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Author: Heather L

I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.

Veggie Frittata

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Every day, we receive beautiful, fresh eggs from our hens. I provide good food for them, and they, in turn, provide delicious eggs for us. While their egg production naturally slows down in the winter, our hens still laid some eggs throughout the winter. Thankfully, we didn’t have to buy any eggs from the store this winter even when many of the girls were going through a heavy molt. Now that the days are longer, we’re getting an abundance of eggs, so it’s time to focus on more egg-based recipes. While D is more than happy to have egg wraps…

Chain Breaker

Posted in Christian Life

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death…. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God…. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:1-2, 20-21, 31…

Wiley: First Walk Post Bilateral CCL Injury

Posted in Family

Life is crazy when you’re taking care of 3 dogs – especially when 1 dog has a serious injury and another dog is a puppy. It’s been an adventure trying to balance Wiley’s recovery with Wynoka’s puppy needs while continuing to give plenty of attention to Wyatt as well. For the most part, the dogs all get along. Wiley is a little resentful of Wynoka as he wants to be able to play like she plays. He misses running around. During this whole process with him, he has gone through bouts of depression which has been really sad. He’s struggling…

Wiley: Knee Injury Recovery without Surgery Part 2

Posted in Family

Bilateral CCL Tears – not something that any pet parent wants to hear. Yet, here we were going through it with our sweet Wiley. He has two major things going against him. 1) He’s a very active dog. 2) He’s a bigger dog. These two things make recovery much more difficult whether going the surgery route or the conservative management route. After talking to the people at Posh Dog Knee Braces, I felt like we could do this without surgery. Both required rehab. Both required movement restriction. One was invasive while the other was non-invasive. We definitely felt it was…

Easy Chicken Cacciatore

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

After eating salads every day for the week, I had a craving for something different. I didn’t want anything complicated as it was just me eating, and I didn’t want to make the drive into town to get ingredients. After looking at I what I had on hand, I decided on this easy version of chicken cacciatore. You can cook up your own boneless, skinless chicken breasts, but I happened to have some already cooked sliced chicken breasts in the freezer that I decided to use to make cooking even easier. As soon as I started to smell the delicious…