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Easy, Healthy, Homemade Granola Recipe
One of the very first recipes I posted when I started my blog was homemade granola recipe, but since then, my recipe has evolved, and so has my recipe printable feature. 🙂 Easy, yet healthy, homemade granola provides an incredibly frugal and delicious alternative to...
Frugal Tips for Transitioning Daytime Looks into Nighttime Glamour
Glancing at the clock, I realized time had slipped away. I knew my husband's office dinner party started in a few hours, but I needed to confirm the time. "Jen? People are heading over there in thirty minutes," he confirmed. "What? It starts that early? Well, I'm in...
The Bedlam & Reality Behind a Christmas Mantle
(Check out The Inspired Room Christmas Home Tour) Sometimes as bloggers, we do crazy things for the sake of a post. You don't always hear about it, and most likely, you don't see it, but I thought I'd give you a small glimpse at my attempt to finish my Christmas...
The Scrooge of Baking Christmas Cookies
Chocolate Toffee Bars using Saltines or Ritz Crackers I'm confessing right here with you all, my nearest and dearest friend. I feel like the Scrooge of Baking Christmas Cookies. I've been invited to a Christmas Cookie exchange tomorrow evening, and I don't want to go....
Grandma's Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
When one has a large family, recipes that feed a crowd, yet taste delicious, are always on my radar. The Texas Sheet Cake certainly fits that the criteria, and what's even better is that is bakes in TEN minutes. Yes, ten! I had to double check just to make sure. I...
Pumpkin Pie (or any Pie flavor) in a Jar
There's just something about serving food in pretty glass jars that makes me so happy. I bought two cases of brand new canning jars at a yard sale, so this holiday season you can bet I will putting them to work with many of my 50 uses for Mason Jars. I love the idea...
Peek into our family's fun, American History Day
Some school days are just a bit more fun than others, especially when learning takes on a whole new twist. Rarely do I have time to write about our home school journey, but this is one of those fun activities that anyone can implement with just a bit of creativity. As...
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.
