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 ...  Have you heard the song, "These Boots are Made for Walking" sung by Nancy Sinatra, 1966? That is what our now, two year old thinks about the birthday present her oldest brother and his family gave her - A pair of bright pink croc boots. She absolutely adores them. For starters, she can put them on herself. She may ...  For those of you who have not had personal experience with the item pictured above, specifically, the mouse trap, more power to you! We, on the other hand, know the joy of hearing the quiet but telling "click" which signals victory! I love a movie line from Galaxy Quest spoken by Fred after he blows up the ...  Finally back to the land of the living! Our internet was knocked out by the thunderstorms which included rain, thunder, lightening and hail. This year we have had 36 inches of rain! That is three times the normal yearly rainfall! Four and a half inches fell in one night. Now, this would not be a big ...  13 "I set my bow in the cloud and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14 And it shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me ...  Our oldest daughter is engaged! We knew it was coming and were not surprised but are certainly pleased. I feel like the Lord has answered our prayers in sending her a godly young man. The official proposal (with ring) was October 4th. Since our son-in-law-to-be had never seen Father of the Bride with Steve Martin, we ...  The fruit is off the vines and at the winery. Everyone is breathing a big sigh of relief! Friday we did our final machine harvest of the year, the Aglianico. The day began with the bins being delivered at 2 am. John and the boys met the trucker at the vineyard to unload them. The actual ... |
     
 
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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