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Free SmileReader Starter Kit

February 13, 2019 By: Nanette

Thank you to MomSelect for sharing this free offer information. This post contains affiliate links.

Are you trying to conceive or know someone who is? If so, you are going to want to share this offer with them. SmileLabs products are accurate, affordable and best of all, easy to use. Smilelabs, the makers of the SmartReader App and Smile Lab Ovulation and Pregnancy Tests are offering a free SmartReader Starter Kit.

Yes, it’s free!

Each kit contains 5 ovulation strips and 1 pregnancy test.

So how do I get it?

It’s easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Check out the SmartReader App.

2. Download the app on your smart device.

3. After downloading, you will receive a code to redeem on Amazon for (5) Free Ovulation Test Strips and (1) FREE Pregnancy Test.

Friends are like Apples

January 29, 2019 By: Nanette

It’s not easy being a teenager and neither is raising one I’ve come to find out. But honestly, I love how they look at life from a totally unexpected angle. My daughter wrote this poem recently:

Friends are like apples.

Some crunchy and pure.

Some soggy and rotten.

Maybe sweet and tangy.

Or tart and sour.

Fresh and stuck on the apple tree.

Fallen into the leaf pile down below.

Clean and juicy.

Moldy and filled with green worms, consuming the inside.

You must choose your friends/apples wisely.

You never know what you may end up biting into.

– Princess (aka my daughter)

She reminds me of me when I was a teen writing poetry. And when you really think about it, she’s right! Friends really are like apples, aren’t they?

Here is my wish for you, may you pick only fresh, clean, crunchy, juicy apples in your life. They are the ones that will fill you with goodness.

Pause is My Word for 2019 What’s Your Word?

December 31, 2018 By: Nanette

Here we are again at the end of another year as thoughts of the past year flow through our minds, we pause when we think of the hopes we hold out for the new year ahead. It’s been a difficult year for me – emotionally, physically and mentally.

As with every year, there have been ups and downs, highs and lows, wins and losses. The losses have devastated me, the highs have lifted me. My word for 2018 was Forward. To be honest with you, I think keeping that word in the forefront this year helped me get through it all. It was a constant reminder to myself to keep moving forward, to not hang on to the troubles of the day but to move past them. It also was a reminder to not stop working towards my goals.

This year I stepped out of my comfort zone on more than one occasion and for that, I’m proud of myself. I applied for the Sony Alpha grant. Now, that was hard but I did it and I’m glad I did. Didn’t win the grant but still felt like a winner because I tried. I pushed myself forward through the fear and did it. It required a video submission and as hard as it was I pushed forward and did it. It was raw, open, honest and emotional for me but I did it. I learned a lot from the process. I learned from it. I wasn’t just being open for the grant but to myself and my feelings.

So yes, I’m giving myself a word for 2019.

My word for 2019

Pause.

Not stop, not a break, just a pause.

I get so wrapped up in the everyday things I forget to breathe. I forget to give myself time to pause life and just take a few minutes for myself to breathe deeply.

My health isn’t where I’d like it to be. This is another area in which I need to pause what I’m doing for others and do for me. I’ve struggled with anxiety since I was in my 20’s. For the most part, I’ve been able to keep it under control but lately, it seems to be coming back and I need to get to a place where I am in control of it again and not the other way around.

My personal goals. Again I put everyone else ahead of me. I struggle and yes I really struggle to allow myself to do things for me because I’m too busy saying yes to everyone else. I did that one this year when I went to the Confidence Workshop. And I gotta tell you, it was the most refreshed, relaxed, inspiring and encouraging weekend I have had in a very, very long time. I didn’t realize how much I needed to pause life and give to myself for just a few days.

So if throughout the year, you notice I haven’t posted here on the blog, or maybe on my social media accounts, don’t worry I won’t be gone long. I’m just taking my word to heart and pushing the pause button for a little while.