Now Available on Kindle and Nook: The Tomb of the Devils by Michael D. Christensen

The Tomb of the Devils is now available as a Nookbook (Barnes and Noble) for .99 or as a as Kindle book (Amazon) for $2.99.

OVERVIEW...

NINETY-FIVE YEARS ago the enormous interplanetary space vehicle, the Pacifica, with a numerous crew, suddenly and inexplicably disappeared as it neared the planet Pluto. None of the probes directed towards the planet after the disaster found any evidence that the vessel and its crew had ever existed.



Now, a century later, the wreck of the huge ship has been sighted, lying shrouded in the hazy-black starlight on the Plutonian surface. A shuttle has been fitted for the dangerous journey to the ninth planet, with three crewmembers aboard, and has made the first attempt to reach Pluto since the loss of the Pacifica. As the shuttle approaches the planet, it also "suddenly and inexplicably" disappears and is lost.


Although the crew of three is believed to have perished, they have not, and will carry on with their mission: to determine how the Pacifica met its fate. The truth, however, may be found only beyond reason, or even beyond imagination, and the three astronauts may wish that they had never sought an answer to the great mystery.

Kindle & Nook now includes The Tomb of the Devils by Michael D. Christensen

Well, it's official.  Mike's novel is now an e-book.  It is available for both a Kindle  (Amazon.com) or  Nook (Barnes & Noble).  We'd price it the same, BUT Amazon won't let us.  So, the Kindle book is 99 cents and the Nook book is $2.99.


I've had them listed for a few weeks and he's even sold a copy from each store.  I love it!  The other good news regarding the Author, Michael D. Christensen, is that he's been invited to speak at the local book group here in Blanding in November.  I'm kind of excited about this.  (I think he is too, but he won't admit it!)  Mike is too humble to get all excited.  He just can't believe people are even will to buy his novel.  But, I'm not.  It is a good book and worth it!

Okay, I guess that's enough self-promotion for the day on my wonderful husband!  If you know anyone who reads, pass this along to them!

P.S.  Thanks Brenda for making me aware of this months and months ago!

Rainbow Quilt

“His Promises are Sure” is the title of this rainbow quilt.  I am giving this to a friend in town for Christmas.  These quilts always turn out so cute, that is, if you like scrappy type of quilts, which I do!!!

Jeri Montella machine quilted the quilt for me in a stipple design. 



The back…

Day 5 of Painting the Living Room

Well, Mike came home from the temple yesterday and said, “I just need to start painting.”  So, he finished painting/rolling the sage green in the entire living room.  

 

This was great, because this morning, I woke up and started finishing all of the edge work. And now, the front room is 98% complete.   I just need to do the trim work around this window – the one with sheets.  Because it faces south, I’ll need to do it first thing in the morning or about 3:00 in the afternoon.  This will be come next weeks project!  (Our couch from Salt Lake will go in front on this window.  Somehow, we need to get it to Blanding in the next month or so!  Any ideas???)

We’ve moved back all of the furniture.  Caroline is staying in the same spot!

Drapes are up on the west window and chairs are arranged.

 

We’ve moved the grandfather clock.  In moving the piano, we discovered an outlet.  This was exciting news!

Mike is now painting the entry way sage green.  But, we welcome visitors.  Drop by and see our new living room!!!  IT IS DONE!!!!

Day 4 of Painting the Living Room

Today Mike was took a needed day off.  While Mike went here… Sidney arose and painted the west inside window white – it took about 1.5 hours.  She also painted the baseboards on one wall.

Sidney painted around the other two windows with sage green so tomorrow morning they will be dry and ready for the white coat around the inside windows.

Quitting time for Sidney – 12:30pm.  She’s taking the rest of the day off!

Day 3 of Painting the Living Room

We both awoke thinking that this project was WAY TO BIG and would we ever be able to finish it?  (You always think this in a the middle of a project!)

Muscleman Mike moved the piano ALL BY HIMSELF.  This was Mike’s nemesis, but he CONQUERED!


Caroline was relegated to the corner for a while.  No, we were not ‘putting her in her place’.  She was a good sport about it!

Mike, vacuuming to make ready for the piano placement!
  
The piano in its new spot and Caroline returned to her regular spot.

 
Oops, a little paint was dropped on the carpet and Mike diligently cleans it up!

Just in case you are wondering about what was accomplished on Wednesday, here’s the scoop.

1. Piano Moved (big accomplishment)
2. Lots and Lots of prep work
3. Mike painted the remainder of the ceiling
4. Sidney painted the upper walls against the ceiling and the baseboards on two walls.

By the end of the day, both of us felt that this project was doable and that we are way past the mid-way point.  We are hoping that by the end of day Friday, painting will be completed!

Day 2 of Painting the Living Room

It must be stated that Sidney’s effort to paint the living room are limited.  A chest cold is forcing her to be an onlooker.  Mike gets ALL the credit for the work!

Beginning of the day…

About 30 minutes into the work….

Closer to the end of the day…

Time to relax and it is well deserved…

The days work…  (Hey, that sheet looks great against the wall!)

Tomorrow’s goal:  Paint all the edges and trim work on the two plus walls that have been paint, move the piano over to the other side of the room, and be ready on Thursday to do the last half of the ceiling and paint the rest of the walls!  Quite ambitious, but hopefully, Sidney will be joining in the fun.

Okay, now for the paint color:  Caroline wanted a Sage Green color.  After looking at samples, she chose True Value’s Delicate Leaf.

Day 1 of Painting the Living Room

Well, the day has come.  The Living Room is being painted.  We only work about 4-5 hours a day. 

Today we moved furniture and wall hanging…

Prepped…

Caroline In Charge!

 

Painted 1/2 the sealing.  You can tell the difference if you really look.  We are painting the sealing white, it looks like it was a light peach before. 

Day 2 Plans…  We begin painting walls before shifting to the other side of the room.

Are you wondering about the wall paint color?  Well, you will just need to wait one more day to find out the color that Caroline chose!

Jannica’s First Quilt

The first week in August, I went to Salt Lake to help one of my beautiful nieces, Jannica Lang Mundy, make her first quilt.  We bought all of the fabric right after New Years and the fabric has been sitting in the bag, waiting to be put together into a beautiful quilt!

With the help of niece Alexis, we cut and arranged and sewed together the front of the quilt. 

Jannica took the quilt to Bethany Christiansen of Two Quilting B’s for it to be quilted.  Bethany does GREAT WORK.  She does everything free hand.  I am completely impressed.

As I’m not in the Salt Lake area and Jannica is in College, time to get together is limited.  So, when Mike and I drove through Salt Lake last week, I picked up the quilt at my parents and brought it to Blanding.  I finished the binding last evening.  I think turned out darling and Jannica should be so pleased with her first quilt!

NOTE:  The greatest honor was when Jannica emailed me recently and asked if I was coming to Salt Lake again in December or January.  She wants to go fabric shopping again!  I think I’ve created another quilter in the family!  (Sidney, Alexis, Madison, and now Jannica!)

California Vacation – September 2011

We went to California for Mike’s 45th High School Reunion and then to fulfill more items of Sidney’s ‘bucket list’, that of visiting Hearst Castle and Solvang, California.  We took Mike’s mother with us and dropped her off at her daughter’s home in Sacramento. 

Mike parking our car under the carport – a place it has rarely occupied.

Caroline is ready for the trip….

Our blowout, just as we were driving up Price Canyon. Needless to say, we were delayed.

We gave Janet Wilcox a ride to Tooele. She never expected such excitement.  Janet was a good sport about the blowout!  We arrived in Tooele about 10:00pm and dropped of Janet.  We were going to stay in Tooele, but THERE WAS NOT ONE HOTEL ROOM AVAILABLE.  What was all the excitement about in Tooele.  We then drove to Wendover, Nevada and stayed in a nice room at the Peppermill.  The only downside is that we did not get to participate in the buffet…

Our helper… after ONE HOUR OF WAITING.

 

Thursday afternoon we visited with Aunt Marj and Mike’s Cousin Doug in Reno, Nevada.

Mike and I now stay at Motel 6’s.  We just need a place to sleep and no fufu.  Our room in Sacramento, California on Thursday evening.

One of the hidden secrets of California is the River Road aka level road running from Sacramento to the East Bay Area along the Sacramento River.  (Highway 160, by the way).  It takes you back to the 1950’s and is delightful.  We travelled this road at sunset five years ago, so I was anxious to see everything in the daylight.  It is still beautiful and serene.

One of the bridges along the River Road.

We stopped in Locke, California for lunch.  A little town along the River Road.  One of our goals was to have Chinese food on our trip.  We had Chinese twice!

     

We stopped in Del Rio at Foster’s Bighorn.  This guy Foster was a game hunter in the early 1900’s.  He came to Rio Vista and opened a restaurant and hung all of his trophy’s.  Mike remembers visiting this place two or three days after moving to Antioch, California in 1959.  The restaurant and all of the ‘trophies’ are still around.

On Sunday we drove to Solvang, California.  Sidney always wanted to visit this place.  Let’s just say it is a tourist trap and she wasn’t that impressed.  They did have a good bakery and Sidney was also able to find a couple of good fabric stores.  So, it wasn’t a lost cause.

(Notice the LANG sign.  A picture was necessary as this is Sidney’s maiden name.)

Driving up to Hearst Castle, we found this town…

It has a glass blowing shop, and we both found it very fascinating to watch.

  

Hearst Castle, another dream of Sidney’s.  But again, it was a little disappointing.  From Sidney’s perspective, she feels like Hearst squandered his money building this ‘castle’ and buying 15th century furnishings from Europe.  No one needs 69,000 square feet.

 

Dining area…

 

Outdoor swimming pool…

Indoor swimming pool…  Okay, now if they would have let us swim in this pool, Sidney would have said that the trip was worth it.  It was stunning!

Sunset at San Simeon, California…

Honestly, the highlight of our trip was finding the Elephant Seals just north of San Simeon.  There were hundreds on the beach and a few out swimming.  They were so fun to watch!!!

  

Suzanne in front of her home.  All I can say about her home is “Cute, cute, cute!!!”  Suzanne has done so much with her home.  It is warm and homey.  I loved it!

Mike, Suzanne, and Caroline

I should have a picture of my parents.  We stopped at their home on our way back from California where my mom fed us a delicious, healthy lunch.  The rest of the way home, we all kept commenting on how good lunch was.  (I think we were all tired of restaurant food and ready for a home cooked meal!)

Thanks again mom for a delicious lunch!