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2019 Summer Reading Programs & Lists: A Lilla Rose Reading Incentive

Many businesses encourage kids to read over the summer. Many also offer incentives for meeting minimum reading requirements. Some of those requirements include a minimum number of reading minutes, and some require a minimum number of books. Often, one of the requirements is that the reading is in addition to a school summer reading list, and the two should not be the same. 

Some of these businesses include local libraries, Barnes and Noble, Books a Million, and restaurants such as Chuck E Cheese. Even Six Flags has a reading incentive program! There is a list of businesses and their incentives here. 

Personally, I get a little sad that I’m no longer eligible as an adult for any of these reading incentive programs! Sometimes I need an incentive and accountability to reach my goals! Besides, why should children have all the fun! Adults want to be rewarded too!

I made an ambitious reading list for myself last week. Many of these books have been on my nightstand or stacked on my desk or near my bed for, uh, years. I thought I would read more while I recovered from my surgery, but vision and dry eyes was a problem. Yep. There’s always an excuse. Ask me how reading off the list is still going.

Not good. I have a nursing license continuing ed class and a blogging class to do too. But, if I’m going to keep my own children reading throughout the summer, I need to do it too. I also finally feel back on my game.

My reading list is divided into four categories: Biographies, Fiction, Faith, and Business. I have listed it below, so maybe that will give me some accountability! Throughout the summer I will try to do reviews of a few of the books, at least.

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Summer 2019 Reading List

My 2019 Summer Reading List
June 15-August 31, 2019

Biographies

Fiction

Faith

Business

I decided that I would encourage other children and adults to read a minimum of ten books each this summer. I am offering an incentive on my Lilla Rose with LoveLeavingLegacy business page. I’m offering a gift certificate giveaway. For every ten books above and beyond the original ten books, a lady or child (boy or girl) will be entered in a gift certificate giveaway only available through me, a Lilla Rose Independent Stylist. If you are unfamiliar with Lilla Rose, you can see more here.

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Summer Reading Fun For Kids


You can find the rules for engagement for the Summer Reading Fun for Kids here and the Adult Summer Reading Fun can be found here, as well as the links to the downloadable reading trackers for each in these events.

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Adult Summer Reading Fun

A guide for finding age appropriate great books for children to immerse themselves in throughout the summer, and that won’t merely tickle their ears and eyes with twaddle type reading is Honey for A Child’s Heart. The books listed are truly books that promote wonderful, thought provoking books that build minds but are fun. It has served as a wonderful resource list for our family during our 20 years of homeschooling. Reading has been an incredible strength for all six of our children. Another great thing is that it is a fabulous resource for creating a list to take to the library! Another great book for older children is Honey for a Teen’s Heart . There is even a Honey for a Woman’s Heart!

In addition, in the Summer Reading Fun for Kids, I will also share a few Back to School easy hairstyles, hair care tips, organizational ideas, and freezer meal recipes I will be using to get us all ready back into the swing of things for the first day of school. It’s hard to believe I’m talking about Back to School already! Our school year hasn’t even ended yet!

I hope you will join us!

Blessings, 

Deb

 

 

Update, Entrepreneurship, And A Visit From The Flexi Founder

In his wisdom. my son Andrew said “Mom. Thursday was hard. It was really hard seeing you so impaired. You were so swollen and swelling at we watched into the night on Thursday. Even I had to cry. But don’t delete these photos. On bad days you are going to need them. You will have come so far and you will need to know just how far that is.”
Even though we have one, Lydia is unable to view my “scar” photo. My right ear and neck are very swollen. Today I am very dizzy, having finished both OT and PT, and waiting a bed placement at Mary Free Bed in patient rehab for up to two weeks . This is what is next on my agenda. This is over 40 minutes from my family, and a big sacrifice for everyone. I need to get well. Staff here at Bronson is so good about anticipating my needs, and at home things are “reactive.” Just how much stress the family is all going to be under is significant to me! I need to go rest well where needs are less stressful to the prepared staff.

Yesterday an awesome surprise came in the form of our CEO and flexi founder, John Dorsey. I had had been up many hours in the night very sick, and I had literally been “allowed and encouraged” to sleep. No one at the hospital knew John was coming or the significance of the fact for my family. They would have managed differently if they’d known.

My kids got Entrepreneurship 101 from one of the best on Monday afternoon. They got to eat lunch with John Dorsey, founder of Lilla Rose, and talk the future of the company. That he invested in my family, in my children, in their crisis means so much to me!

Thank you, John! Seeing our situation as a “Unit” and not just me with a difficult thing to overcome means much.

Lydia, John Dorsey, and Andrew

Peter and John Dorsey

So today: A little more healing. Vulnerable, raw, tired, dizzy, loss of some modesty, loss of my “control freakishness”, memory loss. I will count all loss gain in a few weeks.
Preparation for more future. That describes my day.

12/04/2018, 9:30 AM, Post breakfast, post shower where they let me wear real clothes! And using a walker because I’m a Fall Risk…

I’m in a good place!

 

Blessings,

Deb

Lilla Rose Stylists: Ready Set Win!

“You do not have because you do not ask God. 

When you ask, you do not receive…” 

James 4:2b-3a

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I just came home from an amazing weekend in Anaheim, California for the Lilla Rose 2018 convention. It was a sunny, moderate temperatures, breezy. There was plenty of opportunity to enjoy my Lilla Rose friends, food, laughter, and fun. 

Looking at you, May! Bright, full of opportunity, sunny outlook, growth.

Looking at you, May! Bright, full of opportunity, sunny outlook, growth.

Hubby and I had such a great time. 

We got a renewed vision for our family, refreshing time together, and recalibrated goals for my business. 

We even had fun dying our hair a temporary purple. 

We’re always treated like ROYALTY by the Lilla Rose Headquarters. 

It really has been the best business builder choice for me to be a Lilla Rose.

But, it wasn’t all fun and games either! 

There was quite a lot of learning by some direct sales training greats, such as Melanie Moore of Cinchshare (affiliate link), Belinda Ellsworth (Step Into Success), and Lindsay Tomkins, as well as internal Lilla Rose leaders leading breakout sessions. We also got to hear the rebranding, the vision and the direction of Lilla Rose by its founder and inventor of the flexi clip, John Dorsey. 

Great new things are coming to this ten year old company of less than 9000 Stylists! 

New branding logo

One of the things that stood out to me was something that came from Belinda Ellsworth. She said that many people are afraid to ask about the Business opportunity, and if *I* (taking this personally) do not present it to customers at vendor events, meet ups, or pop up Style Ups, what customers might think I’m communicating is that I do not think they can do what I do. 

Oh. my. goodness. That is the furthest thing from the truth! 

But oh so eye opening! 

So.

If I have unintentionally communicated to a customer that I don’t think they can do this business, I am so, so, so sorry! I have no doubt that any one of my friends, family, and customers can do this business at least as well as I can, but probably even better. I do not do hair. Ok, so I do it a little bit. But I’ve seen many of you ladies with hair styles far sweeter than my own! 

What I am really thinking is that I don’t want to be one of *those* direct sellers from many years ago who bothers their friends. 

Recently I listened to a Tip of the Day or training by Brenda Ster here at the Sassy Suite, and she said that most do not actively ask for ladies/men to join our teams or to host a Style Up. 

She’s right. I have not actively asked many at all. 

I know I’ve taken this Bible verse in James a bit out of context, but I’ve been reflecting on it since conference. 

Faithful people ask, do the work related to success, and wait in faith for results. 

Successful people ask. 

And in the meantime, if I don’t actively ask, I’m not communicating a belief in my followers, readers, customers, friends, and that would just break my heart. I would not be offering you a tremendous opportunity. I would not be offering a chance for an income, the relationships I have grown to love, the community that is Lilla Rose. 

I would not be offering the opportunity for you to grow and bloom into a wonderful Rose. 

I’m asking now. 

How would a direct sales business with Lilla Rose benefit your family? Would you like to earn a little extra income for dance or soccer clubs? Do your children need braces? Would this business help you achieve some longer term goals, like taking a vacation or even being debt free?

Would you love a supportive, non competitive community of lovely ladies to help you grow in skills?

Would you love a challenge?

Do you love to meet with friends and serve a greater good and purpose?

How could a Lilla Rose business help your cause and fundraising?

Please come to my business group on Facebook where we can chat. Contact me here through Sassy Direct.

I do really want to help you grow in a business, however that looks for you.

In the meantime, Lilla Rose is offering some amazing new incentives for those enrolling as a new Stylist.

It’s going to be an amazing growth.

I’m asking you. 

PLEASE JOIN ME!

Blessings,

Deb