Friday's Joy

Hi friends!
I'm linking up with Erica and Andrea this week for Friday Favorites! I can't wait to read your posts:
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Week in Review

Flowers make Mondays even better

Woof! This was a loooonnnggggggggggg week!  January made sure we felt every single day of this month. 

Work has been busy and productive. I love the end of the month to tidy things up and to start the next month fresh.  It's also been nice to reconnect with clients that I spoke with prior to the holidays and now they are starting their processes. I love when clients are equally excited as I am to start their process. 

The other day, Wawa put a free shortie hoagie reward in my account for no real apparent reason. I decided at complete random to use that reward on Wednesday for lunch. I was super excited to have one of these hoagies,  I don't eat them often so its a real treat. Mid-morning I checked my email and I saw that McDonald's put a bonus reward  in my account for a free medium French fry with no purchase necessary.  I couldn't believe my eyes, I get a free hoagie AND free french fries?! Heck YES! I scooted over to McDonalds on my lunch to happily pick up my reward. I went back to work with my tiny McDonalds bag and sat in the lunchroom, doing a happy dance as I ate my free lunch. Who knew food could make me sooo happy?!

I decided I want to do something that is beneficial to others. After thinking about it for a few days I decided I will sign up to volunteer at the library. I have LOVED the library my whole life; I have been a library card holder since I was 3; I did the teen volunteer program and I worked there for a few summers; I will go to the library on my lunch to read or explore; I visit libraries when I am in big cities.... so being in the library is second nature for me. I was excited to see they had a good amount of volunteer choices to choose from. I decided on two at my home library. I am eager and excited to start my volunteer journey there. 

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This and That 

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt/// I finished this book earlies this week and when I say, I think about it daily, it is no exaggeration. You need to go read this book. I will be talking about it, in my book reviews in a few weeks; I had to mention it. IF you have the chance to listen to this book, you need to- it makes it 10000% times better. 

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Looking Ahead 

More organizing over the weekend with mama; Getting ahead on upcoming blog posts; and its the first full week of February!

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Links

Tony Luke's Legal Troubles /// This story caught my attention because my freshman year in college in the suburbs of Philadelphia, my marketing class had a semester long project and it culminated with a presentation the last week of the semester. My group's idea was to put a Tony Luke's on campus and to sweeten the presentation even more, we went to South Philly BEFORE our 8 AM class to pick up cheesesteaks for the class. Needless to say, we all got A's and a great breakfast. 

Despicable Me 4/// I am SO excited that Despicable Me is coming to theaters again! I am a huge fan of this franchise- I wasn't a huge fan of  the third installment with his brother and the 80s theme. It was okay. I am very excited to see Gru's baby and what antic the girls and the minions get into!

An Eye Towards Joy///A high schooler found his stride as a photographer and has made a name for himself. This is a really sweet story out of Texas.  

Field and Stream Purchase/// Leave it to these two- Morgan Wallen and Eric Church to purchase something they both love- outdoors and hunting. I can't wait to see what they do with this over 100 year old company that was basically extinct. 

 

Grilled Tequila Lime Chicken Taco Salad///  I found this recipe by accident today and while its a mouthful to say, it looks delicious! Adding this to my recipe book asap!

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Posts 

Did you miss any of my posts from this week?
Find them below:

Diary #49 | Dear January | THIRTEEN years
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[[That rodent better pick the right option today, I want spring]]