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Free Arby's Sandwich (when you buy a drink)

Volpi Meatclub

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How To Make Invitations

There is so much that is involved with throwing a party, whether it is a bridal shower, baby shower, fancy dinner party, or just having family over for a birthday. It is just hard to keep everything straight, but first things first... you need to invite them.

Making a good invitation card is more than making a cute card that is appealing and sweet. You need to make sure that you are able to get across all the information needed for the evening in that card. So here are some tips you can use when sending out invitations to your guests.

• Make sure the card you maket conveys the purpose of your gathering, that the cards shows the theme of the evening. For example - if it is for a baby shower make sure the card is the same theme/colors as the baby's nursery.
• Have all your information for the evening on a separate piece of paper in the card that isn't attached. People can be forgetful and by placing the information on a separate piece of paper people can easily tag that on the fridge to reminder them selves.
• Give the proper information for the evening like the date it will be, where it will be held, who/what the party is for, the time to arrive, who to RSVP to, and extra information like registries and such.
• Ask guests to RSVP by a certain date. Let them know the deadline, a contact number, and who they need to contact. For example... "Please RSVP by Monday May 2nd to Mary Sue at 1-908-555-1254". This will help you know in advance on how much food and party favors that will be needed. Plus by giving a deadline it will help keep stragglers from taking too long to get back to you.
• Make a few extras. It is nice to have extras just in case there is someone you forgot to invite. Plus it is fun to have an extra invitation for family scrapbooks and such.

If any of you have made some invitations you should post them and send a link. It would be great to see every ones ideas and crafts.

Lemon Cookies

I am a huge fan of anything that is lemon, so hopefully some of you feel the same way. But whether you are looking for a yummy lemon fix or an easy cookie recipe you will like these, all you need...

1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil, and lemon extract until well blended.

3. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners' sugar. Roll them around until they're lightly covered. Once sugared, put them on an ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 6 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. The bottoms will be light brown, and the insides chewy.

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Family Interests

FAMILY MOMENT MONDAY

Here in a couple weeks our family is taking off for Vegas to go meet up with Curtis's family. We are super excited to see them since we haven't been able to see them as much since moving to Alaska. But one of the reasons that we are excited to be going down is because we are going to be there for Passover.

Curtis's brother-in-law is from a Jewish family and for the past several years his family has invited us to come celebrate Passover with them, but unfortunately we have never been able to go. But it just so happens that we are going to be there for it this year.

Curtis and I are not Jewish and don't know much about the traditions and customs so we decided that we wanted to make sure that we knew as much as we could before going to celebrate this holiday with them. We sat down and looked up the prayers, customs, food, and reasoning behind this holiday. Doing this got me thinking about the importance of this holiday for their family and how I wish that I had tried to get more informed sooner.

This Family Moment Monday is a challenge for everyone to try to educate themselves more on their family. Not just brothers and sisters, but in-laws and extended family. To take a special interest in someone and try to get closer and understand that person more. By doing this it will not only help you to bring your family closer, but how special do you think they are going to feel that you are taking a special interest in them, their lives, and what is important to them.

Please remember to add your link only if you are participating in Family Moment Monday. Family Moment Monday consists of people who are sharing crafts, activities, lessons, ideas, service projects or anything else that you can learn/do/enjoy as a family in your post. Please remember to link back to Motherhood For Dummies, so others can learn about F.M.M. and participate too.