...Absolute Beginners...

Who doesn't love David Bowie, right?  And since we last talked we bought our new RV from a couple named Bowie! Nice segue, right?? ;)

How's everyone doing out there?  Doing your walking? Drinking your water? Keeping up on your protein?  Feeling pretty good here...did over 5 miles today.  Decided I needed to give you guys an update!  Holy Cow it's August! The time really does fly! Next month will be my two year surgiversary!  CRAZY!  Been in maintenance mode for 5 months now and doing ok.  I'm fluctuating between 137-141 lbs.  I actually drop down when I go too long without walking.  

What else? Oh, yeah...I retired.  :)  Well, not really. But yeah, retired from Evergreen.  The doctors and team gave me the most amazing send off! The gifts were really thoughtful and overwhelming. I am very lucky to have them all in my life!  Oh and as I mentioned at the top, we bought the rig!! Ok, y'all it's a 40ft Newmar Dutch Star 4095.  For those of you that don't speak RV...that means it's freaking big.  ;)  

Here are two of my beautiful grand kids eating lunch in her.  We've named her Serendipity and call her our fat bottom girl...cause she is and we all know they make the world go round. 

Everyone wants to know where we are going first...well, that gets a little complicated!  First off, we have to move in to her.  I know, I know. You're think, geez, Mikki, you've know you were doing this for 3 years...what's the hold up?  Believe it or not, we're trying to learn about her before we take off and make all kinds of mistakes.  Now, I know, you're now thinking that doesn't sound like us at all! LOL We do usually dive right in.  However, this girl has got a lot going on and we don't want to hurt her if we can help it!   My darling Jay has driven all kinds of large vehicles in his life, and even he is a little nervous about just taking off in her! After all, we are absolute beginners...

Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh, we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed

So, that being said, we're gonna start off with some small trips around the state and see where it takes us.  We always knew we'd need to be back in the area next May for our youngest's graduation from college.  Our big splurge is a plan to spend a month in the Keys.  :) 

My business is taking off. I've got a promotion and a raise already! :)  Rodan + Fields has given me an amazing opportunity to take a business on the road! I am so grateful.  I love that I'm working with such a great group of people and I love that the company is growing! We are expanding into Australia soon! How cool is that?   I love that these skin products are made by dermatologists and are a wonderful tool to bring my skin back to healthy.  Did you know your skin is your largest organ? I mean think about that.  We talk about hydration being good for our skin...uh, yeah! If I told you there was a regimen that could make your kidneys look and feel 10 years younger wouldn't you want to do that? Taking care of your skin is so important! I have soooo been guilty of NOT doing that.  A lot of nights I didn't even wash my face!  YIKES!  Almost 50 years of abuse my skin has been taking!  But now, I'm on the road to recovery! 

It's easy to get carried away talking about it because it really works!  If you care to check out my website, here is the link:   https://mikkistudley.myrandf.com  take a look around if you need skin care!  We're the #1 anti aging line and the #2 overall skin care line (only second to Clinique which has been around for decades!).  If you are looking for a business venture and would like to join me in this journey or even have questions about how it works then shoot me a message! I'd be glad to share! It's too good to keep to myself!

I'm writing this in the RV and I hope to keep up with all our adventures here.  There are a ton of blogs about RVing out there...and also many videos on youtube...I'd like to think that maybe I'll get adventurous enough to create a video...if only to show the amazing places we hope to see!  Again, as with the sleeve...many of the blogs are pretty negative.  Of course it's good to see reality but I hope that I showed you the journey through my sleeve as a positive experience and I also hope that, no matter the challenges, we can show that the world of RV living can be positive too!  I have a few updates to do...not a lot because she's in really good shape, but I want to put on some new hardware and maybe update the back splash to give her a personal touch.  I used the convection oven with the kids the other day so I know I can cook in her! :) I just need to figure out what we need to take.  All the advisers say use things that can have multiple purposes so I'm trying to think like that.  And in the RV world less is more...ha! imagine that! Just like in the sleeve world!  :) 

Thanks for sticking with me guys...got your water in?

~Mikki