Finished "No Opportunity Wasted"

I finished "NOW" by Phil Keoghan today and loved it. Who new the host of The Amazing Race was such an adventurous guy? The book is filled with stories of his own adventures, along with many others fulfilling their dreams. Each chapter gives you a topic, on different goals to set for yourself, and helps you create a life list of various adventures!

Finished The Book Borrower

It is a day of celebration today because I finally finished "The Book Borrower" by Alice Mattison. This was the selection of my book club and from the description of the book, it sounded interesting. Unfortunately the conversations between the two main characters at first had me believing they were mentally challenged at best. Then there was the issue of "too much information" with their sexual thoughts, comments, activities. Lets just say I couldn't wait to finish the book so I could read something I would enjoy.

My favorite Mexican Hot Cocoa recipe

I got this recipe from Southern Living Magazine and it is absolutely the best!

Super rich and thick Mexican Hot Cocoa

2 tsp cornstarch
4 cups milk, divided
2 dark chocolate bars (at least 70% cacao) chopped
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ancho chili powder


1. Whisk together cornstarch and 1/2 cup milk until smooth. Set aside.

2. Cook remaining 3 1/2 cups milk in a large, non aluminum saucepan over medium heat until bubbles appear around edge of saucepan (about 4 minutes, do not boil). Whisk in remaining ingredients (except milk/cornstarch mixture) until well blended and smooth. Whisk in milk/cornstarch mixture.

3. Bring milk mixture to a light boil, whisking frequently (about 4 minutes). Remove from heat. Let cool slightly. (Mixture will thicken as it cools).

Finished I Am Potential

I've been reading this book off and on for the last couple of months and finally finished it today. I pretty much knew everything in the book about Patrick Henry Hughes from interviews in the media and seeing their family on Extreme Home Makeover.
I have to say I was disappointed to see how much of a hidden hero the mother of this family is, and out of the spotlight she seems to be, when she surely has to be picking up a lot of slack due to the attention loving father constantly after his 15 minutes of fame at his son's side. Just my personal point of view.

Finished Queen of the Road

Last night I finished our book club book choice "Queen of the Road". It is a true story of a childless psychiatrist couple that go on the road for a year in an RV and travel the US. I have to say in the first 40 pages, my only thought was "What an egocentric, superficial....." (you get the point) and didn't want to spend any more time with the main character (aka the author). However, once I realized that the author is EXTREMELY sarcastic, and she wasn't being as literal as I thought I truly enjoyed the story. Each chapter starts with a martini/mixed drink recipe, which I definitely intend to try in the future!

Finished Breaking Dawn

Well, I finally got around to finishing Breaking Dawn yesterday. I'm sure hoping Stephenie Meyer comes up with another book soon. I'm going to miss Bella and Edward.