Joy GIVEAWAY

       I have great news to share with you today. Anyone who knows me personally knows that Joy is a blend that is a household staple. Joy is the very first oil we bought well over a year ago. Little did I know that one oil would lead me on an incredible journey to help promote my overall wellness and give me opportunity to meet some fantastic people. I am going to be dedicating my time and efforts into doing Young Living product reviews here and on YouTube and I would love for you to join me. I wanted to extend a giveaway in celebration of my (almost) 6 months with Young Living. To one lucky reader I will be doing a drawing via rafflecopter and mailing you 100% free of charge a bottle of Joy essential oil. I feel that everyone needs some Joy in their life. Now the important part.....HOW TO ENTER! There are quite a few ways to enter and win! May the odds be ever in your favor.

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Love to my Teams!!

Advocating For My Family

    Today I come to you as a woman, mother and all around frazzled human being. We recently relocated to a new state for my husbands job. It has been a good thing for our family but hard on me as an individual. I have tried to stay positive but failed attempts at mom groups and the overall self absorbed nature of the community we moved to has led to less than favorable social situations ( which I thrive on). I have leaned heavily on God, and essential oils. My two comforts that I can have no matter where I go. God is understandable, but essential oils? I know you are thinking yeah freaking right. I would probably feel the same way reading someone else's post. However, no matter what you think I tell you honestly that I have used essential oils as not only a way to help myself and my family's overall well being but as a way to live life with purpose. Let me explain. Before we moved I was very nonchalant about what I used in my home. After all we are all going to die sometime right>? Yes, but that is no reason to speed the process along by living in a home full of chemicals. Lets be honest, there are enough other chemicals we are exposed to without adding to the cocktail. After purging sooooooooo muuuuuuuuucccccchhhhhhh stuuuuuuuufffffffff I realized that I surrounded myself with quantity not quality. The new house we have doesn't afford me a bunch of spare room like my old home did. Through mindful prayer and some hefty tears I decided to try and live life with more of an advocate of my home mentality. We have gradually started switching over to using essential oils in our day to day cleaning with Thieves Household Cleaner and we have replaced all the plug ins with a few diffusers. I no longer use perfume with alcohol that dries and irritates my skin but instead like to change up between Joy and Stress AwayBlends. My laundry is washed in simple homemade blend with added essential oils to still feed that "clean smell" we all have grown to love. I love that I can close my eyes and take a deep breath and breathe in a variety of different fresh scents that not only smell good but promote my overall well being. You cannot tell me that in the dead of winter you don't miss fresh floral or citrus scents. I will call your bluff, every time. Essential oils have afforded me both and a whole lot more. I have found a grounding comfort in my essential oils and living a life with purpose has been therapeutic mentally and physically. So when you ask me why, I say why not advocate for yourself , your family and your environment. Now is better than never.


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For Everything There Is An Opinion

    In today's world people have a bunch of access they never had. Access to personal information, access to knowledge, access to your life and access to voice their opinion on a international scale. Let us be clear, I am no different. Writing this blog post I am taking advantage of the opportunity afforded to me via freedom of speech and the internet blogging world. I have found that over the evolution of just a few decades that opinions have become a huge part of our lives. Back in the "day" you were taught to hold your tongue and mind your own. This seems to no longer apply. With heightened "access" people feel now more than ever that they can weigh in on every intimate detail of your life, your family and promptly step in the second you are "doing it wrong." Car seats, baby wearing, essential oil usage, homeschooling, breastfeeding, just to name a few..... I know there are so many more. What used to be a way to gain knowledge is now used to impose your beliefs on everyone else. Can we say "there's a link for that?" Any boob can post an article, I have two and HERE I am. But the point is simply this. Have compassion for one another and instead of bullying your ideas upon the masses become a friend and help someone. For those of you itch finger copy and paste Linky Lou's, I can link you to tons of research that says having compassion and being nice works. :) And, I suppose if all else fails........ "you catch more flies with honey."   

Planner Love

I have to admit to you all. I LOVE planners. It is a therapeutic and yet functional way to help my family and myself stay organized and not be a fly by my britches kind of gal. I will be posting some planner tips, tricks and otherwise along with my normal reviews. STAY TUNED!

Experiences for Bragging Rights?

Good Evening to whomever graces my blog this evening :). I had become compelled to share something with you all and feel free to disagree with me. At the beginning of the week I took my oldest on a mommy/son date. He had been chomping at the bit to go strawberry picking. Thankfully for me there is a local u-pick place just a stones throw from our home. As luck would have it our families supply of jam had dwindled to per near nada as well, two birds, one stone. I was able to trade our awesome neighboring mommy friend some fresh strawberries in exchange for keeping the two littles so we could pick with a purpose. This lovely family run berry farm is always a joy to visit. The fields are well groomed and the picking is far better than anything you will find in your local grocery store, making it perfect to use for our yearly supply of home canned jam. While I was sitting there I couldn't help but overhear the amount of moms scolding their children over a photo. This occurred more times than I can even count in the matter of the two hours I was sitting, scooting and picking. Mothers with two, three, four or more children coming into the patch handing their kids each a container and then prompting them to pose and "smile and look at mommy!!!" Now please do not misunderstand me here. I feel that taking pictures of family events is a good thing. Where I am trying to decipher is the fine line between documenting a family outing and trying to chronically one up on social media. You know the people, they "check in" everywhere.... if there was a check point on the toilet they would have to check in there as well. But what I saw was truly disturbing. They came in, snapped a few photos, played on their phone and herded everyone to the car in a matter of maybe 30 minutes at most. What kind of life experience are those kids getting from their few minutes "slumming" with the simple folk. Receiving may dirty glances as I filled up my two ten pound boxes I had time to really think about what my son was learning from picking our own food and later that evening canning it to last us for the rest of the year. I was truly saddened by the lack of connection between parents and children and families and the bounty of berries the good Lord has provided for our sustenance. Instead of snapping photos and checking in get down on the ground with your kids, pick some berries and enjoy the times you spend with them.....not everything needs to be documented, love and quality time are two things that you can never have too much of. Turn off the device and hug your babies. Hope to see you soon.

Try a Simple Thank You

This morning I got up substantially earlier than normal because I had yogurt in the maker that needed tending to. So I got up, half dazed stumbled my way into the kitchen and took care of the yogurt. I put together a lunch portion for Roscoe and the rest went into the fridge. I wasn't playing games, I hopped back into bed hoping to fall back into a peaceful slumber, but alas, no such luck. And he didn't even say thanks. This morning is starting out oober-poop-tastic. I suppose I should just take out my knitting and stop griping. The positive side? The three minis aren't awake yet.......treasuring the sound of silence.

My challenge for you today is to acknowledge an act that you normally take for granted. Appreciation and compassion not only warms your heart but impacts another as well.