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This is by far one of the best products I’ve come across in the Health and Wellness Industry.  Where to begin, there is so much to say about the product and the company.  I’ve put this post off for too long trying to think of the best way to address this product.  I think I’d like to begin with how I found MonaVie and why I enjoy it so much.

Years ago I was at a trade show and came across a booth that had a juice product that they claimed could help cancer patients.  I’m not going to get into the details of the claims, but the health benefits alone that this juice claimed to provide was impressive!  My mother is a breast cancer survivior and has a very rare eye disease, my grandmother died of lung cancer and my grandfather had diabetes.  So needless to say, it caught my attention.  It was expensive but that certainly isn’t going to keep me from trying it.  I bought a bottle and thought, “If I can drink this stuff my mom can too.”  We are both very picky and no matter how good something is for you, I won’t eat it if I don’t like it!  IT WAS TERRIBLE!  That bottle sat in my firdge for about a year!  I could not choke that stuff down!  A few years went by and I came across MonaVie in the same way. ” Yeah, yeah”, I thought as the distributor was giving me his speel.  Let me add that his speel DID NOT CONSIST OF HIM STATING MONAVIE COULD CURE CANCER!  (24 hours after this post I got an ugly response stating that was my claim above)  He informed me of the nutritional value of the acai berry and the other 18 fruits in MonaVie.  I thougt to myself, “Put a cork in it and let me try it!”  I was taken aback by the taste!  It was so different and yet so good.  I was so releived that I could drink this stuff everyday and not gag!  I think I was in shock because I didn’t say much and was expecting to turn this guy down.  He told me it was free to sign up as a distributor and I could get the product at wholesale prices.  Now I’m thinking this guy is full of it!  I’m going to have to sell this to everyone and their mother in order to remain a distributor and you’re going to nag me all the time!  I thought of my mother and my family and I decided to give it a try.  He was right on all accounts.  No catch, no nagging and I had complete freedom to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and I got the product at great prices.  I told my parents about it and they signed up as I did and, beleive it or not, my mother likes the juice as well.  I thought the Original juice was good, you should try the Active MonaVie.  I’m hooked!  I’ve been a distributor for over a year and I’ve never been so jazzed about a juice in my life!

I started researching the reviews online and the testimonials people were giving and I was blown away.  In the back of my mind I doubted much of what I read, but what changed everything for me were the testimonials from my husband, my family and myself.  I don’t want to get into our experiences because that would be just another testimonial from a stranger that you would be reading thinking the same thing I was.  YEAH RIGHT!  You have to try it for yourself and you will beleive.  I am in my 30’s and take dance classes, ride snowmachines, 4-wheelers, dirt bikes and jet skis and live in Alaska.  I get out and stay active and let me tell you MonaVie keeps my body happy!  I have to say this much, YOU WILL NOT TURN INTO SUPERMAN OR SUPERWOMAN drinking MonaVie!  It is not a drug or a miracle cure!  It is outstanding nutrition in a bottle!  I really tire of people with aches and pains of all sorts telling me after a week of drinking MonaVie that they don’t feel much change.  You didn’t get that way overnight did you?  You should give it at least a 90 day trial to be fair to yourself.  Not to mention, are you really drinking it everyday?  Everyone forgets at first, no biggie, but when you tell me it’s not having an affect and a week has gone by and only half of your bottle is gone, come on now. 

If you have not researched the acai berry, do it!  The crown jewel in MonaVie is the Acai berry, but it is also the combination of the other 18 fruits in the juice that make it so powerful.  They found that mixing certain fruits together produced outstanding results as opposed to the fruit alone.  You can find out more information on the product at www.mymonavie/rockinak or www.thegreatproduct.com/acaiblendak.  There is also a great deal of information that I would love to share about the company.  Not only did the president of the company get an award for entrepreneur of the year last year, they topped the charts on the Inc. 500 list!  Number 1 in the Food and Beverage category, number 3 in overall revenue in 2008, and number 18 on the overall Inc. 500 list.  Here is a link to the article http://monaviemediacenter.com/monavie-hits-inc-magazine-top-500-list-1st-in-food-and-beverage-no-3-in-revenue  I will post links to all of the articles that adress the facts about the acai berry and MonaVie as soon as I can.  This company is here to stay and somehow keeps getting better and better!  There is a lot of information out there and I would love to organize it all for you on my website.  If you have any questions I am more than happy to answer them for you.

I’m thrilled to see so many of you from around the world visiting my website!  Unfortunately, I only speak English, French, and a little Spanish.  Could you please post your comments in English?  Otherwise I just have to delete them and I’ve already had to delete over 60 comments.  So sorry, I have no idea what you’ve posted if you’re wondering why you aren’t getting responses.  I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Thanks to my mother-in-law I was able to travel to Italy and what an experience that was!  The people are so kind and very welcoming.  The food was absolutely wonderful and the gelatto, well, words cannot describe the yumminess!  I was about 5 months pregnant and the jolliest American around considering we stayed right in the heart of Florence and there was food everywhere!  We were in Italy for about three and a half weeks and went to Florence, Rome, Pisa, and Sienna.  I took over 750 pictures and filled our 30gb video camera with awesome footage!  I even set off one of the alarms in the Colosseum!  That crazy prego American!

We got to see the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Statue of David, the Sistine Chapel, and much more.  The Duomo in Florence was by far my favorite and the Baptistry accross from it had some awesome doors made of gold that I could hardly get myself to walk away from.  Florence was my favorite place to be and the musical entertainment and artists on the streets were outstanding!  The fashion was smashing, but unfortunately I was working on getting fat so I didn’t get to try anything on or purchase much clothing.  Of course I came back with a few leather coats and purses.  A girl has got to accessorize!

It was a trip of a lifetime and I would highly recommend everyone go and experience what the Italians have to offer.  They are wonderful people with breathtaking talents!  Traffic lanes don’t exist and road signs and traffic lights are just a suggestion.  Watch out for those cab drivers, as one of them gave us the ride of a lifetime.  I never laughed so hard in a cab while fearing for my life at the same time!  I hope you enjoy the pictures and feel free to drop me a line with any questions or concerns with making such a long trip to such a foreign place!

I’d love to hear about your journey’s and what adventures you all have experienced!

I realize this doesn’t exactly pertain to what I would normally post on my website, but I had to post this experience my sister’s friend had with her daughter yesterday.  About a half hour before her 14 year old daughter returned home her mother noticed she kept getting IM’s on her computer from someone called Mr. Wonderful.  He was asking her random questions about her school and homework.  When her daughter got home she immediatley asked her who Mr. Wonderful was and her daughter said “Oh, he’s our substitute bus driver at school.”  “Did you give him your IM address?”, her mother asked.  “Yes, he heard my friend and I talking about IM-ing each other and said I have an account to and I’d like to chat with you.”, her daughter replied. 

Needless to say, her mother was beside herself as they don’t allow her to have a Facebook account and she has been told numerous times not to give information out to strangers.  Her daughter is very well behaved and far from being mischievous.  After seeing her mother’s reaction she said, “I know mom, but he’s my bus driver and I thought it was cool that he wanted to talk to me.”  He’s 44 years old, has a daughter who is a senior at the same school, and had IM’d her a few times slowly building trust and befriending her.  Her mother told her, “Your father is the same age and how would you feel if he told your best friend that he’d like to get her IM address and talk to her everyday too?”  Her daughter thought that seemed very strange and creepy and instantly was terrified when she realized what was really going on.

Her mother immediately called the police, but the bus driver had no record and they couldn’t do anything!  The police said that was the exact MO of a pedofile.  Thank goodness she had the intelligence to report him immediatley and she caught him early on!  Please know what your kids are doing and who they are talking to!

Did you know cancer rates in children are higher than they’ve ever been?  Do you know what’s in the products you use everyday for your laundry, dishes, floors, countertops and bathrooms?  Worried about your kids diving into the cabinets and taste testing some of your household cleaning products?  Well worry no more, there is a company out there that produces products that are much safer for you, your children and your pets!

I’ve been using Melaleuca products for about 6 years now.  They’ve been around for quite a while and have stood the test of time.  Their products are safe for your family and the company has been green way before green became popular. 

When I learned how long laundry detergent and bleach remain in your clothes and how bad some of the chemicals are in those detergents, I was shocked!  Imagine, your children are wearing those clothes everyday all day long. 

Do you use Cascade dish washing detergent?  Cover a glass with some aluminum foil and put about a quarter size amount of cascade on top of the glass and let it sit.  You will be suprised at what happens!  You know you always have some detergent left on your dishes when you pull them out of the diswasher.  That is also being ingested by your family on a daily basis.  The same applies for your floor and countertop cleaners.  We all ingest a little of all of those chemicals everyday along with the many other pollutants in the air and the products we use on our body.  And we wonder why cancer rates are so high and our children have so many allergies!

I got rid of all of the products I had used for years and I thought it would be so difficult, but it was well worth it!  I was used to the products I grew up with and thier scents and how they reminded me of my mother, my childhood, and my home.  I got over that real quick and now it feels great to know that if my one year old happens to get ahold of a product and give it a taste, I won’t have to rush to the hospital and have her stomach pumped. 

Melaleuca developes, manufactures, and sells over 350 of the worlds leading wellness products for your home and family.  Check out their website www.melaleuca.com or drop me a line if you’d like to add these awesome products to your home as well.

Hey everybody, I’d love to hear about new products out there that you all have discovered!  There are some great products out there that you cannot buy in just any store and most people never hear about them. 

I’ve learned that some of the highest quality products and or some of the healthiest products can only be found by word of mouth.  So please, if you have discovered something so awesome you want to share with everyone, fill us in.  I’m really excited to see what you all have discovered!

Possible new FTC Rules will take affect December 1st.  Will we have to rethink the way we market our products?  This is something to keep an eye on.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm

Here is what some of the big dogs like John Carlton have to say about that.

http://www.john-carlton.com/2009/10/a-big-steaming-cup-of-hysteria/

Researchers have discovered that certain antioxidants and a blend of antioxidants significantly reduces the duplication of the Swine and Avian flu.  Great information here, it’s a must read.

http://articlet.com/article7790.html

This is a work in progress and I want to thank you for coming to my website.  Check back in the next few days for some great content!  I’m going to have all kinds of information posted here.  Everything from personal growth to health and wellness to getting creative from your own home.  So please check back and let me know what you think!