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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Could Magnesium benefit you?

As most of you know I took a long vacation from blogging. During this time I was experiencing daily migraines, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and difficulty focusing. I always seemed to be so tired, but could never fall asleep. It had a huge impact on my life, my work, and my relationships with others. I had been to my doctor multiple times and was placed on medication for depression, sleep, and migraines. Sadly the Topamax for migraines made me more forgetful than I already was and the sleeping medicine made me feel groggy every morning.

I had mentioned to my doctor that I thought some of my problems may be related to some sort of vitamin deficiency, but all of the blood work came back fine. I had no idea what else to do.

One day I made a stop at the local health food store, Healthy Habits. This was the best thing I could have done. The owner of the store was very knowledgeable in vitamin and mineral supplements. She recommended Natural Calm (magnesium supplement) and a food based energy multi-vitamin. At this point I would have tried anything and I am so glad that I did.

After reading up on Magnesium deficiencies I learned that every symptom I was experiencing could be a direct result of a deficiency. I also learned that blood work could show adequate magnesium levels even if you are suffering from this deficiency since the majority of magnesium is used intracellularly. Magnesium has a huge impact on our bodies and could easily be overlooked. Magnesium can have direct impacts on blood sugar, blood pressure, cardiovascular health, stress management and more.

Many people in the United States are magnesium deficient and do not realize it. Wikipedia actually states that "61% of the US population does not meet the US RDA for levels of magnesium." Magnesium deficiency can cause lots of medically related symptoms that could be treated simply with a Magnesium supplement.

If you are experiencing any of the problems that I have mentioned earlier than you may want to look into a magnesium supplement. I am so glad that I did!



Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Giveaways ending tonight!

I found some giveaways that I just have to enter and thought you may be interested too! If you are just click through, but keep in mind that they all end tonight!

Really Are you serious - Uprinting Custom Canvas - 9pm Est


Here and There
- Princess & the frog DVD - at 11:59pm

Momstart - Spongebob Boating Bash for Wii - 11:59


Tigerlily's book
- bloom putty - 24:00

Aubut life - organic natural ug killer - midnight


Sweeps for bloggers
- sing and learn spanish - 8 pm pt


3 stairs
- out of the box sampler - 11:59


A heart for home
- soap nuts - 11:59pm


Inexpensively
- Dapper snappers - 11:59pm

Superdumb Supervillian
- Mirra sampler -

My family loves it - Tommee Tippee-Sippie - sometime March 31st?

Trying to stay calm
- Sodastream -


Wow how time flys!

The last few months have been so crazy I cannot believe how much time has gone by since I stopped blogging! Now things are finally starting to calm down and I have found that I miss it. I hope that I can remember how to jump back into it. I also have to do some evaluating on what I want to accomplish with Brea's Mommy. I know that I want the sharing and interactions with other bloggers. After all that is what I miss the most! Other than that I am going to go slow and see what happens! I am looking forward to catching up with everyone soon!


Friday, March 26, 2010

Blog giveaways ending tonight!

Rubbermaid junk drawer organizer - A Bittersweet Existence - Tonight @5pm PST


Zehn Naturals - T-shirt giveaway
- Freebie Fairy - Tonight at 7pm PST

Eco Friendly Trash Bag - Not just baby brain - Tonight 8pm PST

$10 Amazon giftcard - The single mama review corner - tonight 9pm CT

Hide em find em eggs - Flying Giggles and lollipops - Tonight at 11:59pm

Flirty Aprons - Audrey's Giveaways - Tonight @10pm CT

Easter Themed Pillow Pets - Mahayla's Mommy - Tonight @10pm EST

prescription eye-glasses of choice - Mahaylas Mommy - Tonight @ 10pm

Creativive Color Crayons - Mommy's Memorandum - Tonight - 11:59pm MT

Curious George 2 - Momma Findings - Tonight - midnight

spun city cotton candy - Cake Walk - March 26th @ midnight est




SodaStream giveaways!

Have you seen the SodaStream reviews around the blogosphere? It looks like such a great product and I really, really want one! If you do too or think you might check out these great giveaways below. Who knows maybe one of us will be the lucky winner!

The Adventures of Paul & Natalie - Ends 4/14/10

Freebie Fairy - Ends 3/29/2010

Mass Hole Mommy - Ends 3/27 - tweet daily

Moma Lovebug - March 28 -

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Want to win Brea a Disney Easter Basket!

Another giveaway has caught my eye because I just know Miss Brea would love to get one of these for Easter! Every giveaway listed below is for a Disney Easter Basket so take a look and enter!

Cool Mom's Rule - ends 3/26 - can tweet up to 3 times a day!

Mom's Start - ends 3/26

Disnology - Ends 3/27

Simply Being Mommy - March 28th - tweet daily

Crazy working mama - March 29th - tweet daily