I have returned with a gift for you!

Hey Y'all,
Did ya miss me, I sure missed you :)
Training was great and I made a bunch of new friends! It is so nice to have peers to count on that are all in the same boat.
I miss hanging out with all of them. 25 of us all together these 3 I will be friends will forever.
The 4 trouble makers ha ha ha (not really)
Left to right
Desirae, Marie, Me, and Lisa
Love my girls!
We bonded so quickly. 
We had so much fun. I went out all but 2 nights the whole month, dinners, movies, bowling, shopping, just having a great time.
LOVED IT!
I have so much to catch y'all up on but let me start off today with this.
Remember way back in February I told you about the Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke.
She used my recipe and name in her book. WELL while I was in Richmond she did her first East Coast book tour and one of her stops was March 19th (Lee's 50th Birthday too ) a mere 25 minutes from me!
Guess where me happy tail went that night...downtown Richmond to the Fountain Bookstore in
Shockoe Slip, where I got to meet Joanne. It was a wonderful night, and yes there were Red Velvet Cupcakes there too...lol
ME AND JO!
She is perfectly lovely!
See that book in front of her???
She autographed it just for one of you!
Would you like win this special copy?

Here are the details...
Leave a comment on this post.
That's it.
No hoops to jump through
No crazy rules
Just leave a comment on April 20th I will reveal the winner.
Good Luck and thanks for stopping by, I know it has been FOREVER!
Love ya!

Comments

  1. TrishaApril 3, 2013 at 12:54 PM

    Welcome back! So glad to hear you had a great time and that you got to meet Jo!

    ~Trisha

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  2. JoriApril 3, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    No way!! How cool!! So glad training went well. I love when new friends come along! SO happy you are doing the 40 day thing with me. It has been so much fun! It sounds like you have been doing a lot of kind things.

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  3. LindaApril 3, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    WOW! How neat Jenny to have the book signed and named after your cupcake recipe! Sounds like you had a great time! We are fine as you saw Merlin loves his cat tree- Bob and Savannah do too, catch them for a photo- she is the gingerbread cat runs off kitty cat laughing you will never catch me I am the gingerbread cat! Please count me in your drawing! Come back in May to enter the Victorian ETC magazine new debut for my Angel wing necklace.
    Linda

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  4. Marci JApril 3, 2013 at 9:02 PM

    I've missed you and your posts Jenny!! I am glad you had a great time. A month training sounds like a long time, but it sounds like you guys had a blast.
    I was able to meet the author of "A Killing in the Hills" a few months ago at my bookclub. It was an incredible experience- to get to talk to Julia Keller and ask her questions about her book and writing was amazing!!

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  5. JillApril 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM

    Isn't it nice to meet some Awesome new Friends?! I'm visiting via Thursday Favorite Things and am your newest Follower :)

    ~ Jill

    http://www.frugalplus.com/

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  6. Self SagacityApril 3, 2013 at 11:59 PM

    Awesome for someone to use your recipe and name. What an honor. Good for you!

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  7. Suburban GirlApril 4, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Wow, this sounds exciting for you!

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  8. DaniellaApril 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    Oh my goodness!! Such an exciting post!! I'm glad the training went well, and you made new friends and had such an amazing time, Happy birthday to your husband and the whole book story is AWESOME!!! Good for you! What a wonderful honor!! You are a very lucky lady indeed!!! And very generous with such an amazing giveaway!
    I've missed your visits! Glad you are back!
    xxDaniella

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  9. AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM

    it is totally awesome that your recipe was used and even more so that you actually got to meet the person who used it and they autographed a copy of the book for you. It is wonderful that you made some "friends for a lifetime" while at your training...that is something that you just can't replace. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Katherines CornerApril 4, 2013 at 11:03 PM

    That is terrific!!! Congrats.
    Thank you for sharing at the hop, your participation makes the hop extra special. Big Hugs P.S. the new giveaway will be posted tomorrow!

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  11. AnonymousApril 5, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    So good to see you back! I've dropped in a couple of times ... missed seeing ya. Wow. Sounds like you've had a great time and a really great time! Neat to have met the author and get an autographed copy of the book ... for a giveaway! Wow!
    Oh, I'd love a red velvet cupcake right now!
    Take care! Jenn

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  12. AnonymousApril 5, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    PS nice update on the blog!

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  13. Scrap for JoyApril 10, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    Hi Jenny~
    What an exciting post...so many thins going on in your life! I'll have to go back in your posts to read what your training was for. I think it is really wonderful that your recipe was chosen for Jo's book. Last year my book group read The Carrot Cake Murders and it was great fun. I wrote a post about it. The Red Velvet Cupcake Murders sounds like a good read too. It was great that the timing worked out so you could meet her. Glad to see you back....I've been kind of sporadic, too.
    xoxo
    Joyce

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