Living a Joyful Life

  These are the books I read in March. Conditions of a Heart –Bethany Mangle My Rating: 4 stars This books focuses on a senior in high school with a chronic illness and how she navigates life. As someone with a chronic illness myself, I related to this book a lot. I really liked this novel.   The Someday Daughter –Ellen O’Clover My Rating: 4 stars I really enjoyed this novel. I loved the relationships in this book, the setting, the storyline. I thought it was all really good.   Seven Percent of Ro Devereux –Ellen O’Clover My Rating: 4 stars I loved the relationship between the main characters in this book. I really love this author’s writing style.   Ready or Not –Cara Bastone My Rating: 4 stars I loved this book so much. I love the relationships between all of the characters in the book. This book centers on an unplanned pregnancy and how the character adapts and grows throughout her new journey.   Happily Never After –Lynn Painter My Rating: 5 st

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Salad and cheesy garlic bread Tuesday: Salad and fruit I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to visit my family. What I'm Loving... March Madness! What I've Been Up To... Packing up my room. I'm getting the carpet ripped out and a floor installed so we had to move everything downstairs. What I'm Dreading... Putting everything back in my room. I know I will be happy once it's done but just thinking about it is stressing me out. What I'm Working On... Besides packing up my room, I also filmed some videos for Youtube. What I'm Excited About... The start of baseball season! Let's Go Mets! March Madness tournament for men's and women's college basketball. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: College basketball, Hallmark, regular TV shows Reading: Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey What I'm Listening To... Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Morgan Wallen, Bailey Zi

  Here are the books I read in February: Finding Mr. Purrfect by Codi Gary My Rating: 4 stars This book is super adorable. I loved all of the cat elements. I really enjoyed the relationship between the main characters and their friends. Phoebe’s Diary –Phoebe Wahl My Rating: 3 stars “Drawn from real life, here is a bracingly honest illustrated diary of a teenage girl that captures the explosive turmoil and joy of adolescence.” This is a good book and it went fast since there was lots of drawings along with the diary entries. No matter how old I get, I still love diary type books like this.   Borrow My Heart –Kasie West My Rating: 3 stars I love the cover of this book so much. I thought this book was super cute. I loved the relationship between the main character and dog in this book, as well as her relationships with her family, best friend, and love interest.   I Kissed Shara Wheeler –Casey McQuiston My Rating: 3 stars I enjoyed this novel. I really liked the re

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Rice dish with steak and veggies Tuesday: Steak, broccoli, pasta salad Wednesday: Tacos I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... The two trips I took to the Caribbean both happened in February, so every February always sees me reminiscing about those trips. What I'm Loving... Reading, watching movies, listening to music, filming for my Youtube channel, watching Youtube. What I've Been Up To... Watching TV/movies/Youtube, reading, filming. What I'm Dreading... The pollen season. It bothers my allergies so much. What I'm Working On... Filming for my Youtube channel, planning out my March content. What I'm Excited About... In February I was excited about the Superbowl. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: New seasons of my TV shows that I watch, Netflix, Hallmark, the Superbowl. Reading: I read 5 books this month. What I'm Listening To... Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan, Sam Hunt, Ba

  Here are the books I read in January 2024: Eight Perfect Hours –Lia Louis My Rating: 4 stars I enjoyed this book. I loved the relationship between the main characters. This book was also a little sad and I got a little weepy and in my feelings at times. Claus & Effect –Piper Rayne My Rating: 4 stars What a super cute and fun festive read. I loved the main characters and all of their misadventures they had throughout the book and I absolutely loved the ending. There was a bonus chapter I downloaded after finishing the book and that was super cute too. I have one more Christmas book left to read this month. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight –Jennifer E. Smith My Rating: 4 stars This book was super cute and I really loved it. I have read two of her other books as well and I want to read the rest of them. The Getaway List –Emma Lord My Rating: 4 stars Another great novel by Emma Lord. I always love her characters so much. I loved the friendships between the characte

What We're Eating This Week... Monday. Takeout: salad & cheesy bread Tuesday: Meatloaf, baked mac & cheese, acorn squash Wednesday: Leftovers of meatloaf and baked mac & cheese and a vegetable What I'm Reminiscing About... My two trips to the Caribbean that both happened in February. One was in 2011 and the other was in 2018 I believe. I love the Caribbean ocean so much and I wish it was closer to where I live so that I could swim in it more often. What I'm Loving... Watching the football playoffs. One game left of the season in February.. the big game. It will be the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49er's. What I've Been Up To... I've been doing the usual: planning/filming for my YT channel, reading, watching football/tv/movies and Youtube. What I'm Dreading... Nothing I want to talk about. What I'm Working On... Filming for my Youtube channel and working on my February content schedule. What I'm Excited About... Football playof