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Tension Headache Relief with dōTERRA’s PastTense

As I stated in my blog post “Why I Use dōTERRA Essential Oils”, since I became pregnant and had my little one (LO), I’ve been getting a lot of tension headaches. dōTERRA (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® Essential Oils have helped me to relax, but work was a little rough today. I have Asperger’s Syndrome and working in a cubicle can be challenging. I’m extra sensitive to sound and it’s hard for me to focus when people are talking loudly around me, especially when I’m trying to write. T...

June 2014 Loot Crate Reveal

If you are a gamer or fan of pop culture, you’ll love Loot Crate. It’s a monthly subscription service that sends you a box of cool products specifically for geeks and gamers alike. Included every month is $40 worth of products and redeemable codes for less than $20 per month.

Each month is a different theme, which they announce the first day of every month. What’s included is a surprise, but they don’t focus on just one brand; so, there’s something to please everyone. There’s also an insider m...

Why I Use dōTERRA Essential Oils

Since having my little one (LO), I have found it difficult to relax. It’s been harder to fall asleep at night, and I’ve had chronic tension headaches. To help, I would pop a couple of Tylenol, but I felt like there had to be a way to prevent myself from enduring headaches so often and resorting to pills. As I’ve gotten older and learned the effects chemicals and synthetics can have on the human body, the more I’ve tried to introduce natural alternatives. So, when I saw my friend Jenn talking...

Hey, You Kids! Get off my lawn! *Angry Fist*

When I was growing up, there was a group of neighborhood kids that I played with. We’d ride our bikes up and down the street, build forts, play Capture the Flag in each others’ yards, pick wild raspberries, and go swimming in the lake when our parents allowed it. We’d be out until dinner time or when the sun began to set, but there were plenty of “eyes” up and down the street. As long as we weren’t out of control or trespassing, there were no complaints. We rarely got in trouble, because our...

Review: Veronica Roth’s Divergent

Hi everyone!! I am Kat, and I’m so excited to be visiting from Confessions Of The Perfect Mom. Over there, I mostly do makeup, beauty, and fashion. It is so much fun to be able to branch out and do this review. Reading is one of my absolute favorite things to do. In fact my hubby teases me about being a book worm. One of my hick-ups, though, is I read really fast. It’s like I get so into what I am reading that I just want to keep going; faster and faster. That I just have to find out what hap...

Update on Book 2 of The Starseed Series

I get asked about the second book in The Starseed Series so often in my day-to-day life that I forget to update everyone in the online world, and I apologize for that. Book 2 is coming. I promise. It’s just been very slow.

For those of you who aren’t aware, I have a baby and she takes up a lot of time. A lot. When Mr. Awesome and I decided to have a baby, we knew that they were time consuming. We just never anticipated she wouldn’t be the “sleep through the night” kind of baby. Because Mr. Awe...

Coming Soon: Lailah (The Styclar Saga)

I’m excited to post that Nikki Kelly’s Young Adult debut novel Lailah from The Styclar Saga will launch October 7, 2014. I read Lailah when Nikki was writing and sharing it on Wattpad. It was one of the most well-written novels that I had ever read on the popular writing site. Yes, it’s another vampire book, but it’s a fresh take and definitely unique.

Here’s the synopsis from Wattpad:

The girl knows she’s different. She doesn’t age. She has no family. She has visions of a past life, but no cle...

Practicing Cake Decorating with Wilton

With my little one’s first birthday coming up, I decided I needed to brush up on my cake decorating skills. It’s been a family tradition for the mothers in my family to decorate nice cakes for their kids’ birthdays. I remember my 8th birthday vividly, because my mother made 2 cakes that year – a Barbie cake and a Troll cake (remember those crazy haired toys?). Every year, I got to request the theme and, every year, my mother would make it for me without complaints. It was memorable, so I hope...

Honest Review: Writers of the Future Volume 30

In 1983, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future Contest to help discover and nurture aspiring new science fiction writers by giving them a workshop for developing their skills and the opportunity to be professionally published. Since then, it has expanded to include its companion contest, Illustrators of the Future, and an impressive list of well-known judges compiled throughout the years. This year’s Writers of the Future anthology marks the 30th year of the publication (the 25th y...

2014 Read, White, & Blue Event

Welcome to our 2014 Read, White & Blue event! This event is designed to show our love and appreciation for the US troops and everything they do to keep us safe and protected. The list of participants below have all donated their books and/or money to help bring this event to life; for thatwe offer a sincere and heartfelt “THANK YOU.” The money donated has been spent to purchase the grand prize offered below with the remainder of the money to be donated directly to the Semper Fi Fund.

Participa...