There's Always Room for Jell-Uh-Oh

So we found a recipe for a new jello salad, Cherry Coke Salad.  Since Ror likes Cherry Coke, we figured it would be a good one to try.  This is the recipe:

1 20-oz can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup water
2 3-oz cherry gelatin
1 21-oz cherry pie filling
3/4 cup cola flavored soda

Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set fruit aside.  In a saucepan or microwave, bring pineapple juice and water to a boil.  Add gelatin; stir until dissolved .  Stir in pie filling and soda.  Pour into a serving bowl.  refrigerate until slightly thickened.  Fold in reserved pineapple.  Refrigerate until firm.  Makes 8-10 servings.

Ror and his dad took care of the grocery shopping on Saturday night, so I put it together Sunday morning before church, like right before.  My first mistake became apparent when I looked over the recipe: it called for two boxes of cherry jello, and I only had the guys get one.  Fortunately, we had a box of strawberry in the pantry, which we figured was close enough.  Then it came time to add the pie filling.  I went to the pantry and could not find anything that looked like a can of pie filling .  I finally turned around a smaller can and found Ror had picked up a can of cherries in syrup, not pie filling.  So that obviously gave us a lot of extra liquid, and this was 10 minutes before we were going to leave for church.  The save was the Knox gelatin in the cupboard.  It all turned out okay, I guess, but the texture was a little grainy since I didn't add the Knox until after the cherries.  So I guess the moral of the story is buy more than you think you need, don't send your husband for groceries (J/K Ror, love you!) and don't wait until right before church to try a new recipe.

Challenge: To read the Book of Mormon

As you all know, Justin needed stickers a couple of weeks ago.  Why? you ask. Well, his mission president has challenged the missionaries to read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover.  I don't know if there is a time limit, but nevertheless to read it and then to journal their feelings as they read it.  He wanted the stickers to put on his journal to individualize it, I guess. I have never been good to stick to a reading schedule or do journaling about anything, but I decided to take his mission president's challenge.  So I have started to read the Book of Mormon and to journal my feelings as I read it. 

I have begun to read it many times, I have read the individual books many times, and  I know the stories, so I decided to start with Ether since chronologically that book was written first.  I have already been amazed by the faith of the brother of Jared, the crossing of the seas in the barges, the struggle of the leadership of the land to remain righteous, and at the evil that Satan can put into men's hearts.  I am only to Ether 12. 
Anyway, I have decided to extend this challenge to any of you who would like to take it.  There is no pressure to read it, no reward other than the spiritual growth and blessings that will come from doing it.  If you find something interesting that you read or have an epiphany about something in it, lets hear about it.

Also I have decided to do some favorite things posts.  You know, like Oprah does only I won't be buying it for every one.  Feel free to add your own favorite things too.  My first favorite thing is the Multipurpose erasing pads.  They are so great to remove black marks off of the walls and floors.  Mr Clean makes one just for the bathroom.  It took all of the black marks off of my tub upstairs and really cleaned the shower downstairs.  I thought that I would never get them that clean ever again.  You can use it on walls, floors, sinks (great on the kitchen sink, you know the black pan marks) shower doors, and on shoes and their scuff marks.  They are great!