About Us

My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 20 years. Our children are Hope (17), Lenny (14), Lily (9), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (5). Five doggies round out our happy brood.

ClustrMap

Locations of visitors to this page

Morning Basket

Image of The Wheel on the School

Image of Saints for Young Readers for Every Day, Vol. 1: January-June

Image of The New Saint Joseph First Communion Catechism

Image of A Child's Garden of Verses

Image of Romeo and Juliet

On the Nightstand

Image of The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

Image of The Magic of Ordinary Days

Image of Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay That Way

Applepicking 2008

Yesterday we had a fun afternoon picking over-priced apples (3 bushels worth) to make lots of homemade applesauce.  Yum!!!

Peter helping Dad with the first batch of applesauce…

September 25th, 2008 | Category: Family, Food and Drink, Homemaking | One comment

Gratituesday: Lower BP Medication

 

After I had my beautiful Peter, my historically borderline blood pressure went up rather than down.  I finally was unable to dodge the “blood pressure pill” bullet that I had avoided for years.  I took it very hard but basically adjusted to the idea over time.

Over the last three and a half years, my BP [...]

September 23rd, 2008 | Category: Gratituesday | 2 comments

Simple Woman’s Daybook for September 22, 2008

Don’t forget to stop by Peggy’s for all the links entered in this week’sSimple Woman’s Daybook.

Outside my window. . . a little gray and cloudy which matches my mood unfortunately.

I am thinking. . . about how to regain my peace.  I have been feeling overwhelmed lately and am reduced to tears rather easily.  We just “celebrated” [...]

September 22nd, 2008 | Category: Simple Woman's Daybook | Leave a comment