Happy Thanksgiving!
Love, The Blythes
For Lil' Red
11 years ago
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving
We spent Thanksgiving this year with Justin's family out in Riverside. It was your typical Thanksgiving...lots of family, football, and food. The girls had fun playing all day and being doted on by the family. We have so much to be thankful for this year.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Week Three Acts of Kindess
Day One: I brought my friend and co worker a Starbucks coffee to work. As teachers, we LOVE our coffee!
Day Two: A family from our adult fellowship group was going through a tough time. The man of the house was about to undergo major surgery so I brought them a meal.
Day Three: We were approached by a homeless man in the Toys R Us parking lot, so I gave him the compassion bag I made that I was keeping in my car. I also installed two of our three carseats for my husband. Installing carseats is such a pain to him and he hates it, so I did it for him.
Day Four: My in laws came out for the day and helped me to begin packing up our house. I didn't get to do an act of kindness, because they were showering me with their acts of kindness.
Day Five: I installed the final carseat in my husband's car and cleaned it out as well.
Day Six: Made two big pans of homemade stuffing for our adult fellowship group's Thanksgiving Feast.
Day Seven: Today I really got blessed by my best friend. She was so kind to me, that instead of blessing someone else today, she showered me with blessings. I'm really grateful...
Day Two: A family from our adult fellowship group was going through a tough time. The man of the house was about to undergo major surgery so I brought them a meal.
Day Three: We were approached by a homeless man in the Toys R Us parking lot, so I gave him the compassion bag I made that I was keeping in my car. I also installed two of our three carseats for my husband. Installing carseats is such a pain to him and he hates it, so I did it for him.
Day Four: My in laws came out for the day and helped me to begin packing up our house. I didn't get to do an act of kindness, because they were showering me with their acts of kindness.
Day Five: I installed the final carseat in my husband's car and cleaned it out as well.
Day Six: Made two big pans of homemade stuffing for our adult fellowship group's Thanksgiving Feast.
Day Seven: Today I really got blessed by my best friend. She was so kind to me, that instead of blessing someone else today, she showered me with blessings. I'm really grateful...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Week Two Acts of Kindness
The second week of this challenge has proved to be another successful week! I'm really loving it!
Day One: Today I took the time to write a sweet card to one of my dearest and treasured friends. She's the kind of friend that you count yourself blessed to have in your life. She has been there for me in everything and I just love her and wanted to take the time to tell her.
Day Two: Addie and I went through all of her beloved dress ups (those of you who know her know how much she LOVES to dress up) and picked out three that she was willing to give away to someone that doesn't have a lot of dress ups. We've got someone on mind, but I don't want to give it away till we give it to the little girl we picked.
Day Three: This one is private...just not something I think should be shared out in the blog world. :)
Day Four: My hubby came home after working a 12 hour day and his feet were killing him. So I offered him a foot rub. I sat and rubbed his feet for a good 1/2 hour. I KNOW he really enjoyed this particular act of kindness. :)
Day Five: I packed up a "Compassion Bag". I got this idea off of pinterest. It's a bag of stuff that a homeless person might want/need. It's got stuff in it like water, food, soap, toothpaste, deodorant, anti bacterial gel, some cough drops, cookies, wipes, some pain reliever, etc. It's in a big zip-lock bag and we're gonna keep it in our car and when we come across a homeless person asking for money, we're going to give it to him/her. We wrote God Loves You on it. I also brought the trash cans in for my hubby...for him that was a MAJOR act of kindness. ;)
Day Six: I made dinner for my best friend and her husband. Her husband is a former chef and makes us the most amazing food all the time. So I wanted to repay the favor and make him a yummy meal that required no work on his part!
Day Seven: I brought my husband dinner at work. We were going somewhere after he got off work, and he wouldn't have had time to eat, so I got to his work early with food so he'd get a chance to eat.
Day Two: Addie and I went through all of her beloved dress ups (those of you who know her know how much she LOVES to dress up) and picked out three that she was willing to give away to someone that doesn't have a lot of dress ups. We've got someone on mind, but I don't want to give it away till we give it to the little girl we picked.
Day Three: This one is private...just not something I think should be shared out in the blog world. :)
Day Four: My hubby came home after working a 12 hour day and his feet were killing him. So I offered him a foot rub. I sat and rubbed his feet for a good 1/2 hour. I KNOW he really enjoyed this particular act of kindness. :)
Day Five: I packed up a "Compassion Bag". I got this idea off of pinterest. It's a bag of stuff that a homeless person might want/need. It's got stuff in it like water, food, soap, toothpaste, deodorant, anti bacterial gel, some cough drops, cookies, wipes, some pain reliever, etc. It's in a big zip-lock bag and we're gonna keep it in our car and when we come across a homeless person asking for money, we're going to give it to him/her. We wrote God Loves You on it. I also brought the trash cans in for my hubby...for him that was a MAJOR act of kindness. ;)
Day Six: I made dinner for my best friend and her husband. Her husband is a former chef and makes us the most amazing food all the time. So I wanted to repay the favor and make him a yummy meal that required no work on his part!
Day Seven: I brought my husband dinner at work. We were going somewhere after he got off work, and he wouldn't have had time to eat, so I got to his work early with food so he'd get a chance to eat.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Week One of Acts of Kindness
Okay, so I started out of the gate....pretty slow... :( I was all pumped to begin my 30 days of intentional acts of kindness and my first day I was only able to do one small thing. So, after giving myself a stern talking to, I picked myself up and told myself to do better. I think I have! Here's my first week of "kindness"
Day 1: Made copies of students readers and had them assembled for my whole grade level team.
Day 2: Addie and I made a Thank You card for her Awana Cubbies leader, Miss Heather
Day 3: (Got a few in this day) Ran to Sonic and bought Justin and my mom each a Route 44 drink and brought it to both of them. Also made dinner for my parents and my cousins Chris and Sara and dropped it off at their houses.
Day 4: Today was another day of helping my mom. She pulled something in her back and has been struggling. So I made dinner again for her and my dad, and went to her house and did her dishes and folded some laundry.
Day 5: We went shopping to fill up two boxes that our church is passing out to give to needy families for Thanksgiving. So we went and bought all the stuff on the list and we are going to be dropping off the boxes next time we're at church.
Day 6: Today we baked chocolate chip cookies for Daddy, but also for our amazing neighbors Lauren and David. We are so sad that we only met them a year ago! We've lived a few houses down from them for years and have missed out on having this amazing couple in our lives, so we thought we'd show them some love by bringing them cookies.
Day 7: Justin and I are starting up another round of the grief group we run, Empty Arms. Tonight was the first night. We were meeting at our church, so I decided to run to Starbucks and bought a "traveler", which is a box of coffee (I got decaf since the meeting was at night) and also brought along a plate of the cookies I had made the day before. Just wanted everyone to feel comfortable. It's such a difficult thing to go through and difficult decision to make to join the group.
So...that's our first week! I'm really loving this! I'm loving that each day it's putting my mind on how I can serve others instead of worrying about myself. Again, if anyone has any ideas for me for the next few weeks, I'd love to hear them! Oh, and btw, I'm thankful for YOU!
Day 4: Today was another day of helping my mom. She pulled something in her back and has been struggling. So I made dinner again for her and my dad, and went to her house and did her dishes and folded some laundry.
Day 5: We went shopping to fill up two boxes that our church is passing out to give to needy families for Thanksgiving. So we went and bought all the stuff on the list and we are going to be dropping off the boxes next time we're at church.
Day 6: Today we baked chocolate chip cookies for Daddy, but also for our amazing neighbors Lauren and David. We are so sad that we only met them a year ago! We've lived a few houses down from them for years and have missed out on having this amazing couple in our lives, so we thought we'd show them some love by bringing them cookies.
Day 7: Justin and I are starting up another round of the grief group we run, Empty Arms. Tonight was the first night. We were meeting at our church, so I decided to run to Starbucks and bought a "traveler", which is a box of coffee (I got decaf since the meeting was at night) and also brought along a plate of the cookies I had made the day before. Just wanted everyone to feel comfortable. It's such a difficult thing to go through and difficult decision to make to join the group.
So...that's our first week! I'm really loving this! I'm loving that each day it's putting my mind on how I can serve others instead of worrying about myself. Again, if anyone has any ideas for me for the next few weeks, I'd love to hear them! Oh, and btw, I'm thankful for YOU!
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