Archive for Emily
My Weight Loss Journey With Amway’s Nutrilite
I just found out I am a “FAT TRIMMER”! Before I explain my new found name, let me back up and introduce myself. My name is Susan, I’ve known Emily, a.k.a. Busy Mommy, since the day she was born, she was the first baby I loved, she was the flower girl in my wedding. She is my niece [...]
22Jan2012 | Emily | 13 comments | Continued
Do You Have The New Mom Blues?
I was a young mom when I had my son. I just turned twenty years old and was about to start my junior year of college. I gave birth to Colton via c-section in the beginning of August and developed an infection which left me feeling even more under the weather. To top it all [...]
22Jan2012 | Emily | 1 comment | Continued
Horizon Community Leader and Site-wide Chat Tonight!
For the Month of January I am a Community Leader over at Horizon Healthy Families’ Blog Frog community with several other bloggers. We chat with almost 4,000 registered forum members about everything Mom: kids, coupons, healthy living, “me time”, Organics, Parenting, and everything else in between. We are not nutritionists… We are not “health nuts”… We [...]
18Jan2012 | Emily | 0 comments | Continued
Meal Plan Week #2
After Meal Plan Week #1 I’m starting to get the hang of this meal planning. I haven’t started planning meals according to grocery sales yet, but that is my next step. I’ve found that I already save so much money going to the grocery store with a definite list and not picking up random snacks [...]
15Jan2012 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
Layering Scarves
First of all, I don’t claim to be a fashionista or someone you would be envious of fashion-wise. I don’t spend a lot of money on myself, nor do I want to. Ok, ok… there are sometimes when I wish I could be like many other women my age and go in for a massage [...]
13Jan2012 | Emily | 2 comments | Continued
Asian Salad with “Crunchies”
Dare I say this will be the best salad you’ve ever tasted? This Asian Salad (or Chinese Noodle Salad) is hands down my favorite salad. When my husband and I were dating, my Mother-In-Law began making it for every big meal and I’ve been hooked ever since. We often like to add chicken to make it [...]
11Jan2012 | Emily | 5 comments | Continued
Our First Trip To Disney
In all of my 24 years I had never been to any Disney parks until now. My aunt who has a daughter the same age as Colton came across a Cyber Monday Disney World deal for three nights accommodations and round trip airfare for less than $200 per person. This deal was just too good to pass [...]
9Jan2012 | Emily | 0 comments | Continued
Meal Plan Week #1
In an effort to organize my life and eliminate unnecessary stress, I’ve decided to meal plan. Usually I would wing it when it came to meals, which often led to sky-high grocery bills, fresh produce and money going in the garbage and unhealthy processed meals. I love to cook and try new things as you can tell [...]
8Jan2012 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
Artistry’s Creme LuXury Eye. New!
Look at this beautiful scene… This is one of the photos I snapped while visiting Trout Lake Farm with Amway. This farm is one of Amway’s certified organic farms that utilizes sustainable farming practices and produces ingredients for many of their products, including Artistry. I was able to see first hand the love and hard work [...]
29Dec2011 | Emily | 29 comments | Continued
Mini Queso Burgers on Pretzel Buns
New Years is coming up and I wanted to share this appetizer that would be a perfect mini bite for entertaining. These cute little burgers with all of that cheesy goodness and a little spice kick can be dressed up to your liking. I was supposed to share the classic Queso Burger with you, but [...]
28Dec2011 | Emily | 4 comments | Continued
