All Things Spring Cleaning!

All Things Spring Cleaning!
Every year I get the itch to start Spring cleaning around the first of Februay.  I love a clean house, dust being tamed, and puppy dog kisses off the doors and windows. 

This year has been a little different.  Our daughter moved out in mid February, so we decided to overhaul her old room making it light, bright and airy feeling, and dare I say add "sea turtles" to it too, but that will come.  (I love sea turtles).  It's a very light seafoam green now with the shalves and doors to the cupboards below coordinating nicely.  It is very peaceful now!  


So once this was finished, I moved on to the shelves in our living room.  At this point in time I'm still not able to lift or carry anything over a gallon of milk, I needed help.  My oldest son came along to help me and we were able to finsih 2 of the shelves.  The other shelves are higher, but we'll get to those soon.  Every day we work on deep cleaning a different area, so it's all good.  

What do I use to clean with?   

All I ever use anymore is Thieves Household Cleaner.  When I do sinks, tubs, and toilets, I add baking soda and a citrus oil or Purification Essential Oil blend.  When I'm done things smell absolutely divine!   Like Christmas all year long! 

You can find these items here:

*Thieves Household Cleaner--This replaces every single cleaner in my home.  I use one cap full to 20 ounces of water or 2 cap fulls to 30 ounces of water.  I clean windows, counter tops, tables, floors, sinks, tubs, toilets, 

EVERYTHING with this cleaner!  It is $1.29 per bottle when you do the math.  You can get 20 bottles of spray out of one bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner.  It's the toxin free stuff I've used for 4 years and it is safe for people and pets!  Disclaimer!  If you're allergic to cinnamon, let me know and I"ll give you another recipe that you can use with Purification Essential Oil! 

In case you were wondering what you could clean with this natural, nontoxic plant based cleaner, take a look! 

I love this cleaner so much that I can honestly say without a shadow of a doubt that I will never use any other cleaner again, EVER!!!  

In fact, if you'd like to learn more, let me know and I can send you a super informative textable class!  You can listen to this while you're driving to work, waiting in the carpool lane, after the kids are in bed, before the kids get up, while you go for your daily walk, or walking on the treadmill.  If you need pockets of time, that works too!  The important thing is that you're not only learning about this product, but you're learning about all the things that are currently under your roof and how toxic they are!  

It's a no brainer!  

Now, what other oils do I clean with and how do I use them?

I'm glad you asked!  


This is one of the many ways I add oils to my Thieves Household Cleaner bottle.  Give it a shake before you use to make sure all the oils are incorporated.  

Why not just use oils in water?

Oils will lay across the top of the water, so you need something in your mixture for the oils to grab ahold of and mix together in to the liquid.  So, with 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner as the base cleaner, you can add oils like:

Citrus Fresh: Orange, Grapefruit, Mandarin, Tangerine, Lemon and Spearmint--This is the only blend that contains Mandarin oil as of the writing of this post.  Mandarin OIl is not avalable at this time as a single oil at this time.  If you would like a sample of this oil, let me know and I'll send it to you.  It smells absolutely wonderful!  I love diffusing this oil as well as cleaning with it!  There are so many benefits from this oil, just look up "Benefits of...." any of these oils and do the research!  You'll be blown away!  

Orange:  This is a single oil that is so very uplifting and fresh!  I love diffusing this oil, using it in my hair, or adding it to a roll-on with Lavender to use as my perfume.  Adding this to my Thieves bottle makes a wonderful addition to this cleaner!  I love it!  Once again, google "Benefits of..." and you'll be surprised! 

Lavender:  According to the Young Living website, "Lavender essential oil is the most universal oil and has a tranquil aroma that is soothing to the senses, as well as to the skin when applied topically. Taken internally, it contains antioxidants, may provide immune support, and can be used to add a floral flavor to your evening tea." 

As for using it in cleaning, it's a wonderful soothing scent that helps our home and family calm and settle after a long hard day.  It works well in the diffuser, on your wrists, and the back of your neck, too!  You can use this oil for so many things!  Google "Uses of Lavender Essential Oil"  It truly is the "Swiss Army Knife of Essential Oils!"  

Pine:  Many people liken this scent with a popular cleaner, but that cleaner is filled with cancer causing toxic chemicals.  This essential oil is all there is in this oil...just pine.  Nothing else!  Once again, ya'all just google "Benefits of..." to see for yourself the benefits of these essential oils and make the switch today!  

How do I use this in my cleaning?  I use 10 drops in my Thieves Household Cleaner bottle or with 4 cap fulls of Thieves Household Cleaner in a bucket of mop water.  I have 4 big dogs and a cat, so that means BIG messes.  Four cap fulls in a mop bucket takes care of those big messes really quick and I know without a shadow of a doubt that I"m not introducing cancer causing chemicals in to their bodies through their noses or their paw pads.  (More on this later)

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezie!  

Eucalyptus Globulus (One of 3 that Young Living has to offer):  This oil has a special place in my heart.  This oil began my Young Living journey in 2010.  I was so tired of not being able to breathe.  I wanted relief and this worked so well for me that I bought Lavender, then fell in love with it.  Then when my son needed some help paying attention to his school work, I bought Vetiver.  With every single oil I've purchased or received for FREE, it holds a special place in my heart and mind.  This one helped me with this _____, that one helped me with that _____.  This is such a beautiful journey!   I love that the Lord gave us these wonderful plant oils to use to help our bodies!  My appreciation of Him and His goodness has grown more and more with the use of each "new to my home" oil that comes in the door!  

Read the link above about this gloriously wonderful oil.  You'll see some words like 

KEY CONSTITUENTS

Eucalyptol, Alpha-pinene, Limonene

Go ahead and google those constituents and see what they do for our bodies!  They're absolutely fantastically wonderful! You won't regret any amount of research you put in to your own knowledge about how to help your own and your family's health.

Lime:  I found out about how lovely this particular oil was from a friend of mine who suggested 6 drops of it and 2 drops of Peppermint in her diffuser.  OH MY WORD!!!  This combination smells absolutely divine!  Just imagine the riches you'll find when you see the key constituents of this little ditty!  It will bless your socks off!  Yes, putting it in to my Thieves Household Cleaner bottle or my mop water works fantastically with all sorts of pet odors and cleans like crazy!  I love it! 


Peppermint:  This oil was purely left in my Starter Kit when I bought it back in 2015.  I figured, "I don't like Peppermint Ice Cream, tea, or mint jelly, so this will just stay there until I learn more about it."  And that's perfectly ok!  Each of us are on a different journey with these oils.  Like I tell everyone, if I had 7 lifetimes to learn all there is to know about essential oils, that still wouldn't be enough time to know all there is to know!  Take a look at this one!  It's awesome!   It helps with muscle aches, breathing issues, and tummy troubles, so just read sbout it and do the research about this oil like I did!  You'll never regret the time you invest in researching things for your health!  

OH MY Word!!!!  There are so many more that you could use as well!  These are just a few to clean your home! 

 Just a reminder, though, these oils are so much more than just scents.  They are health giving, life supporting, plant juices given to us by God Himself for the "healing of the nations!" (Revelation 22:2b; Ezekiel 47:12)

How do you get your hands on this wonderful cleaner and all the oils above?  Easy!  You can click on any of the links to those products above.  If you want to save 24%, click the "add to subscription" button.  Create your account, add your address as your default, and make sure you go to your "Account Details" and set up your PIN number.  Remember to write down all of your information--email, member number, password, and PIN number--so that you can use it when you need it in the future.  Then check out.  Easy Peasy!  If you need help, I'm available to help you maneuver the process.  

Want to learn more about the toxic chemicals under your cabinets?  I've got you covered!  Just send me a text message or an email and I'll send you a textable class.  If you're a visual learner, I have a Zoom class available, or I can come to you and teach to you and your family and friends.   There are lots of options to do this, so we're only limited by our own imagination.  

Let me know! 

Love and God Bless,
Regina Graham


I am not a doctor.  I cannot diagnose, prescribe, or treat anyone 
for any disease or sickness.

How “I” Got Started Using Essential Oils

How “I” Got Started Using Essential Oils
You can get started by looking up all the things on every single website known to mankind…
 
 OR
 
 …I can just share with you how I started.
 
There are going to be “experts” telling you to do this or do that, but like you, I began right where you’re at!
 
I had migraines and was seriously trying to find a good natural alternative because at the time I was a nursing mom, like many of you are, I’m sure.  I didn’t want barbiturates crossing over to my sweet babies through my milk, so it was time to get the research started.  I started with a book called The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy by Valerie Worwood.  I looked up all kinds of things to get me started, how to use them, and what to do.   
 
I would love to tell you that I branched out and used all kinds of oils from Basil to Frankincense all those years ago, but I didn’t.   I played it safe, stayed with Lavender, Lemon, Orange, Cedarwood, and Oregano.  During that time, I was growing my own herbs and dehydrating them to use in our food.  I figured that would help us with some of our diets.  While it did some, it wasn’t as effective as using the distilled oil from the plant.
 
I started praying about what to do because I had just been diagnosed with high blood pressure and PCOS induced pre-diabetes.   I found Trim Healthy Mama and started delving more deeply into essential oils at that point.  I had used so many different companies’ oils from farmer’s markets, health food stores, and started looking at reputable companies to use.  I asked one friend about the oils her family used, but then asked another friend.  I did a side-by-side comparison and the 2nd friend had so many more essential oils to choose from!  I started looking more deeply into the company, the science behind what they had available for me to learn and decided to pray more about it.  Within a week, my 2nd friend was having a meeting at our homeschool group and discussed the benefits of the science with the Seed to Seal Promise.  I was intrigued, so I went home and looked that up too.  I found out that the oils from this company are grown in soil that had not been tainted by chemicals for 50+ years!!!  Wow!
 
So my journey began…

 
I ordered Eucalyptus Globulus from her and put it in my humidifier.  Little did I know that they weren’t supposed to be used that way, but in diffusers!  LOL  I also put a couple drops on my chest and it helped so much to open up my airways!  I was intrigued by these oils!  I didn't realize they were supposed to be THIS effective! 


Then I ordered Lavender.  OH, MY GOODNESS!!!  I had experienced Lavender from so many other companies that smelled sour and just not pleasant at all, until I experienced THIS Lavender!  I've used it now for 9 years and I've always been pleasantly surprised by how well it worked for whatever I needed it for.


The next oil I ordered from my friend was Vetiver to help my son focus while doing his schoolwork.  That was all it took!  My prayers were answered in this one company.  My only regret is that I didn’t become a wholesale customer sooner.   Regrettably, it took me almost 5 years to do that!  

Join me on Thursday February 11th at 7PM on Zoom while we learn how to have Fearless Confidence with Essential Oils.
 
You don’t want to miss this!  It took me YEARS to figure out this information!  
 
Love & God Bless,
Regina Graham

I am not a doctor.  I cannot diagnose, prescribe, or treat anyone 
for any disease or sickness.