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November 8, 2010 · in Inspiration· writing a song

Rekindling Our Childhood Dreams

Why do we stop dreaming? At what point do we decide we can’t do it and our internal monologue begins clouding our minds with negativity… you’ll never be that great… that’s not your talent… you’re not gifted enough, pretty enough, smart enough?

How can we rekindle those childhood dreams and make them our reality?

When I embarked upon this idea of a blog, I started out by sharing a small part of my “Life List“, the list of things I hope to accomplish within my lifetime. We all know there’s very little time to do anything else on top of just being a mom, but recently I’ve been waking up about an hour before my kids so I can dedicate a little time to developing my mind and exploring new endeavors. There are still so many things I want to try out and learn. We have all been blessed with certain gifts, but how can we know what they are unless we’re entertaining fresh ideas, and perusing new talents. When I look at this list I think, someday I’m going to get to do these things… *sigh*… but you know what? That someday is going to be NOW! No more making excuses about how there’s “no time” for it. All it takes is a little evaluation. How many times a day am I doing things that are simply a waste? TONZ!!! I could watch less of my favorite shows, spend less time online, and sacrifice one hour of my sleep in order for me to make these things happen. I don’t want to look back in ten years and regret I didn’t do more with my time. Life will always be busy no matter what stage of life we’re in. I can’t remember a time in my life when it WASN’T busy, even before kids.

I’ve decided to pick one thing from my life list and focus on it for 1-6 months, depending on how much I’m enjoying it and so forth. I can always come back to it too. This way it will keep things interesting and exciting for me, without feeling overwhelmed with the many other things I’d like to do. I love the quote, “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey that matters”. We don’t need to stress over getting something finished, or perfecting the talent, just enjoy the journey.

I’ve always wanted to write and sing songs, I shared a little about this along with my American Idol Moment video, but now it’s time to take action. My goal is not to become famous or to write a hit song, my motivation behind it rely’s solely upon the idea of learning what all goes into creating a song. I’m always trying to get better at writing and expressing myself, not because I want to write a New York Times best seller, rather to relate to people, to be an example to my children, to inspire others to reach for their dreams. I don’t need to become the next Oprah to feel like I’m making a difference. If I help just one person in my lifetime, that will be enough for me.

I recently purchased this new software that is an incredible tool for anyone who wants to enhance their creative writing skills or even write a song of your own. I was just googling about song writing and came across this video. Once I watched it, I was instantly sold. Such an incredible resource for the aspiring writer. It’s called Master Writer and they offer a free 10 day trial. Just simply go to their site and download the free trial, it’s that easy. I’ve already been playing around on it and absolutely LOVE how helpful it is. Just watch this video and you’ll see what I mean.

It’s time to take action and what better time to start than NOW. Lets keep those dreams alive and start living them.
What are your dreams?

September 20, 2010 · in Home decor and remodeling· Life of a Wannabe· Marriage

MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE

You all may be surprised to know that my husband LOVES animals. So much so, that he hopes to fill every bit of empty wall space in our house with these lovely animals. I on the other hand, need a bit of persuasion before giving in to this new idea of interior decorating. So, we’ve learned to compromise.

It all started with THIS…

For this…

Then he got this…

And said I could have this…

Trip to Hawaii (it’s in the works).

We both were happy with the outcome, and learned a new found tactic to get what we want. Soon after that, Sean got an itch for another one, and I really wanted a new couch. So we welcomed this fine fellow into our home.

We traded in our red couch, which looked great in the room but not the most comfortable for watching movies.

For this one! I’m so excited about it because it is probably THE most comfortable couch EVER!!! It came with 4 built in recliners, and the best part about it was the PRICE!!!

We got it for only $1275!!! Even during the Labor day sale at the local Ashley stores, the cost was $1650.
I have some exciting news! Through recent networking with the owner of the Ashley Furniture Homestore in Logan, UT. YOU too can get unbelievable savings on your furniture purchases from the Ashley Homestore in Logan when you PICK UP your orders yourself! We also got a swivel chair which was $445 on sale locally. We got the swivel for $299. So we saved $521 off the Labor Day Sale Price!

For the next 60 days you can visit @FurnitureWarehouse.com and buy using our special discount code and you will get a special unadvertised discount of up to 48% off!
Here is the coupon code: escobargroup
Just enter the code in the coupon code field when checking out to get the discount.
Hurry while this great offer lasts. Click here @FurnitureWarehouse.com and start shopping!!
If you cannot pick up the furniture in Logan UT, then the original pricing does apply. That pricing is competitive with other online furniture dealers and does include shipping. Please still put in the coupon code so that our new friend Bob (owner) can see that we referred you.
I’m such a fan of Ashley Furniture. We now own quite a bit of their furniture. We have their dining room set.

Her’e a better picture of it directly from the site, so I know they are still selling this particular one.

And we also have their bar stools.

Okay so anyway, back to my lesson on marriage. Just give your husband what he wants and you can get what YOU want. Sounds easy enough right?

Oh, and don’t forget to enter my giveaway! You could win all this!!!! I’ll be choosing the winner on Thursday!!!

September 14, 2010 · in 52 Weeks of Balance Project· List's and Schedules

New Project!

Okay girls, I’ve got a new project brewin and I’m really excited to get to share it with you. Over the past few months I’ve been on a search for the COMPLETE BALANCED SCHEDULE. What I mean is, I’ve been trying to find a blog or website that offers some kind of a schedule that includes everything I need to do to stay balanced, hah, I know crazy right? If there was a blueprint on this I think I’d be the first to snatch it up 🙂 I understand that each person is so different and making a universal schedule may not be realistic, but I am going to try anyway. I know it’s important to allow ourselves to be spontaneous too and not always feel like you have to stick to a schedule, so don’t take this so literal. My goal is to create a guide to help me, and other OCD moms out there :), fulfill all important aspects of life as a mom. Like I’ve said before, finding balance is a never ending process. There will always be times when you fall off the wagon, and thats okay, it’s all part of the plan. I figured I can make a weekly schedule to share and you can modify it to fit your life. I plan to put together 52 PRINTABLE weekly schedules, which will include a variety of different things like, activity ideas to do with your kids (fitting ages 2-8), as well as meal plans (with grocery list), exercise routine, tackling house projects, ect. I’m sorry if you think I’m crazy and obsessed with schedules, truth is… I am, but I like it that way. My brain just works much better on written out schedules and lists, you all should know this by now. I find great motivation in having my week planned out, gets me all excited about each day.
Am I the only one that feels like this?
I’ve got the meal plan and activities just about ready. So stay tuned, I plan to post it for you tomorrow.

August 24, 2010 · in Health· Isagenix

Fountain of Youth

Don’t you wish there really was such thing as the fountain of youth?
Instead, all we have to look forward to is botox and plastic surgery. I’m all about preventing premature aging, although this wasn’t always the case. Now looking back at all the hours I spent in the sun, staying up way too late, drinking alcohol and experimenting with cigarettes. I wish I could take it all back for the sake of my skin… oh AND my health of course 🙂
I’ve mentioned that I’m reading this amazing book on the brain called Magnificent Mind at Any Age (1st): Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain’s Maximum Potential [Treat Anxiety, Memory Problems, ADD, and Insomnia]. I’m seriously learning some incredible things about the brain from this book. The Author says that the most effective way of preventing premature aging is by increasing blood flow. Anything that limits blood flow will dramatically age all your body’s organs, and we all know that our skin is the most important organ. Life isn’t worth living if you’ve got wrinkles and saggy skin!!! Okay, you all know I’m kidding right?
Anyway, I wanted to share with you the list of things mentioned in the book that are all factors in what limits or disrupts blood flow. (note, the bold text is from the book, and the italic are my thoughts and comments.)

Stress. The overflow of the stress chemical adrenaline constricts blood flow to many areas of the body. Ha, well, how in the heck are we supposed to eliminate stress in motherhood? That’s a tough one. I guess my suggestion would be a weekly date night, a monthly girls night out, then of course you gotta have your own personal cook, housekeeper, and nanny. That should do the trick.
Caffeine. This substance directly constricts blood flow to the brain, disrupts sleep, and is involved in dehydration. We all know that eliminating caffeine is NOT an option!!! I know I could do better at cutting back, but why not just drink more water? Sounds like a better plan to me.
Nicotine. Aw, crap! Do I really have to give up my tobacco chew?
Environment toxins. These toxins poison blood vessels. This is the biggest reason why I’m so into cleansing the body. I’ve learned how important it is to rid your body of these toxins in order to maintain better health and of course lose the excess pounds we all tend to put on as we get older. I use to think that it’s normal to gain weight as you get older. Well, it IS normal, but there are ways of preventing this awful curse. If you haven’t already tried the cleanse I do periodically, then you should seriously look into it. I lost 25 lbs and went from a size 10 to a 5. See my before and after pics HERE, and go to www.wannabelean.com if you’d like to order.
Lack of sleep. People who get less than six hours of sleep at night have lower overall blood flow to the brain. Gosh, it’s no wonder women tend to age faster than men. Women get way less sleep, especially during pregnancy and with a new born. A lot of moms have trouble falling asleep at night because our minds are going a million miles a minute thinking about all the things that need to get done the next day. I’ve found Melatonin to be very effective. It TOTALLY works. It’s only $5 on amazon or most any grocery store has it, look for it in the vitamins section.
Lack of exercise. In addition to weakening the heart pump, too little exercise allows blood vessels to become droopy and less efficient. Droopy? Well um, I don’t think I want anything else on my body getting droopy, inside or out. There’s nothing good that comes from droopy. Anyway, I truly believe that a 20 min work out each day is all it takes. I’m actually doing the Insanity work out right now, but it’s the first time in years that I’ve pushed myself this hard. I just thought I needed a little pick me up so I’m giving it a shot.
Drug or Alcohol abuse. These substances are directly toxic to the vascular system. Drugs or alcohol cause a toxic Swiss cheese appearance on scans from the overall decreased blood flow. Hmm, a swiss cheese brain doesn’t sound too good. This one is easy for me since I’m a Mormon and already follow the word of wisdom. If it wasn’t for my strong belief in the teachings of the LDS church I would most likely be a drunken mess, embarrassing myself in public, slurred speech, shouting out loud obnoxious comments at the grocery store while removing articles of clothing and forgetting things like, my name and where I am.

So the moral of the story is: Stay young and beautiful by living a stress free life. Stop drinking all that rum and coke, overcome your Nicotine addiction, drink more water, get at least 8 hours of sleep, exercise like a maniac, lock yourself up in a air filtered room, NEVER go outside or eat anything other than organically pure food, or you can just cleanse 🙂
Let’s avoid those nasty wrinkles and saggy butts ladies. Nobody likes a droopy set of…
blood vessels.

August 16, 2010 · in Life of a Wannabe· Mom Stuff· My Thoughts and Feelings

I’m Jealous!

I’m feeling like a high school girl again, competing for attention from the boy I love. Trying every possible thing to make him like me and want to be with me. I try to be fun, exciting, nurturing, but nothing seems to work. Oliver still chooses his dad over me 🙁

To be honest I never thought I’d be jealous of Oliver wanting Sean over me. At first I thought it was adorable that he’s a daddy’s boy, but now it’s just getting ridiculous. Honestly, does he not remember the fact that I carried him in my belly for 9 months!!! Does he not remember all the night time feedings, the diaper changes, the bathes, the constant holding and tending to his every need? Where’s the appreciation?

Lily was always a mommy’s girl and I loved it to some extent. Sometimes it would bother me because she wouldn’t let Sean do anything, like carry her, buckle her seat belt, push the stroller, brush her teeth, wipe her bum. I had to do it all. Now I’m thinking that it’s better than the alternative. Oliver shakes his head at me and pushes me away when Sean’s holding him, and he cries at me if I come too close or talk to him when Sean’s around, makes me sad. But ya know what? I’m trying to be a good sport about it, I guess Sean deserves his turn to be the favorite:) Gotta overcome my jealousy… on second thought, scratch that idea. I have a new plan. I’m just going to try harder to be the fun one 🙂

Any tips on how to win him over? I’ve gotta come up with some new tactics. I was thinking I could wake up at 6am every morning to plan out my day full of activities ALL for Olly. First we’ll start out by having cookies and milk for breakfast, fresh baked, followed by a 2 hour ride on the 4 wheeler, then we’ll go to the pet store and buy a puppy. We’ll pop over to the candy shop, then swimming, then the zoo, and of course stop for ice cream on the way home. Who cares about the dishes, laundry and list of things that need to be done, making dinner for Sean and Lily, or spending time with them. It’s all about Oliver now, I’ve got to focus on the goal here, can’t have any distractions.

July 28, 2010 · in Life of a Wannabe· My Thoughts and Feelings

NOW FOR MY VERSION OF THE STORY!

Read Sean’s version HERE.
As some of you already know, Sean and I both graduated from high school in 99, and we both went to Butler Middle school. The crazy thing is that I went there for 7th and 8th grade, and he went there for 9th grade. We barely missed each other! I met my best friend Brenda in 8th grade, and her and I stayed in touch after I moved. She would always tell me about the new guy in school, “Sean Escobar”. He was pretty popular among the ladies 🙂 So, that name was very familiar to me. Yes, Sean and I met briefly a couple of times but never really hung out back then. I thought he was so good looking though, and WISHED I could get to know him a little better if you know what I mean 🙂

So, I guess I don’t really count those times back then as being the first time we met. It wasn’t until that night at his house that we REALLY met for the first time. I had been home from my mission for 5 months. I was dating a lot, it was fun at first, but then I got tired of it really fast. I just wanted to meet my husband. I was sick of it all.

Just two nights before I met Sean, I remember praying my heart out to God, and pleading with him that he’d lead me to my husband. I was so ready to find him, get married and start a family. I even wrote about it in my journal, so it’s so cool to look back and see how my prayers were answered.

Like Sean said, our mutual friend Brenda was in town. I was hanging out with her and these other girls in the picture below. We went out to eat at Bonzi, which has now become mine and Sean’s favorite place to eat. Every time we go there I’m reminded of the night we met.

Here is a picture we took of that night.

So anyway, after we ate there, we went and stopped by Sean’s house. I knew who he was, but I didn’t know if he would remember who I was. I instantly had an attraction to him, but didn’t think much of it since he was on a date 🙂 I thought this girl was his girl friend. So we were all hanging out for a bit, his date left, he was going to meet back up with her later. Sean and I talked about our mutual interest in Network Marketing, he was trying to get me in his business, I was trying to get him in my business, haha. We always joke about that now, but anyway, we exchanged numbers for “business purposes” 🙂

I still have the piece of paper he wrote his number on.

The next day Sean called me and asked me out on a date. I was excited, but not too excited. I thought he was just a player since I knew he was already dating this other girl. A few days later I was all ready for our date. Sean picked me up, we walked to his truck, and he opened my car door for me! Those kinds of things are such a big deal to me. I had dated so many guys who never thought to do that, and I was always so disappointed. Sean was definitely earning some brownie points there 🙂 As we were driving, Sean’s dad called and needed him to stop by for something. So since we were right there, we stopped by his parents house. I got to “meet the parents” on our first date! They were really nice, we visited with them for a while, then left. By that time it was getting kind of late, too late to go to any restaurants or movies. So we went to the Wendy’s drive through then back to his place to watch a movie. We had a great time! I hate to admit this… but we KISSED on the first date!

When Sean dropped me off that night I wasn’t planning on seeing him again. I still thought he was just a typical guy, not ever taking relationships very seriously.

The next day I get a knock at my door, and there he was holding a huge bouquet of flowers.

*sigh*

It was all over from there. At that point there was no turning back, I was head over heels for him. I know! Sounds crazy, but it was literally 2 dates later and we were talking marriage. Wow! I still can’t believe it. I will always remember our conversation that night, I have it all written down in my journal, practically word for word. I’ll spare you the details on that, it’s probably WAY to mushy for you, but for me, it was absolutely PERFECT!!!

We thought it would be wise if we waited a while before breaking the news to everyone. We knew what people were going to think, so we kept it to ourselves for as long as possible… A WEEK! Yes, everyone thought we were nuts, but Sean and I had no doubt that we were perfect for each other. We instantly started making wedding plans.

We met April 23rd, and 3 months later, July 31st got married. Everything about Sean is just perfect for me. Now that we’re coming up on 6 years together, I’m reminded of these precious memories and how meant to be it all is.

I’ve shared these videos before, but for those of you who are new here, you might like to take a peak.

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