Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: I had takeout Buffalo Wild Wings. I always get the chicken wrap with tater tots. Tuesday: Ravioli Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: All of the Thanksgiving food. Friday-Sunday: Thanksgiving leftovers. What I'm Reminiscing About... The Christmases I spent in NY with my family. I haven't been up to visit in over a year and I miss them like crazy, especially my nephews and nieces. What I'm Loving... I got to spend the day with my bestie and her son yesterday and we had so much fun. I'm loving the Christmas tree in my room and watching all of the Christmas movies. What I've Been Up To... I've been making and uploading planner Youtube videos. What I'm Working On... I'm working on some lists for Youtube channel content for 2021. What I'm Excited About... All things Christmas! What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: TV shows, Christmas movies, Chicago PD Reading: I'm currently reading The Twelve Days of Dash...

  In October, I read three books. The Captain: A Memoir -David Wright My favorite athlete (who unfortunately had to retire early due to a serious back issue) wrote a book and I was so excited to get my hands on it. I loved it so much. It was so interesting to learn more about him and get to see his insights on various seasons and other things. If you're a David Wright or Mets fan, or even just a baseball fan in general, I highly recommend this book. I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.com Didn't See That Coming -Rachel Hollis It wasn't my favorite book by her but I still enjoyed it and would recommend it. I rated this book 3 stars. The Twelve Dates of Christmas -Jenny Bayliss This novel was super cute and adorable. I really enjoyed it. This is the author's debut novel and I'm excited to see what she comes out with next. If you like Christmas themed novels, I highly recommend this one. I rated it 4 stars.

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Leftovers (pasta & salad) Tuesday: Pork chop, salad, sweet potato I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... In October 2019, I was able to go see my family in NY for 3 days. I haven't seen them since and I miss them so much! What I'm Loving... Iced vanilla chai tea with pumpkin cream cold foam from Starbucks. What I've Been Up To... I've been watching TV, reading, making and uploading Youtube videos, watching Youtube, playing games with my mom, and spending time with my mom, step-dad and the cats. What I'm Dreading... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Working On... Filming and uploading videos for my planner Youtube channel. What I'm Excited About... I got to spend the day with my best friend and her son earlier this month. I'm hoping to see her again sometime in November. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Chicago PD season 7, Dancing With The Stars, other TV sho...

  First off, Happy Six Year Anniversary to Jana and Steph and the Show Us Your Books Link Up! I'm so excited that I found this link-up and I look forward to it every month. After reading 12 books in August, I slowed way down in September and only read 2. I was watching a lot of planner videos on Youtube and watching TV and movies. The Girl From Widow Hills -Megan Miranda Photo Credit: Amazon I enjoyed the book I read by Megan Miranda in August ( The Last House Guest ) so I decided to pick up two more of her books from the library. I enjoyed this book. It wasn't my favorite mystery novel but I would recommend it as it was a good mystery and held my attention. I rated this novel 3 stars on Goodreads.com. The Perfect Stranger -Megan Miranda Photo Credit: Goodreads.com I enjoyed this book as well. Again, it wasn't my favorite mystery novel but it was still good and I would recommend it if you like mysteries. I rated this book 3 stars.

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: BLT with turkey bacon and fruit Tuesday: Pasta Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Tacos I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My 3 day trip to see my family in NY last October. This was the last time I've seen my family in NY. The trip my brother & his family had scheduled for Spring of this year and the trip my sister & her family had scheduled for Spring of this year both got canceled due to the virus and I couldn't go back to NY in the Summer because I don't have a place to quarantine for 14 days by myself. I'm hoping to be able to go to NY for the holidays. What I'm Loving... Planning in my EC planner and making Youtube videos. What I've Been Up To... I've been in physical therapy after my surgery last month. I've also been continuing to make and post planner related videos on my Youtube channel. What I'm Dreading... Some things I prefer not to talk about. W...

  All images are from Goodreads.com except the photo for the book The Dilemma by B.A. Paris is from Amazon. In August, I read 12 books. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler -Kelly Harms I really enjoyed this book. I read her other novels this month as well. I loved that the main character was a librarian. The plot, the characters... I loved it all. I rated this book 4 stars on Goodreads.com. Outsider -Linda Castillo This is book 12 in the Amish mystery series. This is my favorite book series. I loved this book just as much as all of the other books in the series. I highly recommend this series if you like suspense novels. I rated this book 5 stars. The Bright Side of Going Dark -Kelly Harms This is the latest release from Kelly Harms. I enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and their development throughout the book. I rated this book 3 stars. The Last House Guest -Megan Miranda I really enjoyed this mystery novel. I want to read her other books now. The mystery in this novel kept m...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Pork chops, potatoes, roll Tuesday: Leftover pork chops, grains, roll Wednesday: Chicken salad sandwich What I'm Reminiscing About... My Summer trips to NY to visit my family. Sadly, I wasn't able to go up this Summer. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my mom, reading, listening to country music, texting/Facetiming with friends, watching Youtube. What I've Been Up To... I had surgery on the 4th so I've just been taking it easy. I've been doing a ton of reading. What I'm Dreading... Some things I don't want to talk about right now. What I'm Working On... Filming videos for my Youtube channel. What I'm Excited About... I haven't felt the original pain (that I've had for 3 and half years) after my surgery. I'm still having some pain from the incision site and the surgery itself but I'm focusing on getting better each day. I started physical therapy today. What I'm Watching/Reading....