10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Merry Christmas and Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Celebrating Christmas with my family

2. Homemade food

3. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

4. Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes

5. Reading

6. Finally getting matching Christmas pajamas

7. Giant scrunchies

8. My boys' laughter

9. Buying new books

10. Snow flurries

What made you happy this week?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Finished holiday shopping 

2. Signed up for One Little Word 2021

3. Mailing in our ballots

4. Blogging

5. Memory keeping in my journal and Project Life album

6. Celebrating Gabriel's birthday 

7. Early release days at the boys' schools

8. Reading

9. Lemonade by Internet Money and Gunna feat. NAV and Don Toliver

10. Christmas songs

What made you happy this week?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Target 

2. Finally trying a new recipe (I tried this recipe from Target, but substituted a few things)

3. Hamilton

4. Journaling

5. Paying off our car loan

6. My kids

7. My cozy slipper socks from Old Navy

8. New books

9. Winter-like weather

10. Iced coffee

What made you happy this week?

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Target Finds

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Target Finds. Over the past few weeks, I have found so many great things at Target. I blame (and thank) the holidays for that. So the majority of the things that I have found are food items (don't judge me, blame the pandemic). 

Baileys Holiday Tube Pack

I've been really into Baileys Irish Cream. When I saw these chocolates at Target, I had to try them. The container says that it's non-alcoholic, but it sure smells like there is some alcohol. These little chocolates taste just like Baileys. I plan on purchasing a couple for some stocking stuffers. These would also go great with a bottle of Baileys.

Random tip...try some Baileys with Hot Chocolate. You're welcome in advance.

Archer Farms Cheesecake Frozen Bite Collection

Oh. My. Goodness! These little cheesecake bites are so good. John and I have been devouring them. The box comes with New York Style, turtle, and raspberry swirl cheesecakes. My favorite is the turtle cheesecake. The raspberry swirl cheesecake was a pleasant surprise but not my absolute favorite. It wasn't gross or anything; I just don't really like raspberry. 

Rudolph's Trail Mix

This will always make it on my favorite Target Finds every year. This is my favorite holiday snack. There are a few other holiday trail mixes, but this is by far my favorite one. 

Barely Functional Adult by Meichi Ng

This was an impulse buy. The cover and the title of the book made me want to read it. I haven't read it yet, but I did check out Meichi Ng's Instagram, and I love her work. You can check out her work here. I will post a review of the book soon.

Overall, I loved all of the things that I purchased at Target. As usual, I saved on all of my Target Finds by using the Cartwheel app, buying items on sale, or buying things at the Dollar Spot section.

What are some of your favorite Target Finds?

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What I Read In November

It has been an incredibly long time since I wrote a book review for the blog. I've been accomplishing my monthly reading goals. I have also surpassed my reading goal for the year. Last month, I read a few books, but my favorite read for the month was False Perceptions by Michelle Heard. I loved this book so much that I decided to share a review. 

False Perceptions by Michelle Heard 

This was one of my favorite books that I've read this year. The characters were amazing, and the storylines were fantastic. It's not often that a book has me in tears, and my goodness, I cried a couple of times. 

False Perceptions is a military romance about Emilie Swanson, the daughter of a senator, and Hayden Cole, a Navy SEAL, tasked with protecting Emilie from threats after she was kidnapped and tortured. Emilie and her father do not get along, and she's been let down by several men, including her ex-husband. Ultimately, she decides to escape her life, move to a small town, and take care of herself. Hayden just returned back after a failed mission that left some of his brothers dead. He decides to protect Emilie and considers this his last mission before he retires. Hayden has some suspicions and concerns that Emilie is still in danger. Now he has to figure out who is after her and keep her safe while investigating the threats.

Both of the main characters went through so much. They were so strong and resilient. They were perfect for each other. There were a few surprises throughout the story, which was awesome. I felt a few parts should have had more details, but overall, it was a great read. 

Do yourself a favor and read this book as well as Michelle Heard's "An Enemies To Lovers" series. 

What did you read in November?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate

2. My new planner for 2021

3. This post on Instagram

4. This amazing ornament (I just bought one the other day)

5. Shipping notifications

6. Finally buying new matching Christmas pajamas

7. Reading 

8. Cry All Night by D'arcy Spiller 

9. Season 4 Episode 15 of The Bold Type

10. The moon

What made you happy this week?

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December Goals

Happy Wednesday! It's finally December! It's the last month of 2020! I'm both excited and a little bit afraid. This year has been...interesting, to say the least. Last month was fairly decent. We enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving, and I did some Black Friday shopping online. Everyone found out that my baby sister is going to have a son. I'm so excited and still can't believe that my sister is having a baby. We are getting so old.

The holidays are going to be different this year. However, I'm not going to let that ruin my holiday spirit. It may be different this year, but maybe we can make some new traditions along the way. I'm really excited about this month, and I'm hoping to do a better job of remembering my goals for the month. Last month, I completely forgot about most of my monthly goals, so don't be surprised when you read the November goals recap.

Now that it's a new month let's check out my new goals for December and how I did with my November goals.

Recap of November Goals

• Read 5 books: I accomplished this goal. I read so many good books last month, but my favorite read for the month was False Perceptions by Michelle Heard. I plan on having a review of that up on the blog next week.

• Finish at least one book (that's been taking me forever to finish reading): I may have read a lot last month, but I did not finish one of the few books that have been taking me forever to finish reading. Mind you, it's not that the books are boring; it's that I keep reading new books, so then it takes me even longer to finish reading the books that I had already started reading. It's a terrible habit of mine.

• Publish two personal pieces for the blog: I completely forgot about this goal, so I didn't complete it. I was so disappointed when I found out that I forgot about writing those pieces.

• Finish 30 Days of Lists challenge: This was a fail. I forgot to complete this challenge. I probably should have my notebook on my desk so that I can remember to complete it.

• Drink more water: This was a massive fail. I really do need to drink more water. I've been drinking too much soda. I may have to try sparkling water or some other alternative because the amount of soda I have been drinking is ridiculous. 

• Try 1 new recipe: This was a fail. Once again, I forgot that this was one of my goals. I got so distracted last month, and as you can see, I forgot all about my monthly goals.

• Work in my journal: I accomplished this goal. I worked in my journal several times, and it was so therapeutic to do so. I hope to finish my journal this month because I would like to start the new year with a new journal.

December Goals

• Read 4 books

• Finish 2 books (that's been taking me forever to finish reading)

• Publish 1 personal piece for the blog

• Try 1 new recipe

• Work in my journal

What are your goals for December?

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