Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bowman Bay Weather
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The Fingerprint Pendant
So fabulous, isn't it?
Enjoy!
May 19th
One Minute Question: What does your husband do for employment (or what would he like to be doing, if he is looking for work)?
Topic: Recipe Exchange
Volunteer Thank Yous: Think about what you would like to say to your child’s teacher. We will be spending some time writing in the Thank You Cards for each of them.
TOP 10 List!!!!: On May 26th, the last MCB, we will be sharing our favorite 10 “things”. Please make a list, on one page, of all your favorite places, things, products, etc. We will share them aloud. These must be turned in by May 19th. ALSO…give some thought to what treats you would like to bring for our last day!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
May 12
One Minute Question: What did you do for Mother's day?
Topic: Praying for our Children and handouts about specific prayers.
Volunteer Thank Yous: Think about what you would like to say to your child’s teacher. We will be spending some time writing in the Thank You Cards for each of them.
Recipe Exchange: Bring your recipes, written or typed on one page. The theme is “Family Friendly Food”. This will be your last chance to get them into Eileen. You can also email them to Eileen at eileenjake@gmail.com.
TOP 10 List!!!!: On May 26th, the last MCB, we will be sharing our favorite 10 “things”. Please make a list, on one page, of all your favorite places, things, products, etc. We will share them aloud. These must be turned in by May 19th.
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun! J
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
April 28th
This month we will be exploring our roles as
Prayer Warriors!
Please join us tomorrow as we support one another through life
and encourage each other towards a deeper relationship with Christ.
One Minute Question: How do you see God in or through your child?
Topic: Praying for our Children.
Volunteer Thank Yous: Please get 4 pictures of each of your kiddos to Amylynn A.S.A.P. She has been gracious to volunteer to make cards for our four main childcare volunteers.
Activities:
April 28th: An opportunity for little kids (under 6 yo) to visit the farm animals at Kamiyos house after MCB.
June 28th – July 2nd: FBC Vacation Bible Study. Sign ups coming soon.
Recipe Exchange: Bring your recipes, written or typed on one page, by May 5th. We will be sharing them on the 19th. You can also email them to eileen at eileenjake@gmail.com.
TOP 10 List!!!!: On May 26th, the last MCB, we will be sharing our favorite 10 “things”. Please make a list, on one page, of all your favorite places, things, products, etc. We will share them aloud. These must be turned in by May 19th.
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun! J
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Cards for Workers
Chronological Order of The Bible
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts 1 - 14
James
Acts 15
Galatians
Acts 16
Philippians
Acts 17:1 - 10
I Thessalonians
II Thessalonians
Acts 17:11 - 18:11
I Corinthians
II Corinthians
Acts 18:12 - 20:1
Ephesians
Romans
Acts 10:2 - 28:30
Colossians
Hebrews
Titus
Philemon
I Timothy
II Timothy
I Peter
II Peter
I John
II John
III John
Jude
The Revelation
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 14th
This month we will be exploring our roles as
Prayer Warriors!
Please join us tomorrow as we support oneanother through life
and encourage eachother towards a deeper realationship with Christ.
One Minute Question: This is YOUR group. What do YOU want to talk about? Bring your questions and topics for discussion.
Topic: Praying for our Husbands Trials.
Activities:
April 14th & 28th: An opportunity for little kids (under 6 yo) to visit the farm animals at Kamiyos house after MCB. Exact time TBA.
April 16th: Real World Parenting Seminar. www.realworldparents.com FREE at the Lutheran church from 9am to noon OR from 6 -9 pm. Call 293-9586 to register.
April 21st: Tulip Town’s FREE locals night. 5:30 – dusk. SO cool. Dont miss it!!!!
June 28th – July 2nd: FBC Vacation Bible Study. Sign ups coming soon.
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Kristy's Living on a Dime book AND how to hold a garage sale
ANYhow, the book has apprently been on 1/2 price for awhile but I just saw it.. and deal ends tonight. http://www.livingonadime.com/books/doddesc.htm
She had a great blog post this week about holding a garage sale.. I haven't tested her theories personally, but passing along the info.
Living On A Dime Newsletter - How To Have a Garage Sale
March 30, 2010
Hi Everyone!
After last week's "garage sale" newsletter, lots of readers asked
for a newsletter about how to host your own garage sale. Here at
Living On A Dime, we aim to please, so today's newsletter includes
tips to having your own garage sale. If you can time it for a
pretty day, this is a great time of year to hold a garage sale,
since so many bargain hunters who have been stuck indoors all
winter are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to get out there and
grab some great garage sale finds!
Check out the Easter articles including inspiration on inexpensive
Easter Baskets, Egg Decorating and Leftovers at
http://www.livingonadime.com
Have a great week!
-Tawra
www.LivingOnADime.com
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How To Have a Garage Sale
Make Money and Organize - Have a Garage Sale!If you want to have a
garage sale, your objective is to make money while getting rid of
stuff in your house. The spring is the best time to have a garage
sale. After a long winter people are ready to get out and find some
good deals. Here are some tips to make the most of your garage sale:
1. Have as many signs as possible. Put one on every major corner,
including the corner nearest the house and any needed in between.
If it is more than 1/2 mile from the corner to your house, put some
signs in between so people don't get confused. You really can't
make enough signs.
* Make your signs large!!- At least 12 inches but 18-24 is much
better.
* Use contrasting colors. Black and white are best but other
colors such as light colored paper with black ink will work
well. A black permanent marker works best.
* Be sure to put your address AND an arrow pointing the way to
your house.
* Make all your signs out of the same material. For example,
make all of them out of cardboard with white painting. That
way people will know it's your garage sale and know which
signs to follow.
* Check with your city or town and find out if they have any
particular rules for garage sales. Our city requires a permit
that costs $1.50 per day. When we purchase the permit, they
give us a list of rules telling us things like not to nail
signs on telephone poles.
2. Check to see if any of your local papers or thrifty papers have
free garage sale ads. Put one in if they do.
3. Clean out everything you can so you can have as large as sale as
possible.
* If you don't have enough stuff to make a big enough sale,
then ask friends, family or neighbors to have one with you.
* Give all of your neighbors a flyer telling them when you are
having a sale and ask if they would like to have one also.
The more sales that there are in one area, the more people
will come to your sale.
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4. Price you stuff LOW. There is nothing more frustrating than
going to a garage sale and finding items for prices equal to or
higher than the same items brand new on clearance, even if it is
"Baby Gap". Name brands can let you get by with a little higher
prices.
I recommend pricing really nice kids clothes no higher than $1 each
and clothes that have stains or are not name brand at .50 or less.
Socks and underwear shouldn't be higher than .10 each.
You may think that these prices are too low but please remember
than you are getting rid of stuff!! You don't want to bring it back
into the house and store it for a few more years. If you are not
selling to get rid of things, you will keep most of what you put
out. You will also get a lot more sales if your prices are
reasonable which means more in the long run. If you sell fifteen $1
items or you sell 200 at .25 each ($50 total) you will make much
more if you sell the less expensive items. A good rule of thumb is
to price items a maximum of 10% of the retail price.
By the way, people who go to yard sales really don't care if it's
brand new in the box and you paid $80 for it so you "must" get $50
for it. It has been sitting in your house for who knows how long so
you aren't getting your money's worth anyway. Price it for $5 and
get rid of it!
5. Expect people to ask you to come down on the price. If you feel
your prices are very reasonable then don't come down, but remember
you are trying to get rid of stuff so don't put too high a value on
it. If someone asks you to come down on a price and you aren't
ready to come down at that point, ask for their name and number.
Tell them you will call them later if it hasn't sold and you are
ready to sell it to them at that price.
Using these tips, you should have a great garage sale experience.
Last week, we included the story "Ten Garage Sale Shortcuts" about
how to shop at a garage sale in the newsletter. If you missed it,
you can find it here.
Here is an additional reader tip about shopping at garage sales:
Great Garage Sale Tip!
Lisa in Tennessee sent this and I thought it was a wonderful idea!
I am going to use it this summer with the my kids. TJ
We go regularly and the kids almost always go with us. People who
are trying to get rid of things will usually just give each child
something. In fact, I have to limit the amount of things they get
for free or we'd come home with all kinds of trash.
Here is a suggestion I have for taking kids along (I had to learn
the hard way): I have taught mine that sometimes people's prices
are too high and you can tell right off the bat if they're willing
to come down. If one of them asks me if they can purchase an item
and I don't agree with the price, I have a key phrase that I tell
them. It's something like, "I don't think we need to get that
today." Then they know NOT to ask and beg over and over. They just
put the item back and we go on to the next place. Every time this
has happened they always have found a better and cheaper item at
another sale.
Yard-saleing (as we call it) is a form of entertainment for us. We
always pack snacks and water (as you suggested), the kids have
their own money, and we drive around for a few hours and see what
we can find. People give away the most amazing things. We spend
much less than our peers and we have all the modern necessities!
Also, thanks for what you said in the other article about pricing
your items low enough when having your own sale. I have been to
some places that try to get way too much out of their things! It's
quite irksome. Also, some of the best finds for us have been at the
yucky looking places that look like they just have a bunch of old
junk. Often we find a buried treasure at these places!
Keep up the good work, Lisa in Tennessee
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From A Reader:
"I love all the info and have your cookbooks and have given them to
family for birthdays. I cook out of it at least once a week. We are
trying to pay off our credit cards & your cookbooks and newsletter
are a big help!"
"Keep up the good work!!"
~Karen
Learn more about Dining On A Dime at
http://www.livingonadime.com/books/doddesc.htm
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Monday, March 22, 2010
March 24th
Prayer Warriors!
One Minute Question: Does your family have any Easter traditions or plans?
Topic: Praying for our Marriages
Demonstration: Kamiyo will give a Mending/Sewing demonstration. You can learn a new stitch or how to sew on a button. Bring any items that you need assistance mending!
Interview: This week we get to learn more about Kimberly Richards!
NO MCB Meeting next week – March 31st.
Contact List: I am doing a final update of our contact list for the school year. This is the paper list of phone numbers you will have all summer of the ladies you have met this year. Please let me know if you have changed your email, physical address, or phone number so that we will have your current information.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
March 17th
This month we will be exploring our roles as
Keepers of our Children’s Hearts.
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.” Lam 3:22-23
One Minute Question: How do you know if you have your child’s heart?
Topic: Don’t we naturally have our children’s heart?
Demonstration: Kamiyo will give a Mending/Sewing demonstration. You can learn a new stitch or how to sew on a button. Bring any items that you need assistance mending!
Contact List: I am doing a final update of our contact list for the school year. This is the paper list of phone numbers you will have all summer of the ladies you have met this year. Please let me know if you have changed your email, physical address, or phone number so that we will have your current information.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Keeping Our Children's Hearts
Keeping our Children's Hearts by Maxwell
Also visit their website titus2.com
Updated Links and Such
PluggedInOnline.com is the Focus On the Family place to review media, etc.
Prayercentral.net - that's the place with "Fetch-a-prayer" where you can get individualized reminders and prayers to pray specific to a family member, etc.
Living on a Dime is related to the cook book Kristi shared, thanks Amylnn ;)
Wow, we are so spoiled by the online resources at our fingertips!
Happy Sunday to you all!
March 10th
March 10th
This month we will be exploring our roles as
Keepers of our Children’s Hearts.
Wow ladies, that was one heartfelt meeting! Thank you for sharing your heart and emotions with all of us. What a unique group that we can all be so vulnerable with one another and continue to love one another as we are all growing and learning about being parents. I truly appreciate that we can support and respect each other through our growing pains. It is so rare to have such unconditional support and acceptance. You are all such amazing women. -Eileen
One Minute Question: What are two things we can do daily for each child so that they know that we love them.
Topic: Until you know your destination/goal, you can’t know how to get there. Let’s discuss our Ultimate Goal in raising our children.
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun!
Living on a Dime website
Kristy brought in an awesome cookbook a few weeks ago, and I'd mentioned that the author has free blog. Here it is! I've enjoyed learning a lot from this lady over the years! She's got a LOT more fiscal willpower than I do, that's for sure :)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Seven Tips for Building the Christian Family You Never Had
Anyway, This kind of summed up today's meeting for me.. God bless you all, I appreciate the group so very much xox :)
Seven Tips for Building the Christian Family You Never Had
Read parenting books with a caveat of grace. With every book I read, I berated myself for not being a perfect Christian mom, instead of letting the words encourage me to improve my parenting. Offer yourself grace when reading these books.
Find or observe a parenting mentor.
If you notice someone you think is parenting her kids well, ask her questions and observe her.There's nothing better than learning from a real live human being.
Say, "I'm sorry." All parents make mistakes. We say painful words that we heard our parents say. The best way to disarm this is to admit it. Asking our children and others for forgiveness opens the door to improving relationships.
Understand that parenting is not
outside-in, but inside-out. God is in
the business of cleaning, healing and rejuvenating our hearts from the inside out. The greater the healing, the more authentic and effective our parenting will be.
Forgive your parents. Forgiveness sets you free — free to love your imperfect parents, free to give grace to your imperfect self as you struggle to parent. Holding bitterness in your heart hinders you from parenting freely in the present.
Stop the comparison game. Few acts are more destructive than comparison. God asks us to concentrate on our own families and revel in what he has given us.
Find support. My parenting skills increased when I found other parents who struggled just like me. I realized I was a normal parent with typical struggles. I was able to laugh at my mistakes and continue down the parenting path.
Adapted from Building the Christian Family You Never Had by Mary E. DeMuth (WaterBrook, 2006)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Professional Photographer Commercial :)
Thursday, February 25, 2010
March 3rd
This month we will be exploring our roles as
Keepers of our Children’s Hearts.
One Minute Question: What are two things we can do daily for each child so that they know that we love them?
Topic: What does it mean to “loose your child to the world” and how do we maintain our influence over our children as they grow up?
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Welcome Kayliegh Mae Johnson!
Kayliegh Mae
7 pounds 10 ounces
19.5 inches
Congrats, Cari, Gregg, and Riley!!!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
A Cari Update
February 24th
This month we will be exploring our roles as Cooks.
Topic: Tell us why this is your favorite cook book and how you use the utensil that you brought.
Pic-Nic: If the weather looks like it will be sunny then pack a lunch to eat at the playground after MCB. The kids have a blast playing in the church’s fully fenced in yard while we continue our conversations in the sun! Some of us stayed until 2pm this week - wow!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
February 10th
Cookie Decorating: Come decorate and eat Valentine’s Day cookies!!! Ok, so this is not about being cooks but it is about eating…so does that count?
Marriage Sermon: What does Proverbs have to say about Marriage? We will spend a few minutes watching Pastor Mark Driscoll share his insights about this topic on a DVD.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
LOVE LANGUAGE - Gary Chapman
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
February 3rd
This month we will be exploring our roles as Cooks.
One Minute Question: What are your tips and tricks on feeding your hungry family?
Classifieds: (Sorry I forgot about this last week. Please share this week if you did not have a chance last week.) If you have something to sell or are looking for something specific then here is your chance. At the next meeting bring your item, or at least a picture or description of it, to share. And let us know how much money you would like for that item.
Don’t forget about Cari on bed rest. Please check in with her to see what you could do to help her out! 420-9992 / Cari.Hoy@gmail.com
- Eileen
Saturday, January 23, 2010
More on Sprouting
I got busy and distracted and the small sprouts didn't make it. The thing is, I forgot to rinse them for a day or so and - they started to grow mold in addition to sprouts - yuck.
So, now I have first hand experience illustrating the WHY of rinsing your growing sprouts!
Here's are some links to the packet I brought on Wed:
sproutpeople.com
Organic Sprouts and more
Happy Sprouting!
January 27th
This month we will be exploring our roles as Homemakers.
One Minute Question: How do you organize your days? Do you have any set routine for what needs to get done?
Your Quotes: I will be writing up our 2009 Yearly Review for the First Baptist Church. I would love to hear from you how MCB has helped you. This is a chance for us to share our experience and show the church how their support of our ministry has changed family’s lives. Please email me back or write down any quotes or comments that I can share anonymously.
Classifieds: If you have something to sell or are looking for something specific then here is your chance. At the next meeting bring your item, or at least a picture or description of it, to share. And let us know how much money you would like for that item. Or let us know what you are looking for. Want to get rid of a couch? Have girls clothes to sell?
Blessings,
Eileen Jacobson
Sunday, January 10, 2010
January 13th
Thanks Naomi for sharing a little of yourself with us last week. Its great to get to know you a little better!
This month we will be exploring our roles as Homemakers.
One Minute Question: What makes a house feel like a home?
Share your talents: Be sure to let Eileen know if you have a skill that you could share with the rest of us.
Skills such as sewing, canning, gardening, photography, scrapbooking, couponing, etc. We would love to learn from you!
Interview: This week we get to learn more about Brittany!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
January 6
This month we will be exploring our roles as Homemakers.
Welcome back and Happy New Year!
One Minute Question: What is your attitude about being a Homemaker?
Share your talents: Be sure to let Eileen know if you have a skill that you could share with the rest of us. Skills such as sewing, canning, gardening, photography, scrapbooking, couponing, etc. Something that would help us to become even better homemakers. We would love to learn from you!
Interview: This week we get to learn more about Naomi!
Got Talent?
We're looking for ladies who have a special “homemaking” skill AND would like to share it with MCB.
This could be almost anything that you do at home such as sewing, canning, bread making, cake decorating, growing flowers, finances, tree growing, wood working, sprouting, etc.
So many of us have never been taught even basic homemaking skills.
This would be a wonderful chance for us to learn from you!
You could do a short 15 min. presentation with a few examples or it could be a much longer “class”.
Don’t be shy. Share your talents. We will all be so impressed with your skills.
Please email me if you are interested.
Blessings,
Eileen Jacobson
Organizer and Harmonizer
of my family's well-being.