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Welcome to The Joy Report this week: The Great Plant Rescue of 2025, QT with my friend Jenn, Proposalpalooza, joy being attractive and repellent I rescued all of the plants from a local restaurant that closed for remodeling and left them behind. I went to the closed space with the owner and we discovered that […]

The Joy Report · Week of 9/01/25

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Welcome to the Weekly Joy Report: picking up where I left off, new steps to grow in my business, pop culture content queen, planning my 32nd birthday

Weekly Joy Report · Week of 8/25/25

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I started making plans for my 32nd birthday

For a long time. I’ve wanted to do a weekly series, but I didn’t want to copy someone else’s idea or do something that wouldn’t fit me after a few weeks – then I came up with the Weekly Joy Report.

Weekly Joy Report · Week of 8/4/25

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Weekly Joy Reports First One Mockup

Not only did these come out PERFECT, I won the bake off. These are the ultimate Costco marshmallow crispy cookie dupe and they were really easy to make gluten free.

Gluten-Free Marshmallow Crispy Cookies (Costco Dupe)

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Taylor Nakakihara and her friend Mary with her winning Gluten-Free Marshmallow Crispy Cookies (Costco Dupe) cookie recipe

Like many people, turning 30 came with some big feelings. I think it was rather silly of me to think that I was going to avoid the big feelings after doing absolutely no work to that end. I didn’t realize it until it was too late, but I had a lot of (tbh, unrealistic) expectations […]

Turning 30 hit me hard…

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