Living a Joyful Life

  What We're Eating This Week... Monday: Granola bar/chips/fruit salad Tuesday: I had a late lunch at Red Robin so I just had some fruit salad as my dinner I'm not sure about the rest of the week. What I'm Reminiscing About... My trips to visit my family during the summer. What I'm Loving... Spending quality time with my family, pool days, watching baseball. What I've Been Up To... I spent two weeks visiting my family this month and it was so amazing. What I'm Working On... With being away for two weeks, I have a lot of videos I need to film for my Youtube channel and I will be starting on that tomorrow. What I'm Excited About... I was excited about my trip to visit my family, watching baseball, reading. What I'm Watching/Reading... Watching: Baseball and movies Reading: Message Not Found -Dante Medema What I'm Listening To... Lots of country music (as always). What I'm Wearing... Swimsuits, t-shirts/shorts What I'm Doing This Weekend... Cel...

  This link-up doesn't go live until Tuesday but I will be out of town. However, I still wanted to get my post up. All The Right Reasons -Bethany Mangle  (My Rating: 4 stars) This book is super adorable. First off, how pretty is that cover? I loved this book, the theme, the characters, the relationship between the mother and daughter. If you love YA novels, I highly recommend this book. Puddin' -Julie Murphy (Dumplin #2)  (My Rating: 4 stars) I really enjoyed this book and I really love Julie Murphy's style of writing. There's something about it that just pulls me in. I know she's not a new author but I had not read any of her work until April of this year.  Pumpkin -Julie Murphy (Dumplin' #3)  (My Rating: 3 stars) This is the third book in the Dumplin' series. While I didn't enjoy this book as much as the other two books in this series, I still liked it and would recommend it especially if you're a fan of the author. Book Lovers -Emily Henry  (My...

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...

  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...