what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Month: July 2013

  • Turning 30: Building Your Team

    Turning 30: Building Your Team

    I think one of the best things about getting older is that you know more about what you need and where to get it from. I like to refer to this as “building a team”. I’ve been building my team for 30 years now but not really realized it until quite recently. I know now…

  • Turning 30: Independence

    Turning 30: Independence

    Turning 30 is different things for different people. I’ll be honest and say that I haven’t always had the easiest time adjusting to the impending threshold. Initially, it made me feel like I should have more accomplished. Five years ago, I would have expected that by 30 I would be married and probably have a…

  • Quinoa Cakes with Grilled Asparagus & Goat Cheese
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    Quinoa Cakes with Grilled Asparagus & Goat Cheese

    Like I said last week, I haven’t really been cooking. I’ve even been habitually buying lunch – which is just really not me. After all, I did eat crockpot pomegranate chicken for like 9 work days last summer. I’m dedicated to the cause of saving a few bucks each day. But tonight, I felt a smidge inspired…

  • Life Lately

    Life Lately

    Not many things have seemed worthy of a whole post… but the cumulative effort of the last month or so has been pretty great… in an uneventful way. Which is just fine by me. It’s a lot of prosciutto eating, skyline gawking, and rolling on the floor/lawn with a new family puppy.