Superfood Girl

Peach Tarts & Spring Water Friends -- Episode #2

(Raw / Vegan Peach Tart Recipe coming -- please check back soon!!)  :-D

I’m a ‘Team Member’!

In case you missed my ‘invisible’ blog posts towards the end of Rawkathon – There were some fantastic interviews in the final days…I’m hoping you had a chance to catch some really great ones!  I’m looking forward to getting some videos of my own out soon, it’s been quite a week, and I’ve got a lot to talk about…way too much to put into a text blog-post.

My most exciting (personal) news is that since I had interviewed for Kevin Gianni’s job opening 2 weeks ago, they have accepted me to be a part of their team!  Wooo-hooo!  I certainly hope to ‘blow them away’ with my skills, and I’m sure to be learning a lot from being more a part of what they are doing.

We’ve had an interesting Halloween holiday, which I’ll definitely have to touch on later!  Let’s just say for now, that it is definitely the time for us to create new, BETTER Halloween traditions, ones that are more conducive to setting a healthy example for our precious children! ~ This too is exciting, and I think that I have some pretty good ideas…I want to know any ideas that you have, too!

The Talking Blog Trick

I have a new trick to share with you...Pimp My News gives audio to my blog (listen on your computer, MP3 player, or MP3 capable phone)!  You can find Superfood Girl here at Pimp My News (you can also find Superfood Girl in the Lifestyle>Health category).  It's completely FREE to sign up, so head on over.  Check out the categories for other blogs you might want to add to your P.M.N. playlist/podcast as well.  While you're there, you can submit your own blog to Pimp My News to give your blog an awesome voice!

Super P.C. Girl - Business Card Lover

So it seems as if I am getting quite tech-ie (not trekkie) these days!  (ok, well...I am somewhat of a "trekkie", but that's another issue).  I have been hiring myself out as a P.C. Consultant (sorry guys, I'm not a MAC girl...at least not yet); it's probably time to print myself some business cards for this new job of mine...by the way, I have business cards for EVERYTHING.

I highly recommend that everyone have at least one type of business card for themselves, even if they aren't in "business" for anything.  I helped a lady the other day get "free" business cards for herself (she paid $5.+some cents for shipping)...she entitled herself as a "Domestic Goddess", which I thought was brilliant.

I have thought that the job of mother and/or home-maker is mostly underrated in our society.  I have even been considering putting this MONUMENTAL task of being a mother (and nursing for 2 and-a-half years) on my resume.  I feel this profession really does reflect a lot as far as my character is concerned; I mean, if I can somewhat successfully manage a healthy-lifestyle household, and baby/toddler twins, then I must be worth hiring at some well-paying job, right?  How is it not customary for people to put their stay-at-home, multitasking, hyper-managing, super-cleaning, wholesome-loving, FULL-TIME Mom/Dad job on a resume?  This is one reason I STILL after 2 months, have not completed my resume...it looks oddly blank and missing large pieces of myself without this crucial information.  [wondering if anyone else out there has been so bold as to "break the status-quo" and put this (seriously) in their resume]  A part of me really wants to do this.

However, I seem to be racking up the home-based income ideas pretty well, so I may not need to finish my resume after all.  It would be nice to have a resume on hand, though if for no-one other than myself, to remind me all of the things I have accomplished in the past (will soon be 32) years.  It feels good to remember all that you are capable of, and where your skills lie.  Which brings me back to my business card idea...I am always so excited to exchange business cards with people; I am just as excited to see what other people's cards are like, as I am to share with them my own.  So many people don't have a card for themselves...oh, and I SO wish they all did!  I want to know who you are, what statements you make about yourself, how you are special and set yourself apart from others; I almost feel like business-card-making is a form of "self-cheerleading"...we all could use a bit more of that.  What do you do WELL...I really want to know!?

So, on a more "superfood" related topic...Dominic has been making chocolate for us today; I am sure he'll share it with friends and family, but this is SUCH a HUGE deal!  He has not made any chocolate since we were last in production as Raw/Organic/Vegan "Love-N-Cacao" (the last time was Late Jan./Early Feb. of this year), so to break out the chocolate molds was quite a celebratory event.  I think he will be manufacturing cacao products again in the not-too-distant future.  Depending on circumstances...the right moment and situation will eventually present itself.  Until then, at least we know now that he can get in our home kitchen every once in a while to whip up (taking a few hours of course) a batch of yummy molded cacao bars.

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Breaking my Blogging "Fast"

Well I think it's about time to "break" my long stretch of non-blog entry with an update on what's been happening with us; What a rollercoaster it's been!  I'll give you the quick version:

So, we are not manufacturing chocolate anymore (at least not at this time); there was high demand for it, but it just wasn't in the cards for us to be continuing at that time.  So manufacturing raw "cacao" is on hold, at least at the moment.

Shortly after stopping chocolate production, I picked up my own home based business.  For the past 6 months I have been an independent Avon/Mark rep, and I LOVE it!  I have always loved a lot of the products that Avon has to offer, plus the company has always been close to my heart...my mom and I did Avon together when I was in high school.  The Avon business so much better and easier now, especially with the advent of the internet:  Check out  my Avon website HERE

We have recently moved to southern Oregon (Grants Pass), and we are loving it here.  It's SO beautiful in this area, and we have a HOUSE (I've always wanted a house) for much less money than what we were trying to pay for an apartment in southern California.  This is the perfect size town; there's plenty to do, and nice shopping...but small enough that you have a sense of community, and connectedness to people; plus there isn't the CRAZINESS of all the MASSES of people that are in SoCal.  I LOVE our neighbors; everyone is SO nice...and it seems that almost everyone who lives here is what here they call an "Oregon Transplant"--People who moved here from elsewhere (usually somewhere in California).

We've been here for almost 2 months now, and I'm still getting us settled...putting the last (less important things) away in our house...when I get a minute to do it.

 

Dominic has a job at a local herb company...he's been there for about 2 weeks, now.

I'm re-starting my Avon business here...building up a customer base here in the local area.  I guess moving wasn't so awful for my business (although, I thought it was)...now I have customers all over the place!  But it has been a challenge, re-starting it up here, just because I've been so busy doing other things.  Ironically, I have moved next door to another Avon lady; which turns out to be a good thing; she is SUPER cool, and we can help each other out.  My kids love her kids, too...and vice-versa.  GREAT!

So here we are...further along on our journey...living in Oregon, and learning our way!