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.

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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

Frugal Fridays: My Inexpensive All-Purpose Cleaner

White vinegar mixed with water is my favorite all-purpose cleaner.  I keep a spray bottle of it under my kitchen sink and in each of my bathrooms.  We use it to spray and wipe the counters and tabletop in the kitchen.  It is used daily by the children during chores to wiped down the bathroom counters, sinks and [...]

Frugal Fridays: Warm Feet, Warm Body

With the price of fuel oil being so out of sight this winter, I have been keeping the thermostat set pretty low: 60 at night and 64-65 during the day.  I have found several strategies for keeping warm – a hot cup of tea, keeping busy (not sitting [...]

Frugal Friday: My Trusty Friend for Preserving Your Clothes

My perhaps most important laundry secret for saving your clothing from the garbage can is Spray and Wash stain stick.  I leave a stain stick in my top dresser drawer.  Every night, I “evaluate” the shirt I wore that day to see if it needs to be “stain sticked”.  It usually does because I always [...]

Frugal Friday: Children and Broken Dishes

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 [...]