Living a Joyful Life

                                                                       Currently Reading? Eight Perfect Hours –Lia Louis   Your book goal of 2023? 75   How many books read in 2020? 90   Fiction/Non-fiction ratio? 89/2   Male/Female authors? 89/2   Favorite book(s) read? 1.             Meet Me at the Lake – Carley Fortune 2.             An Evil Heart –Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder #15) 3.             Carrie Soto Is Back –Taylor Jenkins Reid 4.             The Darlings –Hannah McKinnon 5.             The Do over –Lynn Painter 6.             Better than the Movies –Lynn Painter 7.             Betting on You –Lynn Painter 8.             Happy Place –Emily Henry 9.             Two Truths and a Lie –Meg Mitchell Moore 10.           Left Field Love –C.W. Farnsworth 11.           The Next Chapter –Jana Kramer 12.           There’s something about Merry –Codi Hall 13.           Along Came Holly –Codi Hall 14.           If

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Christmas Dinner: Prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, string beans, brussels sprouts with bacon, salad, rolls Tuesday: Cheeseburger, fries, lima beans Wednesday: Stir fry I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Loving... The holiday season. Watching all of the many Christmas movies! NFL & college football. What I've Been Up To... My mom had surgery two weeks ago on her foot so I've been taking care of her. I've also been watching a ton of Christmas movies and football. I've also been watching lots of Youtube and reading. What I'm Dreading... The holiday season going by too fast (as it always does). What I'm Working On... I've been filming for my Youtube channel and I've also been scheduling out my January content for my channel. What I'm Excited About... All things Christmas! What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: NFL and colle

  Books I Read in November: The Holiday Mix-Up – Ginny Baird My Rating: 3 stars This book was cute but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would. I felt like it was a little repetitive. The ending was really sweet, though.   There’s something about Merry –Codi Hall My Rating: 5 stars I loved this book so much. The characters, the setting, the plot… I loved it all.   Along Came Holly –Codi Hall My Rating: 5 stars Another great novel by Codi Hall. This book, There’s something About Merry and Nick & Noel’s Christmas Playlist are part of the Mistletoe Romance series and I highly recommend this series. The characters, the setting and the plot for all of these books are just so lovely.   The Christmas Orphan’s Club –Becca Freeman My Rating: 4 stars I really enjoyed this novel. I liked the characters, the setting, and the plot. The only thing I didn’t like about this novel was that it was flipping around between different Christmases during 10 years a

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Late lunch of Chipotle so I just had some vegetables for dinner. Tuesday: Buffalo Wild Wings I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to visit my family during the holiday season! What I'm Loving... Watching all of the Christmas movies and listening to Christmas music. What I've Been Up To... Watching football, reading, planning out my content for my Youtube channel for December & January, watching Christmas movies, filming for my Youtube channel. What I'm Dreading... That the Christmas season will go by too fast, like it does every year. I always have the post-Christmas blues in January. What I'm Working On... Planning out my content for my Youtube channel for December & January. What I'm Excited About... All things Christmas! What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Football, Survior, Dancing With the Stars, Sullivan's Crossing (I highly recommend this show),

  The fall of Bradley Reed –Morgan Elizabeth My Rating: 3 stars This is the third novel in the Seasons of Revenge series. I really enjoyed this novel and I recently found out that there will be a fourth novel in this series. Faking Christmas –Kerry Winfrey My Rating: 4 stars This is my first Kerry Winfrey novel that I read (I have two more of her books on my Kindle) and her other books are on my TBR list. I really loved this book. The fake dating and enemies to lover’s trope were present in this novel. I love Christmas novels so much.   The Christmas Wager –Holly Cassidy My Rating: 4 stars This novel was super cute. I loved the relationship between the two main characters. I thought the concept of the holiday games in the book was so fun and unique. The Christmas Café –Eliza Evans My Rating: 5 stars This is Eliza Evans debut novel and I loved it so much! I loved the relationship between the main characters, the setting, the plot… I loved it all. However, it m

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Pepperoni roll Tuesday: Sausage & veggies I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About...  The last time the Mets were in the World Series in 2015. What I'm Loving... Spending time with family and friends, reading, watching sports/tv/movies, these new cookies I found at the grocery store. What I've Been Up To... Bestie day with ABA, time with mom, filming, reading, watching sports/tv/movies. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... Content schedule for November & December. What I'm Excited About... MLB playoffs & World Series, high school and college football and the NFL. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching... All the football and baseball, Hallmark movies. Reading...  A Winter in New York by Josie Silver. What I'm Listening To... Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt, Eric Church, Bailey Zimmerman, Jessie James Decker, Zoe Clark, Van Morrison. What I'm