November 15th was another fabulous meeting. Thank you so much to the blue table for the amazing breakfast!
Renata Smith and Cintia Listenbee started the meeting with their top 10 recaps from MOMcon 2013. If you missed it, here they are:
1. What keeps you feeling like a masterpiece? Positive thinking and focusing on the positive, not the mess (beautiful as it may be!) http://www.handsfreemama.com/2013/11/17/cleaning-up-the-heart-break/
2. Get organized and never organize alone.
3. Kathi Lipp's (www.kathilipp.com) organizational tips-- "The only difference between a project and a crisis is time!"
- Work backwards--care for your future self.
- Apply pressure when needed-start with the place that makes you crazy.
- Wait for a path to appear.
- Never organize alone.
- Treat your home like a grown-up kindergarten room-establish a routine of where things go.
- 3 boxes, 2 bags: green-give away, purple-put back, orange-other rooms, paper bag-recycling, trash bag-trash.
- Make a decision, even if it's wrong. Clutter is indecision.
- It's your house, you make the rules.
5. Let jealousy be your teacher-make connections vs. comparisons.
6. Save on your grocery bill! http://www.simplycintia.com/2013/10/how-to-save-money-on-your-grocery-bill.html
7. Renata attended a hospitality workshop where she learned about a "Wrap & Relax" party where friends gather to wrap presents and visit. We all LOVED this idea, so mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 10th at 7pm. We will meet at Cori Atkins's house (4930 Moss Run Dr., Missouri City, TX 77459). Bring your gifts, wrapping paper and paraphernalia, and beverage of choice!
8. Cintia attended a session on MOPS essentials. Find out more about how MOPS started at www.mops.org.
9. How to eliminate your energy drainers (the 5 D's):
- Do it--do only what you can do.
- Delegate
- Dump it
- Detach
- Discern-think about what God wants you to do.
http://momastery.com/blog/2013/11/22/little-girls-get-get-eat/
Thanks to Cintia and Renata for the fantastic recap! If MOMcon sounds like fun (and trust me, it IS), next year's is October 2-4 in Louisville, KY. Registration opens in January! http://www.mops.org/momcon
Thank you to all who participated in Operation Christmas Child! Thank you to Amanda Gates for dropping off our boxes!
In January, we will have a paramedic come and speak with us about common issues first responders are faced with. He will NOT be able to dispense specific medical advice. Cori Atkins is organizing a group CPR/First Aid class at CUMC for us to take prior to his visit. Stay tuned for more info!!!
If you are participating in Secret Sisters and have not received anything from your sister yet, please contact Heather Lovell (llovells@earthlink.net).
Send your family/kid pictures to Kathie Kelly for the Christmas meeting! kathiekelly@hotmail.com
Thank you to all who came to the Couple's Social--it was TONS of fun!
Thank you to Amanda Gates and all who brought food and served at the Young Lives Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great success!
The rest of our meeting was spent under the careful tutelage of Meg Ruffing as we made our Christmas wreaths!
At the end of our meeting, Kathleen Randall shared a recent find that she discovered about how to have a more simple and mindful holiday. The book is Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case for a More Joyful Christmas by Bill McKibben.
Our next meeting is December 6th. This is our Christmas by Candlelight meeting and it is very special. We will be meeting upstairs in room 210/211. Feel free to dress up since this is a special meeting. The breakfast will be catered and we will have a very special guest. You don't want to miss it!
Y'all, we have some SERIOUS talent!
