This has been a long week, not a bad week just a long one. Buddy got his cast off Monday, we had tball Tuesday, I had a meeting last night and Buddy has AWANA. So we have pretty much been on the go since Monday with not one night home before 7pm this week. That makes for long days, especially when our days start by leaving the house at 6:30am. Today I left at 6am, yowza! But in the grand scheme of things we have had a good week, but I am ready for the weekend!!! Plus, the house is a nightmare that needs to be cleaned. So...moving on... the benefit to this week is that I have honestly had the best sleep of my life for really the last month. I feel so rested and happier (as I just yawned :)) But in all seriousness I really have been sleeping well. I re-ordered my greens, and I am going to be making my sleepy cream from our oils. Buddy loves that I slather it on his feet at night, and I even put it on Julia and Sam last night (and yes I had to put it on EVERYONE!!!) But everyone slept good so there you have it. Julia said that she fell asleep, slept good and never woke up once. I will say that I do sometimes still wake up in the middle of the night, however when I do it's funny because I will wake up and feel like I have been asleep all night and I have no problem rolling over and falling right back to sleep. I only threw that in there because let's be honest, I think I'm hilarious.. ha ha, just kidding, but no really I do! ANYWAY, I'm just in a super good mood today so I just would like to say that I hope you have a super duper pooper scooper Thursday!!! Luv ya! Sleep good my friends! And in the event you would like to sleep better too let me know! xoxoxo

Did you watch The Fast and the Furious 7? Oh my, I loved it, and I cannot get over the end and the tribute. I love the song they used, it is a mixture of sad and happy and I just love it. I really hope that they do not make a Fast and Furious 8. I think it would ruin it. I think that it was perfect and a fitting end to the entire series. I really loved Paul Walker! Oh my.... In other non Paul Walker related news... my little buddy got his cast off last night. He was so happy!!! But let me tell you that his arm smelled so bad, it was disgusting. And just look at those dirty little fingers! Even after his shower his arm stunk. I ended up using a mixture of coconut oil, (Young Living) Purification, Peace and Calming, and Lavender (because it was bedtime) and rubbed on his arm. The smell went away and the boy went to sleep no problem. I even put a little on the bottom of my feet with socks and that combined with my Greens gave me an AMAZING nights sleep. I think I am completely hooked. I will be using the coconut oil mixture on my feet for the next week just to see but oh my. I honestly have had the best sleep of my life this last month. Greens and oils man! They are the way to go. And no I am not embarrassed to say I have become one of those people! Oh and remember my little war room idea for my boy? Well we had one crazy fit the other night and he asked to go to his war room. I put him in the space that I planned for this and played some worship music and brought in the diffuser with a calming mixture of oils in it and honestly it was amazing how he calmed down. I will definitely be utilizing this space again. I also noticed something this weekend. We had his best buddy over so that they could play and we went to the movies, and both boys got a Slurpie and a little candy. Later that afternoon the crash was ridiculous. He was a nightmare and I realized that he hadn't eaten lunch (he was with someone previously to coming home and I didn't realize that they hadn't fed him lunch and we were busy and I didn't ask) I was doing some reading on sugar and also how if you do not keep up on their food consumption they can have their blood sugar crash which can turn into a crazy fit, just like the one we had. I immediately fed him and holy moly the boy didn't even mention that he was hungry but he ate Mac n cheese, two fish sticks, yogurt, a baby bell cheese, and an apple sliced with some nutella. I'd say he was starving. BAD MOM! So I am really going to be trying to make sure that he is eating something every three hours. This makes a ton of sense to me. I also read that for some children when their blood sugar is low in the morning because it's been so long since they have eaten have terrible mornings. BEEN THERE! So they suggest a snack before bed and breakfast immediately upon waking. Done! I will be giving his a snack every night before bed (something healthy) and breakfast within ten minutes of him getting up. I am also going to make sure that even if he is buying lunch at school that he has a snack for recess so that there is less time between meals for him. Hey I am willing to try anything! I prefer my happy buddy as opposed to the monster that creeps out at times! I have not for probably the last 3 nights gone to bed before 9pm (sad face) but I am still a work in progress. I also must confess that I did get upset with buddy this weekend when he was having his meltdown. Hey I'm human. I struggle with this. But I will say that my eating was on point all weekend! So here are my goals this week: 1. Drink all the water!!! oh yes, chug chug!! 2. Bed by 9pm (except maybe Thursday night because Grey's Anatomy looks amazing) 3. Eat within my plan 4. Don't waste money!!! (I added that one because I need to save)(it doesn't help that I have received 4 parking tickets in the last two months! ahhh the joys of working in the city!)(I'll start parking in my space in my parking structure!) Get it together Heather! ha ha!!! Anyway, make it an AMAZING DAY! XOXOXOXOXO

Its a little crazy to have the time to blog... I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself. Well I do know that I will probably be blogging at least 3 times a week goodie!! So I'm looking to do something that will help me make a little extra money. I'm exploring a few options, I'm trying the Young Living Oils, I'm trying out some IT Works products so we'll see. I would NEVER sell or try to get someone else to sell something that I personally don't believe in. So at this point I'm still looking. I can say that I LOVE the greens from IT Works!!! Best sleep of my life without Benadryl or a sleep aid! I also am really liking the oils so I'll keep using different products from these companies to see how I like them. Even if I don't sell them you should try greens!! They will change your life, if only your sleeping life. I look forward to going to bed at night now! BUT there is a caveat, you must find the right mixture or they taste awful! I use 8oz. of water, greens, and 1 whole packet of Crystal Light Peach Mango Green Tea and it tastes wonderful! I think it tastes a little like a Flinstone vitamin. Trust me you won't be sorry you tried it! Last night I made Cauliflower pizza for dinner. It was very yummy! Sam (who hates cauliflower) said I hit it out of the park! So that is a win! I don't feel like writing the recipe...I'm super lame right? Basically I put cauliflower in the food processor - microwaved after for 8 minutes - let it cool - added 1 egg, salt and pepper, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese - squeezed together and mixed - pressed into a Pam sprayed pan - baked for about 15 minutes at 425 - added pizza sauce, cheese, turkey pepperoni, heirloom tomato's, mushrooms, olives, and fresh basil - put back in the oven and baked another 10 minutes - sliced and ate. There you have it! HA HA if you really want to know the exact deets let me know and I'll tell you. It was yummy! Try it today! Super easy! BTW I was in bed at 9pm last night! Yippee!!! Everything else went well. Working on keeping up the fight! Have a fab day my friends!!! Let's rock it together!! But first lets go get a green tea from Starbucks!! XOXO

Still sleeping awesome! Just sayin! I am really excited actually about how great I am actually sleeping. I found myself looking forward to going to bed last night so that I could get sleep! Last night we were in bed by 9:30 but my goal tonight is to be in bed by or before 9pm, and if you know me you know that I am a night owl so that is early for me to be in bed. Here is what I am hoping by this extra sleep. I am hoping that it helps me lose weight. Not that sleep makes you lose weight but I have read that extra sleep does assist in weight loss when you are trying to lose weight. Which I am as always. I swear one day I will be happy where I am and stay there. I am also hoping that the extra sleep will help my face... lets face it... it needs help. Ha ha. But seriously, I'm drinking a gallon of water a day to help my weight loss and also to help my skin. Extra sleep can only help my skin look better and more rested. I'm focusing on small goals. Making them and making myself hit them. I think sometimes we set ourselves up for failure by giving ourselves these crazy goals that we just cannot attain. Tuesday Goals: 1. Drink 1 gallon of water 2. Get to bed by 9pm 3. Stay within my eating plan 4. Focus on my words (I failed yesterday, will do better today) Honestly, the words we say really do make a difference. For example yesterday someone annoyed me (someone close to me) and instead of just letting it go like I told myself to I made a remark to that person and it felt good for all of two seconds because that person responded with remarks as well that were in direct effect of what I said. So a situation that could have just gone away by me being the bigger person and keeping my comment to myself turned into something lame because I ignored my better judgment. This will be a struggle daily so I am REALLY REALLY going to be working hard to be better in every situation. At work, at home, and in my daily life. I'm also super excited that I ordered my Young Living oils yesterday. I have heard awesome things about them and am so excited to try them out at home!! I'll let you know what I think after I try them out a few times. I'm hopeful! Anywho, hope you have an amazingly great day!!!! XOXO