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Super Bowl Fun, Your Way

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Super Bowl Fun, Your Way

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The Super Bowl is Sunday! Do you know how you’re going to celebrate? Are you someone who has a big party with family or friends? Maybe you prefer to go out? Keep things low-key? Either way, I have some ideas on how to make it a fun afternoon & evening.

Big Party Fun, In – If you’re a person who enjoys throwing a big party, invite your friends over and have them help you do the “work”!  Encourage each person coming to bring their favorite appetizer to share!  If you’re having women, have them bring a bottle of their favorite wine, then grab some paper bags and cover the labels up, have a taste test and have the women all vote for the winner…have a small gift for the winner (think $1 spot at Target or clearance from Bath & Body Works, fun napkins for entertaining, etc).  Make sure to use paper plates and silverware to cut down on your cleaning up!  I also would encourage 2 different areas…one for those who actually want to watch the game and one for those that are there just to socialize!

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Recipes

Chicken & Broccoli Wild Rice Soup

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Chicken & Broccoli Wild Rice Soup

On snow days, I love to cook! I love to cook new things and bake! A few days ago we had the Blizzard of 2016! In that one day that I was home, I made Taco Soup, Beer Bread, and Cristen’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies, and mixed up this easy and delicious new recipe, Chicken and Broccoli Wild Rice Soup!

The Recipe

I love rice, I love Wild Rice, and I love chicken.  I love broccoli, so why not put them all together, right?  This recipe is super easy, full of flavor, and packed with things that are good for your body like protein from the chicken, veggies, and the rice isn’t too shabby either!  The best part?  It’s easy!!  And by now, we all know how much I love a good and easy recipe!

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Comments for A Cause: My Happy Place

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Comments for A Cause: My Happy Place

Recently I became aware of an amazing organization right here in North Iowa. It’s called My Happy Place. While I love the Comments for a Cause idea, I don’t always participate each month!  I feel very strongly about only participating when I find a cause or organization that strongly moves me and that is the case this month!  This group is a non-profit organization dedicated to making a difference in our community’s.  They work with sick children and families to create a fun and safe living space for the child at home!  my happy place

From their website,

“We do this by working closely with the child and families to design and redecorate a personalized bedroom within the family’s home. We fill this space with items that are meaningful to the child and in a style they choose.  Our goal is to help as many sick children as possible, one child at a time, one community at a time.  We believe that every child deserves their very own happy place.”

So far, through their efforts they have decorated 19 rooms and have 4 coming up!  They’ve decorated rooms to be like the inside of a fish tank, a man cave for a teen age boy, one to appear like an outdoor tree house/camping scene, and many dreams have come true!  What a fantastic way to brighten a child’s day that faces so much adversity!

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10 Traveling Companions & Reflections

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I discovered this “note” on Facebook that wrote probably close to 8 years ago!  As I read it and reflected on my answers then, I’m amazed I still feel the same about things.  There will be a few notes in italics that are my thoughts now, as an older more mature person!  

My dad gave me a book in my stocking for Christmas called “Keep Believing in Yourself and Your Dreams” It’s a collection of different poems, quotations, and writings “to motivate and inspire your dreams”. Now, I’m going to have to admit that I’m not usually one for cheesy quotations, etc. But I’ve found one part that has really gotten me thinking. So, I’m going to share it here, along with some thoughts about how it applies to my own life and who knows…maybe they’ll be more as I read!

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Direct Sales & Social Media

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Direct Sales & Social Media

Oh, where do I begin?? People in direct sales and social media…they make me want to cringe! Not all of them, but a handful of them!

Now, before you start hating on me for hating on DS…I am IN direct sales. I sell for two different companies!!  I’ve sold for Jamberry Nails for almost 3 years now and Norwex for almost a year and let me tell you, I LOVE both companies that I sell for.  I love the way their treat their consultants, I love the financial bonus it provides for me and my family, and most importantly, I love the products that I sell…if I didn’t feel this way about either company, I’d drop it like a ton of bricks, but…people can trust me because I’m not selling 100% of the time!

Direct Sales is a balancing act.  You have to balance selling and not selling as to not push your family and friends away.  I also know how hard someone in direct sales has to work to make a profit!  Today, it seems like everyone is a consultant for something and there are a million and a half companies out there!  It is because of that that I have to be even more conscious to be careful not to push my friends and family away with my sales!  So, here are a few simple tips to remember.

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