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I Walked Onto the Set of I Love Lucy: Bulk Food Storage
It’s posts like this where my blog name comes to fruition. Sheer Bedlam! Last week, I starred in the latest episode of I Love Lucy. I know some of you think it’s been off the air for over fifty years,...
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Brownie Recipe + Necessary Chocolate = Chaos
It started as a delicious thought; Mother-Daughter baking and bonding time. What better goal for a school morning that to conquer the perfect homemade chocolate brownie recipe. But alas, the recipe...
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Can You Freely Share Your Bedlam?
The story of the recipe that is so easy, it was made in the back seat of a mini van – literally. Last night, we hosted a cook out for families involved in the Classical Conversations home school...
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Frugal Fashionista: Christmas Tree Farm Style
Our annual picture at Mast General Store 2011, Boone, NC (old fashioned root beer ) What started as a simply fabulous Frugal Fashionista style day, where I worked the scarf, loved the sweater dress...
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Here’s to Pure Boy Bedlam (and a Tasty Tuesday Food Giveaway)
(Make sure to enter the giveaway: details at the end of the post) Last week, I enjoyed reading your comments about what you would feed a house full of middle schoolers. If you follow my Balancing...
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How a Magazine Outted My Age & What I am Doing About It
Last week, a reader left a comment. “Jen, I just opened up my new issue of All You magazine and saw you featured. How Cool!” It was at that moment that I realized I had not yet renewed my subscription...
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The Christmas Party that Almost Wasn’t
The phone rang, and I just knew it was someone calling about the party. My stomach sank, and I got that nervous tummy feeling. You know that one that happens when you just aren’t sure what you are...
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How Do I Deal with My Hectic Schedule?
As the door screeched open, my feet met muddy water. Having been gone all day, exhaustion hit. I entered my haven, anticipating my place of refuge, yet on entry to that supposed respite from the...
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Frugal Fashionista: Bedlam Moment Style
There once was a girl, lady, blogger, mom who was known world wide for her frugal fashion prowess. If you follow her on facebook or instagram, you will not doubt those mad shopping skills since she...
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Another Bedlam Moment: Tanning Mishaps
There’s something magical that happens in our backyard when the sun starts peeking through the trees, and that’s just what our 13 year old daughter thought this past week too. Our 30 degree rain and...
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Embracing the Sweet Moments of Bedlam
via Even though I coined the name of my blog, Balancing Beauty and Bedlam, over four years ago, not a week goes by when I don’t chuckle at just how much that delicate balance occurs in our home. Last...
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Can You Relate to Our 180 Pound Lap Dog?
This post brought to you by ALPO® Brand Dog Food . All opinions are 100% mine. When you’ve made the decision to turn your life into a 17 year long running episode of Green Acres, dogs are a given....
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Dogs, New Floors and a Problem
This post brought to you by ALPO® Brand Dog Food . All opinions are 100% mine. There’s a world of wonder when it comes to our yellow labs. They can be just like a member of the family, our kids’...
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Try and Guess the Age of this Hamburger. It’s Crazy!
Recently, our extended family gathered at our home for a visit and my older nieces and nephews asked about my “famous” burger. They wanted to see it and check out any changes that had happened in the...
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I Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up (part one)
This should be an inspirational post about sending our sons off to college. I should share how my heart is breaking bit by bit because I miss our big boys being around. I should recall deep,...
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I Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up (part 2)
This is the continuation of the “reality TV show episode” that our eldest son (Son #1) is living through this summer. If you have not read the first post, PLEASE BACK UP to part one and start there...
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I Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up (finale)
via While all of you have been waiting patiently for part three and hopefully the conclusion of our “I Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up” trilogy, I’ve been sending another son off for his first year of...
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A Peek into My Week of Beauty and Bedlam
Sweet friends – Can I call you that? Friends? Anyone who has taken the time to faithfully hang around my corner of the blogosphere for awhile, comment here, on FB or even connect in some small ways...
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Frugal Fashionista: Bedlam Moment Style
There once was a girl, lady, blogger, mom who was known world wide for her frugal fashion prowess. If you follow her on facebook or instagram, you will not doubt those mad shopping skills since she...
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Another Bedlam Moment: Tanning Mishaps
There’s something magical that happens in our backyard when the sun starts peeking through the trees, and that’s just what our 13 year old daughter thought this past week too. Our 30 degree rain and...
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