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In This Issue
- A Note From Angela
- Bible Verse
- Sites to Visit
- Something To Do To Help
Others
- From Our Readers
- January is Oatmeal Month
- Soups On
- Keeping the Kids Busy
During Winter Break
A Note From Angela
Happy New Year!
Have you written your plans, hopes and dreams down for 2006?
I am working on the things I would like to get accomplished in the coming year.
Everything from staying organized, learning more homemaking skills and using what
I learn in my homemaking and to pass what I learn on to you.
I am looking for Valentines Day recipes, crafts, tips & ideas for our February
issue.
The deadline to submit is January 25, 2006.
Look for my weekly articles at http://www.phancypages.com she has so much great content in her newsletter from many different people.
In will also have a little someting appear in the New Harvest Homestead Newsletter.
I also am a subscriber to Making It Home magazine which I also love.
I also have a Blog where I will try to post daily but at least weekly so bookmark
it:
Have a Safe & Happy New Year!
Angela
Bible Reading - Think on this verse
as you are setting your goals and resolutions for 2006 or anytime.
A man's heart deviseth his way:but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
Sites to Visit - Be sure to check the links section
of the group for more great sites & newsletters. If you have any to add please send them to me asb68@twlakes.net .
This site is full of freebies to help with saving money and lots of
printouts, check out the no cost calendar for 2006 to help you change
your spending habits.
This is also a great weekly newsletter about simple living.
This is a great newsletter:
A Heart for Home
Something To Do
If you don't save your Christmas cards for sentimental reasons please think about
sending them here for the children to make crafts with for next Christmas.
Be sure to let your friends and relatives know where they can send their cards for
the kids!
You can send either the whole card or just the fronts of your Christmas cards to:
U.S. Mail Address:
Carmelita Mesteth
Oyate Teca Project
P.O. Box 190
Kyle, SD 57752
UPS/FedEx address: Carmelita Mesteth
Oyate
Teca Project
Wakanyeja Okolakiciye Youth Center
1000 Youth Center Drive
Kyle, SD 57752
January is Oatmeal Month
Oatmeal can be used in so many ways and it is heart
healthy.
Eat it as
a hot cereal, bake cookies and make cakes with
these recipes.
Breakfast
Start the day out with a hot bowl of oatmeal just add some
butter and sprinkle
with brown sugar.
If you would like more topping options try these:
Bananas, cinnamon, peaches, strawberries, jams,
jellies,
granola, sliced almonds and raisins. The options are
numerous.
Oatmeal Cake
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup oats
1/2 cup melted shortening
1 cup brown
sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspon cinnamon
Pour boiling water over oats and let stand about 20 minutes.
Mix remaining
ingredients well and then add the oats, beat
well Bake 30-40 minutes at 350 degree.
Icing:
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cream
1 cup nuts
1 cup
coconut
1 teaspoon vanila
Mix together and boil 2 - 3 minutes and then pour over cake
and return to oven
and brown top about 5 more minutes
Oatmeal Cookies
1 egg
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 1/4
cup flour
1 1/4 cup rolled quick oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup coconut
Beat
egg in medium sized bowl. Add butter, brown and white
sugar. Cream well. Add flour, oats, baking soda, baking
powder,
and coconut. Mix. Drop by heaping teaspoon onto an
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 deg. F. for 12 to 15
minutes
or until golden brown.
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Angela Billings is the founder of Home and Family Ezine
offering tips and ideas for those who are and those who
want to be stay at home wives and mothers.
Soups On
There is nothing more comforting than a hot bowl of soup on
a cold winters
day. I guess that is why January is National
Soup Month.
Chicken noodle soup is comforting whether from a can or home
made. It has even
been said in studies, that it is good for
the common cold just like grandma always said.
Why don't you make a big pot of fresh chicken noodle soup
for your family and
if you have a sick friend or elderly
person in your neighborhood share a bowl with them.
Contact your gandmother, mother or aunts and get a copy of
your own family
recipe or try the one below.
Simple Chicken Noodle Soup
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 medium carrot, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
1
cup uncooked medium egg noodles
1 cup cubed cooked chicken
salt & pepper to taste
Mix broth, salt, pepper, carrot and celery in a saucepan.
Het to a boil.Stir
in the noodles and cook over medium heat
about 10 minutes.Stir often. Add the chicken and heat
through and serve.
If all else fails you can always heat up a can of chicken
noodle soup and curl
up under a warm blanket and enjoy the
warmth and comfort that only soup can bring on a cold
winters day.
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Angela Billings is the founder of Home and Family Ezine
offering tips and ideas for those who are and those who
want to be stay at home wives and mothers.
Keeping the Kids Busy During Winter Break
Children
will soon be out of school and home for the
holidays.The excitement lasts a couple of days and then they
begin to
get bored and restless.
My children are homeshooled and we do have a Christmas break
but even they are eager to start
back with their lessons
after a few days off.
Here are some simple ideas for you to do with your children.
1.Bundle
up and roast marshmallows and drink hot cocoa in
the yard.
2.Go on a winter walk and listen to the sounds of winter.How
are they different than the other seasons?
3.Make simple birdfeeder garlands by stringing cheerios,
popcorn,cranberries
and then hanging in trees for the
birds.
4.Make a snow gauge by marking inches on a coffee can and
sitting outside
to collect snow.
5.Give the children gardening and seed catalogs and let them
plan out a garden of their own.
6.Have
them make goals for the new year.Make sure they don't
set any that are too high to accomplish which would make
them
feel bad but also don't make them too easy!
7.Keep a plastic tub or box filled with art supplies and let
them use
their imagination working on their own art
project.
8.Keep a basket of winter themed books out for them to
read.
9.Cook with them, let them plan out the meal and help you
make it.
10.Visit the public library they usually have
special
programs for children when school is out.
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Angela Billings is the founder of Home and Family Ezine
offering tips and ideas for those who are and those who
want to be stay at home wives and mothers.
using any information contained in this newsletter. I will not be
held responsible for the promises and claims made by any
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