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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 22 years. Our children are Hope (19), Lenny (15), Lily (11), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (6). Six doggies round out our happy brood. |
Theresia McLain shared a beautiful piece she wrote about home-schooling on the Family-Centered Learning yahoo group. She has graciously allowed me to share it with you. When people think of homeschooling they think of many different things. But for me it means TIME. Time with my children. Time for my children to spend with their siblings. [...] The focus of today’s challenge was the kitchen. Clutter on my kitchen counters is a major struggle for me, a major “hot spot” as Flylady would say. I didn’t get to as much as I would have liked. The notch and the top of my refrigerator, among other things, are still in need of decluttering but [...] Dearest Alice of Cottage Blessings has another wonderful column in the Long Island Catholic. It is called Brighter than the Sun. Be sure to get your tissues ready!!! This is indeed a glorious feast day but one that is unfortunately often misunderstood by both non-Catholics AND Catholics. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is where we celebrate MARY’S conception – not Jesus’ as is often thought. It is Mary we recognize as being immaculately conceived. But what does that mean? It means that [...] Around here, someone under the age of 18 always seems to be breaking a dish. And we had gotten down to an insufficient number despite using Corelle (which are breakable in our home!!!). I personally hate to eat off of plastic dishes. Well I was lamenting to a friend recently about the my dish situation and wondering [...] Today’s focus was the bathroom and maintenance of the other previous addressed rooms. Well it’s an amazing thing – you actually have to be home to make your home into a haven. LOL We had a day of dental cleanings, a recheck at the pediatrician, Hope’s citizenship club meeting, grocery shopping, etc. In fact I [...]
When I read that today’s challenge involved the laundry room, I thought, “Oh, this will be easy!!!” Well I guess since my oldest daughter does most of the laundry, I didn’t realize the state of my laundry area / pantry. So glad that Crystal picked this area today!!! BEFORE
When I look to the future, I always look to the best version of it. If I meditate on the worse-case scenario, by the time it materializes, I’ll have experienced it twice. So I find there’s no point in that. -Michael J. Fox in U.S. News & World Report – Nov. 19, 2007 While I don’t [...] Well today’s challenge wasn’t too difficult as my living room wasn’t in too bad a condition. It was mostly just putting away DVDs and straightening the “dog blankets” we keep on the furniture. However an added benefit was that we found the top to the PB jar that went missing yesterday. I wonder why I [...]
Crystal over at BiblicalWomanhood.com has started a “Making Your Home a Haven Challenge”, which is just what I needed. I encourage you to check out her posts (Day 1 is December 3rd – but feel free to just jump in whenever you are reading this!!!). Here are my before and after pictures for the [...] |
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