MNO... with Evening Group

The Evening MOPS Watertown Group has invited us to a cookie exchange on Friday night at 7pm.

It will be held at Cornerstone Church in the Fireside Room. Bring your cookies to exchange.

MOPS updates

• Congratulations to Melanie, Kristen, Sarah and Marcy on their new arrivals.

• December 17th is our Christmas party, remember your Christmas treats to share.

• Needs some Christmas ideas, check out these blogs:

1. Home-Ec 101- many many recipes and household ideas
2. Tip Junkie- gift ideas to buy and make
3. MomAdvice- gift ideas, recipes and freebies
4. One Pretty Thing- make it gift giving ideas
5. sewmamasew- daily themed make it, sew it, buy it topics
6. The Crafty Crow- Children's Crafts

There are many many more out there and if you find some great ones please post them in the comments.

• In January we will be visited by Lisa from the Watertown Resource Center(WRC) and then take a tour of the WRC. They are in need of some everyday living items. If you would like to donate any item from the list please bring them to out January 21 meeting when we will be touring the center.

Items Needed:

toilet paper, laundry soap, dishwasher soap, dryer sheets, new/used alarm clocks, pillows, ziploc bags (gallon size), diapers(size 4&5), phone cards, large garbage bags, batteries(9V,C,D), new/used vacuum cleaners, silverware, skillets & kettles, postage stamps, used furniture, used cell phones, socks(all sizes), underwear(all sizes) and canned food items

• We are in need of Moppets workers. If you know of any one please pass that info on to Sherry. This is either volunteer or paid.

• Erin is willing to put together a recipe book of our brunch recipes. Please either bring your recipes to a meeting or e-mail it to here.

November 5th Meeting

Please remember you Operation Christmas Child Boxes. I will be bringing them over to Corner Stone Church right after our meeting. If you forget you can always bring it over to Corner Stone before November 19th.

Also remember your gently used/new donations for our silent auction. This can include donations from your favorite store, unneeded/used house hold things, baked goodies, frozen goodies, canned goodies and well the list could go on.

Mom's Night Out

We are having a MNO on September 28 at 7:30. Please stop by Past Times for coffee (or other drink) and dessert.

Liquid Laundry Soap

Recipe from: www.duggerfamily.com/recipes

4 cups hot tap water

1 Fels-Naptha bar

1 cup Washing Soda

1/2 cup Borax

- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.

-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.

-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)

-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.

-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.

-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)

-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

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With the new year starting I hope to pick this back up again, but as of right now I am unavailable. Family life is taking front row and right now is all I can handle. I hope to start posting at least once a week, but we will have to see the out come from this week.

Uptown Girls Night Out

This Thursday, August 20th, Uptown Watertown will be having Girls' Night Out. Our theme this year is Bingo. You need to pick up a BINGO card at Classroom Connection anytime after 4pm. Then between 4 & 8 you need to visit the 10 stores that your BINGO card sends you to and have the card stamped. Then turn in your BINGO card by 8:05pm at County Fair Banquet Hall for your chance at many great prizes. You must be present to win. Every store has treats for your enjoyment so you can visit more than just the 10 businesses on your card. Also, if make a purchase for $10 or more, you will recieve a ticket for a special drawing in which we are giving away a Jewel Pop necklace from Makepeace Jewelers. This a great night to get away, spend some time with a friend or two and do some shopping. If you have younger daughters that would like to come, they may also do a BINGO card and we are having a couple if special drawings for those 18 & under.