Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Young Living Essential Oils Updates!

I've received quite a few messages asking me about how much I like my Young Living Essential Oils and let me say, I LOVE THEM! :)

Transcript of my side of a recent Facebook chat:

"Personally, I've got this collection --> http://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products/essential-oils/collections/everyday-oils-essential-oil-collection

The oils in this select collection will provide ongoing support for your home, health, and body. We've used Joy, Frankincense, Lemon, Lavender, Peppermint, Peace and Calming, Thieves, and Valor in our diffuser so far.

The Frankincense is ah-mazing because it smells like being completely outdoors in the middle of a huge forest. For me, it's very much like "home" and I can just breathe it deeply, close my eyes, and relax.

The lemon did not work so well in the diffuser BUT it is supposed to be a great cleaner for countertops and etc, so I'm going to pick up a plain spray bottle next time I'm at Dollar Tree and try to titrate that mixture. I love my kitchen when it smells good so I'm looking forward to this.

The Joy is a very strong scent, but it's [known] to enhance romantic feelings.

Thieves is the only one I've tried to use topically thus far because I don't have a "carrier oil" - most people use coconut oil. You're supposed to dilute a few drops into the carrier oil so it's not so hard on your skin. I put Thieves directly onto my sore throat one day though and it was absolutely like it pulled the pain out.

The Peace & Calming diffused okay, but it's crowning glory is supposed to be with the kiddos. [Rub it onto their feet and they'll stop twitching and go to sleep!]"

I also have downloaded these "guides" to the EOs that I own: Click here to see them in my Dropbox.

Are you interested in learning more about Young Living Essential Oils? Message me on Facebook or email me at dowellim@gmail.com. :) If you choose to buy, click this link or input my distributor # (1643357) in the Sponsor ID / Enroller ID boxes when you're making your purchase! Thanks!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Update - Part One

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! Just wanted to begin giving a quick update as to what's been going on with our family and what we've been doing with all of this time we haven't spent blogging :) Thankfully, there have been no upheavals in employment or geographic location since last March...we've just been too busy living life to spend the time to WRITE about it!


The biggest change in our day-to-day family life has come from our decision to start homeschooling the girls. This is, of course, a huge commitment of my time...BUT it's probably the most rewarding thing I'll ever be blessed enough to do. We've been doing this since November of 2013 and have already had field trips (with more planned!), curriculum changes, struggles, science experiments gone wrong, and most importantly - joys of breakthroughs in learning! Follow all of our adventures on The Homestead Academy's Facebook Page!


Dowell Internet Marketing continues to be successful...so much in fact that I've brought in a social media manager to help me keep up with all of the Facebooking, Twittering, Pinteresting, and Google Plusing. :) Between the two of us, we now manage the following accounts:


It's a never-ending job trying to keep up with which part of North Carolina I'm "in" at the moment, but I love, love, LOVE having this opportunity to work from home in a job that I enjoy doing and get fulfillment from!

The baby just woke, so my time is up for now. I foresee science class happening outside this afternoon, as our temps have soared into the 60* range!

As always, thanks for reading!

All my love,