Home Again (for the moment)

Woohoo! After meeting Robin and John for the 3rd time this week, we got the nerve to ask for a pic (we are such groupies!). closeup of the trailer this is a pic of how I felt, weather and all!

As promised, here are a few mas pics from Warrenton. As Shelly put it, being there feeds your soul... While we were Thelma and Louis'n it most of the time causin' mischief wherer' we roam... we had the times of our lives! Just being amongst something that can only be put together in one of Texas' most remote settings (we literally set up camp in a manure pasture) can't wait to go again!

more texas fun!

This trip literally has exceeded my expectations! Shelly and I will be in Somerset Home magazine in the fall pluggin' the store. Also we met the Junk Gypsies and Robin and John fr. Magnolia pearl (more pics of that to follow).

Wish you were there!

Xo... Louise (thats my new alias after this trip)

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texas is the best!

How does your garden grow?

This is what I got for v-day. It is starting to really take shape. And already Cora has started to harvest some strawberries (the front row planted just for her).

Merlot lettuce, yummy! When I want a salad I just go cut some and it grows back, what an amazing concept!

Look at all those strawberries waiting to turn red. Any good stawberry recipies you'd like to share?

And of course tomatoes!

For years I had wanted a garden but didn't want to put the energy, space or the expense into it. But with the rising cost of produce (I just paid $3.77 for 2 tomatoes this weekend) I am so glad I have done it. Maybe this will encourage you to start your own??? A container garden is one of the simplest ways to begin, all you need is a container and a plant. Good luck!

Ok ya'll, you know I don't play by any rules...

So, that's one reason I have been MIA lately...

The other is well as you know, I started a business in sunny California. I GOT ENGAGED! And most importantly had an amazing wake up call by none other than the Father of all creation.

You see, throughout my life there have been several times in which He has "saved" me. I mean, I believe that you can only be SAVED once but that God can and will literally save your life countless times before He is done with you on this earth.

To go into a little more detail, (something that I know if you have read my blogs for any length of time you know that I usually like to give just broad strokes). I have made some bad choices over that past couple of years. My marriage falling apart is a good example. You see the problem was, I became LAZY! Lazy in my "spiritual walk" (if you will), and once you do that, at least for me, you begin to not allow God to take center stage of your life. Instead I let other things become important, to the point of believing I knew best, not God.

Coming out on the other end of such a dark time period in my life, I feel compelled to share with people. If anyone can learn from my mistakes I want to help : ) I just want to encourage you to continue to grow in your faith and don't let it become stagnant.

What's the most amazing thing about all of this, is that even though I suffered greatly during the last couple of years. God still has blessed me. He loves me and it is evident in my life. He has given me soooo many things to be grateful for: my daughter, my job, my fiance, my business partner, my boutique, my dream home and the gift to keep on creating....

THANK YOU LORD!