Clean Eating

So I have started to invest in my health more so than ever. I really want to be an overall healthy person. I want to loose weight but do it a healthy natural way. I had been a huge WW fan until I realized how much they promote processed foods. I know you can do their plan anyway you choose but I just felt this time around that wouldn't be the route for me. I started seeing a Nutrionalist who has been my doctor in the past for all the crazy intestional/digestive issues I have had and am now doing a raw/healthy lifestyle. I mainly eat vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, nuts/seeds, oils, and legumes. It really hasn't been as hard as I thought. I miss the snacking on something crunchy other than veggies and of course my dairy but I will only be missing the dairy until I get a large portion of the weight off then will slowly introduce it back into my lifestyle. I have felt so much better and am really encouraged. I am not only trying to regain health by loosing weight but I am feeding my body with what it needs and what will help my internal body regain health. I am on week three and have done one weigh in so far a week ago and lost 9 pounds, it was a great start. Really excited to see how this whole things turns out

Somebody help me decorate my house!!!

So I have always wanted a cool, trendy, modern, with maybe a hint of vintage in my house. God so did not gift me with style so I am looking to others for their creativity and hopefully one day will be able to have a house that I love.

So here are some few things I have run across that I want to use as my inspiration.






I love the pop of color that these chairs bring. It takes an ordinary brown table from dull and nothing exciting to WOW!!



So this chair has my name written all over it, now just to find one somewhere and hope I can afford it then convince my hubby that it would be a perfect addition to our home






Love these too, I think I can pull this off with some things I already have.

I Sought Love

Found this the other day...(don't know when I wrote this)

I first sought love to fill a void
A void that penetrated deep within my heart
A heart broken from unhappiness

I sought love to experience compassion- to gain serenity
And peace of mind

I sought love to rid my soul of loneliness
Loneliness that darkened clouds and dampened spirits

I sought love to experience a mystical existence- to enjoy the bliss of ecstacy and be overwhelmed in delight

I found love from the first sweet taste of your lips on mine
I found love in the happiness you brought and in the experience of your very being
I found love when you took me away in those passionate moments and let me get a glimpse of heaven
I found love that brightened my once darkened skies, a love that makes me higher than any mountains peak
I found love in a man whom I adore
I found love when I found you

I am the "Sick Girl"

I have recently noticed that everytime I see someone the first thing they ask me is "how are you feeling" Though I really do appreciate the care and concern I am really not liking being the sick girl. I have spent the last 5 years dealing with crazy health issues. I hate that I get sick, I hate that I have been sick and I hate that while in the process of healing I will continue to be sick.

I have found a wonderful Doctor, she is like a whole new world to me. I call her my voodoo Doctor. I never really thought to go the natural route but I truly am a believer in holistic healing. Life has been much better since meeting the voodoo doctor. I went from being so sick, not being able to eat anything, my body storing everything I ate because it was in constant starvation mode, being deathly ill because of toxins and parasites that were running rampid inside of me. Though the first couple of times meeting with this doctor I was horrified to find out what was wrong we have made tremendous progress. I can eat, and now I choose to eat a raw clean healthy diet. Everything I put in my body is fresh, I try and avoid processed foods all together and I am feeling great. The problem is I am still "sick" girl.

I will always have migraines, there is no cure, there is only constant modification, trial and error. I wish I could find relief but I am so grateful with how far I have come. I will continue the path to less frequent occurences as well as I can.

But sometimes I just want to scream really I am getting healthy...I feel so much better than I ever have and I am a work in progress. Though I hit rough spots with my migraines and catch a cold or two I am on the mend and for that I am grateful....Now if I can just loose the title of "SICK GIRL"

God's greatest gifts come in unique packages

It's nice to be reminded how wonderful life is. Everytime I get the chance to visit with my nephews, my heart is filled with overwhelming happiness. I have yet to experience what it feels like to be a parent, but I can say being an AUNTIE is one of life's greatest gifts. I am truly blessed to be the Aunt to some amazing little people. It makes me wonder how great God must feel when he looks down at all his sons and daughters. I have the priveledge to watch these little miracles grow and I consider myself super lucky to have these wonderful boys in my life.

Kenna got a red star for best defense...and she scored 4 points!! Way to go Kenna that is so awesome. Mylie gets the white star for most Christlike.

Glad that we live in a generation where we are constantly feed what is happening in other people's lives. These were the latest and greatest posts from my sister in love Misti.

I am so proud of the two beautiful girls that her and Steve are raising. You know they have done a great job when you are around these to precious girls. I am so honored to be their Aunt and to share their lives with them. They are really incredible and it's moments like these that just scream to the world how great they are. I love these two so much and wish we were able to part of their everyday lives. But we watch from the sidelines and they truly make my heart smile. I am so blessed!!

Control Freak

So I know that I have Control issues and I keep trying to rid myself of the need to control. Just when I thought I was getting better at it..BAM!!! Troy and I are currently looking for a new place to live. We are wanting to rent a house or a townhouse but every corner we turn leads us to disappointment. Every property I have found interesting or overwhelmingly excited about, the realtor has just got an offer for. We have two months until our lease is up and I should be able to say ok I have two months but instead I am freaking out and thinking...Great we will have no place to live.

So we are hoping something wonderful comes our way. Until then I will just be the spaz that feels like she is going to be homeless.

Christmas in the Frozen Tundra

This year Christmas was a little different. We spend every other year in Minnesota for Christmas but were missing part of the family so it just wasn't the same. The absence of Steve, Misti, Mylie and Kenna was greatly felt but we still managed to open presents all together via Skype. We were all really grateful for that.

I got to meet the latest addition to the Tarno clan and boy did I fall in love with that little guy. I forgot just how great little bundles of joy are. Briggs definitely stole the show around that house. It was so great just to spend time with everyone, especially the kiddos Breana and Briley. I really miss seeing them and they are such great kids. I am so lucky to be their Aunt.

Christmas day we spent at Aunt Nancy's and that is pretty much my favorite part of the trip. I love having the whole family get together and spend time with one another. I was plagued with a migraine so didn't have as much fun as I intended but still it was such a wonderful blessing to be there.

Danea, Mark and the kids were able to be in MN the same time so it was great to see them.

After Christmas we traveled up to Esko and had a blast hanging out with Desi, Tony, Stone, Dea, Gale, Heath, little Heath, Easton, Judy, Craig and Gene and Jill. I got to meet Troy's friends Mandy and Matt and just love them. We enjoyed our time there and then headed back to the cities.

We got to have multiple dinners with friends. We enjoyed haning out with Joe and Erica and meeting that handsome sweet little angel Alex. Then we had a great time scarfing down some Mexican food at my favorite restaraunt Don Pablo's with Karissa and Robert. We always wish we could see them more when we are there and will have to do better at it next time around.

We had such a sweet blessing by having dinner with Rhonda and Ed before they headed off to Amsterdam for a year. They are so near and dear to our hearts.

So overall we had a great time. We missed not having the whole family together but managed to enjoy to time with the ones we did have. I can't wait to go back to Minnesota for a visit. I really would love to see how fall is there. I have only endured the cold winters and the late spring.







This was Troy's little slice of Heaven!!!!

Scentsy

As some of you may know as many of you don't I am now a Scentsy Consultant. I am excited about this opportunity but most of all I love the product.

What is Scentsy?
Scentsy Warmers use a low-watt bulb to melt specially formulated wax slowly, maximizing the fragrance time of the Scentsy Bar or Scentsy Brick.

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If you are interested in the product, hosting a party or ordering, please contact me or go to my website:

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Look for the new Warmer in January. I am so excited, this is by far my favorite Scentsy Warmer Yet...Margo In January you can receive 10% off this warmer.

Eight altogether I'll love them all forever and ever

Children are God’s greatest gift. Once upon a time, I wouldn’t have wanted to be an Auntie because I was not someone they would have been proud of or could look up to. When my first nephew came into this world, his little being completely transformed my heart. I had this burning desire to be better, to be more than I was and to create a new me. How could these little creatures stir up so much desire in me, how could he give me so much when I had nothing to give him. The day Joshua came into my life, I felt a love I have never known. He was simply perfect, and he was a gift to so many. I now have 8 nieces and nephews. I may not have known all of them from the day they were born but since the moment they have entered my life, they have changed my heart forever. They truly are God’s greatest gifts. Each of them has their own personality and each of them hold a special place in my heart. Their laughter and giggles lighten up any day.

Beautiful eyes, a tender heart and a smile that's very sweet. Before you came into my life, it was very incomplete. You always make me happy...And you make my world go around in everything we do together joy can always be found. I just want you to know and hope you can see that you're a very precious person that God has shared with me. My nephews and nieces, eight altogether. I'll love them all forever and ever.

Joshua and Braeden


Kenna, Breana, Mylie, Briley


Mia


Briggs