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Embarking on a Journey: My 100 Day Weight Loss Challenge at 51
Today marks my 51st birthday, and as I blow out the candles, I am also blowing away my excuses. Tomorrow, I’m diving headfirst into a 100-day weight loss challenge, and I couldn’t be more excited! Its been awhile since I went all in on something. In this blog post, I want to share my motivation,[…]
I LOST ALL my contacts from my Stamps.com account
Well, I learned a lesson today! That lesson is before you cancel any service, make sure you download any and all information associated with that account. Earlier this year, I started using a new service to mail packages out and canceled my service with Stamps.com. Little did I know that when I did that, I[…]
Focusing on whats most important
As I mentioned in a post last week, our girls came down with a cold/flu bug and were home from school for several days. On Friday both my hubby and I started feeling icky. Knowing we had 2 market events that weekend, I decided to rest and give myself time to feel good enough to[…]
Boosting Immune System during Cold and Flu Season
It was bound to happen…cold and flu season hit our house. Both our girls came down with the bug this week and were out of school a few days. Which leads me to want to share a few things you can be doing to boost your immune system. You depend on your immune system to[…]
Capital One Pre-Sale for Taylor Swift
In yesterdays post, I said I’d share the outcome of todays Capital One Pre Sale for the Taylor Swift tickets I’m trying to get for my oldest daughters Christmas present. Wish I could share that we scored tickets, but we did not. I decided to use a different computer this time in case it getting[…]
Taylor Swift Verified Fan Pre-Sale Day
Todays the day that Taylor Swift’s Eras tour tickets go on sale for verified fans. My daughter, husband and myself all became “verified fans” in hopes of getting a chance to purchase tickets to her concert early. It was kinda ironic that only the true Swiftie of the family got a presale code. I was[…]
An Open Invitation
Its been over 20 years since I pushed play on my very first home workout called Power 90 back in 2002. And I’m still here. Just because I don’t post about my fitness journey on Facebook as often as I did in years past…doesn’t mean I’m not still striving to live a healthy lifestyle. This[…]
Healthy Obsession Week 1
Tomorrow I start week 2 of a program called Healthy Obsession. I talked about the program in this post a couple weeks ago. In that post I mentioned I’d be sharing that journey daily here on the blog. And well, that hasn’t happened. I haven’t felt like there has been much to talk about on[…]
Blast from the Past – October 2009 Photo Dump
Saturdays around here are my blast from the past posts, which are basically posts I’m bringing over from a private family blog I had then my girls were super little. Felt like this one was a good one to share since it all about Fall activities when my girls are 5 and 3. Enjoy this[…]
30 day Miracle Morning Challenge
If you’ve been following me for any amount of time, you know I’ve been tracking some of my 2022 goals using these coloring pages. This morning I finished book number 21 The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs by Hal Elrod. There are a number of books in this series and I’ve read a few of them[…]
5 ways to Get Yourself to Eat More Veggies
In all the years that I’ve been working from home in the wellness industry, eating veggies is always at the top of the list as a must for living a healthy lifestyle. But lately I’ve been super struggling to eat more veggies! My goal is to eat at least 4 1 cup servings of vegetables[…]
Blessed to Work at Home
14 years ago today I was contemplating going back to work full time. Earlier that year, my husbands 6 figure job was eliminated via email. The division he worked for was being shut down. I needed to find a way to earn income and work at home. Ever since I was little, I wanted to[…]
Easy 2 Ingredient Homemade Vanilla Extract
If you would have asked me a year ago if I would ever make homemade vanilla, I would have said no way, not a chance. But it turns out, its way easier than you think. All it takes is two simple ingredients, a bottle and some time. Gather your supplies You’ll need: Grade A or[…]
Wedding Dress Grow Up…an Anniversary Tradition
There are so many fun ways to document your children growing up. One of my absolute favorites that I’ve done is the wedding dress grow up. All you do is each year on your anniversary, take a picture of your daughter in your wedding dress. If you’re planning to preserve your dress, this might not[…]
Always a bridesmaid, finally a bride
18 years ago tonight I was celebrating my final night of being single with some of my dearest friends and family! The next day is when I would finally be walking down the aisle to marry my prince! Maybe one of these days I’ll get our “how we met” story posted here on the blog.[…]
Blast from the Past – Key Fob Keychains
So every Saturday I’m sharing a post from one of the 3 blogs I had back before Facebook entered my world. I had a private family blog, one for my health/wellness coaching business and one for my sewing crafts. I know, it’s a lot but if you know me at all, you know I like[…]