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Creative, Fun, Family Ideas for Valentine’s Day
This is my updated list of our favorite Family Tradition Ideas for Valentine's Day. Don't forget to check back here for more inspiration and ideas for all your holidays and celebrations. Often, the fondest childhood memories stem from family traditions that are...
How Do You Handle Allowances for Your Children? Finances & Kids
“Mom, there’s just chores in our household that we should always do just because we are part of a family unit. We shouldn't get any money for doing them. You've always offered us money for going above and beyond, but I guess we haven't done that very much. “ Our...
Cheesy Chicken (3 ingredients)
When I first got married, I was continually looking for easy and quick recipes that caused my hubby to think I might possibly know what I was doing in the kitchen. Quite ironically, it's eighteen years later, and I still look for the same kind of recipes, but now I do...
Beauty Tips: Beautiful Eye Make Up For Less
Being the youngest sibling of four, I have the privilege of watching my nieces and nephews taking all their first steps into adulthood, years before our children reach those mile stones. My second oldest niece is now married and is an amazing hair stylist in NH. As...
5 Simple Ways to Refocus Our Finances for the New Year
(photo) As the new year rolled in, many blogs I read shared goals and resolutions for 2012. For many, the New Year brings a time of refreshment, refocusing and sweet new mercies of grace given by our Heavenly Father. Yet even with my yearning to start anew, make my...
Do You Know What Lurks in Your Freezer? Free Freezer Checklist
Come on, let's fess up, do you know what lurks in your freezer? I don't, but I am bound and determined to change that over the next month as I slowly but surely, eat through my freezer during my January Pantry and Freezer Challenge. Last week we shared a bit about our...
Sweet, Sugar Cinnamon Popovers
Last week, I shared my simple popover recipe. It's a wonderful alternative to the traditional dinner roll or bread; a crisp hollow pastry with an eggy interior. I love dipping popovers in my soup or slathering them with butter, but there's something else that's just...
ABOUT ME
As a mom of five blessings and full time family manager, Jen has learned to balance and embrace both the beauty and bedlam of every day life. Her practical, yet tangible, lifestyle ideas encourages others to open their eyes to a “living on less” mentality with hundreds of ideas on living a full life on less money.
She lives it, and invites you along for the journey.
