Of fathers and daughters

Life has been pretty crazy around the Holmes' household for quite a while now. I have been so consumed with moving and settling into a new city, a new house and starting a new business that it is easy to lose focus on things that really matter. Through all the craziness, I think each of my daughters have grown about an inch.

I feel like I have missed it.

I turned around and said, "When did this happen? When did you get so tall?" I have been so wrapped up in all my own stuff, my daughters have gone about their business of getting older - without me.

Following the advice of a dear friend I took Abby (my oldest) to a "Fathers and Daughters Summit" today. These summits are put on by the National Center for Fathering. It was well done. I am so glad I went. How refreshing to be in the same room with 400 other fathers and daughters who desire a good relationship with each other.

To be quite honest, I was not super excited about going. I had a ton to do today - none of which got done. I had some great conversations with Abby though - conversations that were long overdue. It was a great day.

Emma - you're next.

Mark's Brothers are now selling coffee

We're open.

It's been quite a process, but we are now up and running. Mark's Brothers Big World Coffee Roasters is now in business. Visit us at www.marksbrotherscoffee.com. Our site is functioning but we are still finding revisions. Be patient.

If you live in the Dallas area, stop by the shop between 10:00am and 2:00pm (or whenever you see the light on). We are located at at 1915 Central Expressway in Plano (the south west corner of Central Expressway and Park Blvd - behind the Fishmongers and near the Asel Art). The suite number is 340. We don't have a sign yet - coming soon.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in what we are trying to do - who might be intrigued by our story and stories of the coffees we are trying to sell, please point them to our web site.

Thanks

O.K. - Kelly here (Greg's wife). I'm supposed to be editing his post, but I'm here to say that he copied mine minus the bling (he's really tired).

The honest to goodness deal is that this coffee is amazing; we are thrilled to have our website functioning (even with revisions forthcoming); and you have been tremendous in your support. And, well, we're REALLY HAPPY to be roasting coffee that is amazing - I'm loving it and we're hearing great things. Thank you! Your word of mouth plus great coffee are the best marketing tools we have going for us.

Don't tell him I invaded his blog; He'll never know.

More progress

We moved into our new home this last weekend. We are living in the midst of boxes and are surrounded by little projects that need to be done to make our house our unique home. It is great to be in our space again, though. We are very thankful. We love our new place.

I'm roasting - running "junk" beans through our roaster to get it seasoned and calibrated.

We were just told this morning that our web site should be up and running next week.

Soon we will be open for business.