My Sweet Things

There are so many wonderful, fun, creative blogs I follow and one of them is In Sock Monkey Slippers. Meredith has a lovely space that she shares yummy recipes including homemade baby food.  She has a beautiful daughter named Mia and you will also find beautiful photos of her husband’s family ranch in Texas! My sweet Texas. A few weeks ago she posted on Texas Independence Day. The post was full of Texas History which was an informative fun fact read. I was born and raised in Texas and I didn’t know some of those facts! At the end of the post she had a giveaway! To enter all I had to do was list one Texas fact. My first thought was James Avery Jewelers. My favorite! I shared how James Avery started in Kerrville, Texas and when I was young we would drive up there with my grandmother. All the entries for the giveaway were thrown into a hat and Mia drew my name! See here for the winners post.

Last week my sweet prize came in the mail and it was a Yahoo moment!

This awesome book! Perfect for BBQ lovers like our family!

The book written by John DeMers is a travelogue of the 14,783 miles he drove around the Texas highways to eat in 119 BBQ joints. What a great adventure! I would LOVE that job! As you can see it covers all regions of Texas.

In each region you will find the list of BBQ joints he ate at with the history, and descriptions of the food served. All the contact information is listed for those who want to venture out themselves.

The book also has many recipes we are looking forward to trying!

My favorite BBQ side. Potato Salad!

Desserts!

Thanks Meredith and Mia for the terrific giveaway. We will certainly be cooking up some tasty meals and look forward to stopping by some of the BBQ joints on our next visit back home.

It’s all good~Donna