I've been on the air in East Texas since 1999, and in radio for my whole adult life. I've been single, married, and single again, and weeding through the dating apps as a single mom of three girls is quite the adventure. It all leads to one fun and embarrassing story after another for the radio show. We chat about fitness and exercise, relationships, and workplace experiences, pop culture news, kids, and things that bother us and make us laugh and bawl our eyes out too. Faith, fitness, and family are really important to me, and I love shopping and sports too. My daughters crack me up and ask odd questions and challenge me, and you'll hear me talking about wild parental adventures with them too. Life is full and a little nuts, so let's hang out and do it together. It's better with friends, and sometimes vodka.
Jen Austin
Kids Can Call This Number to Leave a Message for Santa
Writing a letter to Santa can be fun, but it might take a week or two for a response from the North Pole. If kids leave a voice mail for Santa using Mom's cell phone, he might call back a whole lot quicker.
How Long Can the Pie Stay on the Counter?
The safest place for pumpkin pie is probably in your belly, but let's just say you get full and can't quite polish off the whole thing. Is it safe to let it sit on the counter, or should you refrigerate it?
The 3 Biggest Holiday Diet Busters
November and December aren't peak months for willpower. In fact, there are three things that will make willpower crumble faster than a crispy cookie hitting Cookie Monster's flat mouth.
How to Spend Zero Dollars on This Year’s Costume
My daughter is under there somewhere. I spent zero dollars on her costume this year, and you can get off cheap too.
Kids See Their First Horror Movie At Age 10
Your 4th grader might be watching "Halloween" this week.
Only 46 percent of us think we could survive as a character in a scary movie, but we're quick to let 10-year olds watch and weigh in. Are we nuts?
Only 46 percent of us think we could survive as a character in a scary movie, but we're quick to let 10-year olds watch and weigh in. Are we nuts?
Beware of the Hidden Costs of Halloween
Halloween will really ding you if you let it because, well, Twix ain't cheap. But it's the hidden costs that will take a huge bite out of your budget.
Today’s Date Could Be The Biggest Wedding Day of 2020
October 10th is a pretty great date because 10-10 is so neat and tidy and even, and when you add the year 2020, well, it's going to be over-the-top fantastic for numbers geeks who want to get hitched. This is why you'd better book the wedding venue now.
If You’re Using Hand Sanitizer Like This You’re Doing It Wrong
Here comes flu season, and keeping your co-workers' germs away involves more than a quick squirt of hand sanitizer. There's an art to killing viruses, and it requires more patience than we've had so far.
The Date of Halloween Won’t Change After All
Now what?! Organizers of the petition that wanted to move Halloween to the last Saturday of October seem to have given up. Halloween will stay on the 31st, but there is a new effort in the works to create a second day to trick-or-treat.
The Best Labor Day Weekend Getaways In Texas
School has started and the fall routine has begun, but there's already a three-day weekend ahead that's begging for us to goof off. Ideas, we need ideas!
Texans and Cowboys Games Are Among the NFL’s Most Expensive
You may love your living room flat screen even more after this. Watching football there is so much cheaper! It will cost the average fan $199 to go to a Cowboys game this season, and that's the most expensive game experience in the NFL. The Texans aren't far behind.
The 4 Germiest Places in Schools
School is back on, and students aren't the only ones crowding into classrooms. Germs are piling up too, and we've got the four most common places in schools that they like to hide.