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I Have Apologies to Make: Infertility
I've laid awake at night scrolling through decades of apologies I’ve needed to make — instances when I didn’t know the unintended pain I’d inflicted or when I didn’t understand someone’s silent suffering. With age, maturity, and hard-fought life lessons, there comes a...
Give Every Dollar a Job: Budgeting
Here's a warm welcome to those visiting from the Hallmark Channel's Home and Family show. We ran out of time for our "fun" fall budgeting segment, but here is a little more info on that dreaded topic - budgeting. Friends, for this Type Z (yes, as opposed to Type A)...
Easy Tex Mex Chicken Chili Soup
This Easy Chicken Chili soup brings out the Tex Mex lover in all of us. Our family stirs up varying debates. Sometimes topics run deep and introspective, swapping between politics, religion and other politically incorrect table talk discussions, while others, well,...
Easy (10 Minute) Chocolate Souffle Recipe
I first shared this Easy and Elegant Chocolate Souffle recipe over at 10 Minute Dinners. It's one of those go-to desserts that should be added to everyone's repertoire because it looks and tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen, but we all know the truth. 😉 This...
What Does Your Mirror Tell You Right Now?
Everyday I look into a mirror. Once, twice, if not multiple times a day, but after last week, I will never look at my reflection the same way again. For five days I was part of a ministry team that deep cleaned apartments for struggling families in transition....
A Recipe So Easy You Can Make it in Your Car
Find out what others are saying about "Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation." A perfect summer read. Come as You Are is an invitation I’ve extended here for years. When you’re known for freely sharing your bedlam moments — those messy,...
Oh So Easy Chicken Divan Recipe
Easy Chicken Divan Recipe The phone rings at 5:00 and it's your husband informing you that his sales team is coming home for dinner. They are in town for this last evening, and this is the only opening they have available. Your mouth starts foaming, your hands sweat...
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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.
