Good Morning,

I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel for the crazy train I've been on the past couple months. Gardening chores are coming to a close (except for greenhouse prep), my daughter's wedding is over, my other daughter just about has her car on the road so she won't have to rely on my help getting to her jobs and doctors etc. and after going to Maine for my sisters wedding next week I can finally button up everything outside and find a little more me time.

I hope to get in a bunch of fall hiking, take my kayak out one more time and get in baking and canning and crafting for gifts at Christmas and of course to eat! 

We'll be putting an ad in the Mountain Pennysaver to generate a few more jobs for my daughter. I want the same stability and freedom for her that Chantelle's GREEN Cleaning Service has given me. Her success is mine as well. My other daughter plans to go back to school and if she needs some extra cash I would hire her on as well. So my company will grow! Exciting ....

I'm really looking forward to setting up my greenhouse with Rabbits & Vermicomposting for heat. More to come on this fall/winter project on my mini farm.

So for this week I leave you with a question: What does freedom mean to you? Is it personal, patriotic, both? How can you find more of it? Comments or questions are welcome!

Hard work in the yard with the sun shining and loud angry music playing on my ipod...great cures for frustration...gotta love it. Just being outside with my hands in the dirt is soothing. There are actual studies now telling us about minerals etc. in the soil and how 'playing' in the dirt is good for us. But as a gardener, I've know this all along. So the long and short of it is that my quest for freedom will also make me healthier. Hooray!

Where am I at in my freedom quest? Well lets make a list:

1. Work for myself; check
2. Grow or make my own food; semi check (I've made more strides towards that this year than last and will continue to improve on this as the year closes. I am making plans for my greenhouse w/Rabbits and Vermicomposting as a heat system to help me grow some cool weather crops over the winter and start my veggis earlier in the spring)
3. Make as many other products as I can to reduce my need for corporations like Walmart and to sell and make more money with; still working on that one.

Well, that was just a little check in but today my biggest contribution to my freedom is to take a hiatus from FB; the ultimate spy and time waster of the public. I will be writing here more, working on farming and business strategy etc. and making things to sell or wear or give away or use. I will find time for prayer and church and bible reading to help me with my spiritual freedom from worldly pursuits. I would like to minister to children or the elderly someday so I can research that with my new found time I am bound to have without the FB chain too! So for now I say have an awesome Thursday and I will be chatting soon!