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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.

365 Project 1-6

Posted in Photography

Today, I’m playing a little catch-up with the 365 Project pictures.  I was a little late in getting signed up, so I’m just jumping in a posting pictures that I took on the various days this week. Day One – January 1st For Christmas, my stepmom sent me this great bag (from Thirty-One).  I love that I can fit lots of books and magazines in it.  The adorable little stuffed penguin with huge eyes was my Christmas stuffed animal.  He likes to ride around in the bag’s front pocket.  (We like to take stuffed animals with us when we travel.) …

Mommytography 365 Project 2011

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I’ve decided to participate in the 2011 Mommytography 365 Project!  Over the past year, I’ve watched several of my blogging friends participate in this project and thought it looked like fun. For this year long project I plan on posting an image a day, to get me out shooting, using my camera and learning new things with it daily. I’m sure there will be times that I won’t actually post every day, so I’ll have to do combined posts.  Whatever the case, it will get me in the habit of taking more pictures and trying to learn new techniques. Anyone…

Review: Elements of Faith Vol. 1

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Elements of Faith Vol. 1: Hydrogen to Tin Faith Facts and Learning Lesson from the Periodic Table Richard D. Duncan The study of the periodic table of elements can often be tedious task for students.  Symbols, letters, numbers – they all blur into each other and leave the student wanting to just walk away from chemistry all together.  Many students want to know how the study of the periodic table is relevant to their lives.  Many chemistry classes leave them without practical application, so they walk away thinking that the periodic table is irrelevant to their every day lives. The…

The Season for Organization

Posted in Homemaking

It seems that a new year lends itself to reorganizing the house.  We’re already putting away Christmas decorations, and we’re on a bit of a break from the normal day-to-day routine.  It’s the perfect time to dive into getting things more organized.  After all, we do need to find new homes for the goodies that we received as gifts, and we need to say goodbye to some items that are no longer needed. Today, I spent some time organizing our storage closet.  The Christmas bins received new labels and many things were pulled out of the closet.  I set those…