Alice Ellsworth is in dire need of borrowing some tap shoes/ clogging shoes size 6 1/2 to 7 1/2.
She's "Gotta dance...", :)
If you have some she could borrow, reply to this email or give her a call using your handy dandy Relief Society phone book :).
Thanks!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Yard Sale
I wanted to see if you could spread the word that I am having a yard sale this Saturday (only) 7:00-noon. We have lots of clothes: Girls sizes 0-11 and boys size 10-16, very good condition. Plus some home decor items, please come!! Jennifer Cochran 3625 E Solomon Rd
Temple session Time Changes
Good Morning Ladies,
We just received word that the Temple session times are changing. They will be effective on July 5th.
Today the session our sisters set aside to attend will still be at 11 a.m. today.
Barbara Rains sent this information:
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Session are as follows:
8:00 A.M., 9:45 A.M. 11:30 A.M. 3:30 P.M. 5:15 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. This allows you to do 2 session back to back
Wednesday and Saturday are the same
We just received word that the Temple session times are changing. They will be effective on July 5th.
Today the session our sisters set aside to attend will still be at 11 a.m. today.
Barbara Rains sent this information:
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Session are as follows:
8:00 A.M., 9:45 A.M. 11:30 A.M. 3:30 P.M. 5:15 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. This allows you to do 2 session back to back
Wednesday and Saturday are the same
Naydell Ball
Hello ladies,
This email is to inform you that our sweet Sister Naydell Ball passed away Wednesday morning. There will be a family viewing at 9a.m. this Saturday. Her funeral is tentatively scheduled for this Saturday at 10am. We will be needing help with the funeral meal so if you are willing and able please call Sister Mary Alyce Claridge at 428-0210.
We will also need extra help with the fiesta so that friends of Naydell and the Forsgren family can attend the funeral
This email is to inform you that our sweet Sister Naydell Ball passed away Wednesday morning. There will be a family viewing at 9a.m. this Saturday. Her funeral is tentatively scheduled for this Saturday at 10am. We will be needing help with the funeral meal so if you are willing and able please call Sister Mary Alyce Claridge at 428-0210.
We will also need extra help with the fiesta so that friends of Naydell and the Forsgren family can attend the funeral
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Stake Fiesta!!!
Good morning Senioritas!
The Stake Fiesta is this Saturday June 11th from 11-2 pm. Every ward in the stake is playing a part in the festivities, including ours. Solomon Ward will have a booth set up in the Stake Center and will be featuring taquitos (another ward was already doing nachos), salsa and chips, and pinatas. We are also in charge of a pin the tail on the donkey game for the kids.
Please let us know if you are willing to come and man the booth or the game for an hour or so.
Also, this Wed in the Stake Center @ 11 they will be making the flowers and decorating the pinatas and would like as much help as possible.
This is a wonderful opportunity to invite family and friends to learn a little bit more about us in a friendly, pressure free environment. Not to mention all the amazing food! I'm hungry already!
Self Reliance Tip # 13 Other Necessities
Reminder: If you worked on your water storage last month and met your goal, send me an email! I have a treat for you!
This month's goal: Go 24 hours without electricity (YOU CAN DO EET!!)
For starters, I have a video. AWESOME reminders!
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=nSQcJcnO_CY
This month I would like to focus on "Non-Food Related Self Reliance".
What are some things that you use that could be turned into something "washable"? The first things that came to mind were "pads" for when "Aunt Flo comes to visit" each month and diapers.
You may be thinking, "Ok, both of those are just nasty" - but consider. If you have a year supply of these items, and you need a year and nine months...(I'm just giving an example) then wouldn't it be a great idea to think ahead and have a plan B?
I have been experimenting with the pads. Everyone may not be super excited about all the details, but I will tell you what I've done and what has worked for me. I have done a few different things over the years to get this one figured out. I found a free pattern online...complete with snaps and the whole shebang. I didn't like them. They were too hard to clean. What HAS worked is the cheap towels at Walmart that are a man-made fiber. They are white with blue stripes. They don't dry dishes very well, but they wick away moisture and have worked well for this purpose. I have attached a video on how I fold them to use them.
Things I have learned:
When they're changed, rinse them right away until the water runs clear, wring it and set it on the side of the laundry basket until you're ready to wash them with your whites. Bleach or tea tree oil will help disinfect.
If you rinse them right away, you don't have a bucket that you have to "boil" like your grandmother/ great grandmother may have had to.
Hanging them in the sun will also disinfect them.
As far as diapers, I asked my friend Jen to help me because she's had more experience than me, so here is what she said:
www.mothering.com for cloth diaper videos
www.diaperjungle.com for awesome resources like what detergents are good and which aren't...plus new hybrid diapers I wish I had gotten!
www.zoolikins.com is the closest location and where I got my diapers after researching. They are in old town Scottsdale. They offer classes for cloth diapering and other goods!
These are just a few I use regularly, but there are thousands more out there!
If you no longer use either of these items, you're not off the hook quite yet. Do you have daughters or grand-daughters?
And another thing...
From Heavenly Father's Medicine cabinet....
Once upon a time...we had a tummy bug at our house. First it was Hayden, he would come in my room at 3 a.m. and say "Mom, I don't feel so good....." and what we had eaten for dinner was now on my floor. So, after each child did this for about oh...three weeks I fell to my knees and asked for guidance. My answer was lemon juice. Who would have thought?
To this day, when my kids have upset tummies, they will ask me to make them lemon water.
Lemons are also strong enough to kill warts. Once my sister had one on the pad of her foot just below her big toe. My very wise grandmother "Oma" we called her, directed us to take the peel off of a lemon and tape it to the wart area. After two weeks, it just came out. It left a little hole, but filled in in a few months.
Lemon juice is also good for sore throats. If you think it may be strep, don't use it for that. Add some honey and lemon to warm water and it will soothe ...ahhh.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Gardening Tips for June
June Gardening Article
by Neil DeWitt
I hope things have been going well in your garden. The “first phase” of your summer garden should have all been completed by the end of May. What I call the “second phase” of the summer garden is the time for taking it a little easier to rest up from all the work you did in “phase one” and to get rested for all the work to come in “phase three” when you are so busy harvesting and trying to figure out what to do with all the excess crops that everyone is tired of eating everyday! June is when you can really begin reaping the rewards of a bountiful harvest. Many of your crops will be ripening and some will even be nearing the end of their lifecycle, such as sweet corn. So now is the time for a second planting of sweet corn and the end of the month is the time to get some tomato and pepper seeds started for transplanting for a late fall crop at the end of July.
While there is a bit of a lull this month, I thought it would be a good time to give you some tips about composting and mulching. Also, I have some tips about how to tell when crops are ready for harvesting. And finally, since we talked about fertilizing last month, I would say that typically we don’t add any fertilizer to the garden in June because our hot temperatures are truly upon us. Plants don’t tolerate fertilizers well in hot weather.
We will start first with some tips about recognizing when to pick your crops.
· Pick cantaloupe when the skin is well netted and the fruit slips from the vine with little pressure.
· Corn is ready when the tassels turn brown, “milk” comes out of the kernels if they are gently pricked with a fingernail.
· Most peppers are sweeter after they turn color, but pick them when they are full-size and the skin is firm and shiny.
· New potatoes should be pulled after the plant fully flowers. However, for full-size potatoes wait until the plant tops begin to brown and die.
· Watermelons are ready when the fruit has quit becoming larger and they feel heavy for their size. The tendrils closest to the fruit begin to turn brown and the watermelon will often have yellow spots on the underside.
· Harvest broccoli and cauliflower while the buds are tight and before they show color.
· Cucumbers and all types of summer squash are best when they are small. Try to pick while the flower is still attached or when the fruit is less than 4 or 5 inches in length.
· Harvest bunching onions anytime, just being sure to leave at least one onion in each clump to continue to multiply. Pull bulb-forming onions in the early summer, once the tops turn brown. Pick off the flowers as they develop, or bend the tops over to discourage the plant from starting the seed forming process.
· Pick radishes when they are small, when the top of the root is first visible. They are sweeter and not as hot when small.
Two other helpful tips:) Place clean straw under vining fruits like tomato, squash, cucumbers, and melons to keep fruit off the ground, or place a small board or brick under young fruit to keep it off the ground while it ripens. ) Place pieces of flat boards on the ground near vining plants and the squash bugs will accumulate underneath them at night. Early in the mornings you can then squash those squash bugs, thus controlling them from crop destruction without the use of chemicals!
Composting is one of the most important things gardeners can do. A good compost pile recycles vegetable scraps and other wastes from the garden and yard. Using compost is a way of “harvesting” free fertilizer for our garden, saving money and reducing the need for other soil supplements. Composting is a way of being “green” which has recently been getting so much attention. It also reduces the amount of garbage our community has to deal with. Not only does compost contain essential nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, it often contains trace elements you don’t ordinarily find in commercial fertilizers.
Make your compost pile by alternating layers of dry brown leaves, grass clippings, hay, straw, or even newspaper with green plant material or vegetable /plant waste, each layer being about two inches thick. After each layer, sprinkle a little horse or cow manure, or dry dog food in the pile to serve as an activator. Alfalfa meal is probably the best activator of all, but is not that easy to find. Commercial activators are also available and very effective. Moisten the pile thoroughly and keep it moist, but not soaked. Turn the pile weekly to keep the center loose and to allow air to circulate through the pile. A good compost pile is one-third each of material, air, and moisture. The pile will get hot (preferably 140 to 150 degrees within a couple of days) and will reheat similarly within a couple of days of turning. Course compost can be ready to be used in the garden within 15 to 20 days, becoming finer from the decomposition process the longer it is left in the pile to continue breaking down. Remember, it is important to never use any type of meat waste/scraps in your compost pile.
Your compost can be used in a variety of ways, such as mixing it in with your seed starting mixture, using it as a starter fertilizer for your transplants, and it can be used as a side-dressing or top-dressing for plants throughout the growing season.
Finally, in our hot summer weather, mulching is a must. Mulch is a thick blanket of material laid on the ground around your plants that blocks the hot sun’s rays, prevents weeds from growing, holds moisture in the soil, and keeps soil temperatures constant and cool. Grass clippings, bark chips, peat moss, pine needles, leaves, sawdust, straw, newspaper, black plastic, etc.; all can be used as effective mulch. Personally, my favorite “mulch” is a living mulch of vegetables planted so close together that they do everything mulch is supposed to do as their leaves form a canopy over the garden soil! The choice is yours, and as they say: “Just do it!”
by Neil DeWitt
I hope things have been going well in your garden. The “first phase” of your summer garden should have all been completed by the end of May. What I call the “second phase” of the summer garden is the time for taking it a little easier to rest up from all the work you did in “phase one” and to get rested for all the work to come in “phase three” when you are so busy harvesting and trying to figure out what to do with all the excess crops that everyone is tired of eating everyday! June is when you can really begin reaping the rewards of a bountiful harvest. Many of your crops will be ripening and some will even be nearing the end of their lifecycle, such as sweet corn. So now is the time for a second planting of sweet corn and the end of the month is the time to get some tomato and pepper seeds started for transplanting for a late fall crop at the end of July.
While there is a bit of a lull this month, I thought it would be a good time to give you some tips about composting and mulching. Also, I have some tips about how to tell when crops are ready for harvesting. And finally, since we talked about fertilizing last month, I would say that typically we don’t add any fertilizer to the garden in June because our hot temperatures are truly upon us. Plants don’t tolerate fertilizers well in hot weather.
We will start first with some tips about recognizing when to pick your crops.
· Pick cantaloupe when the skin is well netted and the fruit slips from the vine with little pressure.
· Corn is ready when the tassels turn brown, “milk” comes out of the kernels if they are gently pricked with a fingernail.
· Most peppers are sweeter after they turn color, but pick them when they are full-size and the skin is firm and shiny.
· New potatoes should be pulled after the plant fully flowers. However, for full-size potatoes wait until the plant tops begin to brown and die.
· Watermelons are ready when the fruit has quit becoming larger and they feel heavy for their size. The tendrils closest to the fruit begin to turn brown and the watermelon will often have yellow spots on the underside.
· Harvest broccoli and cauliflower while the buds are tight and before they show color.
· Cucumbers and all types of summer squash are best when they are small. Try to pick while the flower is still attached or when the fruit is less than 4 or 5 inches in length.
· Harvest bunching onions anytime, just being sure to leave at least one onion in each clump to continue to multiply. Pull bulb-forming onions in the early summer, once the tops turn brown. Pick off the flowers as they develop, or bend the tops over to discourage the plant from starting the seed forming process.
· Pick radishes when they are small, when the top of the root is first visible. They are sweeter and not as hot when small.
Two other helpful tips:) Place clean straw under vining fruits like tomato, squash, cucumbers, and melons to keep fruit off the ground, or place a small board or brick under young fruit to keep it off the ground while it ripens. ) Place pieces of flat boards on the ground near vining plants and the squash bugs will accumulate underneath them at night. Early in the mornings you can then squash those squash bugs, thus controlling them from crop destruction without the use of chemicals!
Composting is one of the most important things gardeners can do. A good compost pile recycles vegetable scraps and other wastes from the garden and yard. Using compost is a way of “harvesting” free fertilizer for our garden, saving money and reducing the need for other soil supplements. Composting is a way of being “green” which has recently been getting so much attention. It also reduces the amount of garbage our community has to deal with. Not only does compost contain essential nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, it often contains trace elements you don’t ordinarily find in commercial fertilizers.
Make your compost pile by alternating layers of dry brown leaves, grass clippings, hay, straw, or even newspaper with green plant material or vegetable /plant waste, each layer being about two inches thick. After each layer, sprinkle a little horse or cow manure, or dry dog food in the pile to serve as an activator. Alfalfa meal is probably the best activator of all, but is not that easy to find. Commercial activators are also available and very effective. Moisten the pile thoroughly and keep it moist, but not soaked. Turn the pile weekly to keep the center loose and to allow air to circulate through the pile. A good compost pile is one-third each of material, air, and moisture. The pile will get hot (preferably 140 to 150 degrees within a couple of days) and will reheat similarly within a couple of days of turning. Course compost can be ready to be used in the garden within 15 to 20 days, becoming finer from the decomposition process the longer it is left in the pile to continue breaking down. Remember, it is important to never use any type of meat waste/scraps in your compost pile.
Your compost can be used in a variety of ways, such as mixing it in with your seed starting mixture, using it as a starter fertilizer for your transplants, and it can be used as a side-dressing or top-dressing for plants throughout the growing season.
Finally, in our hot summer weather, mulching is a must. Mulch is a thick blanket of material laid on the ground around your plants that blocks the hot sun’s rays, prevents weeds from growing, holds moisture in the soil, and keeps soil temperatures constant and cool. Grass clippings, bark chips, peat moss, pine needles, leaves, sawdust, straw, newspaper, black plastic, etc.; all can be used as effective mulch. Personally, my favorite “mulch” is a living mulch of vegetables planted so close together that they do everything mulch is supposed to do as their leaves form a canopy over the garden soil! The choice is yours, and as they say: “Just do it!”
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