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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.

Meal Planning Organization

Posted in Homemaking

Sometimes meal planning can get tedious and difficult, but setting up a family friendly system can help make meal planning easier.  When the whole family is involved, it can make things go a little smoother, and many times, kids are more willing to eat the meals that are placed before them without complaining.  When I found out that D is going to have to go in for another back surgery, I knew that it was time to start getting serious about meal planning again.  I wanted to create a new system that would be functional, easy to use, and look…

Pink Together Giveaway

Posted in Reviews

Breast cancer awareness is near and dear to my heart as my mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor.  Cancer is a horrible disease which touches way too many lives.  I’m sure there are very few individuals who have not been touched in some way by cancer.  When I was asked if I’d like to help spread the word about the 2011 Pink Together campaign, I said yes.  Having lost my mother to ovarian cancer, I know the importance of spreading the word about regular check-ups as well as helping raise funds for cancer research.  Fighting cancer is not something you…

Review & Giveaway: My Memories Suite

Posted in Reviews

I am not a true scrapbooker. Oh, I have lots of scrapbook papers and stamps and decorative scissors and brads and…  You get the idea.  Yet, I don’t seem to find time to actually do the scrapbooking.  It’s not for lack of pictures because I have tons of those – on my computer and external hard drive.  You see where I’m going with this?  I’m definitely a digital, computer image type of person.  I’m much happier working with digital pictures and images than I am with the physical, hard copies. My sister, an avid scrapbooker, has told me for years…