50% OFF WENDESDAYS

Gals, you have to go check out the OHIO THRIFT stores on the last Wednesday of every month. All clothing is 50% off. Rebecca, Merci, Abbey, Autumn, and Bonnie walked away with some good deals!

MAY HOME MANAGEMENT GROUP:

Class will be at Suzanne's B.'s home. 7 p.m.

FREEZER JAM will be taught by Suzanne. This will help us be ready for our fall harvests!

CONTAINER GARDENING is going to be taught to us by Mary L. This is a great way for everyone to be able to grow their own fresh vegetables and/or herbs.

BROWN BAG BRAG BOOK will be demonstrated by Bonnie A. Gather up your pretty papers, doo dads, ribbons, etc. to decorate your your book. These can be used for gifts, organization, memories, or whatever. Please bring $1 to make and take one home.

ALL DAY ENERGY

Tips from the May 2008 Woman's Day Magazine on how to keep up your energy. (That would help us out in the home management business, wouldn't it!)

OPEN YOUR CURTAINS: exposing yourself to light is like winding your internal wristwatch and increases levels of serotonin.

TAKE A WALK: exercise is breakfast for your brain!

EAT BREAKFAST: any breakfast boosts mental altertness, but whole grains (like oatmeal) are high in fiber & they'll help keep your blood surgar stable for hours.

TACKLE IMPORTANT TASKS IN THE MORNING: that's when we are best at understanding & paying attention to details.

STRETCH: move around before lunch time to stimulate the central nervous system.

DON'T SKIP LUNCH: this is crucial to maintaining a constant power supply.

CRANK UP THE TOONS: play up-beat music in the afternoon to help stimulate your heart and keep you feeling pumped.

MOOD_BOOSTING SNACK: between 3 and 3:30 our brain's supply of serotonin starts to dip - have some carbohydrates.

TAKE A WALK: get more sun and get your blood pumping.

DRINK WATER: not being hydrated can make you feel sluggish.

DE-STRESS AFTER YOUR BUSY DAY: do something relaxing or distracting to keep your mind off your worries

HAVE A FEEL-GOOD DINNER: something with protein to increase energy.

SLOW DOWN BEFORE BED: prepare yourself for sleeping. A good night's sleep is key to feeling rested and restored the next day.

(For more details, go to the May 6, 2008 Woman's Day article by Sara REistad-Long)

DISCOUNT SHOPPING!!!

There has been some interest in going in together to make an order for the new Gospel Art Book. The information is listed below:

Gospel Art Book
This book contains 137 pictures that can be used in the home or at church to enrich gospel teaching and learning. The pictures are organized into six sections: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Church History, Gospel in Action, and Latter-day Prophets.

Price: $3.50 each
Case price: $1.50 each for quantities of 20 or more

Check out the link below to see the picture. If we can get 20 sisters to put in their money, I'll make order so that we can get the discounted price.

http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10151&langId=-1

Also, there are bookmarks that have the Relief Society Declaration on them. I was thinking that we could also order those. They are $.10 each.

http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LDSItemFullsizeImageView?catalogId=10151&storeId=10151&productId=39159&langId=-1

In order to cover the cost of shipping and to order extra book marks for our nonmember sisters who visit the Home Management Group meetings, we are asking for $2 per person/per books/bookmarks ordered.

Questions? Post one. Thanks!

April Home Management Group - Fantastic!

Thanks to everyone who came and participated in our first meeting! It was literally a full house!

Our spotlight of the month was Abbey A.
Rebecca S. got us started out learning sign language.
Libbey W. was our first sister to use & be rewarded for the Word of the Month.

Stephanie got us off to a great start on learning about Home Storage. Check out the blog to get more details: thehomestoragehive.blogspot.com

And we had our Celestial University kick-off! Who will be the first to graduate with their Bachelor's Degree???

We missed all of you who couldn't make it. Start planning for the May meeting at Suzanne's!

Hello ladies! Welcome to the new blogspot! This site is the online place for all of our dear sisters to meet, review, and share their thoughts about the Enrichment group called the Home Management Group. We are so excited to have this forum to pull together as sisters! Please join us!