Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Left-over chicken stir fry & dumplings Tuesday: Ham, Baked potato, beets, and corn muffins Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Thanksgiving dinner Friday: Leftovers Saturday & Sunday: Either leftovers or something else (not sure yet) What I'm Reminiscing About... Lots of family memories as well as all of my trips to NY during the Holiday season. What I'm Loving... Christmas movies, music, and books! Making planner related Youtube videos. What I've Been Up To... My 2020 Erin Condren Life Planner arrived this month. On November 7th, I helped my best friend decorate for her wedding. We also got our nails done together. November 8th, we had the dress rehearsal for the wedding (I was a bridesmaid) and then we went to a really fun bowling alley and had food and bowled. November 9th, was my best friend's wedding day and I was so honored to be a part of her special day. I filmed and upload

In 2011, I purchased my first Erin Condren Life Planner. Fast forward a few years later and I started joining planner/planning related groups on Facebook. I found the group Planners Gone Wild and I've met so many amazing friends throughout the planner community because of this group. The admins of the Planners Gone Wild group put on a huge planner conference once a year called Go Wild. In 2016, the first Go Wild was in New Orleans. I did not attend that one. The admins knock the Go Wild planner conferences out of the park each and every time. Their attention to detail is impeccable. All of the sponsors, speakers, volunteers, entertainment, etc. do so much work for this event and it truly is a huge accomplishment that they pull off each year.  In 2017, they had the conference in Nashville, TN and that was my first conference that I attended. Here is a blog post about that trip:  Go Wild 2017 . In 2018, they had the conference in Austin, Texas. I've been meaning to

I'm linking up with Jana & Steph for the Show Us Your Books Link-up! Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood I liked this book. It wasn't my favorite book I've ever read (I rated it 3 stars on Goodreads), but I still enjoyed it. I want to read this author's other books so I added them to my TBR (to be read) list. No Judgments by Meg Cabot I adore Meg Cabot and her novels. She is one of my favorite authors. I really liked this book and would definitely recommend it, especially if you are a fan of Meg Cabot's work. I rated this book 4 stars. A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult is another favorite author of mine. I really liked this book. Sometimes I can have trouble keeping up with her books because of all the different characters and how the chapters are told from the different characters' points of view. I rated this book 3 stars. How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson I loved this book a lot. This is