PUBLIC AUCTION

Public Auction

Saturday, June 28, 2014

170 2^nd St, Holt MO @ Holt Christian Church

(one block off of 33 hwy, across from city park)

Announcements @ 9:45 a.m.

Start time 10:00 a.m. SHARP

 This is a benefit auction comprised of items from 3 estates and several individuals who donated items

to our church youth to resell.  Money raised will be for church camp, conferences, youth activities and other

church related items.

*No items removed until settled for.  State issued photo id required for checks.

·       Coffee tables, end tables	·       Dining room table with chairs & matching hutch	·       Miscellaneous Household items
·       Entertainment center	·       Antique logging blades	·       Vintage glassware
·       Antique dressers	·       Tools	·       Collectibles
·       Roll top desk	·       Workbenches	·       Stock tanks
·       Various household furniture	·       Piano	·       Vacuum pump
·       Sporting items	·       Home decor	·       Electronic Organ
·       Framed art	·       Bookshelves	·       Storage cabinets
·       Medical equipment	·       Luggage	·       Books
·       Wall partitions	·       Desks	·       Too many items to list

*No items removed until settled for.  State issued photo id required for checks.

Book Fair and Education Seminar Independence MO

REGION 3 USED BOOK SALE / EDUCATION SEMINAR / ENRICHMENT FAIR

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Noland Road Baptist Church, 4505 S Noland Road, Independence, MO 64055

EDUCATION SEMINAR 9:00am-12:30pm
Used Book Sale & Enrichment Fair 1:00-3:30pm
SET UP FOR THE BOOK SALE BEGINS AT 11:00am *Presale for workers 12:30

The official FHE Region 3 Used Book Sale, Education Seminar and Academic
Enrichment Fair.

USED BOOK SALE and ENRICHMENT FAIR Admittance to the Used Book Sale and
Enrichment Fair is free. The cost to sell used curriculum or have a
Enrichment Fair space for your group will be $10.00 per space.

· A table is included for the Used Book Sale. Those that sign up first
will get an 8’ table and the best spots. The rest will get a 60’ round
table.
· Enrichment Fair participants will have an 8’ spot but they will need
to bring their own table. No tables will be provided. You will be
notified by email that we received your request and if we are full we
will return your check.

Set up for the curriculum fair will begin at 11:00. We ask you not to
sell anything until 12:30, when those who have set up or will clean up
will get to shop early. Those volunteers will be wearing colored
wristbands. Please do not sell to anyone without a wristband on.

We must receive payment for your table space to reserve it. An email
address and telephone number are required to send you the confirmation
and instructions and check to make sure you are coming if you aren’t
there in a timely manner on sale day.

*Do you want an opportunity to shop before the general public is
admitted? Volunteer to help set up Friday night at 7:00 and/or clean up
Saturday from 3:30-5:00! If you are interested, please contact Jacinda
at gregandjacinda@gmail.com. We REALLY need help on Friday night. Notify
Jacinda in advance if you are helping and you will receive an armband.

EDUCATION SEMINAR To take the described FREE classes, you must be a
member of FHE. You may join FHE on the day of the Education Fair for
$15.00 or in advance at fhe-mo.org. These Missouri-specific classes are
as follows:

11:00-12:30 Homeschooling Through High School Shane & Christine Richardson
9:00-11:00 Doing the College Thing! Mary Helen Brauninger
10:00-11:00 Homeschooling Special Needs Kim Bowlin
11:00-12:00 Homeschool 101: You Can Do It! Candy Roberts

Mail to: Jacinda Simmons Contact info: Jacinda Simmons
544 S. Willow Avenue gregandjacinda@gmail.com
Sugar Creek, MO 64053 816-739-6856  **** Please make checks payable to FHE****
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USED BOOK SALE AND ENRICHMENT FAIR TABLE REQUEST
NAME OR ORGANIZATION CONTACT: ____________________________________________
Please choose one or the other:
BOOK SALE TABLE _____X $10.00=____ ENRICHMENT FAIR SPACE ____X $10.00=_____
PHONE___________________________EMAIL____________________________________________


Feel free to just show up but it’d be great to know your coming to plan
for seating:
I plan on attending the following free classes, understand I must be an
FHE member.

___11:00-12:30 Homeschooling Through High School
___9:00-11:00 Doing the College Thing
___10:00-11:00 Homeschooling Special Needs
___11:00-12:00 Homeschool 101: You Can Do It!

--
Christine Richardson
FHE Region 3
Assistant Director

 

Basketball Camp, Homeschoolers Welcome!

2014 3RD – 8TH Grade BOYS AND GIRLS FUNDAMENTALS BASKETBALL CAMP!!!

Thursday, June 19th 8:30 a.m. Registration

Camp - Thursday, June 19th and Friday, June 20th

9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.  At the Northern Hills Christian Academy Gym in Holt MO on 33 hwy

Coach Rhonda Morrison, Coach Luke Vermeer, Up Tempo Basketball Player/ Counselor Evan Morrison, And Special Guest Division 1 Men's Basketball Player Christopher Morrison

Cost is $40.00 per player and to be paid at registration (price includes snack and t-shirt) RSVP to sidden1@embarqmail.com by June 6th include players name and t-shirt size  (Youth S-M-L or Adult S-M-L )

Coach Morrison is a Physical Education certified teacher and has over 16 years of coaching experience with both boys and girls. She was mentored by legendary High School Basketball Coach Bud Lathrop who is the most winning high school basketball coach in the State of Missouri and 8th in the Nation!

Any questions, please call 816-709-8164 Kimberly  or 816-686-3567 Coach Rhonda

Not a real job....or is it?

I was asked if I was ever going to get a "real job" instead of being a stay at home mom.  I replied, "I do work and have several jobs, in fact, many weeks what I do totals above and beyond your typical 40 hour a week job".  This person told me that what I did was not "real work", because most of it I do from  home or if not at home, because it is only part time.  (Some weeks I have actually worked over 100 hours, simply because I have two families whose children I have for 24 or 48 hours straight as their parents work 24 hour shifts.  That often gives me more than a normal week of 40 hours worth of hours, just in 2 days times.  Then, I may still go and work another 2 or 3 days at the speedway, which is usually 12-16 hour shifts.) 

Humm.........I wish the IRS thought so, because I sure pay taxes on it.  If everyone felt that the jobs I do are "not real", we would have no landlords or property management people, no daycare, preschools,  or babysitters, no CPR or first aid instructors, no first aid tents at events, no copy editing/proofreading/writing, and no fire rescue people at sporting events.  In fact, a lot of jobs could be lumped into that field, because probably somewhere is somebody who does something from home to the extent that almost all occupations could fall under this.  I even know of a dentist whose office is at his home in a converted garage. 

Evidently, to some people, a "real job" means you must leave your home to work for someone else.  

This same person then told me they thought that Pizza Hut was hiring (minimum wage) and perhaps I could quit my part time at home jobs to work there.  In doing the math, I would not only incur the cost of fuel to and from work and uniforms, but would actually earn only half of what I earn now in the average week.

Working at home has huge advantages, as you can still keep an eye on your kids and their activities, not have to worry how to get to work on days with bad weather,  not having to purchase work clothes, or call in sick, and get some small household chores done in between breaks. 

It also sometimes has its disadvantages, as having to stay on task to meet an editing or writing deadline when you know the laundry needs to be hung up on the line, or keeping people out of the office and quiet when you are trying to work.  And the biggie, people who think they can just drop in whenever and then get mad because you are on the phone or computer and can't just leave and do whatever, whenever said person wants you to.

This person said if my job was real, then why do I usually state I am a stay at home mom.  Well, I am AT HOME.  Being at home doesn't mean that you are not contributing to your families income. There are lots of stay at home moms who add to their income, through Avon, Mary Kay, having a beauty shop in the basement, child care, giving music lessons.  And, to me, being a mom is the #1 most important job there is, next to being a dad.

In fact, being a stay at home mom also saves the family money. I am here to do what a lot of dual working families hire to have done.  We have no nanny, no lawn service, no weekly housekeeper, I pay no one to transport my kids to and from events because I am at work.  I have the time to cook and bake from scratch, instead of having to stop and get fast food on the way home from work.  I do our laundry instead of taking it to a dry cleaner.  I have time to save on our grocery bill by planting a garden.  From that garden I freeze, dehydrate and can over half of our food.  I have time to coupon and shop sales and feed our family (5 remaining at home) on $200 a month (month, not week as the average family does).  That alone takes me around 4 hours a week to plan my shopping/sales trips.  I have time to do my own mending and some sewing (when my girls were younger, I made all their clothing, except for their Christian School uniforms).

When I worked full time, I had to pay for a sitter, pay to have my lawn mowed, pay for dry cleaning and we ate out at least 3-4 times a week, because by the time I got home from work at 6 p.m., I was tired.   I thought I would get all my chores done on a day off, only to be given mandatory overtime (Sprint was famous for that), which is very painful when you are a single mom.

Having said all the above, the person then argued my children were old enough that I could leave them.  Yes, I could.  After all, the youngest 2 are now in high school.  But, often that is when they need you most.  This is the age where they can have a friend come pick them up and be gone to who knows where with who knows who.  I am here, I know where they are and I know who they are with, and I know the other parents.  This is the age of teen pregnancies, teens drinking and smoking and experimenting with drugs.  

Years ago I worked at a crisis center, and for a few months was a volunteer interim director.  One thing we asked women "in trouble", (trouble could be anything from drinking to pregnancy, or they had been kicked out of the house or abused), was how did they get into this situation.  Over and over the answer from many women, especially the younger ones, was that the behavior that got them in this situation started or usually occurred at their own home, while their parents were at work.  "Well, I got into the liquor cabinet while dad wasn't home, or my boyfriend would come over every day for an hour before school as soon as my parents left for work, or I took the drugs out of my moms medicine cabinet."  Basically, because your child is a teen, does NOT mean you are not responsible for them, or need to stop watching them.  Often, you need to watch them more, but for different things and different reasons.  Teens are easily persuaded by their peers, fashions, and other adults, and often not in the best way.

Work at home moms (and sometimes dads), are not to be looked down at, thought of as lazy bums, or to be criticized.  They are both a parent and often more than a full time employee.  They are also usually the first to be asked to help with various volunteer activities that parents who work full time "for the man" can't do.

Next time you visit with a stay at home parent, pay attention to what all they do.  Often there is a lot to be learned from them-such as organizational skills, budgeting skills,  and other lessons.

Simple breakfast idea

15 more days...

15 more days, and I can get into my routine that I have been out of for months, since I went through surgery earlier this year.

We have made it through 2 graduations, and are now starting into the camp season.  Normally, in the past, our camp season lasts for 2 months.  This year, it is only 2 weeks. 

Made it through the spring races at the speedway (where we work part time on the fire and rescue team).  This week I am working one day there, husband is working 2 days there.  Of course the spring races had to be the week before graduation, to add to the confusion.  Then I have a few days of childcare, then daughters to pick up at week one of camp.

Next week, we do week 2.  2 weeks of church camp, one week of cheer camp for daughter #5, and that's it.  No 4H, no Girl Scout camps.

Since I am only gone one week at a time, that means my garden won't get away from me this year, and I won't miss doing any canning or food processing because I was gone.  Last year, I was gone too much and the weeds took over to the point it took me 2 weeks to get it back under control.

I can get back into my routine of laundry on Monday, baking on Tuesday, and working at the fire department on whichever day I don't have daycare children to watch.  And, do an occasional day at the speedway for driving schools and such.

I now have around 40 to 48 tomato plants in and 28 pepper plants.  The cilantro is coming up well--I transplanted it last fall to a new bed and wasn't sure how it would do, but it seems to be doing fine.  My mint has pretty much taken over 2 side by side beds (one which used to belong to the cilantro till last fall).  Onions will be ready in another couple weeks.   I have a bunch of "unknown" squashes in.  The tags had been removed from them, so I have no idea what type they are.  They tags were removed because I dumpster dove to get them....Yep, Sutherlands was throwing them out and I saved them.  They were in 6 packs, but each 6 pack was missing some, so the store just pitched them.  I also rescued some ornamental grasses from the dumpster as well as a few more tomatoes and peppers.

After I get back from camp, I will get the rest of the items in and planted, unless I find time between now and then.  I am still looking, without luck, for 2 year old asparagus crowns.  I can't find any asparagus at all...