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!
If you've ever spent an afternoon wandering around Tarpon Springs, Florida, you already know - this little slice of the Gulf Coast is as close to Greece as you can get without a passport. The sponge docks, the blue and white storefronts, the smell of something incredible drifting out of every restaurant window. We've been…
Continue Reading Fresh, Bright, and So Easy Feta and Artichoke Greek Pasta Salad
There are certain ingredients that carry an air of occasion with them wherever they go. In my mom's kitchen, prosciutto was one of them. It lived in the refrigerator like it owned the place - thin, silky, and strictly off limits for casual snacking. This was not cold cut drawer territory. This was the ingredient…
If you've ever stood in the kitchen staring at a pile of grilling sides wondering which one is going to be the one, the dish that people scrape the bowl for, the one that gets texted about later, this is it! At Chez Jacobsen, pasta salad is serious business. My husband Johnny has been experimenting…
Continue Reading Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad with Crispy Bacon and Fresh Basil
There are certain dishes that show up at every church potluck like they received a personal invitation. Creamy fruit salad was one of them. It lived in a big glass bowl, usually brought by someone's grandma, always sitting right next to the Jell-O mold and the deviled eggs. And it was always - always -…
Continue Reading Old-Fashioned Creamy Fruit Salad Made a Little Lighter
There's a version of me that has a garden. She wears a linen apron, grows her own herbs, and hosts afternoon tea on a vintage tablecloth with mismatched china she found at an estate sale. Her hair is effortlessly pinned up. There's soft music playing. The conversation is delightful... Then there's the actual me -…
Continue Reading Cream Cheese Cucumber Sandwiches (Cottagecore Dreams on a Budget)
So I had an idea the other day that was equal parts ridiculous and genius: what if I used AI to "redecorate" my actual craft room in a bunch of different aesthetics? Not for real life - just to see what happened and steal some ideas along the way. I uploaded one photo of my…
Continue Reading How To Use Ideogram To Decorate An Aesthetic Craft Room
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:
If you've ever spent an afternoon wandering around Tarpon Springs, Florida, you already know - this little slice of the Gulf Coast is as close to Greece as you can get without a passport. The sponge docks, the blue and white storefronts, the smell of something incredible drifting out of every restaurant window. We've been…
Continue Reading Fresh, Bright, and So Easy Feta and Artichoke Greek Pasta Salad
There are certain ingredients that carry an air of occasion with them wherever they go. In my mom's kitchen, prosciutto was one of them. It lived in the refrigerator like it owned the place - thin, silky, and strictly off limits for casual snacking. This was not cold cut drawer territory. This was the ingredient…
If you've ever stood in the kitchen staring at a pile of grilling sides wondering which one is going to be the one, the dish that people scrape the bowl for, the one that gets texted about later, this is it! At Chez Jacobsen, pasta salad is serious business. My husband Johnny has been experimenting…
Continue Reading Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad with Crispy Bacon and Fresh Basil
There are certain dishes that show up at every church potluck like they received a personal invitation. Creamy fruit salad was one of them. It lived in a big glass bowl, usually brought by someone's grandma, always sitting right next to the Jell-O mold and the deviled eggs. And it was always - always -…
Continue Reading Old-Fashioned Creamy Fruit Salad Made a Little Lighter
There's a version of me that has a garden. She wears a linen apron, grows her own herbs, and hosts afternoon tea on a vintage tablecloth with mismatched china she found at an estate sale. Her hair is effortlessly pinned up. There's soft music playing. The conversation is delightful... Then there's the actual me -…
Continue Reading Cream Cheese Cucumber Sandwiches (Cottagecore Dreams on a Budget)
So I had an idea the other day that was equal parts ridiculous and genius: what if I used AI to "redecorate" my actual craft room in a bunch of different aesthetics? Not for real life - just to see what happened and steal some ideas along the way. I uploaded one photo of my…
Continue Reading How To Use Ideogram To Decorate An Aesthetic Craft Room