Winners sometimes quit and quitters sometimes win.

Winners never quit is a quote you hear often. A few months ago on our Leadership call Orville Thompson, one of the CEO's of Scentsy fragrance said "winners do quit"
It's something that really stuck with me because on a personal level, because I have quit. I quit many things. Sports teams, lessons, even school more times then I can count. I always just had that "if I don't like it I don't do it attitude". I got dubbed as the lazy kid, the girl that has potential but doesn't apply her self. And that was fine. I didn't always know what I wanted but I knew what I didn't want.

Now as a Scentsy director and trip earner I know what I am capable of and I know what I want. I'm not longer that girl that doesn't apply her self and I'm sure as heck not lazy. I know what I want and I work for it every day. I want financial freedom. I want to stay home with my daughter and I want amazing free vacations, and the freedom and the funds to plan my own. I want the freedom to plan my job around Dj's days home so we can make the most out of what we have.

So yes, winners do quit. They can see when some thing is not working, and know when to get out.
I am feeling emotional after yesterdays announcement that the Grace Adele brand will be discounted after July 31st, 2014.  I remember when they launched the brand. I didn't  attend the reunion but was sitting by the computer in anticipation. It was named and introduced by Heidi and Orville''s youngest daughter Grace.
My mom signed up the first day we were able to and since that moment we were a Grace Adele house hold. After my mom was no longer able to continue I signed up and went with it.

Today I am grieving over the loss of a brand that I love. I was 100% behind the brand because I loved it and knew it was high quality and beautiful. But I am still 100% behind the decision to discontinue it. The brand is not selling like they hoped and does not fit in with the experience of Scentsy and Velata. Scentsy is letting it go not because it's not amazing but because it's just not working.

You hear of businesses closing every day with not a care to the employees. How often do you read in the papers or watch on the news people show up to work to see the business closed? Heidi and Orville are closing the door to one  brand but leaving us with two brands that sell. Scentsy and Velata. They are giving options, free starter kits who those are signed up just with Grace Adele, buying back product and selling off the stock at a discounted price. I feel blessed to be part of a company with owners and CEO's that care. I have met Heidi and Orville on a personal level in Hawaii and Greece. They told us at the awards breakfast they wanted to leave Greece knowing everyone by name and I think they succeeded. This is the first time a CEO of a company knew my name, talked to me, hugged me. Sent out personal and emotional videos or calls explaining why they choose to do the things they do. And that is why they stand out to me. We all have guidelines to follow but we are not employees. We as consultants are business owners so Heidi and Orville don't have to do that. I've tried out other Direct Sales companies and had zero help or support. The Scentsy experience has been like no other and I can't imagine not being in the Scentsy family.

I am choosing to look at this as a positive experience.  Living with family there was some things I didn't feel equip to do because I just didn't have the space. In a week we are moving and I feel like I can grow so much more. One door is closing but many doors are opening. This will give me the freedom to zone in on what I want with my Scentsy business and grow my Velata business. The sales from Grace Adele will help out in the slowest months. And I'll get the change to stock up on my favorite items.
Watch out for bigger and better things, because the Scentsy family is ready to warm, enliven, inspire!

The Water Tower House

Wow it's been awhile since I blogged last. So many exciting things have been happening! We finally bought a house! We have been looking for one for almost 2 years and I am so happy that finally we have the keys!
We look at a lot of houses over the past two years. Our favorite was the first one we looked at. We didn't get it, and in retrospect the bedrooms were tiny and the basement was not done over. Something I wanted. I need lots of space for Scentsy!

The third house we looked at was perfect. Three bedrooms, completely finished basement, with a half bath. It was more modern then some, big yard and a laundry room on the main level. We started the process, the long long process. After a few bumps, when we were finally set to buy the house had gone off the market. So we began looking for another but were not successful. They were all to small, just needed too much work or we just didn't like them. We finally found a great house that was huge, and on a double lot. I loved the area and we were approved. But there was a few things I just didn't like. I loved the bathroom off to the kitchen, but the kitchen was very old and outdated. So was the upstairs bathroom. Laundry room was in the not finished basement.  But the upstairs bedrooms were very big and could double as an office.

We also looked at a very cheap and move in ready house. We probably could have got in that month. But it was 2 bedrooms, with a laundry room that could double as an office, and had a shared drive way and tiny yard. I posted a status about being torn between the two homes and every response was don't settle, go for the one you love. I decided that second  I could not move into any of those houses. I wanted the third one we looked at. We called it the water tower house.

The house had been taken off the market but not sold. Luckily I live in a small town and I was able to easily track down the owner of the house. Turns out she works with a friend of mine and I was able to call her that day. With in a week or two we had met with her and we were good to go! We started the process of a private sale. We decided to close April 16th, and we did it! We now have the keys to our first home!

There was times when I got so frustrated with the whole process and not finding anything I was ready to give up and go back to renting. But Dj said that house was the one we were going to get. And we did. I don't know what it was about that house, but I loved it from the first time I saw it. If you look out the back windows all I see is the huge water tower. I think for some that might be the reason they wouldn't want it.
But it didn't bother me at all.

And the owner of the home was so sweet and made it so easy for us. I really love the idea of the private sale. Using a real estate agent just felt so formal. I loved that I got to know her a little. It just felt so real!
We won't be moving until after Greece but I am so excited. I finally will have office space. And room for open houses, team meetings. And the most exciting part, decided what warmers go where!
More pictures and house updates to come!

Product Review : Rosemary Mint Scentsy Bar

Rosemary Mint is described as soothing mint and and tea tree cool, over soft vitalizing rosemary.
Sounds perfect right?  This is one scent I was really unsure of. I love a minty scents but tea tree and rosemary? I didn't know if I would really love it. I smelled the sample and still was unsure but intrigued. Some scents I just have to try before I can put them on my love list.

This is one I'm happy I tried! I adore it!  Normally the spa scents are not for me. I tend to go for the bakery or fruity scents.

I put in a cube of this when I woke up and first I smell the mint. Then everything else. It's a really green scent. Like something you would smell in a Spa, or the smell of an early dewy Summer morning. I think it's the most refreshing scent I've tried so far. I warmed it last week when I was stuffed up and it was better then Just Breath.

I have By the Sea warming in the kitchen, and Rosemary Mint in the living room and the meet up point is really nice! I like to warm scents that compliment each other and I think right now my house smells amazing. The scent really changed my mood for the day. I'm feeling totally relaxed and ready to take on the day! I just love how Scentsy can do that.

I left my heart in Hawaii

I am warming the new scents Pineapple Sorbet and Polynesian Dreams today and thinking of Hawaii! The scents are bringing me right back to last June and reminded me I didn't blog about the trip!  It's amazing how a certain scent bring on some many happy memories and emotions.

Last year, I earned my first Scentsy incentive trip as a top earner and we choose Hawaii! Hawaii has always been on my bucket list of places to see, so even though there was a few interesting places to choose from, I knew I needed Hawaii!
The trip was a huge life changer for me, and also Dj. I knew I would never miss another incentive trip again. I came home refreshed and ready to rock my business!

We stayed right down town at the Sheraton Waikiki. The hotel was right off the beautiful beach.You could hear the waves, feel the spray from the pacific ocean on your skin. And you could see big beautiful sea turtles swimming in the clear waters! It is paradise. Everything is perfect. Laid back. And we felt totally safe. We explored, claimed diamond head. We took the local bus because it was the quickest way to get around the city.

And to everyone's surprise we got married! It was perfect for us. Small, not fancy and a private wedding on the beach with just us, and our minister Leah Noble and her Husband Mike. I wouldn't have done it any other way.

Sitting in my living room warming Pineapple Sorbet I am reminded of our day at the Dole Pineapple plantation. And sitting by the infinity pool eating Dole Whips and drinking delicious tropical pineapple drinks.

As soon as I walk into my kitchen Polynesian Dreams reminds me of our day at Sea Life Park, swimming with the dolphins. It was way out of the city and we got to see the Hawaii I pictured in my head. The view of the ocean is indescribable. And warming these scents make me feel like we never left.

I am so thankful to be part of the amazing company and so blessed I got to experience that amazing trip. This May we will be heading on our second trip to Greece!  I can't wait to tell you all about it!

A tiny look into the History of Scentsy.

I love seeing little tidbits of Scentsy history! A few pictures and blurbs have been shared recently over facebook and instagram. How cool are the bars from 2005?! Scentsy launched in Canada in 2009 so these babies have never been in Canada. People used to use the whole block or cut with a knife.When Heidi and Orville bought the company in 2003, they worked out of an ocean shipping container, made and hand poured the bars.

To make the first catalog Heidi took photos of the warmers in her garden and put them in an album. It's amazing to see how far Scentsy has come in just 10 years!

It's the stuff like this that reminds me that I am not working for a huge company of money hungry CEO's. Scentsy is a family business. Heidi and Orville are the most friendly, down to earth and caring people I have ever had the pleasure to meet. They found Scentsy during hard times, and created an amazing business that helps thousands of people.

When you are buying Scentsy you really are helping a consultant put food on the table, pay for hockey, or swimming lessons, or helping a mother put her child through college. It's the little things like this that makes me so proud to be a Scentsy Family Consultant! I can't wait to see what the next 10 years of Scentsy will bring.

Product Reviews : Layers Hand Cream and Lip Balm

If you know me, you know that I am addicted to hand cream! So when I signed up to sell Scentsy and saw that I could get hand cream in my favorite Sugar Cookie scent it was almost the happiest day of my life. I can't go any where without hand cream!

Scentsy just introduced Sugar to the layers line in the new Spring/Summer Catalog and I am in love! The scent is amazing and it lasts. I can't wait to get Sugar everything! And of course it leaves your hands feeling silky smooth like all our other hand creams.

The lip balms are amazing in every flavor but right now I am totally loving my sugar cookie! They have an spf of 15 give your lips a pretty glossy finish and are great for over or under lip sticks or other glosses.
My favorite part is how soft they make your lips! I was hoarding my Havana Cabana and Rio Beach lip balms for summer, thinking they were a summer gloss but after months of chapped and bleeding lips after a day of using the Scentsy Layers Lip Balms my lips were back to smooth. It was amazing! I will never go another Winter with out them.

Check back more more reviews of my favorite Scentsy products!
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10 hours of fun

Well it's 10 pm on a Saturday night and I have been working since 10am today. I remember when I used to work 10-10 shifts and I hated it! I would come home exhausted, sore and stressed out.
After a day of delivering, wax slinging and a new recruit I've never felt more energized and happy!

This is what I live for.. days like this that keep me going when things get rough. Delivering can be work. We get rained on, snowed on or full of mud. I crawl over snow banks, go through mud puddles. Sometimes I'll get two or more orders in at a time and it literally takes all day. But I never come home cranky or not loving every second. Because I love it! I love that I get to talk to people.I love seeing a face light up when they see me coming.  I love cuddling babies and puppies.
And the part I love the most is coming home to messages and texts that people are so happy with their product. That it made their day. How many jobs do that? I know before Scentsy I never felt like this.

It's not uncommon for me to work from the second I open my eyes until I go to bed. But that's my choice. I decided when I work. I'm deciding to put in 10-12 hour days and pull all nighters. It never feels like I'm working at all! I feel like I've just spent the day visiting and working with some of my best friends.
  It's true what they say. Find a job you love and you never work a day in your life.