Hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas! ‘Twas a great one in Arizona, for sure. The holiday week is automatically merrier and brighter when Mama Bender’s peppermint-eggnog punch is involved. The recipe just keeps getting better every year. For 2013, it featured: 32 ounces organic lowfat eggnog 32 ounces Fevertree ginger ale 1/4 cup Torani […]
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Happenings (vi)
Whew. It was definitely not my intention to take a two-week hiatus from blogging. But between extra work projects (always a good thing), endless Christmas shopping (officially done!) and a desire to make the most of the seemingly fleeting weeks of December, it was necessary. Here are a few particularly fun things that have been […]
An Honest Tea Holiday Giveaway
Helloooo! How was your Thanksgiving? We are wrapping up the end of a wonderful long weekend full of good food and family – including two of our nieces pieces! I can’t wait to share more about all that we’ve been up to lately. But first, I’m bringing you a delicious holiday giveaway courtesy of Honest […]
Lambeau Leaps
The traditional third wedding anniversary gift is supposed to be leather. Admittedly, Bobby and I had no idea that was the case when we decided a late November trip to Chicago and Green Bay would be our gift to one another this year, but it ended up working out perfectly. Why? Because there is no […]
A Fabulous Fall Visit
Last week, we celebrated one year in our house. I know it’s a cliché, but I honestly can’t believe how fast time flies. I still remember weekends spent touring dozens of homes, the bummer of being on the losing end of our first offer and the overwhelming joy we felt when we realized that house […]
Order of the Phoenix, AZ: A Harry Potter Party in the Desert
A few weeks ago, an owl delivered a letter to our house. Not just any letter – because then why would an owl have delivered it? – this was a letter I had been waiting for since I was 12. The letter that proclaimed I had finally been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and […]
Happy Birthday, Mama Bender!
A very important person was born on November 5, 19…hm, that’s strange. The year escapes me. 😉 Perhaps I should go Back to the Future to figure it out. Yep, Mama Bender was lucky enough to be born on the exact day that Marty McFly became “Calvin Klein.” I’ve always thought that was super cool. […]
Not-So-Spooky Veggie Lasagna
First of all…HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Do you have a fun costume planned for this year? The above is me as one of the three little pigs (the other two were my neighborhood friends) and baby bro as Superman in 1994. You’ll notice the many layers under his costume and warm sweatshirt material of mine. Halloween in […]
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My name is Jenn. My nickname is Bender. I'm a 20-something entrepreneur and writer in Phoenix striving to manage a hectic schedule while maintaining my health, happiness and, most importantly, my sanity! Read more here.
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