Book Group - Get Ready, we will give you the date later...

For January we'll be reading Animals in translation by Temple Grandin. Here's the review from Publisher's Weekly as found on Amazon.com:


Philosophers and scientists have long wondered what goes on in the minds of animals, and this fascinating study gives a wealth of illuminating insights into that mystery. Grandin, an animal behavior expert specializing in the design of humane slaughter systems, is autistic, and she contends that animals resemble autistic people in that they think visually rather than linguistically and perceive the world as a jumble of mesmerizing details rather than a coherent whole. Animals—cows, say, on their way through a chute—are thus easily spooked by novelties that humans see as trivialities, such as high-pitched noises, drafts and dangling clothes. Other animals accomplish feats of obsessive concentration; squirrels really do remember where each acorn is buried. The portrait she paints of the mammalian mind is both alien and familiar; she shows that beasts are capable of sadistic cruelty, remorse, superstition and surprising discernment (in one experiment, pigeons were taught to distinguish between early period Picasso and Monet). Grandin (Thinking in Pictures) and Johnson (coauthor of Shadow Syndromes) deploy a simple, lucid style to synthesize a vast amount of research in neurology, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, supplementing it with Grandin's firsthand observations of animal behavior and her own experiences with autism, engaging anecdotes about how animals interact with each other and their masters, and tips on how to pick and train house pets. The result is a lively and absorbing look at the world from animals' point of view.

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Date and location to be announced, so stay tuned.
 
For February we'll be reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.

Book Group - THIS TUESDAY

Book club is this Tues, Dec. 14th at Kristen Winn Semken's Home (2412 W 2150 N) at 7 pm.

We're discussing Two From Galilee and it's our annual cookie exchange.

Please bring your favorite treat to share.

Book Group Updates

So the book review for November’s book is a little late. Sorry! We’re reading Flowers for Elvis by Julia Schuster. When biracial twins are born to a single woman in the south in the 1950s, one twin dies, but her spirit lingers to watch over her sister.


We’ll be meeting this Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Alisa Brough’s home (2303 N. 2350 W.) at 7 p.m. and we hope you’ll join us.

For December, we’ll be reading Two: The Story of Mary and Joseph from Galilee by Marjorie Holmes.

“This is the story of two real people whose lives were touched by God: two people chosen by God to provide an earthly home for His Son. Here are Mary and Joseph-a teenage girl and a young carpenter-alone, frightened, in love, faced with family conflict, a hostile world and an awesome responsibility. It is a story for young and old alike; for everyone who finds the Christmas tale a source of timeless beauty and wonder, a compassionate, emotional novel of divine love” (from Amazon.com).

This should be a fast read and a great way to get into the holiday spirit. We hope you’ll plan to join us on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.

The "all blacks" RS volleyball team

We may be 1-4, but we look GOOD doin' it!   Come cheer on the "all blacks" volleyball team tonight @ 7:30pm!

Eat, Pray, Love Book Review

Most everyone has heard of our next book, but in case you haven’t heard about Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, here is what The New Yorker has to say about the book:


“At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing." These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert's exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, "It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.'"

Whether you read the book or see the movie, come discuss it with us at Dawn Bingham’s home (2218 N 2270 W) on October 19. The fun begins at 7 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Fruit Drying Method

Thank you to Arah's mom for helping out with our Canning/Food Preservation class.  Here is her recipe and some pictures!  (Isn't she great?!)

Drying Apricots


Gather materials:

• 2 bowls

• Blender

• Screen trays

• Colander

• Knife

• Trash can

• Trays

• Kitchen parchment

• (Freezer bags)



Gather ingredients:

• Washed apricots

• Fruit Fresh

• Apricot nectar, pineapple juice or orange juice

• Sweetener if desired (I use dried sugar cane juice and/or stevia)



Procedure:

• Fill one bowl with a can or carton of juice

• Add ¼ cup Fruit Fresh

• Sweeten to taste, if desired. (I use ¼ cup dried cane juice and 1/8 cup steiva)

• Place colander over second bowl

• Pit and half apricots

• Place in bowl of juice, stir

• Move apricots to strainer in bowl

• Dump on screen/s and or in blender for leather



For leather:

• Pour ½ cup of juice from second bowl in full blender and blend until smooth

• Pour onto tray covered with kitchen parchment (about ¼ to 1/3 inch thick)

• Dry in oven preheated to 170 degrees or in dryer

• To dry later, pour into freezer bags and freeze



For dried apricots:

• Place on screen, inside towards source of heat and dry in dryer or sun

• Or place on kitchen parchment covered tray and dry in oven preheated to 170 degrees



Note: If fruit accidently gets too dry, place in plastic bag with two halves of bread until bread goes dry and fruit goes soft. You can freeze leftover juice for popsicles.

October's Book Group Book Change

We will be reading Eat, Pray, Love for our October book.  See you on the 19th!

Attention all Volleyball Players (and Wanna-Be's)

Ladies,
It's volleyball season again! For those of you that haven't had the pleasure of playing with our ward before... you are in for a treat!!! Our ward has a reputation of being the most friendly and funnest team in the stake! We have lots of team spirit, however not much skill--for the most part. If you would like to be a part of our team PLEASE join us!!!

We will be having a pre-game meeting and warm up on this THURSDAY night @ 5:45pm at our church. Our first offical game will be at 6:30 that night, so even if you can't make it to the pre-game meeting, please come for the game. Be sure to be at every game at least 5 minutes early to avoid us having to FORFEIT (that's our least favorite way to lose!). The schedule is on the left side of the blog here.

Our ward is the ONLY (so far) ward that has an offical team uniform. We wear ALL BLACK. So dust off your black t-shirt (and pants if you have them) and come on out and play! And we MEAN PLAY!!! This is church ball. The main purposes are A) physical activity, B) fellowshipping, and C) having fun together!

If you haven't signed the roster yet, please be at the church no later than 6:15 on Thursday night. BUT try to come to the meeting where we will be discussing rules and regulations and other important things before we get warmed up. One thing I need to tell you before Thursday night is that we are not allowed to wear hats for the games. Not sure if you wear one as much as I do, but we can't wear them during the games.

Hope to see you Thursday night!

September Book Group - Join Us on Sept. 21st!

Our next book group meeting is on September 21 at 7 p.m. at Phyllis Neeley's home (1835 W Pointe Meadows Loop). We will be discussing The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

According to the Amazon.com review of the book, "There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:
"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."

She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."

"I am a biographer, I work with facts."

The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told." --Valerie Ryan

With a surprise ending, you'll want to finish the book before coming to book group, and we hope you'll join us.

Super Saturday Sign Up options and information

Ladies,

Don't miss out on your chance to make something at Super Saturday, October 9th.  We will be at our church building from 1:00-5:00pm to work on the projects.

You need to sign up and pay for your projects BEFORE September 14th.

You can sign up in the RS Room each Sunday until September 12, or email Karen (mike_karen_josh@hotmail.com) before Sunday, September 12.  Sign up sheets will also be in the Primary and Nursery binders.

Please bring your payment (made out to Pointe Meadows 1st Ward) to Marcy U. or Karen R, or drop it in the brown box at the display table in the RS Room each Sunday.  All money will be removed from the box each week.

Call Karen R. if you have any questions.

Freezer Pickle Recipe

From: Ramona J. (Karen's mom)

2 quarts sliced cucumbers
1 large onion

Quarter and then slice quite thin, or use food processor to slice.
If cucumbers have large seeds, remove seeds and then slice. Do not peal.

Stir in 2 Tbs. salt and put in covered container; refrigerate for 24 hours.

Drain and then stir in 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/2 cup white vinegar.

Refrigerate for 24 hours.  Then pour into smaller containers to store.

Store in freezer in freezer containers; glass jars, sour cream
and cottage cheese containers also work great.

Super Saturday Wood Projects

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1:00-5:00pm @ our church building.   Sign Ups and Money are DUE no later than Tuesday, September 14th (Our Backyard BBQ Bash!)

We are excited to have LOTS of options for our "Wood Crafts" on Super Saturday.  With all of these items, we will have the paint and supplies needed to make them as shown (except accessories).  If you would like a different color of paint, please be sure to bring it.

Metal Stand Ups - $13.50 each
They are about 9" across, 3" deep, and up to about 15" tall.  These are so easy. All you will do is paint the wood block, then you can sand and stain it (as shown) to give it the aged look.  Then we will screw in one of these adorable options!

Present not included.

Scarf not included

Ribbon not included

Ribbon not included

Ribbon and accessories not included

Wood Plaques - $23.50 each.

These are so beautiful in real life, I wish we had samples of all of them!  They are approx. 16"x9", and about 3/4" deep.  The metal is 3 dimensional, as shown in the "Follow the Star" example.  (Sorry, they aren't great pictures).  You will need to paint the frame, then you can age it (sand and stain).  We will have a clear gloss you can spray over it too.  The metal is simply screwed into the wood frame.  The 3 Christmas options include the metal scroll handle at the top (can be used to hang it from, or just as a decorative topper.  The Family one will have gold or silver wire-edged sheer ribbon.

Gold or Silver ribbon included (not shown)

Gold or Silver ribbon included (not shown)

Gold or Silver ribbon included (not shown)

Gold or Silver ribbon included (not shown)

5x5 Wood Plaques - $6.50 each.

These are so adorable, but don't be fooled, they take a little longer than you expect!  (But well worth the trouble.)  You can make one, two, three, or the whole year set of four!  You will paint the base, then paint the 3 dimensional part of the metal piece.  The metal is screwed into the wood base.  They also come with a dowel (very stylish!) to plug in the back to stand your treasure on a table, or you can hang it from the hole on a wall.

Last but not least...

8x8 Wood Mounted Picture - $5.00 each.
This is by far the easiest thing we have for you!!  Simply paint your wood piece, wait for it to dry. Then modge podge a picture on top!  (And we can even show you how to do that!). Includes dowel to use on table top, or hole for hanging on the wall.

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING A PICTURE - (Jana has a limited number of these adorable pics.)  Get an 8x10 picture and we will need to trim it down to ABOUT 7.25x7.25" (don't do this before you come, please).

We are thrilled to be using Crafter's Corner in AF to get the kits to make these things.  We need to give them time to cut all of our supplies, and have everything ready for us.  Please be sure to pay before September 14th, or we won't be able to order your supplies!

Super Saturday - Card Options

An inexpensive, and really fun option for Super Saturday is to make some Birthday Cards!  Our resident expert Lana will be here to help you from start to finish making these adorable, one of a kind, Birthday cards.

Just $1 each, you can make as many as you want, including just ONE!

 Card 1, Layers & Frosting

 

    Card 2, Large Floral Happy Birthday

 Card 3, Happy Birthday Star Cutout

 Card 4, Happy Birthday Birdie

Book Group Info

Hello everyone, I hope you have all enjoyed reading this summer here are the
next books and we need some volunteers for hosting and critics so please
email me if you would like to help out. Were also trying to include more
people so please join us or bring someone new to the next meeting and share your books.

There is a host and a critic for September,and a host for October, but we need volunteers for the rest of the months.

-Kristen

Motivation Books by Kristin Derrick's mom

Many of you noticed those adorable workbooks and charts that Kristin brought.  Her very talented mom has created a whole slew of these motivational books for families.

For more information, please visit her website:  www.create-motivate.blogspot.com   Or you can talk to Kristin!

Summer Recipe Sampler (from July's activity)

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to make and share one of their favorite summer recipes.  What a treat!  

Gazpacho – Jill Ehat

Combine and refrigerate 6 hours to overnight:

4 cups Clamato juice

½ c. onion, minced

2 Tbsp. Olive oil

1/3 c. red wine vinegar

¼ c. green pepper, minced

3 Tbsp. parsley, chopped

2 cloves garlic minced

¼ tsp. Tabasco sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

Add to mixture:

8 tomatoes, chopped

2 cucumbers, chopped

2 avocados, cubed

Refrigerate until cold.  Serve with croutons and Parmesan cheese.  Yield 8 servings.

Frito Salad – Alicia King

2 bags of Chili Cheese Fritos
1 can of dk red kidney beans
1 can of light red kidney beans
1 green bell pepper
1 red onion
1 bottle of Catalina dressing

Drain kidney beans and put into a bowl. Chop bell pepper and red onion. Add chips and dressing just before serving.

Black Bean Salsa  - Chrissy Krebs

2 cans of black beans drained
4 roma tomatoes chopped
1/2 gr. pepper chopped
1 bunch of green onions chopped
1-2 avocados chopped (optional, I always leave them out when I make it)
1/4 bunch of cilantro cut up
2 cans of corn drained
1 can of bl. olives sliced
1/2 a bottle of fat free Italian dressing
Put in a bowl and eat with chips!

Lemon Cookies – Kristin Derrick

1 lemon cake mix- mix to directions

then add:

1 1/2 cup flour

2 tablespoons shortening- mix for 2 minutes

drop by spoonful on cookie sheet and bake at 350- for 10 minutes let cool

frost with betty crocker lemon frosting.

Chocolate chip bread balls – Amber Hill

Ingredients:

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp cinnamon (optional)

½ cup white beans

½ cup raw sugar

¼ cup unsweetened applesauce

½ tsp vanilla extract

½ cup chocolate chips

a dash of salt

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a large cookie sheet or line with parchment paper and set aside. Transfer 3/4 cup of the oats to a food processor and pulse, about 15x, until crumbly but not powder. Transfer to a mixing bowl and combine with flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon.  Whisk to incorporate and set aside. Transfer beans to processor then add applesauce, sugar, vanilla extract and 1 tbsp of the bean liquid. Whiz until smooth. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and stir about 10 times. Add chips, remaining 1/4 cup oats and the rest of the bean liquid, stirring until combined. If the mixture is too wet, add more oats. If it's too dry, add a little water. Drop tablespoon's of batter onto the cookie sheet, leaving an inch of room between each. Bake 6-7 minutes, until edges are just turning light brown and middles are firm. They will firm a bit more as they cool. Check the bottoms to make sure they are golden brown. 

Per cookie: 61 calories, 0.7g fat, 12.4g carbs, 1.4g fiber, 5.2g sugar, 1.3g protein

Healthier Zucchini Bread – Amber Hill

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup white flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup sugar

1 cup finely shredded, unpeeled zucchini

1/4 cup pureed beans(navy beans or pinto beans)

1 egg

Grease bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of an 8x4x2 inch loaf pan, set aside.  In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; set aside.

In another medium mixing bowl combine sugar, shredded zucchini, beans and egg; mix well.  Add dry mixture to zucchini mixture.  Stir just till moistened(batter should be lumpy.)

Spoon batter into the prepared pan.  Bake in a 350 oven 45-55 minutes(Just depends on the oven!) or till a wooden toothpick insterted near center comes out clean.  Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.  Remove loaf from pan.  Cool completely on the wire rack.  Wrap and store overnight.  Makes 1 loaf(16 servings.)

Oatmeal Fudge Bars:  Emily Barson

Cookie:
1 cup brown sugar
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup butter
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
Cream sugars, butter and eggs together.  Add flour, oatmeal and soda.  Set aside.

Fudge:
6 oz. chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter
Melt together on low heat, stirring constantly.

In 9x13 pan, press 2/3 of cookie mixture.  pour fudge over, then crumble remaining cookie mixture over fudge.  Bake at 350 for 18-20 min.

Strawberry Banana Trifle – Karen Russell

2/3 of a pound cake (prepared as directed and cut into bite size squares)

1 small package banana pudding (prepared as directed with 2 c. milk)

2 lb. strawberries, sliced

1 large container of Cool Whip

Layer in a trifle bowl in the following order:

½ of pound cake pieces

½ of banana pudding

½ of strawberries

1/3 container of Cool Whip

REPEAT 

(you will have some Cool Whip left over)

Chill for 20-30 minutes then serve.

Sugar Cookies – Amanda Hollist

Chicken Salad – Sheri Leder

Vegetable and Chip Dip – Rachel Woodhouse

Coming Up - July 13th

We have a fun activity in the works for Tuesday, July 13th.
We will  be discussing 10 Ways to Help Your Children Succeed
There will be a Summer Recipe Sampler (recipes to follow on this blog)
Family Home Evening Charts on display as well as Family Chore Charts. And we will have a table for you to display your Favorite Parenting Books.

Everyone will find something that night, and we hope to see all of you there!

Tuesday, July 13th, 7:00pm.  Nursery will be available.  AND, there will be tons of food to sample.  Sign up to bring your favorite recipe, FHE chart, and/or chore chart in the RS Binder going around on Sundays until July 11th.

Ahhh... The Retreat

I didn't post this right away, because how can I do it justice? I had over 150 pictures to choose from, and they were all so much fun. (Ok, some of them were blurry, but it is hard to choose!!!)

If you are interested in a CD with the pictures that I took, please drop by a blank CD and I will make you one--you can pick and choose from there!

So, here's the write up on one of the funnest weekends I have had in a long time!

Friday afternoon about 12 of us met at The Homestead (Fanny's Grill) for supper. Unfortunately I left the camera in the car. Ooops!

After dinner some of us headed to get ice cream at The Dairy Keen.

Then carloads of party girls started showing up at the house around 6:30pm.

We started out the night with some "Minute to Win It" games. We did some apple stacking and some sucking of M&M's. As expected, Mindy beat us all - in both of them! Please.... do not go up against Mindy in any game of skill or chance and think you have a chance of winning! Yay for Mindy!!! :)

I mean seriously, look at Janelle go, and she still didn't win! Nice try though.

When most everyone had arrived we played a nice farming game. Everyone was given a card with one of five animals (pig, dog, cow, sheep, cat) and we had to put on a blindfold and start making our animal noise until we could find (and hang onto) all of the other animals of the same kind. Says Sue D. "I'm just glad I went to the restroom before we started this". Everyone was wiping the tears from their eyes as we took off our blind folds.

We played that a few more times, then started our next game.

Who am I? Some were pretty quick to find out, others simply gave up after a while!

Then we broke up into 2 groups and played "Times Up" or "3 Men (women in this case) on a Couch". Sadly, me and my camera weren't in the room for the 3 men on a couch game, but I sure had some fun with the Times Up crew.

Here's our favorite picture of Kristen doing her impression of Leonardo DiCaprio... I believe it has something to do with the Titanic.

After we finished up those games we started doing our skits. These weren't just any skits! We divided up into 4 groups, and each group was given a basket, crate, or bag with props, a famous person's name, a famous quote, and a ward calling that had to be incorporated into their skit. Holy Cow! I am blown away by some of the acting skills and creativity of these ladies, especially at 11:30pm!

Here's some pictures of the skits...

Mindy as a super hero, with Sarah rapping the story along.

Dawn as "Mollie" with her good works and individual worth head band, bringing Hannah Montana (Janelle) to YW with her.

Little Red Riding Hood (Tabitha) going to visit her Nursery Leader (Teresa), when the Big Bad Wolf (Saffron-in a pirate hat) stalls her!

Hmmm... they said they wanted to hide in the garage, because they couldn't decide what to do. I'm impressed with the Activities Committee meeting they portrayed after I forced them to participate anyway! Great job ladies!

After the skits, we turned it down a notch and had a little devotional. Arah reminded us how important it is to be happy with ourselves no matter what. We watched a great video that helped us all remember how fragile our lives are and how lucky we are to be women, mothers, sisters, and friends.

Then I'm not sure what happened... I went to bed! All I know is they were pretty quiet, if they stayed up!

Early (8:15) Saturday morning Mindy woke us all up with their family wake up songs and BYU fight songs. She's quite the morning person! :)

We had a great breakfast (with microwave, pre-cooked bacon) and welcomed lots of new faces!

Then we started our day of rejuvenation. We had 4 excellent speakers who helped us remember the talk that Sheri Dew gave our stake several months ago.

Sue started with "Personal Revelation", she says she learned more than us, but we all learned a lot from Sue. Thank you!

Then Dawn with "Not belittling or 'pecking' at each other". What a great reminder we all need to build each other up, and not tear each other down. Thank you! Dawn

Then we had a food break... that lasted longer than the 5 minutes we planned!

Kerstin was next on our day. She gave a wonderful presentation on "Understanding the Atonement". What a wonderful perspective she gave us, and the tears were flowing, as the spirit was so strong today. Thank you, Kerstin!

Next was Tabitha, she talked about "Remembering Our Individual Worth". She told us some amazing things about her conversion and shared such sweet testimony to us. No one could have shared this like she did! Thank you!

Next was lunch. I can't believe how little each person was assigned, and how much food there ended up being. Thank you to everyone who brought food (and took some home with you!)

After lunch, Arah had asked several women in the ward to share their testimonies. Each one of them had so much to add to our special day. Then the time was open to anyone who wanted to share. How lucky we were to share such a special and spiritual day. I feel truly uplifted by each of you, not only at the retreat, but every day!

Thank you to all of you who made the preparations and took the time to come. Arah and I discussed on the way home how that 24 hours went almost better than we could have ever imagined, and it's all because of YOU!!!

If you weren't able to join us, we truly missed you! We are hoping to do this again in the future. Keep your fingers crossed.

Love,
Karen

Now, that was a lot of 72 hour kits!

Here are some pictures of the fun that we had putting together the almost 300 72 hour kits!  This is an article that was written about that evening...
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/15139/Stake-puts-together-840-72-hour-kits-400-heat-cans

Running Resources

If you have questions about any of this information, please contact Alisa Brough. And, thank you to Alisa for providing all this great information!

Races
Utah Race Schedule http //www.utahrunningguide.com/home/races/
Lehi Roundup 5K, June 26 http //www.lehi-ut.gov/roundup/
Freedom Festival 1 mile, 5k, 10K; July 5 http //www.freedomfestival.org/events/freedom-run/
Park City Marathon, Half; August 21 http //www.pcmarathon.com/
Spanish Fork 5K, Half Marathon; Sept. 11 http //www.spanishforkhalf.com/

Trainng Schedules
Couch Potato to 5K (http //www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml)
Marathon Rookie Half Marathon Training http //www.marathonrookie.com/half-marathon-training.html
Hal Higdon’s Novice Half Schedule http //www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm
Jeff Galloway’s Training Schedules (includes 5K and 10K) (http //www.jeffgalloway.com/training/index.html)

Distance Calculators
With these websites, you can calculate the distance of different routes. It's a lot easier than using the odometer in your car to figure out how far you're running each day.
www.favoriterun.com
www.mapmyrun.com

Avoiding Knee Injuries
Knee Exercises http //www.bigkneepain.com/knee-exercises.html
“Foam Rolling for Runners” http //www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7124,s6-241-285--11556-0,00.html

Nutrition“Eating to Fuel Exercise” at http //well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/eating-to-fuel-exercise/

Fitness Night

Wasn't Fitness Night so much fun?

Sarah warming us up with some dance stretches and moves. Loved the music, so fun!

I am not an exerciser, but I had a great time. We had a lot more people turn out than I had expected, and the committee was THRILLED!

A "proper lunge" by Amy.

Kicking out our frustrations with Annette.

Thank you so much to Sarah, Teresa, Amy, Annette, Jordan, Alisa and Kerstin for your presentations, handouts, and willingness to share.

Thank you to all the good sports who came, exercised, and had a great time!

We loved the smoothies that Mindy shared, and were pleasantly surprised, huh? Thank you to those who donated food for the smoothies. We appreciate your willingness to share!

Look for extra handouts outside the RS room on Sunday, the 16th. Also, keep an eye out for an exercise group to start soon. Sounded like a lot of people wanted to participate.