Christmas is almost here..

Ok.. So Christmas is almost here.. I do want to update y'all on the one year mark of my weightloss journey with it works.. aka  www.ieskinnywrap.com also over there on the right side.. that will be another day... ANYHOO... so, I got Dano some stuff for Christmas.. not a lot because my hours at work got severely cut and I am now part time.. BOO! (this is where I turn back into scrooge.. ) so the little things I got for her, that she really wants but doesn't know it yet, got boxed up to be wrapped.  She decided that she REALLY (read out loud VERY dramatically and annoying) wanted to wrap some presents.  Considering she's 11 and has no job, just mooches off Mom all the time, I bought myself a couple small things, and she wrapped them.  THEN, wonderful, giving, stupendous mother that I am, I let her wrap her own presents.. HA!  Genius I say!  She didn't SEE what the gifts were, I wrapped them very carefully in multiple layers of colored, sparkly, tissue paper and then put into a box, which I then put into other boxes and taped shut so she couldn't get into them.  Should have been doing this for YEARS.. haha 
So, this year, she's going to hang with her Grampa on Christmas eve (he's a fireman and works Christmas Day so she gets to spend the day with him (the day before) ) She is VERY happy.. :) She'll spend the night over there, which I am not too pleased about because "that side" of her family are not very pleasant.  We'll leave it at that.   I'll pick her up at 9am on Christmas Day and bring her home to celebrate with me.. .AAAALLLLL day.. (after letting her go with them for like the last 8/9 years, it's MY TURN) .. I'm excited for Christmas!

OOOOH!  We went over to see Nonie.. (or is it Nonnie?) hhmm I just looked it up..it IS NONNIE..  Dano and I went to spend time with her on Monday.  She just had eye surgery a few days before.  Dano and Nonnie made some cookies.. we all laughed and giggled.. at one point Dano said that me and nonnie laughed the same.. that made me smile.. :) Dano asked if she could spend a weekend with Nonnie soon, because she wants to learn to make sourdough bread, a complete dinner and learn to quilt.  Quite ambitious.. haha  I love spending time with Nonnie, and I certainly plan to do it much much more after the holidays..  She is awesome.. reminds me much of my Mim.  Ok, ok enough of that.. Happy Holidays.. Merry Christmas or whatever, you celebrate..  back in a few days.. 


This is Dano making cookies.. :)  My baby is growing up... 

Here we go again..

Ok.. I'm back..  haha  So I did move this over to tumblr..  and that was fun.. I guess.  I mean, don't get me wrong.. tumblr is cool... if you are a teenager.  I couldn't really "blog" there.. or feel comfortable doing it I guess.  So, I'm back.  I miss talking to myself on here.. I got that "Dragon" speak/dictation software to try.. I'll let you know how that works.. if it DOES work.. It's going on Dano's laptop so she can do her homework and I don't have to type everything for her.. (seems she hunts/pecks while Mom can type apprx 90 wpm.. yay me.) Looking forward to this.. I think it really will help her with her reports, and her grades..  crossing my fingers, toes, whatever...
I'm a little scatter brained lately.. things haven't been all that great with Dano and her dad, and court etc... I have a draft I wrote in the midst of it all, and it wasn't very pleasant, but I had to get it off my chest.. I think for now it'll just stay in drafts..  Anyway, this is gonna be pretty short today, gotta go get her from school.  I'll fill ya in on more tomorrow...


Peace kids..

MOVED BLOG..

So I moved / imported this blog over to Tumblr... will try that for awhile... if I decide I don't like it, I'll be back here... maybe I'll update both.. hahaha Here's the tumblr link:http://nicolereneeg.tumblr.com/

let me know what either of you think... :)

Life and Lemons..

I find it very interesting quotes about when life hands you lemons, make lemonade or drink tequila or whatever... same with "it's not about getting a bad hand, it's how you play it"... or something of that nature.. Anyway, I was dealt a really crappy hand a couple weeks ago.. I am playing that hand as best I can, but boy it's difficult. It's common knowledge that the kid and donor don't really get along.. well, long story short (and cutting out the BS) the kid and me are pretty tight nowadays... we are together all the time. Bosom buddies.. Joined at the hip.. Besties.. and really, I wouldn't have it any other way. Any of you have ANY clue how much a growing 11 year old GIRL eats?! Holy birdcrap batman! (and HOW does she stay so skinny!?!?!) Anyway, she's like I said 11, almost 5'3" now, and wears the SAME SIZE shoe as me.. really!?! I think we are gonna do just fine together.. I like the "full custody" thing.. has a nice ring to it.. ;)

Til next time... PEACE!

Changes..

Well, this blog has been going on now for a couple years... hhmmm amazing I've stuck to something this long.. well, off and on, but still.. :) Anyway, I'm thinking about changing the whole layout of my blog.. might have to do that today. Hope all 3 of you are doing well. I couldn't be happier.. Well, if I win the lotto on Friday, then Yes, I'll be MUCH happier, but that's about what it would take. Things are going so well.. The Kid is still having MAJOR issues with the donor. They just DON'T get along.. :( There is only so much I can do to help her. I'm glad she's back talking to the counselor every week at school. Third party to just "listen" to her so she can dump all her feelings on someone that doesn't know anyone she does. She really likes it. We've had a few important "mother daughter" talks recently and we are very close.. That Kid just melts my heart...
Anyhoo... so my business is taking off.. I realize I have some time, but I need to get 4 promotions (levels) in order to quit my day job... I've already moved up one, and am HOPING to move up another level like THIS WEEKEND... Fingers Crossed... I want to get to DOUBLE DIAMOND like yesterday!! :) I have enough going on, I'm making the same money as a few levels up!! :) This has been such a blessing in my life... it's amazing.. I love how happy I am in my life now.. Apparently I am going to head up to Bullhead City, AZ to do a wrap party... Hey, I said I'm DETERMINDED... ;) Finally, just "being me". :)
Happy Wednesday... Cheers n Beers Y'all <3

It's about that time...

So I think I'm gonna get back to blogging again... not that anyone is listening.. but it feels good to ME. :) The kid turned 11 this week... Amazing.. was thinking back to the day that little alien was born.. Weird how it seems like yesterday, but also like a lifetime ago... She's so rad.. She's been doing a LOT to help me get this IT WORKS business up and running.. I get to pay her, give her a W2 and write it off... more grooviness haha.. So, I've been working this 2nd (or is it 3rd job, with the MOM job thrown in there...) since December. OH EM GEE I'm in love.. I haven't been this happy in like ever. It's kinda nice.. I'm meeting SOOOO many new people, and making some great new friends.. The best part is Changing peoples lives. What an amazing gift. I know I've made some life long friends on this short journey. I mentioned that the Kid told me that I have until August to be making enough money to quit my day job.. (I dream about that EVERY NIGHT!!!) I am going FULL STEAM AHEAD in order to accomplish that goal BEFORE August.. I've hired 3 people now to my "Team".. I explained to the Kid what "Network Marketing" is last night.. she caught on pretty quick.. she asked how old she has to be to become a distributor.. She's just rad. Anyway... since I started as a distributor back in December, things have progressed rather rapidly.. I've been doing like 2 wrap parties (or more) per week.. CRAZY! I've hired 3 distributors now, who are taking off nicely. I've done my first Expo already which was a lot of fun.. I have another one, a wedding expo in March.. I'm also going to set up the booth at the Irvine Mud Run in May... THAT should be way fun!!! One of my dists is going to be IN it so her team will be wearing our Tshirts to represent! Way to go!! I'm still looking for a few more distributors asap, so when you decide that you want to help others become more healthy, and could stand to have some extra money... let me know.. I'm here to help. MUCH love to all :)

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”