Let me just say that the Skindelicious line, made by Perfectly Posh, is what started my whole journey with Perfectly Posh.  The first time I experienced these body butters and saw my hand go from dry as an elephants skin on its driest day, to supple, silky, smooth and youthful skin again............I knew I was hooked!!  Without knowing anything else about the product, my first experience was enough for me to want to know more.  And there is so much more that this product offers. Skindelicious is truly an original concept by Perfectly Posh. These petroleum free, filler-free, and mega-nourishing line of butters are full of ingredients that your skin is HUNGRY for! Two brand new flavors are now available for you to experience in our shop. First, Mango Marshmallow, has luxurious mango butter topped with marshmallow root extract, vanilla extract, glycerin, and maple syrup extract.  Mango butter has a naturally sweet scent, so couple that with all the extracts and you have a deeper sweetness that is really something special! This body butter works to increase your skin hydration and help in the cell-regeneration process. Second, Olive You, has a sweet lemon zest and green tea scent, with rich olive oils that aid in soothing, calming, and repairing the skin. Olive leaf and rosemary extracts have been added to create antiviral and antibacterial properties and help preserve and protect the skin from pollutants and the everyday wear and tear.  Skindelicious is a product that is like no other and you must experience to fully appreciate.  Contact me today to receive some samples of our newest flavors of body butter or head over to my website to get your very own! Remember you deserve to be pampered!! Penny :)

Day Fourteen and Fifteen

This week is all about strengthening those 4 key areas with: Heavenly Father, Family, Fellowman, and Yourself.

Day Fourteen - all about the relationship between you and your Heavenly Father. The website talks about how many blessings we can recieve by strengthening our relationship with our Heavenly Father.

• stability
• peace and joy
• greater power to resist temptation

Day Fifteen - all about the relationship between you and your Family. There are many blessings we can recieve by strengthening our relationship with our Heavenly Father.

• our children will feel safe and be more likely to open up
• we will experience greater joy

A gratitude journal can really help with these areas, because as you write down what you are grateful for, you are more likely also to share and/or appreciate in your actions.

Penny :)

Day Seven thru Thirteen

Okay, so I went on vacation and didn't have my computer, so I haven't posted since last week :(
I feel like the challenge is going really well for me.  I am at a point now that I want to begin exercising and some of the women in my ward also feel the same way.  Several of them will be doing a 15k run in February and I have committed to join them.  I have tried this before with the Portland Marathon, but I let circumstances and excuses get in the way, but I am confident that this one will be different!

Day 7 - 11 can all be found at this link if you want to check it out.

Day 7  - focus on a victory that you had doing the challenge to this point
Day 8 - Take a look at the Stretch routines - Morning routine and Nighttime routine and start doing them
Day 9 - keep a notebook by your bed and start writing down the first thing that comes in your mind in the morning.  Crystal says by being conscience of our thoughts we can start to change them.
Day 10 - rekindle your desire to improve your life!
Day 11 - 4 minute interval workout video that promises to burn as many calories as a 40-60 minute run. ;)
Day 12 - read and write in your prayer journal and reflect on how blessed you are
Day 13 - check out the talk "Of Things That Matter Most". The talk forcuses on four areas that matter the most.

Most AMAZING planner ever!!

Okay, so I am a total crazy person when it comes to organization, specifically planners that keeps you on track! So when I saw a pin on pinterest that read "A crazy person's planner", I knew it was most likely for me! LOL

I went to the website and sure enough.................THIS PLANNER IS KILLER!!
Most planners focus on a monthly, weekly and daily schedules, but ends there.  This planner focuses on YOU and helps to guide you to be better inside and out! I feel like I should be a spokesperson for this, I love it that much!! Also it has some really amazing uplifting quotes mixed in that you can print and post in your planner!

The planner is broken into Six Areas:

1. Time Management
2. Personal Development
3. Daily Inspiration
4. Health & Nutrition
5. Money Management
6. Calendars

Time Management is broken up into several areas:

• 15 minute blocker
•  to do master list
• projects
• 10 minute timer
• 1 hour timer
• staying on top of the house

I love the 15 minute blocker of time sheet! 



The green sheets are my own creation.  I like to split the house up into Zones, to make sure that each area gets a deep clean often.

Ten Zones:



1. Living/Dining Room/Hall
2. Kitchen
3. Laundry Room
4. Guest Bedroom
5. Hall Bathroom
6. Madison's Bedroom
7. Master Bedroom and Bathroom
8. Front Yard
9. Side Yard
10. Back Yard and Pool

Personal Development is broken up into several areas:

• 30 Day challenge (I have a whole post chain to learn more about that if you're interested)
• Daily affirmation
• Weekly reward chart for the kids
• Balance check
• Prayer journal

Daily Inspiration is mostly journaling, but a few of the pages are:

• Thoughts & Impressions
• Inspiration pages, like quotes, books, websites, stories etc.
• I also have specific talks or other things printed out that I like to keep in this section.

Health & Nutrition

• Weekly meal planner
• Exercise schedule
• I also keep a copy of my monthly menu and grocery list

I haven't used the weekly meal planner page yet, instead I'm sticking with my old way right now. I plan out my entire month and post on the fridge and then make a copy for my planner. It's written in dry eraser, so that it can be adjusted, but I like this method best because everyone knows what's for dinner and I can better plan my grocery lists.

Sadly, I haven't used the Weekly exercise schedule page yet, but I will use it at some point! ha

I haven't really used the Money Management pages as of yet, I use Quicken and that works well for us.

I think from this post, you will definitely see that I must be nuts, but it totally works for me :)





By the way if you want it, you can get it over at http://www.crystalwilkerson.com/2012planner, its a download, so you can print it right at home, and a portion of the money goes to a family who is battling brain cancer. Anyway enough about that, I'm not getting paid or anything, I just absolutely love it and wanted to shouted it out to the world! LOL

Penny :)



Day Six

"We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope."--Ezra Taft Benson, "A Mighty Change of Heart," Ensign, Oct. 1989

Day six from Crystal's website doesn't add anything new to the 30 day challenge, just to keep on keeping on!

Just to recap what we are doing up to this point:

• Check in with your buddy, morning and night
• Drink the warm lemon water and milk (if you want)
• Read you affirmation statement, morning and night
• Do your breathing exercises
• Spend some time in your prayer journal and in thoughtful prayer
• Spend some time writing in a gratitude journal
• Take 10 minutes to just throw on some music and dance (what a mood lifter)

Everyday I am feeling more renewed. I am about to start exercising again! Well I will most likely do Zumba, because it is soooooo much fun! And I may do some walking, we will see! :)

Loving my life!
Penny :)

Day Six postponed :)

Okay so it seems I started on the wrong day of the week so in order to get back on track, day six will not be until Monday :) The reason? The 30 day challenge has the weekends as more of a catchup, so I need to get on track with that :)
See ya then!!

Penny :)

Lesson #29 - Paying Tithing with the Right Attitude

I'm starting a series of blog posts about our Sunday School class lessons.  I enjoy teaching this class and it definetely has been a blessing in my life and I think that putting my thoughts here will allow me to be more prepared when actually teaching. :)

This weeks lesson is on Paying Tithing with the Right Attitude.

• The actual lesson  from lds.org- lesson #29
• An object lesson that I found mormonshare.com- paying full tithing
• What the Strength of Youth says about tithing from lds.org- tithes and offerings
• (Handout idea) Crunch Candy Bar with the following thought attached: "Always pay your tithing first to avoid a money CRUNCH! We pay our tithing with faith, not money." (Credit: Homemaking Cottage)