tis' the season of giving

tis' the sesaon of giving! here are 40 different ways you can bless someone! Christmas is approaching, and this is a very happy time for so many people! but this is also a sad time for some, who are all by them self, maybe they lost a loved one, or just having a hard time in life, help cheer them up by doing one or some of these things!

1~visit a neighbor who doesn't have any family (even if you know you will be stuck there for 2 hours)

2~return a shopping cart for someone

3~give up a front row parking spot

4~mail a card to someone

5~have your children color pictures and pass them out to the neighbors

6~invite someone sitting by them self to sit with you when you go out to eat! i'm not going to lie, this is a bit nerve racking ;)

7~pay for someones meal

8~pay for someone's coffee in line behind you

9~write a letter to a solider over seas

10~say please and thank you ;)

11~give someone a coupon  (someone gave me a 20% off coupon the other day and it saved me $10 bucks! who doesn't like to save money!

12~GIVE AWAY things instead of selling them! (is it really worth packing up all your kids clothes and taking them to once upon a child, and waiting around forever, for them to give you 50 cents for a $30 pair of jeans when someone can use them!)

13~leave a note on someone's car

14~call someone just to say "i love you"

15~keep some extra hats/gloves in the car (i keep mine under my passenger seat) to pass out to people on the side of the road that dont have any on!

16~SMILE! be friendly

17~offer your cashier a piece of gum (i did this on black friday and the cashier's said  "yes please! thank you so much" my friend Angelique did this too and she said it really brightened the cashier's mood)

18~take something to work for your co-workers to enjoy, or send something in with your hubby 

19~leave your waitress an extra large tip!

20~ compliment someone

21~help and elderly person to their car with groceries

22~pray for someone

23~buy someone's groceries if they look like they are in financial need

24~turn off the TV for a night and have "real" family time

25~ don't hold grudges (if you are bitter towards a friend or family member or someone, forgive them)

26~hold the door open for someone

27~when you see a solider when you are out and about, thank them for their service

28~pay for someone's gas

29~take dinner to a family who has recently gone through a hard time (i took cookies over one day and dinner the next week to a family who recently lost their wife/mother, and they really appreciated it)

30~depending on if you travel for work, pay for someone's toll

31~get your mailman a gift for christmas (i don't know about you, but i would not like to be delivering mail in the heat, sleet, rain and all the cray weather! i asked my mail man what he likes and he said he goes to subway a lot, so, we will be getting him a subway gift card)

32~buy flowers for somoene

33~do something nice for your spouse, unload the dishwasher, a foot rub, with no strings attached!

34~visit a nursing home

35~ bless a single mom in someway, flowers, a gift card to her favorite place, offer to babysit her kids, make dinner

36~put your change in the salvation army buckets

37~ buy the "bell ringers" a hot cocoa

38~ shovel your neighbors drive way (once the snow starts falling)

39~give an extra dollar to st.jude's when you check out, or get a  toy for toys for tots

40~put someone's Christmas lights up for them (btw, we don't have ours up yet,wink, wink)

(41~ encourage others to be paying it forward!)

this list originally started with 30 things, then grew to 40....it could go on and on! giving isn't all about money, it's about paying attention to someone, smiling, opening a door, visiting with people! show love to poeple this holiday season, you just never know  how your "small" deed will impacts someones life! 

pay it forward poeple!!!!

have a great week! and i'd love to know which things you try!

 i can not get this pic turned the right way!!! haha but,if you can't afford to buy new hats or gloves to pass out, get your child's hats or gloves that are too small (nice condition)  to have on hand to pass out!

a little breakfast item that i am sending into to my hubby's work tom (minus my cupcake pans)

bags of clothes and misc items that i am giving away this week!

10 day give-a-roonie

i don't know if you did simply give's "30 day live to give challenge" but it was so rewarding and fun!  so, i decided to do a simple little "10 day give-a-roonie"!it is a few of my favorite ways to give! i am going to start it this wednesday may 11th! you can check back every evening to see what the next day's

"give-a-roonie" is!

if you followed through with the "30 day live to give challenge" you: called your mom and told her you loved her, you mailed someone a note, you bought someone coffee 4 times, you called your dad and told him you loved him, you visited your grandparents, did something nice for your spouse, spent quality time with your kids, did an anonymous deed, returned someone's shopping cart,gave someone a smile and compliment, gave your old things away instead of selling them,gave your waitress a 50% tip, gave your best friend a reason to smile, kissed your spouse when they went to and came home from work, invited someone to sit with you who was sitting alone at a restaurant, took your neighbor muffins, took an elderly person a meal, wrote a letter to someone in the armed forces,opened a door for someone, gave up a front row parking spot, bought a homeless person a meal, donated to charity, bought some a hat and gloves (when it was freeeeeeezing)!

 whew! that's a lot of stuff!!! when is the last time you did say five of these things? even one of them?!?!?!? some people don't even do this in a whole year! can you imagine if we all did one simple deed everyday! the world would be a better happier  place!!!

check back on tuesday night to see what your first give-a-roonie is!!!!

i'm ending this post with a quote from none other than oprah!:)

"I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life."

~oprah winfrey