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You know me, I love a great deal.  So, it should be of no surprise that I am telling you about CouponPro today!  This site is constantly updated to reflect awesome deals and steals.  Head on over to http://www.couponproblog.com/ !  You will be glad that you visited.  And, if you are on FaceBook, you can "like" CouponPro for up to the minute deals and steals!  Happy Back-To-School!

A Promise

My husband is starting to experiment with Adobe PhotoShop.  This is a photo that he snapped as he headed over to church for a meeting. 

My GreenAir Spa Diffuser

Oh, boy!  Oh, boy!  Oh, boy!  I have another product to review!  This one is from GreenAir, a manufacturer of aroma diffusion products.  Follow along for the next week as I set up my diffuser and evaluate its effectiveness.  The model that GreenAir sent me was the SpaVapor+.  So, now I am in search of Essential oils to put in the diffuser.  And, if nothing else, my girls think it is COOL!  And, if in the meantime you would like to check out GreenAir's website, go to http://newgreenair.com/

Glasses, art camp, and Back-to-School, OH MY!

Do you know my oldest daughter?  Well, she lost her glasses.  We think she lost them at home, but she might have lost the at the Ohio State Fair.  So, this week, while in art camp, my oldest daughter gets to take a few minutes to run over to the optometrist to get a new pair of glasses.  I would not fret, but she has been complaining of TERRIBLE headaches since last week.  And, this is just the beginning of our Back-to-School saga!  Stay tuned to see how art camp finishes out and our shopping adventures begin!

Gotta love this! Thank you, Farmer Derek!

We all get busy. . . but the World does not slow down.

Leaving the Ohio State Fair after a very successful run

Whoa!  Wait a minute!  What happened to summer?  My girls just began their summer break.  I had plans.  After softball was over I wanted to take a family vacation.  But, somehow 4-H and summer fairs and shows took over our lives.  Now the fairs are over.  The next show is in November.  Art Camp starts tomorrow.  And, I have open house information for my girls' Back-To-School nights.  Seriously?  Back-To-School?  Already?  I am ready for the girls to go back, I think. . .  But, I still have so much planned for the summer!  I guess our summer vacation will have to be reworked into a mid-fall retreat.  Does anyone else feel the way I do?

The Fairs are over. . .

It is late Saturday night, and all is quiet in the Headings house.  The sheep are all tucked back into their pens.  The heifer is going to spend the winter at my cousin's farm.  And, we are sitting around talking about next year.  NEXT YEAR?  Just three short hours ago, my girls were tired.  They were crying.  Life is not fair!  Why do we have to show animals anyway.  But, we are home now.  Everyone has showered.  And, we are admiring the ribbons.  Ah, yes, the ribbons.  But I am sure that our reward was far greater than those ribbons.

We are reminiscing over our successes, our learning experiences, learning how to work together.  We learned how to arrange scrapbooks, we learned how to shoot bows.  We learned how to show lambs.  We ALL learned how to fit lambs for show.  We learned how to show cows.

Only Madeline was in 4-H, but we all learned a lot from 4-H this year.  From lamb camps, to actual 4-H camp, all four of my girls (and my dear husband) pitched in to make this year's summer a success in the show ring.  We all realized that Madeline might be WHO was showing the animals, but we all saw that it was OUR farm that was being represented.  We learned that it takes all of us working together to achieve success!


So, now that we are clean, our truck is unloaded, our lambs are sleeping, we have decided to plan for next year.  And, the girls are begging for a chance to show at Louisville this fall.  Our feet and arms ache, but the drive to succeed is greater than our weariness.  We are looking at farm catalogs to see what equipment will make it onto our Christmas lists.  What child wants a livestock blower for Christmas?  Well, if Santa gets these lists, he might think we need four blowers!  I have also seen hydraulic blocking stands and top line bushes on the lists.  And, my husband, ever the diligent tailor, is working on sheep blankets in the kitchen.

Even as we are exhausted, we have our eyes on next year.  As my youngest daughter likes to remind us, we have our eyes on the roses! Go TEAM HEADINGS