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

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

HEADACHES/MIGRAINES...

I am not a big headache person.  I don't get them all that often, but it seems like when I do, they are some doozies :)

I know lots of people who get headaches/migraines all the time.  After the last one I had last week, I really do feel for them.  Mine was so severe that I was vomiting and sobbing from the pain.  To say the least I was MISERABLE.  I honestly appreciate my non-headache status after that one.

Let me tell you my story:
I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling a little off, my eyes hurt and was a little dizzy.  I really didn't think to much about it, as I made the kids breakfast.  Little while later, the hubs called and said he needed a few things from town.  I thought I'll run and grab them really fast in town and come home, no biggie.  So I made a mad dash and got the kids dressed and ready to go in about 10 minutes---then headed to Thriftees to get what the  hubs needed.

While I was driving I started feeling really dizzy, thankfully we were just a minute or so from the store.  As I got the kids out of the truck, I told Britt we HAVE to hurry and you HAVE to help Mommy!   So we did!  I felt like it took us forever, but in all reality we were in and out in 5 minutes- a record I'm sure.  I could barely keep my eyes open and was really worried about driving home.  So I said a little prayer to help us make it home safe and amazingly I drove really SLOW and we made it!

When we got home I sent Britt to get my mom and she came up and helped me get the kids inside and told me to lay down. I headed for my bed, but the urge to throw-up overcame me and I spent the next 10 minutes in the bathroom.  My head was KILLING ME!  It honestly felt like I was being stabbed, really hard and really fast.  I was sobbing. I had NEVER, EVER had a headache like this before.  I finally made it to my bed and my mom is worried!  She thought that maybe I needed to call my husband to come and take me to the ER while she kept my kiddos!  I really didn't want to go there and sit, since I was so miserable, but I was considering it!

I told her I would try to lay down and maybe it would subside.  While I laid down she called my younger sister Jaci, and said what do we do and what oils do I use.  Jaci being the awesome sis that she is gave my mom a list of oils and how to apply them.

1-2 drops of each of these on each location:
Frankincense- top of head and base of neck
PastTense- base of neck and forehead
Wintergreen- base of neck
Serenity- base of neck
Peppermint - base of neck and forehead

My mom applied them on me and left me on my bed in tears to rest.  Within about 2-3 minutes I was OUT cold.  I slept for 2 1/2 hours (during that time my mom said she would come and check on me to just make sure I was still alive) and woke up feeling amazingly better!  My mom was almost in shock, she honestly couldn't believe I felt better.  She seriously thought with the way I was that I would end up at the hospital to get some kind of pain killer or something to relieve the pain.

I honestly believe that if I didn't have my doTERRA Essential Oils to help me I would have ended up sitting in the ER for hours waiting for them to help me or not ( cause sometimes they send you home, saying there is nothing we can do!)

I hope that sharing this will help someone else out in the same situation.  Because, I can't imagine going through that again and I know there is people who do on a daily, weekly basis!

How often do you get headaches/migraines?



Katie