“Essentials” for Thanksgiving

WE ARE BACK! We did Disney with a 4 year old and 1 year old and lived to tell the tale.

The trip was both everything we imagined it would be, and nothing like we imagined at all. Yeah, I realize that doesn’t make much sense, but more on that to come. I’m definitely planning on putting together a few Disney posts, but I don’t want to do my usual “On Monday, we did X, and on Tuesday, we did Y…” vacation recap. Because honestly, we spent six days at the parks. We rode rides (a few of them). We met characters (some of them). We ate… a lot. There aren’t a lot of specific things to recap without boring the crap out of everyone. So I’m trying to figure out a few different topics on which to focus—things that are both helpful for others planning future trips AND do their part to recap our experiences a bit. And include pictures. There have to be a lot of pictures. If you have any ideas, let me know!

While I’m mulling that over, I did want to post quickly about essential oils. It’s been a little while since I’ve done a full-fledged essential oils post, and that’s OK—I don’t want to flood my blog with essential oils content (and I’m sure a lot of you don’t, either), even though they are definitely playing a pretty significant role in my life currently! But there are some promos and specials going on this week that I wanted to tell you all about, in case there is anyone out there who has been on the fence for a while, or is interested in dabbling a bit.

Before I talk about that, though, I need to share an essential oils success story from last week. As I mentioned before we left for vacation, I was in Denver for work for a few days. When I got home that Friday, that night, I had one of the worst sore throats ever. I could barely swallow, and I was sure I must have had strep throat. I was even texting my brother (who works at an urgent care) asking him about rapid strep tests, thinking I might need to go in and get one on Saturday before we left for vacation early Sunday.

But that night, I mixed up an essential oils “Flu Bomb” in a roller bottle—a blend of OnGuard, Melaleuca, Oregano, Lemon, and Breathe—and began rubbing it on the bottoms of my feet every couple of hours. When I woke up on Saturday morning, the sore throat was better, but it had given way to congestion. I had a stuffy/runny nose all day. I continued with the Flu Bomb application every few hours throughout the day, and I kid you not—by Sunday morning, I was feeling drastically better for getting on that airplane to Disney! Given how awful I was feeling on Friday night, I was pretty amazed. Hooray for essential oils.

In addition, for those who follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that Vivienne was feeling under the weather the first few days of our trip. I could tell she was running a fever (despite having no thermometer to confirm), and she was not acting like herself. She was more irritable, and wasn’t eating—VERY unusual for her, since she’s normally a piggy! I did give her infant ibuprofen to help with the fever, since we were on vacation and I wasn’t messing around. I was feeling pretty convinced she had an ear infection as the only time she’s ever really had a relentless fever like this was with an ear infection, plus she seemed to have an increased amount of drainage/waxy build-up going on.

We debated heavily about taking a shuttle from our resort to urgent care, but decided to give it a little bit of time. In the meantime, I applied Lavender and Melaleuca essential oils to her neck and head, right around her ear. She had definitely been feeling lousy on Sunday and Monday—even with ibuprofen to help the fever—but by Monday night she was improving (behavior wise) and by Tuesday morning, she didn’t have a fever anymore, and ate a breakfast of champions. Of course, since we didn’t end up going to the doctor, I don’t know for sure what she had, or what helped most (essential oils or just time), but she definitely seemed to turn a corner quickly, without any other problems the rest of the week.

OK, so enough about my essential oils love affair, right? Let’s talk special deals… :)

First, in celebration of Thanksgiving, doTERRA is offering special one-day deals every day this week. Today (Monday), anyone who buys a bottle of Breathe—the respiratory blend that can help with cough, colds, congestion and asthma—will receive a FREE bag of Breathe Respiratory Throat Drops. This particular offer is valid today only, so if you’re interested, act quickly and email me at heatherdriveblog at yahoo dot com, as I’ll be placing an order tonight! I’d be happy to extend my wholesale discount to you, which brings the cost of Breathe down to $20. The Breathe Respiratory Throat Drops retail for $19.33, and you’d get a bag of those for FREE! So $20 for both, great deal!

A new daily deal will be announced every morning, so stay tuned this week to my Instagram feed (heatherkj) or follow doTERRA International on Facebook to find out what the other deals will be. And email me at any time (again, heatherdriveblog at yahoo dot com) if you’re interested in any of it.

Secondly, I’m offering a promotion through the end of the month for those who are interested in the doTERRA starter kits. Anyone who purchases a Family Physician Kit from me between now and November 30 will receive a free 15mL bottle of Wild Orange essential oil as a bonus, and anyone who purchases a Home Essentials Kit (also by November 30) will receive a free 15mL bottle of Holiday Joy, which is doTERRA’s delightful seasonal blend, available only in November and December! If you want to learn more about essential oils—specifically the ones that come in these two kits—watch our recent webinar, or of course, email me and I’m happy to provide information and chat with you about it all!

As always, if you’re interested in trying just a single oil or two, I can also help you with that. So don’t hesitate to email me about any of this stuff. Woohoo!