I Don't Want To Take That Stuff!

That is what John said when I suggested he put some Oregano oil in a capsule and take it.

I had given him some peppermint oil in a capsule once, and he hated it.

He could feel it in his chest because it is a strong oil and almost has a chilling feeling when you take it.

(I didn't dilute it with any coconut oil, and let's admit it now, most men are babies.)

He had and upset stomach yesterday.

(Such is life in Guatemala.)

I told him to take some oils.

He said no.

I told him I was not going to feel sorry for him until he tried it.

He finally gave in, and had no issues.

5 minutes later, he felt great.

The stomach pain/queeziness he had all day was gone.

Oregano oil is filled with components that make it a powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, and immune stimulating oil.It is one of the most powerful, potent essential oils. It is also one of the most researched, and has been found to be effective agains many different types of bacteria.

So, if you have kids...or a husband, get Oregano oil.


It's da bomb and right now it is one of Young Living's Specials this month! Holla! Read below!

Mad Men

Can I just say something?

I have never really cared all that much about women's rights.

Reader: Sarah! How dare you! How can you not care about women's rights?!

I think it's because I have never really felt unfairly treated.

I haven't ever cared that much about moving up in a business, so I have not had to deal with it.

Here is the deal.

Watching Mad Men makes me want to punch every single man in the face.

At least every single man in the show.

Were they really that bad in the 50's and 60's?

I keep thinking about My Grandma and how she was treated.

Was it really that ridiculous?

We are in season two right now.

I've been telling myself it will get better, but at the end of every single episode, I am PISSED!

It is so depressing and stupid.

Reader: Sarah, once again, you are not writing about oils. You need to write about oils. I need to hear more about life changing oils. SHARE YOUR WISDOM WITH ME SARAH!!

Well, I will say this: I need to be wearing either "Stress Away" or "Peace and Calming" while I am watching this show.

Maybe "Joy" because every episode ends on the most depressing note ever.

I think I am going to suggest that Young Living invent an oil called "Bitch Slap" and I am going to give it to all of the actors.

Reader: You really shouldn't cuss. You are a missionary. Missionaries don't cuss. 

This show makes me cuss.

I should stop watching it.

The end.

Mother's Day Gift!

Has your wife or mother always pretended to be happy when you give her flowers for Mother's Day?

She was lying.

No wife is content with just flowers.

Do you know how hard it is to take care of your kids?!

Do you know what a pain in the butt you were to raise?!

Flowers? Really?

We know you just stopped by the grocery store and picked them up.

If you ordered them, all we can think about is the money that you wasted.

Let's step it up this year.

Order the Premium Starter kit for you mom or wife this year. Oh! Or your Grandma!

Message me if you are interested!

To sign in as a Retail Customer OR to get your Premium Starter Kit and get 24% off on all purchases in the coming year as a Wholesale Member, (Amazing, I know)

Click Here!

Guilt Free Lemon Cake

I have been wanting to sub lemon oil for lemon juice and lemon zest for a while now, but was too lazy to look up a recipe.

Yea, in general, I am lazy when it comes to cooking.

I don't follow recipes.

I just don't like the step by step unless it is very simple.

I blame my ADD.

Well, we were at our friends house this week (again), and Gina asked me to make this cake.

She specifically asked me to "FOLLOW THE RECIPE."

I think she did this because I screwed up a SUPER easy dessert last week because I didn't measure the ingredients.

She then stood there and watched to make sure that I would follow the recipe.

So, I had to.

Except that I didn't because she is slowly starting to love oils too, and allowed me to try using lemon oil instead of lemon zest and lemon juice.

In general this is a bit of a healthier cake because it is made with plain yogurt. We used Oikos Greek yogurt. With lemon oil, I am calling it guilt free because lemon is a detox.

What goes in, will go out:).

Ok, so it is not really "guilt free."

It is however awesomely delicious.

Here is the recipe...I'm going to make it way easier to follow than the original recipe found on foodnetwork.com by Ina Garten. (Love her!)

This is not an actual picture of my cake, but this is what mine looked like. I just cut into it so fast, I couldn't take a picture.

RECIPE:

For the actual cake:
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup whole plain yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
5 drops lemon oil-instead of 2 tsp lemon zest
1/2 cups veggie oil

For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons water 4 drops lemon (or more depending out how lemony you want it.)

DO THIS:
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt into one bowl. Mix.

Combine yogurt, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon oil in another bowl. Mix.

Combine the two bowls (so easy right?). It says slowly mix together, but whatever.

Slowly fold oil into the batter. (This made me super nervous at first because it looked uber mushy. Just be patient and keep folding.)

Grease pan.

Line bottom of pan with wax paper.

Pour cake in.

Bake for 45-50 minutes

While this is cooking, combine powdered sugar and lemon mixture.

Once cake comes out of oven, let cool.

Take out of pan and put it on whatever you want.

Poor glaze over cake.

Don't wait to try it. Cut giant piece off of cake and shove it in your mouth.

Then put another slice on a plate and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Delight in the goodness that God allowed you to taste.

Remember me and my family and say a prayer of thanks along with a prayer that we don't get shot in Guatemala.

Send Thank You note.

Reader: Sarah, this does not sound guilt free at all. 

Details Reader! Details!

Grilled Cheese Heaven

We get desperate down here in the middle of nowhere.

We have a Burger King and a Pollo Compero.

They are nothing to write home about.

(Sadly, I find myself getting excited when we go to one of these places, and if we actually "wrote home" I would probably mention both places.)

I have become a decent cook.

I will not exaggerate and say good.

That would be a lie.

Decent is fair.

I have, however, become good at the easy to put together meals.

My favorite is mouth watering.

Jalapeno and BBQ Grilled Cheese

I know.

Your mouth just watered.

So did mine.

I have decided to share because when it came out of the oven, it looked so good, that I took a picture of it. Why? I don't know. It was like it was meant to be. This has nothing to do with oils. It's just good yo!


Recipe:
Butter
Half of a sliced avocado
Some Gouda Cheese
Some Shredded Cheese
Some Monterey Jack Cheese
BBQ Sauce
Sliced Jalapenos

Directoins:
Butter your slices of bread.
Layer however you want.
(I would suggest putting cheese on bottom and on top to melt the goodness together.)
Put in toaster oven.
Toast
Wait
Eat
Send me a Thank You note.

Dog Hair Be Gone!

Alright, I know you all enjoy my witty and humorous personality, but let's skip all that and get down to the nitty gritty.

We have three dogs.

Dogs have lots of fur.

Dogs shed their fur.

(Unless you get one of those really expensive ones. Snob.)

Reader: Sarah, I am not a snob. So rude!

Ok. I know. I'm just messing with you. We just like to rescue our dogs. OK. We only rescued one, but still. We are better than you...

OK. Focus Sarah. Stay on topic.

Problem: We have a lot of rugs. We have a crappy vacuum. We have three dogs. We have lots of fur on these rugs. Dog's smell bad. Our rugs smell bad.

Solution: Create something to clean rugs with.

Carpet/Rug Cleaner

1/2 cup vinegar 

8 drops Lemon oil

1/2 cup water 

How To:

Poor all of the above into a spray bottle

Shake

Spray rug. 

Wipe rug in big circles with hand towel. 

Collect lots of fur in your hands. 

Gag a little. 

Throw fur in trash.

High five yourself.

While this was kind of nasty, it got almost all of the dog fur off the rug and definitely cleaned up all the dirt. You should have seen my white towel. 

Also, our rug is huge. This was very good exercise. I was sweating when I was finished. TMI

Reader: Sarah, I get that you cleaned your rug, but now it smells like vinegar. I HATE that smell.

Oh girl, I know. I do to. So does my husband. He actually asked me today which oil I had that smelled like vinegar. Silly guy. None of them do. It was just actual vinegar. Of course oddly enough, this same vinegar that he hates so much is one of the key ingredients in the amazing 321 Beans recipe that he loves so much. Like really LOVES. Maybe more than me..

Problem: My husband loves beans more than me.

Second Problem: My house now smells like vinegar.

Solution: Make something awesome.

Rug Deodorizer:

Your favorite Young Living Oil (I suggest Lavender or Purification)

1 cup of baking soda

Salt/Pepper shaker

Big cup

How To:

Pour baking soda into cup. 

Put 10 drops of your favorite oil into baking soda.

Put your hand over the top of the cup.

Shake.

Pour as much as possible into salt/pepper shaker

Sprinkle all over rug

Repeat with leftover mixture

Leave for 10 minutes

Breathe in that yumminess.

Vacuum

Enjoy the deliciousness of all things oil.

So, if you have lots of dogs or just have not cleaned your rugs for a while, try this. Also, if your house smells bad, make the baking soda oil mixture in a mason jar, take off metal top, and replace with fabric. Leave in smelly room. You will smell the deliciousness of the oils. 

Free Oils!

I have upped my offer. I had someone pounce on my free lime oil deal, and it made me so happy that I decided to offer a bottle of lemon too!

(Lemon is in the starter kit, but it is so good in water that you will want more than 5ml.)

If you sign up before May 1st, I will send you a bottle of Lime oil and Lemon oil in the mail right away.

You get 11 oils, 1 diffuser, and some samples. LIFE CHANGING PEOPLE! Replace your medicine cabinet!

Sign Up HERE!

Cornbread on Steroids

Y'all, I found a recipe for something called "easy tamales."

I was trying to be "Guatemalan" for the day...

They were nothing like tamales.

This might have been because I did not have most of the ingredients I needed, but let's just blame the magazine for being wrong.

Or thank them for being wrong because I made the best cornbread of your life.

Also, it is super super super easy.

Reader: Sarah this is not an exciting post. I am really unimpressed with your posts lately. Let's step it up a bit.

Just try this "corn bread" reader and you will not find it boring anymore.

It will change your life.

YOUR LIFE.

Fun fact: We don't have a working oven. We bought a really nice oven here in Guatemala because it was literally the only one that was not manual light. It has not worked for almost a year now. We tried to have someone come and check it to fix it, but all kinds of things went wrong.

(Side Note: I am terrified of blowing myself up with a manual oven.)

I now make all of our food in toaster oven.

Corn Bread on Steroids. Super Easy Recipe

"Cornbread on Steroids."

Prep: 5 minutes (Best part of the entire thing)
Cooking time: 40 minutes (just go have a glass of wine while you wait.)
Calories: Does it really matter?

• 1 package of cornbread mix (Jiffy for example)
• 1 can of corn (drained) Size doesn't matter. (so many jokes right now that I am going to ignore)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups shredded chicken (I used canned and cooked it a bit on the skillet first)
• 8oz of shredded cheese
• Half can of Rotel (drained)
• Lime oil! Holla! (2 drops) (Or a lime wedge if you are loser and don't love essential oils.)
• Sour Cream, Avocado, Salsa for garnish

How to make it:

• Grease pan with pam or olive oil
• Throw in corn bread mix, eggs, milk, chicken, rotel, cheese, and chicken.
• Mix it up really well (make sure eggs are evenly dispersed.)
• Put in toaster oven, or if you are fancy, put in real oven.
• Cook at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. 
• 5 minutes before finished, throw some shredded cheese on top.

THATS IT! BOOM! YOU ARE WELCOME! I KNOW YOU LOVE ME!

Put a dollop of sour cream, some slices of avocado, and some salsa on the side. 

Serve.

Take a bow.

You can send thank you notes to "Middle of Nowhere Guatemala."

Blah!

I hate yogurt.

When someone says, "Have some yogurt." I say "BLAH!"

Well, I did.

I always hated the texture.

I never thought the flavor was good enough to deal with the texture.

It freaked me out for some reason.

Reader: RIGHT? Same here! We are just so the same!

Well, I decided that I would put some oil in Jackson's Oikos yogurt a few weeks ago.

(Side note: WE HAVE OIKOS! This is shocking to me. Before this we only had off brand yogurts and Yoplait that was not normal. This was huge when Oikos came to Guatemala. We bought half of the product available.)

So, I got creative, and I put some orange oil in Jackson's vanilla yogurt the other week.

Young Living Orange Oil in Oikos Yogurt

The results: FREAKING DELICIOUS.

I, the yogurt hater, even liked it.

Did you know that orange oil is antitumoral, is a relaxant, an anticoagulant, and a circulatory stimulant. Orange oil is rich in limonene, which has been extensively studied for its ability to combat tumor growth in over 50 clinical studies. ~Essential Science Publishing, 2007

So, it's a good thing.

Not only does it taste delicious, it has health benefits that your kid (or husband) would be willing to eat!

Reader: Oh Sarah! I am so excited! Let me place my order for my Premium Starter Kit right now and add some orange oil onto it! Sounds fantastic! How could I pass up on benefits for my family! What kind of a parent/spouse/song/daughter/boyfriend/girlfriend/fiance/grandchild would I be if I didn't get some?!

I know. I love my family which is why I will always have some orange oil on hand.

Also, I am now a yogurt eater.

Also, Jackson now asks for oils in his yogurt.

Also, you should get some oils.

Also, I think you are special.

Thank you orange oil.

Thank you.

I WANT ORANGE OIL 

Click HERE! to sign up for the awesome kit!

Enjoy It

That is what I was thinking to myself as I was piled on top of by a bunch of drenched kids today.

We played water games at the farm.

I had avoided getting soaked until the very end.

Then I decided to jump on in.

So, I jumped in between about 30 Guatemalan children who were soaking wet and going crazy.

They took this as an invitation to pile on top of me.

I sat under that pile with dirty water sloshing into my mouth and thought,

"Enjoy it."

I'm under there. You just can't see me!

We won't live here forever. (At least, I don't think so.)

We plan on moving back next year.

I have taken this place for granted.

It is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people and I am going to enjoy it while I am here.

I am not going to miss home anymore.

I am not going to feel sorry for myself anymore.

I am not going to desire the day when we are back in Dallas anymore.

I am going to enjoy it.

And, tonight, when I go to bed, you better believe I am going to rub Di-Gize and Oregano all over my body to combat any parasites I ingested while being tackled by little Guatemalan children.

Young Living's DiGize for parasites

Also, never google parasites and go to google images. It is disgusting. Also, be grateful for clean water. We take that for granted way too much.