Livin' the Dream in Lima

One of the things I really missed when we lived in our apartment was entertaining. I missed planning parties, having people over, and cooking lots of yummy food. Back in college, we would plan fun 'parties' for the girls (and sometimes the guys) on the cross country/track team all the time. The Thanksgiving Extravaganza, Valentine's Brunch, NCAA Championship combined with an Easter egg hunt. Whenever there was a major holiday, we had a party. And I got to plan it. :-P And I loved it. So, when we moved into our new house, I got so excited to have people over! And they actually would be able to sit down somewhere! Heh.  Last night, we invited my Business Man's team along with their families over for dinner. We had great intentions of grilling, relaxing outside on our rockin' new patio, and playing some corn hole. Unfortunately the weather had different thoughts.  We were definitely cooped up inside with the A/C. But that didn't stop us   my Business Ma...

Like that's not a mouthful, haha. So, a few months ago, I applied to host a " House Party " for Breakstone's Sour Cream. Basically, different brands offer "party packs" to people, who then in turn open their homes to friends & family to try out new brands and products. Well, I got chosen, and we had the party on Sunday night! Breakstone's has come out with several new flavored sour creams and sour cream dips, and we were supposed to try them out. Unfortunately, our local grocery stores only carried two of the seven varieties, so we only got to try two of the new flavors (chipotle and ranch).  We decided to go with a Mexican Fiesta theme, since we were sampling chipotle  sour cream. Yes, it's a bit of a stretch. But everyone loves Mexican food! Chips & salsa! We served our favorite cherry salsa from Door County. Here's what was on the menu: Chips & Salsa Roasted Corn Dip  (<-- this is delicious!) Chicken & S...