Today is a sad day in the United States. Someone has taken the lives of many innocent children and adults. I pray for God's love to shine down on the families of the victims. May he surround them with light and love.
I have not posted about RACK this week because I have been fighting with my back. I am in a great deal of pain and I have been working on healing. However, we did do RACK each day and I want to acknowledge it and share it with you all.
Days 8-14
Donated clothes, coats, and snowsuits
Hot chocolate to a cold bell ringer
Rice to a friend who needed it to finish a Christmas gift
Coins on some parking meters
Donated food
Helped Marine's shop for Toys for Tots
Gave the Salvation Army $20
May the spirit of Christmas and God's love bring you peace and happiness.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Rack, days 5, 6 and 7
I have had a bad week. We are still doing RACK but honestly it has been hard. I am grouchy, the kids are on each others nerves, and I finally figured out today why Destiny has been so out of sorts. Because she is autistic she is reliant on a schedule. Well, she has started speech and special education last week so our schedule is off. I have also been working a weird schedule so to her everything is out of control. We just need to survive a few more weeks and then it will calm down again. Anyway, I am not making excuses for why I am running late on rack, but more explaining (excuse in disguise).
Yesterday was my birthday and I was really tired so we took the day off. I told the kids we have to make up that day and have to do 2 in one day to make up for it. So today we made up some boxes of treats and dropped them off at a tire store. Tomorrow Brittni is going to post inspirational quotes on the bathroom mirrors in the girls bathroom at school. Cameron is going to put change in a bag on the vending machines at school. Teenagers are our future. We need them to have some Christmas cheer. Hopefully at least one of them will remember the real meaning of Christmas!!
Yesterday was my birthday and I was really tired so we took the day off. I told the kids we have to make up that day and have to do 2 in one day to make up for it. So today we made up some boxes of treats and dropped them off at a tire store. Tomorrow Brittni is going to post inspirational quotes on the bathroom mirrors in the girls bathroom at school. Cameron is going to put change in a bag on the vending machines at school. Teenagers are our future. We need them to have some Christmas cheer. Hopefully at least one of them will remember the real meaning of Christmas!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Day 4 of RACK
Yesterday me and my little elves decided to go buy a coffee (ok, strawberry redbull for me) and we were going to pay for the person behind us. However, noone ever showed up behind us. Instead we bought a gift card and drove to the house of a friend I haven't talked to in a while and we left it on her garage door. Hopefully she found it. She really is a wonderful mom and I hope she knows how much others look up to her.
Today we are going to leave some coins on the machines in the dollar store. You know the machines, the ones that your kids always want your quarters for??? Yeah, those ones. Now they don't have to ask, little elves will do the work for those busy parents.
Today we are going to leave some coins on the machines in the dollar store. You know the machines, the ones that your kids always want your quarters for??? Yeah, those ones. Now they don't have to ask, little elves will do the work for those busy parents.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Day 2 of Rack
We were a very busy family yesterday so I didn't make it here to post how Rack went. Yesterday was the 1st real day of Rack. Each of the three kids took two $1 into the dollar store with a note to enjoy a little Christmas fun and left them in the toy aisle. The kids really enjoyed it but what they really wanted was to watch someone find it. Unfortunatly we had to go but they were excited. We then took them to the mall to pick up something from the craft store for a secret Christmas gift, then to lunch. After a late lunch/early dinner we went to the Caldwell Night Light parade. It was a beautiful day with beautiful people. The only thing missing was Alley. I always feel a little piece of me is missing when she is not there.
Today I bought some candy canes. We taped them to the cards we made that said Merry Christmas You've been RACK'ed. Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. We then drove to Wal-Mart. While my husband ran in to pick up Destiny's prescription I drove the kids around the parking lot. They got to pick out 3 random cars each to put the card and candy cane on. The way they chose was cute. Cameron chose because he thought the car was "cool" and Brittni seemed to choose more of the family looking cars and Destiny, well, she was just random. That pretty much tells you about my kids. Cameron could probably tell you the make, model and probably the year of the three cars he chose because he really likes cars. Brittni is a very family oriented girl so she made sure to choose cars she thought might have children. And Destiny.....well, she is about as random as you get. The only thing she could tell you about her cars is that they were at the Wal-Mart Mommy works at. :) Tomorrow is a new day and brings a new adventure.
Today I bought some candy canes. We taped them to the cards we made that said Merry Christmas You've been RACK'ed. Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. We then drove to Wal-Mart. While my husband ran in to pick up Destiny's prescription I drove the kids around the parking lot. They got to pick out 3 random cars each to put the card and candy cane on. The way they chose was cute. Cameron chose because he thought the car was "cool" and Brittni seemed to choose more of the family looking cars and Destiny, well, she was just random. That pretty much tells you about my kids. Cameron could probably tell you the make, model and probably the year of the three cars he chose because he really likes cars. Brittni is a very family oriented girl so she made sure to choose cars she thought might have children. And Destiny.....well, she is about as random as you get. The only thing she could tell you about her cars is that they were at the Wal-Mart Mommy works at. :) Tomorrow is a new day and brings a new adventure.
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