ellie

here's our new baby, ellie! she's curious and naughty... good thing she is so darn cute! we told her she has big shoes to fill! our first dog missy was near perfect.

i've been busy, but then who hasn't right?

check out the soap bottles, hand sanitizers and frames i made and sold for charity

they turned out really cute and... i sold out

don't even tell me you have a tree decorated in every room and the christmas lights up!

my thanksgiving decorations are still out, ugh! i'll blame it on the new baby :)

with lots of love, adrienne

til then

i'm taking a break from writing, not from reading though!

in fact, i really enjoy reading other blogs and commenting on them more than writing on my own. so not to worry, i'll check in with all my faves regularly...

til then... and with lots of love, adrienne

where are my pictures?

on the way to the deer lease! that is where my halloween party pictures are. hubby has our camera with him, grrrr! oh my, we girls had so much fun and everyone was decked out to the nines! oh well, more about that later...

today i will experiment making candy colored popcorn using a secret ingredient... dry jello. i have tasted the most wonderful popcorn like this at trade days in canton, tx. it is so yummy and reminds me of froot loops (that cereal my mom thought was devilish and never bought for me and... big surpise here, i won't buy it for my kids either! LOL!!) anyway, i have no idea if jello is what is in that yummy popcorn in canton but i found the recipe on the internet and i'm going to give it a try.

if all goes well, i may just try to sell large bags of it at the craft sale in november and also i'll gladly share the recipe here at Lots of Love! btw, all proceeds from my sales at the craft sale will be donated to the scottish rites hospital for children... not that i'm expecting huge proceeds or anything! :)

cranberry cilantro salsa

i am making a yummy cranberry cilantro salsa for tonight's costume bunko party that i am hosting in my home. i had to go to 3 grocery stores to find fresh cranberries... thank you super target for fixing me up! this dip is delicious atop cream cheese, but then what isn't, right? it is both colorful and pretty and although i'm making it for a halloween party tonight, it makes a very festive dip for a christmas party too. disappears every time!

i love sharing recipes and finding new ones so, i am joining Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for her recipe party today. i hope you'll stop by and join in the fun. see you there!

cranberry cilantro salsa

1 bag fresh cranberries

1 bunch fresh cilantro

4-5 green onions

2 fresh jalepeno peppers, remove seeds

1 lime

2/3 cup sugar

8 oz block cream cheese

wash all veggies and chop together in food processor. squeeze lime juice into a small bowl and sugar into the juice. mix all ingredients together and chill for at least one hour.

spread softened cream cheese onto a serving platter and cover with the cranberry mixture. serve with crackers of choice.

clean clean clean

clean pantry
clean kitchen
clean laundry
clean laundry room
clean sheets

boring stuff... but real!

grrrrrr!

have to take a break from the computer today for some serious cleaning! grrrrrrrr!

blonde

like my new color? can you tell? it's sherwin williams, "blonde". we just had the whole house painted this color. it's kind of gold/brown, and very warm in tone. not sure the picture does it justice. anyway, here's the before...
have a great weekend!