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• It was so nice waking up to my phone alarm without having to fish around the floor and all my chach-kis to turn my alarm off.  I have my lovely new vintage spoon phone holder to thank.  I picked up a fork at the Lemon Festival that has been twisted and bent around to a super cute curly q phone holder.  It was a fun farmer market style festival that I will probably never attend again because it cost me 100 dollars, I'm a sucker for my kids and seeing them smile from over priced toys.  
• I started walking the golf course again, this time taking Marbles.  She is probably a pound and about as big as two hamsters playing piggy back.  I put her down to run every few minutes and she just ran like crazy.  I expected to be stopped more often by admirers, but I think people had a hard time seeing her in my arms.
• Marbles you rock the house and I just totally adore and love ya
• The boys did a great job this morning walking to school super fast since we were running late because the Culligan man showed up as we were supposed to be leaving.
• This week I plan to get organized and back on track with my super quirky and kawaii ways.
• And its great to be back on the horses again, I took some time off because we just had to much stressful things going on in our life.  I'm trying to take some time for myself doing the things I love and have passion for while the kids are in school.  No guilt, just keep saying, just keep saying.

Long Time No Blog

 

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It has been a while since my last blog, and the only one truly suffering is me since I'm probably the only living soul reading it.  I'm totally getting my ingredients ready to make my own detergent and softener for my dirty clothes.  I'm adding a few twist to this already amazing recipe and I hope it turns out ok.  Does peppermint and lavender sound like a good combo, I hope so because castile peppermint soap is the best organic soap around.  I also have the scentsy lavender laundry crystals to add.  I know that the pink soap and the purple crystals are going to be super cute in a vintage jar, now I just need a awesome house with a laundry room instead of the community laundry mat in my apartments.  I just pretend I'm living in New York City in a chic apartment where its cool and trendy to laundry together, lol.

 Here is our final product

I tried it out and it totally takes out all the icky smell, but I'm not loving how it leaves no yummy smell.  I think it takes so much smell out of the clothes that the yummy smell actually gets wiped out.  Next time we will try some different ingredients and see how it goes. 

Sunday Sentiments

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This is a very sentimental Sunday because our loved miniature horse Arthur has found a new home.  He is going to an wonderful family full of children and love, he will be well cared for and local :)  No longer having Arthur in my own backyard has made spending time with him difficult so I felt he needed to move on to a family who would love and cuddle him daily for many years to come.  Our family may be relocating to Texas in a year and we have had many big life changes this year and this is just one more to add to the bag.  He will be greatly missed and I will shed many many tears when I leave him at his new home.  Sometimes we have to think of whats best for the animals not ourselves and I feel that I can't give him what he needs anymore :(  He is amazing and will bring many years of joy to his new family, I love you Arthur.

  Arthur at a year old

 Live or Die?
That is the question on AMC The Killing
This season only has two more episodes and one is tonight!  This show is amazing and gripping and a must have on our Sunday evenings for my hubby and I.  Question really is will he die or be saved, is he guilty or innocent?  My thoughts are he is innocent and all the awful things we have seen him do in prison is because of his suffering.  I'm guessing he figures I might as well be BAD since they locked me up for something BAD.  The killing is not known for happy endings so I feel he is going to die and it will all happen in the last few minutes while the amazing soundtrack plays, I'm just saying.  As far as the still missing teen I'm torn on how that will play out.  Maybe after tonight's episode I may have a better guess.  Gotta run peeps because I can't wait to see what is going to play out in this episode.  By the way, I'm just saying that if they ever kill of Holder I will never watch the show again, NEVER.

Reveal Time "It's A Girl"

MARBLES

A.K.A  Jenna MARBLES

Refer to awesome link:  http://jennamarblesblog.com/

Marbles is our newest family member, weighing in under a pound and full of life.  She is fat and round like a little marble and shades of brown like marble pound cake.  She really gets her name from being as awesome as Jenna Marbles (refer to link).  We rescued Miss Marbles from a family who claims she was three months, lol, ya right. She had two ticks on her and was eating puppy chow.  I realize we all can't feed our dogs the best food available or give them dresses, toys and such.  But what I do know is that if you can't afford quality food and proper health care than their is many other families, foster care and programs to help.  Jumping off my high horse, we are excited to have this little long coat chihuahua female in our family.  This brings our fur kid population to a total of three and my max number.  Now my husband thinks this is his dog, lol you have no idea how funny that is.  Chihuahuas always love everyone but find a special connection to just one and it tends to be me.  I like to think its because I'm awesome and they know it, but really its probably because I'm always home taking care of them and traveling with them.  Really we have no idea how old Marbles is and what kind of health care she has had so we will just start from square one.  What we do know is she is very Radzy, Wordzy and super duper cute.  She runs around, crates, eats till she is a fat marble, hops like a bunny, chases feet, bites toes and fingers, travels in arm or hand rather, loves the whole family and hates a bath.

She is squirmy, fast, and all over the place.  Marbles is impossible to take a good pic of unless she is sleeping.  Its like trying to take a picture of a fly or a falling leaf, its crazy how bouncy she is.  She loves to run in the grass but usually ends up soaking wet if the sun has not been out long enough to dry the grass.  She wears a little bell so we won't squash her and she hates it.  This little bell bugs her so much she will run on three legs scratching at it, stop every few steps to scratch.  You have never seen such a spicy little chi girl.

Saturday Smiles

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Saturday Smiles

I'm smiling because I love my boys and all the beautiful memories we are creating.  Cameras are one of the best inventions because our memories don't hold moments like a photo does.  One picture can take you back to lovely memories and make your heart smile.

Looking at older pics makes me smile

 My senior "Toro" makes us smile because his tongue is sooooo cute hanging out of his little old mouth.  I remember when my husband and I first brought Toro into our life, our first baby together as a couple over 9 years ago.  He was so stinking cute with a huge head and ears atop a little chi body.  One of my favorite parts of his little body was his ears and cute old wrinkled chin.  Today he is 9 years old and missing half of his teeth, has a tongue that hangs out really long when he is tired, less hair, more fat, wrinkles, grey hair and less energy.  With all that said we love him just as much as the day we brought him home.

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LeSportsac Manoush makes me smile with their new summer line of super Kawaii handbags.  I won't lie, I have a handbag disorder. Who says you only need one handbag, they are like potato chips and you can never have just one.  I must have something from this collection, I must, I must.  Maybe if I click my heels together three times it will appear, lol.

 Katy Perry
Part Of Me Movie
Katy Perry is super duper Kawaii and I think she is so stinking adorable, her movie rocks.  Don't knock it till you watch it, seriously cool documentary about her tour and life.  This part of the movie is in Japan and she is visiting a tea house with cats.  What I smile about is the super cute cat houses, that I will find a way to buy for my chihuahuas, promise it will happen.  Not sure about a tea house with cats, there has to be hair in some tea cups its just impossible to not be.  Hairballs are hanging around like tea bags, lol. 

Thanks For Removing My Sweater

Arthur with his summer clip

He is such a hairy little boy and it gets very hot in his corral. Arthur is only a fresh 2 year old so we have not had tons of clipping experience, but he stands for hours for me while I trim him up (my experience is limited too, lol).  I just like to trim his body and neck, leaving his legs and face with a short trimming to protect him from flies.  He does not go in the show ring so there is no need to mess with his ears and legs.  I do love trimming his long whiskers, his corral is not full of obstacles he needs to map out with his muzzle, lol.  Now just a little message to my dude, stop pawing at the ground because your not allowed to be impatient and I can't reward you with oat mo when you are a stinker.  Love ya little baby boy :)

Conscious Box Review Jun/July

Conscious Box 

Monthly Subscription Box $19.95 monthly (Free Shipping)

10-15 healthy products/samples

I ordered my first box for about $10 with a coupon code back in June.  It arrived in July so I'm calling it a June/July review.  It was such a lovely day I decided to take to the park and open while the boys played on the playground.  Its a beautifully packaged box full of many goodies.

Ecover Dishwasher Tablets

2 sample tablets that are phosphate and chlorine free and not tested on animals.

Average price is around $6 for about 25 tablets, and if your like me that would last about a month doing a load almost daily.  I'm excited to use these and see if they don't leave a residue or spots and that the dishes smell fresh once taken out of the machine.  

 

MRM

Relax-All with Phenibut

Get a better nights sleep, 2 vegetarian capsules sample

I'm excited to try these because this girl never gets good sleep, melatonin every night helps but still is not enough. 

Average price is about $13 for 60 capsules, which should last about a month.

 Healthy hoohoo

"gentle care for down there"

Feminine Cleanser Sample

I love this sample because the same says it all and is just to funny.  Vegan and gluten free and no animal testing makes it another great Conscious Box product.  

Average prices seem to be about $13 for 4oz. of liquid cleanser or 5oz. of foam cleanser, you can also get 10 wipes for about $5.  I love the product idea but I find baby wipes work well and are much more affordable.

Yes to Cucumbers Natural Sunscreen 30 SPF

small sample and coupon included

I'm super excited about this product because we use sunscreen daily and my boys are fair skinned, also I have a sleeve of tattoos that get sunscreen daily.

This product is hypoallergenic, 40 min water resistance and broad spectrum.  The best part is The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends this product, and I feel they totally know what they are talking about :)

Average prices are about $12 for 3 oz. of 30 SPF, and about $15 for kids 40 SPF.  When it comes to our skins finding the best protection is priceless so I'm excited to try this sample and see how our skin reacts.

 Somersaults Baked Nuggets

Cinnamon crunch, sunflower seeds, grains, nut free, protein and fiber snack.

I just tasted them and they are a great flavor and texture, you can taste all the healthy ingredients and the sweetness is just the right amount.  I think kids would enjoy these too, over cottage cheese, yogurt or just on the go.

Somersaults come in multiple flavors, average price seems to be about $21 for 6 pouches that are 6 oz. each pouch.  They are very tasty but a little to expensive for my budget.  

BIJA tea bag

Caffeine free

Holy Basil

BIJA offers exotic teas from around the world and I do love a good cup of tea.  They average in prices from $6 to $12 for about 20 tea bags give or take a few bucks.  Good teas average in price generally because it depends on the herbs and ingredients used, plus the quality of the ingredients.  

 Redmond Earthpaste

Natural toothpaste for kids

Lemon twist

Average price looks to be about $5

This is a sample for my kids to decide if its yummy or not, but I do like that its natural and comes from the earth.  There is no titanium dioxide or any foaming agents, no glycerin or fluoride or coloring agents, and safe to eat.  A very cool toothpaste for little kiddos learning to brush.

Redmond Earth Paste

Cinnamon natural toothpaste

4 oz 

Orgain Healthy Kids

nutritional vanilla shake

$21 average price for a 12 pack

My kids loved this shake and I would love for them to have one a day but its just not priced for my budget.

 Dream water

Snoozeberry blueberry pomegranate

Natural, 0 calorie sleep shot

Drink about 30 minutes prior to relaxation or sleep support.

Another item I will be trying to fight my ugly insomnia friend.

$28 average price for 12 pack

 Ultima Replenisher electrolyte powder, Herbamare organic seasoning, Highly cultured zu-kay live foods, not pictured but included was coupons for ethical electric and Mac-n-Mo's morselicious treats.

Overall the Conscious Box is a fun box to receive monthly, as you can see they pack it full of new healthy products, samples and coupons.  Subscription boxes are a great way to try new items you may never have thought to try before.