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Easy Ideas for a Wonderful Housewarming
I remember our first home gathering as a couple. I was over the top excited to welcome our friends. We lived in a tiny apartment, but it had its own door out onto the grass, so it felt like just a piece of it was ours. It was a casual affair - paper plates, potluck...
Easy Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream Cheese frosting is by far my favorite frosting to make. Not only is it delicious, but it's so easy that my children can whip up homemade frosting in a minute's notice. There are so many versions, and honestly, I think I have made this a dozen ways. Does that...
Cream of Rice: Homemade Rice Pudding
Rice is one of my weekly "go to" staple items. Whenever my rice cooker steams, you can bet I've doubled the amount needed for my recipe, with the sole purpose of having extra rice to freeze for later meals. Typically, I use it to throw in stir fries or casseroles,...
Crab Salad on Tostadas
While visiting the Unilever Test Kitchen, each blogger was tasked with a different recipe to prepare. Stepping outside of my culinary comfort zone, I agreed to make something with shell fish, which typically, I do not eat. Not only was I impressed with how easy it...
Tasty Tuesday Parade of Food – Inspire US!
I can not believe we're in the second week of November already. Whew...all our holiday cooking is right around the corner, and I can't wait to peek and see what you've all been up to this week. I am in the middle of my incredibly busy Holiday Giveaway Bash and would...
Be Fine Natural Skin Care Giveaway
Yesterday, Fed Ex arrived and I opened my box to an array of beautiful skin care products. Better yet, with ingredients such as avocado, cocoa, mint, almond and more, they are so tempting, you could almost eat them. Having tried many skin care lines, and talked with...
Channellock Tool Set Giveaway
One of my goals for the new year is to tackle a lot more DIY projects, so when I heard that Channellock was offering tools, I was all excited...yes, for me. (I am sure the man in your life will be too, if you aren't as excited as I was. 🙂 Now, the next step is to...
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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.
