Cream Cheese Ranch Dip... AMAZING!!!

Yesterday I had my Stella and Dot Trunk Show and I made this amazing Cream Cheese Ranch Dip.  I found the recipe on Pinterest awhile back and actually made it for Liam's 2nd Birthday Party (no picture was taken, boo)  

 

 The original recipe has it being used as Cream Cheese Ranch Roll-ups (they are amazing this way as well) however yesterday I was running out of time (cleaned the house while keeping an eye on Madi and Liam) and made these last minute (the roll-ups need to chill for a couple of hours) so went with it as a dip and used Sundried Tomato & Basil Wheat Thins!

Cream Cheese Ranch Dip 
2 packages (8 Oz. Size) Cream Cheese, Softened
1 packet Ranch Dressing Mix 
½ cup Finely Chopped Red Pepper (you can use Red, Orange or Yellow)
½ cup Finely Chopped Green Onions 
1 can (2.25 Oz. Size) Chopped Black Olives 

Combine all ingredients together and put in a bowl and ENJOY! 

Busy Busy Busy Week...

This week as been super busy and exciting because... we have WARM WEATHER and SUN!!! 

 

The kids, Madi, Liam and Addy (the little girl I watch during the week) have been outside everyday this week enjoying the warm weather. We've played outside, planted some new plants, relocated some plants, moved rock, pulled weeds, I mowed for the 1st time ever, chased Diesel as he was running away from the house, etc. Its been a fun filled and tiring week!

 Levi and I finally started our business, we are now Levi Dielman, LLC. And with owning your own corporation comes with lots of paperwork! Our accountant recommended using quickbooks to help keep everything organized unlike our office space! Its currently a disaster, I need to make a trip to Home Depot to get the wood needed to make the shelves I want! Since I am the secretary of our business, I asked Nicole at Davids Mommy for some help! Below is a link for Quickbooks if anyone else needs it!

 QuickBooks Pro 2013

Happy Birthday to Me...

My Birthday was on the 16th and I finally got around to 

making my birthday cake last week.  

It turned out great and was super easy to make!  

Tutorial to follow later this week!

Little Miss Sassy Pants....

My rotten little girl...

It's here...Keurig Vue House Party

 I received my House Party Keurig Vue Party Pack today 

and I'm SUPER excited!!!

Not only did I receive a Keurig Vue, I also received 84 Vue Cups, 2 mugs, hot/cold cups, napkins, cookies and mints and coupons to share with my guests for 40% and 25% off a Keurig Vue.  I received all of this for FREE for being a House Party Host

Who's ready to try out some amazing coffee!!!

Paint Refinishing Fail...

You've seen a couple post with me using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, well I wanted to show you some bar stool's I painted with just plain old flat paint from Wal-Mart. 

Bar stool's before painting them with flat paint from Wal-Mart

After 1 coat of flat yellow paint from Wal-Mart

 Bar stool in the front has had 4 coats and bar stool in the back has had 2 or 3. 

As you can see from the pictures using your plain flat paint doesn't cover very well and it left brushstrokes like no other.  I will be sanding these bar stools down (to get brush strokes out) and will be repainting them with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in English Yellow.

I'd happily spend the $37.95 on a quart of AS Chalk Paint and only paint 2 coats vs painting 5+ coats of flat paint from Wal-Mart!!

New picture of HOOCH

Hooch is around 4 months old now and has DOUBLED in size from a month ago when we got him!  He has "pointed" at several things including Diesel our Mastiff/Sheperd Mix and loves chasing our cats around the yard!  He is in fact a Pointer and has caught several mice and likes go venture up to the Gilead Store to visit people!