I have a blog?

Life's been good. Busy and good. The blog had obviously taken a backseat. Along with 3 kids, sweetdaybakey and littlebeanembroidery I've become an independent team Beachbody coach. I've been on an amazing journey and I can't help but share with everyone I know :)

You are invited to check out my pages!!

fb.com/healthyrealjen

beachbodycoach.com/jenhoening

(And some pics... because what's a blog post without pics?!?)

new food

2013 brings some big changes.
like my new revelation.

i like food. yes. a lot.
but i like myself more.

so i'm not eating anything i want in any quantity i want anymore.
i'm actually paying attention.
and i am working out. for real working out.
and this is a good thing.

here are a few good foody finds.
keepers for sure.

cauliflower crust pizza.

sounds weird. but it's very tasty!!

all the kids loved it. dave too :)

delish!! i make this a lot...

vegetable tian.

baked mozzarella sticks. oh my.

and i am good and only make enough so that i eat two at the most!

(the old me would have eaten about 4. or 6. at a time.)

crock pot piccadillo.... yum

(i used ground chicken)

this may be my fave... i make it at least once a week!

cucumber tomato feta salad. yes please.

sweet pototo with piccadillo and cheese... 

(and guess what? I still love food...)

i will share more as i find more favorites!!

i should have known...

just a few things i didn't know until well after i should have known. i won't admit to the actual ages at which i figured these things out... let's just say that i should have known well before i did.

-Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. always.

-these little metal tack bracket things are called brads

-hot on the left. cold on the right.

-fiction vs. non-fiction

sad. yes.
true. yes...

Saturday night...

my Saturday evening =
reading...
finally opening my chocolate covered pretzels from Christmas...
very sexy pajama pants...
topped off with folding laundry.

it's about to get wild around here.

Guilty on the healthy side...

habit list wants me to blog today.
ok... here you go.

2 frozen bananas in the food processor.
added in 2 TBS natural peanut butter.
topped with 24 dark chocolate almonds.

570 calories.

not too bad for a special treat on a day with some calories to spare ;)

weston's 1st skate

the little man has been walking for quite a while now.

it's only right to get him in his skates.

 lilly, cohen, and weston all wore these skates their first time out.

size 6 bauer beavers.

 the skates fit, so...

it's time to hit the ice.

 he absolutely loved it.

smiled and 'stepped' almost the whole time.

(lilly and cohen were less than thrilled their first time out...)

 we took him off the ice every now and then...

(to save mommy and daddy's backs)

and he'd point and say 'more more more'.

i think we have another little hockey player in the works.

melts my heart...

the family that skates together stays together :)

habit list

i've got a fancy new app.
(i treated myself.)

habit list.

you can add things to do...
and cross them off as you are done.

i like lists.
i really like crossing things off my list.

i added 'blog' to my list for 2 days a week.
it popped up today... and here is my blog.

check!

don't forget to add your email in the 'follow' by email box on the right if you want updates when i post!  you'll add your email, then they will have you do a word verification, then they will email to have you confirm.  confirm and wallah... email updates! (i did it with my email to try it out, it works. yes... a few annoying steps, but once and you are done!)

style

we've got a little style around here.

handmade scarves.

the return of the eighties.

























and a rainbow of colors...
(I'm a big supporter of letting kids dress themselves.)

Happy new year!

We are wild and crazy over here.

Appetizer dinner...
touchdown taco dip (Lilly's choice)
stuffed mushrooms (Dave's choice)
artichoke bacon bites (my choice)
(thanks to my good friend Ali for 2/3 of those recipes ;)

And for dessert...
chocolate fondue (cohen's choice)

2012 was pretty good for us, but we are excited to see what 2013 will bring!!

happy new year everyone!!

Oh my.

I can blog from my new toy...
This may be a good thing?

now...
If I can just figure out how to add pictures... Oooooh I think I just did!!

wholly crap

so i was searching my own blog today to find pictures of pumpkin cookies.
i found the pictures i was looking for.
and wholly crap.
dreams do come true :)

http://itsmejen.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-forgot-to-share-my-halloween-costume.html

gives me chills.
just awesome :)

traveling

for some crazy reason, i thought i'd be able to pick blogging back up again.

(but i'm not sure that i can back myself up on that.)

because things are getting kind of big around here.

Sweet Day Bakery is traveling... 

(and i can hardly believe it myself)

you can follow us on facebook and twitter if you'd like :)

hello?

would you believe it if i said i may start blogging again?

yeah. me neither ;)

let's see if this thing still works...

 (pics taken by daddy.)

(on our 11 year anniversary in may :)

letting go

3 kids.
1 dear husband.
babysitting.
embroidery.
baking.
just to name a few.

trying to find a balance, though i'm not convinced it's possible.
life is getting to me.  it's very full. but good.

if i want to do more, or do well at what i am doing... i have to let some go.
and that's ok. i cannot do it all.

obviously, i haven't been blogging regularly for quite some time.
it's not that i don't want to. or that i don't have things i want to blog about.
i do. and i do.

but i've got to let it go for now.
let go of this blog.


i'll still be on facebook, and i know a lot of you keep in touch with me there.
(and that makes me glad.)
ill be embroidering. and baking. and going to the rink. and to the soccer fields.
and nursing my sweet baby boy. a lot.
and trying to be the best wife, and mommy, and person that i can be.
without this blog :)

thank you. for being here with me.

i'm sure i'll be back. someday.

NHL debut

one of cohen's hockey coaches invited him (and dave) to skate in a skills
competition between periods at a columbus blue jackets game,
to represent the junior jackets skating program.

cohen is probably the CBJ's biggest 4 year old fan... and given this awesome opportunity we couldn't say no.  though it was a school night, we decided that this was one time the kids could stay up past their bedtime.

i think i was more nervous and excited than the boys.

i am proud to report that i did not cry.
though i'm not sure my smile could have gotten any bigger.

to say that i am proud is an understatement :)
(fyi: cohen is the little guy with the white jersey, skating on daddy's team)
(more pictures coming soon...)

my first real quilt

i'd been wanting to make a real quilt for a long time.

real as in... pieced, and batted, and quilted together.

(ive made rag quilts before, but they are a little less complex.)

my sister got married in march last year.

a quilt!  handmade with love.

i think that would make a perfect wedding gift.

we went out and got the fabric right away.

and finally put it together. in november.

while 8 months pregnant :)

a fun swirly stitch in red.

the top.

the back.

it's by all means imperfect.

the kids helped with pinning, and unpinning.

and pushing the sewing pedal, and laying out pieced strips on the floor.

dave helped stretch and tape down and pin the layers together.

all 4 (5) of us helped put it together with lots of love.

so i guess that does make it quite perfect.

packed tight in a box and mailed to brooklyn to its new home.

my favorite of the fabrics is the one i call peacock.

i reserved some to make a nursing cover :)

which has already been put to good use.

i'm itching to make another quilt.

someday :)