iwantmk.comLuanne Storer,IBC

My daughter’s birthday is on Tuesday. This weekend we are taking her and five of her friends to a hotel about 45 minutes away from our house that has an indoor pool, and it is attached to a mall and a movie theater. The girls love it because they can pretty much sleep overnight in a mall. It doesn’t get much better than that to a bunch of teenage girls. It is also great because while they are swimming and/or running around the mall, guess what I do? Nothing, absolutely nothing. It is awesome.

Anyway, my dilemma is that Krisha has only asked for one thing, a pair of brown shoes (and someone else is getting her those). No kidding, that is all she asked for! We have been asking her what else she might want for a month and she says that is all she needs. That kind of attitude is what makes me want to get buy her everything.

When my girls were little, Tosh was about seven and Krisha was two, I took them to the circus. We were very low on funds in those days and getting enough money together for us to go to the circus was a miracle in itself. Before we got there, I told them that each of them could have a $5 bill to spend. That $5 included snack, drink, toy, whatever. In other words, if they wanted a snow cone, that was all they got. If they wanted a drink, that was the end of the $5. When we sat down, they announced that there were elephant rides down on the floor until the circus started. Kids everywhere started screaming “I want to ride the elephant!!! Mommy, I want to ride!!!” My girls just sat quietly looking around and smiling at all the things there were to see. It continued like that, every time a vendor would go buy with light up toys, hats, food, cotton candy, you name it, children everywhere went nuts screaming and crying for their parents to buy it for them. Tosh quietly sat on the edge of her seat and Krisha stood in my lap in amazement watching the three rings below us. Their eyes were fixed. Mine were full of tears. It was then when I realized what beautiful children I had been blessed with. When the circus was over, we were leaving and Tosh said. I think I would like to buy a light up sword. Krisha’s eyes lit up and she said “me too” and went digging in her purse it get her $5 bill (yes, she carried a purse at age two.) They left laughing and talking about everything they saw that night and lighting up their swords on the way home. “Thank you,” Tosh said, “Thank you for taking us to the circus. “Me too,” Krisha said.

I knew as I sat in the car waiting to get out of the parking lot, that out of thousands of children, mine might have been the only ones who had spoken those words to their Mom or Dad.

I tell you all that just so you will get a small glimpse of who they are. Now tell me, what do I get a sweet girl like this for her 14th birthday?

Kisses!

Well, it’s Tell Tale Thursday and, apparently, I have been elected to share a story with you.  I am lucky enough to count Luanne and her family as friends.  If you need a Mary Kay consultant, you can’t do better than my BFF, Luanne.  (She paid me to say that!)  JK!! 

I know this blog is mostly about makeup and fashion, but I can tell you that it is not very fashionable or pretty to be sniffing and snorting all the time.

Today is WFMW and I want to share a product with you that has been more helpful to me than you will ever know. Some of you already know this, but for those of you who don’t; I have a non-existent immune system.

Eight years ago I was diagnosed with Lupus, an auto-immune disease. It is kind of like the opposite of AIDS; with AIDS, you have an under active immune system, and with Lupus you have an overactive immune system. That would be great if my body only attacked the bad stuff in my body, but unfortunately it is so overactive, it is confused and my white blood cells attack my joints, creating Rheumatoid Arthritis, and my muscles, creating a muscular disease called Polymiositis. I have been put on tons of medication. Four of them are immune suppressants which destroy my white blood cells before my white blood cells destroy me. That leaves me not to far away from someone who has AIDS; practically no immune system at all.

One of the hardest things I deal with is infections. I get ear infections, bladder infections, respiratory infections, sinus infections…you name it. When I take antibiotics, I get yeast infections. Ugh!!!! When things get really bad, my doctor takes me off of one of my immune suppressors so the antibiotics will help some. It is like the lesser of two evils because then, my other two diseases flair up and I am in a terrible amount of pain until the infection clears and I can go back on all of my medication. Talk about your catch twenty-two!

Two months ago I got a terrible chest cold and my chiropractor had me try Andrographis Plus. It is an herbal immune support supplement. He told me to take two tablets every 2 hours for 12 hours then take one tablet three times a day for five days. You are not going to believe it worked. I was so excited!!!! He told me to stop taking them after that and then start the series the next time I felt something coming on. It works! I don’t really know what they are exactly, but it works and I will keep a bottle on hand at all times. They seemed expensive at first, but now that I know they work, they are definitely worth it.

I don’t know if you can get them other places, so you can click on this link to Beavercreek Chiropractic Clinic and you can call their office and order from them (I did call and ask them if it is ok and they were fine with it.)

Ok, their site must be down so I will just give you thier information:

Beavercreek Chiropractic Clinic | 1654 Mardon Dr | Beavercreek, OH 45432 | 937-426-9265 | info@beavercreekchiro.com

Check it out! 

Healthy is beautiful!

Kisses!

As a followup to last weeks tips and trends in the world of “red” (which by the way is being featured on Chic Critique today,)I want us to talk about all of the major lip trends of 2008 and at the same time give you a classic, realistic look that you can do every day. Please take the time to watch this short video:

Watch it here!

These are excellent examples of the “Crush/stain” look:

Please, please, please make sure you register for the color class so you can join us next Wednesday when our basic color class debuts. If you have not completed the basic skin care class, I can send you your skincare samples along with your color samples and you can go to www.iwantmk.com and complete your skin care class before next Wednesday. Remember, if you complete the survey after the skin care class, you will get a free Signature Eye Shadow.

Have fun! See you tomorrow for “Works for me Wednesday!”

Kisses!

Thanks to all of you who left encouraging comments and sent emails in response to my post on Friday. I just love my bloggy friends!!! My original post for today is below, but I just wanted to let you know that we had an awesome weekend and that God in His infinite wisdom is still on His throne. I do know that, but it is awesome to be surround by friends that will remind me of that when my sight gets cloudy. I am starting a new habit of praying for each of you at night. I am just going to go straight down my comment list and pray for you by name. Blessings to you all. God is Good, and that never changes.

Kisses,

Luanne