Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Roasted pork, beets Tuesday: Leftovers Wednesday: Salad Thursday: Stuffed pepper & zucchini fritters Friday: Leftovers I'm not sure about the weekend. What I'm Reminiscing About... I've been thinking a lot lately about when my nephews and nieces were little. They have grown up so fast. (2 nephews in college, 2 nieces in college, a nephew who's a senior in HS, a niece who's a junior in HS, a nephew who's a sophomore in HS, a nephew in 7th grade, a nephew in 5th grade, and a nephew in 2nd grade). What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom, spending time with my cats, watching baseball, visit to see my family. What I've Been Up To... I visited my family for two weeks this month. I had a good time seeing everyone but my pain is so bad that it affects so much of my everyday life.  ^Personal photo that I took a while back when I was going to visit my family.^ What I'm Dreading... Being in pain every day. W...

  Here are the books I read in July: If Something Happens To Me –Alex Finlay My Rating: 5 stars This is another mazing novel from Alex Finlay. I love that his novels are dual POV’s. I did not see the twists coming in this one.   Rage –Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder #17) My Rating: 5 stars This is the newest novel (#17) in the Kate Burkholder series. I love this series so much and I can’t recommend it enough. The novels are very easy reads so even though there are 17 of them, you’d be able to get through this series quickly. This is an Amish mystery series following Kate Burkholder who is formerly Amish and is now the Chief of Police in the Amish town she grew up in.   Mansion Beach –Meg Mitchell Moore My Rating: 4 stars (really 4.5) This is Meg Mitchell Moore’s latest novel. I really like her writing and I enjoyed this novel so much.   Call of the Loon –K. Sinko My Rating: 4 stars (really 3.5) This is the first novel I read by this au...