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Show Lakeside 8 Thursday, May 1 4, 1 998 Thomas . From 1 to her audience the importance of making time for having fun. She suggested that audience members list everything of importance to them on a 3X5 card. On the back side of the card, list the five most important items from that list, in order of priority, and keep that card in a pocket. Then, when someone calls you to do something, check the card, said Thomas. If you find you dont have enough time, if it will take you away from the things youve listed on your card, tell them no. The first thing you have to leam to do is to say no, so youll have the time to do these fun things. Thomas also stressed the im- portance of self maintenance. You need to be refreshed to have fun with kids, she instructed. If you're tired, then its just Lakeside Review and handed it to the kids. They tossed the package around for 15 minutes, then shared their ice cream with some of the guests. While the ice cream was being tossed, Thomas rattled off ideas for what to do with dryer lint, (fill up cardboard egg cartons with it, add melted wax, and them break off one at a time for fire starters); how to have eggs and muffins over a campfire (peel the sections out of a halved orange, fill one side with an egg and the other with muffin batter, wrap in foil and grill over coals for 15 minutes); how to make meatloaf over a campfire (basically the same idea as the orange except pack hamburger into a hollowed onion, wrap in foil and grill 15 minutes each side); and how to make banana boats (slit open a banana in its peel, stuff in chocolate chips and marshmallows, wrap in foil and grill for 15 minutes). Thomas said that a little girl once pointed Thomas out to her dad and said, Look, Daddy, theres the banana boat lady. That's the secret - make it with them, said Thomas. If I had given her a chocolate cake, she wouldnt remember me. But I face, you just move the wheelbarrow to a better place. Thomas shared several ideas for utilizing that campfire. Besides the hotdogs on a pitchfork, Thomas also suggested a shovel be used as a grill for hamburgers. You just pull it out when they need turning. A baking apple on a stick can be roasted over a campfire. Peel off the outside, roll the center in cinnamon and sugar, and eat it as it softens. A few of Thomas ideas left participants wondering if they were for real. She laughingly held up a pair of jeans and showed how the legs, attached just below the shorts line, detach when it gets hot then reattach when the sun goes down. She also showed a Frisbee with a stack of paper plates tucked inside it and suggested that after a meal, the top plate could be peeled off, leaving the next plate clean and ready for the next meal. Thomas even had a little fun with the areas road construction challenges, instructing participants to put a 5 gallon bucket filled with water, detergent and socks in their car trunk. The roads are so bad around here, by the time you get to Salt Lake, your clothes will be done, Thomas told her delighted audience. You can dump out that water, fill it up with clean water, and get the rinse cycle done on the way back. If you have a hamburger grilling on the manifold, you can have laundry and dinner done by the time you get home. Thomas enthusiasm was contagious. I do things just because I want to see what happens, she said. Ive had fun moments sometimes just bonding with myself. Turn off the fear. Try new things. foil-cover- Theres no bonding. In typical fashion, Thomas quickly led the audience into a discussion on the importance of adding a sense of humor to life. Children laugh more than 400 just took the elements and times a day, while adults laugh showed her how to make banana less than 15 times, according to boats. Shell remember that forThomas. No wonder children ever. Fun moments need to be orgahave more fun, she said. We need to learn from them, with nized and orchestrated, according to Thomas. But the main idea is them. With a little help from a few to keep it simple and inexpensive. You can have a lot of fun nieces and nephews, her rented kids ("I have no children of my without a lot of money. That ice cream cost less than $2. But the own, so I just rent kids, Thomas explained), she made Ball Toss memory - that lasts forever, she said. Ice Cream. After sealing a conBuild a backyard fire in the coction of cream, milk and sugar in plastic bags, Thomas sealed wheelbarrow or wagon, she inthat bag in a larger bag filled with structed. 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