Family is huge to me! We have a sandwich family, with three kids, two at home and one Grandma Linda living with us due to dementia.
I write about all different family topics like dementia, adopting from foster care and other fun family "stuff".
Here are a few of my recent posts to get you started!
Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers
We are so fortunate to be able to care for my husband's Mom in our home. She fell last year and was hospitalized for two weeks, after which she moved in with us!
Here are my best tips and ideas for being a caregiver!
I LOVE a fun and easy fudge recipe! Growing up, making fudge felt like a whole day event. Double boilers. Candy thermometers. Hovering over the stove like you were defusing a bomb. (One wrong move and it was grainy, and nobody wanted that!) So you can imagine how happy this Chocolate Caramel Fudge makes me.…
Continue Reading Chocolate Caramel Fudge Recipe (Easy Salted Caramel Swirl Fudge)
If you've ever wandered into a candlelit library at midnight in your dreams and thought "yep, this is my aesthetic," bestie, this one's for you. This free gothic bookish stickers printable set is a moody little love letter to every woman who reads with a raised eyebrow and a raven on her shoulder. Think Victorian…
Continue Reading Gothic Bookish Stickers Dark Academia Junk Journal Sheet - Free Printable
Halloween parties have gotten RIDICULOUS you guys. Pinterest boards full of $300 tablescapes and costumes that cost more than my first car payment. But here's the thing, some of the best Halloween parties I've ever been to (or thrown!) cost next to nothing. It's not about the spend, it's about the VIBE. Here are 13…
Continue Reading 13 Cheap Halloween Party Ideas That Feel Anything But Cheap
We LOVE a good chili mac in Chez Jacobsen! This hearty, stick-to-your-ribs chili mac has become one of our favorite weeknight dinners, and there's a real reason why: one pan makes this a breeze for the old man to make, and I only have one pot to wash. When your dinner rotation includes a recipe…
Continue Reading One Skillet Cheesy Chili Mac Recipe - Hearty Comfort Food in 35 Minutes
Growing up in Pennsylvania, there was an unspoken rule in every backyard garden... corn had to be "thigh high by the 4th of July," or you were doing something wrong. Corn showed up in everything at our house - corn fritters, corn on the cob, corn casserole, you name it. So when Thanksgiving or Easter…
Continue Reading Easy Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe with Cranberries
If you grew up in the era of shag carpet, Jell-O molds, and dinner rolls baked with actual margarine (IYKYK), then stuffing was the holiday side dish. And not just any stuffing - Pepperidge Farm stuffing, baby! That little blue bag was basically a VIP at every Thanksgiving and Christmas table growing up. Well, guess…
Continue Reading Apple Cranberry Stuffing (Just Like Mom Used to Make… But With a Fruity Twist!)
Read all my Caregiver Articles!
Natural Living
I am a tree hugging, pescatarian eating, allergy sufferer from way back! With that in mind, I am always looking for natural ways to keep my home clean and our family healthy!
Here are my top posts about natural living:
Read all my Natural Living articles!
Adopting From Foster Care
We adopted our kids from foster care! They are amazing and wonderful, and sometimes a handful to handle because of past trauma.
Here are my best posts about what we learned about adopting from foster care:
I LOVE a fun and easy fudge recipe! Growing up, making fudge felt like a whole day event. Double boilers. Candy thermometers. Hovering over the stove like you were defusing a bomb. (One wrong move and it was grainy, and nobody wanted that!) So you can imagine how happy this Chocolate Caramel Fudge makes me.…
Continue Reading Chocolate Caramel Fudge Recipe (Easy Salted Caramel Swirl Fudge)
If you've ever wandered into a candlelit library at midnight in your dreams and thought "yep, this is my aesthetic," bestie, this one's for you. This free gothic bookish stickers printable set is a moody little love letter to every woman who reads with a raised eyebrow and a raven on her shoulder. Think Victorian…
Continue Reading Gothic Bookish Stickers Dark Academia Junk Journal Sheet - Free Printable
Halloween parties have gotten RIDICULOUS you guys. Pinterest boards full of $300 tablescapes and costumes that cost more than my first car payment. But here's the thing, some of the best Halloween parties I've ever been to (or thrown!) cost next to nothing. It's not about the spend, it's about the VIBE. Here are 13…
Continue Reading 13 Cheap Halloween Party Ideas That Feel Anything But Cheap
We LOVE a good chili mac in Chez Jacobsen! This hearty, stick-to-your-ribs chili mac has become one of our favorite weeknight dinners, and there's a real reason why: one pan makes this a breeze for the old man to make, and I only have one pot to wash. When your dinner rotation includes a recipe…
Continue Reading One Skillet Cheesy Chili Mac Recipe - Hearty Comfort Food in 35 Minutes
Growing up in Pennsylvania, there was an unspoken rule in every backyard garden... corn had to be "thigh high by the 4th of July," or you were doing something wrong. Corn showed up in everything at our house - corn fritters, corn on the cob, corn casserole, you name it. So when Thanksgiving or Easter…
Continue Reading Easy Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe with Cranberries
If you grew up in the era of shag carpet, Jell-O molds, and dinner rolls baked with actual margarine (IYKYK), then stuffing was the holiday side dish. And not just any stuffing - Pepperidge Farm stuffing, baby! That little blue bag was basically a VIP at every Thanksgiving and Christmas table growing up. Well, guess…
Continue Reading Apple Cranberry Stuffing (Just Like Mom Used to Make… But With a Fruity Twist!)