Organization Ideas!

For some great ideas on getting more organized click here. Feel free to add any other ideas to the comments or by e-mailing to whatarelief2012@gmail.com.

Salads!

Here are some great salad recipes - just in time for the "salad" season! Click here for the recipes. Once again, if you have recipes you'd like to share, just e-mail them and they'll be added to the list. We'd LOVE to get more recipes!

Desserts

Sorry, we had a little blog hiatus as things got really busy around here and interest seemed to be lagging.... So, it's time for some catch-up! We missed posts for desserts and salads and since we had some recipes submitted for these categories, we'll post them today. Click here for those recipes. If you have any recipes you'd like to add, just e-mail them to whatarelief2012@gmail.com and they'll be added to the ones we have.

Crockpot Recipes

Here are a couple tasty crockpot recipes! Click here to access them. I love using my crockpot because it's so nice to have dinner put together in the morning! I just don't have a lot of great recipes that my family loves. If you have a crockpot recipe that your family loves, please submit it and I'll add it to the recipe sheet. We would be so thrilled to have a few more recipes to try out! Also, be thinking about next week's recipe category: desserts, or, since it's almost Easter, recipes you use for Easter dinner. 

FHE Ideas

Yeah! We have the first "idea" installment done! Click here to get the ideas from the Family Home Evening display.

Chicken Recipes

Yeah! Our first recipe swap! Feel free to add a recipe to the comments if you didn't get one e-mailed to us  on time. We hope you enjoy these. Click here for the link to some yummy chicken recipes. If you have any trouble with the link, let us know. Also, our first book title "exchange" will be coming up on Friday so be ready to submit your favorite "G" rated fiction titles on Wednesday!

Recipe Schedule!

Our first recipe swap is here and we hope you'll submit your favorite chicken recipes! The deadline is today or Monday morning for posting on Tuesday. If you have a recipe you love, e-mail the copy or the link (if it's from a website) to whatarelief2012@gmail.com. We had so much interest in a recipe exchange that we hope this will be a fun, ongoing way to share our best recipes. If there is a category that you'd like to see, let us know. Just a reminder of the blog schedule for recipes:
3/20 - Chicken
3/27 - Crockpot
4/3 - Desserts
4/10 - Salads
4/17 - Beef
4/24 - Cookies
5/1 - Breakfast
5/8 - Barbecue
These are all Tuesday dates with the deadline for submitting the recipes the Sunday before the above dates. Also, be looking forward to Friday and thinking about your favorite "G" rated fiction books!

Thanks!

We just wanted to thank everyone for coming to Women's Conference. The breakfast was great, the speakers and music were amazing, we were thrilled with how fast the "Meal-in-a-Bag" project went and we hope that you all went home with a couple of great ideas. All the ideas will be posted on the blog starting this week and feel free to add any additional ideas you may have to the comment section after the posted category. Anyway, Saturday was lots of fun and it was great visiting with so many of you incredible sisters!

It's Almost Here!

Don't forget about Women's Conference on Saturday! There will be a yummy breakfast, a wonderful meeting, a chance to finish up our "meal-in-a-bag" service project and, of course, the "idea stations" featuring ideas from people throughout the stake. We're looking forward to seeing you there.

A Blog!

Welcome to the Orchard Stake Relief Society blog! Why a blog? We decided that with our Women's Conference coming up in March, it would be a great way to save some paper and to, hopefully, reach more women in our stake. So, we are excited to introduce the theme of our conference - What a Relief! What a relief that we have the gospel, that we are each unique and loved daughters of God and that we have each other. We would love it if you would take some time and think of ways that Relief Society has provided "relief" in your life, either spiritually, physically or emotionally. If you would like to share your story, that would be wonderful! Just e-mail it to whatarelief2012@gmail.com. Thanks!

THE GREAT IDEA SWAP!

We are so excited about our "Great Idea Swap!" We figure that with 1200+ women in our stake, we have an amazing resource for great ideas. We also know that everyone is unique and has something to offer! In recognition of this, we would like to ask you for your best "ideas" or "tips" that help to make your life easier or more fulfilling. While you may not be an expert in any particular category, you may have methods, products or systems that work well for you and may be just the idea someone else needs to help them in that area. You won't be asked to teach a class, but some of your ideas may be highlighted at our Women's Conference in March. Just to get you thinking, we've broken down the categories into a more detailed list in the hopes that you will have an "aha" moment and be willing to share your ideas with us. Click here to see this list. To submit your ideas or tips, you can either add it to a comment on this blog, e-mail it to whatarelief2012@gmail.com, or add it to the "idea" jar that will be in your Relief Society room. Please label your idea with the category it falls under, your name and ward. Also, if you don't see a category listed that you want to contribute in, just write it on your idea submittal. Thanks! We can't wait to learn from you!