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Happy Thursday! Hope your week is going amazing!

I currently have a pork loin + veggies cooking away in the crock-pot, while listening to a sermon and blogging. Apparently, multi-tasking is my jam! Today's sermon is about trusting in God; not being mediocre in life and not being afraid of failure and taking risks. When we have God on our side and are following his path, there is no way that we can't succeed! I was just talking to my sister this morning about the exact same thing. I am constantly praying over my business and asking God to guide me in everything that I do. I know that putting my life and business in his hands, that I won't go wrong!

So I haven't really done that much this week, but I was still able to get a few things accomplished.

This weeks going on's:

>> Friday- had my hair cut and I love the new style! The hubby also took me to go shopping and I found some jewelry and a new handbag. It was so nice to get out of the house after being cooped up all week!
>> Sunday- went to my Mom's for my Brother in Law's birthday
>> Ordered some vitamins and Probiotics on iHerb for myself and my Mom. I love using iHerb because I earn money back every time that I shop + if you order $20 you can bag free shipping!
>> Painted Garage entrance door
>> Hubby hung 3 pictures! (have one mirror left to hang above the entry table)
>> Started 2 new client projects this week
>> Learned some new things in my business this week- Convert-Kit and some new social media scheduling tips

Tuesday night, we had a really bad storm and a huge pine tree fell down, just missing our house! Needless to say, I have been picking up limbs all week. I was thanking God that it didn't fall on our house- what a blessing!! It's been raining so much here lately that we haven't been able to do too much swimming. We were finally able to go yesterday and I was able to get in over an hour of exercise.

We have been working really hard lately and I am personally so ready for a mini vacation. The summer is flying by so fast- I can't believe we are in the middle of July already!I'm hoping to go to the beach soon, even if it's only for one day.

I plan on finishing up some client work + emails today and then I will be heading to the pool with the hubby this afternoon. Friday night will either be movies or going out with friends. Either way, I'm excited for the weekend!

Have any exciting plans for the weekend?

My July 4th Weekend + Some Accomplishments

  

Our July 4th weekend was pretty busy but fun! Saturday, we were invited to a pool party (and yes, I did bring a bottle of wine and had only 1/2 glass) and did so much swimming! Sunday we visited my family and ended up staying most of the day. My Mom and oldest brother wanted to hear all about my new diet and I set my brother up with the free Kindle app on his iPhone and sent him some free Amazon Books so he can read all about it.

My brother hugged me when we were leaving and told me that I pretty much saved his life (he is fighting some health issues and I told him to eliminate the grains and sugars and that alone would help him tremendously). He did that and lost over 5 lbs in one week and as soon as I saw him, I instantly could tell that he had lost weight and looked healthier! It really means so much to me when I have an impact on someone's life :) And no, I'm not a health or fitness coach (although, maybe I should be?), but I've been a health nut since I was very young. I'm obsessed with a holistic and healthy lifestyle and love experimenting with foods and herbs!

Once we left my Mom's late Saturday afternoon, we decided to get our food shopping done for the week. We hit up our local Co-op, Trader Joe's and Target and of course Starbucks for a Venti triple shot espresso frappucino w/2 pumps sugar free vanilla. I love that I can have that on my Ketogenic diet!

Monday, we worked on the house all day since we played most of the weekend and we ended up getting so much done! We took a break to grill some grass-fed burgers and the hubby had a Henry's Hard Soda (no more alcohol for me!)

>> Painted Front Door on House
>> Two new clients!
>> Purchased our trip for this winter (super excited about it!!)
>> Mowed Grass
>> Hubby purchased several plants and a new pressure washer from Lowes. The pressure washer is so easy to use that I can even work it!
>> Listed more items on swap & shop (sold one item)
>> Cleaned in between all of the deck boards
>> Scrubbed the hubby's gas/stainless steel grill
>> Vacuumed Patio Cushions

By Tuesday, it was time to get back to work for the week!

>> Did some client work
>> Paid someone to update Blog Header Photos (I can't wait to see how it turns out!)
>> Listened to three sermons back to back on Wednesday. It was everything that I needed to hear! The same message "God is working it all out, just leave it in his hands." And that is exactly what I plan on doing!
>> 6 new positive reviews in the last couple of weeks for my VA eBook!
>> Cleaned out and organized all of my online folders
>> Received another amazing review from one of my clients! I love my clients, they are the most wonderful and inspiring women!
>> Housework- lots of laundry, dishes and cooking!

Things have been going amazing and I'm sticking with my Keto diet. I'm still at same weight loss- around 9 lbs. but I feel great and that is the most important thing!

It's late afternoon here right now and it just started raining, so I may not be able to paint the bottom garage door like I had planned, unless it clears up soon. But I do have plans to hang some pictures and a mirror tonight (with the hubby's help, of course).

How was your July 4th weekend? Did you do anything exciting?