Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Outback. I had steak with Caesar salad and loaded mashed potatoes. Tuesday: Pizza Wednesday: Cheeseburger, French fries, veggies Thursday: Pot stickers, veggies Friday: Sausage and mac & cheese I'm not sure about this weekend. What I'm Reminiscing About... My Summer trips to NY. I think I reminisce about those trips all Summer long. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom and my cats when I'm not working. At work, getting to know our new class of students. What I've Been Up To... On August 4th, I got to spend the entire day with my best friend, A. We had so much fun together. August 11th-August 15th, I was in a different part of the state for training for my job. The first day of school started on August 20th with our new class of students. I had an epidural on August 27th in hopes to help with my hip/back pain and I've been in more pain since I've had it. W...

The Friends We Keep by Jane Green I really like Jane Green's novels and I have the rest of her novels that I haven't already read on my TBR list. I really liked this novel. It was sometimes hard to keep with the alternating characters and story lines but overall I really liked it. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads. When You Read This by Mary Adkins I didn't really enjoy this novel as much as I thought I would. It was a novel told through letters, e-mails, etc. and I normally love those types of novels but this one was kind of blah for me. I rated it 2 stars on Goodreads. Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis I really enjoyed this novel, just like I enjoyed Girl, Wash Your Face. I love her books and I find that I get a lot out of them. I rated this book 4 stars. Shamed by Linda Castillo This is the 11th novel in the Kate Burkholder series. I love this mystery series. I came across this series after watching a Lifetime movie whi...

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Leftover pasta Tuesday: BLT and fruit Wednesday: Cheeseburger and french fries Thursday: Leftover pasta Friday: Sweet potato (my throat has been bothering me all week and I just did not feel like eating a regular dinner) Saturday: Steak and mashed potatoes but my throat is hurting me a-lot so I'm going to just eat some mashed potatoes. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trip to NY last Summer. What I'm Loving... I recently got a new job and I'm loving it. I'm an assistant teacher in the 4K (pre-kindergarten) class at a pre-school. What I've Been Up To... Working and reading. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... Outside of work, I'm continuing to make and upload planner videos for Youtube. What I'm Excited About... My new job, the reboot of Beverley Hills 90210. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watchin...