My Favorite Things FRIDAY!

This Kids’ Shirt

This Womens’ Shirt

This guilty pleasure.

This school.

This Car.

This Phone.

This Furniture Line.

This Facebook Group.

This News Source.

This Social Media.

This House.

This Skin-Care Regimen.

AND LAST BUT FURTHEST THINGS FROM LEAST!!!!

THESE KIDS!

Rodan+Fields 100% Gaurantee Correction

Last night I posted incorrect information (R+F Sales newby mistake!)  Anyway, you can return any portion of the used portion for a full refund or exchange WITHIN 60 days (less shipping and handling).  Still a great deal.  And it doens’t take 60 days to see results.  :)

Empty Bottle Guarantee

Mommy Zabs readers (and for those friends that read on facebook), I know that I have been obsessive on Rodan+Fields lately.  I promise that this site will not become souly a place to pitch R+F.  HOWEVER I have encountered one question over and over (in the 36 hours I have been selling this!)

FREE SAMPLES!  No we do not give out free samples.  The most obvious reason would be that results do not come overnight and not even in a week.  Rodan+Fields recommends 60 days of treatment before you give up.  The good news??  You can purchase a system use the whole thing up and if you are not happy… send it back and get a refund.  That is how confident Rodan+Fields is that you will love the product. 

ALSO, once you do love your Rodan+Fields product you can become a preferred customer by subscribing to your favorite products.  As long as your order comes to $80 every 2 months, your order will be shipped to you automatically.  This entitles you to 10% off and FREE shipping!  

All right, Visit Rodan+Fields and go for it.

CORRECTION:  Last night I posted incorrect information (R+F Sales newby mistake!)  Anyway, you can return any portion of the used portion for a full refund or exchange WITHIN 60 days (less shipping and handling).  Still a great deal.  And it doens’t take 60 days to see results.  :)

Rodan + Fields- Reverse Regimen

Reverse is the first Regimen I tried and now here I’m selling it.  I love the way it makes my skin feel.  Here is what the Rodan+Fields website has to say about REVERSE,

“It’s not what you see…It’s what you don’t see. Exposure to the sun and the environment can leave you with less-than-youthful skin. Erase the signs of premature aging, including brown spots, dullness, and sun damage. REVERSE Regimen exfoliates, lightens, brightens, and protects your skin for a more even tone and texture. Recognized on Allure Magazine’s A List. The REVERSE Regimen features 4 full-size products: Deep Exfoliating Wash 100 mL/3.4 Fl.Oz.; Skin Lightening Toner 125 mL/4.2 Fl.Oz.; Skin Lightening Treatment 50 mL/1.7 Fl.Oz.; and UVA/UVB SPF 15 Sunscreen 50 mL/1.7 Fl.Oz.”

I have remnants of pregnancy mask on my face that I swear is getting lighter.  In a few weeks I’ll have pictures to post and show you the difference.  The won’t be absolutely “before” because I have already been using it.  But if this stuff keeps working you should be able to tell a difference between now and then anyway. 

If you are wanting to reverse the results of sun damage this product is a definite MUST SEE for you!

Rodan + Fields

Okay… some of you may think I’m crazy,  But I just signed up to sell a facial care regimen called Rodan+Fields.  I never thought I would join up to sell something that has more of a multi-level selling structure because in my experience SOMETIMES people doing that get super pushy and you feel used.  So please know right up front I will never ever do that to you  But I am really impressed with this product and not only that… love that it is an anti aging regimen created by the makers of PROACTIVE.  I have so much respect for proactive and what it has done with acne.  To me that gave/ gives it a very legit name.  This time the makers of proactive (Rodan and Fields) decided to do with sun damage and again skin care what they did for Acne, but selling it through direct sales.  

I’m happy to be selling it and would love for you to check out my new site for more information.  This company only has 1500 ACTIVE sellers in the US so it is also a great thing to get into if you would like to sell it.  It’s on the ground floor so there are really great opportunities to make some money from home.  I know a lot of us look for that since we want to stay home with our kids.  Anyway, enough said.  Let me know if you are interested in buying or selling (or both!)

In Sickness and in Health, For Better or Worse

Lately some things have been brought to the front of my mind.  It’s about my dad.  I have written many times on here in the last 5 years about the period of life when my mom died.  I rarely write about how ugly or terrible watching what the cancer did to her body was.  Or how much she could not do for herself because of how sick she was.  I don’t give the gory details.  Anyone who has lost someone due to terminal illness doesn’t need an explanation.  There are just some things you don’t like to burden other people with unnecessarily.  But in few words, lets just say there were many times during that season that were horrific.  That being said, as I reflect, there was still something very beautiful out of it.  My father.  

My mom and  my dad did not have a perfect marriage (who does).  I know he has his regrets and I know that she lived with her own regrets as well.  But it is often said that when someone is hard pressed on every side you see who they really are… if that is the case, my father is a beautiful person.  He kept his vow to my mother to love her for better or worse, in sickness and in health. 

Until now, I took this for granted… that is what one is expected to do right?  But lately I have heard more and more stories of this not being the case.  It’s not an easy call.  It’s a very tough one.  It is one that requires the emptying of oneself.  It says in the Bible that “greater love has no man than this, to lay his life down for a friend. “  To care for someone you love who is utterly helpless, this is laying your life down.

Dad, I’ll always be grateful for the example you have set before me.  I’ll never forget how devastating that season of life was.  I thank you for not running.  I thank you for being with mom through all the ugliness.  I thank you for being with her until the very last minute and holding her in your arms as she passed into perfect healing.  I pray that I can love those around me in the same selfless way.  I love you Dad.

Avery Gained Again!

Avery had her year old check up today and gained a pound!  Yippee.  She is in the 22nd percentile for weight and is in the 95th percentile for her height now!  They still want regular weight checks and to make sure she continues growing.  They also still want a CF test.  But I’m really encouraged that her height and weight are growing!

Some Pictures and Yet Another Update

I figured I would post a couple recent photos.  I haven’t uploaded all our trip photos yet so those are still to come.  But here is a sampling of what I took on my phone.  

As far as Avery- The Doctor called me the other day and wants to test her for 2 more things.  Cystic Fibrosis and a parasite.  No one really thinks she has CF.  She doesn’t have any of the breathing issues that come with it.  But it is something that we would like to cross off the list now instead of later.  The other, I just have to bring a gross sample in  One of these days she is either going to be completely healed or we will figure out what is going on.  For now I just have peace and I’m thankful for that.  She looks so well that I’m pretty confident she has nothing terrible and untreatable.  But we could of course still use any prayers for her.  

I have been pretty busy with work because I just found out we are going to go to market in a couple weeks  (In ATL).  While I’m excited, it will be 6 days away from the kids.  I have never been away from Avery that long.   Luckily my days will be packed so it will hopefully pass quickly.  It’s funny to have your heart feel 2 opposing ways at the same time.  Such excitement to go mixed with such sadness to leave the kids.  ALSO I had a tripped planned with a good friend to go see No Doubt and am no way missing that.  So in the middle of being in ATL I will be flying to Chicago for a day to see Gwen Stephani.   So excited.  I hate that the trips had to overlap, (means I will miss the busiest day at market- and my Chicago trip is cut shorter).  But I’m excited that I still get to go.  

I feel like I haven’t talked about my Amazing Husband in awhile on here.  He is doing great.  I’m constantly amazed at what a great father he is.  I couldn’t do all I do with out his help and understanding.  I couldn’t have a better partner in life.  I’m so thankful for him.

Swollen Uvula

So weird, I woke up with that little thing hanging in the back of my throat totally swollen.  I thought I was going to choke on it, literally.  It kills.  So I did what any good 33 year old would do that was raised like me and just popped some Advil.  I just did a google search on swollen Uvula and it appears I did the right thing.  I also need to drink a lot today as it is from dry throat or dehydration most times.  Funny thing is I drank at least 5 tall waters yesterday.  That is more than normal for me.  Oh well.  I’m not rushing to call the dr. right now since I feel better that it will go away within 24 hours.

I am home from my trip and will post some pics soon.  Florida and the family was great.  It is always nice to return though.  For work I just found out I will be going to Market in a couple of weeks so I suddenly have a lot on my plate.  

My sweet friend Jordan and her family are coming this weekend.  I’m so excited to show her the life I have here in Franklin, TN.  I’m even doubly excited to see her and her family.  My boys will be in heaven.

Avery Mystery

So we are still trying to figure out why Avery is pretty much the same size as she was when she was 6 mos.  Our plan right now is for her to see the Endocrinologist (although her appt isn’t till end of August.) And that Gastro dr.  We have also switched her to soy forumula from Milk protein based formula.  It does appear she has milk sensitivity because this is causing her eczema to go away… however we have yet to see if it will help her gain weight.  

Aside from her size she is developing normally.  She is a little bit of a late bloomer but still within the averages.  She is crawling and pulling up, her hair is growing, her teeth are coming in, and she interacts so much with us.   

One thing that I’m slightly concerned about (though it is a VERY RARE disease and therefore unlikely that she has it…) It is called Abetalipoproteinemia (aka Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome).  Big words huh.  The two main symptoms for it in infants is Failure to Thrive (which Avery has been labeled) and spiculated red blood cells (which she has).  I have a call into her hematologist and am waiting for a call back.  She has a second blood test in a couple of weeks.  I’m praying hard that she doesn’t have this rare disease.  I’m not even going to go into what it is on here unless they tell me she has it.  Jeff is rather positive she doesn’t have it and I know the chances are very rare.  Still I want to know for sure so that I can have peace of mind.