BOOK SIGNING WITH TRISTI PINKSTON

Saturday after breakfast, I headed to Murray Costco, where I met Tristi Pinkston.  I have been a big fan of Tristi's for several years since I read her book Nothing to Regret.

I had a pile of books to have signed. It was fun to finally meet Tristi  and visit for a few minutes. 
I am looking forward to reading her new book Hang 'Em High.

SATURDAY BREAKFAST

Saturday morning I had breakfast with Sara Donohoo Torres. Sara is a cousin I had never met. She is my Uncle Ross' granddaughter..
We ate and talked for almost 3 hours.
It was nice getting to know Sara. I hope it won't be long until the rest of the family will have the opportunity to get to know Sara.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY SARA
 

FEED THE BIRDS

Friday I went and spent the day with Uncle David & Aunt Dolores. We went to lunch at Chuck a Rama, and then went to a local cemetery that is well known for its deer population. 

 There were a lot out on Friday.

 There were tons of ducks and geese at Sugarhouse Park, so we stopped and fed them some duck bread we got at the Hostess Bakery.

They were a happy herd of birds.

3 DOWN 1 TO GO

GAS

I bought gas for this price today!

CHOCOMALLOW BROWNIES

When Mom needed to make brownies for a special occasion, when plain brownies just weren't quite enough, this was her Brownie of choice.

I am making a batch to take to this weekends Worcester Ward Reunion in Bountiful, Ut. I admit I cheated and used boxed mixes. Its somewhere close to 116 degrees today, I'm not sure why I decided to bake, except that I must really like the friends I will be getting together with.

Cream together:

1/2 LB Margarine 2 C Sugar

1/3 C Cocoa

Add 4 eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each.

Mix in:

1 1/2 C flour 1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp Vanilla 1-1 1/2 C Nuts (optional)

Spread on a greased jelly roll pan and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Spread entire package of Mini marshmallows on top of the hot brownies and return to the oven for 3-5 minutes. Cool.

ICING:

1/4 lb margarine 1/3C evaporated milk

1/3 C cocoa 2 C powdered sugar

Heat evaporated milk with melted margarine. Add remaining ingredients & spread over the marshmallows. Let stand overnight before cutting & serving.

PENCILS

Pencils are very useful for writing, and other school work but with a little imagination they can become:

A  SKYSCRAPER

Hunter has way too many pencils and lots of imagination.

BLESS YOUR HEART- NEW COOKBOOK AND A CONTEST

From Tristi Pinkston:

"I wrote my new cookbook, “Bless Your Heart,” to help those who are interested in heart health to learn how they can prevent future heart problems by lowering the sodium in their daily diets.  It’s not just for those who already have heart conditions—isn’t it better to prevent a heart attack than to recover from one?  Heart disease is the #1 killer in our country right now, even beating out cancer for the top spot, and sodium contributes to heart disease.  I wanted to give others some delicious, quick, easy meals they can serve their families and to help them put their heart health front and center on their priority list."

Karey White is hosting a contest to win a copy of Tristi's new cookbook.

To learn more about how to enter and to read more of Tristi's comments CLICK HERE

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY FOR MICHELLE THOMPSON AND FLAMES OF REDEMPTION

Tonight I attended a Book Launch Party for Michelle Thompson’s new book Flames of Redemption. The party was held at her friend’s house in Tempe.

Michelle signed books, while the crowd was arriving.

There was a good sized group on hand

To listen to Michelle as she read some passages from Flames of Redemption.

Michelle, along with her family and friends went all out for this party.

There was lots of Yummy food.

Bookmarks

Book Bags

And tons of fun door prizes.

I won the perfect door prize—a gift card to Changing Hands Book Store.

Michelle Thompson and Me

To learn more about Michelle Thompson and her books

CLICK HERE

BOOK SIGNING WITH LISA MANGUM

This afternoon I made a trek to Mesa after work. My ultimate goal was Deseret Book for a book signing by Lisa Mangum.

I had a couple of hours to kill, so I visited some other LDS book stores. I spent a few minutes wandering around Pioneer Books and Gifts.

My next stop was Seagull Book, again mostly to wander and get my book store fix for this month.

Finally the time came to go across the street to Deseret Book.

I got there a few minutes early, and there was already a crowd gathering.

Lisa Mangum, signing my books.

Lisa Mangum

I haven’t read Lisa’s books yet, but they are on my Too Be Read list.

It was nice to meet Lisa and visit for a minute.