Younique Kristin

Hi friends!

I know I have been MIA on here for YEARS but I have never forgotten about this beautiful place where I can speak my mind freely! It's what got me here has always been my motto in life and i'm very happy it has always fit my life so well.

Today I am going to be talking about my Y journey!

I've never been happier, ever.

Here is this brand spankin' new chapter in my life.. feel free to follow my new journey with me. I am so excited to share my behind the scenes

May 16th is when it all began! I bought this Presenter's Kit, I am sure you have heard me rave about it lately and in the past! I bought it for the deal or you can call me a Kit Napper! I got $360 worth of makeup and skin care products for only $99!

I purchased this kit on that day because my amazing husband put me on an allowance! 

When I got my kit in the mail I had no idea this beautiful thing would change my life in so many positive and negative ways. 

Positives: SELF WORTH. CONFIDENCE. TRUE HAPPINESS.

Negatives: RELATIONSHIP TENSION. GUILT. COMPLETE CHAOS.

The pro's ALWAYS outweighed the con's! It took my family and I two months to finally come to that conclusion. 

If you have known me at all throughout my life you know that I have always been terrified of confrontation. I avoided it like the plague. I hated small talk, phone conversations, face time, social media, and honestly people terrified me in general. 

Until recently when I took a good look at myself and asked if I was TRULY happy in my skin! 

The answer was always no.

I thought I knew what happiness was, but honestly I didn't.

My life has COMPLETELY sucked if you look at it in a negative way. (I never have or will again complain about it)

I was diagnosed with cancer at age 19.

My daughter has a RARE genetic disorder that prevents her from crawling and walking

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's late February 2017.

Danny & I have always had some kind of  trial from keeping us from being happy.

Both our families have experienced more than our fair share of cancer or health problems.

And I could go on for days about how my life has not been fair to me whatsoever.

BUT that isn't me! I don't think or work that way! I hate people feeling bad for me. I hate being negative because in reality.. I'm SO LUCKY! 

I hate complaining and complainers! Lately I have had to distanced myself from people I never intended to leave. But mentally, emotionally, and physically it's better for me in the long run. I'm trying to detoxify my life from the downers, complainers, and bad vibers. 

NO MORE MRS. NICE KRISTIN!

This is the best thing I am about to share!

I'M HONEST NOW! To myself, my family, and my friends!

I don't have time or energy to waste anymore. I am done being a walking punching bag. I've started standing up for myself.

My next subject is SAHM's! They have too much pressure! 

I started staying home when Brooke was 5 months old. I quickly became pregnant with Charlie and I thought I had it all figured out.. I wanted to stay home full time with the girls. 

I had been a SAHM for not even 2 full years and I knew something was going on. I was depressed, anxious, lazy, negative, not the best I could be and I knew that.

I remember people always telling me that "You're so lucky you get to stay home." OR my favorite "You don't have a job so what do you do all day?"

Now if you have never had 2 kids under 2 and with special needs.. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH so don't waste your breath on how I should feel about staying home. 

Now I am not saying that you can't be successful at it but it just wasn't for me. 

We started living paycheck to paycheck. I knew we needed me back working if we wanted to keep our cars and house. This not only terrified me but it took a lot more out of my husband. Things got hard. The D word was thrown around the first two months I started at Younique. 

We weren't used to me working. Our household, yard, family, and relationship was falling apart right before my eyes. 

Things are FINALLY starting to look up for us.

Danny has been able to cut back his hours to help me and spend time with us as a family not only on the weekends but week nights! 

I have a VERY flexible job. I basically work when I want. I have been so lucky that Younique happened when it did. Not only has it helped financially but also emotionally. I HAVE SELF WORTH. And true happiness for once in my life! And you'd think people would celebrate for me and with me but that hasn't been the case with all. I have found people are actually a lot more selfish than I ever thought possible. I had more doubters at first than supporters.

All I am trying to say is NEVER GIVE UP! If you feel defeated in something that is never a bad thing. Maybe what you have tried in the past hasn't worked but try it again tomorrow. Find your hidden passion and run with it! Don't look back or wait for anyone. When you are at the top, your true fans will be there with you or right behind you. They will never understand your happiness and what it means to you. LIVE & LET LIVE has been in my mind a lot lately. If you are following your dreams you are doing part of your job. The other part is kindness.. Now if you don't have any of that.. that is why you are where you are. You are the debby downer of life so either change your mind and thoughts OR keep them to yourself  and keep walking! FAR AWAY from me!

Stop making up excuses and instead of saying, "Why me!?" start saying, "Why NOT me?!"

I believe that everything happens for a reason.. You might not know the purpose yet but you will find out soon. 

Thank you all for your support and kind words. 

Love Always, Younique Kristin 

It's Monday!

It's Monday! I normally like Monday's! I'm ready to get back into my routine with the girls. It's so nice to have Danny home on the weekends, but I find that my house falls apart because I'm not in my normal routine. I am able to get bigger things done though because he is able to watch the girls, which is really nice. I was able to get my shop back open this weekend! Finally! I am very excited, I just hope I can keep up with the orders. Ha!

Thought of the day.. I wish I could get the girls to nap at the same time! It seems impossible. One day soon, that's my next goal.

I am currently filling out my planner for the month of October. It's going to be a crazy month. Charlie gets her new casts every week. We have Brooke's 15 month appointment along with Charlie's 2 month appointment. Charlie has early intervention twice this month. Danny goes back on call. And we can't forget about Halloween.

This was a random post, I'm sorry. But I wanted to get on here before I start crazy cleaning.
Hope you all have a great week!

P.S. Charlie is starting to smile, a lot. I'm in love

Love Always,
Kristin

I want to blog again.

hello,

I know it has been forever. Today as I am sitting on my couch I thought of something.. how much I really miss blogging. Both kids are napping (for now) so I hurry and set my laptop up, write the title and boom Charlie is awake. She is a cat napper. Doesn't nap for longer than 20 minutes usually. Unless its right before bedtime, then she will sleep 4 hours and be up all night. That's okay, I love her. You may be wondering, who Charlie is. She is the newest addition to the family. That's right, I now have two beautiful little girls that I love oh so much. They keep me busy that is for sure. So busy I can't even shower!! Gross, I know. Today I am BEGGING Danny to come home for lunch so I can jump in the shower real quick.

So my days lately consist of changing bums, pumping milk (like a cow), cleaning, and being a personal chef. I haven't really been able to do anything for me. I'm still trying to get the hang of having two kids under the age of two. For example like my shop, Bows Over Bros.. I'm dying to get my site back up and running. I seriously haven't had the time. This weekend! That is my main goal! Wish me luck!

I am going to have to keep this post short and sweet but I hope to be back for good because blogging is such a good outlet for me mentally and emotionally. I am not even sure if anyone even blogs anymore?

Love Always, Kristin

B's Nursery

I wanted to blog about her nursery
It turned out so beautiful!

Danny and I have been living in our home for a year now! Crazy how time flies. Although I have never hated the paint color of our house, I actually really liked it. That changed once we painted Brooke's room.. It's amazing what a little paint can do. I now want to paint every room in the house!
I knew I didn't just want to paint the whole wall a color, I was thinking bead board originally but going through Pinterest, I fell in love with wainscoting. My talented husband did the wainscoting along the bottom. We painted that white. The wall color I also saw on Pinterest, it is Rain Washed by Sherwin Williams. (If you are looking at the paint swatch, believe me, I know it looks TOTALLY different.) But trust me once you see it on a wall, you will fall in love. It's a beautiful light/aqua blue. I was kind of mad I picked this for her room because after seeing it on the walls, I wanted it for our master.

Before



During

After



Brooke's Nursery

Frames: Hobby Lobby
Pictures: Etsy shop DezignerheartDesigns
Curtains/Curtain Rod: Bed Bath & Beyond
Crib/Changer: Babies R Us
Bedding: "Brooklyn" by Pottery Barn Kids
Glider: Babies R Us


Thanks for reading!
-Kristin

Brooke Moyes

It's been almost a year since I have posted anything on here. Although, I am sad that I haven't found the time or have found anything worth writing. That is all about to change. Danny and I are expecting our first baby July 23, 2015. Now this is something worth writing about. Let me catch you up on a few things..

October 2014; We decided we should start trying to have a baby. I have always been somewhat concerned I would not be able to get pregnant. I can thank cancer for that. We thought, might as well start trying in case it takes us a year or two.

November 2014; I had a long rough week at work. I thought a glass of wine sounded like just what I needed. First, might as well take a pregnancy test to be sure that was okay. (I had taken one a week earlier, which came back negative.) Peed on stick, positive. Scratch that glass of wine. Freak out a little! (in an awesome way) Greet husband at the door, "I'm pregnant! What should we do?!" His response, "Celebrate!!" 

 From that moment on we were so excited, we are going to be parents! 

We were in shock of how quickly it happened. We are so happy and so thankful. 

Pregnancy, lets face it, it has not been the best time of my life. I don't have the pregnancy glow. I am not one of the lucky ones that just gets a bigger belly. I have gained weight everywhere! And I mean everywhere! I have gotten so many stretch marks. I am still throwing up every morning. (I am 30 weeks pregnant!) I could go on all day of how much harder this has been than I thought it would ever be. But none of that matters because I am going to be a mom! I am so blessed that my pregnancy has been a healthy one. I have this perfect baby growing in my belly. I am so anxious to finally meet her. Have a mentioned we are having a baby girl? Her name is Brooke. Brooke (working on middle name) Moyes.

21 weeks 1 lb. 2 oz.

12 weeks

22 weeks

25 weeks

30 weeks

  
I am hoping to find the time to write more often. I can't wait to catch you guys up on my life. 

Thanks for reading,
-Kristin

Danny and I are getting married in 18 days!

Passion

I've been lacking passion in my life lately. I am not sure how I came to this and how I have just barley realized because as long as I know I have been feeling this way for quite sometime now. It's a weird feeling. It's an empty feeling. I am very happy with everything in my life now. I feel like I am putting most of my emotions and feelings into things that I don't really care to. Putting these great emotions into nothing has finally got old. I finally feel as though I have found something that I am passionate about. Now this thing I have always thought about and have wanted to put my effort and self control into but I have always been to weak and have let my body win my mind. 

If you know me you know that I am the biggest animal lover. There is just something about every animal that makes me so happy. They are so selfless and forgiving. I believe their one and only goal in life is to be our companions, our best friend, the ones who understand us, the ones that make us happy. We come home to them after a long day and no matter our vibe towards them or how long we left them home alone, they are so happy to see us. I could be having the worst day, but as soon as I walk through that door and I am greeted by them, I can't help but smile and be happy. I only hope that I can make them feel the way they make me feel everyday. This is something I wish I could do for every animal. Sadly, I can't. It's not realistic. 

This is where my title comes back into play, passion. I've found it. Every time I think about my new passion I feel reborn, like I am starting a new life. I feel relief and satisfaction. For 22 years I have been doing the same things, this is a huge step that I have been wanting to take for awhile now. I have tried in the past to change this life style of mine but every time in the past I have given up. I was too weak. This time feels right. I'm ready.

It's only been 3 days but so far since March 20th 2013 I have been truly happy with my new life style and giving up meat. I am sure most of you think that I am crazy but this has nothing to do with you. This is something I have always been passionate about. I've always felt somewhat guilty finding pleasure in eating such a valuable life. I understand reasons for both eating and not eating animals. My main issue is how those animals are treated all their life up until their death. They are cheated life. They will never have a life and be treated fairly and they way they deserve to be. I am done feeling guilty and I am done supporting animal cruelty. 

I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulder. I can breathe. I have so much energy to put into this. It feels great to be feeling so passionate about something I care so deeply for. I am excited to experience this new way of living. I am excited to find different ways of consuming protein and making my body so much healthier. It's exciting to learn more about vegetarian life and beliefs. It feels good to believe.