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| Smart
Solutions |
| Freaky
Frugal Halloween by Rachel Webb
Retailers love Halloween. Kids love
Halloween, but what about parents? With early preparation and frugal
shopping, Halloween can be a relaxing holiday and a wonderful
opportunity for families to spend quality time together. An online
poll at Halloween Magazine shows that Moms are spending anywhere
from $50 - $250 yearly buying costumes and decorating the house. How
can you enjoy a freaky Halloween and still be frugal?
COSTUMES Be creative and involve the whole family. Start by looking
at your resources and work with what you have. Jan in Mapleton, Utah
used her resources by dressing her children in her husband's UPS
uniforms from work. The parents were the packages wearing big boxes
with "handle with care" and "fragile" stickers.
They were the hit of the neighborhood!
Since I have small children I try to purchase or make costumes that
can be used for other purposes like Princess themed birthday parties
or use storybook characters for school dress-up days, etc.
Remember to check out online auctions and goodwill stores for
costume ideas. Clearance Sales are my favorite. http://www.Partysupermarket.com
is an online store that gathers clearance items from several stores
around the country and sells online for $4.99!
FRUGAL DECORATIONS Carve an Amazing "Graveside Manner"
Pumpkin jack-o-lantern using the FREE pattern found at: http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/freepattern.html.
Try dressing up a scarecrow and have it up a few days prior to
Halloween so the whole neighborhood gets used to seeing him as a
fixture…then substitute a real person dressed as a scarecrow
Halloween night!
Another cheap trick - Throughout the yard, dig up small shovels of grass, then remove and
save a little of the dirt . Next fill the empty
holes with grocery bags and put the sod back on top. When Trick-or-Treater's walk on it they feel like the ground is moving!
TRICK-OR-TREAT BUCKET Save your 1-Gallon plastic ice-cream buckets,
let the kids decorate them with markers or with adult help, paint on
eyes with glow in the dark paint!
The best way to enjoy a frugal and freaky holiday is to Plan Ahead,
be Creative and look for unusual resources as an alternative to
spending money!
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR: Rachel Webb is a SAHM of 4 and designs decorative
large Magnetic Fridge Calendars. Her calendars are made entirely
out of heavy duty magnet, guaranteed not to slide off when the
kids slam the fridge door! PERFECT Christmas Gift Idea!
Visit her site: http://www.Note-Ables.com
or e-mail: Rachel@Note-Ables.com |
| Attention:
Recalls (Sept & Oct 2000) |
| Attention
everyone! This is a partial list of recalls and
other press releases provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Please
check out their website for more recalls. I only included
child/family related ones here. You can find more at http://www.cpsc.gov.
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| What's
New @ emommies.net? |
- emommieRomance ~ It's here! This
one is going to be HOT! This is the best place to hear
about one of the most important subjects there is:
Romance. Pick up some great ideas (Send your husbands the
link! LOL) on how to bring the spark to life in your
marriage. Find out all about it at http://www.emommies.net/emommieRomance.htm
- Theme-Parties ~ Check out our Kids
section for tips on making your little one's party a big
hit! You'll find our new Party Time section at http://www.emommies.net/themeparties.htm
- Login Central ~ mommiesdotnet members can
now log in and have access to "top secret", NOT,
information about the development of emommies.net. This is
where we will keep track of our ideas and timelines as well as
brainstorm new ideas. Check it out at http://www.emommies.net/welcome_to.htm.
If you aren't currently involved in the development of this site
but would like to volunteer your time, contact Kimberly
or Noelle for
information.
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| Help! |
We are looking for
people who would like to help with the emommies.net website.
There are many opportunities available, both small and large
commitments. Specifically, we need help with the following:
- Jokes or other humorous tidbits are
needed for the Humor page. If you have something to contribute,
Edie would love you forever. Contact her at CaitoEdie@msn.com
- Are you one of the lucky ones who has a
dh that is a romantic? Do you have some romantic
advice? Send the story of your romance to our resident
romance expert Lashawna at lashawna@viclink.com
- Stories needed for our Kids Stories
section. Right now, we have only one story. I would
love to see tons of stories written by our emommies here.
Contact Noelle at Noelle@emommies.net
if you are feeling creative.
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| Letters
To The Editor |
OK, I know that you
usually don't see letters to the editor in newsletters, but I
thought this would be a great place to comment on articles you've
read in our newsletter and whether or not you found them
helpful. You can also place a request for an article on a
specific topic. Let us know what you think of our
publication. We want it to be something that you find helpful
and informative so we need your input!
Send your letters to editor@emommies.every1.net
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| In This Issue
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- Welcome
- Smart Solutions
- What's New?
- Romance Tip
- Recipe
- Attention: Recalls
- Humor
- Craft Corner
- Coming Attractions
- Award Winner
- Help!
- Letters to the Editor (New!)
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| Romance
Tip |
| For the month of
October, I challenge all of you love birds to sit down with your
spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend and come up with your relationship high
and low for the day. For example, today my relationship
high was when my dh told me that I looked beautiful in the shirt I
was wearing. My relationship low was when we had a
misunderstanding over breakfast this morning.
When the two of you talk about what you
disliked don't criticize each other. Just try to come up with
a way that you could do things differently next time. Also,
talking about what you like about your partner really helps us to
know what to do more often to make each other feel good.
This exercise really opens up the lines of
communication. Try it out! It is a lot of fun.
~LH~
Do you have a romantic story to share? How about a tip guaranteed
to spice up your love life? If so contact lashawna@viclink.com.
She'd love to hear from you.
For more emommieRomance, visit http://www.emommies.net/emommieRomance.htm
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| Recipe |
| BBQ ribs the lazy way!
Not enough time? Prepare this in the morning and let it slow cook
throughout the day! By dinnertime the meat is so soft, it melts in
your mouth!
2-3 LBS boneless pork ribs
1 TBSP cooking oil
1 medium onion, diced
6 cloves garlic
2 jars BBQ sauce
Barely brown ribs with oil in dutch oven or frying pan (don't
cook them through) Add onion, garlic and BBQ sauce. Put in slow
cooker for 4-8 hours, stirring occasionally. Or place in 350 oven
for an hour and turn heat to warm for 2-7 hours.
Fantastic with rice and pineapple!
If you have an original recipe you would like to have published,
visit http://www.emommies.net/cooking.htm
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| Humor |
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For more humor, check out the humor page at http://www.emommies.net/humor.htm
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| Craft
Corner |
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Fun (& Easy) to Make Spiders
This one is great for Halloween. You will need to gather
the following for each spider you make:
1-4in Styrofoam ball
4-1in Styrofoam balls
2-googly eyes
8-long black pipe cleaners
black acrylic paint
scraps of felt in red and pink
white craft glue
serrated knife
candle
paint brush
Once you have all your items, cover an area with newspaper and
begin. First, cut the small Styrofoam balls in half using a
waxed knife. Then, paint the large ball and small half balls
with the black paint. Let them dry. Once they are dry,
you can finish your spider. Glue on the googly eyes and cut a mouth
out of the red felt and glue it into place as well. You can
add rosy cheeks using the pink felt if you choose. Then, to
finish it off, poke a holes in the large Styrofoam ball where the
legs will go. Add a drop of glue down each hole and push the
pipe cleaners into place. On the ends of the pipe cleaners,
glue the half balls of Styrofoam so your little spider has
feet. Viola! You now have an adorable spider to add to
your Halloween decorations.
Variations: Try experimenting with different colors of
paint. Make green or brown spiders. Or, get some glow in
the dark paint and see what happens. Have Fun!
For more craft ideas, check out our Kids section at http://www.emommies.net/crafts.htm
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| Best
Mom's Site Award |
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This month's Best Mom's
Site Award is awarded to Mommies On The Web. Check them out!
http://www.mommiesontheweb.com.
To make a recommendation
for one of your favorite sites, visit our award page at: http://www.emommies.net/emommieawards.htm
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| Coming
Attractions |
- edaddies ~ emommies.net isn't just for
mommies anymore! Soon, you dads out there will be able to
benefit from us too.
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