We ate a restaurant that had Corn Beef Egg Rolls on the menu. Curtis HAD to try them. Well, I am glad he ordered them because they were good.
Curtis suggested that I try to make them at home so our kids could try them. How hard could it be? How hard could it be, he says? Funny, that is what I always say to him about projects. Dang it, I hate it when my own words are used against me.
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In a world where we base all our decisions on how much something costs and needing a certain amount of ROI, return on investment. Consider this for me.
A phone call touches a lost soul.
A smile fills a broken heart. Even if it was short-lived.
A card in the mail brightens someone's day.
A simple text says I am thinking about you.
A hug or handshake for the one silently struggling.
The causal wave that says, yes I see you.
The way making eye contact with someone makes them feel seen.
You can't begin to imagine a fair price. Each of these scenarios has a different value based upon the receiver.
Mastercard hit the nail on the head with the Marketing tagline, Priceless. I wonder if the marketing department knew the gold mine they hit with that tagline.Next time you think taking action isn’t worth the investment, err on the side of caution and do it anyways. You may never know the full impact of that one action. But if you made one person feel loved or seen, isn't that worth it?
There is this new fad in town, Axe throwing. I won’t lie, I wanted to try it but I was scared. I didn’t want to waste my money or be the laughing stock of the party.
Back in December, I found an amazing price over on Sweetdeals.
For only $10, two people got to throw an axe for one hour.
First, let's keep that price to ourselves. This was one of my husband's Christmas presents. He knows I am frugal, but he doesn't need to know the details.
Second, I was willing to “waste” $10 for the experience. I always fear that the price I pay for experiences will not be the equivalent of what I expected.
But for $10, what did I have to lose?
Let me just say, I had a freaking ball. I threw that darn axe for the entire hour.
The staff at Valkyrie are top-notch. They pretty much have ax-throwing down to a science.
When we first started, the staff explained how to hold, stand and throw the axe. When it was our turn to start throwing, they hung around to watch and adjust our throws. This made all the difference. We both went from the axe bouncing off the wall to the axe sticking.
This is where you can either have a great time or feel as if you wasted your money. Would I have just as much fun if I never hit the target? Maybe, I would have gotten tons of laughs out of that day. But that was not what the day was about. The day was built around throwing the axe and the staff made sure we knew how to walk away feeling like a boss.
If you are looking for something new to try, go throw an axe.
Not only will you have fun, but you will be getting in workout also. The next several days my abs were sore.
I wish someone suggested this to me a long time ago. Check your gut.
Feeling crappy? Check your gut
Sick all the time? Check your gut
Crave carbs all the time? Check your gut
Depressed? Check your gut
No energy? Check you Gut
Can you see I think the first thing everyone needs to do is check their gut?
Have you heard the gut is often referred to as the second brain? Our gut is out of this world smart. The gut has its very own nervous system, keeps about 200 million neurons and houses the majority of our immune system.
Have you heard of serotonin? Serotonin is called the happy hormone. What I think is interesting is that about 90% of serotonin is produced inside the gut, from good bacteria.
But whenever there is something good involved there is something bad as well.
Not all bacteria in our gut are good bacteria. When we go past that happy medium and the bad bacteria take over is in my opinion when we see the destruction start.
Before I started to take a probiotic daily my major issues was not using the bathroom frequently. I had no idea you should be pooping at least once a day.
I had suffered from digestive issues for years. Like pooping once a week, if that. Stomach cramps worse than having a baby. Trust me, I have three kids, the pain was worse than pushing out babies. I was losing sleep because I would be in and out of the bathroom all night.
I thought this was all normal. I could go for days or weeks and be fine until one day... Well, you get the picture.
I am sure I probably learned about the digestive issue at some point in school. But let’s be honest who wants to talk poop much less listen.
In the last 5 years, probiotics are shining lights on the digestive system. This topic deserves your attention
Probiotics are supplements that provide good bacteria straight to our digestive system.
Probiotics have helped me cut down on the carbs and sugar I eat. I spend more time in the bathroom. And I feel better. Probably the increased serotonin.
Here is how it was explained to me.
If you eat a lot of carbs and sugar the bad bacteria have taken over your gut. Imagine the bad bacteria as yeast. (umm bread) When you make bread from yeast you store the yeast in a warm oven for a period of time. The warm oven is what makes the yeast rise, double in size.
Now think about your gut. Your gut is housed inside your body. Your warm body. So every time we eat sugar and carbs we are in essence putting yeast in the oven to rise. Doubling the number of bad bacteria. Bad bacteria feeds of bad bacteria., this is where your cravings come in. At some point, the bad bacteria are going to take over. Especially if we are not adding good bacteria in your gut. If you can allow the good bacteria to overcome the bad bacteria your chances of squashing those cravings are now in your favor.
I challenge you to take a good probiotic and see if you notice any changes.
Wanna know which probiotic I take? Shoot me a message.
