Our move was the most disorganized mess I have ever had.  Thankfully, we are in the new house.  Things are still not unpacked.  Things did not get culled before moving, which means that there is still a lot of stuff to go through to determine what we want to keep and what we want to [...]

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Corn and Bacon Soup Ingredients 4 slices of bacon 1 medium onion, chopped ½ green bell pepper, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 medium-size baking potatoes, peeled and cubed 4 cups chicken broth 16 oz frozen whole kernel corn 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1 10 oz. can diced tomatoes [...]

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JenuineJen is moving. Not the blog, but the family to a new house. So, I have been busy packing and getting ready for the move. There has not been a lot of time left for blogging in the past month. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I should be settled in the new home [...]

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I hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas and I wish everyone a Happy New Year. We had a fabulous time this past week celebrating Christmas. I hope to have a few stories posted about it soon. For the next few days, I am doing some blog maintenance and working on a few posts [...]

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Our house is about 23 years old, as are most of the other houses in our neighborhood. (We live in a big neighborhood with 1,500 homes.) About 6 years ago we started to notice that various home improvement and home repair contractors were parked in the driveways of homes all through the neighborhood on a [...]

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