10.27.12

It has been another few days of getting adjusted to living here in the middle of no where. I am starting to get things out of the boxes a little more each day! I am very proud because I have cooked dinner and lunch everyday that we have been done here. I have kept the laundry going at all times. It is slowly starting to feel like I am growing up and I don't know how I feel about that.
I really want to spend more time with Jd but doesn't look like that will be happening anytime soon. He is working long hours and enjoying every minute of it. Tonight I get to go to the carnival in town so you know that it's a big step for me. I absolutely hate this holiday but I want to meet new people in this town and make some business contacts.

So earlier this week we had spaghetti and with the left over meat I made a Chili Stew in the crock pot.
It was amazing if I do say so myself! I am eating a cup of it right now! :)

Ingredients
(1) Can of hot dog chili
(1) Can of green beans
(1) Can of whole kernel corn
(1) can of diced hominy
(1) can of tomato puree
(1) can of tomato sauce
(1) can of ranch style beans
(1) can of red kidney beans
Left over meat from spaghetti night.

Now I don't drain any of these cans, I let the liquid work with the heat and mixture. It is amazing! I also make jalapeno corn bread to serve with it. Usually there is shredded cheese to go with it.

Now, I am off to try and get my scentsy numbers up.. I am close to a promotion now!

XO
Lauren Lo

10-25-12

I haven't been able to post in the last few days so this one is going to be a doosy! We made the graduation from cleet, and got all of our last few belongings and headed for our new home in Hollis Oklahoma. So far I love Harmon County except for the fact that these people do not have the ability to make tea or sweet tea in any capacity! I have tried it from every store/resteraunt in the county and it isn't good at all! You guys know that I am a girl who has to have her tea & sweet tea...oh and my starbucks/keurig coffee maker!

I haven't got the entire house out of cardboard yet but I am getting there slowly! I have got to come up with some storage ideas for my office! I can't keep digging through box after box looking for an order. I can't even start my OSU quilt that I want to make this fall/winter! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

It has been a stressful but not stressful week if that makes any sense at all! I know that some of you will understand that, and probably give me an amen!I am just ready for everything that is in my future down here.

Today I went to fill out an application/interview at a local medical clinic...I really want the job! I would be working with a close friend and it would get me out of the house at least a few days out the week.

I have been working really hard to earn my Scentsy promotion and incentive trip and cannot wait to be able to announce that I have earned both. Please keep praying for me. : )

Until I have more..
XO
Lauren Lo

Lily Bean Couture Product Review

Howdy guys! It's me again and I am here to give you a review on my products from Lily Bean Couture! She is very pleasant to work with! She took my order and shipped within 6 business days! I had ordered a large wipe case, and a small wipe case. I wanted it to match my LV purse and travel set and that is what she gave me. I was so happy to get my product. It came with a tracking number (DC) from USPS. It was a pleasure doing business with her. I have had her product for over a year now I believe and it sure has been worth the money I paid.

A little about the owner:
Lily Bean Couture officially opened in February of 2011 after the birth of my second child, Lily. I had been tinkering with a few things and making wipe cases just was it. It was a new found joy. It started as just a hobby but totally took off. July of 2011 Lily Bean was featured on Zulily.com. In January of 2012 we introduced sewn items such as bibs, burp cloths, diaper clutches and blankets.

Right now we are featuring our 30x36" blankets in an array for different prints for $40 shipped with free personalization. We have plans for a super awesome Cyber Monday Sale as well as other sales throughout the month of November.
www.facebook.com/lilybeancouturedesigns
www.lilybeancouture.etsy.com

The above pinstripe one was gifted to me. I was told it is from Lily Bean Couture as well though I do not know that it is!
I use it for my car! In the picture you see that I have Germ-ex (which has since been all used up and replaced with a scentsy fragrance foam.) Lotion I got with a coupon for FREE but has since been replaced with Layers Hand Cream by Scentsy, Carmex that I got for FREE with a coupon, Ibuprofen that is being replaced today because it's empty, my Grace Adele Pen and pad of paper, DILL PICKLE SUNFLOWER SEEDS my absolute favorite snack for when I am on the road driving, hair ties and lots of them because I seem to use those more often than not.

Also included but not pictured is:
A trash bag
A walmart bag
A diaper (just in case I have a kid with me or a mom needs it)
A few band-aids
A tube of neosporin
A package of tissues
A safety Pin
A $20 bill
2 Granola Bars
1 Water Bottle
1 flashlight (mine also doubles for a tazer)

 Please visit her facebook page & Tell her An Oklahoma Daughter sent you!

XOXO
LO

10.11.12

If you know me you know that I have always wanted to get married on 10.11.12 and I am here to tell you....it didn't happen. We still don't have an engagement. I know most of you are going "Really?!?!" "Still?!" Trust me I know I am thinking it and saying it more than you are. However, I somewhat understand that timing is everything and we are in the middle of a huge move and it will happen when it happens. I am really starting to feel the shockwave of everything about this move. We are hitting road bumps everytime we turn around! I have to say that I am happier out in the wilderness of our new home. The peace and quiet is amazing. Yes I am going to miss my friends and social life up here but I am not going to miss the loud sirens every hour of the day...and night too! The dogs barking at each other all night...the sounds of coyotes is so much better.
I am excited to be able to re do my office using all the pintrosities I can manage, cooking because there are no places to eat, running in the country and never fearing being hit by a car, eventually having horses and livestock...I just can't wait!

It was a long day spent working around the house just waiting for my Dad to come over to drop off their old couch and pick up my recliner. I am sad to see that recliner go but I love the fact that we now have a sectional that has two recliners and a hide-a-bed. It is going to be AHHHHHhhmazing!
Things are slowly going to start coming together in the next few days.

My Scentsy business is booming and I am really nervous/excited about my job interview. It is going to be amazing. I really have been praying that I will get the job because I fear that staying at home in the new house is going to be a lot different than staying home at the Wagoner house. I think it would be good for me to be in the workplace again and feeling like a "grown up" even though I don't think that will ever sound right coming from my mouth.

I also got to hold my friends new puppies! I have one of her Yorkies but I swear Trigger was never that size! 

I am excited to be posting my first boutique review on 10.12.12 I hope that you will stick around to read it and that you enjoy following me because their is a lot coming in the near future!



XOXO
Lo

You have to love this don't you?! It's adorable. . .

Trigger and I last week! :)

They look so tiny in my hands. This is just a few hours old.

10/9/12 - Good News

I went to my mom's work where I ate lunch with the residents for the October birthday luncheon! It was a great joy as it is every month. Then I donated a couch to a resident there who needed one. Got my hair cut & trimmed. Then the most important thing happened....I got a job interview for the HC! I am so estatic and cannot wait to tell you more about it!

10.08.12

So I have been reading my bible everyday whether I read an actual bible or the app on my phone. I have also added several people to my facebook newsfeed such as Joel Olsteen, Proverbs 31, Bible Verse Daily, and etc. I haven't been posting for my followers to read and feel. It's very hard for me to stick to something such as writing everyday. I was never one for journals. However, we (Jd & I) are about to (practically right dab in the middle of doing so) embark on a huge step in our lives...MARRIAGE?! No, we have decided (rather told) to move to a place called Hollis, Oklahoma. I like to refer to it as Harmon County (I like the sound of that) and because there are only 2000 people in our entire county! Jd took a position as an Oklahoma Game Warden and we are just thrilled to be setting out on this crazy wild adventure. Now, what I was getting at is that it is going to be a challenge for me with a lot of upcoming changes and I think getting this blog up and going is the best source of relief I will have. I will be posting about anything and everything. I will post the crafts I do, the recipes I try from pinterest, to the crazy adventures of our new life.
I hope to keep this blog going (and growing) till I become not only an Oklahoma Daughter, but an Oklahoma Wife, Oklahoma Mother, and who knows maybe even Oklahoma Grandmother.

So here starts the journey...

(Let me catch you up)
March 2012 - Hired as Oklahoma Game Warden - Like begins to change...
May 2012 - leaves for cleet - I go crazy
June 2012 - still at cleet - I am getting somewhat adjusted while beginning to prepare and pack.
July 2012 - We get a glimpse of what Holidays will be like now - he's still at cleet - more packing & moving takes place.
August 2012 - He is still at cleet - I am getting more packed - I get a good shock and see the new place and what all our little Harmon County is made of (all one stop light)
September 2012 - He is still at cleet - I am finishing up packing - have a really big month with Scentsy
October 2012

So this weekend we took one of our final loads of stuff to the HC. I really cannot understand where all of this stuff came from?! We have tons! I even threw stuff away during the packing process and am still weeding through it. I am starting to get better accustomed to the life we are going to have in HC. At first they told me we are going to have "big wig" television - that is my wording for something other than 2,6,8, & 11! I sigh and say at least I will have DVR and will be able to keep up with my favorite television series without having to wait to watch them on netflix. Then they tell me I won't have internet?! Honey Boo Boo say what?! !?!?! A big bless your heart came after that! Mind you I already learned of having NO, NO service when I get to the HC. So, now we are looking for an internet provider and a cell phone provider for me!! Go figure the two most used items of my average day!

Then I found out that the nearest Starbucks is 1:45 away?! How do people ever survive without starbucks?! This must be why most cowboys prefer their coffee black! I know after reading this you are probably wondering how I ever considered myself a country/cowgirl of a person?! Well, you see it's really easy to explain that one. I grew up that way move to the "town" and got used to things....however after our first night in a real bed in the new house I quickly realized that Jd and are meant to be together. We blurted out, almost simultaneously "it's quiet" there were no sounds of car horns, jake brakes, sires, dogs barking, etc... We were in HOG HEAVEN!

So as you can tell I am slowly finding my own self in this little adventure that God has blessed me with. Yes, I will miss my friends, and family but God will put new people in my life - not to replace the others but to remind me that I am his creation and he is not finished with me yet.
Who knows this might be the new road for my Scentsy business, my blog, my life, my whatever...who knows?! My God does!

So keep following me if you want to learn about cool things, funny things, great recipes, pintrosities I have done, and all the little quirks to my life. I know I won't have many followers but the ones I do have will be welcomed and enjoyed!

I know that some of my postings may not be grammatically correct but they are straight from the heart and if you read them long enough you will start to hear my voice and will soon come to enjoy it for what it is ... me

Lauren Lo