I know what you’re thinking; “Baked Fried Chicken is an oxymoron, Jess!” But no friends, it’s just a delicious, slightly healther way to indulge in homemade fried chicken. You get the crunchy fried coating of fried chicken without the oil time (and extra calories) of it being 100% fried. I’d love to share howContinue reading “Baked Fried Chicken”
Author Archives: JessicaJaeger
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You…
I’m pregnant – we’re having another baby! I’m about halfway through my pregnancy already…I know, and I’m just sharing the news with you now. We’re very excited to round out the fam with a second child. Our little Z has absolutely no idea what’s happening even though we talk about it frequently. She does haveContinue reading “I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You…”
Couple Things…
Christmas Eve cheesecake with blueberry topping. Scooter practice. Day after Christmas road trip plaid and bling. Crappy road trip drive home in rain and traffic. Saddest day of the year – saying goodbye to your Christmas tree. Looking so grown up sitting in our bay window. Have a great weekend! I’m back Monday withContinue reading “Couple Things…”
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013
Ok, I wasn’t going to post until after the New Year, but then I thought it would be fun to do a quick end-of-year round-up of the 2013 Top 10 Posts on this little blog. Here we go…. 10. Baked French Toast 9. $10 Valentine’s Day Centerpiece 8. Strawberry Picking 7. What to Wear –Continue reading “Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013”
Santa Came!
I’ve been posting slightly sporadically the past week or so because we’ve been traveling since Christmas day! We got home late yesterday afternoon after 6 hours in the car, ugh. But it made it that much better to all go to sleep in our own beds last night, isn’t that the best feeling? Anyway, IContinue reading “Santa Came!”
Z Style – Christmas Edition
Hope your day yesterday was merry (no matter if you celebrate Christmas or not)! My Z’s Christmas outfit was so special this year I wanted to share it in a Z Style post. Remember our UK trip this summer, specifically the Scotland portion of the trip? Well, we were in a little shop in EdinburghContinue reading “Z Style – Christmas Edition”
Christmas Wrapping – The Gifts
The gifts are wrapped and under the tree! Actually, they’re upstairs in my office because someone in our house is addicted to unwrapping presents ever since her 2nd birthday and at the very site of a gift runs up and tares off the paper. Yes, I posed these under the tree and immediately brought themContinue reading “Christmas Wrapping – The Gifts”
Christmas Wrapping – Homemade Gift Tags
So we’ve figured out what ribbon to use to wrap our Christmas gifts – now on to the gift tags! I decided it would be fun to make a few tags myself and thought I’d show you. There is no real tutorial, but here’s how I put my gift tags together: To make your ownContinue reading “Christmas Wrapping – Homemade Gift Tags”
Couple Things…
So much snow and it’s about to melt away before Christmas… She doesn’t usually eat sweets but ate part of 1 Christmas cookie and then made this face when I asked to take her picture to document the occasion. Made a yummy quinoa, chicken, and butternut squash soup when it was freezing and snowy earlierContinue reading “Couple Things…”
Christmas Wrapping – Ribbon
By now, all (or most) of your shopping is done, right? And now it’s time to WRAP! Some folks find this to be a daunting task and I guess that depends on how generous you’re being this year (aka how many gifts you’re giving) as well as a big question: whether Santa wraps the giftsContinue reading “Christmas Wrapping – Ribbon”