Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Quesadilla Tuesday: Chicken Caesar salad wrap and side salad I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to visit my family. What I'm Loving... Baseball, reading, planning. What I've Been Up To... I've been dealing with really bad pain issues so aside from PT appointments and doctor's appointments, I've been at home. I can barely walk and being in constant pain everyday is taking a toll on me. What I'm Dreading... The constant pain I'm in everyday. What I'm Working On... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Excited About... This week was launch day for the new 2022-2023 Erin Condren Life Planners and I'm so excited. I've been using EC planners since 2011. I will have a haul video on my Youtube channel when my order comes in. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: baseball, regular TV shows. I watched Brazen on Netflix yesterday and I really liked it. Readi...

  Must Love Books -Shauna Robinson All images are from Goodreads.com. I had high hopes for this book but it was kind of a let down. While it wasn't the worst book I've ever read, it was extremely slow (to me) in some parts. I rated it 2 stars. One True Loves -Taylor Jenkins Reid I love this author and her books so much. This was a re-read and I loved it just as much as the first time I read it. I own 3 or 4 of her books but I eventually want to own all of them. I highly recommend this author if you haven't read her books yet. I rated this 5 stars. This Might Get Awkward -Kara McDowell This was a super cute YA novel and I really enjoyed it. I rated it 3 stars. A Deadly Inside Scoop -Abby Collette This is a fun mystery series that centers on the owner of an ice cream shop. A very enjoyable novel even though it made me want ice cream every time I sat down to read. I rated it 3 stars. A Game of Cones -Abby Collette This is the second novel in An Ice Cream Parlor mystery se...

  The Code For Love & Heartbreak -Jillian Cantor I saw this book on sale for $10 and thought it looked interesting. It was a cute story line. A little repetitive at places but overall I enjoyed it. I rated it 3 stars on the Goodreads website. When Less Becomes More -Emily Ley I love Emily Ley's books and I had the pleasure of meeting her at one of the Wild For Planners Go Wild Planner conferences. She is super sweet! I really enjoy her personal development books. I rated this book 3 stars. Heartstopper (Volume 4) -Alice Oseman I love this series so much. I love graphic novels and I really wish my library had more of them. I rated this book 4 stars. Bad Moms -Nora McInerny I like this movie (and the sequel A Bad Mom's Christmas) and I saw this at a discount store and I had no idea it was made into a novel. I enjoyed it. It wasn't my favorite book ever since I knew everything that happened since it stuck very close to the movie. I rated it 3 stars. Life, Unscheduled -K...

  Heartstopper (Volume 3) -Alice Oseman While I was back home visiting my family for Christmas, I went to the mall with my dad and my nephews but I've been dealing with some health issues and my pain was really bad that day (and the mall was super crowded) so I ended up sitting in a chair at Barnes & Noble and reading the first two volumes of the Heartstopper series while they were shopping. I like this series. I love graphic novels but my library system doesn't have a lot of the ones I want to read and I will not buy graphic novels because I read them in a day. I rated this book 3 stars. Blame It On The Mistletoe -Beth Garrod I absolutely adored and loved this book so much. The characters, the plot, the setting... I loved it all. I rated this book 5 stars. Adequate Yearly Progress -Roxanna Elden I did not enjoy this book at all. I rated it 1 star. All I Want For Christmas -Wendy Loggia This is another super cute Christmas novel. I wasn't able to get to all of the Chr...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday... Ravioli Tuesday... Pasta Wednesday: Roast pork Thursday: Quesadillas Friday: Shrimp I'm not sure about the weekend. What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing that I can think of. What I'm Loving... Reading, watching football. What I've Been Up To... Nothing much. What I'm Dreading... Nothing that I want to talk about. What I'm Working On... I haven't been up for filming for my Youtube channel lately so I'm keeping track of videos I want to make when I'm up for filming again. What I'm Excited About...  Nothing that I can think of at the moment. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: TV shows, football, movies Reading: I just finished my 7th book of the month yesterday. I haven't started a new one yet. What I'm Listening To... Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, Walker Hayes, Jake Owen What I'm Wearing... Lots of comfy clothes/pajamas. What I'm Doing This Weekend... I don't have any plans. ...

  In December, I read 6 books. The first three books I read are apart of a series. The series is called Moose Springs, Alaska by Sarah Morgenthaler. I rated all three of these books 3 stars on the Goodreads website. This was a super cute series. I really enjoyed these books. They were fun, light reads. I think the fourth book in the series comes out in 2021. Book 1: The Tourist Attraction Book 2: Mistletoe & Mr. Right Book 3: Enjoy The View The Holiday Switch -Tif Marcelo I loved this book so much. It was such a cute, fun, and festive read. This is on my list of my favorite books I've read this year. I rated this book 4 stars. The last two books I read this month are also apart of a series. I rated both of them 3 stars. Heartstopper (Volume 1) & Heartstopper (Volume 2) -Alice Oseman Top 10 Favorite Books of the Year: 1.       Malibu Rising –Taylor Jenkins Reid 2.               ...

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Chinese food Tuesday: Roast pork, sweet potato Wednesday: Pizza I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... Nothing at the moment. What I'm Loving... Spending time with my family & friends, watching Christmas movies, reading, filming for my Youtube channel. What I've Been Up To... I've been watching lots of Christmas movies. I visited my family for Christmas. What I'm Dreading... Something I don't want to talk about on here. What I'm Working On... Batch filming. What I'm Excited About... I was excited to spend Christmas with my family. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Christmas movies, football. Reading: I just finished my last book of the year on Tuesday. I read 67 books this year. What I'm Listening To... Christmas music. What I'm Wearing... Shirts, leggings, pajamas. What I'm Doing This Weekend... I just got diagnosed with Covid so I'm in quaranti...