Living a Joyful Life

What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Salad Tuesday: Fish, ravioli, and veggies Wednesday: Steak, potatoes, veggies Thursday: Chicken quesadillas Friday: Chicken cutlets, pasta salad, veggies Saturday: Chili & corn bread Sunday: Tacos What I'm Reminiscing About... I was thinking this week about the times I went to visit my family when my nieces and nephews were little and we took them trick or treating. It was such a special occasion to be able to go with them. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom and my cats, watching the World Series, watching YT, filming for my YT channel. What I've Been Up To... I've been spending time with my mom. I've also been watching lots of sports and Halloween movies. What I'm Dreading... The holiday season going by so fast as it does every year. What I'm Working On... Filming videos for my YT channel and working on my content schedule for November. What I'm Excited About... All of the birthdays. In October, m...

  As always, thank you to Farrah for hosting the link up! Big Little Truths -Liane Moriarty My Rating: 4 stars This is the sequel to Big Little Lies. With so many characters and POV's, sometimes I got confused with the details but other than that, I really enjoyed this novel. I love Liane Moriarty's novels so much. The Academy -Elin Hildenbrand & Sophie Cunningham My Rating: 4.5 stars This is the first novel I've read from Elin Hilderbrand because I really enjoyed the idea of a novel taking place at a boarding school/prep school. I loved this novel so much. The characters, the setting, the plot... I loved it all. The Thoroughbreds -Elin Hildenbrand & Sophie Cunningham My Rating: 4.5 stars The Thoroughbreds is the sequel to The Academy . I loved this one just as much as I loved the first novel. I wish this was going to be a continuing series because I loved everything about these novels. I really want to read other books that take place at a prep school/boarding s...

  At Tee Time -Alana Robin My Rating: 4.5 stars I read Alana Robin's debut novel last year and it was so good and I loved it so much. I was so excited to read this book and it did not disappoint. I love how she writes her characters. She is a really good young adult author! Interleague Play -Megan Cousins My Rating: 4 stars I love sports and I love books, so it's a no brainer that I love a good sports romance. Megan Cousins is the author of the Unwritten Rules series and the Wild Pitches series and I loved both of those series. I also loved her book Designated Hitter. She writes sports romances really well and I enjoy them so much. This is another great novel from her and I just really adore her writing. Helpless -Jessica Knoll My Rating: 4 stars I really love Jessica Knoll's writing. I loved this book a lot but the ending really annoyed me. If it wasn't for the ending, I would have rated this novel 4.5 stars. Our Perfect Storm -Carley Fortune My Rating: 5 stars Nor...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Steak, baked potatoes, carrots Tuesday: Sushi Wednesday: Bacon, egg, & cheese breakfast wraps Thursday: Fish & rice Friday: Pasta & meatballs Saturday: Leftovers Sunday: BLT What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing that I can think of right now. What I'm Loving... All of the sports! I'm thankful for technology that I can stream my nephew J & nephew N's football games. I also watched a ton of baseball and the MLB playoffs just started yesterday. I am watching lots of NFL and college football and I watched the US Open as well. What I've Been Up To... Like I mentioned above, watching all of the sports and filming videos for my Youtube channel. What I'm Dreading... The start times of these MLB playoff games. I love sports but some of the games start so late and I like to go to bed early but I will stay up later for sports. If I don't have sports on at night, I'm typically in bed between 8:30-9:30. Wha...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Quesadilla Tuesday: Reuben Wednesday: Salmon, rice, veggies Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Pasta & meatballs Saturday: Pork chops, potatoes, veggies Sunday: Leftovers What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the lake. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to go this summer. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my family, watching baseball. What I've Been Up To... I visited my family for the second time this summer, spending time with my mom, watching lots of baseball. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... My content schedule for Youtube for September. What I'm Excited About... Spending time with my family, bestie date with A & A. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: I binge watched the last season of Outer Banks and I loved it but I'm so sad it's over. I also watched Season 2 of Ransom Canyon. And as always, I've been watching lots of baseball. Reading: I'...

 Honestly, We Meant Well -Grant Ginder My Rating: 3 stars I am in the process of reading Grant Ginder's backlist after reading & loving So Young, So Old by him. I didn't love this one. I'm glad I read it but I found two out of the main characters pretty unlikable and I think that's why I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Triple Play -Ally Wiegand My Rating: 4 stars This is the third and final novel in the Chicago Heartbreakers series. I love sports romances and I really enjoyed this book. Love in 280 Characters or Less -Ravynn K. Stringfield ^I could not find a good photo of the book online.^ My Rating: 3 stars I enjoyed that this book took place in multiple media formats (blog posts, e-mails, and Twitter posts). Other than that, it wasn't my favorite book but I'm glad I read it. It Happened One Murder -Liz Lawson My Rating: 4.5 stars I loved this book so much and I immediately purchased the two books I haven't read of hers on my Kindle...

  This blog link up went up last week but I was away visiting my family so I am late to the link up party. What We're Eating This Week... I ate out a lot this week as I visiting my family. Monday, July 27th: Late lunch (sushi) Tuesday, July 28th: Out to dinner with family. I had filet mignon and mashed potatoes and we split a bunch of appetizers. Wednesday, July 29th: Caesar salad & side of pasta Thursday, July 30th: Late lunch. I went to Cheesecake Factory with my dad and a had a delicious BLT with French Fries. Friday, July 31st: Late lunch of sushi Saturday, August 1st: Early lunch of Caesar salad with grilled chicken and then at the baseball game my dad and I split a hot pastrami sandwich. Sunday, August 2nd: Hamburger with grilled onions What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the lake. Unfortunately, in the fall, we were informed that the place we've stayed at since I was little, was closing. We ended up not booking a new place for this summer and not going to t...

  ^Thank you to Farrah for hosting the link-up!^ I didn't read as much as I wanted to in June as I was busy watching sports but I loved all of the books I did get around to reading this month! Good Grief -Sara Goodman Confino My Rating: 4.5 stars This was Sara Goodman Confino's novel that came out last year. Her novels are so good. I would say that her books are a good mix of fiction/romance and they usually take place earlier in history. This novel takes place in the 60's. A few years ago, I downloaded one of her books for free on Kindle Unlimited that looked interesting, loved it, and then read her backlist. " A mother- and daughter-in-law. To move on, one of them will have to move out in a hopeful and hilarious novel about widowhood and family friction by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write ." I thought this novel was beautiful. Sara Goodman Confino's writing is just so wonderful. Off the Record -Sara Goodman Confino My Rating: 4.5 stars This...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Cheeseburger, salad Tuesday: Pizza Wednesday: Chicken burger & steak Thursday: Chicken parm Friday: Penne alla vodka with chicken & salad Saturday: Chinese Sunady: Ravioli and pork chop What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to the lake growing up and as an adult. What I'm Loving: The NY Knicks won the NBA Championship! What I've Been Up To... Watching the NBA and MLB, filming for my YT channel. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... My content schedule for July and August for my YT channel. What I'm Excited About... The Knicks winning the NBA Championship, my new obsession: Off Campus. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: NBA finals, Off Campus, Every Year After, Sweet Magnolias, MLB, college baseball. Reading: I've only read 2 books so far this month due to some eye problems I've been having but I'm hoping to squeeze in one or two more books this month as well as...