10.29.2012

30 acts of Kindness

I turned 30 last week and my goal was to accomplish 30 acts of kindness over the weekend. I was going to include the boys and spend the weekend doing things for others.
That SO didn't happen. I used all 30 acts on the kids. I'm counting 20 acts of kindness for not killing them. That's a big deal! They were SOOO annoying all weekend! Between the asking for an itinerary every. twenty. minutes to asking for new downloads to the ipod every. twenty. minutes to not using manners to telling me the list of foods they "hate" and won't eat including every. single. vegetable, I've pretty much been counting to twenty to cool myself down.
Maybe I've been a bit ambitious. Maybe I should just take all dang month to complete 30 acts of kindness. What a better way to lead up to Thanksgiving than that?
So! Here is the game plan; my 30 ideas for acts of random kindness:
  1. Put quarters a couple candy machines outside of stores
  2. Donate items to goodwill DONE!!! I cleaned out some gently used clothes and Halloweeen decorations as we were moving stuff into the new house this weekend!
  3. Tuck a $1 bill in a couple of book sat the library
  4. Buy a gallon of gas on a random pump.
  5. Buy a Mud Ball at the Old Market Candy Shoppe for a random person. What?! You don't know what a Mud Ball is?! It's only the whole reason we moved to Omaha! Nah..it's just a benefit! They are these amazing little balls of oreo goodness covered in rich chocolate!
  6. Print out inspiring quotes and leave them downtown.
  7. Drop a LOVE LETTER in a random mailbox
  8. Drop off some children's books at Children's Hospital.
  9. Clean out the cache of travel sized soaps and toothpaste and donate them to the Rainbow House for the families staying there.
  10. Mail out some "thinking of you" packets to some girls who need some extra lovin'.
  11. Make cookies for the new neighbors.
  12. Drop off some cookies for the waitresses at Jimmy's Egg.
  13. Purchase an apple pie for the person behind me at McDonald's.
  14. Bring home baked goodies to the new fire department.
  15. Hand out balloons to kids downtown.
  16. Leave a box of wax paper at the slides downtown.
  17. Leave some Wendy's Frosty coupons in the kids' play area at the mall.
  18. Leave a surprise gift for my Little.
  19. Mail out pictures of the boys to my grandmother.
  20. Gather the old blankets and towels and donate them to the SPCA.
  21. Leave encouraging notes on cars at the gym.
  22. Send a NICE note to someone I don't like. <-- totes a tough one.
  23. Make dinner AND do the dishes so the hubs can watch tv...ANY show of his choice!!
  24. Give the boys a bubble bath instead of showers. (It just takes SO MUCH TIME!)
  25. Send a card full of love to the boys at their foster mom's house.
  26. Send a card to the foster mom.
  27. Send a card to the other kids in the foster home.
  28. Let the boys stay up late and sleep in.
  29. Give D a foot rub.
  30. Pack D's lunch with a love letter in it.
I'll post pictures as they occur! What about you? What have you done to make someone's day lately??

4 comments:

  1. Have I ever mentioned that I think you are part angel and part rock star?! Because you are!!! Way to tough it out this weekend and not kill anyone (I'll give you 30 acts of kindness for that one). You are my hero.

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    1. Just remember that when you're my daughter in law!! LOL!!! ;)

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  2. Holy ambition batman!!!
    30 acts of kindness on your birthday??? That's crazy talk. I do think that's awesome though!!! Good idea!!

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    1. Not all were accomplished but I think it will definitely become a tradition! 31 coming up next October!!

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