Long distance Romance

The next time your husband goes out of town without you, write out exactly what you're going to do to him when he walks in the door. Get the note to your husband while he's on the road. There's a pretty good chance he will be hurrying home just as fast as humanly possible. ( www.52projects.com)

photography project

* Buy a disposable camera.  Take pictures of each waiter/waitress at each restaurant you go to. When you have finished the film, send it in to be developed. when you get the pictures back see if you can remember which server was at each restaurant.   Try to see how much you really take notice of the people who touch your lives if only for a little and whose lives you touch. (my idea)

Decorated Coffee Jar

Don't throw out your coffee, jam or pickle jars, especially if they are those really beautifully shaped ones that you get nowadays. All you need are some sequins or diamantes, which cost literally pennies from haberdashers. Stick them on at random and glue a label to the front with "coffee,” "spice,” "pasta" or anything else, which the jar might be utilized for storing. Tie a silver or gold bow round the neck of the jar. 

Tick Removal

Tick Removal:
I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.

Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!"

1st Annual MOPS Scavenger hunt (we're doing it again next year!)

Our first Mops scavenger hunt, of the digital variety was organized by our wonderful Josie.   

We gathered at the agreed on location before we started out on our nefarious mission.  There would be winners and there would be losers.

Josie’s daughter Colleen would be the judge...

The winning teams:

Someone doing the Monkey Bars

The Winning Team (Veronica, Flo, Karla, Danielle)

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The runner up (Sara, Emma,  Dawn)

Strangers Kissing

Drinking Fountain

Two people on a slide together

Mops Member sitting at a bar

Stranger doing a return

Stranger talking on phone while driving;

Something with a MOPS logo

Black Minivan:

Hugging a stop-sign

ringing someone's doorbell and asking for a picture with them

stranger modeling clothes

group eating french fries:

picture of someone pumping gas

Stranger buying something from Carters

group doing Chinese Fire Drill at a stoplight

MOPS member donating money:

MOPS members sneaking dessert from the room without being caught;

 

someone buying something at grocery store

And... a sighting of Jesus:

Taste of MOPS

I REALLY enjoyed our Taste of Mops meeting.  It was fun to be able to try so many great recipes at once. ;And now I’m ready to start making some at home, and I’m guessing you are too.

Ladies,



Thanks again for bringing in such tasty stuff.  I know how hard it is to just get out the door with your kids for the meetings, much less come with a dish in hand.  Thanks for helping to make it a great meeting.  It was also so nice to hear how much our group means to so many of you.  I LOVE MOPS!

Looking forward to seeing you & your kiddos at the parks this summer!

In Him,

Natalie