin Condren Life Planner, Etsy Sticker Shops, reading, watching my favorite TV shows 4. What I've Been Up To... Enjoying my Spring Break and also getting some things done around my room. 5. What I'm Dreading... Nothing that I can think of. 6. What I'm Working On... Getting things done in my room (cleaning out closets, donating clothes, cleaning/etc.) 7. What I'm Excited About... Baseball season! Let's Go Mets!! 8. What I'm Watching...

Feeling: Nostalgic... I've been thinking a lot lately about the amazing memories I have of the times I've spent with my nieces & nephews. Although I don't get to see them as much as I want as we live in different states, the times I do get to spend with them mean so very much to me.  Reading: A Girl's Best Friend -Lindsey Kelk Watching: I just watched the latest episode of Law & Order: SVU Listening To: Sam Hunt's album, Montevallo Working On: A list of things I want/need to do during Spring Break Needing: Deep clean my room & clean out both of my closets and donate clothes Wanting: Quality time with my family in NY Excited: that this is my last day of work before Spring Break Hoping: The pollen is completely gone soon Loving: My family, being an aunt, country music, planning in my Erin Condren planner, spending quality time with my mom, Spring Break

I Confess... …that missing my family in NY never gets any easier. I miss out on so much with them: birthdays, holidays, my nieces & nephews sports & activities and everything else. It’s hard only getting to see them a few times a year. I miss them all so much especially my nieces & nephews. Being an aunt is my favorite thing in the world and it’s so hard not getting to see them a lot. I hate it. …this pollen is driving me insane. My eyes are a big, itchy, watery, red mess and it’s driving me crazy. They hurt so much and are constantly irritating and bothering me. …that I’m scared to have my tonsils removed. I’ve only had one surgery in my lifetime (gallbladder removal). While the surgery itself went well, I had a lot of complications afterwards so I’m very afraid of having another surgery. …I couldn’t be more excited for Spring Break to start. Today is my last day of work before having 10 days off (including weekends). I plan on cleaning out my closets,...

1. St. Patrick's Day I'm 50% Irish and 50% Italian so my family has always celebrated St. Patrick's Day. Since St. Patrick's Day fell on a weekday, we're having our St. Patrick's meal on Saturday. I'm so excited for corn beef, cabbage, potatoes/carrots, and Irish Soda Bread. ^I posted this collage to Instagram yesterday with the caption saying "Happy St. Patrick's Day from my green eyed fur babies!"^ 2. Spring Training/Baseball Season I'm so ready for opening day of baseball season. The NY Mets made it to the World Series this year but lost to the Kansas City Royals. Hopefully this year, they can win it all! I'm so excited to watch baseball on TV and hopefully I can attend a game in NY this summer when I'm up visiting my family. The Mets first game in the regular season is ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball game at night against the Kansas City Royals in a match-up of last year's World Series. The Mets home ...

Feeling: Itchy. Pollen is everywhere and my eyes are constantly itchy and watery. My eyes are so red when I'm outside at work that some of the kids come over and ask if I've been crying. One boy asked me if I had pink eye in both my eyes yesterday. Reading:  I'm still reading The Wild One by Gemma Burgess Watching: My favorite TV shows, lots of Youtube & Periscope videos Listening To: A Periscope video Thinking About: What I need to put on my shopping list Needing: For the pollen to go away completely. Wanting: To go to a bunch of stores Annoyed: That my allergies are so bad. My eyes hurt so badly every day. Excited: for a trip to NY next month. It's just a quick 3 day weekend trip but it's better than nothing. I'm so excited to see my family. Hoping: To finalize some plans soon Loving: My family, planning in my Erin Condren Life Planner, baseball season, the New York Mets, Spring Break happening soon, sticke...

Feeling: Lazy Reading: The Wild One -Gemma Burgess (This is book 3 in the Brooklyn Girls series) Watching: All of my favorite TV shows including the new season of Survivor Listening To: Matthew Morrison, Sam Hunt, Kenny Chesney, the Finding Neverland Original Broadway Cast Recording Soundtrack Thinking About: Things I want to get done over Spring Break Needing: For the pollen and allergy season to not be bad this Spring Wanting: Quality time with my family Annoyed: At doctor's bills Excited: for baseball season, the planner meetup I'm attending this weekend, and Spring Break Hoping: For certain plans to fall into place Loving: My family, being an aunt, baseball/the NY Mets, Netflix Credit:  This Tumblr

Saturday: I attended a planner meet up a few hours from where I live and then my mom and I spent the night at my aunt's house. We had pizza for dinner and my cousin, his wife, and their kids came over for desert. At night, my mom, aunt, and I watched Sommersby which is an older movie with Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. I really liked it. ^Planner stack from the meet up^ Sunday: My mom and I drove home. On the way home, we stopped at Moe's for lunch. I did some things around the house when I got home and then I did my first Periscope video. I watched some TV shows I had recorded on my DVR and just relaxed the rest of the day/night. ^I saw this quote on Reese Witherspoon's Instagram and I absolutely love it!^

1. Etsy Haul Video In the past few months, I made some more Etsy purchases because I'm a total planner and sticker addict. LOL. I ordered from the shops: Libbie & Co., Whimsical Plans, It's Planning Time, and Notions From Nonny. I always do a video for my Youtube channel sharing my Etsy haul. Here is the video if you want to check it out. 2. Turks & Caicos I'm so excited to share that I will be going back to Turks & Caicos next year for a vacation. I went to Turks & Caicos once before, as a gift from graduating from college. I went in February of 2012 and I fell in love with the Caribbean ocean and the resort we stayed at was amazing. I've been wanting to go back again and I'm so glad that I will be able to. ^Me in Turks & Caicos in 2012^ 3. Neph-dog Rocky My brother and his family recently brought home their new dog, a golden retriever puppy named Rocky. I got to Facetime with him earlier this week and he is ju...

Feeling: Happy and content Reading: I'm finishing Turning The Tables by Teresa Giudice and then I will be starting Make A Christmas Wish by Julia Williams. I had a bunch of books I wanted to read over the holiday season but I didn't get a chance to. This is the last Christmas one I have to read. I love Julia William's Christmas books. Watching: Fuller House. I got Netflix yesterday and I'm so happy to have it. Last night, I watched the premiere episode of Fuller House and I loved it. It brought back so many memories of one of my favorite TV shows as a child. Listening To: Julianne Hough, Lea Michele, Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Andy Grammer Thinking About: What I need to get at the grocery store tonight Needing: Quality time with my family Wanting: To get my tax refund back soon Annoyed: That I didn't end up finding something that I had lost Excited: For the planner meet ups I have this weekend & next weekend. I'm also ex...

I'm still working my way through reading Christmas novels. I have 1 more to go. 1. One Wish In Manhattan -Mandy Baggot (4 out of 5 stars) 2. For The Love of Christmas -Kate Forster (4 out of 5 stars) 3. A Miracle At Macy's -Lynn Marie Hulsman (3.5 out of 5 stars) All images from Goodreads.com