We also missed those that were not able to attend--looking forward to seeing everyone back at our next meeting on November 15th.
General Announcements:
RMCC Community BBQ (formally known as Westernfest ;-)
Sunday, October 28th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Click here for more info and to sign up to volunteer.
mom2mom Book Club
Thursday, November 1st 9:30 - 11:30 am
We will be finishing up the second half of The Five Love Languages of Children. If you have yet to sign up there is still room! Please email Cheryl Washburn at jcwash815@aol.com, also let her know if you will need childcare.
Women's Christmas Dinner November 30th & December 1st
Ticket Sales - November 4th!
Interested in signing up as a hostess? Click here.
mom2mom Playdate
Monday, November 12th at 10:30 am
Pack a lunch for you and your littles and meet up to play at Red Mountain Park at 7745 E. Brown Rd, Mesa AZ. Look for the mom2mom signs. The park is located right near Red Mountain Highschool on brown in between Sunnyvalley Blvd and 80th Street. See you there!
We are gearing up for the upcoming Christmas season and want to hear about your favorite Christmas traditions for an upcoming blog post. If you would like to share, please submit a short paragraph or two on your favorite family Christmas tradition--whether it is an activity that you did as a child or currently do with your own family, we'd love to hear about it! And if you have old family photos or recipes that go along with your story, we'd love to see!! Please submit to mom2mom.rmcc@gmail.com by November 9th.
Meeting Recap:
Our own mom2mom, Jessica Stillwell, gave us a great overview on coupons and meal planning.
Here are some takeaway points from today:
Why Coupon?
It's about Biblical Stewardship
I Chronicles 29:11
Why Budget/ Meal Plan? (Have a plan from www.crown.org)
Proverbs 21:5
Luke 14:28-30
How?
Make a shopping list
Menu plan by using items that are on sale or that you already have at home
When making large portions, freeze unused portions for future meals
Stock up on items when they are a good sale price
No time to map out coupons on your own? Use subscription sites and blogs
Keep track of good deals with your own price book (write down good deals/prices for future reference)
Take calculator (or use calculator on Smartphone) with you on your shopping trips to compare price per ounce
Where to find deals and coupons?
- Manufacturer’s websites
Extra Tips
Avoid getting items just because they are free or cheap
Look into signing up for Amazon Mom and Amazon Prime
Produce options: Bountiful Baskets
Organic Meat options:
Tech Savvy?
Use Cozi for a digital calendar, menu planning,
to do lists, grocery lists etc…
Jessica's recipes for home made detergents:
Dishwasher Detergent - When I make this I make about 4-6 times the recipe… Combine the three items below…don’t use the recipe without the citric part or you will have cloudy residue covered dishes even with a vinegar rinse… I tried it!
1 cup washing (Arm and Hammer in laundry aisle… 2.99-3.29 for the box---not BAKING SODA)
1 cup Borax (about 2.99-4.99 a box depending where you buy it…found in the laundry aisle)
½ cup Citric acid, Lemishine, or sugar free Lemon Kool-Aid (only lemon as others will stain).
I only stick to citric acid or Lemishine. Citric acid I buy online at Amazon in 32 oz. to 5 lb. containers depending on the deal… Lemishine I buy in store 2.99-4.19 in with the dishwasher products
I put plain distilled vinegar as the rinse aid…sometimes I forgot and it does fine without…
Use 1 TBSP per load and use vinegar in the rinse aid area.
Powdered Laundry Detergent- (check the link below for pictures)
1 bar Zote (14 oz.) or I replace with 2 bars Dr. Bronners (Zote is at Big lots for 97 cents a bar…large pink bar!)
1 bar Fels-Naptha (found in laundry aisle usually on the top shelf… 97 cents at Wal-Mart all the way up to 2.19 at the grocery store)
4 cups Borax
4 cups Washing Soda (Again not Baking soda…same stuff as in Dishwasher Detergent)
Grate or use food processor to chop up soap (I cut it into 4-6 pieces before I put it in my food processor). Then I add the 4 cups of Borax and Washing Soda (I do this outside… it can get dusty and irritate). Store in a sturdy lidded container…
1-2 TBSP per load (I use 2) it doesn’t suds up and is HE safe. I put vinegar in the fabric softener compartment to wash away residue if any (it rinses and does what liquid fabric softener could do and no there isn’t a vinegar smell).
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