Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Chicken, rice, Brussel sprouts Tuesday: Shrimp skewers, Mac & Cheese, beets Wednesday: Burrito and leftover Mac & Cheese I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to visit my family in the summer time. What I'm Loving... I was able to spend the weekend visiting my family. My nephew N made his confirmation and he asked me to be his sponsor. What I've Been Up To... Weekend trip to visit family, watching lots of baseball and TV, reading. We rescued/adopted a new cat. His name is Mango and he is so adorable and sweet. What I'm Dreading... Nothing that I want to talk about. What I'm Working On... Nothing at the moment What I'm Excited About... Baseball season, visiting my family this summer. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Baseball, regular TV shows, The Night Shift on Netflix Reading: I just finished reading By the Book by Jasmine Guillory. What I'm Listening

  I didn't pick up my first book this month until April 13 but I still managed to read 5 books this month. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo -Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars) I really loved this book. Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favorite authors. I haven't read a book of hers that I didn't love so far. I highly recommend this author and her novel The rest of the books I read this month are all written by Julie Murphy. If the Shoe Fits -Julie Murphy (4 stars) This book is the first novel in the Meant To Be series which takes Disney fairytales and makes this into modern day stories. This book focused on the Cinderella storyline. I loved this book so much. Dumplin' -Julie Murphy (3 stars) I loved this book. It was so fun and unique. It is a movie on Netflix and I'm going to watch that too. Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin' 2.5) -Julie Murphy (3 stars) This is a cute and fast story. It made me a little sad but it was still good. Ramona Blue -Julie Murphy (3 stars) This