ADVENTURE!!!

The last ten days have been a whirlwind of life and death.

Shortly after midnight on the morning of the 22^nd, Collin’s amazing, strong, wise, wonderful, beautiful grandma passed away. She was made as comfortable as anyone can be. I mean, how do you gauge that?

That made for a rough Friday. The way we tend to grieve is not super healthy. There was copious amounts of unhealthy food and alcohol and tears.

The following day I had class. An hour in my body began to ache and I thought I was going to become a popsicle. I knew this didn’t bode well but pushed through the class. I pray I didn’t infect any of my class mates… Once I got home I went to bed and slept for a few hours, got up for a couple and then slept for another eleven. I am fairly certain I had the flu or a flu like bug. Thankfully we are pretty certain the rest of the house dodged it.

By Wednesday I was able to survive a whole day at work, but throughout the five days from Grams’ passing until then I had three mild symptomatic occurrences in my stupid right eye. I will be going in for a consult with my corneal specialist in the next couple weeks. Might be time for the polishing procedure.

Friday arrived and I was utterly hopeful for a much need dose of positive.

My neighbor invited me last minute to a Pampered Chef party that night (she invited me on Wednesday). It was a blast. I got some awesome new kitchen stuff that I can’t wait for it to arrive.

Keeping with my goal for 2016 and my 31^st year, this party pushed me to do something I have been considering trying for a while. Some of you may remember last year when I was considering doing some direct sales for some products I had tried and loved. I ended up not doing it for a few different reasons. It was like a part of me knew that there was something that is so much more intrinsically me.

I took a few moments to talk to the consultant who was running the party. I listened to why she worked with Pampered Chef and how she feels about the products. I looked at the consultant agreement and all the support that they have and I decided to take the plunge and become a consultant myself.

For me, this was a simple choice. I am big on homemade food and I think everyone and anyone can be an excellent cook in their own home. Making healthy foods at home is a big contributor to my successful weight loss. I also love indulging in fresh baked goods from time to time, and I love the taste of homemade so much better than any store bakery.

I feel I need to note here, this decision was not made lightly. It wasn’t an impulse buy, or irrational splurge. I have vacillated over doing something like this for months, and thanks to my awesome neighbor inviting me over this opportunity all but punched me in the face. It also must be noted that I have 100% support from my husband. That in and of itself means the world to me and just pushes me all the more to succeed in this.

And I will.

I will be awesome!

So look for updates from me and don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to host a party.