Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order

By Samantha Nelson | May 16, 2025

āœļø Faith, Family, and Fried Eggs: How We Keep Our Priorities (Mostly) in Order by Samantha at ChickensCookiesClosings Let me just start by saying: if you think fried eggs don’t belong in a blog about priorities, you’ve clearly never tried gathering eggs in your robe at 6am with a five-year-old asking why chickens don’t wear […]

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🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again)

By Samantha Nelson | May 13, 2025

🌾 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Homestead (And Why I’d Still Do It Again) Hey y’all, Samantha here – your resident real estate girl with chicken feathers on her boots and flour on her apron. Between showings, sourdough, and Silkies, I’ve learned a thing or two about living the homestead life. Spoiler […]

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Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow

By Samantha Nelson | May 10, 2025

Kid-Friendly House Hunting Tips: How to Make Closings Less Crazy with a 5-Year-Old in Tow by Samantha @ Chickens.Cookies.Closings Let’s be real: house hunting is already a rollercoaster. Now add a 5-year-old to the mix, and you’ve basically got yourself a three-ring circus… but with a mortgage at the end! As a homeschooling, cookie-baking, chicken-loving […]

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šŸ“ From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One

By Samantha Nelson | May 7, 2025

šŸ“ From Coop to Kitchen: Farm Fresh Eggs & How to Use Every One Hey there, y’all! Samantha here from Chickens, Cookies & Closings—your favorite apron-wearing, egg-collecting, contract-closing, cookie-baking homestead mama. Whether I’m helping folks find their dream home or helping Reba (our Rhode Island Red) find the perfect straw nest, one thing’s for sure: […]

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šŸ“š Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity

By Samantha Nelson | May 4, 2025

šŸ“š Kitchen Confidence: How to Teach Kids to Cook Without Losing Your Sanity Hey, friend! I see you there, standing in your flour-dusted kitchen, eye twitching ever-so-slightly as your five-year-old enthusiastically “measures” flour with the precision of a confetti cannon. First of all—deep breath. Second of all—you’re doing amazing, sweetie. Here at ChickensCookiesClosings, we believe […]

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🧺 Real Estate, Real Laundry: The Truth Behind the Business Mom Life

By Samantha Nelson | May 1, 2025

🧺 Real Estate, Real Laundry: The Truth Behind the Business Mom Life by Samantha | Chickens, Cookies & Closings Let’s be real for a minute. Everyone loves a crisp, clean closing table pic—you, the happy clients, the “SOLD” sign, and the perfect lighting. What they don’t see is that 10 minutes before that photo, I […]

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šŸ” The Heart Behind the Home: Why Community Matters More Than the Perfect House

By Samantha Nelson | Apr 28, 2025

šŸ” The Heart Behind the Home: Why Community Matters More Than the Perfect House By Samantha @Chickens.Cookies.Closings Let’s have a little heart-to-heart, neighbor. You know that perfect dream house—the one with the marble countertops, HGTV-approved shiplap, and a pantry that could double as a yoga studio? Yeah, it’s cute. But do you know what matters […]

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ā˜€ļø Summer Is Heating Up—and So Is the Real Estate Market!

By Samantha Nelson | Apr 25, 2025

Hey there, friends! It’s your favorite apron-wearing, chicken-chasing, cookie-baking, house-hunting gal, Samantha from Chickens, Cookies & Closings—and I’ve got some hot news fresh out of the real estate oven! Just like my sourdough starter and Betty the Ameraucana, the market is waking up and ready to move. šŸ“šŸŖšŸ” Let’s crack into what’s happening—and how YOU […]

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Incubator Update: Not the Ending We Hoped For, But Not the End of the Story

By Samantha Nelson | Apr 22, 2025

Hey friends, I wanted to give y’all an update on the eggs we had incubating over the last few weeks. As you know, we were so excited about the possibility of adding some fluffy little additions to our flock. We watched the calendar like hawks, counted down the days, and held our breath in those […]

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