A few years ago I did the Avon walk with my mother in law. We didnt make it the whole 39 miles, but we did walk a marathon. Blisters and sore legs for days! It was fun. I worked hard and raised the funds. Now its my hubbies turn, which means I get to help out!!! This year he is flying across the country with his momma to North Carolina to walk there. His mom his a survivor. His sisters mom in law is working on it as well. Breast cancer has occurred on both sides of my family.
Each month up until his walk I will have ways for you to help him out.
Im gonna start Junes out early.
Any profits I make through Doterra between now and the end of June will go directly to my hubbies walk.
So go on, look for something you need and place an order. #oilsforacause
If you want to become a consultant, even better, you signing up, and placing your order helps out majorly as well!!!
PLUS, Im giving anyone who signs up to become a consultant during this time a cool key chain that holds 8 mini drams of oil so you have your essentials with you at all times!!(you can see it here, comes in black or purple, I have one of each one in diaper bag. one in my purse)
If you want to sign up, CONTACT ME if its before the end of May. Theres specialness about signing up then. If you want to just place an order, click my face to the right. It will take ya where you need to go.
Im excited for my man to do this walk with his mom. 39 miles is no fun or easy task!
SO place your orders and get some oils for a cause! If you place an order, email me at the email address below letting me know. I will enter you into a drawing for a surprise item at the end of June!!
Dont know where to start or what to get....??? Email me, Ill help ya the best I can!
TessDoesDoTerra@gmail.com
Want to donate straight to his site? Do so here: NICKS AVON WALK
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
His n Hers
I walk into the garage and spotted my husbands collection. I then
giggled! His collection of oil is funny to me! We have enough to last
YEARS!! My collection... a little different!
As he loves his collection of oils... I LOVE and ADORE mine!
I have been having so much fun learning and researching. Ive been getting emails or text messages from friends and family asking what would work for this or that, and off I go!!! My mind is blown as to what these babies can do!!!
Have a question on what you can use for what....
Email me: Tessdoesdoterra@gmail.com
Website to find these oils- www.mydoTERRA.com/TessBenson
Email me if you want to get more information on a starter kit with many of the oils to help replace your medicine cabinet !
**I am not a Doctor and do not have the ability to treat or diagnose. Anything you choose to use is upon your own discretion.
ALSO, did you see my new button!!! Yeah, up there on the right, my face.... if you click it, it takes ya somewhere fun!!! :o)
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
My Monday- Food.. Excersize.
Ive slacked on my juicing. I MISS it! Ive slacked on eating well. I havent been eating bad, but not my best. My Anxiety problems are starting to come back as well.. Numbing in the face, strange heart beating, feet and hands feel funny. Ive been tested left and right, lots of blood work and an MRI. So busting out my oils (which help a ton), fixing my diet, main thing.... Being consistent!!!
So heres what I did today.
I juiced, carrots, LOTS of green, a beet (and its leaves), cucumber, a chunk of ginger, one apple and a lemon. Not gonna lie, for the first juice back, it was a little hard to down. I only drank a quarter of it, saving a quarter for my smoothie and the other half for tomorrow.
For the smoothie I put some of the pulp in it.... BAD PLAN! BLEH I also added fresh strawberry, the juice an orange from my tree and frozen berries. I didnt add veggies this time cuz of all the veggie in the juice. I also added hemp protein, chia and flax. The pulp made the texture, NASTY! I didnt finish my smoothie, instead froze into ice tray to spread out through different smoothies this week, NO WASTING! I drank about half.
Then to iced coffee. We have a Toddy Cold Brew System. I LOVE it. so I had that mixed with vanilla coconut milk creamer. Its yummy but I try to avoid carrageenan and it has it... I also will often use Vanilla Almond milk. Or plain almond milk with a splash of vanilla extract. (I also ate 1 Irish soday bread biscotti)
Lunch was half a cucumber, Power Greens, unsalted toasted by me sunflower seeds, a lemon, half a jalapeno, carrot and an avocado. I did tear off a piece of baguette.
After lunch I made a blended Matcha drink with Matcha and plain almond milk. I added vanilla extract and a small squeeze of agave. not bad!
Through out the day and before lunch and dinner (not before breakfast cuz I want my juice to be the first thing in my system) Ive been drinking glasses of water with either a couple drops of Lemon oil or a couple drops of Slim & Sassy.
Dinner was a fail. thin crust pizza, it was easy. I started to feel worn down. I think Im getting a cold. Im gonna try to knock it out and will share with you this week.
After each meal Im hopping on the tread mill for 10 minutes or the stair stepper for 10 minutes. (kids occupied with coloring or dancing, or naps.) I hope to do 20-30 minutes on the stair stepper at wake up most likely before bed. Ive just bumped my short goal on my Fitbit from 7,000 steps to 8,000 steps but ideally making it to 10,000 steps each day.I did not accomplish that.. There will be other days. Its a process.
So heres what I did today.
I juiced, carrots, LOTS of green, a beet (and its leaves), cucumber, a chunk of ginger, one apple and a lemon. Not gonna lie, for the first juice back, it was a little hard to down. I only drank a quarter of it, saving a quarter for my smoothie and the other half for tomorrow.
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| I was gonna clean up and make it all pretty.... But this is real life!!! |
For the smoothie I put some of the pulp in it.... BAD PLAN! BLEH I also added fresh strawberry, the juice an orange from my tree and frozen berries. I didnt add veggies this time cuz of all the veggie in the juice. I also added hemp protein, chia and flax. The pulp made the texture, NASTY! I didnt finish my smoothie, instead froze into ice tray to spread out through different smoothies this week, NO WASTING! I drank about half.
Then to iced coffee. We have a Toddy Cold Brew System. I LOVE it. so I had that mixed with vanilla coconut milk creamer. Its yummy but I try to avoid carrageenan and it has it... I also will often use Vanilla Almond milk. Or plain almond milk with a splash of vanilla extract. (I also ate 1 Irish soday bread biscotti)
Lunch was half a cucumber, Power Greens, unsalted toasted by me sunflower seeds, a lemon, half a jalapeno, carrot and an avocado. I did tear off a piece of baguette.
After lunch I made a blended Matcha drink with Matcha and plain almond milk. I added vanilla extract and a small squeeze of agave. not bad!
Through out the day and before lunch and dinner (not before breakfast cuz I want my juice to be the first thing in my system) Ive been drinking glasses of water with either a couple drops of Lemon oil or a couple drops of Slim & Sassy.
Dinner was a fail. thin crust pizza, it was easy. I started to feel worn down. I think Im getting a cold. Im gonna try to knock it out and will share with you this week.
After each meal Im hopping on the tread mill for 10 minutes or the stair stepper for 10 minutes. (kids occupied with coloring or dancing, or naps.) I hope to do 20-30 minutes on the stair stepper at wake up most likely before bed. Ive just bumped my short goal on my Fitbit from 7,000 steps to 8,000 steps but ideally making it to 10,000 steps each day.I did not accomplish that.. There will be other days. Its a process.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Easter
Good Friday I decided VERY last minute with a 3 day notice to have an Easter play date with some friends. To my pleasant surprise we had 15 kids and so much fun!
Nick and I stuffed eggs the night before, I had a target run and cleaned the house.
Friday morning friends started showing up. My friend Jenny brought me a peanut butter mocha, she was the first to arrive! It was yummy! I made sea salt monkey bread!!! Just add a little sea salt to the to the sugar cinnamon mix then sprinkle a little on before popping in the oven, THEN sprinkle some on after you flip it. (I didnt sprinkle much on)
We did resurrection rolls, I followed my friend Kristen's blog, which was so much fun. The kids watched a video while the resurrection rolls baked. I wish I would have shown them this one instead. Both were great though!!
I, the kids and I didnt fix it, had placed the the rolls to close together on the baking sheet... they baked together, and kinda made a mess... Silly mommy, I also didnt check to make sure the rolls were all completely sealed such... Mine were not as pretty as Kristen's.. When we cut it open, and the the marshmallow was gone, my eldest was flabbergasted! She did not understand! I truly enjoy that, curiosity, wanting to understand.
I pulled out some coloring sheets for the kids to color, I closed up the blinds and a mom and I went and kid the 100 eggs Nick and I stuffed. Then we let them out! Littles first to get a headstart then a minute later we let out the bigs, and they darted around. The smiles and the laughter heard was the absolute best! Im so glad I had a last minute shindig and may will do it every year!!!
Our Easter was simple. My poor Mister stepped on a nail on Saturday. He went in and got a tetanus and antibiotics. The Dr he saw told him that if his foot got any redder, hut anymore or swelled at all to head straight to the ER, that he had seen to many cases where the patient didnt take it seriously and lost a limb..... So of course Easter morning Nicks foot was more red, swollen and he was feeling more pain. The kids and I dropped him off at the emergency room and headed to church.
We attended a new church twice, I adore it. Everyone knows everyone. So every 3rd person asked me where Nick was, I made the mistake by saying, "at the ER" I should have started with 'Nick stepped on a nail yesterday......' Oh well! I talked to my dad, he invited us over for lunch, he assumed we had Easter plans. We didnt. so veggie sammies and salad it was. (Nick is fine by the way. He had an Xray and the examined the wound)
Here are some photos, not the best, but its what I got! Friends took some great ones as well!:
Nick and I stuffed eggs the night before, I had a target run and cleaned the house.
Friday morning friends started showing up. My friend Jenny brought me a peanut butter mocha, she was the first to arrive! It was yummy! I made sea salt monkey bread!!! Just add a little sea salt to the to the sugar cinnamon mix then sprinkle a little on before popping in the oven, THEN sprinkle some on after you flip it. (I didnt sprinkle much on)
We did resurrection rolls, I followed my friend Kristen's blog, which was so much fun. The kids watched a video while the resurrection rolls baked. I wish I would have shown them this one instead. Both were great though!!
I, the kids and I didnt fix it, had placed the the rolls to close together on the baking sheet... they baked together, and kinda made a mess... Silly mommy, I also didnt check to make sure the rolls were all completely sealed such... Mine were not as pretty as Kristen's.. When we cut it open, and the the marshmallow was gone, my eldest was flabbergasted! She did not understand! I truly enjoy that, curiosity, wanting to understand.
I pulled out some coloring sheets for the kids to color, I closed up the blinds and a mom and I went and kid the 100 eggs Nick and I stuffed. Then we let them out! Littles first to get a headstart then a minute later we let out the bigs, and they darted around. The smiles and the laughter heard was the absolute best! Im so glad I had a last minute shindig and may will do it every year!!!
Our Easter was simple. My poor Mister stepped on a nail on Saturday. He went in and got a tetanus and antibiotics. The Dr he saw told him that if his foot got any redder, hut anymore or swelled at all to head straight to the ER, that he had seen to many cases where the patient didnt take it seriously and lost a limb..... So of course Easter morning Nicks foot was more red, swollen and he was feeling more pain. The kids and I dropped him off at the emergency room and headed to church.
We attended a new church twice, I adore it. Everyone knows everyone. So every 3rd person asked me where Nick was, I made the mistake by saying, "at the ER" I should have started with 'Nick stepped on a nail yesterday......' Oh well! I talked to my dad, he invited us over for lunch, he assumed we had Easter plans. We didnt. so veggie sammies and salad it was. (Nick is fine by the way. He had an Xray and the examined the wound)
Here are some photos, not the best, but its what I got! Friends took some great ones as well!:
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| Anbo hadnt seen her friend in a while, she was SOOOO excited to see her. They each drew a best friends photo! Sweet Girls! |
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| Adorable! |
Sunday, December 8, 2013
40 things
A few weeks ago, a friend gave me 12 things I had to write about me, on FB. I had this post already started. Though more than 12 things.... It should work.. Eh.....
1) Hate wooden utensils or pop cycle stick.... nails on chalk board! UGH! I eat my frozen treats until there is barely enough covering the stick, then either throw it away or give it to Nick, before my mouth touches the stick!
3) Love stripes! Shirts blankets nails... LOVE
1) Hate wooden utensils or pop cycle stick.... nails on chalk board! UGH! I eat my frozen treats until there is barely enough covering the stick, then either throw it away or give it to Nick, before my mouth touches the stick!
2) Hate paper straws, though cute... They taste like paper! ICK! and kinda like the stick thing...
4) Hate 'juicy ears'. Yeah its what I call it. Sometimes when I have slept on one side of my head the ear wax or something is a little watery, I HATE it!
5) Qtips
when cleaning my ears I typically lock the door, so no one will
accidentally bump me. Seriously scared of an earthquake while doing so
as well. AHHHH
6) Love birds of prey. The turkey vultures that fly over my home are majestic. I also think I could be a bird watcher. I think it would be cool!!!
7) My favorite animal is an octopus and a Jelly Fish. Oh their beauty! An octopus is smart, and just so cool!
8) Robots are awesome.
9) Swallows are a favorite. They are so pretty. I love watching them fly as well.
12) I love lotr, Star Wars, the hobbit. I've seen shooter, pirates and little mermaid a million times.
13) I have nigh night movies, Yeaaaah When Nick is out of town, there are a few movies that calm me and I can watch over and over!Put me to sleep...
14) I've always wanted to be a runner, and still hope to be one day. Nothing stopping me, but me!
15) Snow White is my favorite princess, shes so pretty and sweet! Ariel rocks it too, her attitude to life is fun and adventurous!!! I wrote an essay on Ariel once.(now that I have kids, she is not a very good listener....)
16) I used to have a 1968 dodge dart. I LOVED that car. Someone crashed into it while I was driving to church with my siblings and a 2 year old I was babysitting, totaled. Can't wait to own a classic again one day!!!
17) In high school I was called smurfette. Blue hair...
18) Pink is my favorite color. I also love leopard and glitter.
20) I have a fear of my hubster dying, Ive cried thinking about it.
21) Minnie Mouse is adorable.
22) Ive always loved polka dots!!
23) I LOVE cold drink tumblers!
23) I LOVE cold drink tumblers!
24) I also love plastic straws! I have a ton of reusable ones! LOVE!
25) I was born a blond.. under all this color Im a dirty blond
26) Im working on having a plant based diet.
27) I watch veggie documentaries and they talk about the abuse of animals, and how they are killed inhumanly... Which I agree is terrible.... BUT all I can think about is all the babies being murdered by abortion.....
28) Gnomes are great! I have an awesome one in my yard, I want more!!!I LOVED the show 'David the Gnome' as a kid
29) I love coloring my hair.
30) Since getting married in 2003, Nick and I have lived in 7 places! Moving 6 times together! Errr YIKES!
31) Im a licensed cosmetologist.
32) I wanna learn to swing dance! I have since Jr High... Never really learned, though Ive been on the dance floor a couple times.
33) I miscarried our first babe in September of 2005
34) Im a leap year baby. Ive only had 7 birthDAYs.
35) I celebrate Feb 28th, I was born in Feb, not March.
36) My hubby was my first kiss, on our wedding day.
37) I have dreams of moving out of state, Seattle, Portland, & Denver are at the top of that list.
38) Im pretty shy, I shut down easily..
39) BUT Once Im comfortable, Im good.
40) I LOVE and adore cardigans. Ive got a closet full...
25) I was born a blond.. under all this color Im a dirty blond
26) Im working on having a plant based diet.
27) I watch veggie documentaries and they talk about the abuse of animals, and how they are killed inhumanly... Which I agree is terrible.... BUT all I can think about is all the babies being murdered by abortion.....
28) Gnomes are great! I have an awesome one in my yard, I want more!!!I LOVED the show 'David the Gnome' as a kid
29) I love coloring my hair.
30) Since getting married in 2003, Nick and I have lived in 7 places! Moving 6 times together! Errr YIKES!
31) Im a licensed cosmetologist.
32) I wanna learn to swing dance! I have since Jr High... Never really learned, though Ive been on the dance floor a couple times.
33) I miscarried our first babe in September of 2005
34) Im a leap year baby. Ive only had 7 birthDAYs.
35) I celebrate Feb 28th, I was born in Feb, not March.
36) My hubby was my first kiss, on our wedding day.
37) I have dreams of moving out of state, Seattle, Portland, & Denver are at the top of that list.
38) Im pretty shy, I shut down easily..
39) BUT Once Im comfortable, Im good.
40) I LOVE and adore cardigans. Ive got a closet full...
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Living and Active
Im sitting here munching on chips n salsa. Hubby laying on the floor snoozing away. All four kids sound asleep, its 12:08 am.... I. SHOULD. BE. SNOOZING!!!! but no.. Im here, blogging. scrolling though facebook earlier today I saw an update, I dont remember through who, or what. It stood out to me. It focused on 3 main things, feeding yourself spiritually, eating healthier and exercise.... Only 5 weeks.. I can do that!
See I have a goal. I want to reach it or come close by my 30th birthday. Thats just short of 6 months away. Its achievable. I just have to stick to it. We have already changed our diets. WAY healthier eating going on here... I just slide into chips and salsa late at night... not good.
So this challenge. Im doing it.. It starts Monday, and Im kinda stoked!!
Now off to bed.
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So this challenge. Im doing it.. It starts Monday, and Im kinda stoked!!
Now off to bed.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Luke
August 5th. A day that will never be forgotten by this precious family. Taking their two year old into urgent care for a fever that just wouldnt break. To then be sent to CHOC with concerns of Leukemia.
Then he was not only diagnosed with Leukemia, but diagnosed with AML, a terrible rare case.
(Follow his journey HERE)
TWO, this amazing vibrant little guy is ONLY TWO!
He can put a smile on anyones face, its seriously contagious! He is a sweet heart, with lots of love!
He has knocked over my girls with a bear hug! He has more energy and spunk than any two year old!
His parents are amazing loving people. His mom is my mentor in my homeschool group (couldnt ask for a better one) His dad a firefighter, both so incredibly loving and welcoming! Always smiling always happy to see you.
His big brother, oh Jer. He cracks me up. Same grade as my eldest, going through life together. A soccer player and a lover of being active! He is friends with everyone and anyone, just like his brother!
He is also expecting a brother or a sister (my guess is sister, now its in stone!) this spring.
This family loves Jesus, and are stronger than I could ever imagine. My heart breaks for them, sincerely just crushed. I can not even begin to imagine what they are going though.
October I am walking, walking to raise money. Walking to show is family that they have support and love from us! Will you join me in donating to my walk! Or join to walk yourself!!! Its gonna be loads of fun! Click the link below
CHOC Walk in the Park!
Then he was not only diagnosed with Leukemia, but diagnosed with AML, a terrible rare case.
(Follow his journey HERE)
TWO, this amazing vibrant little guy is ONLY TWO!
He can put a smile on anyones face, its seriously contagious! He is a sweet heart, with lots of love!
He has knocked over my girls with a bear hug! He has more energy and spunk than any two year old!
His parents are amazing loving people. His mom is my mentor in my homeschool group (couldnt ask for a better one) His dad a firefighter, both so incredibly loving and welcoming! Always smiling always happy to see you.
His big brother, oh Jer. He cracks me up. Same grade as my eldest, going through life together. A soccer player and a lover of being active! He is friends with everyone and anyone, just like his brother!
He is also expecting a brother or a sister (my guess is sister, now its in stone!) this spring.
This family loves Jesus, and are stronger than I could ever imagine. My heart breaks for them, sincerely just crushed. I can not even begin to imagine what they are going though.
October I am walking, walking to raise money. Walking to show is family that they have support and love from us! Will you join me in donating to my walk! Or join to walk yourself!!! Its gonna be loads of fun! Click the link below
CHOC Walk in the Park!
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