Hello again! Remember last year when Patrick and I got all excited about our "Survival Paks" -- we specifically had them in mind for Burning Man, but it became very clear to us that these things -- there's soup available this year to add to the mix -- would be useful for so many different sorts of summery activities. Perfect for camping & backpacking & climbing & biking and anyplace where one wants high quality high protein foods that taste good!
Why did I put that first? because I am me, and I like the things I eat to taste good, even if they ARE slimming), that are light-weight low-waste, and that range from energy drinks to protein beverages, meal replacement shakes that also are available lactose-free, the most delicious protein bars I have EVER tasted ever, creamy chicken soup, soy nuts (although to be honest you could make those yourself quite easily!), effervescent immune strengthening fizzy tabs -- the basics are all covered in our Adventure Paks!
Certainly, other things can be added, but it is a really good thing to know that you are getting absolutely first rate concentrated foods, the kinds that have been crafted to give your body the finest nutrition for such circumstances that I believe is available. Thirty years in the laboratories, ladies and gentlemen -- and that wasn't to find the perfect sort of puffery to tempt people with. Herbalife, with the intention of a firm that intends to be the best in its class no holds barred -- has no competition in the world of highly concentrated foods, diet foods for lack of a better term.
They are simply perfect to take on all varieties of life's adventures, and we are bringing them back! We've bought muslin bags and I am impatiently waiting for Patrick to make the design happen so that we can put the "Julie and Patrick's Adventure Paks" online on a site with a shopping cart so we can make these things available. We really really think you will love them.
We are gradually clearing our heads and emerging from the disasters of our lives in the last years. Limping slowly, I admit it, but that's the way it works sometimes when you are in a constant state of fear re your house and your ability to keep it or even make a living at all. Things sometimes work out, though -- and so we are still here, still at it, hopefully stronger than ever.
We both think that having these Adventure Paks available is a great way to make these products known to the public. Most people have heard the word "Herbalife" but have some opinion or other about network marketing (like Avon, etc.) that acts as an unconscious barrier to these terrific products which I am so besotted with. Few people comprehend the level of actual cellular nutrition provided by these various powders and bars! Just add water! I would say that they are "space age" but that seems an archaic term now, almost fifties. Targeted cellular nutrition, in each and every bite.
I've shaken Jimmy Carter's hand --but I have never had the opportunity to hear a President of the United States, a POTUS, speak in person before, not ever! So there he was, MY President -- perhaps my favorite President, we shall see. He's up there, that is for certain -- he and Mrs. Clinton -- what a team. Patrick and I had the great honor of volunteering at an event attended by President Obama and our "subcompact" Senator Barbara Boxer (that's what the Prez called her; it was so cute -- something like "a subcompact Senator with inexhaustible energy").
What an incredible event -- we had the thrill of helping people (like ourselves, actually) that have ADA problems, or who were elderly, in crutches, or fragile. We manned the elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco when the President came to town. These lovely people were gathered and brought to our station, I escorted them down the elevator to the Terrace Level to their check-in point, and then ran up the back stairs back to Patrick, who was chatting up the next batch of guests. It was a blast! I think we truly had more fun than anyone there!
We met the most extraordinary people -- I met a woman who quietly counsels the President about education, not wanting anyone to know her special role. Her friend told me, and with that knowledge I drank in the presence of that beautiful woman, a real product of the Civil Right's movement, quoth Patrick, smarter than hell and wiser than oh just anything -- what a pleasure and a privilege it was to meet her! I am usually ultra shy and don't put myself in this sort of position, but when I do I throw myself in with a vengeance, to make up for lost time!
We took protein bars along, but did not think to bring LiftOff which would have been A HUGE help -- as it's just easy to tuck away and have when you need a -- lift.
Ha, didn't see that coming, did you? Oh -- you did, of course you did! But we could have handed out some to our team -- people could have used the boost. I was running. I felt needed. It was awesome and I loved it, every minute of it. Only when we shared a citrus protein bar with a woman we'd just met (she really liked it, and is a woman of most discerning taste, I can tell you that absolutely!) did I remember to wish I'd brought business cards, LiftOff, little hand-outs -- but my mind was not on business that night - it was on serving my President and my Senator in any small way that I could.
Because of spinal problems I wore a back brace for that occasion; because I still think I am a kid I ran upstairs and whooshed around corners, meeting lovely people and escorting them down elevators for three hours. Afterward I noticed my shrieking back -- I'd been having too much fun to pay the slightest attention earlier and Patrick, who looks out for me in ways too many to mention and too precious to convey, found me a chair. A chair in a place where all our elderly and disabled friends were sitting! And, as it turned out, one of the BEST seats in the house -- and some had paid quite a bit for their seating! Goes to show you never can tell!
Given that I could NOT stand, I was grateful; when one is in extremis one wishes to sit. One at that point remembers how many decades one has been alive, and laughs to oneself to realize that if you laid out my age and laundry list of conditions I'd be considered disabled, but thanks to Herbalife I've found my body again.
It was hiding under 35 pounds of excess baggage.
I should stop, no, really, I should! So the news is -- Adventure Paks on the way; the only thing between you and those handy items are whether Patrick gets his act together, design-wise.
PATRICK!! YOO HOO!! C'MON --!!
Hey y'all I wanted you to know right away that when I mentioned to Patrick that I had informed the world that our project DEPENDS ON HIM -- even though I'm sure we have a rather small audience -- it was enough to get him going off to the art supply store for the silk-screening materials.
So we shall see you soon with good news, I believe!
