About Us

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.

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Lily’s New Skirt

Well I dusted off my sewing machine which has seen little more than mending lately. And boy, did I have fun with this cute skirt that I made for Lily. I read about it on Michele Quigley’s sewing forum called “On Pins & Needles”. The tutorial on Grand Revival made it quite [...]

The “Executive” Mother

I took this quiz about my “Mothering Style” over at MotheringStyles and thought it pegged me pretty well. Yes, I am a CONTROL FREAK!!!

HT: Leonie

Your type is: entj —The “Executive” Mother

“My mind is always going. How can I fine-tune the system to everyone’s advantage?”

Competent and confident in a management role, [...]

Some Random Thoughts

I got a real thrill out of discovering through my site referrals that someone on a Swedish site linked to my blog. I have not a clue what was said about me (the Swedish to English translators I found online weren’t great) but I got a kick out of it anyway. Perhaps they [...]