Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Mom's homemade turkey soup Tuesday: Chicken with rice & veggies I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... All of the times I shared with my sweet Pumpkin girl. Sadly, in October, we had to put Pumpkin to sleep as she had aggressive cancer all over her body. It will be 2 months tomorrow that we had to say goodbye and my heart is so broken. I miss her and her cuddles so much. What I'm Loving... Watching all of the Christmas movies. What I've Been Up To... Watching Christmas movies, reading Christmas books, making planner/sticker purchases during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. What I'm Dreading... The pain and numbness in my hands that I've been dealing with due to my RA. What I'm Working On... Filming and planning out my content for January & February for my Youtube channel. What I'm Excited About... I won a cool giveaway through the Erin Condren affiliate progr...

  A Very Merry Meet Cute -Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (3 stars) I thought this novel was such a fun concept but I did find the novel to be a little lacking. I can't quite put my finger on it but I found it to be very slow at some parts. I did still enjoy it but it's not a novel I'll want to re-read every year at Christmas. I loved that the main character was a plus size woman, that was very refreshing to see.Warning: it was a very steamy novel so if you're not into that kind of novel, I'd skip this one. All I Want For Christmas -Maggie Knox (4 stars) First off, how cute is that cover? I really enjoyed this novel and would love to see a sequel (although most Christmas novels I read and I've read a ton of them don't seem to have sequels). I enjoyed the relationship between the main characters and the story line a-lot. Meet Me Under The Mistletoe -Jenny Bayliss (3 stars) I enjoyed this book a lot although there were some parts I didn't enjoy which i...