Family Home Storage Order Form

We will be going to the cannery on Monday, March 23 from 8-11 AM. This is a great opportunity to build up your home storage. Sign up with Kari.

Post for March

To keep current things up at the top we'll have one post each month for people to post things on. Any questions, comments, stuff you're giving away, etc can be put up here in the comments.

Enrichment Meetings, Activities, and Groups

What is the difference between Enrichment Meetings and Enrichment Activities?

We have four Enrichment Meetings each year. They are for all Relief Society Sisters. A children's class is provided during Enrichment Meetings. There is always an Enrichment Meeting to celebrate the Relief Birthday in March.

All other enrichment events are called "activities" and are for sisters with a common interest. We strive to have a variety of different activities so that all can participate, however, because of their more specialized nature, no one activity may appeal to all sisters and that is okay. There may be an activity in any month that there is not an Enrichment Meeting, but there doesn't have to be.

Enrichment Groups are a means for sisters with common interests to get together more often than for just one activity. Playgroup and Bookclub are two examples. These groups are run by the sisters in them according to what the needs and wants of the group are. Anyone who sees a need and would like to start up a group is welcome to.

The current Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment Program provides us a lot of flexibility to tailor what we do to the needs of the sisters in our ward.
The Enrichment board welcomes any feedback you may have about Enrichment in our ward.

Enrichment Meeting Dates for 2009
January 14th - Visiting Teaching Conference
March 11th - Relief Society Birthday Celebration
September 9th - TBA
December 9th - Christmas Event

Clothing Needs at Baltimore Bishop's Storehouse

We received this email from Mary Greenwood, the RS President of Columbia 1st:

"Sisters, when I was at the Baltimore Bishop's Storehouse on Saturday,
the women in the Clothing Exchange asked me to send a plea out
requesting clothing that would be appropriate for young women to wear to
church – they have a great need for this type of clothing. They also
have a great need for church clothing for women in large sizes – XL, 2X,
3X, etc."

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

A Message From the Stake Relief Society Presidency

Dear Sisters,

Just a few more days until our "Provident Living for Turbulent Times" event.

Friday, January 30, 7-9

Please be sure to attend. It won't be the same without you. And don't forget this is a great activity to invite a friend to come along.

If you haven't signed up to attend, come anyway. It will be worthwhile. And there is plenty of room for all who want to come.

There will not be any opening exercises, so you will need to come a little bit early so you have time to find where the class you have chosen is located. Opening exercises will be conducted in each individual class.

We will start promptly at 7 pm.

Please be prepared....we will not be serving any refreshments at this event. We want you to receive as much information as you can in a short 2 hour block, and at the end of Elder Hardy's address we would like you to be able to ponder his words as you go home, instead of focusing on whatever snacks we might have provided.

A nursery will be provided for those who need it.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Your Stake Relief Society Presidency

Giving Away New Year's Edition

Here's the place to post anything you'd like to give away. Click "comments" to post.

Stake Relief Society Enrichment Night

"Provident Living in Turbulent Times."

Nursery will be provided. The Stake RS Presidency gives the following insight about this meeting: "We believe this is timely and will be worthwhile. We are having a Women's Conference format, but trying to make it easier for sisters to attend by having a condensed, one night only event. We hope that having it at night will help sisters to be able to attend more readily than making them give up a Saturday morning."

Recipes From Cookie Swap

Post your cookie recipe from the December 17th cookie swap here.

How Have You Simplified at Christmastime?

Please leave a comment to this post and share ideas you or someone you know has used to simplify at Christmas. How have you made Christmas less stressful? What things have helped you and/or your family/friends to focus more on Christ and the true meaning of Christmas? Are there any traditions that have assisted you in this?

We are also looking for a few people who would be willing to share their thoughts (for about 2min) at the Enrichment Meeting on December 10th. Commenting her does not obligate you to speak, so don't worry! We will incorporate the ideas shared here into our program on the 10th.

Thank you!
-the C2 RS Enrichment Board

Tess Conell is in need of a dogsitter the week of Thanksgiving.
Wed - Sun of Thanksgiving week she needs someone to take care of her dog.
"He's a senior and has to go out slightly more often, plus he'd do a lot better if he were not left alone for 5 days, so having a pet sitter stop by is not a great solution for me. All the kennels I've contacted are full already. I thought if anyone has a kid coming home from college or someone needs extra beds for incoming guests, I'm more than willing to let them stay at my place as long as they're willing to feed & walk my dog. Anyone interested should call me or email tesseract2002 at verizon dot net"

edited to correct email

Play at the Park Party

The last outdoor Playgroup will be this Thursday Oct. 30th at Becky Garcia's
home from 10:00-noon. Drinks and Spooky Treats provided. Bring a lunch and
something to share. Come join us for some Halloween fun!
Interested in doing an indoor playgroup, perhaps less frequently? Comment here or come discuss at the party.

Recipe Swap: Crock Pot Recipes

Here is the place to post recipes from the recipe swap. Or even if you didn't come, you can feel free to share your favorite crock pot recipe.

October Enrichment Meeting- Simple Service Auction

Our next Enrichment Meeting will be October 8 at 7pm at the church. A children's class will be provided. We will be having a service auction. How will this work? Sisters can fill out a coupon card (or multiple if you wish!) with a service to be provided. Examples include: babysitting, a jar of your famous salsa, a ride somewhere, dinner, cookies, a piano lesson, or sewing. It can be something you bring that night (like a cake) or something you would provide at a later time (like window washing). It doesn't have to be something huge. Young Women or Young Men who would like to offer a service are also welcome to do so. You can still offer a service for auction even if you can't be there that evening.
On the 8th we will also have extra coupons to fill out for those who didn't get a chance.
At the beginning of our Enrichment Meeting everyone will get points based on a list of questions about things you've done during the day or week- like "did you make your bed today?" The points will be what you use to make bids.
We will also have light refreshments to enjoy during the evening.
If anyone would like to share any service ideas (or requests ;) please post them in the comments.

Recipe Swap: Mouthwatering Marinade Madness

Mouthwatering Marinade Madness!
August 20th, 7pm at Michelle Dye's
Bring 1 to 2 lbs of uncooked, already marinated meat (any kind is fine) and be prepared for a great grilling gathering!
Post your recipe here in the comments or bring it along that night.

Giving Away- Summer Edition

Old posts that were about events that have passed have been deleted. Here is a new place to post things you are giving away. I'll try to keep these kind of posts up top for comments to be seen. I'll do a new set in the fall to keep them current. You can contact me directly if there isn't a good place to post something you'd like to post. -Meg

Fun Stuff- Summer Edition

There are free story times at the Chick-fil-A restaurants on Dobbin Rd and on Center Park Dr. Dobbin Rd is Tuesdays at 10am, Center Park Dr is Mondays at 10am going on through August 19th. There is usually some kind of giveaway involved with this.

Feel free to share any other fun free (or nearly free) activities you know about going on this summer.

The New Q&A Post

The old question and answer post got pushed off the front page, so here is a new one. Post your question or answer in the comments.

Sensational Summer Salad Recipes

Here's the place to post your sensational summer salad recipe

30 Minute Meal Recipes

Here is the place to post recipes from the recent recipe swap- 30 Minute Meal Recipes. Feel free to post your recipe even if you weren't able to attend.

Meeting for Playgroups

While we no longer have an "official" playgroup, there are still a few of us who would like to get together with other sisters and kids in the ward. I've been occasionally sending out emails to those whose emails I have inviting people to join me going to the playground or something. I'll probably continue to do that on occasion. I would like to make sure that everyone who might be interested is included. If you are interested in getting emails you can comment here or send me an email at capizziricks at yahoo dot com (turn at into @, turn dot com into .com, omit spaces). Cassandra Hancock and I decided to set up a weekly playdate at Rockburn Park Playground on Thursdays between about 10am and noon (times might change when it starts getting really hot). We'd like to invite anyone else who'd like to come.
-Meg