tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346346152024-03-07T02:38:54.179-05:00Chronicles of a Night OwlJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-10910578427883319872014-01-29T00:25:00.001-05:002014-01-29T00:25:34.214-05:00I've Moved!
That's right...I've moved to a new "home."
After much contemplating, and considering staying here and just remodeling, I decided to just start fresh in a brand new home.
This blog will remain, but I'll no longer be posting here.
If you'd like to visit me in my new location, come see me at Jennifer's Little Corner.
It's not all spiffed up yet, actually, it has a lot of work to be done to Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-16392029863041614662014-01-25T15:36:00.001-05:002014-01-25T15:36:35.909-05:00I LOST MY BLOG!
No, Seriously! I lost this blog AND my business blog a while back and have been trying to figure out what on earth happened!
I purchased domain names a few years ago, and renewed them each time I was supposed to. But something happened in early 2013 when Google decided to make some changes. I had free web hosting through them, and from what I understood, since I was already established with Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-1811173061031757922013-01-10T20:59:00.000-05:002013-01-10T20:59:09.107-05:00Order for 2013Aaachoo!!! Wow...there's a lot of dust on this ol' blog! Goodness...only 10 posts in 2012 and even less than that in 2011! To think I was ever actually a blogger. Sigh.
Oh well. This year probably won't be much different, but you never can tell!
I thought I'd come here and "put in writing" what my word for the year does like I usually do in January.
This year's word is...ORDER.
I seem to Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-78942320373853707422012-04-23T08:30:00.000-04:002012-04-23T08:30:04.177-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #8 - Make Ahead Muffin Melts
Make Ahead Muffin Melts
I'm always looking for quick breakfasts that are also tasty and not sugar-laden. These Muffin Melts looked like they might be a good choice.
I whipped this mixture up early last week. It didn't last too long. It was yummy on English muffins. We did add the tops to our muffins instead of leaving them open-faced. We've all enjoyed them around here!
It is equally yummy Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-8126798495700867352012-04-22T13:07:00.000-04:002012-04-22T13:07:21.543-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #7 - Crash Hot Potatoes
Crash Hot Potatoes
This is a recipe that Ree posted ages ago on her blog. I remember when she posted it. Soon after, everyone in the blogosphere was making these potatoes. My procrastination must have kicked in, because I never got around to them. When they were all the rage in the cyberworld, I missed out. But now that they are in the cookbook, I decided it was finally my time to give them a Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-3427223377744861582012-04-21T12:00:00.000-04:002012-04-21T20:13:45.850-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #6 - Citrus Butter Cookies
Citrus Butter Cookies
Baking is something I love to do. Breads, cakes, cookies, pies...I love it all! The intoxicating smells that radiate from my kitchen when I bake, tickle me pink!
Unless I burned something. Then...well, that's a story for a different day!
I would bake all the time if someone else would come behind me and clean up my colossal mess! But that's not gonna happen. Oh well, a Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-20096573027984011312012-04-20T23:54:00.001-04:002012-04-21T20:14:19.015-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #5 - Basic Chicken Salad
Basic Chicken Salad
I didn't mean to be so long in posting the next review. However, my sinus issues came back with a vengeance and I had an extremely difficult start to the week causing me to leave work early on Monday and head to the doctor. A steroid shot and steroid pack, along with an antibiotic was in order. Thursday morning, I gloriously awoke for the first time in a week, without a Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-32682627216454414442012-04-16T00:17:00.000-04:002012-04-21T21:00:02.271-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #4 - Strawberry Shortcake Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Cake
Didn't mean to take so long to get around to posting this. But I've spent the last few days on my couch, only getting up when absolutely necessary, thanks to a terrible headache due to sinus pressure. I'm so over having sinus problems. Anyway, I'm beginning to feel better, and I'm very thankful. Instead of going to bed, like I should be doing, I'm staying up just Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-56613161224036556632012-04-10T11:00:00.001-04:002012-04-21T20:59:39.755-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #3 - Twice Baked New Potatoes
Twice Baked New Potatoes
This was the second of three recipes I made for Easter. And I'll go ahead and tell you right up front, these were a hit!
The only very small change I made was that I didn't actually use new potatoes. I used regular red potatoes. They were a much better value and were fairly small, so I opted for less expensive spud.
They were small, but a little larger than newJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-50838329932166536642012-04-09T23:16:00.000-04:002012-04-21T20:59:20.197-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #2 - Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
There were some really super smells coming from my kitchen on Saturday! I made three recipes from Ree's cookbook. I will break these recipe reviews into three different posts to keep this from getting too long. So you will have to stay tuned for the other two. And hopefully by the time they are posted I'll have another one to add.
Today I'm talking about Green Bean Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-22221699796155471952012-04-07T13:44:00.000-04:002012-04-21T20:58:39.334-04:00My Pioneer Adventure #1 - Mexican Recipes
My friend Lorrie suggested calling this cooking venture "My Pioneer Adventure." And so far, I like that best! So, unless something else comes up that I like better, this is what I'm going with!
Here's my first results/review post! I'll discuss each recipe I prepared, any changes I made, what I thought about the recipe(s) and what my family thought.
Yesterday I decided to make Barbecue Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-48381292248288592912012-04-06T21:43:00.001-04:002012-04-07T13:45:03.285-04:00Dusting Off the Ol' Blog for some Frontier Cooking!
So I announced on facebook yesterday that my "happy mail" had arrived. Here's a picture of what was waiting for me in my mailbox.
I was so excited to get this! And the sugar on top was the fact that I only had to pay $2.01 for these books! I had a $25 gift card I'd earned through swagbucks. The books came to $27.01 and qualified for super saver shipping. After the gift card, there was Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-86629047524737681812012-01-06T23:49:00.000-05:002012-01-06T23:49:25.243-05:00STRIVELook at that....just over 5 months since I posted last. Better than the entire year I went without posting right before that, but still...TOO long. I don't even consider myself a blogger anymore. That's ok though. It's here when I do "feel the urge" to share something, waiting patiently on me.
It's a new year...I can hardly believe it. Where did 2011 go? But that seems to be the question EVERY Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-26679311472530322882011-07-31T20:32:00.001-04:002012-01-06T23:12:11.626-05:00I'm now being called "Gammy"My daughter's wish came true on Thursday.
As we walked through the door on Thursday afternoon, she proudly and excitedly exclaimed, "I can't believe I'm a mom!"
She is now the proud mother of a precious little bunny, affectionately named Timbo. (I'll get to the name shortly.)
She's been wanting a "pet of her own" for quite some time now. She talked about getting a fish, but knew that wouldn'tJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-54190890076986307612011-07-26T10:42:00.000-04:002011-07-26T10:42:10.002-04:00All I Want for Christmas is...My Two Front Teeth!!!
My sweet baby girl lost her front teeth...finally! We noticed these two teeth were loose in December last year! We thought for sure they'd come out before Christmas.
NOT! Those things were holding on TIGHT! I didn't know teeth could hold on that long. I was beginning to think she'd never lose them!
I'm a little behind here...these did come out almost two weeks ago. But Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-47838449172131960562011-07-23T09:49:00.000-04:002011-07-23T09:49:42.309-04:00Ruthi is Becoming My JillianOK, so Ruthi definitely isn't a "bully," but she is quickly becoming "my Jillian!"
She was in my room this morning before 7:30, encouraging me to get out of bed so we "can go exercise!"
I started a new routine this week. I'm trying (again) to get back into exercising and eating better. I am determined, once and for all, to get myself healthy, and to teach my daughter good habits so she won't Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-38526799887095141702011-06-18T20:44:00.000-04:002011-06-18T20:44:27.216-04:00Saturday SurfingHere are a few things I found 'round the 'net this week. I wasn't really feeling the title "surfin' finds" after all, so I will call this Saturday Surfing now. So, I'll attempt to get these posts up on Saturdays...this, however doesn't mean I'll do it every week, but we'll see how often I do manage it!
And this week, I managed to only include two recipes instead of ONLY recipes!
This post, Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-29878880187936917352011-06-12T14:47:00.000-04:002011-06-12T14:47:45.791-04:00That GirlThat girl of mine...she cracks me up. Always has. We are always entertained around here.
I love the things she says...you never know what is going to come out of her mouth next. It may be super funny, or super sweet, or a combination of both.
Back when I was better at blogging fairly regularly, I recorded many of the things she said, and I'm so glad I did. Yesterday, I had a "walk down memory Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-87945715178278271162011-06-11T09:17:00.001-04:002011-06-18T20:45:10.202-04:00Surfin' Finds - 6-10I have been a long time reader of Amy over at The Motherload. She does a weekly post called Amy's Notebook in which she links to many things she's seen around the blogosphere that she likes. I love reading her posts and have found many recipes and ideas thanks to her links.
I see many things when I'm blog-browsing as well and thought I'd do something similar and share things I like. I most Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-71632270606511359192011-06-08T11:46:00.000-04:002011-06-08T11:46:31.757-04:00Hey...Don't You Have a Blog?Who me?
Oh...I suppose I do. Have I forgotten about it? Not completely...there simply hasn't been time for blogging in the last, um, YEAR? Is that right? OMGoodness...wow! I'm almost three weeks shy of having not blogged for an ENTIRE YEAR!! That's crazy.
So...dare I? Dare I attempt this again?
I'm thinking maybe so.
As always, I don't make any promises whatsoever to be a regular or even Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-80795084200915771572010-06-25T20:54:00.000-04:002010-06-25T20:54:04.653-04:00Fit & Fabulous Friday
Accountability is a beautiful thing.
It really is helping me get my house back on track and get my routines in place again. Just posting stuff knowing someone might read it (even if it's only a couple of people) goes a long way in accountability.
So...I need to be held accountable for something else. My life.
Well, getting/staying healthy which hopefully means I live a better and longerJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-59204146359834286482010-06-21T08:27:00.001-04:002010-06-21T08:28:40.787-04:00Menu Plan Monday
We had a couple of changes in our menu last week - on Wednesday, time got away from me and the kids and I ended up grabbing fast food on the way to church. Then we decided to grill ribs on Saturday. So we never got to two of the meals, and they are back on the menu for this week. Not a ton of cooking going on this week, we still have lots of leftovers in the fridge! And we'll end up having more.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-58180596904856896202010-06-20T12:00:00.000-04:002010-06-20T12:00:36.262-04:00Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! And especially to three of the greatest Dads I know!
Happy Father's Day to MY Dad. I am so incredibly thankful for my Dad. I couldn't have hand-picked a better Dad. He's always been there for me and my family. He's supportive and encouraging and very loving. I've always been a Daddy's Girl and always will be. I love my Daddy! He's helped to make me Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-10842139172181068382010-06-18T17:39:00.000-04:002010-06-18T17:39:10.636-04:00A New Season
Yes...Summer is upon us. But that is not the season I want to talk about.
I am entering a new season in my life. And I am very excited.
I love that seasons in our lives change. If they didn't, I'd probably get bored. It's funny to me though, when I'm in a season that I absolutely love, I can't imagine the possibility of leaving it and moving into another season.
For the past year I've been Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634615.post-57315924280288844312010-06-15T11:14:00.002-04:002010-06-23T11:35:26.590-04:00Maybe I Have a Green Thumb After All!I don't have a good history of keeping things alive. And by things, I mean things that grow in the ground. Obviously I can keep SOME things alive...I mean, I do have two kids after all who are very much alive.
But I've never been able to keep any kind of plant alive for very long. And my luck with flowers in the yard hasn't been so great either.
But despite that, I decided this year I wanted toJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566436418724659979noreply@blogger.com5