Monday, October 18, 2010

It's about time ...

As I drove to Park City, Utah this past weekend, I noticed the BEAUTIFUL fall leaves and wonderful crisp air. I love the fall ... I love the meals cooked, the deserts made, the excitement of change. So first I decided to change up my blog header.
Next was change something in my house. I FINALLY convinced Adam to let me change out the rug in my kitchen. My mom let me use one that was in her house for a while, however, I am ready for a change ... and to make my house a little more of my style. I am pretty excited for the one I found! I found it at Target for a fraction of the price of other rugs I was looking at, AND it seems to be a great quality rug!I think it goes pretty great with my new colors of stools, Don't you think? Next I need to finish up my plate wall (I will be sure to post) and change out my chair cushions. I can't decide what color. Any ideas?

Next, we changed how many bottles of Salsa we canned this year. Last year I learned to can salsa with two of my sisters. However, our families were very disappointed when the salsa was gone in a month! We split one batch of salsa ... So this year we all decided to do our own batch of salsa. The Jalapeno's were so strong last year, that we changed our way of doing it this year. Safety goggles changed our life! After an entire day's workWe canned 106 bottles of Salsa! Wish you were here to try them. Adam tells me I have to quit giving them away to people, but I can't help it! It is SO good!

Next to last is the AWESOME products Doodlebug Designs sent to me today. Remember how I am organizing my recipes ... Remember that I am going to be doing something crafty? This just changed my complete perspective on the cuteness of what my recipe book may become. I can't wait to get going on this project!

6 comments:

Kirsten Krason said...

that rug looks great! I'm so glad you got it :)

Jennifer DeWolfe said...

Wow ... so many changes! The salsa looks so yummy and the rug looks awesome! If it were me I would probably pick a dark rusty red cushion to go with the rug cause we all know accidents happen and 9 times out of 10 it's with spaghetti sauce or ketchup whenever kids are involved :) Have fun with all you goodies!

Josh said...

That salsa was awesome. I should have eaten a lot more but mixing it with the m&ms and the sour watermelons I thought I may develop an ulser.

Wendy said...

Love your new rug and the pic of you canning salsa...tried it ONCE...that was enough :)

Amanda said...

We love homemade salsa, but I've never tried canning it. Do you have a recipe you would mind sharing??

Love the rug! Maybe a little pop of yellow would be nice for cushions?

Alayne said...

Cute rug! I've been eyeing the same one, I just need to keep saving for it.

I would love the recipe for you canned salsa if you care to share it :)