Sep 9, 2016 | Homemaking, Hospitality & Entertaining
I’ve had a summer filled with festivities and celebrations. In a perfect world, these monumental moments call for days, weeks months of planning, but in the realistic world of Jen living, I could barely wrap my mind around the day to day, so I choose to focus on...
Aug 30, 2016 | Homemaking, Hospitality & Entertaining
As I shared in my last post, “My Whirlwind of a Summer,” our home has been packed with friends, family, and strangers who became friends, all summer long. It’s what I love so much: an open home. Since the very first moment I moved out on my own, my...
May 24, 2016 | Homemaking
As I was trying to tally all the uses of vinegar, I told our eldest I’m finishing with well over 40. Immediately, he replied, “I had no idea there were that many uses for it.” Neither did I. Neither did I. Vinegar to me has always been used for...
Nov 12, 2015 | Home Decor, Home Management, Homemaking
Yesterday morning, I glanced out my kitchen window to a bit of glory glistening. After weeks of unending rain, the sun streamed so brightly, the fall foliage showed off in all its wonder and the adorable fabric banners hung (over my favorite swinging bed that our son...
May 27, 2015 | Home Management, Homemaking
A few years ago I shared my post, “For the love of Baking Soda.” It was my salute to this all natural, penny pinching, miracle product that is one of the staples I use most often in my home, and I found out I wasn’t alone. A few poor souls still...
Apr 12, 2015 | Home Management, Homemaking
Since my Clutter Countdown Challenge, that began in October and continues to trickle on, I’ve come to realize that it’s an issue in my life that I will continually need to tackle and address. Everyone has something in their life that is just that little...
