March 19th

This is an ongoing project...but for Girl's Night we got together to make rice bags to deliver to the Oncology floors of several hospitals.  We cut out 148 in one night and sewed at least half that many.  We are filling them and plan to deliver sometime in the next week.  It was fun to do this with the girls and to make such great progress.

March 18th

There is something so nice about getting a compliment.  It builds us up, confirms what we hope to believe and gives us confidence.  Then why is it so hard to give compliments sometimes?  I listen to my thoughts and know that I am complimenting a lot of people in my head, but what good does that do?  It's wasted and you never know what it will do for the person receiving it.  There have been countless times when someone has said something to me that helped me so much in times that I was struggling.  Well, NO MORE!  Let the compliments flow!  I tried today to give a sincere compliment to someone that I'm not close with, that sometimes even rubs me the wrong way.  I didn't want it to be fake or insincere.  It was well received and I think it helped me to like this person more than if I had kept it to myself.

March 17th

Be a nice driver.  This is easier said than done.  Honest to goodness, I try, but I am hot headed when it comes to dealing with others on the road.  It has to be the 18 months I spent in NY/NJ driving as a missionary that brought out the road rage in me.  Well, today I tried to be different.  I mean, I didn't wake up saying this was going to be my RAOK, but when the opportunity presented itself, I did my best.  So here's the story... Driving to my MIL's for a birthday party with the kids.  I had just exited the freeway and was behind several cars at the light.  I started to go when CRASH, a car behind me slams into the back of my car.  My initial reaction was, well, anger.  I was like, "Are you kidding me?  What the  heck?  This is a brand new car, you have got to be joking?  WHY?"  (Only slip in a few swear words...) But then I realized that accidents happen.  That there isn't enough room in the world for anger.  So, quickly I calmed down and stepped out of the car and proceeded to be the nice driver I wanted to be.  It turned out to be a young kid who actually got rear ended by someone that quickly sped off and left us with the damage.  (Don't worry, it will come back to him.  Some time, some way, but it will come back to him.)  And the damage to my car was minimal.  And the kid felt terrible and no one was hurt.  Whew!

March 16th

Lukas goes off track for a few weeks so I thought it would be great to donate some stuff to his classroom.  We brought in a bag full of prizes and toys for Mrs. Foreman's prize box and some clorox wipes to help keep the classroom clean.  Zoey and Max were with me today and LOVE going to Lukas' school. (Nice picture of Zoey, I know.  Her eye is tweeking out!  Haha!)

March 15th

This was a great day!  First of all because I got so many messages, gifts, treats and kind words (THANK YOU everyone!).  I love birthdays.  :)  Secondly,  I invited my neighbors to McDonald's for lunch so we could donate our spare change to the Ronald McDonald donation box.  I got teary-eyed watching my friends and their darling kids put money in those boxes.  I know it's just change, and it's small, but to me it was HUGE!  I see these girls, my friends, do so much with me and for me.  My heart swells to overflowing as I watch them.  The best gift of all today is GREAT FRIENDS!!!!!

March 14th

I must be running out of steam!!  Not to say that I'm not happy to help and do nice things...I think life just gets so busy and I let other things take over.  :(  As soon as I remember what I did, I will post.

March 13th

I was sooooo thirsty today.  Not just anything will do, so I went to the McDonald's drive thru.  I knew the kids were hungry so we just got a couple of burgers and my drink.  I decided today was the day I'd pay for the person behind me.  I was so excited!!!  I told the guy at the drive-thru and he was like, "Wait, what?" I had to tell him twice before he got it.  I watched in my rear view mirror as the person behind me drove up to pay.  She had a big smile on her face!  I wished she had a family or someone with her, but I was happy knowing that I could surprise someone like that.  :)