Super Tuesday Crafts

Sign up for:
Super “Tuesday “ Relief Society Activity
November 19th 6:30 p. m.

1 - Interchangeable Beaded watch bracelet. Circle one QTY
Complete set $15.00 Clear or Black _______
Additional Bracelet $8.00 Clear or Black _______

2 - Candy Candle Stick W/ 2 Ribbon bands $15.00 ________
Pick 2 themed ribbon bands: (each additional band is $2.50)
Valentines_______
Spring / Easter ______
Patriotic _______
Halloween / Fall _______
Christmas ________
Birthday ________
Candy Candle Stick Total:_______

3- Etched Pyrex You bring your own glass pan. $1.00
Name you want to etch:__________________________
Additional pans: ___________________________
___________________________

4. Cookies for Santa Plate $3.00 ________

5. Milk for Santa Mug $3.00 ________

6. Reindeer Food $1.50 ________

7. Inn Keepers Key $1.50 ________

8. Gila Valley Temple Plaque - $14.00
Picture A -Picture with temple words _________
Picture B- Picture with no temple words _______
Picture C - Front on picture no words _________

Contact Leiah Layton or Cheri Bills with any questions or to sign up!

Cleaning Night

Powdered Laundry Detergent:

2 cups fels naphtha or zote soap
(Freezing the softer soap before grating makes it easier to grate)
1 Cup washing soda
1 cup borax
1 cup baking soda

Mix equally with your regular detergent. Use ¼ cup per load.


Floor Cleaner

Ceramic tile: Mop with a mixture of 1 cup vinegar and 1 gallon warm water to make ceramic tile floors sparkle.

Linoleum and vinyl: Scrub a linoleum floor with a mixture of 1 gallon water and 1 cup vinegar. If floor needs a polish after this use club soda.

Multi Purpose Cleaner

2 cups hot water (distilled water is best)
3 tablespoons vinegar
½ teaspoon washing soda
½ teaspoon castile soap
Store in a large spray bottle.

Glass Cleaner

Mix in spray bottle

1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 cup water
1 tablespoon white vinegar

Juniper wood

We're going to have a load of juniper wood delivered to our house on 16 October (this Saturday). I need to know if anyone is interested in buying a cord of Juniper wood for $200. I will take orders until the capacity of the truck is reached. Interested parties can either e-mail me (bailebear@yahoo.com) or call me (928-428-3276). Thanks! Becky Clark

Relief Society Activites for the rest of the year!

Just another reminder and some information on our upcoming Relief Society activities.



October 19Th - Take a close look in the hallway to see what we are doing. This night is not about crafts, but learning some new skills to help stretch your dollar. Learn how to make a great laundry soap, cute shirts, hair flowers, skirts, and ties all from stuff you have around the house. Pull out your fabric and make some Christmas presents! I need your money by THIS Sunday please!!!!!



November 9Th - This day will be like a mini super Saturday....we will have things that can be made inexpensively for Christmas gifts. We should have most items displayed this coming Tuesday at our activity. Some of the items include beaded watch bracelets, Gila Valley Temple pictures, and more.



December 9Th - Mark your calendars now for our progressive dinner! We have carefully looked over the school calendars and tried to plan this on a night when most will be able to attend. Be looking for more information. This was so much fun last year!!!!



Any questions? Send me an email!



Thanks,

Leiah & her ever so diligent committee

October Relief Society activity date changed!!!!

October Relief Society
Activity date CHANGED!

Please note that the relief society activity
for October has been changed to October 19th at 6:30pm

Please mark your calendars accordingly!

Sisters,

I am trying to sell enough of my moms art to take her on a trip to Hawaii on Sept. 8th. I know she's not actually in our ward anymore but I think she still is in her heart after her 70+ years in it!

It's www.peggysprints.weebly.com.

Thanks--
Charlotte

Swimming / Primary Activity 6/29/10

Just a reminder that swimming on Tuesday June 29th is CANCELLED due to the primary activity at the church that day. The activity is for children in primary Sunbeams and up. It begins at the church at 10 and ends at 11:45. Wear casual clothes.

For Sale

Ok Girls-I need to sell a few pieces of furniture if anyone is interested. I have two white twin headboards with little flower decals on them. I also have a full size bed box spring and the metal thing that holds it up (what’s that called anyways?) all you would need is the mattress. I also have a beautiful white crib that converts into a full size bed headboard (very nice). If you’re interested come by and look and make me an offer. Stay tuned, I may have a couple kids for sale later as well.
Brandi Layton

Summer Salad Recipe

Here are the summer salad recipes we had at our last cooking group. Enjoy!
solomon relief society summer salad recipes

Full size headboard

Joni has a full size headboard up for grabs. If you're interested give her a call!

Summer Piano Lessons

Michelle Weatherhead is teaching piano lessons this summer (for starters) $5.00/lesson. Her ph# is 322-5208. If unable to reach her, please call juli Weatherhead 322-2418. Thanks!

Eggs For Sale

The Reidheads have eggs for sale. $2.00 a dozen or $2.50 for 18. If you're interested give them a call!

Young Women June Calendar

YW Calendar June 2010

Bountiful Baskets

Bountiful Baskets is coming to our valley!! This is a great program that is coming! It is a non-profit (volunteer run) co-op that enables people to purchase first quality fruits and vegetables at a discounted price. They also have other offerings such as 9-Grain bread (delicious), boxes of seasonal fruit and other in season treats!!

The first pick up is June 5Th- which means you can place your order online at bountiful baskets.org the Tuesday-Wednesday before. It is great because you don't have to order ever two weeks. So, if you are out of town, you just don't order a basket that week. It is also great because you generally receive a good variety of fruits and vegetables! I called to find out what kind of produce we should expect. Like a lot of you I wont be needing any more tomatoes or squash this summer. She said one order gets about 2 large laundry baskets full of produce. Apples, bananas, oranges, kiwi, spinach, and lettuce, etc. The girl I spoke to said they only thing she got that she wasn't sure what to do with was 4 artichokes, which I love but never buy because they are so expensive most of the time. You can also split the "order" with a friend. The cost is $15.00 for the order. They say you save $35 from the grocery store price. There is also an all organic option for $25.00. The other thing I liked about this co-op is that they try to buy local produce as much as they possibly can. The more members in our area the "better" the basket...so pass this along to all your friends!!!

The website is http://bountifulbaskets.org/ I don't have an email for the coordinators. You can create an account for free on the bountiful baskets website and then they will email you when it is time to sign up for the produce deliveries.

If you have any questions feel free to email Shiloh Wheeler (until the end of May) or call Nelda Ray (Shiloh’s Mom) at 928-792-2823. She is the local coordinator for the area!!!

Have a great summer!!!

Yard Sales

Charlotte Alexander is still trying to raise money to take her mom Peggy to Hawaii this fall. She will be having a yard sale this Saturday at her house starting at 7:00 am. Go check it out!


Leiah Layton will be having a huge yard sale at her house, next weekend, June 4Th and 5Th starting around 6:30.

Relief Society Birthday Party 2010

We had a great Relief Society birthday party in March. Great friends, delicious food, and a yummy dessert bar! We also had a fantastic slide show....if someone out there knows how to put it on the blog give me a shout and we'll get it on here because it really was lovely! David and Tia Palmer from Thatcher came and shared with us a beautiful lesson about the blessings of Relief Society and the Temple. It was so fun to have the Young Women hang out with us and watch them crack open a pinata! Take a peek at the pictures, and remember how truly blessed we are live among such wonderful sisters!

Man those are some GORGEOUS decorations!

This group thought they won every competition - but check out those faces, they really just had the biggest / loudest mouths! :)

Check out those lovely legs!

So many friends!

Fill up that bag!

We loved having the Young Women there!

Watch out!

How much candy could we stuff into the evening?

The ladies really cleaned house when it came to the candy....we were afraid we'd have tons of leftovers!

Until next year, it's all over folks!

Funeral

June Stalders funeral will be Monday at 1:00pm at the Solomonville meeting house. There will be a viewing one hour before at the church as well.

YW updated information

Young Women and Parents:
Just a reminder, that the Bishopric will be interviewing the Youth on Wednesday the 24th at the church during the Camp Clinic from 6:30-7:30p.m. for the Temple trip THIS Saturday, 27th.

On Saturday, we will meet at the Church at 8:15 a.m. The girls need be dressed in Sunday best and need to bring a sack lunch (or any snacks) and any personal items they may need after the baptisms. After the Young Women and Young Men's sessions, we will be going to an early dinner (provided by the church). We expect to arrive home around 8:30p.m, but will have the girls call as we come into town so that parents may pick them up at the church.

If you have any questions, please contact Sister Emily Hancock at 428-3552.

We aren't sure who had the best time....Callie teaching us, or we the students! We had a fun aerobics class though!

Pizza

Leiah’s Pizza Crust

Preheat the oven and your pizza stone for an hour at 500 and put your rack on the lowest position. (Let’s be realistic, I never heat my stone truly for an hour….we live in Arizona, are you crazy. I do try to do it for 15 mins.) If using a pizza screen oil it and put the rack higher or the crust might burn.

Makes 6 small individual pizzas or 4 large:
1/4 c. warm water
2 tsp. dry yeast
Soften yeast in water (I usually add a pinch of sugar)
4 C. white wheat flour
1 tsp. gluten flour (optional)
1 tsp. salt
Combine and then mix in yeast.
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 C. warm water
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Add to flour mixture
Kneed until smooth. Place in lightly oiled bowl. Cover. Let rise 1 to 2 hours. Punch down. Form into balls. Let sit 30 minutes then form pizza crust. Place on hot stone and let bake for 2 minutes. Pull it out poke it a few times with a fork and put toppings on it. Then bake for 6-8 minutes. Don’t let it burn, you’ll be sorry!

This recipe is very forgiving!!!! Sometimes I make 3 pizzas and then roll one out a bit thicker and bake it at a cooler temp. about 350 and slice into bread sticks…add whatever seasonings you might like. It can also be rolled thin and grilled to make something like Panini bread. And, my second favorite to pizza is rolling it about 1 inch think and cutting it with a pizza roller into small rectangles and frying them in oil to make sopapillas. I like to top them with cinnamon, sugar, caramel, chocolate, and whipped cream….yes, all at once. If you’re gonna go the fried in oil route, you might as well indulge!


Pizza Sauce:

White Pizza
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 clove garlic
2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
1/2 cup parmesean cheese, grated

Exquisite Pizza Sauce:

Red Pizza
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
6 fluid ounces warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon anchovy paste (optional)
3/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
salt to taste

The possibilities for pizza are endless. It’s a great way to use up leftovers. Be creative!

Remember when your using a lot of veggies you should bake/broil them for a few minutes to dry them out a bit. If you don’t you may end up with a slightly soggy crust.

Backin' Black Benefit

On the right side bar you will see a square "button" for the Backin' Black Benefit. We felt it appropriate to let you know about this great opportunity. This is not a Church or Relief Society sponsored activity. This event has been organized by friends of Tricia Black. On April 3rd there will be a 5K (3.1 miles) in support of Tricia. Not all of the information is on the Backin' Black blog yet. Check it out and mark your calendars for this great event!

Book Club {Virtual}

A Mother's Book of Secrets by Linda Eyre & Shawni Eyre Pothier
Keys to Making Motherhood Memorable, Meaningful, and Magnificent

I have just finished reading this fantastic book. Linda Eyre has been a New York Times best selling author and she co-wrote this book with her daughter Shawni, who lives in Gilbert.

A Mother's Book of Secrets, is very sweet and inspiring. It helps us to remember to look at the big picture of raising children and find practical everyday ways to do so with a smile.

Shawni is a photographer as well, and the book is filled with beautiful and touching photographs.

This book has chapters such as: Look for the light in the trenches, Dinnertime, Creating great memories, Be your own kind of "best mom", goals, cleaning, and "the big talk".

I have enjoyed reading the simple and silly stories in the chapters. It has given me great ideas and reaffirmed that I really am doing this whole mothering thing pretty good, even though a lot of times I don't feel like it.

I highly recommend this book!
~Leiah