My AWESOME hubby planned a weekend getaway for the 2 of us a couple weekends ago.  We were both soo excited to have a fun no kids weekend, to say the least it was WAAAY over due....like 2 years :) 

Anyways, the day came that we were to leave and I was packing all of our junk (cause I ALWAYS pack for like 5 days when I am only going to be gone 2!!) and my stomach started feeling a little queasy.  I thought to myself.....oh great, this is JUST what I need.  So, I kinda ignored it and hoped it would go away.  Well.....it didn't. 

Hubs came home from work and looked at me and instantly knew I didn't feel good.  I told him it was nothing just my stomach a little upset, we were STILL going :)  So, I went to the bathroom one last time before we headed out!  By the time we got to the gas station about 5 minutes away, I was feeling really yucky!  GREAT....I'm thinking.  I seriously don't want to be sick.  I didn't say anything to my husband while he pumped the gas, I didn't want to ruin anything.

So, I reach behind the seat and grab my oils!  Why hadn't I done this earlier....dummy :)  I didn't have all of my oils with me I had left most at home with my mom for my kids, just in case.

I did have ONGUARD, PEPPERMINT and FRANKINCENSE.  So I start rubbing my belly with all 3 of them then I grab my bottle of water and drop 3 drops of peppermint and start drinking it.  Hubby gets back in the car and can smell the oils and looks at me like uh oh!!  I told him I'm fine, lets get the heck out of town!

So, I continue to rub the 3 oils on my belly and drink my peppermint water.  Maybe 20 minutes later, my queasiness was completely GONE and I felt soo much better.  My stomach never hurt not even a little bit after that!

It is so nice to have something to turn to in moments like this! Otherwise, I don't know how much fun our trip would have been. 

Happy Oiling,

Katie

Yeast infections...........

The other day I got a text from one of my friends, asking if I had any extra Melaleuca that she could buy from me, unfortunately, I didn't!  I told her I could make a sample bottle of it for her to get her by, till she got some more.  She thought between her and her mom's stash they would have enough for her sister-in-law to use. 

We got to texting back and forth and to find out, her poor sis-in-law was pregnant and had a yucky yeast infection!  IF you have ever had one of these then you totally understand how AWFUL they can be!

She was going to just use the melaleuca for that.  I told her that I had some CINNAMON and that it works wonders for those types of infections. I offered that I could run some to her sis-in-law if she wanted me to,  so she asked her and she was like please :)  So, I took some over to her later that afternoon and let her know that I had already diluted it, because Cinnamon is super warm. I only put ONE drop of cinnamon in with about 20 drops of doTERRA's fractionated coconut oil and took it to her.

Then I forgot about it for a couple days until I talked to my friend again.  She said that her sister-in-law had used over the counter medicine, and a PRESCRIPTION for her infection and neither of those had worked.  Then, she used the cinnamon and Melaleuca and OVERNIGHT she was soo much better! 


It really is amazing how fast doTERRA essential oils work.   
I was happy to help them and so glad that it worked and helped to relieve a pregnant woman of her miserable infection!

whisper.....

Would you like to WHISPER, instead of yell at your kids or hubby?? 

Would you like to feel more hormonally(ok, I have no idea if that is even a word!) balanced?

Do you ever just feel kinda out of control?

Do your kids drive you NUTS and if they say one more word you are going to absolutely LOSE IT?!?!

OR does that certain time of the month just change you into a whole different person?

NOW, I am not admitting or denying that any of the above has ever happened to me..... :)

But, thanks to doTERRA's Whisper Essential Oil, I have became a MUCH better mom and wife. 

Every morning, while doing my daily routine of oiling up my kids for the day, I make sure that I rub one drop of this on my wrists and rub together.  I can tell a HUGE difference in myself.  It really is amazing, but I know that my kids and hubby sure do love it :)

So, do YOU want to WHISPER??

traveling with oils...

Last week my sister in law Kiley sent me a text it went something like this:
'what oils stop puking!'

My 12 year old niece was sick and they were in the middle of vacation, traveling.
Naturally my first thought was GINGER!
She didn't have it.
I asked if it was sickness or motion sickness.
She thought it may be FOOD POISONING!
(I must add that Kiley is an EMT and Nursing student so when she diagnoses something I take her word)

She told me she had Peppermint and OnGuard with her.
So after looking in the MODERN ESSENTIALS book I suggested she use PEPPERMINT and ONGUARD.

a few hours later I text-ed Kiley to see how the patient (my niece) was doing and she was up and about doing well. 

need a pick me up?

Is the summer heat getting to you? Cool down and feel energized by adding a drop or two of Peppermint and Wild Orange in your hands and rub together.  Then smell the wonderful aroma and rub on the back of your neck.  You will instantly feel more refreshed and ready to go!

If you are going to be outside for awhile and don't want to get overheated, in a glass spray/spritz bottle (you can get them pretty cheap at your local health food store or aromatools.com) add a few drops of each peppermint and wild orange and fill the rest with water.  Then as you go throughout the day spritz on your face and back of neck to keep you cool and refreshed.  It works amazingly well!


Happy Oiling,

Katie