• Five Minute Friday - Linkups

    5 Five Minute Friday: Active

    This week’s Five Minute Friday  writing prompt is: Active  Some days my clocks seem to be able to be more active than me. Or at least so it seems. I am laid up again this time from a partial knee replacement.  As the healing progresses I look forward to increasing my activity level. five minutes or less 1. Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.  Last weeks prompt was Deep and I didn’t even get five minutes as…

  • Journey

    What Mommy Does & What I Hope Hope To Do

    This post may contain affiliate links that may earn me a commission at no extra cost to you. What I do & What I hope to do I am still considered a newbie in the blogging world and am really hoping that as I am learning new information I can share things that are helpful to those who read my blog. Some days trying to learn and improve my blog I just feel a lot of information overload and get paralyzed not knowing where to start with improvements. I hope you stick with me as I learn and grow along…

  • Animals - Homesteading

    Poultry Land: Harmony Hen House’s Backyard Chickens

    Seeking Serenity and Harmony in the Hen House Our Chicken Adventure started Spring of 2012.Reggie the Rooster and Regina pictured below. Our next two chickens were White Rocks named Water and Melon. Meet Snowball the first  hen  to   ever  give  me  an  egg. My First Hatching Experience Diary April 8th 2016 there is now a 3rd incubator running.. Me no I don’t have an addiction to spring hatching. My first silkie~ Roo isn’t he cute? His name is Fuzzy Wuzzy Slick Willie ———————–   More pictures from Harmony Hen House Don’t ask me to do my chicken math right now. …

  • Advocacy - Blog Guests - Health - Mental Health

    Featuring~ Diffusing the Tension: 7 Difficult Facts About Anxiety

    Welcome, I had asked fellow bloggers to help me out with posts while I am recovering from surgeries. Jen at Diffusing the Tension was one of the first to reply.   Jen is a mental health advocate whose blog Focuses on awareness of mental health issues. She also has another interesting page called True Crime I would like to increase awareness, education, and advocacy for those struggling with often misunderstood mental health issues. Diffusing the Tension 7 Difficult Facts About Anxiety.   I have quoted a few excerpts from it. These quotes are just a sampling of the hope and facts…

  • Uncategorized

    Quick October Update On SS&H

      Seeking Serenity and Harmony October update Please bear with me on this post. I had a partial knee replacement this morning. I have some catching up to do on things on the computer. When I was checking my inbox I saw reminder that in a couple of days Ultimate Bundles is having a flash sale on the home making bundle. I have the bundle and hopefully can get enough pain relief and clear some brain fog to tell you about some of the resources I have found helpful. One thing I really love about Ultimate Bundles is there happiness…

  • Advocacy - Chronic Illness - Health

    Featured Guest Post: Living With Lyme Disease The Truth 2019

        Check out this post by Chronically Imperfect about being burdened by an invisible illness.                   Living With Lyme Disease When I reached out for other bloggers to help out with posts while I am recovering from surgeries. I had a great response. Here is the first of many to come featuring other bloggers. I picked out some of my favorite quotes that really resonated with me. “You may see us smiling in photos on social media and out in public. But that may have been all the energy we had…

  • Advocacy - Animals - Blog Guests - Homesteading

    Choosing A Dog 3 ways to Help Rescue Dogs

              Choosing A Dog & How to Help Rescue Dogs [bctt tweet=”Have you thought about how to find the right dog for you? Well I am gonna tell you tips on how to be sure you choose your match.” username=”harmony2001″] Choosing a dog First you should research breeds that will fit into your lifestyle. I found that Australian Cattle Dogs,Border Collies and Labradors Were the best fit for me. Then choose 1-2 breeds off the ones that will fit in your lifestyle the one I chose was the Australian Cattle Dog.   Next you should look…

  • Advocacy - Journey - Mental Health

    Mental Health Awareness: Not Just 1 Day

    Mental Health Awareness I want to be an advocate and support others but lately I’m struggling to get through a normal day. I wrote a quick post on Ko-Fi this morning: Not Just World Mental Health Day.  I am having a hard time because I feel I’m not doing enough or making too many mistakes. I am seeing my numbers dropping. It concerns me though some big bloggers say don’t obsess about the numbers.My personality tends to be able to take this stuff to personally and think I am doing something wrong. My wanting everyone to like me (unrealistic I know)What…

  • Linkups

    Currently Arranging and Loving

    Currently Arranging & Loving It is a new day of a new month. I flipped the page of the calendar to a fresh clean slate this morning. A new day and a fresh start. I hope you enjoy the read. I am joining up with Anne in Residence to talk about what we are arranging, loving, embracing, purchasing, and sharing. So here is my update on what I am up to. I am busy on the homestead presently  putting out  fall decorations .Before I know it, as fast as the days go by it will be time to haul out the Christmas decorations. I…