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Bahamas!

June 1, 2011 By 4 Comments

I’ve been a bit MIA the past month!

I was in my final month of qualification to earn the Arbonne Incentive Trip to the Bahamas. I hunkered down and any spare minutes I found in my day, I spent relaunching my business since Braxton’s arrival.

I earned the trip!!!!!!!!!!! Every order, party & ounce of positive energy the past 6 months has made this possible! I am so grateful for my incredible team, clients and friends. I am beyond excited & appreciate your support very very very much!!

Write your goals down & then run towards them! I encourage you to share your dreams with others – to help hold you accountable! Also, create affirmations that you can say to yourself out loud and mentally – giving you that extra push to the finish line. I made this affirmation my Facebook status:

With only 3 days left to qualify for the Arbonne Incentive Trip – I’m SO close to earning it!! I have butterflies thinking about it – it feels so real – I can feel my toes in the sand and can see the reflection of the Atlantis Resort in my sunglasses.

John & I decided to enjoy this vacation on our own, we could take Braxton, however we think he’s just a bit young to enjoy the water, sun and sand. Instead, Braxton is going to hang out with his Texas grandparents; so he’ll still be treated like a Prince.

What is one of your dream vacation destinations?


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Unpacking

January 14, 2011 By 5 Comments

I was BEYOND excited to go on vacation – that I had packed my suitcase over 2 weeks before departure! I was packed even before I wrapped Christmas presents this year! Which is surprising for me, since I had my tree up at the beginning of November.

John and I were able to enjoy a couple days together on the beach!

My sunglasses were so fantastic – that I got awesome rosy cheek bones below them!

Then John took in his work meetings for a couple days. While he was working – I also worked…beside the pool & ocean!

I read…

(Ali magazine)

I wrote…

I brainstormed under the palm trees…

I was EVEN interviewed for a teleseminar over the phone, by one of my friends & mentors!! I heart technology. I am BEYOND excited to share the details with you – so you can LISTEN to it…if you want to!! As soon as it is available – I will let you know.

I also tried to recreate the cool picture from my “beach” blog post…

Are you planning a winter vacation? OR staycation?

I’ve been “known” to procrastinate at unpacking. I tend to make everything else a priority over emptying my bag.

However, I’ve found a new system that REALLY helps!

I dump EVERYTHING out! Then instead of looking at the closed suitcase, I am motivated to sort my belongings so I’m not tripping over them and looking at the “pile”.

Do YOU use a system to unpack? Any special motivation you give yourself to do it quickly?

Happy Winter,
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From the…

January 6, 2011 By 1 Comment

BEACH!!

I’m not actually writing you while on vacation! Luckily with the help of technology, I can just schedule to share this message with you today. A rule that my husband always makes when we go away on hot holidays (not sure about cold holidays – guess we don’t go on them!), is NO Internet access. YIKES… really? Are you sure? My questioning, begging, and batting my baby green eyes, gets me nowhere!

Right now, I most likely dreaming BIG for 2011:

My nose is probably into the book I brought (I LOVED their first book The Go-Giver):

I’m most likely lathered up in this, to protect Baby Beazley & I:

John has most likely had a couple coats of this on his skin, that doesn’t “prefer” to tan easily! Arbonne’s Glow With It is AMAZING and turns the redness / burn into a tan!

Oh and I’m sure that I look like a sassy mom-to-be in my new tarps (aka new maternity bathing suits)!! Update from my post about my new suits, the seamstress sold me a pair of bra inserts. They are made of a cloth type material, not silicone, and will dry between days easily. Luckily, they just slip into my bathing suit to give my girls a bit of “direction”!

Have an amazing day!

Here’s to coming back looking like a bronzed babe. Tanned fat looks better than white fat!

Kicking off 2011,
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Vacation Read

July 31, 2010 By 1 Comment

After posting the trailer for the Eat, Pray, Love movie and reading your comments to my confession about not reading the book yet, I dug out my copy. I packed 4 books for my vacation – in hindsight I was a bit ambitious!

I re-started to read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert the first day of my vacation. I was in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX airport waiting on my husband to fly in.

 

I happened to be enjoying lunch at T.G.I.Fridays, with a Southwest Chicken Salad and “Texas Tea” – unsweetened that I add Sweet ‘n Low to! This pretty pink empty package went on to my bookmark.

I’m a slow reader and enjoyed a few pages nearly every day of my vacation.

I finished off the book early this afternoon on my deck, while enjoying the long August weekend at home! Eat, Pray, Love was an AMAZING book – I’m so glad I went back and re-read it in a different head space.

I find it amusing that I started & finished the book eating a salad!

One of my summer favorites - spinach, strawberries (or mandarin orange segments), feta cheese with creamy poppy seed dressing.

I’m now even more excited about watching the movie that debuts in 2 weeks after reading the book. I realize that movies don’t do a perfect job of capturing all of the details that the book offers – however I’m excited to watch Julia Roberts play Liz, listen to the uplifting tunes (bound to be awesome based on the trailer synopsis’) and experience the gorgeous scenery the movie was filmed in.

Have you read the book Eat, Pray, Love? Are you eager to watch it on movie also?

Hope you’re having a fabulous August long weekend (Canadians) & weekend (American & International followers!).

Live Inspired,
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Vacation

July 22, 2010 By 3 Comments

Trust July is going amazing for you!!

Here is an update from my vacation:

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Live Inspired,
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Short, Short Week

May 17, 2010 By 7 Comments

It’s going to be a real short work week for me – lucky!

Thursday morning we kick off  our May long weekend in Seattle with our wonderful friends Dan & Corene. During our last spontaneous road trip to Great Falls, MT (the weekend before my hair got chopped) with this fun couple; it was discovered that both Corene and John really wanted to visit this west coast city! Dan and me decided that we’d support the adventure, so the planning begun.

My hubby really wants to see the Space Needle…

Space Needle
Image source – blogs.usyd.edu.au

…so we’re going for dinner in the restaurant at the top.

Corene really wants to explore the Pike Place Market…

Pikes Place Market
Image source – flickr.com/photos/wordridden 

…I trust we’ll take in the flying fish and explore the market thoroughly, including the first Starbucks! (Which we all know I love – from my Coffee Date tour & posts about Starbucks)

Honestly, I knew very little about Seattle before the planning began, other than my favorite TV show – Grey’s Anatomy takes place there and I’ve often seen the city skyline in episodes.

I checked to see if the Seattle Mariners’ were playing at home during our visit, as I know baseball is John’s favorite sport.

We lucked out and we’re going to take in a game…

Seattle Mariners 
Image source – kramer-s-nehl.com

(I trust John will) buy me some peanuts and cracker jack!

I’m going to be doing dances all week to attract lots of lots of sunshine during our trip!

Have you been to Seattle? Any suggestions on must-do things?

I look forward to sharing pictures when we return. Follow me on Twitter (@robynbeazley) for my vacation updates.

Happy Travels,
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 1st Starbucks

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