Going about daily activities, I was walking through the living room and this caught my eye: our 5 year old son "reading" a book to our 2 year old daughter. It is moments like this that give such joy and encouragement to a mom!
 I mentioned yesterday that we will be starting a catering business. When the opportunity presented itself, John suggested that I see if I could find a building. Craigslist does it again! I found a great deal on a building that just had to be moved. The building is an older Morgan brand, 20 ft x 20 ft ... "Time is so everything doesn't happen all at once." Frank, Late for Dinner Do you ever feel like everything is happening all at once? I sure do. Life is a whirlwind! John and I went to a grape grower's/wine maker's meeting last week and toured several wineries. While the speaker's topics over the two day period were interesting, ...  In "Creative Income", I described how our family's frugal adventure included two paper routes to help meet living expenses. It has been 11 months now, 7 days a week, of rising at 4:30am to faithfully deliver the newspapers to our little town. My husband and oldest daughter were the primary carriers but the younger children were ... |
     
 
God has amazingly blessed me, Dina-Marie, with a wonderful husband and 10 beautiful children. Moving from our "secure" life in Alabama to the "exciting" life of starting a vineyard in west Texas has definitely been challenging. Besides frugality, farm life and simple living, I have learned the importance of diet, quality of food and traditional cooking. Through the GAPS diet, I am successfully reversing my rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and food allergies. I hope to encourage you to make the most of where you are and what you have as I share my life with you. 
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