by  Jen   

It’s Saturday and this was one exhausting week! I took off Monday through Wednesday because my son and his family were here. It was rough going back to work Thursday but it was nice. The break from the craziness was nice. That probably sounds terrible but making plans and moving that group around has been

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by  Jen   

I was outside watering the garden and just couldn’t take the heat anymore. There’s so much that I want to get done so I’m being very hard on myself. But there’s a little lesson to be learned here. The weeds are terrible. I feel like I should be spending a few hours out there cleaning

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by  Jen   

The party was on Saturday and it was a success! About 40 people came and I had more than enough food. We even had enough leftovers for lunch for 15 yesterday! Since the party was going all day, open house style, I set it up so we would have about three different rounds of food.

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by  Jen   

When I was a kid, my mom made me go to bed really early and so as a result, I woke up really early. During the summer, I would go sit outside every morning. Beautiful green mornings were my favorite! It’s like the world is just waking up and everything is as green as it

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by  Jen   

When we did the walkthrough before the closing on this house, we discovered a lot of strawberry plants. Shortly after we moved in, we found out that the farmers that use the land next door had been renting the land here. They had planted 7,000 strawberry plants! We picked a lot of strawberries last year!

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by  Jen   

Yes, the house is a mess. Not sure what happened. After a month of company, the house just kind of imploded. But that’s okay, I’m still throwing a party in the midst of it all! I think I mentioned it already but I have 4 kids who graduated from college in May with various degrees

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by  Jen   

After almost a month, the in-laws finally left this week. Even so, I can’t seem to get caught up on everything that needs to get done. Every day is so busy and I feel like nothing is ever going to get done. The biggest time sucker right now is my garden. I haven’t had a

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