...my side of the story

So, my wife always writes these wonderful posts about our family and makes me sound like this great guy. Well, it is time I set the story straight. I am a great guy, however, she deserves everything I do for her and oh, so much more.

BED REST

It turns out that my genes aren't any better than hers when it comes to keeping babies inside till the due date. So, apparently our first baby together is just aching to get out of there. The Doctor says she needs to rest her body and try not to strain too much. Hmm, if you have ever met Kimberlee you realize that after a day in bed she was freaking out. So much to do and yet she is supposed to either lay there and let someone else do it or watch it just not get done. That just doesn't sit well with her. AT ALL. You see, I could use some bed rest. I have a minimum of 397 things on my plate at any given time and as soon as I unload a small project I have a knack for picking up a couple of bigger ones. So, while she sits in bed.....wait a minute. I can't deceive you anymore. She doesn't lay in bed all that much. In fact last week the first thing she said to me when I got home from work was "I have been researching bed rest on the internet and there isn't any conclusive evidence that it really makes a difference." That's right, she is bound and determined to convince herself and me that this bed rest thing is a waste of her time. Well, I personally question anything that comes from a Doctor anyway, I mean, what do they know? So, while I am not sure that bed rest is a necessary step, I guess I am not convinced that it wont help and secretly, even though my work load has increased, I do get a small bit of a kick out of watching her forced relaxation. That's right, for 2+ years I have ben trying to get my wife to relax and take a deep breath. But, NO, she always has a project that needs to be done. NOW. So, while a couple of more weeks of this might well drive her and possibly me insane, for now it is just a tiny bit fun to watch her forced to relax. (Don't tell her I said that).

BED REST PART TWO

Anyway, I was saying that her version of bed rest is probably less like the Doctors version and more like well, lets just say that when I get home, she doesn't seem to have fallen very far behind. I am trying, I promise, I scold her on a regular basis, I really do. But, when the cat is away....well, you get the idea. I mean I went out and bought her the first three seasons of Alias on DVD, I got her chocolates, really super tasty ones and I got our bedroom all re situated so that he has a comfortable place with a beautiful 46 inch HDTV (a little gift I bought myself between wives) to watch. She is an incurable workaholic. Thankfully her chosen profession is wife and mother. So generally I appreciate her ridiculous work ethic. Thanks Mike for that. But, come on baby, you are accomplishing a lot every day even if you just lay there, you are baking what I hope will be a perfectly beautiful and healthy baby inside of you. So take it easy and let me do more. Did, I just say that? I was up till around 2AM three nights last week catching up stuff from our remodel. And then came even more urgent matters, two fantasy football drafts. Thats right, all told I was pretty much up all night all week. But it is ok. My beautiful wifey is worth it and she didn't even complain when I came home from Malachi's football game and took a two hour nap.

REMODELLING

I was born to a father who believed that his job was to work hard enough so that he could afford to pay others to build and fix things for him. Now, for most of my adult life I have been of this same mind set. Until now. You see, Kimberlee has no fear of the DIY channel and Doing it for herself is a challenge that she relishes. So, as her husband I have been routinely lassoed into all kinds of projects. Since we have been married I have helped her do a lot of stuff. Thanks to her and her fantastic father I now have a pretty good idea of how to hang doors, casings and baseboards from start to finish. The next project is installing a closet organizer. That's me, Mr fix it. While this might not sound all that impressive to most of you, for me, these a big deal projects. So I am mildly proud of myself. Hopefully all of this will be done soon and I can get back to working with my mind and my mouth and leave my hands to typing out ideas for some new herbal formula.

NEW PROJECTS

Apparently the word is getting out that I have developed some pretty good formulas over the years. I was recently approached by an old customer of mine at Vitality. He said that his friend is starting up a brand new company and "needs someone like me." Long story short, I now have a new job of developing a multi vitamin with a twist. Its a pretty serious twist, but I can't spoil it right now. Hopefully it will one day be familiar to many of you. We shall see.

I also was recently approached by another guy that wants me to consult with him on the launch of an existing formula that they want to get into health food store nationwide. This is all pretty exciting, because over the last few years I have really been looking to get myself out there as a useful guy for these kinds of projects and apparently it is working.

10-Day Results launched it's latest two formulas. There are now a total of 6 products in the line and seven and eight are going into development soon. The two new ones are Afterbiotic and Back on Tract. They are sister products, sharing about half of the same ingredients. The Afterbiotic is marketed towards anyone coming off of an antibiotic and the Back on Tract is for anyone with chronic digestive upset. Both are receiving rave reviews in my store and both have already landed in several stores in the U.S. and the U.K. Pretty exciting for me. I now have a total of 10 formulas under 3 different brands in the national marketplace and six of them have crossed over to the U.K. There are stirrings at my distributor that one of my 10-Day Results formulas will end up in Mexico soon too. I'm starting to learn that I really love the product development side of this business.

Well, that is too much for most of you I am sure. Sorry to write so much. Once I get going......