A New Adventure

Recently, I have decided to become a rep for this company:

Many people are asking "Why are you doing this job part-time as well as your full-time job and how do you have time to do this?" There are reasons for taking on this business that I will explain in the future, but I absolutely love the products! They are all natural, no preservatives, dyes, fillers, almost all allergen free and everything else you can't pronounce on package ingredient lists. The best part is Mike loves the stuff! Mike has a throat condition called esosinophillic esophagitis. I won't get into details about it; the name says enough. Basically, he is allergic to a lot of foods and when he eats something he is allergic too, his throat gets scratchy and swells. Anyway, he was diagnosed with the condition last year and the doctor that scoped his throat said it was the worst looking case he had ever seen. :( So, since then we try to cook meals that are free of the foods he can't eat, but that can be hard since many foods are processed near or on production lines that make peanut, soy, wheat products. Wildtree products have very stringent production processes that make their products virtually allergen free. Best of all, Julia also loves the products and it makes me feel good that she isn't ingesting all kinds of preservatives, additives and other stuff in her body. Also, she is a better meat eater now (something we have struggled with) when we use the Wildtree sauces and seasoning blends.

I am not an all organic, all natural person, but these products definitely make it easier to eat better and more natural especially when you are crunched for time.

I am very much looking forward to this new business adventure in the hope that I can share these wonderful products with others.

A Speck of Dust!

Again, my apologies for not posting lately. April and May were super busy months for the Mock family; things have definitely calmed down now.

I wish I could say that I have lots of pictures of Julia to post, especially the ones of her on her new swing set as mentioned in the previous post. Like any mom, I took a bunch of pictures...lots of pictures. But, something recently happened with this:

Our desktop computer recently went 'black'. What I mean by that is that when I was on the computer working on a few things, the computer slowed and then went completely black. Not a good sign. Mike, the technology savvy guy he is, tried everything he could to fix it himself. No luck. We took it to the Greek Squad and they said a speck of dust probably landed on the hard drive chip just as it was loading something and burned the chip (or something like that). A speck of dust! He said that the process to retrieve the information on the hard drive includes shipping the hard drive to another place where guys in hazmat suits (I kid you not) meticulously clean the hard drive in a sterile environment and try to retrieve the data! This process can cost somewhere around $2000! Ouch! It is a painful amount, but even more painful is that the hard drive contained ALL of our precious pictures and memories. All the pictures of Julia from birth to present as well as other photos and our wedding photos. Little did I know, Mike had backed all of Julia's photos and videos on an external hard drive. Our wedding photos we found saved on CDs; so we did lose a few other photos and lots and lots of documents, but nothing that is worth $2000. So, come Christmas time, I am going to need all your addresses because my Christmas card address list was on the aforementioned hard drive.

So, our recent pictures of Julia (Easter, swing set, etc....) were not backed up yet and unfortunately are lost forever. :( I will try to get some pictures of Julia to post soon!

Moral of the story: Please, please remember to back up your hard drive (and clean up the dust)!

Coming soon...

We will soon have one of these in our backyard:

Yes, we finally broke down and bought a swing set for Julia (or all of us?). We did a lot of researching, cost comparison and quality comparison. On the recommendations of many other parents/friends, we went with the higher quality and yes, more expensive brand. The cheaper ones just don't compare. Julia had a blast at the swing set stores and we couldn't get her out of there; though Mike and I were having a great time too. We told Julia to play on the super big, elaborate sets because, well, we would never have one of those because they cost about as much as a luxury car with upgrades.

So, in about 2-3 weeks, we will have a swing set similar to the picture above (except with a yellow slide-per Julia's request) and without the rock wall.

Julia is very excited, though I think she has forgotten it is on the way. She did say she was going to play on it with "her cousin Ainsley" and "hold her hand" while she goes down the slide. :)