Starting a business

Weather you are starting an in-home business or brick and mortar, it is not for the faint of heart. In other words it is not for someone that gives up easily. You have to be willing to keep going, to strive for the ultimate goal. It doesn't matter if you have had several in-home demonstrations that are a flop or internet parties that totally bomb you must continue onward and upward. Pick yourself up and dust yourself off and keep on keepin on. It's hard and frustrating and will test your very being. It will test your sanity. It will make you second guess yourself. DON'T! I am here to tell you that I am currently at that spot in my business. My friends are tired and so am I, but I need to keep going. Trying to get my friends to refer me is kinda hard as well.
When you start an in-home based business you think, "oh, this is going to be easy". Ha! No it's not. You have to have the discipline to keep going for it. You are the only one that will drive you. It's great to have the support of your family and I have that, but when I want to give up they don't know what to say other then "you do what you feel you have to do". NOT what I want to hear.
I am friends on a page on FB and it is called positive outlook and all morning I have been seeing post on this very topic. Don't give up!

Well I guess God is trying to tell me something.

God's Love, Peace and Joy to you

Laura

Being myself

I don't want to be one of those bloggers that talks about nothing but the items I have for you that will save you time and money in the long run. My products are great, no doubt, but I am a person. I am so much more than just what I do for a living. I have a husband that does some of the craziest things. I have children, grown (almost), but they are also entertaining, and I have grand children and of course they are always entertaining. I also have feelings, emotions, bad days and good days. I try to have more good days than bad days and sometimes it's hard but I do try.

I know that I am losing my audience because of the things that I have been posting lately and I want to apologize to you for that. I would like to have your business but I am not here to do the hard sell to you. I would rather be your friend first and then if you wish to be a customer as well that's fine but no pressure. My work is all about making new friends and helping you when I can with what I can. I am here to be that ear you might need to talk to or the shoulder you need to cry on. I am here to show the people of this world that there is more to us then anger and violence. I guess I want to revert back to the 60's. Peace and Love man! Peace and Love.

I kept my granddaughter last night and she has been with me all day today. It's been great but I forget how much time and work it takes to be with a busy 4 year old. lol I have to admit that I should sleep very well tonight though. 

I am having a little trouble today concentrating. I can't seem to focus today on one thing. Other things keep running through my head and I lose my train of thought. It happens sometimes like this. My thoughts are all jumbled up and come out rather erratically, but like I said I am being me. I write the way I talk. It can get kinda comical at times.

I have continued to work on my lifestyle change. It has been hard because I ran out of my foods I have been eating, but I had reached a plateau and I needed to shake up my system. I did, however, I made one mistake. I have purged by body of all refined sugars and I decided that I wanted to try my new Ceramic Egg Cooker and make a single serve brownie. It worked very well but because I have purged my body it made me so sick. So sick that I got physically sick after eating it. I had surgery in '98 and I am not supposed to have refined sugar anyway but I have to admit, since doing that, ALL of my sugar cravings have gone away. I told my husband what happened and he gave me a big thumbs up. He hated it that I had gone back to eating sugar anyway and he is very happy that I am back to where I should be in that aspect.

I am kinda beating myself up today though. I didn't go to church yesterday and I feel bad about it. Especially since I had just gotten paid and I didn't pay my tithes but I am going to set it aside and take it to church next Sunday. I'm going to send a prayer up about it and I will ask you to pray for me too as I can always use prayer. Anyway, I think that is all I wanted to relay today.

God's Peace, Love and Joy to you,

Laura

20 Reasons to host a Virtual Party

I don't care what anyone says, we all love to entertain. However when we stop and think about what goes into hosting a party we end up talking ourselves out of it. Why? Well let's make a list of the things we have to do to prepare for this party.

1. Clean the house (that's the big one right there).
2. Go to the store and get food and drinks for everyone to enjoy.
3. Host on a Saturday night so you don't have to get up and go to work the next day.
4. Be dressed in something presentable.
5. Make sure all the furbabies are put away and the hair is off the couch.
6. Prepare all the foods and beverages.
7. AND, run around and make sure everyone is having a good time.
8. THEN there is the clean up afterwards.

Ok, I'm tired and I don't want to have this party anymore. Too much work involved.

Now lets discuss the 20 advantages to hosting a virtual party.

1. No cleaning required!
2. No need for a bra (women)/pants (men)
3. Most likely you will be on some sort of social media anyway.
4. No shower needed!
5. You can pop in and out of the party
6. No cooking necessary!
7. You can wear your snuggie without shame
8. It costs you absolutely nothing
9. Earn FREE stuff!
10. It's Fun!
11. Catch up with old friends, you know the ones that don't come to your parties because they live out of town.
12. You don't need a sitter!
13. No excuses for weather cancellations
14. No need to do your hair
15. Shop without going out
16. Friends and family out of state can attend
17. Convenient for everyone!
18. No cleanup afterwards!
19. Kids screaming in the background? No problem!
20. All the cool people are doing it!

SO, WHY NOT?!

Let's get together and have some fun, you earn FREE products, and have some laughs! June is an amazing time to have a "party" with me and here is why!

For my Host you can earn:

1. Up to a $265 shopping spree (depending on amount of sales)
2. 5 Half price items
3. A 30% discount
4. Host exclusive monthly specials
5. A 10% discount for a FULL year
6. In June my Host has a choice of the following too:

AND

In June your guest will also benefit by the following FREE items (when they spend $75 or more):

Contact me and get on my calendar before it's all booked up!

Happy Cooking,

Laura