Put some "spark" in your life!

Food - Going to a Fourth Of July celebration and don't have a dish to share? Here are some websites that can help you out.

Appetizer ideas:
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blappindex.htm

Main dish ideas:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/collections/healthy_4th_recipes.html#main

Dessert ideas:
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Entertaining/Desserts/DessertsCenterLanding.aspx?cm_mmc=Srch-_-Google-_-Summer-_-july%204th%20desserts

Drink ideas:
http://www.idrink.com/independence.html

Enjoy the 4Th of July, but please, remember: If you must drink, DON"T drive!

Dish - Put some "spark" into your life! Here are some websites that list the top places for firework displays - boom!

Booms with a view!
http://www.digitalcity.com/2009/06/26/booms-with-a-view-top-20-july-4th-fireworks-in-the-u-s/

4Th of July celebrations:
http://travelwithkids.about.com/od/holidays/a/Fourthofjuly.htm

History of Fourth of July, Independence Day:
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence_Day.shtml

Population on this 4Th of July:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

Fun facts about the 4Th of July:
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/011920.html

Embellish - After you've seen it all, you won't remember the windows and doors, but who passed through.

Food, Festivities and Independence!

Food- there will be plenty! As a nation, we celebrate everything with food. Foods that color cordinate to the event in which we are celebrating (a woman, no doubt planned this.).

Fourth of July, Independence Day, is no different. But, the fun part of celebrating this holiday is that the colors are strictly red, white and blue. Colors that are not only fun to create things to eat, but also remind us of what were are celebrating -- our freedom, our independence!

Take some time this holiday and cherrish our freedom!

Happy Independence Day!

Dish - "They" say things come in three. Ed McMann, Farrah Fawcet, and Micheal Jackson.

These are the public deaths, that we somehow feel as though we know them personally. But looking at the local obituaries this morning shows they come in far greater numbers then three, and at a far younger age than they used to.

What's going on? I cannot believe the number of deaths to people under the age of 50. Something that when I was growing up, was unheard of, even shocking! Now it is happening at a far greater amount.

To the surviving family members that are grappling with the devastation felt at their loss: our hearts and prayers are with you.

Embellish - Live for today!