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Shout hurray! In any language - I hope you have a wonderful birthday today, Renee !!!

May 8, 2010 - Utah Renaissance Faire - Complete with Middle Eastern Dancers and Pirates. Yo ho!

Grilled Spicy Lime Pineapple with Ice Cream Ingredients: One Can of Pineapple rings in water or light syrup 3 TBSP Agave Nectar 2 TBSP of Lime Juice, or the juice of one small lime Cayenne pepper to taste Your favorite low fat/low sugar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Directions: Drain and rinse pineapple rings. In a bowl mix Agave Nectar, Lime juice and a couple dashes of cayenne pepper. Thoroughly coat pineapple with agave mixture. Grill pineapple until tender and slightly charred. Top immediately with a scoop of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and enjoy!!!

Youtube and I seem to be having a disagreement. You'll have to follow the links to see and hear these artists. I was recently introducted to two new musicial groups: Lunasa and Natalie MacMaster . You can hear Lunasa and watch pictures from someone's trip to Ireland on youtube . Natalie MacMaster accompanies some Irish step dancers in this video . I really like their sound -- they make my feet tappy happy.

A friend and I have been training for a sprint . Not much has been happening in the weight loss department for either of us--even though we have ramped up our exercise routine a lot. It could be that we are building muscle. I've noticed my energy level is higher and that I feel better overall since we've been training. We've thrown around a couple of ideas for dietary changes and decided to stick to the Word of Wisdom as our basic tenant . A colleague at work told me about negative foods --foods that essentially have no calorie input because they require more calories to consume them than they hold. Not the first time I've heard about it, but I'm intrigued. Negative Calorie Foods ~ Vegetables asparagus beets broccoli cabbage (green) carrots cauliflower celery chicory chili peppers cucumbers endive garlic lettuce onions papayas spinach turnip zucchini Negative Calorie Foods ~ Fruit apples cranberries grapefruit lemons mangoes o ranges pineapple raspberries strawberr...

Desert Gypsy Dance Company will perform for the fourth consecutive year at the Utah Renaissance and Fantasy Faire in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah, on Saturday, May 8 and Saturday, May 15 at 10 or 11 am and at 1 or 2 pm. Visit the Ren Faire's website for directions . Come cheer us on and maybe dance a step or two.

The Single Adult Conference will take place May 14 - 16 at the U of U Institute of Religion in Salt Lake. This annual conference is attended by over 1,000 single adults from all over the region and includes a concert by country star Charley Jenkins, Keynote address by Gerald N. Lund, a Fireside with Elder Jay E. Jensen, a dance, workshops, a humanitarian aid project and other chances to mingle with single adults of all ages. A brochure with detailed information on the conference is posted on the Single Adult website at : slc-sa.org .

Just some questions to make you stop and think. Then, hopefully you'll start again... 1. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? 2. What is the one dream for your life you most look forward to achieving? 3. Who has the capacity to make you angrier than anyone else in your life, and what in particular does he or she do to make you so angry? 4. Who has the capacity to make you feel loved more than anyone else in your life, and what in particular does he or she do to cause you to feel so lovable? 5. How do you feel about yourself—physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually? 6. When do you feel inspired? How does it feel when you are inspired? 7. What is the most important thing in the world to you? 8. If you had one day to live, how would you want to spend it? 9. When do you feel most afraid? 10. If you could accomplish only one thing during the rest of your life, what would it be? 11. What bores you? Why is this? 12. How important is money to you? How much time...

Hope you have the best birthday ever, Sis! Love you bunches! You da bomb!

I received an email recently about horrible places to stay on vacation. Their teasers are posted further below, but I wanted to chime in with a story of my own. Some friends and I took a trip to St. George several years ago for a weekend getaway. The details are a little hazy--and, no, we were not partaking of any substances that would impair memory. Age does a fine job on it's own. Thank you very much. We had a coupon for a discounted room rate at a certain hotel, which should have been our first clue to stay away--stay far, far, FAR away. I remember vague feelings of foreboding as we walked to our room, being a little nervous about us single girls staying there. We should have listened. The second clue was that the pool was disgusting. The third clue was that, when we called the front desk about the fire alarm beeping for a new battery, they removed the battery and replaced the cover. The fourth clue was that one of the beds broke when we sat on it. At this point we were still la...

Happy Birthday, Grandpa. Top row: Gayla, Ken, Carol Bottom row: Dalene, Grandpa, Ella Grandpa and Sammy Miss you.

Oasis Dance Camp * Camp WEST October 6-10 on Vashon Island in Washington. Classes from Cassandra. Sigh.

Simplicity is the key... Part I Part II