Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday... Salad with chicken Tuesday: Leftovers Wednesday: Chicken parm. & pasta Thursday: Takeout, I think I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... As usual this time of year, I'm thinking about all of my trips to the lake and my trips to visit my family during the summertime.  What I'm Loving... Reading, watching baseball (even though the Mets game have been leaving me depressed). What I've Been Up To... June 1st-June 4th: The last couple of days that I was visiting my family. June 3rd: Went to the Mets game and met my friend Ana in person after being Internet friends for years. Other than that, I've been doing a lot of reading, watching Youtube, watching baseball. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... Filming and uploading for my Youtube channel. What I'm Excited About... I was excited to go to the Mets game (even though we ended up losing), meeting...

  Meet Me at the Lake -Carley Fortune My Rating: 5 stars This is the second novel from Carley Fortune and she has been added to my list of favorite authors. I absolutely love that her first two books take place at a lake. If you haven't read her books yet, I highly recommend both of them. I loved this book just as much as her first one and I can't wait to read more from her. Happy Place -Emily Henry My Rating: 5 stars I absolutely loved this book. I think it's probably my favorite Emily Henry book (although I have loved them all). I love the characters in this novel, the setting and I loved the ending. Love in the time of Serial Killers -Alicia Thompson My Rating: 3 stars While I did enjoy this book, it wasn't my favorite and I don't see myself re-reading it but it was enjoyable enough. I did like the development of the relationship between the two main characters. Smart Girl Summer -Kristin Rockaway My Rating: 3 stars This was a cute summer read. I liked all of...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: BBQ (Sliders, chicken, steak, corn, salad) Tuesady: Leftovers from BBQ Wednesday: Fried ravioli and chicken Thursday: Pasta Friday: Chicken, zucchini, salad Saturday: Early lunch before I went to baseball game, donut/milkshake combo at ballpark, chips & salad as a snack when I got home Sunday: Pasta, chicken, salad What I'm Reminiscing About... My wonderful trips to visit my family during the spring/summer months. What I'm Loving... Quality time with family, baseball, reading. What I've Been Up To... On the 3rd I spent the day with my best friend and her daughter. Celebrated my mom on Mother's Day. I watched lots of baseball. Trip to visit my family and lots of quality family time. What I'm Dreading... On the 5th, it was Pumpkin's 10th birthday and the first one she's celebrating in Heaven. It was a really emotional day. I miss her so badly that my heart aches from missing her everyday. As of May 1st, it's...