Yep - yesterday, I turned 48.  I spent the day with my husband, Patrick, and my youngest son, Cory.  We went to lunch and then went to see the movie 'Avatar'.  Not necessarily my type of movie, but it was good and the special affects were awesome.  Blind Side was my first movie choice, but I knew my boys really wanted to see Avatar, and I just wanted us all to be together.  When we got home, I made Snitz Pie.  In my last post, I asked if anyone had some Snitz that they wanted to trade for a book!  What a "gut" trade.  Thanks SO much to Linda for sending me some snitz that she got from Kaufmann's in Bird-In-Hand.  The recipe will be included in my next release - Plain Paradise - due out in March. 

As for that Texas Praline Pie recipe I posted last week...well, I took that pie to my mom's for Christmas, but we were too full to eat it.  Then Patrick's family came the next day for Christmas, and again...everyone was too full to eat it.  So...I ate the whole thing.  I'm not kidding.  I ate it all. 

And, WOW.  My co-authors here posted some great stuff this past week.  Kathy always cracks me up!  Loved her post about resolutions.  And I'm SO thankful Barbara is doing better and didn't have to stay in the hospital.  And as for Amy...I am thinking about her and Joe more with each passing day.  I always pray that Joe will get a new kidney, but lately, it's on my mind even more since my best friend's son now needs a kidney.  Isn't it strange how my second book (Plain Pursuit) includes a kidney transplant.  I have no idea where the idea came from.  I'd never met Amy before, although she and Joe ended up helping me with the medical aspects of the book.  Then this happened with Renee's son, Brian, and he needs a kidney.  Which, by the way...Amy offered to help educate my friend Renee' about the process and everything she and Joe have learned through their own experiences.  And they say God works in mysterious way... 

Hope you all have a wonderful 2010.  It's a new year.  Carrying any regrets will only hinder progress for the future.  So, here's to moving forward, being the best we can be, and putting our total faith, trust, and love in God. 

Peace, my friends.