Detox...

The Shaklee 180 Kick Start is a 5 day detox designed to reboot your body. 

It rejuvenates, energizes and removes the toxic junk from your body. It gives you a kick start to clean eating and/or losing fat. 

Reset your cravings, feel energized and maybe even lose a few pounds without going hungry, workouts or cooking.

It is natural, safe and it works.

I  am personally a big fan of cleaning out once in a while.  No one is perfect so this is a great time to start fresh!

The Shaklee 180 Kick Start Detox helps my body let go of the junk it wants to hold on to.

It is super easy to follow!

If this sounds great to you so far, watch my friend, Claire’s free webinar to learn the details and products used.

This is what your day on the detox will look like.

To join us, you will need the following products:

alfalfa*

liver dtx*

Tea*

180 smoothee*

180 snack bar*

herb lax*

raw veggies

organic lemons for your water

* Indicates a Shaklee product.  This detox is specific for Shaklee products.

Once you order all your products, please email me at jnjkendrick@gmail.com (subject line DETOX) and I will add you to our private online forum and give you all the details you will need to support you on your 5 day detox!

Our first DETOX GROUP will start Monday Dec. 9th-13th so hurry and order today! :)

Happy detoxing

Removing Set In Grease Stains Naturally....

About 6 months ago I bough a brand new shirt and after wearing it only two times, I got a grease stain on the front of it.  Don't you just love it when that happens?!?!  (insert sarcasm here)

I washed and dried the shirt and realized that the stain didn't come out.  It was now set in and I didn't think I was ever going to get it out.  I figured that the shirt was ruined forever and I hung it in the closet and forgot about it.

A few weeks ago, by accident, I pulled the pink shirt out thinking it was a different shirt and realized it was the one with the stain.  I laid it on my kitchen counter and decided to try my Shaklee products on it to get the stain out.

I used Nature Bright, Basic H2 Concentrate, Fresh Laundry Concentrate, and some water.  I love that these products are green and natural and safe for my family.  I put all of these things on the stain and let it sit for about two or three hours.  

You can find everything I used HERE & HERE.

I washed the shirt and dried it and was SO excited when I pulled it out of the dryer and the stain was gone!  I had actually thought about throwing the shirt away a few months ago when I set the grease stain in and thought I would never get it out.  Thank goodness I decided to try Shaklee on it! 

Now I need to go see what else I can get stains off of!

Thanks for stopping by!

Random Facts About Me...

The number game is spreading like wildfire on Facebook so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and just do a blog post with random facts about me that some people may not know.

Here goes nothin'!

1.  I have a heightened sense of smell and sometimes it is good but most of the time it is annoying.

2.  Three weeks after meeting my husband, we started to plan our wedding.

3.  I have never flown in an airplane.  It terrifies me to think about it but I would love to experience it one day.

4.  I have three boys that are all almost exactly 2 years apart.

5.  Two of my boys were born on the 21st (different months) and my last one couldn't wait two more days and was born on the 19th.

6.  I graduated High School when I was 17.  I turned 18 four months later.

7.  I took College Preparatory classes in High School but never went to college.

8.  I can sing (alto) and would love to record a CD with a soprano, tenor, and bass from songs straight from our song book at church.  A Capella of course!

9.  Goes with #8.... I love to listen to A Capella music

10.  I  LOVE roller coasters but I HATE going up the first big hill where it click click clicks you all the way to the top.  Yikes!

11.  I would love to be a Pediatric NICU nurse but I would also love to be a case worker for Special Needs Families.

12.  I am a very shy person until you get to know me.  I could even be placed in the socially awkward category.

13.  I have always loved babies, pregnancy, and childbirth.  I would love to be a Doula!  (Add that to the things I would love to be when I grow up)  :)

14.  I worry too much about what others think about me.

15.  I always wanted four kids and Joe only wanted two.  Compromise people, compromise!  ;)

16.  I played the violin through all three years of my Middle School and was pretty good at it.  We moved right before my Freshman year of High School, and our new school didn't offer an Orchestra program.

17.  We almost lost Ryan when he was 6 months old.  He received too many shots at one time and he stopped breathing during the night.  I have never been so frightened in my life.  Joe had to give him CPR.

18.  When I was a little girl, I stood on the toilet seat to brush my teeth in just my dress and tights and slipped and fell.  I busted my chin on the counter and almost had to have stitches.

19.  My hair will not take a perm.

20.  I am a very caring person and will do just about anything for anyone.  I love to help people!

Now you know a little bit more about me.  Thanks for reading! 

How to Get Clean & Streak Free Floors for Cheap...

I was VERY excited to finally try Bissell's new swiffer steam mop!  

The only thing that I didn't like is the pads that come with it.  They are pre-moistened and have icky chemicals in them.  I try to avoid chemicals when I can, so I decided to use a microfiber rag that was pre-moistened in a water and Basic H solution.  I filled my sink with warm water (about a gallon) and added 1 tablespoon of Basic H to the water.  

I dipped the microfiber towel in it every little bit to keep it clean and moistened with the Basic H solution. 

It was cheap and my floors are so clean and shiny!  I love that I am steaming the germs away and saving money not buying those expensive swiffer pads.

My kids are pretty messy and spill on my floors from time to time and the steam from the mop just cleaned the dried on spills right off of the floor with ease.  I am so glad that I have this mop and found a way to use it with my favorite Natural products! In fact, my kids loved using this mop too!  It is so light weight, and they took turns steaming the floors and loved to help!

Did you know that Basic H can also be used on many other things?  It is concentrated and makes 48 gallons of all purpose cleaner! 

You can even use Basic H to bathe your kids and it lasts forever!  I have had the bottle pictured above for over a year.  You can get your own Basic H HERE.

What is your favorite way to clean your floors?

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day!

Building a Shaklee Herbal Medicine Cabinet...

With so many changes happening in our country with the Affordable Health Care Act, I am not sure what is really going to happen to our health care.  I know one fact is that my family is going to do everything we can to prevent getting sick and having to visit our doctors.  We have decided to take Shaklee suppliments for LIFE!  It is very important to us for our health and well being.

You can read below what we take:

Building a Shaklee Herbal Medicine Cabinet

Sources: Sherrie Attila, Dave Mulvain, and Gemma Gorham, M.P.H..

(This information is specific to Shaklee supplements. Amounts will not be specific to other brands)

What is an herb? Of plant origin whose leaves or stems are used for medicine, seasoning, food or perfume.

Stuffy Noses and Cough

Smash: 5 Alfalfa and 1 Zinc

For Infant or Young Child: Mix it with tepid (lukewarm) water and pure maple syrup, put in eye-dropper (like a tea formula)

For Older Child: Add 1 to 2 

NutriFeron. Mix with applesauce, preferably organic.

Give two to three times a day for a couple days to break up the mucous

For Adults: 5 Alfalfa, 1 Zinc and 2 NutriFeron

Cough: Liquid Lea and chewable Vitamin C



Diarrhea/ Vomiting

1. NutriFeron

b. Most powerful front line of defense for the immune system

c. Safe, natural immune stimulant

d. Can be crushed or taken as a pill

2. Stomach Soothing Complex

a. Great for upset stomachs and even after vomiting stops

b. Make into a tea or put in 1 Tbsp applesauce

3. Performance - Orange or Lemon Lime 

a. Great for preventing dehydration

b. Mix with tepid water and encourage child to take small sips

4. Optiflora

a. Taken for a healthy intestinal track

b. Recommended as a daily supplement

c. For Infant: soak in water and mix with rice cereal

5. Zinc

d. Great for severe diarrhea

e. For children up to one year- take ½ tablet

f. Increase 5 mg. for every age until you reach 2 tablets total

Fever (can be due to stomach flu, ear ache, sore throat)

Reference: How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of your Doctor by Dr. Mendelson


Sore throat

b. Take garlic at the onset of a sore throat, scratchy throat or viral pneumonia

1. Garlic is known as nature’s antibiotic

2. One mg of allicin (a component of garlic) has the potency of 15 standard units of penicillin

3. Garlic is effective against toxic bacteria, viruses, and fungus

c. For children: take one garlic, 3 times per day (Crush 2 alfalfa with 3 garlic to help prevent upset stomach)

d. For adults: take 9-12 garlic per day to achieve antibiotic effects

e. For Nursing Moms: if you take the garlic and alfalfa, it will get to the baby through the milk. It is also encouraged that you take EZ-Gest, an enzyme that will help break down the garlic for the stomach and the breast milk

f. For Non-Nursing Moms: Crush garlic capsule and pour it in baby’s sock and leave in overnight (1 capsule per sock)

g. Additional Ideas: Mashed potatoes w/ crushed garlic, hummus w/ added garlic, onion soup w/ added garlic, etc.

h. Chewable C for sore throat. Feels good on throat. Gets into the blood quicker if you chew it.


 Viruses 

a. Take Shaklee DR (Defend & Resist)

1. Contains Echinacea, elderberry, larch tree, and zinc

2. Provides a short term boost to the immune system

3. Take 7 days on, 3 days off - not to be taken long term

4. DOSAGE: 

6 months old - ½ capsule once/day

1 year- 1 tablet, increase one tablet per year up to age 6, totaling six tablets/day

Adult – 6 tablets/day 

5. Helps to stop reproduction of the virus

6. Other Uses: Suck on it or crush it up and make into a tea

7. Reduces the amount of time it takes for your body to heal

b. NutriFeron 

1. Promotes natural interferon production

2. Dosage:

1 year old – 1 tablet/day

Older children and adults – 2 tablets/day


 Ear Ache

a. Take NutriFeron, Garlic, Vitamin C, DR (Defend and Resist) and alfalfa 3 times per day (see recommended dosages in above notes)

b. Onion juice- 2 drops in each ear

1. Peel onion and put in blender

2. Strain the mush off and put juice in a small bottle.

3. Onion juice needs to be tepid, not cold, before putting in the ear

Headaches -Alternative to Over-the-Counter Drugs

1. Options: 

a. Adults - 5 Calcium, 6 garlic, 3 Pain Relief Complex

b. Children – 3-4 chew. Calcium, 3 smashed garlic, 1 Pain Relief Complex


Other Helpful Products
1. Gentle Sleep Complex

b. Use when a child has a hard time getting to sleep

c. Put in eye dropper or tea

d. Herb used as a natural calming agent

e. Especially good for traveling or when schedule is changed (i.e. company visiting)

2. EZ-Gest

a. Complete complex that breaks down dairy, legumes, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats

b. For lactose intolerance

c. Also use when introducing new foods - Mix ½ capsule in applesauce

3. HerbLax

a. For constipation

b. Especially for traveling

c. Take with GLA, increased water, and increased fiber

4. Immunity Formula I

a. Immune stimulating product that stimulates cells to produce antibodies

b. Taken when you are extremely ill

c. If Nursing, the mother can take a maximum of 4 per day to help stimulate the immune system

d. For Younger Children, prick the capsule and squeeze into applesauce and liquid of Formula I


Daily Plan

Goal: To help build your family’s health when they are NOT sick

1. NutriFeron – This herbal formulation is key for any wellness program. 

2. Optiflora- Prebiotic and Probiotic- a healthy digestive tract is the basis of all health. It is the first line of defense.

3. Vita-Lea or Incredivites- Kid’s Vita Lea contains xylitol, a sweetener that helps prevent tooth decay and may help prevent ear infections (Finnish Study)

4. Vitamin C – Sustained Release or chewable

5. Calcium - chewable or swallow

6. Protein drink- used for energy w/out raising insulin, contains amino acids, the Building blocks of all cells

You can find all of the suppliments named HERE.

If you have any questions about what we take, you can email me at jnjkendrick@gmail.com

An amazing weekend...

The weekend before last I had an amazing opportunity to have my Mentor, Team Leader, and Friend come spend the weekend with me!  It was so much fun and flew by so fast.

I still can't believe that I got to meet Erin and I will never forget our fun weekend that we had.  Hopefully soon we can see each other again.

This is at the airport while I waited on her to arrive.  She sent me a text as soon as her plane touched down and told me how beautiful it was in VA.  Erin is from Kansas so she wasn't used to seeing all of the mountains.  She loved riding around VA and seeing the mountains covered with the fall trees.

The first place we went after we picked up Erin, was to the OLIVE GARDEN!  We both LOVE the Olive Garden and we knew that was where we needed to go for lunch.  The food was so good and it was so nice to sit down and chat for a while.

WASHI Tape heaven!!!

While Erin was in we also went to Staples, Maurices, Lowes, and went out to eat at some of our favorite places.  Erin loved our Mexican restaurant and we actually ate there twice!  Yum!

One of my favorite times that we had during her visit was when we got to sit down for hours at the table and work.  She had some amazing business ideas for me and I soaked everything up that we talked about.  I tried to write everything down and felt so blessed to have that time with her as a business partner.  We could have sat at that table for days and talked!

This is me and Erin the same night we did my business planning.  We also ended up cleaning out my whole pantry and throwing away what I didn't need and meal planning with what I already had.  My pantry is so clean now!!  Thanks, Erin!!  :)

Every morning we would get up and have coffee together.  I can't have a morning without my coffee and neither can Erin.  ha ha!

After our coffee, we would make a big Vanilla 180 Smoothee and split it so we could take our supplements to have energy for the day!

On Saturday, I had a party celebrating the success that I have had in the last year with Shaklee.  I was so glad to have Erin there to support me and tell her story.  We had an amazing turn out and yummy food!

I made a big batch of my favorite Smoothee, Pumpkin Pie Smoothee, and shared it with all of my guests.

I was so excited that my Mom and my business partner Jennifer could make it too!  It was so nice to see them!  We ended up going outside and taking some photos. It was so fun!

I wasn't really sure what all Erin and I were going to do when she was in.  I thought it would be very centered around Shaklee, and Project Dream.  It was about Shaklee, because that is how we met, but it was also so much more!

Erin and I laughed, cried, talked about family, our children, our dreams, and built our relationship even stronger than it was before.  I am so blessed to know Erin and I hope someday we can go on a family vacation together so I can meet the rest of her family. 

Thank you Erin, from the bottom of my heart for Our Weekend!

Organizing On a Budget: Turning ugly boxes into cute storage...

I have been saving my Shaklee boxes from my monthly shipments for a few months and have been using them in my office in my cube shelf.  I was starting to get tired of looking at them because they were so ugly and almost threw them away.  

I was at the dollar store the other day and found some really cute contact paper and it gave me a great idea to wrap the boxes in the paper to make them look better.

I thought the pattern was so cute!  

I had the best company in my office when I was getting the project ready.  Our kitty, Gizzy loves to perch on the top of my desk and watch me work.

I measured how much contact paper I would need and had enough from each strip to cover two boxes at a time.

I wrapped the outside of the box first leaving extra paper on the top and bottom of the box.  I then folded the extra paper in and tucked it away kind of like wrapping a present.

I loved how they turned out and the really look good on my shelf!

I payed $1.75 for the whole project and I LOVE to save money!

I like that everything looks uniform.  I am thinking about spraying the inside of the boxes yellow, but that will have to be another day. 

Come back monday to read about how my Celebration and visit with Erin went last Saturday!

I can't wait to share the pictures with you. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!