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

Happy hump day! Shocker I know, multiple posts! They may or may not be a more frequent thing, but only because I am trying to hold myself accountable for goals, parenting, and other stuff. Here were my goals yesterday: 1. Drink 1 gallon of water 2. Get to bed by 9pm 3. Stay within my eating plan 4. Focus on my words Here is how I did: 1. I did it!!!! 2. Was in bed at 9:30 probably asleep by 10 but I could have slept by 8:30 3. Did pretty good all day long. Slipped a little last night but was still down in weight this morning. 4. Daily struggle - But for the most part did good. Today's Goals: 1. Drink 1 gallon of water 2. Get to bed by 9pm 3. Stay within my eating plan 4. Focus on my words the rest of the day 5. Put into practice some new methods of dealing with an angry little boy So here is what the deal is with my angry little man. Lately he gets really angry when he gets mad, and angry over nothing. What I have been doing is working so I need a new approach. I've been doing a bunch of reading because I honestly hate yelling and I feel like I am spinning my wheels at times. So I am going to really focus on staying calm and giving him his moment and then speaking with him. Also I am going to resort to oils in the air to see if that helps. But I think that what is really going to make the biggest difference is the talk I'm going to have with him tonight and what we will be focusing on over the next few weeks. This morning I noticed when he was upset and angry in the car I didn't say anything and I put a song on the radio by Jeremy Camp. Give me Jesus. After the song had been playing for a minute I could tell that his anger had dissipated. My baby loves Jesus. We prayed and I thought we would have a great day but something else set him off when we got to school (he wasn't listening and I told him I was going to take his sharing home with me because he wasn't listening about it). This resulted in a ten minute tantrum back out in our car. As I drove to work I really got to thinking about what might work with him, something different. As I thought about it I really thought that the best approach with him right now is to focus on his love of Jesus. His love is fierce and he will ask you if you believe in Jesus and tell you why you should and exactly how to get into heaven. I decided that I'm going to ask him if he wants to be a "warrior for Jesus". I printed some color pictures to put up in his room. I'm planning on explaining that when we love Jesus so fierce that sometimes we get attacked and don't even realize it. And that our anger is a result of that attack. And that we have to fight back against the attack by putting on God's armor. I will explain that and explain that prayer will help. But I think I would also like to create a space for him called his war room. This place will be where he can go and have his moment and focus on fighting his battle! I'm not sure that this will work, but I'm willing to try. I think that if this does work it will give him an outlet and a way to battle on his own his anger. I'll let you know how it goes. Anyway I hope you have an amazing day!!! XO