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March 16, 2018February 20, 2025 - Jana 1 Comment

Easter Basket Ideas Teens & Tweens Will Love Year after Year

Easter basket with candy

Creating Easter Baskets for Teens or Tweens is difficult. They too old for stuffed bunnies and cute baby toys. In fact, they often act as though they are already world-weary and bored with everything but their phone. At the same time, they still want to be kids. They still want[Read more]

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March 4, 2018February 19, 2025 - Jana 28 Comments

Clam Digging: A Family Adventure in the Pacific Northwest

Clam digging is a beloved activity in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), offering a fantastic opportunity to enjoy the outdoors while learning something new. And when it comes to digging for Razor clams with kids? It’s hands-down one of the best family activities around! It’s fun, educational, and a perfect blend[Read more]

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March 2, 2018August 3, 2018 - Jana 2 Comments

Road Trips With Tweens

road trip with tweens

Road trips with tweens are great! I really think it’s the sweet spot for road trips with kids, seriously. They don’t need a ton of extra stuff, are capable of holding their bladder for more than 10 minutes, AND they’re willing to eat things that aren’t chicken nuggets. The thing,[Read more]

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February 21, 2018August 3, 2018 - Jana Leave a comment

5 Things A Single Mom Needs to Make Life Easier

5 things single moms need

As a single mom, my life is busy. I’m always on the lookout for things to make my life easier without sacrificing our values. These are 5 things that I just can’t live without! (this post contains affiliate links. This means that, at no additional cost to you, if you click through[Read more]

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February 11, 2018August 3, 2018 - Jana Leave a comment

New House, New Adventure

blue house

The first time I drove by our new house, it looked huge. Way too big for our family to handle and probably requiring too much work to restore. But the yard… oh, the yard! I could see lots of space for a garden, chickens and maybe even apple trees! All[Read more]

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February 10, 2018August 3, 2018 - Jana Leave a comment

5 Reasons to Start a New Blog

computer, book, coffee

I’ve been blogging since well before there was the word ‘blog’. My last blog was shelved more than two years ago. All sorts of job issues gave me little time for my family, let alone finding time to write a blog post. Something had to give and it was the[Read more]

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I'm Jana

Home grown in the PNW,
I love to find creative ways to make it all work, from raising chickens to home repair!
ADHD Mom to two teens, nearly an empty-nester.
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