Catch up!

It has been a busy few days! I have barely been home or when I was, I was elbow deep in laundry and house work! No fun. So now it's time to catch up on some oil talk ... my favorite thing!

Here are some ways I have used mine in the past few days:

1. We don't use fabric softeners. So when I was elbow deep (or neck high) in my piles of laundry, I use oils to make them smell amazing! I added a damp wash cloth with about 4 drops of oil to the dryer with each load. The hardest part is deciding which scent I want!

2. I used Valor to help stay calm and confident during the threat of severe weather we had. When I had children they came with a new irrational fear of tornados. I just want to keep them protected and some prayers and some Valor helped!

3. Another Valor moment. At work I forgot my child's drink and lunch among other things and I felt really flustered. Used some Valor and I felt more centered!

4. After a day of my 4 year old testing every boundary imaginable (just to make sure they all still exist I am sure), she was not herself and I just wanted to put on some noise canceling head phones and stare at the wall. I am trying to also teach her how God gives us forgiveness when we mess up (even mommy). So out came the diffuser with some Joy! It helped us perk back up and we ended the day on a good note.

5. Peace and Calming came in my last order. I had run out. I have been diffusing it at night, and my baby has been sleeping better than she has in months! She still wakes often at night but she has been going back to sleep very easily after she gets her cuddles and milk.

How did you use your oils this week?

Until next time ...


Heather

Let's Go!!

Have you ever been in this situation? You get up and get ready for work and/or school, and you have to get  your child ready too. Surprisingly it does not go down like that vision you had in your head before you had children (like a nice family breakfast at the table with your happy and well dressed children all giving each other loving good byes before you leave). Sometimes my child wakes up mad. Doesn't want breakfast. Or I make the "wrong thing". Or we don't agree on what to wear for the day. Or I did not pack the right lunch. Or she just did not want to get up and go anywhere that day. Oh yeah, you know what I am talking about.

I tried a trick last week on one of these lovely mornings. I used the Joy blend.

I don't tell her what I am putting on her (meaning what it is supposed to do) just to make sure that if there is a change it is because of the oil so I will know if it worked. And amazingly it DID work! I put a drop on the bottom of each foot. She perked up, got happy, gave hugs, and was ready for her day.

A few days later she saw the oil (she calls it the pink one) and still not knowing what it was called she said "Is  that the one that makes me happy?"

I love this blend. I think it is a great way to start my day and end it too.

Until next time ...


Heather

Fennel Update

I tried the fennel yesterday to see if it made a difference in supply. I did not notice any difference immediately. But, as the evening and this morning have arrived I do notice a slight increase in fullness. Pretty cool!

We have had a full house with a fun girls sleep over last night. I had just gotten my Joy blend in my last rewards order. I got it out and put it in the diffuser in my room and can I say that I have felt SO relaxed and easy going! I thought, 'sure, anything is worth a try', but I have not felt that relaxed in probably more than a year.

So here I go forward in this relaxing day to enjoy it with a house full of little girls! I hope yours is as filled with adventure as ours is sure to be.

Until next time ...

Heather