Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays beautiful people!!

                                                                                                        From the Mr. & I!

31, 31, 31 Acts of Kindness (part 2)

31 Years, 31 Days, 31 Random Acts of Kindness (part II)

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This is a continuation of the random acts of kindness I did during my birthday month. If you missed part 1 you can read it here.

"Never underestimate the impact you may have on another individual and how it can be a domino effect trickling down to more smiles and more kindness." MSR

Remember, the list is not in a specific order:

9.  Paid the toll for the vehicle behind me. 

10. Started a conversation with a stranger. (By the end the of the conversation we were both laughing, and we were able to share some advice. I was happy it went well and she was nice because it could have easily gone in the wrong direction.)

11. Took my parents out for lunch on my birthday and spent half the day with them. (It was about them not me. A thanks mom and dad day!)

12. Located the Big Red Bus so I could donate blood. (First attempt was a fail so I followed instructions and 4 days later I located another bus. Also, a fail so I continued the regimen and went about a week later. After numerous attempts, which was shown in their systems they felt bad and gave me a shirt. But I'm not giving up! You can save a life today!

13.  Donated $31.00 to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and participated in the 5K walk. (I wasn't part of a team or organization, I just signed up as a single participant. I know $31 isn't much but being part of it was a great experience. I was happy to find out other friends were also participating!  

14. I had an evening class once a week; since it was the last class of the day, I arranged the chairs back into position after class so the janitor wouldn't have to do it. 

15. Left a thank-you note with my tip(s). (Forgot the cards on 1 or 2 occasions so I left the cards in my car so I could always have them near by.)

16. While in the waiting area for my sister to come out of surgery, I sat next to a woman who was also waiting for her family member and told her to stay positive and know that it's all in God's hands.

17. Created a snack pack to give to any individual I saw asking for money/food on the side of the road. (I originally was going to get brown paper bags to put the items but it looked suspicious. Along with hot chocolate and granola bars/fruit bars, I added mixed nuts in ziplock bags with a cookie. Some of the bags had toothbrushes, I didn't have enough for each bag. I was lucky to find the gift bags at a cheaper price because of the 50% off coupon I had.)

The front of the gift bags had the message "Smile, because you lived to see another day and remember" or "Hope this brightens your day and remember". The back of all them read "Jesus loves you! :-) The bags weren't given in one day, I took a few with me every time I went out and if I saw a person on the side of the road asking for help then I would hand him or her a gift bag. 

The post is starting to get too long so there will be a part III, hopefully you enjoyed part II and were able to get ideas of your own. Remember, if you do get any ideas of your own or did something similar then I want to hear about. 

Keep smiling...till next time!!!

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As I was going through my documents to archive a few files, I came across a few videos that I created over the past few years. Aside from the lip-syncing music videos, my most prized videos were the one's involving our wedding. I am still proud of my work. It took patience, long hours and numerous tutorials to get it right. So I figured I can share them with you all again prior to retiring them.

This one was the intro to our STD's (Save the Date's :-):

This one wasn't too much of a headache but it was still a task in its own right. This was done on the MAC without having to use Adobe Flash. This was the first page of our wedding website:

As I look back at more of the videos I created, I realize I might have a new hobby (on top of the dozen others!).

31, 31, 31 Acts of Kindness (part 1)

Blessed to see another year; I decided to celebrate my birthday month giving more than asking, taking and receiving.

31 Years, 31 Days, 31 Random Acts of Kindness 

 

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Never underestimate the impact you may have on another individual and how it can be a domino effect trickling down to more smiles and more kindness. My desire to be more positive and give back more made this a pleasant experience for me. Originally, I wanted to do 31 random acts on one day (my birthday) but decided to do it for the whole month. Some of what is listed can be done on a daily or often; it's as simple as smiling more often. I hope you enjoy this list and even add on other ideas!! 

The list is not in a specific order:

1. Treated a friend to the movies (for no reason).

2. Purchased a $5 gift card at Starbucks and gave it to the person behind me on line. 

3. I left post-it notes with the message "Smile, you're beautiful!" in random but visible places. (ex. door of the bathroom stall, near the mirror, on a table, near a cash register, in the fitting room and more...)

4. While at Panera Bread, I refilled the cups of an elderly couple sitting nearby.

5. Instead of the usual "hello, how are you", I had a conversation with the cashier and exchanged laughter. (Of course, there wasn't a line behind me, also I did it on more than one occasion at different grocery/department stores).

6. I let the person in the vehicle behind me take the parking spot I was aiming for. (Did it on several occasions and if you ever go to the mall in Florida, you know parking can be a hassle at times :-)

7. Paid for someone's snack. (Left notes along with cash in a Ziploc bag on different vending machines, mainly on school campus).

8. (Kindness to self) I complained less and looked/ focused on the positive of most incidents, conversation, daily activities and so on. (I'm sure my hubby was happy about that!)

Well, that's it for this evening; I'll post the rest at a later date (after finals). Here's a sneak peak to some of what's on part 2: 

Till next time!!