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 A TASTE OF ALAMO COOKBOOK CA CALIFORNIA SCHOOL PTA FAMILIES 1997 3 RING BINDER  US $5.99
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 POWAY CA 1989 VINTAGE MIDLANDS MORSELS COOK BOOK MIDLAND SCHOOL PTA CALIFORNIA US $9.95
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 MACOMB MI 1987 MICHIGAN COOK BOOK MOHAWK SCHOOL PTA MANY MARVELOUS MUNCHIES US $9.95
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 HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 1971 VINTAGE CALIFORNIA COOK BOOK GILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 PARKVILLE MO 1973 VINTAGE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY COOK BOOK GRADEN SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 ITEM 1412 TREASURED RECIPES HAMMOND PTA COOKBOOK US $3.99
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 FAIRFAX VA 1976 VINTAGE VIRGINIA COOK BOOK LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 SACRAMENTO CA 1988 MEMORIES FROM THE KITCHEN COOK BOOK JONAS SALK SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 The Ross Heritage Cookbook ROSS SCHOOL PTA 1998 Ross California US $15.00
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 PLACERVILLE CA 1977 COOKING FAVORITES COOK BOOK PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 The WHAT KIDS LIKE Cookbook Cedarcreek PTA 1994 US $6.49
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 Moanalua Elementary School PTA Cookbook Hawaii US $10.99
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 McMINNVILLE OR 1972 VINTAGE Mmm Mmm GOOD COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA OREGON RARE US $9.95
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 The PTA Cookbook Meats Including Seafood and Poultry US $5.99
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 WEBSTER GROVES MO 1991 FAMILY FAVORITES COOKBOOK EDGAR RD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 Hammond Roads PTA Recipe Cookbook Road North Carolina NC 1984 US $7.95
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 FORT MYERS FL 1977 VINTAGE LOCAL FLORIDA FAMILY COOK BOOK VILLAS SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 FOLSOM CA 1990 VINTAGE CALIFORNIA COOK BOOK OAK CHAN SCHOOL 49er MINERS PTA US $7.95
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 FREMONT CA 1976 VINTAGE FOODS TO TOTE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 Rare Vintage New Egypt School PTA Cookbook Booklet US $9.99
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 NORTH MIAMI FL 1977 VINTAGE COOK BOOK A NATURAL BRIDGE TO COOKING SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 NEW Elementary School PTA Cookbook Centreville VA US $4.99
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 LIBERTYVILLE IL 1975 ILLINOIS WHATS COOKIN IN COOK BOOK BUTTERFIELD SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 Cookbook BLUEJAY HOME COOKIN Petersburg IL PTA US $9.50
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 WESTLAKE OH 1979 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY OUR SPECIALTIES COOK BOOK PRESCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 WILLIAMSVILLE NY 1978 VINTAGE COMMUNITY PTA COOK BOOK FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL US $9.95
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 HAMMOND PA Community PTA School Cookbook Recipes US $4.99
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 AMHERST WI VINTAGE COOK BOOK TOMORROW RIVER SCHOOL PTA WISCONSIN COMMUNITY US $9.95
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 WHATS COOKIN IN WESTMORELAND NH 1967 VINTAGE COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA LOCAL ADS US $9.95
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 ALLENWOOD NJ 1998 SHARING OUR BEST NEW JERSEY LOCAL COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 BELLEVUE WA 1982 VINTAGE WASHINGTON COOK BOOK ENATAI EATS AGAIN SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 PASCO WA 1974 VINTAGE FAVORITE RECIPES WASHINGTON COOKBOOK PTA COLUMBIA SCHOOLS US $9.95
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 BELLEVUE WA 1987 VINTAGE DOLPHIN DELIGHTS COOK BOOK NEWPORT HEIGHTS SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 1975 Cookbook PTA Millard Elementary School US $7.00
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 REDWOOD CITY CALIFORNIA 1966 COOK BOOK CLOUD SCHOOL PTA US $7.95
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 1979 Floris Elementary PTA Herndon VA Cookbook US $6.95
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 vtg 1967 COOKBOOK ads Lucinda PA Penn Clarion PTA St Josephs School Recipes US $6.95
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 EDISON NJ 1981 VINTAGE FAVORITE RECIPES COOK BOOK WARDLAW HARTRIDGE SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 HURST BUSH IL 1988 VINTAGE BEARY GOOD RECIPES COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA LOCAL ADS US $9.95
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 KNOXVILLE TN 1998 FRIENDS FAMILY COOK BOOK WEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 DUNCANVILLE TX 1996 COOK BOOK ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA GRADE A RECIPES US $9.95
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 Vintage Lafayettes Favorite Recipes PTA 1964 Cookbook US $9.99
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 DAINGERFIELD TX 1977 VINTAGE ART OF COOKING SCHOOL PTA COOK BOOK LOCAL ADS US $9.95
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 1982 SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA COOKBOOK CHESAPEAKE VA US $21.99
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 COOKBOOK CULINARY CONFESSIONS OF THE PTA DIVAS US $5.50
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 Great Falls Va PTA Cookbook Cooking With Class 1996 US $12.00
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 Phantom Lake PTA Favorites Cook Book 2002 US $9.99
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 Northside Sampler PTA Cookbook San AntonioTex 316p 90 US $9.99
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 COOK BOOK Wayside Elementary School Potomac MD PTA US $3.50
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 1950s community cookbook Deer River Minnesota PTA US $8.95
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 MAKAWAO MAUI HI 1980 HELE MAI AI HAWAII ETHNIC COOK BOOK SEABURY HALL PTA US $9.95
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 Stone Oak Stirs It Up Cookbook ElemPTA SanAntonioTx US $11.99
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 1985 1985 Indian Hills Omaha Ne PTA Country Cook Book Cookbook US $12.75
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 MARICOPA PTA California COOKBOOK 1985 SC Spiral US $5.00
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 Clow Elementary School PTA COOKBOOK Naperville IL US $4.99
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 University Park PTA Cookbook US $11.50
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 1993 HAMMOND PTA ILLINOIS WISCONSIN COOKBOOK US $12.50
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 Lewisville North Carolina School PTA Cookbook 1985 US $4.99
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 BEREA BROOKPARK MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS OH 1983 VINTAGE SCHOOL PTA COOK BOOK OHIO US $9.95
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 WICKLIFFE OH 1984 VINTAGE RAINBOW DELIGHTS OHIO COOK BOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 HASKELL NJ 1996 RECIPES THAT MAKE THE GRADE COOK BOOK SCHOOL PTA LOCAL ADS US $9.95
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 PLANO TX 1986 VINTGE TEXAS RARE COOK BOOK HUFFMAN HAWKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 A TASTE OF HILLINGDON ENGLAND 2006 COOK BOOK ACS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PTA US $9.95
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 Peterson School PTA Cookbook Chicago Illinois 2001 US $9.95
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 Our Best Recipes Cookbook from the Hammond Huskies PTA Hammond PA US $14.50
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 The PTA Cookbook Meats Copyright 1968 US $10.99
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 NEW Cookbook PTA PTO Homemade Recipes from School Families US $2.99
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 Whats Cooking at Belmont Cookbook Belmont Elementary School PTA US $6.99
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 2 Recipe Cookbooks Red Potpourri by Hope Class1966Cherry Chase PTA Recipes 1998 US $9.99
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 William H Barkley Elementary School PTA Cookbook Amsterdam New York US $3.00
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 1945 Cookbook MT PLEASANT South Carolina PTA Mt Pleasants Famous Recipes US $4.95
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 VINTAGE WHITE OAK PTA COOKBOOK THE MAIN INGREDIENT IS YOU 1984 GREAT RECIPES US $2.99
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 Ivy Hill Elementary School PTA Cookbook Arlington Heights Illinois US $3.00
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 John F Kennedy Elementary School PTA Cookbook Scanton Pennsylvania US $3.00
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 Norwood Elementary PTA Cookbook Stonewood West Virginia US $3.00
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 1972 Cook Book PTA Shanksville Stonycreek Pennsylvania Pa Somerset county US $4.95
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 1993 COOKBOOK NORTH SCHOOL PTA TAYLORVILLE CHRISTAIN COUNTY ILLINOIS US $7.99
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Pta Cookbook
The Martha Syndrome
“Martha, Martha”, He said. How many times have we Stress Junkies been a Martha?
To set the scene, and for those who may not know the story, Martha and Mary were sisters. They had a brother named Lazarus. Now Martha and Mary have a house in Bethany near Jerusalem, and their brother has invited some friends over for dinner. One of the friends is an important guy, a real man of the hour back then – his name is Jesus. He comes from a small town, his father was just a carpenter, his mother got pregnant before she was married, but this man has made a name for himself. Anyone who’s anyone wants to talk to him, listen to him, touch him, or be touched by him. If Today in Hollywood was on TV back then, he’d have the whole show every night!
So Martha and Mary are having company…I mean to say, a PARTY. Because Jesus always travels with his twelve closest friends, so that makes sixteen for dinner. Plus, Martha and Mary just HAVE TO invite some of their friends and neighbors just so everyone will see who they rub elbows with.
So much to do, so much to do! Big party to plan, prep and cook for. In those days, you couldn’t just order out or call the caterers; you had to do it all. The term potluck supper wasn't even coined yet! Water didn't come into the house, bread wasn't sold at the market. In fact, the grain had to be ground for the flour, the water had to be carried from the well, and the oven ran on wood and grasses that the women gathered. As for housekeeping, there were no companies like Merry Maid or Molly Maid. There was just Martha Maid and Mary Maid.
Now for those of you who don’t know Jesus personally, imagine the likes of Brad Pitt, Mother Teresa, Ronald Regan and Billy Graham ALL coming to your house at the same time - and still you haven’t even scratched the surface of this man Jesus.
To Stress Junkies like us, we know the routine for Martha. As soon as she learned that Jesus was coming, she went into high gear planning the menu, scrubbing, mopping, dusting, tidying. Of course, there are invitations to send, shopping to do, food to prepare…the list seemingly endless. And why not, she’s the older sister, the practical one, the responsible one. It’s what she does.
The big day arrives, and we can picture the house…it’s clean, fresh and orderly with sunlight streaming through the windows. There’s bowls of snack food, fruit and flowers out and about, cool drinks and the smell of delicious foods coming from the kitchen. Guests begin to arrive and who’s there to greet them? Little sister, Mary – the one who’s chosen to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen. The one who most likely sits among the guests at all the parties. Sure, she did a little prep work this morning…at her sister Martha’s insistence. But now, the party has begun, and she’s choosing the “one thing”, the “good thing” as Jesus later puts it.
Martha’s in the kitchen. She slaves away over hot pots in a hot room. She sets the table, brings out trays of food, refills glasses…Mary sits at the feet of the guest of honor, listening, laughing. She’s enjoying the time. Martha, well, she finally loses it. She complains to Jesus that Mary should come and help her.
Jesus responds, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things…” - Luke 10:41 NKJ
So she is:
1. Worried (careful – in the KJ)
2. Troubled (bothered – NASB, upset – NIV)
3. About MANY things
Picture this, you’ve been killing yourself for days, everyone is in YOUR house, eating YOUR food, and drinking YOUR wine. This party is all about Jesus, and here he is, he’s putting YOU on the carpet for making sure everything is perfect? And in front of EVERYONE – his friends, your friends, your sister! WOW!
And get this part, more than likely Jesus is not limiting his observation to just this day and time. He says “many things”. He’s knows Martha has a bigger problem. One that leaves her helplessly devoted to cooking, cleaning, serving, worrying, hurrying, and troubled. Martha, my dear friends, was a Stress Junkie! Martha could very well be the very first recorded Stress Junkie, proving that we are not the product of a fast society. We are a product of ourselves, our personality, our decisions; for if Martha, who lived two thousand years ago, was Type A, then there’s no blaming society for our problem.
We all know the symptoms. I mean, when was the last time that you sat and enjoyed a party at your house? Was there EVER a time? When was the last time you had a party or even guests for dinner that you didn’t pull out ALL your cookbooks to find something “special” to make? Ever? About that housekeeping, do you really think people are checking the corners, the baseboards, and inside the cabinets for dirt when they're at your house? I know what you're thinking...no, they don't check. And the reason they don't check is because they KNOW when they come to my house, it's clean. Believe me, guests may not notice what I do to prepare, but sure as hell, they'd notice if I DIDN'T do something.
I believe that was Martha's dilemma as well. She really really wanted to hang out with Jesus and the guests like her sister. In Martha's mind, if Mary had helped her, then maybe she'd have had the time to sit down and relax. Maybe so...but based on Jesus' take on her situation, probably wouldn't matter. Mary's help would just free Martha's time to go handle some other little detail.
So, what do we do with Martha? What do we do with ourselves? Should we be more like Mary? Can we be? There's no doubt that if you're reading this, you're the practical sister. You're the one who's easily distracted by many things that in your mind, HAVE to get done. Everyday tasks, household chores, work, kids, school, husband, church, PTA, soccer games, birthday parties, and so on and so on and so on...These things have to get done, right? And if not by you, then...frankly, by whom?
The answer is simpler said, than achieved. Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to learn how to ride without training wheels? What skill did you need to master? You also need it to roller skate, ice skate, walk a tight rope, actually, you need it just to stand up. It's called BALANCE. We Stress Junkies need to learn how to strike a balance between what needs to get done, and what HAS to be done. We need to take a few minutes out of each day to just stand still. That's right STAND STILL and pause. We need to take a moment or two out of every day to reflect on what's really important. That's all Jesus was saying to Martha. He wasn't bashing her for serving them, he was advising her to set priorities and take the needed time out to enjoy "one good thing", before her time was past.
Stress Junkies are notorious for always looking for what's next, rather than what's happening right now. Stop and smell the roses they say, and why not? Why not stop, smell the roses, and a writer friend so eloquently put it...while you're there, deadhead the spent blooms, pull a few weeds, and add some fertilizer. Strike a balance! Or at least for starters, admit one's needed and start there.
About the Author
Linda Lullie is creater of Stress Junkies, a place for stress addicts to be themselves. She is also co-owner of Inspired 2 Design, LLC - an advertising design & production company. Visit them at http://www.stressjunkies.com.
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