Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Leftovers from Sunday: Chicken, vegetables, rice Tuesday: Salmon, green beans, carrots and I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... The two trips I've taken to the Caribbean. Both of these trips happened in February and I always reminisce about them during the month of February (and lets be honest... I think about them a lot more often than that. The Caribbean Ocean soothes my soul.) ^First trip to Turks & Caicos in 2012.^ What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom and my friends, filming IG Live videos, watching TV/movies. What I've Been Up To... Lots of doctor appointments. What I'm Dreading... Some things that I can't talk about. What I'm Working On... Blog posts. What I'm Excited About... Baseball season! Let's Go Mets! Credit:  This Site What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching:...

1. Health Update While this first thing isn't a favorite, I want to include it anyway. I've been dealing with a lot of ongoing health issues recently and in the past 2 years. I've been diagnosed with hip bursitis and have yet to find any relief for the constant and excruciating pain in my left hip. We have tried countless things to help lessen my pain. I have been to so many doctor's appointments and tried so many things and have yet to find any relief. I also have rheumatoid arthritis and I've been struggling a lot lately between both of these issues. I feel like I'm a burden to lots of people, especially my job and my family. I've been praying so much and reading lots of self help books and trying to do things I enjoy because all of these health issues have left me feeling so depressed, stressed, emotional and beyond worn out. My favorite word is JOY and I'm trying to not let everything that's been happening lately, steal my JOY but someti...

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Chicken, sweet potato, zucchini with shallots & onions Tuesday: Leftovers Wednesday: Fish, quinoa, broccoli Thursday: Pork chop, veggies, salad Friday: Salmon, roasted veggies, fruit salad Saturday: Out to eat with a friend Sunday: Not sure What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the Caribbean. They both took place in February and I'm always itching to go back there to the ocean I love so dear. ^Photo from my first trip to Turks & Caicos.^ What I'm Loving... Self-help books. (I will be posting about the two books I read in January sometime next week.) What I've Been Up To... Working and doctor's appointments. What I'm Dreading... Being in constant pain everyday. What I'm Working On... Lesson plans and blog posts. What I'm Excited About... Hanging out with friends this weekend. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watc...