HFPE - Sept. 6 (9am - 11am)

Hi ladies,

We are working out the details and I am VERY EXCITED!!!

Here is what we have so far...

We are starting PROMPTLY at 9 am.

BREAKFAST to be served is going to be DELICIOUS!!!

We will have buffet style:

fruit / yogurt parfaits with granola and CHOCOLATE pieces

Crepes - (complements of Helen Harvey THANKYOU!)with fruit, cool whip/sour cream
(depending on where you were reared :-))

Muffins - in a variety of flavors

To drink: grapefruit juice and orange juice

We have a fun SKIT planned during breakfast that fits right in with the Prophet's counsel to BE prepared!
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We have 3 mini classes - choose to go to all 3 or which ever ones interest you.

1) The BUCKET LIST (Emotional preparedness): We are serious when we say we want to create activities that would interest YOU! This is interactive... we will be offering a 20 minute chat... so put your thinking caps on. We will be divided by age/ or should I say season of life.
-------We want to know if there are things you want to do as a group of women... can be social, can be learning, can be eating :-), can be spiritual, that will fill your BUCKET - You tell us!!!

2) The CONTROL JOURNAL (or Control Center as I like to call it)(Temporal preparedness)... You are in for a treat... Karen Rich has agreed to teach this mini class. Listen as you learn how she accomplishes so much in her day. Her home is immaculate, her emergency preparedness is farther along than most, her ideas just astound me. We will be giving you the ingredients to make this class a success.

3) I STAND IN HOLY PLACES (Spiritual preparedness)... another serious treat. Nancy Richardson is teaching this one (don't remind her that her daughter is getting married soon - don't want her to realize she has a lot on her plate :-)). She is going to give us a list of 10 things we can do to make our homes a piece of heaven.
This list will enable us to always stand in holy places - because we make it so!

and if that isn't enough for ya...

We are offering THE TREASURE CHEST - bring what you want to get rid of and see what others have brought that you want to take back home with you... what is left will be donated.

We will also be introducing - the COMFY COUCHES...
We will have a peaceful place set up with soft music, 'style' ideas, organizational ideas, a nail center for a bit of color, a paraffin bath for your hands to feel soft and supple... basically a place to sit, relax, pamper yourself and visit at any time during HFPE

YEAH!!! it is going to be great! Looking forward to visiting with you then.

I'm READING

HI Friends,

For anyone looking for a couple good books to read ...

This month I am reading 2 books...
I have to warn you... I am a self help reader... One day I may take the time to read for sheer pleasure... SO if that doesn't interest you... close your eyes for this post :0)


1) Og Mandino's THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN THE WORLD
2) Robert Kiyosaki's RICH DAD POOR DAD

I have read them both before but like to reread some of my favorites every couple years.

I love Og Mandino! He uses a story format to teach a great principle. In this book A publisher encounters a wise old man and, as a result of their mystical relationship, receives from him his laws for finding happiness and success.

I love Robert Kiyosaki's book, in it he argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees for financial success, and describes six guidelines for making money work for you. One of the principles he talks about is the importance of paying a tithe... go figure - tithing and prosperity go hand in hand!

Let me know if your are joining with me!
Kristin

operationFIRSTresponse.org

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! We are up to 20 blankets made for our wounded heroes and their families.
I do believe we will make it to our goal of 50. 2 more sets if material was donated to the cause on Sunday. SO we will have more soon.

MR.PREPAREDNESS

Just a reminder for those who want some support in being prepared... that is a different feeling than having to react out of fear because an emergency has come our way...

email mr.preparedness@hotmail.com ... he is sending out the family emergency plan packet but he is also sending out information about water storage.

Happy days of preparation :-)

BRAGGINGwrites

We have our first BRAGGINGwrites... Marshall Butler was just featured in the gazette.
Here is the link... I know you are one proud mama Terilynne

http://www.gazette.net/stories/061808/gaitnew211654_32370.shtml

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Third-grader makes book bags for his classmates
by Patricia M. Murret | Staff Writer


Summer reading got off to an early start at Rosemont Elementary School in Gaithersburg this month, where schoolchildren toted pleasure reading books in handmade pouches sewed by a third-grader.

Marshall Butler, who turned 10 on Monday, gave the bags to more than 40 of his schoolmates so they could carry their favorite books. The last day of school was Thursday.
‘‘Like if we had recess, or if we had a break in the hallway, we could just pull them out where ever and start reading,” he said.

Marshall made his book bag — an 8-inch by 10-inch pouch with a crocheted shoulder strap — from a pair of old blue jeans last year. He learned to stitch in kindergarten.

His handiwork took off three weeks ago, following a visit to Rosemont by Brandon Mull, author of ‘‘Fablehaven,” a fantasy series starring two children in a world of trolls, witches and fairies.

More than 30 ‘‘Fablehaven” books sold at Rosemont’s book fair the week of Mull’s visit. Some students attended a book signing. Then Marshall brought his ‘‘Fablehaven” books to school in his handmade pouch and kids began clamoring.

‘‘It started with just one or two friends and it spread through the rooms,” said PTA president Jane Rice.

‘‘I would wake up to the sound of the sewing machine,” said Marshall’s mother, Terilynne Butler. ‘‘He’d be cranking them out left and right.”

Marshall, the second oldest of six children, has three sisters at Rosemont: Amanda, 11, Katy, 7, and Emma, 6. After 18 of his classmates requested bags, their friends filed orders too.

The third-grader quickly realized he would not have enough blue jeans — or time — to crochet 40 two-inch-wide handles. His mother spent more than $100 on fabric and cotton straps.

On Thursday Luciana Rodriguez, 8, carried four Hannah Montana books in her pink bag; Cosimo Cortesi, 9, toted Star Wars. And seven classmates carried ‘‘Fablehaven.”

For days Marshall sewed, but he would not have had things another way.

‘‘It took, like, every morning from 6 to 8,” Marshall said. ‘‘I would make, like, six, every morning ... I would promise them one and then I would make it because you have to keep a promise.”

BREWSTER's ICEcream

Ok - here is my last attempt at getting your minds moving on things you can be doing and inviting others to come along with you.
have a great summer.

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