Food 4 Thought Friday

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Food 4 Thought Friday!

A little feast without the calories!!

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Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions:

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Famous or Infamous!

Breakfast ~ If you could be famous for one thing, what would you want it to be?
Lunch ~ Has anyone ever told you that you remind them of a famous person?
Dinner ~ Name 3-5 living famous (or infamous) people you most want to meet.  Name 3-5 nonliving famous (or infamous) people you would most want to meet.
Midnight Snack ~List the famous (or infamous) people you have met in your lifetime. Time to name drop!
Recipe of the Week ~ (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?) 

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MY ANSWERS

Famous or Infamous!

Breakfast ~ If you could be famous for one thing, what would you want it to be? I think the most rewarding thing to be famous for would be to be like Mother Teresa for serving others and for making the world a better place for all.  However, the funnest thing would to be a rockstar and get to perform in front of millions of fans. I would not like the lifestyle of that though. 
Lunch ~ Has anyone ever told you that you remind them of a famous person? I have been told by my sister in law and nieces that I remind them exactly of Kelly Rippa.  I take that as compliment because I think she is a lot of fun.
Dinner ~ Name 3-5 living famous (or infamous) people you most want to meet.  I would love to meet Oprah Winfrey.  I truly admire her and think she is full of wisdom.  I've always said I wanted to meet the current President of the USA, but right now I don't think that would be such an honor. I would like to meet both George Bushes though, as well as Barbara Bush. Maybe even Taylor Swift. The list is long so I will stop there. 
Name 3-5 nonliving famous (or infamous) people you would most want to meet.  Princess Diana, Ben Franklin, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Jacquie Kennedy....I could go on and on with this one too.

Midnight Snack ~ List the famous (or infamous) people you have met in your lifetime. Time to name drop! I actually wrote a list down a while ago for some history thing I did and I was surprised how many I came up with. My mother met Elvis Presley when she was 16 and that made an indelible impression on me.  I haven't met anyone as famous as Elvis, but I have met a lot of different kinds of famous people (many through American Mothers). I'm sure there are still some names missing, but here is what I had:

Liza Minnelli (in San Francisco around age 10)
Cloris Leachman  (in Jr. High)
Farrah Fawcett  (in high school at a hotel when I was there for a dance competition)
Robert Redford (in a gas station on way to Lake Powell and again when our houseboats passed on the Lake - I waved and yelled, "Hi Bob!"  He waved back!)

Donny Osmond (at the Meet and Greet in Las Vegas after his show)
Marie Osmond (during the Las Vegas concert when she came up to Dave and kissed him and asked me some question)
Steve Young (at our AMI huge conference we put on in the conference center) 
Haloti Ngata -NFL Player (he presented Taylor with the National Football Foundation Junior Scholar Award)

Junior Scholar-Athletes

Thurl Bailey (Bryce presented him with an award from AMI at a local event)
Merlin Olsen -NFL Player (AMI event)

Bar J Wranglers (friends of the family)
Stephen R. Covey (AMI National Conference)
Alan and Suzanne Osmond (AMI National Conference)
Jane Clayson (AMI National Conference)

Richard Paul Evans (AMI -  he worked with us on a fund raiser)
Jon Huntsman Sr. and his wife (at their Deer Valley home for a National AMI event)

Governor Huntsman and his wife (AMI)

Governor Leavitt (I met him while serving as Utah's Young Mother of the Year -he signed a proclamation for me)
Jackie Leavitt (AMI event)
Governor Herbert (AMI event)
Jeanette Herbert (AMI event) 
The Fly Lady (AMI conference) 
The RubberBands (AMI conference)

Richard and Linda Eyre (AMI conference I put on)

Glenn Latham (AMI - I did a infomercial for him as well)

Michael Ballam (AMI)
Nicki Minaj (didn't really "meet" her but was alone with her in Las Vegas hotel pool that was secured off for her to rehearse. She was hiding from us- I was with SIL's)

A lot of local news people all through AMI: Carole Mikita, Amanda Dickson, Brooke Walker, Michelle King, Good Things Utah hosts (meeting Niecea Degering tomorrow again at our Women's Forum)....and others.

Famous Church People:

President Thomas S. Monson (He attended our ward once and then Dave spoke with him at a funeral)

President Ezra Taft Benson (Dave was his Dr. at the LDS hospital)

Elder David B. Haight (Dave was his Dr. at LDS hospital)

Elder L.Tom Perry (met him at Heritage Theater in Perry)

Elder Joseph B.Wirthlin (met him in the temple)

Elder Richard G. Scott (met him in the temple)

Elder Russell M. Ballard (He called Dave to be Stake President - I'll never forget he said I was spunky)

Elder Paul H. Dunn (at WSU LDS Institute)

Camilla Kimball (at WSU LDS Institute)
Ardeth Kapp - Gen YW Pres (met her at The Mandarin and she told us how much she enjoyed watching our boys)

Barbara B. Smith -Gen RS Pres (served with her on the American Mother's State Board when she was AMI National President...my dream come true!)

Sheri Dew  - Gen RS Counselor  (through American Mothers [AMI])
Mary Ellen Smoot - Gen RS Pres (was on a panel with her representing AMI (YMOY) for a women's conference)
Margaret Nadauld -Gen YW Pres (she was a Vice Pres on AMI State Board)
Michaelene Grassli - Gen Primary Pres (served with her on the AMI State Board) 
Ann Dibb - Gen RS Counselor (met her at a MoTab Christmas concert, she sat in front of us. Pres. Monson's brother gave us his tickets & said she would come to my ward and speak to my Young Women) 

Elaine Dalton  -YM Gen Pres  (extensively through AMI - I get to meet with her again this Friday. Her daughter Emi and I worked together in AMI as well)

Bishop Gary Stevenson - (LDS apostle now.  I'm friends with his wife Lesa via AMI)

Carole Stephens - Gen RS Counselor (in my ward and then served with her on AMI State Board)

Rosemary Wixom - Gen Primary Pres (spoke at our Stake Women's mtg and at AMI conference)
Cheryl Lant - Gen Primary Pres (spoke at our Stake Women's meeting - was a judge with her for Young Mother of the Year) 

That's just who I can remember. I'm sure there's some I forgot. This was fun and brought back some fun memories.  I wish I could think of everyone....  I have photos of most of them in the last 20 years... surprise surprise!  Just no time to go back and look through all of my pix.  This would be one short list if it wasn't for American Mothers!  Seriously!  I guess If you want to meet famous people, join AMI! 

Recipe of the Week ~ (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?) Your influence is usually greater than you think it is.  Don't hesitate to stand up for what you believe even if it's not the popular thing at the time.

 

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