Recently in A Hen’s Nest

Find stress relief for dogs from Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.®

Gizmo

This post brought to you by Comfort Zone® products. All opinions are 100% mine. When I heard about the Comfort Zone® products for dogs, I knew that my sister might be interested in trying one of their diffusers for her three pups. They aren't particularly "bad" dogs but they are a challenge for … [Continue Reading...]

Transformers Take it to the Moon – then and now

transformers

Back in the 80s, a show hit the airwaves that would completely electrify the young audience of the day. The show was called Transformers, and it was about robots that morphed from everyday objects into fantastic fighting machines (Optimus Prime was always the best!). At the time, the show was … [Continue Reading...]

Rock Crawler Bounce House #Giveaway

rock crawler giveaway

I’m joining Jessica from MySillyMonkeys.com to bring you another awesome Bounce House giveaway! This time she's giving away an amazing Rock Crawler bounce house! It is huge! Both boys and girls would have a blast bouncing and sliding on this fun plaything, it would be the perfect way to keep kids … [Continue Reading...]

Dazzling dining rooms: The hottest trends for 2012 – Guest Post

dining room - benches

This guest post is provided by Eva Stephen from Shop 4 Furniture. With the festive season just around the corner, many of us are starting to think about the challenge of entertaining friends and relatives over the winter months. Aside from finding places for everyone to sleep and making sure Auntie … [Continue Reading...]

Amazon Gold Box Deal: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – Extended Deluxe 15 Disc Blu-ray set

amazon-daily-deal-lotr

Check out the Countdown to Black Friday Deals and the Amazon 2012 Holiday Toy List for limited-time doorbuster Lightning Deals, the Deal of the Day and huge savings on the hottest toys, electronics, clothes and more! Throughout the season, I'll be sharing deals you won't want to miss, like … [Continue Reading...]

On Our Table

Welch’s Share Your Moments + PB&J Cookies! #Sharewhatsgood

Welchs-peanut-butter-cookies

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Welch's. I received product samples to facilitate my review, and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. This photograph of my cousin, daughter and son at his graduation party in July makes me smile every time I see … [Read More...]

Silk Pumpkin Pie Bread Pudding Recipe #SilkHoliday

pumpkin pie bread pudding

My son and I are both lactose sensitive. While we don't often let that stop us from enjoying our favorite foods, I do try to make them without adding unnecessary milk. That's where Silk comes into the picture. We both enjoy drinking Silk products in smoothies and on their own -- especially the … [Read More...]

Spaghetti Torte Recipe – or make ’em think it’s cake!

April fools day spaghetti cake

Here is that Spaghetti Torte I tricked the kids with on April Fool's Day. I am going to be making this recipe again, it was very good, and very cheesy. I don't even want to know how many calories are in it though! I'm sure that if you were to use lower fat varieties of the cheeses and sauce, and use … [Read More...]

More of Hen's Recipes....

Home & Garden

diy rustic wheel herb container garden project

DIY Rustic Wheel Herb Garden How-To #MiracleGroProject

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Gardening should be fun!  I love to … [Read More...]

my weekly menu board

DIY Photo Frame Menu Board with Fellowes Saturn2 95 Laminator

I know I have been saying it a LOT, but it is almost time for our kids to go back to school! Nine more days until the big day! We have been getting … [Read More...]

Family Moments

Dinosaur Park 1988 - Rapid City, South Dakota

Dad and The Giant Dinosaur :: Throw Back Thursday #tbt

I have wanted to participate in Throwback Thursday for a while now, but I always forget! Not today! I dug out some old photos and hope to remember to … [Read More...]

recipe book from a mini photo album

Preserve Memories with a DIY Photo Album Recipe Book #CanonPIXMA

This is a sponsored conversation inspired by the Canon PIXMA MG7120. All thoughts and opinions are genuine and 100% my own. For more information on … [Read More...]