Healthiest Life 4 Me

A mom that I met on Twitter thought up this idea and encouraged others to do it on their blogs too.  So a GIANT thanks to Spoiled Mommy for the idea.  Check out her favs/not so favs too!

And so it is born here on Healthiest Life 4 Me.

Every Friday I am going to post 1 of my favorite things and 1 of my not so favorite things.  It can be anything!  So be prepared and check often.you may just find something new to love too!  Or may agree with things not to love! 

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FAVORITE:

My favorite article of clothing is hands down my Old Navy flannel pj bottoms.  They are comfortable and warm.  Most importantly, they are thick enough to be worn to take the trash out and to answer the door to a stranger in.  I honestly can say, I would be lost without them!  If you don’t have a pair, you should add this to your Christmas Wish List!  They are for sure a must have for every MOM!

Not So FAVORITE:

One of the biggest waste of money products on the market today, I believe is the Tide Pen.  While yes, you may get the stain out.you will probably take the color out of the material in the spot that you used it in.  How disappointing when you use in on an off white shirt to have a big actual white spot on it.  Or worse, a black shirt with a big white spot.  Not worth the money.try waiting ’til you get home and using simple Spray ‘n Wash instead. 

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So there you have it.my first ever Favorite/Not So Favorite Friday! 

Everyone who reads my blog and who has an interest in either becoming a Independent Business Partner with Symmetry Direct to make some extra money and possibly earn a special trip for January 2010 or wants more information on the products offered by Symmetry Direct are welcome to come to this once in a lifetime event here in Riverside, CA. 

For the first time EVER, the company founder’s son, Brandon Langer who is the Director of Sales and Marketing for the US is coming here to Riverside, CA to kick off the new year.  He is coming to talk to us about how to build our businesses bigger and stronger in the new year!  This information is usually only available to us if we spend hundreds of dollars and attend a Seeds Of Success Workshop in Chicago.  To those of us here in Southern CA, that is a expensive trip.  So, please take advantage of this opportunity to learn from the BEST!

Also at this event, Dr. Howard Cohn is making his second appearance here in Riverside, CA.  The last time he spoke, I took 23 pages of notes.  And I know I missed about 20 more pages due to not being able to write fast enough.  His product training is invaluable to building a business.  His experiences in his practice (chiropractic) with the products and how they have HEALED so many will help you to explain to your customers just how VALUABLE these products are to their lives.

Now, obviously many of you are not business partners, but you are still invited to come and learn about the products, the valuable of residual income, and what Symmetry Direct can do for your life.either by business or by products. 

The deal is.I need RSVP’s because the room only holds a certain amount of people.  The person responsible for hosting this event is paying per head for space and it is VITAL that if you RSVP that you are coming.you must show UP!  Please let me know if you are interested. 

The event will take place on January 31, 2009 at the Orange Terrace Community Center here in Riverside, CA.  The event is from 1-5, so please come fed as there will only be water and snacks available. 

I would love to see many of you at this event.  In the times of economic struggles, the stresses added to our bodies can cause many health problems.but adding nutritional supplements can keep our bodies healthy to keep us through these tough times.

Wednesday, November 19th was the kids last day of school until December 1st and of course many festivities were crammed into that one day.  There was a lunch time feast, cupcakes for fall, and business day all in a matter of a few hours. 

My son’s third grade class celebrated with a Thanksgiving Day Feast.  There was turkey, mashed potatoes, corn chowder, rolls, and pumpkin pie with cool whip of course.  Now, I had to send my son with his own lunch because I knew he wouldn’t be interested in eating any of this stuff.  But the kids, including him, had a great time together.   (My son is on the far left with the HUGE smile)

My daughter’s class did not have a planned celebration because of the business day event they had planned, but I brought mini cupcakes for them to enjoy at lunch.  I am bad and didn’t get permission, but I am the room mom and that is the fun in that. (Nah.I know the teacher well and knew she would be ok with that)  The kids were so surprised and excited when they saw what treat I had brought for them. 

The biggest part of the day was Business Day for fourth grade.  To begin with, let me explain the days leading up to this crazy excitement.  On the previous Thursday my daughter came home very upset that this fun day was happening the next week because on Monday her teacher encouraged them all to buy raffle tickets with their Ducks Bucks (the teacher is a huge Anaheim Ducks fan).  So my daughter did use all her money to buy these raffle tickets and won some pink and white Floam.  But the problem was that on Monday they were going to have to buy their business license if they wished to have a store at the event.  Dominique was broken because she had been looking forward to this since her friends last year did it.  I of course went in to discuss this with the teacher and there was a reason and she assured me that Dominique would be able to have a business for the event.  Then on to the next concern.the paperwork explaining the details says that we cannot start our items until the approval get returned on Monday - for Wednesday’s event.  Well, Dominique dances from 4-8 straight through on Monday evenings and 4-8 with a half hour break on Tuesday evenings.  So Dominique was again upset because I made her do it all over the weekend and I helped.  She used Christmas silk flowers and floral tape to make flower topped pencils.  But of course, this was not yet approved.  I assured her it would not be a problem.  And of course, it wasn’t.  I just wish that the teachers understood that 5 days notice is not nearly enough for a project like this.  My daughter’s teacher is a first time fourth grade teacher so she has never done these things before, but the others have and always do it last minute.talk about disrespectful.  Anyhow.

Dominique named her business “The Write Flower” and she sold each pencil for $5 (all fake money) and she had tags available for $1 each in case they wanted to make them gifts. She started business day with $145 after buying her $125 business license.  The selling period lasted for about 45 minutes and there were 3rd and 4th graders shopping along with the book buddy classes (which are typically kinder thru 2nd graders.in my daughter’s classes case they are 2nd graders) and staff members shopping.  Services from cookies, cupcakes, brownies, snow cones, lemonade, root beer floats, origami, cards, Christmas ornaments, bookmarks, colored hair spray, getting your nails painted, tattoos, and different kinds of mini carnival games filled the pod.  It was crowded, loud, and chaotic, but the kids had so much fun.  When the time was up it was time to clean up and go back to class.  The kids counted their money up and my  daughter’s booth made over $400.  She was so excited.  She started with 130 pencils and ended with 60.  She couldn’t have been more excited.  And I  couldn’t have been more proud of her.  She did such a good job. 

Now you think they would have spent some time discussing more about the books after the event, but because of the holiday and the quickly thrown together event her teacher said it was just for fun.  Apparently there is another event planned for the spring.  I told Dominique we would start planning for it in January after the holiday hustle and bustle was done.  She is interested in doing something new this time.  If you have suggestions or ideas of what she can do that is relatively inexpensive to put together, that she can do most of herself, and would sell great to kids and adults please feel free to comment it here!  All ideas are welcomed and appreciated.