Information Night Success

First off, here is a link for a video on Melaleuca and their products. If it does not work, let me know. *enter as guest*
Melaleuca information video

I had a few people over last night to learn more about Melaleuca and the products they have. It was a learning night for me as well since I just signed up a couple months ago.
I always say they are green products and they work but Tessa really backed up that theory and it was nice to learn.

A lot of companies say they are green but ultimately they are not. I am shocked every time I hear that companies do not have to put all their ingredients on the bottle and they don't have to be tested before going into the store. We as consumers think, "well if its in the store its safe" or "if it says green, then it has to be" well we are wrong there.
Melaleuca fully tests their products and only uses natural ingredients from our earth. The products are truly green and they work.

Anyways, the main reason for the post was to show you one experiment we did last night.
We had two jars. One with Tilex bathroom spray it and leave cleaner. The other had the Tub&Tile.
Tessa dropped in a dirty penny in each jar.

Left jar: TILEX...... right jar: TUB&TILE

Close up with tilex. Pennies are same as they were when they went in

tub&tile pennies. clean and it went this way in a few seconds

We also did a test with permanent marker on linoleum floor. Used a couple household cleaners that the ladies brought and they didn't work. Sprayed the sol-u-mel and it started working without even wiping it. I didn't take pictures of it but a lot of people on youtube have posted the same experiment.

Below is our hood fan vents. Never been cleaned. I soaked them in a mixture of MelaMagic and water.

Greasy

Sparkling clean

On a completely different side note. I get compliments on the old window frame chalkboard at my front door. I do know someone who makes them if you are interested in one.

Random Cold Monday

We are inside keeping ourselves busy today.

Do you have some paint? empty egg carton? straws?
Well if your bored and have the above, you can make these...

I know, some of my best work! ha


Then while Mason was sleeping, I made these yummy snacks.

Plus 2

We found our dining room table at a warehouse on a side road garage sale two years ago and we paid $50 for it. It did need some sanding and stain, which we had someone do.

The table can seat 8 (3 on each side, 1 on each end) but we only had 4 chairs. Ikea chairs that I spray painted white. [as seen above]
I have been waiting to purchase more chairs because they cost $$$ and I have more important things to spend $$$ on. Well when driving around getting mason to sleep one grumpy day, I drove by two chairs. They looked in good condition, so I got out of the car to make sure all legs were sturdy and nothing was broken (good thing to check when finding things in the garbage, better to check before you put it in the car then having to put it in your garbage because it wasn't as good as it seemed)
Well the chairs were dark wood, sort of like our hardwood floors. But it didn't matter since I would spray paint them to match the other four.

I have a modern country theme in the house and a bit eclectic, which means things don't have to match, I don't like matchy match things anyways. So we are +2 on the chairs bringing us to 6. Maybe I will find 2 more one day soon...

Keeping it real

I would like to keep it real.
If you are like me, you like pinterest and blogs and think other people are so creative and have such amazing houses.
Well most of the time these people stage before photos. Their homes don't look like that all the time, especially if they have kids.

Take our bedroom view for example. It looks like we live in the country with luscious trees. What a beautiful view to wake up too!

Well The above picture was taken from the right angle because this is actually our view. Not to say its bad but its like everyone else. We can see a few backyards.

These two pictures are of Masons room. It has been moved around a bit. But can you see the difference between staging and everyday life?

Our Living room / Dining room is this way about 85% of the time. Toys everywhere, things in piles to be taken downstairs, laundry being folded... you know the list of things that compile.

This was when I cleaned and 'staged' it one time for a photo. It might look like this for a day when I clean it and then it is dirty again...

There you have it. The tricks of cleaning and photography. Don't get so down on yourself for having a mess of a home. We all have a mess, more so if you have kids of any age.

I have a few more garbage finds coming up, check back!

Dentist

If you are anything like me, you dislike the idea of the Dentist and you bleed like mad when sitting in that chair.
I do not floss and I should, I know. I have to start and I will.
Every time I go for a cleaning its a long visit. It starts by my hygienists saying my gums are inflamed and I have to floss and would I like numbing cream before we begin.
I then take the pain and a little while later am all done. Looking down, that blue `bib`they put on me has now almost completely turned red. Its like a murder scene on the bib and its all from my mouth, not nice. And I should mention my teeth kill after, actually make that my mouth. My mouth aches for hours after.

I started using Melaleuca Tooth Polish one month ago and was excited to see if thy would make a difference at my dental cleaning yesterday.
Well it did folks! I do still need to floss and I get that but this is how it went yesterday.
She looks around my mouth and said it looks a lot better and my gums are not as inflamed as they usually are and asked if I had been flossing. I told her about Melaleuca and then proceeded to let her know that there is still no flossing going on in our house and I just ate McDonalds before I went there and I was sorry. HAHA.
Well she didn't even mention the numbing cream *thumbs up* She did the cleaning and it didn't hurt like it did once upon a time and in the end, there was 1drop of blood on my bib. 1DROP!!! crazy!
Between the time I walked in the waiting room, got the cleaning, waited for the dentist to check and say everything is great, made my next appointment and got back in my car, it was 30minutes. that's a record people!
I will continue to use Melaluca tooth polish and I will start to floss, I promise mom :)

Here is a link about the tooth polish, join Melaleuca today for 1$ and enjoy great products like their tooth polish!

http://www.melaleuca.com/ProductStore/Product.aspx?sku=5034

Melaleuca Info Night

Come one come all.
I am having Tessa over to our house for an information night on SEPTEMBER 21 @ 8PM.

Even the people that have signed up can come, there is always information that would be useful.

We will learn about products, what they are and what they do. Tessa will also let us know more about the company and how it works. Also if any of you want to be part of the business, we can talk more.

I can't stress enough how happy we are with the products. They don't cost a fortune, the shipments come straight to your door, the products are GGGGRRRREAT (like Tony the tiger!) for you and the Earth. It feels good that our home is converting to Melaleuca. I feel healthier already and have only been with the company since July.

Please let me know if you can make it that night, I would like to have enough treats for everyone.
We would love to see you and tell you about these great products.

Remember we do not take orders, its not a sales night. We are just spreading the word on Melaleuca and would love to sign you up.
If you have questions but cannot make it out that night then ask me and I will get you an answer!

Tell your friends, Bring your friends and family. It will be a fun night!!
Phone or Email me.
elyshakampen@hotmail.com
647.588.2908

Origami

The 'rings' in Masons room have remained empty for a while. I was waiting for my sister to visit and help me with Origami.
Well she has come and gone :( She is back in Africa...
We did this while she was here though.

I have to do a few more and hang them all and will get back here and post the final result.
Anyone know of easy origami other then a crane or butterfly?

Information Night

at my house!
I am having Tessa from Why I Love Mela come over and give myself and all of you more information on how Melaleuca works and the products.
I know a lot of you are interested but just want a bit more information on it, well she has all the answers.

I am looking at a week night in September and was wondering if there are weeks or days that are good, or not good? Tell me if you are away.
I want to make sure you can all come out.

An update on the products I have.
~The toothpaste is still great -I have a clean/checkup end of August, we will see if my gums bleed like mad or if this toothpaste is truly helping the girl who is known at her dentist for bleeding gums. Its usually so bad that the hygienist will ask if I want numbing gel before she even starts.
~The sol-u-mel, Tub&Tile, Tough&Tender and MelaMagic are all great cleaners. I am also not scared when Mason opens the cleaning cupboard to explore.
~Zap-it is AH-MAZING. I have lived with light acne since high school and as soon as I found Proactiv, I stuck with it. I tried a few things along the way like Aveeno, clean and clear, Arbonnes acne line and nothing worked as well as Proactiv. Also I should put out there that my face was not perfect with Proactiv but it was the closest. Well Zap-it has made me a believer in Melaleuca and I am so happy to have some that works and that is not harming me or my towels (for those of you who have Proactiv, you know what I mean)
~children's training toothpaste without fluoride. All I can say is that Mason loves to brush his teeth.

anyways I don't want to bore you. Let me know when in September is best for you and I will figure out a night.
Remember that it would not be a sales night. Melaleuca is a company where you sign up and order your own stuff, just like you would get things at Walmart but online.
I don't need you to bring your cheque book or credit cards and I don't need you to feel pressured to buy anything. We are not selling you things that night, just spreading the word on how good the products are and how easy it is.

Lord Of The Flies

Still here. Was away for the long weekend and it was wonderful.
We came home to a house full of flies? my first comment after "wow" was "its Lord Of The Flies"
We are honestly clean people! you probably don't believe me since we have about 100 new flies a day.
We assume it is from the dead furry things in our attic? We had some chipmunks come in from our neighbors roof and wander over to our side (we are semi detached to a dirty house AKA Hoarder)
So we called pest control to come inspect, show us areas to block and put down some yummy poison for whatever was coming in.
4days later, there was the worst-smell-of-life in our home, you could truly tell something died up there.
So we were happy our money spent on this pest control guy worked because they do tell you that there is no guarantee.

Now we have flies. Lots of them.

I trapped them in the window to give me time to figure out a game-plan

Does anyone else have a fly problem?
No, nobody?
Well I put up those sticky traps and I hope they work?
Has anyone used those? Do they work?

Now that you all think we are a dirty family with a dirty home, I'm going to sign out now and think of a post to get your mind off this dirty one.

I am out of brick songs

But we are not out of bricks.
We have some leftover brick from our patio. Remember I was asking for advice on things to do with it.
Well fire pit was one idea.
And it turned out well. take a look.

We had leftover limestone as well. So we first put that down and leveled it

Put the brick down. Made sure it was still level.

3 rows and its done.

The old fire pit 'bin' sat inside the bricks

BEFORE

AFTER