What can soy do for you?

Research shows that soy may help to:

• Lower cholesterol
• Promote weight loss
• Reduce bone loss
• Provide menopausal relief
• Protect against Alzheimer’s disease
• Protect against breast and prostate cancer

Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease. Two servings of Watkins SoyNilla contain 27 grams of soy protein.

*SoyNilla is currently available in the US only.

I’m very excited.
I have starting putting together a little web site. It’s still a work in progress

Not exactly sure what direction I want
to go with it

You can check it out and tell me what you think.

Spicy Mama’s

I promised my daughter I would post this for her
for all my blogger buddies to see

This is her third year marching and I am so proud of her.

Please open your hearts… even a single dollar will help
and what’s nice is they take paypal!

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Getting Started with Watkins and The Summit Group

As the owner of your own Watkins business, you can get all the benefits that owners of other businesses enjoy, such as setting your own schedule, getting a break on income taxes, not having your income limited by the whim of your boss, and more.

But what’s even better about Watkins is that you won’t have the headaches that owners of traditional businesses or franchises face. You won’t have to pay employees, rent expensive property, or pay huge franchises fees. Investing just a little of your time or a few dollars can let you get rolling with Watkins right away, and you can quickly be on your way to a much better lifestyle.

Naturally, to successfully grow a business of any kind, the owner needs to invest some of his or her time, or money, or a combination of both. But, with Watkins, you have choices of how you want to start . Regardless of which starting options you choose, you’ll get FREE training and support exclusively for our Summit Group team.

Plus, all of the starting choices have a full money-back guarantee and can be returned within 30 days if things don’t work out for any reason.

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Studies have shown that just 1/4 tsp of cinnamon every day may help to lower blood sugar, fats and cholesterol by up to 30 percent! Researchers suggest it may also stave off the onset of type 2 diabetes in those at risk.

Watkins Purest Ground Cinnamon contains a high amount of essential oils for optimum flavor, aroma and health benefits! Try some every day on cereal, oatmeal, toast, apples and savory dishes. Place in coffee grounds before brewing for rich flavor and aroma.

The following is a summary of this ground-breaking study published in the journal Diabetes Care:

A Spoonful of Cinnamon Helps Treat Diabetes by Alison McCook

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes can help keep their bodies healthy by simply adding a dash of spice to their diet, new research reports.

In a study, diabetics who incorporated one gram — equivalent to less than one-quarter teaspoon — of cinnamon per day for 40 days into their normal diets experienced a decrease in levels of blood sugar, cholesterol and blood fats.

And for people with diabetes, the less of those substances in the body, the better.

Type 2 diabetes arises when the body loses sensitivity to insulin, a hormone that shuttles the sugars from food into body cells to be used for energy. As a result, the amount of sugar, or glucose, in the blood remains high, leading to fatigue and blurred vision. Over the long term, excess blood glucose can increase the risk of heart disease, kidney failure and blindness.

The current findings suggest that a small amount of cinnamon can help protect diabetics from these and other potential complications of their condition, study author Dr. Richard A. Anderson of the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland told Reuters Health.

Diabetics could add a dash of cinnamon to their morning servings of coffee, orange juice or cereal, Anderson noted. “You can also make a cinnamon tea by simply boiling water with stick cinnamon,” he suggested.

Anderson noted that cinnamon may also help stave off the onset of type 2 diabetes in people at risk of the condition.

During the study, Anderson and his colleagues asked 60 people with type 2 diabetes to consume 1, 3, or 6 grams of cinnamon each day for 40 days, or the equivalent amount of wheat flour, as a placebo.

Reporting in the journal Diabetes Care, Anderson and his team found that all cinnamon-takers experienced a drop in blood levels of glucose, fats and cholesterol by up to 30 percent. No change was seen in the people taking placebo.

Anderson explained that cinnamon contains compounds that help make insulin more efficient, improving the hormone’s ability to bring glucose to the cells that need it.

As an added bonus, cinnamon contains virtually no calories, Anderson said, allowing diabetics to add zest to their meals without adding to their waistlines.

Previous research has shown that cinnamon appears to help fat cells recognize and respond to insulin. In recent studies, the spice increased glucose metabolism by about 20 times.

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So far it is a good day.

I have been working hard on all my online selling sites and it is starting to look up.

Watkins has just offered a new, lower start up cost so I have more people interested in the opportunity to work with me  and even added a new person to my team yesterday!

We also ended up keeping the kitten we were babysitting. We named the kitten Pearl, assuming it is a girl… now we are not sure about that. But no matter the name will remain.

The other things we accomplished in the last week is a major house de clutter.  We thew out tons and tons of crap and the trash men just  loved us.  We were considerate and did not put it all out. They are going to love us again tomorrow.

Also putting a new floor down in the dining room.

Busy, busy, busy and I like it that way.

Oh yeh it’s gonna be one of those days!

Cold and windy and my son wants to continue car shopping… I don’t want to walk around the lot today.

One of the tires on my car has a slow leak so I have to get it fixed and that could take hrs of waiting for my turn

And just to make it more interesting my husband volunteered us to babysit a 4 wk old kitten that lost its mama. She is adorable but has to be watched every minute cause she is into everything and I dread it if my other cats or dogs “discover” her. It could be total chaos.

Oh yeh it’s gonna be one of those days……………………

It’s been a really rough few months for us and our pets. 3 months ago we lost one of our
cats to cancer and today my beloved dog Sandy passed away from congestive heart failure.

Our vet explained that her breed (mixed) usually only lives to a little over 10 yrs old.
Sandy was almost 14

She had an enlarged heart and had been on heart medication for the last year. She was able
to run, jump and play like a puppy. It was a joy to see.
There were no warning signs of her heart giving out. In reality she died of old age.

She will be missed and always remembered
RIP Sandy

I have been so darn busy I forgot to blog for over a week!

Since it is difficult for me to work outside the home I have been busy finding new things to market from my house.

I now carry 3 product line

Watkins, Fuller Brush and now

Things are going slowly, but my daughter is starting to get a few more local design jobs.

I am trying to help her by offering her design services on a few online sites that I sell on.

I am so hoping that things take off for her because she wants to start her family and would like to be able to work from home when she has kids.

She works a full time job and does design work from home after work and on her weekends.

She has decided to go back to school and take some courses in web design. At this point in time she is schooled almost exclusively in print design and feels she needs to expand her knowledge.

If you would like to see her online portfolio and leave comments for her please go to
AT DESIGNS