A Sick Mess!!!

May has been a rough month in the Thelen household. We have all had a bought of sick. Now that we are all over the hump and on the mend. It's time to get the house in order so we have no more sick. It has been going round town like wildfire so i decided to blog some of my new techniques to "get the sick out." I haven't been feeling very good. but, I am well enough to start taking on the job of giving the house a proper deep scrub.

• First things first, AIR YOUR HOUSE! I can't stress this enough. There is nothing like the healing power of a fresh breeze in a stale room.


• Wash all your bed. wash all your linens, blankets, mattress pad, and pillows. Let your bed air for a couple hours. Using baking soda and a stiff brush, pour baking soda onto the bed and work into the crevasses with a stiff bush. let it set. Vacuum clean.


• Iron your linens. Do look at me like I'm daft! iron your sheets, dish towels, and washcloths. Washers and dryers do not get hot enough to kill all germs. The heat of a good steam iron will kill all the remaining germs. Our Grandparents did do it b/c they liked extra work.


• Wash your walls. Warm water and a bit of borax does the trick. Make sure to get the baseboards!


• Wash your curtains and blinds. They collect so much dust and filth. Don't forget to clean your curtain rod. -Wash Venusian blinds in the bathtub or shower. just mild dish soap, use an old toothbrush for stubborn dirt or insect spots.


• Give your bathroom a proper scrub. make sure you get on hand and knees and get every nook and cranny.- clean your shower liner by soaking it in washing soda and hot water. rinse with cold vinegar water. let set outside to dry in the sun. -peroxide works wonderful if you can't stand the smell of bleach (like me).-don't forget to disinfect your toothbrush well or just get a new one.


• Air everything out. Yes i put this again. put couch cushions outside in the sun, take anything porous like wicker out to let get warm in the sun. anything that doesn't have a removable fabric can benefit from some airing and warm sun.


• Disinfect surfaces. This is a no brainer but we forget sometimes to clean door handles, car steering wheels, drainboard, keyboards, phones, toys, and counter tops.


• Feel Better soon!!

One Year Gluten Free....and loving it??

April 9th marks the one year point when i have been Gluten Free. I am so proud that i NEVER cheated once on my diet. You can ask my family. There was slip-ups from hidden wheat. But I didn't go out and binge on gluten food. I have learned to much in a year. So I will do a rundown for you


1. Gluten free bread is NASTY!
2. It is harder for children to be Gluten free. everything marketed for kids is loaded with wheat and other stuff my boys can't have.
3. Companies stick Malodextrin in almost everything!
4. I have had a problem with gluten my whole life and didn't know it.
5. I can barely eat out at ALL. I have only 3 things in town that are safe at fast food joints.
6. With all the things they add to packaged foods you have to make almost EVERYTHING from scratch.
7. I can only eat organic meat, eggs, and milk. If the animal ate any kind of grain is stays within the meat, eggs and milk. it can make me sick. that is how sensitive I am to the crap.
8. If is has a good flavor you might want to spit it out and check the label.
9. You have to add 30-45 minutes when you shop so you can read every single label.
10. If I have eaten something that contains gluten I will be sick in less then 30 minutes.
11. When I get a big dose from hidden gluten I will be sick for 2 days and sometimes it triggers my partial seizures.
12. It really sucks but I could have it worse.
13. The Gluten-free isle at Hy-Vee in Columbia by Sam's is like heaven on earth. *tear*
14. I adore General Mills for the efforts they have done to make it easy on my to buy food for the boys.

I have learned much and will go forward with lots of knowledge. One day I might find the secret to it all. Who know i might even publish a book one day :). I am pretty proud of myself. This has been a very hard year on me.

SCENTSY

I bet everyone who knows me is sick and tired of hearing about SCENTSY!! Well get used to it. I love it and I love to sell it.

In these times it's hard to find a product that you love and can afford. I can't have candles like i used to when i was single and could have whatever i wanted. Having children you see a flame and you instantly think...hmmm...how long before my boys try to play with that and set the place on fire (they don't, but you think it)

It is also nice to have people over and they say your house smells AWESOME!

I am glad that my parents convinced me to become a consultant. I was burned so bad by Mary Kay. I needed that same thing as i need now. Flexibility and a paycheck. Mary Kay really reamed the ones who needed that most. All the hidden fees, cost of stock,and monthly maintainer cost. you where shelling out more money then you would ever make. But Scentsy has virtually no overhead. You don't have to stock ANYTHING (unless you want to) and the product you get in your starter kit is worth the investment.

So i am sorry if you get tired of hearing me talk about it, seeing on my facebook page, or whatever. I am out there busting butt getting somewhere. right now i looks like Scentsy might be making my new car payment