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Erin (Tesori Trovati) is doing a giveaway of a W.O.W. (Words of Wisdom) pendant!  On the front of the pendant is your initial, and on the back an inspirational quote.  It's gorgeous.

Click on the picture to enter!  And tell her I sent you so that I get an extra entry too!

Mom's Recipe Book: Heath Bar Pie

Time for a dessert I grew up with.  It's easy...and awesome.  (To see the history of Mom's Recipe Book, and other entries in the series, click here.)

Heath Bar Pie

Ingredients:

2 prepared chocolate crusts (sold with graham cracker crusts)

6 frozen Heath bars, or 1/2 package Heath English Toffee Bits (sold with chocolate chips)

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

Instructions:

If using Heath bars, crush them.  Soften ice cream and mix with candy.  Put in crusts and let stand in freezer several hours or overnight.  Top with Chocolate Sauce (recipe below)--or use storebought sauce.

Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 stick butter or margarine

1 cup powdered sugar

1 small can evaporated milk

1 cup chocolate chips (milk chocolate or semi-sweet, depending what flavor you want)

2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:

Melt butter and chocolate chips in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.  Add sugar and milk.  Cook about eight minutes until thickened.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Monday Micro: Optimism

I heard sounds of effort coming from Chickie's mouth, and I came into the room.

"I'm trying to reach the sky," she explained.

"You are?" I said.  "Did you reach it?"

"Not yet!"