I wanted to make one post with all my favorite small business sales in one place. These are all products I use regularly, and LOVE. I know the owners/founders of most of these companies and I am happy to support them. They may not all be necessary for you so don't spend money on stuff that you don't need, but many of you already love these companies so I wanted to share the sales they are currently having. For most of them this is their best deal of the year. Share below any Small Businesses you are supporting today.
🥞 Equip: We love the Vanilla protein for pancakes and my Mom puts a scoop in her tea every morning, it's a great way to add extra protein if you find you're under eating. They have an Unflavored version which is 💯 Carnivore.
https://www.equipfoods.com/LAURAESPATH
🌡️Meater: We love the Meater Bluetooth thermometer and they almost never run sales, especially on their new Meater Pro. If you mainly cook indoors (oven, air fryer, crockpot etc) then the classic Meater is great, if you cook on a hot grill or over open flame then you need the new Meater Pro which is safe up to 1000°F external temp. You can also order a personalized Meater which is such a fun gift idea!
🥩 Carnivore Snax: We LOVE Carnivore Snax and they are perfect as a stocking stuffer for a Carnivore in your life and great for travel. I always keep some in my suitcase when traveling. The skirt steak and pork loin are my favorite and Chris loves the Brisket and Chuck because they have more fat. Only 2 ingredients, meat and salt! They rarely do sales so if you want to stock up this is a great time (I definitely stocked up!).
https://carnivoresnax.com/lauraespath
🧂 LMNT: You know I am a big fan of LMNT in general, I drink the Unflavored pack daily. They have their Holiday Medley pack back for a limited time which we love. It's perfect warm over the holidays if you tolerate the sweetness and flavoring. They also have all their recipes /formulas for free on their website if you want to make your own at home. They don't have any extra sales going on but they are a small business I love so I wanted to include the link for the Free Sample Pack.
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Monday! We made it to Big Sky, Montana yesterday, WOW it's so beautiful!! It just feels like you are in a movie all the time. We grilled steaks and just spent lots of time outside enjoying the beautiful weather.
The house we are staying in is owned by LMNT, so it has all kinds of electrolytes and wellness goodies everywhere. Plus all kinds of natural soaps and laundry soaps etc. They host a lot of meetings here so one of the walls upstairs is a huge dry erase board so the kids are having fun drawing on it.
We sat in the sauna 🥵 and took turns doing the cold plunge. 🥶 Today we are going hiking and white water rafting.
How was your weekend? What is your non-negotiable for this week?
Happy Sunday! We made it to Idaho Falls last night, it was just a stop over place for us and we had no idea that it would be so beautiful. We got here early in the evening after the hot springs and had a really lovely walk along the river. The weather has been so nice!! We are only 3 hours from Big Sky so headed over there this morning, we are staying in a house there for 5 days. I am excited to stay in one place for a few days. 😂 We are super excited because the house we are staying in has a cold plunge, a sauna, and a gym.
What are your plans today? You doing any prep for the week ahead?
Yesterday we had a PACKED day and some really amazing experiences!! We started the morning in Page Arizona looking at the Glen Canyon Dam, which opens up to the beginning of the Grand Canyon. It looks like you're on a totally different planet!
We then headed up to Redmond, and stopped along the way to take a hike up to some Salt Caves. The drive alone was just amazing as well!
In the afternoon we took a tour of the Redmond Salt mine, WOW what a cool experience!! We went down 700 feet and were completely surrounded by salt! They have 29 miles of tunnels through the mine! I will tell you all about it on a future Livestream! But we all licked the walls and the kids got to mine for their own salt rocks!
We ended the day just south of Salt Lake City. It was a super packed day but thankfully everything went very smoothly.
Today is going to be much more relaxing, and the kids planned the perfect "Mom" day. A slow morning followed by a soak in some Lava Hot Springs this afternoon. ...
