OH MY GOSH!!!
what a wild and crazy and not to mention
GENEROUS 11 days we have had so far!!!
TAKE A LOOK!!!
OK so if you have been following along...
which I hope you have
because if you haven't...
well we won't even go there!!!
SO if you have been following you know that TODAY
and TODAY only you can enter to win
ALL OF THE PRIZES (minus the personalized sign)
YEPPERS
ALL OF THE PRIZES (minus the personalized sign)
and and and
I have a surprise for you too!!!
I would post a pic of the surprise BUT I don't have one yet!!!
WHEN I get one I will post it on my FACEBOOK page
one of my BESTIES
sells 31 and that is ALL I am going to say!!!
SHE is bringing her DONATIONS to school today
which is really tomorrow for me because I am writing this yesterday to you
to get it POSTED today for you
HA HA HA
well if you got that
it means I don't have a pic yet
BUT will
and check my FB page to see!!!
SO what do you need to do to enter????
I know you are saying BLAH BLAH BLAH
so I am getting to it...
Here are the 3 ways to enter...
LEAVE A COMMENT FOR EACH ONE
and remember contest ends TONIGHT at midnight TEXAS TIME!!!
ok
1- follow my blog :)
DUH really could I leave that out...
no not really
I mean I LOVE FOLLOWERS
and if you are already a follower I {puffy} heart you
and if you will be a follower I will {puffy} heart you too
as soon as you follow
*wink*
really I love you already BUT to earn PUFFY heart status
FOLLOW ME!!!
OK on to #2
2 - tell me the best gift you have given for Christmas
I think the best gift I have ever given is the one I am giving this year...
I am safe because my grandparents do not read this...
I know what gives
BUT I forgive
and because they don't read this I can share RIGHT????
OK a little back story... MeMo and G-Pa (that's what Drew calls them)
go to Costco ONCE a week
for a date and
to share the $1.50 hotdog and coke special
SO today I bought 24 gift cards for
a whopping cost of $1.62 EACH ($1.50 plus the 12 cents for tax)
YEP 24 - $1.62 gift cards
which means we will
TREAT them twice a month to their
date day ~ dog and drink
I am going to put each gift card with a note from
me or Drew in its own envelope
and
SEAL UP the envelope
and DATE the envelopes
like week of December 11th and probably add a little doodle
I am so so so so excited about this gift
now the lady at Costco
was probably NOT so happy
to have to override 24 gift cards for $1.62
BUT I know my grandparents will LOVE this gift
PLUS what else do you give 80 year old high school sweethearts???
3 - plan an act of random kindness this week (tell me your plan)and pinky swear to follow through with it!!!
One of the RaNdOm things I like to do is to pay for the person behind me at a drive through...
now I do have some limits
SO I do giraffe neck to make sure they don't have like 500 kids
and I do ask the teenager running the register how much the car behind ordered (cost wise not itemized)
and if it is under like let's say $20
I DO IT!!!
NOW I realize $20 might be a lot BUT I have rarely paid over $15
and really
I know I make the person behind me happy
BUT I also give a good lesson to the teenager running the drive through
PLUS I SMILE all the way home!!!!
so I pinky swear to pay for the car behind me at a drive through sometime this week
OK there you have it... if you have a problem with pinky swearing I DO accept Pinky PROMISES too!!!
okie dokie that is it
and remember on DAY 13 I will post ALL 12 winners!!!
on Day 13
I will post the winners...
BUT it might be a little later than earlier
BECAUSE
I have a Christmas Party
BUT I will post the winners some time on DAY 13!!!!
alrighty there you have it!!!!
go enter!!!
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ReplyDelete♥ Jen Ross
The Teachers' Cauldron
One of the best gifts I've given is a surprise trip to D.C.
ReplyDelete♥ Jen Ross
The Teachers' Cauldron
I won't be able to do this in the next week, but my "good deed" is going to be if my friend finds out she is having a girl, I will be sending her all of our stuff that we have from our 2 girls to help her out.
ReplyDelete♥ Jen Ross
The Teachers' Cauldron
I follow your blog! LOVE IT!
ReplyDelete❁Beth Ann❁
Taming My Flock of Firsties
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ReplyDeleteWoo Hoo!! Happy Day 12!! Which means we are that much closer to Christmas!! Of course I follow your blog!!
ReplyDeleteAli
alischepis(at)gmail.com
The best gift I have given for Christmas are the ones that I make! I try to always make something crafty for my family. This year it is snowman kits!!
ReplyDeleteAli
alischepis(at)gmail.com
My RAK this week or next will be to make treats for the faculty room. It is always fun to have a little snack in the morning!
ReplyDeleteAli
alischepis(at)gmail.com
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeletekellybrown28021@gmail.com
One of the best gifts I have gotten is my laptop after the ole PC died!
ReplyDeletekellybrown28021@gmail.com
I pinky promise to pay for the car behind me in the drive through! LOL, I will probably do it today when getting some coffee for this morning so I won't forget!
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I follow your blog!!!!! Super Awesome by the way!
ReplyDeleterachaelrsterling@yahoo.com
The best gift I'm giving this year is a family trip out to the west coast (Dana Point, CA) to see my sister-in-law and husband's NEW BABY GIRL! We weren't sure we were able to go but we did some rearragning and bought the tickets!!!!! I can't wait to see our newest member of the family!
ReplyDeleterachaelrsterling@yahoo.com
OK< my last comment was about the best present I had been given, then I reread the post....The best present I have given would have to be the hope chest we had my dad make for my Sister-in-Law. She cried and cried. It was beautiful.
ReplyDelete❁Beth Ann❁
Taming My Flock of Firsties
I pinky swear to pay some money for the person behind me in line at the grocery store.
ReplyDelete❁Beth Ann❁
Taming My Flock of Firsties
I totally follow your blog!
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Staci
misssquirrels@yahoo.com
My random act of kindness...hmmmm....my daughter goes to an AMAZING daycare and I'm always impressed with how much the teachers (from infant to school-age) love and care for her - and all the other children. I want to leave a morning surpise in their little teacher lounge to THANK THEM for all they do. Maybe bagels, muffins, juice, etc.... They are the best!!!!
ReplyDelete(Thank you for making this a requirement to post, it made me really think through the spirit of Christmas a little more than I would have!)
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ReplyDeleteMy RAOK this week is Secret Sweets.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't something that the school does,, but I saw a blurb on TV a few years ago where this man would leave these sweet inspiring post its (randomly) for his girl.
I did it the last two years, not everyone on the same day- no one knows it's me!
BUt it's nice to get a "Hello Beautiful!) When you least expect it!
Going Nutty!
Staci
misssquirrels@yahoo.com
I follow you!
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ReplyDeleteThe best gift I've ever given was to my mother, I got all the grandkids together (8 of them 13-3) and had pictures taken! They wore matching outfits and all! Don't know how I managed to pull of one pic of all of them smiling, and surprise my mom when all of them knew but it was a wonderful gift. Since then it's a tradition to get the photo with my mom in it each year!
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This week's random act of kindness, paying out a lay-away for one family! Can't wait I love doing things like this!!
ReplyDeleteamylynnmarshall@aol.com
I'm a follower and one of my favorite Christmas gifts has been a trip to NYC with my family. It was very special!
ReplyDeleteBest gift I have ever given by far is the year my whole family (parents included) adopted one of my school kids for Christmas. They had no ideas it was going to happen. We bought fabulous presents like XBoxes and stereos. Then we rented a real deal Santa suit - red velvet and everything. My brother dressed up, put all the gifts in Santa's bag, and then we walked through snow and hid behind a tree while he delivered them on Christmas Eve. My student was NEVER, EVER the wiser and hopefully that Christmas Miracle will live in his heart forever! I am sitting here crying as I type this and it has been at least seven years since we gave this greatest gift of all!
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness this week is to make all the delicious Christmas concoctions and go "Elf" all the neighbors. My hubster and I are pretty reserved and the neighbors don't exactly love us so we thought it would be a nice gesture to "Elf" them all :)
ReplyDeleteI now follow you for real - instead of just stalk :) I never knew it was so easy to sign up!
ReplyDeleteI have been a follower of your blog and I love getting the updates everyday!!!
ReplyDeletekatie.neustadter@gmail.com
The best gift I have ever given is actually one I am giving this year... an iPad!!!! I know the person getting it will absolutely love it!! I am so excited!!!!
ReplyDeletekatie.neustadter@gmail.com
My random act of kindness will be to make my parents dinner just because I love them and they deserve to relax and catch a break! I think they will be pleasantly surprised!
ReplyDeletekatie.neustadter@gmail.com
Not only am I a new blogger- but I am your newest follower :)
ReplyDeleteEdana
-colormekinder.blogspot.com
The best gift I've ever given was the time when I made every single person in my entire school a small bag of homemade cookies. It took me almost a week but I managed to pull it off.
ReplyDeleteEdana
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteingrid.shores@gmail.com
The best gifts that I have ever given are the ones that my kids and I made ourselves for our special family members. You can always tell which gifts are handmade by children and to me that is super special.
ReplyDeleteI love your drive thru random act of kindness and I think I might do the same.
ReplyDeleteingrid.shores@gmail.com
I follow your blog :)
ReplyDeleteIt is really hard to pick a BEST gift, because some people are just really awesome gift givers. However, the best gift I ever received was a gift card to the Hotel Hershey Spa in Hershey PA. Um, can you say chocolate massage?
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of seeming *slightly* redneck (I DO live in Alabama, afterall)...I think the best gift I ever gave was a driving experience at Talladega Motor Speedway. I gave it to my husband - but instead of just giving it to him, I created this extravagant scavenger hunt and he had to go on a wild goose chase to find it. He loved it and had a blast when we finally went in the Springtime. He loves watching those silly NASCAR races, so I thought what better to give him than a chance to ride in a car around the famous track at 120+MPH with a real live racecar driver. =)
ReplyDeleteI love randomness, especially when it pertains to kindness. Soooo - I am going to adopt a solider along with some of my buddies and we're going to send some Christmas packages to make those serving overseas feel a little less homesick during this time of the year. =]
ReplyDeleteRandom acts of kindness, how fun!
ReplyDeleteMy faculty absolutely loves treats. And who doesn't? I am going to bake some yummy cookies and leave them in the faculty room this week.
I'll just have to make sure no one at home gets to them first!! :)
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have ever given will actually be this year! My mom and I are OBSESSED with boots and there is a lady at our school who can get Ugg boots at a cheaper cost. Every year we usually order from her but this year my mom decided it would be too much money and she wasn't going to get herself any...so I ordered them for her!! I tricked her too and acted like I was ordering them for myself (which, of course I got myself a pair too!) and kept asking her things like "well what color should I get?" and "What style would you get?" So I tricked her into telling me which kind she wanted and I got them for her!! :)
ReplyDeleteShe has done so much for me in my life and I am so glad I now have a steady job and enough money to give back to her! I can't wait to see her face when she opens them!!
I do random acts of kindness at least once a week. The gas stations in our town have what they call "Polar Pops", which is really just a fancy word for fountain coke. Anyways we love them here at our school and I try to bring one to my principal every Friday and on special occasions! I also bring my partner teacher candy all the time. You can definitely bet I will be doing that this week! PINKY SWEAR! :)
ReplyDeleteI follow your wonderful blog! I love all the ideas you share!
ReplyDeleteHeather
swimmingthroughsecondgrade.blogspot.com
The best present that I have given is allowing my children to purchase gifts for a family that we know who were in need of help last year. We had so much fun shopping for them!
ReplyDeleteHeather
I have been following your blog since last year.
ReplyDeleteThe best Christmas gift I've ever given was a scrapbook calendar of my daughter for my mom as her first Christmas as a grandma. She loved it and it was was fun to put it into a scrapbook for her last year...after sneaking it out of her house. Of course, I guess I could include that the year before I gave her an album with a message with my daughter's date of birth...I needed to schedule a c-section, and didn't find out the date until 12/23, so I kept it a secret until Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI already follow your blog!
ReplyDeletesmatadam@gmail.com
The best gift I have ever given is to my mom. I gave her one of those KitchenAid Stand Mixers that she has always wanted. I gave it to her after saving from my first job 5 or 6 years ago. She loves it sooo much and I still see that it makes her so happy since she had always wanted one!!! I love my momma!! :):):)
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ReplyDeleteI pinky promise that I will treat the person behind me at Starbucks!
I have done it a few times and every time it feels so rewarding. I have usually only spent around 6 bucks (I guess I'm lucky!) and it makes their day (I'm sure!) and mine!!! :)
I will do that tomorrow! YEEEH!
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I follow your blog!
ReplyDelete-staci
www.letsteachsomething.blogspot.com
The best gift I've ever given was a plaster handprint of my kids hands to their grandparents. I love homemade gifts.
ReplyDelete-staci
www.letsteachsomething.blogspot.com
My random act of kindness will be to bake cookies and put them in the office. :) I love the pay for the car behind you in the drive thru- may just add that one to my list too! (if I happen to stop by a drive thru this week.)
ReplyDelete-staci
www.letsteachsomething.blogspot.com
I am excited to have found you. I am now a follower.
ReplyDeleteDiana Newton
My random act of kindness will be to bake cookies and put them in the teacher's lounges of my children's schools.
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I ever gave is when we adopted a family and my family went shopping and gave them Christmas. It made a terrific impression on my kids.
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness will be to make a basket of goodies to put in the teacher's lounge at my son's school.
ReplyDeleteHeather
I follow your blog!!
ReplyDeleteLive Laugh and Love to Learn
The best gift I ever gave was a car to my daughter. We got a fixer-upper, and kept it a secret from her. The look on her face was priceless!!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy RAK this week was sending a Santa Gram to a student who has the lowest self-esteem I've ever seen! Her list of adjectives describing herself were ALL negative! I literally cried!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I had a fabulous waitress this weekend, who got a hefty tip!!!! My daughter was so giddy with excitement--she watched as we were leaving to see her open it up!!! I felt like Santa!!! :)
I am already a follower of your blog.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best gifts was personalized Disney maps for all family members that would be meeting at Disneyworld in the spring. A little magic for everyone!
ReplyDeleteI already follow your blog :)
ReplyDeleteSarah
Fantastic 1st Grade
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have sent this Christmas season...I sent my son who lives in New York (he is 23 and I miss him so much) a big box of homemade goodies that I worked on all weekend. He isn't able to come home this Christmas, so I sent Christmas to him!
ReplyDeleteBest gift I have given...
ReplyDeletePhoto book to my parents of all their kids from birth to now- on shutterfly!
Sarah
Fantastic 1st Grade
My random act of kindness...
ReplyDeleteI plan to sponsor a family in need this week-by getting them all they need for Christmas dinner. I stockpile my groceries, so I should have enough for this.
Thanks for your blog!
My random act of kindness is to bring baked goods for my 1st grade teammates!
ReplyDeleteSarah
Fantastic 1st Grade
I follow and LOVE your blog!
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I {PuFFY} Heart your Blog!!
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I follow your blog religiously!! Love it!!
ReplyDelete~Lesley
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The greatest gift I've given are homemade goodies to friends and family.
ReplyDeleteGladys
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follow your blog and LOVE it!!!
ReplyDeleteBecky
lbcwelchmom@gmail.com
The greatest gift I have ever given is when my husband and I redecorated my daughter's bedroom as a surprise. She was totally unaware and she fell to her knees and cried when she saw it! This is coming for a child who shows little emotion so it made an impact. She loved it and the reaction was priceless and worth the world to me.
ReplyDelete~Lesley
maris529@frontiernet.net
I definitely pinky promise to do a random act of kindness this week..maybe some homemade cookies and hot cocoa for our custodians...they are the best!!
ReplyDeleteGladys
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Best gift I have ever given - a heritage scrapbook for my grandparents going back to the 1800s . . . loved making it and seeing them relive things!
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness is to provide clothing to some of our needy families in my school. I do this every year and it makes me feel good to do it!!
ReplyDelete~Lesley
maris529@frontiernet.net
We are helping a single mom give Christmas to her family. She has no idea who is helping her. We are also gathering non-perishable food items for them.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteSamantha
pooh08292001@yahoo.com
msbeattie-samantha.blogspot.com
The best Christmas gift I have given was my childhood doll house. I refurbished it for my nieces who had been playing with it. (It was old and falling apart.) I replaced everything and made it like new. They still talk about how it was the best present to get their aunt's doll house.
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msbeattie-samantha.blogspot.com
pooh08292001@yahoo.com
the best gift i gave was to my hubby--i got him a wii when he wasn't even expecting it! the look on his face was priceless :o)
ReplyDeletemsob@gmail.com
my RAK will be to make some homemade treats for my teamies--we're all feeling a lil defeated, so cookies are always a good pick-me-up, especially chocolate ones!!!
ReplyDeletemsob123@gmail.com
I follow your blog and I puffy heart you too!!!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have ever given was a personalized calendar to my mom with family photos and important family momentos in it.
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness will be to buy the car behind me at Starbucks' drink. Then when they get to the window, their drink will already be paid for.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteMeg
http://thirdgrade-firststate.blogspot.com/
My [not so] random act of kindness will be to give a gift to the long term sub who is finishing up the day we go on Christmas Break! I will miss her!
ReplyDeleteMeg
http://thirdgrade-firststate.blogspot.com/
The best gift I'm giving this year is that I'm taking my boyfriend to a make your own sushi class! he loves sushi, but i hate it, so I'm pretty sure he hasn't had it since we've been dating! so its the best gift because it's selfless! =)
ReplyDeleteMeg
http://thirdgrade-firststate.blogspot.com/
I had to delete my other comment, I read the question wrong:)
ReplyDeleteBest present I ever gave:
I gave my hubby two tickets to a UT game in Knoxville and 3 different restaurant cards, and a his cousin was in on it...so he had some man time...We all need a little time away...(It was more my present than his!!!)
Going Nutty!
Staci
I have already earned my {PUFFY} Heart love since I'm already a follower :)
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
I think the best gift that I have ever given was when I gave my brother a movie gift card along with free babysitting services so his wife and he could go on a date night. They were super thrilled - mostly for the babysitting I think lol!
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
I pinky promise to do a random act of kindness this week - not sure what it will be yet, or who it will be for, but I will be on the lookout for opportunities!
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
I follow your blog! :o)
ReplyDeleteCindy
ccfirstteacher@gmail.com
We follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteI {heart} gift giving so this is hard! It is either the staff Secret Santa gifts I am giving to my person. The 5th day is "5 flower pens! Plus a gift card." OR the in-laws charitable gift. Each year my in-laws family chooses a charity to donate to, and this year is St. Jude's in honor of my husband's cousin that passed away 20 years ago...
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I've given was maybe a tray I made for my sister in law. I made black and white photos of her 3 kids as babies and mod-podged them onto the tray. She still displays it ALL the time!
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness is usually to hold the door open for people, always! I am also trying to be polite and let someone go in front of me in the grocery store line. Patience is a virtue!
ReplyDeleteAntoinette would say to drive in a less aggressive manner!
EmilyK & Antoinette
I follow your blog and have used so many of your great ideas in my 4th grade classroom:)
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!!
ReplyDeletebl3982@yahoo.com
Best give I ever gave...I'm pretty proud of giving my husband ( then boy friend) rock band for wii...it has entertained us for hours- a gift that keeps giving
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog. :)
ReplyDeleteLife with Mrs. L
A random act of kindness... I plan to leave some sweet treats on the door steps of my neighbors , even the ones I don't know!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have ever given was a video scrapbook of myself and my younger brother. I gave this to my father after he was diagnosed with cancer on father's day. He loved it and brightened him up to get healthy!!
ReplyDeletebl3982@yahoo.com
Farley you picked a hard question. The best gift I have given have been for people I do not know. Every year I try and find someone who needs holiday cheer and leave them a surprise.
ReplyDeleteLife with Mrs. L
My random act of kindness this week will be, I am going to surprise my parents and go to their house to cook dinner for them so they can have a nice relaxing night after work!!
ReplyDeletebl3982@yahoo.com
I have been attempting to leave Random Acts of Christmas Kindness this whole month. Some days are more successful than others. I think I am going to pass out smarties outside the local college testing center. It is finals week and all the poor students deserve a treat.
ReplyDeletei adore your blog and have been a faithful follower
ReplyDeleteone of the best gifts i have given was a pair of tickets to a metallica concert to my younger brother...i was eighteen-he was seventeen and i had to work for a week to pay for the tickets-they were in a city 800 kms away...looooooooooong time ago now!
ReplyDeleteactually, i really like your idea about paying at the drive thru...next time i visit tims i am going to do this!!
ReplyDeleteI follow you already!
ReplyDeleteDianne
Hopelessly Devoted to Teaching
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My best gift ever given was flying home unexpectedly to surprise my memere (French for grandmother).
ReplyDeleteDianne
Hopelessly Devoted to Teaching
dianne330@comcast.net
1. I follow. Toh-tally follow :)
ReplyDelete2. best Christmas gift? I am giving my boyfriend a rather expensive (and highly coveted) camera lens for his photography business! I cannot wait and hope he knows that I support him and want him to be successful!
3. I am writing a card (with chocolate) to a coworker who is in the process of losing a family member to cancer. Tough stuff for her!
Random Act of Kindness...hmmm...I know! I will put away my neighbor's trash cans and recycling bin this week. He's somewhat elderly but going through a difficult time. Pinky swear!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower and absolutely love your blog!!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog.
ReplyDelete2B Honey Bunch
The best gift I've given was a basket full of a variety of goodies (edible and not) to my brother who has everything. He still talks about it to this day.
ReplyDelete2B Honey Bunch
I love your idea of paying for someone's meal. I always let at least one person cut me in the checkout line even though my time is precious this time of year. It reminds me that people are more important than time any day!
ReplyDelete2B Honey Bunch
I follow your blog :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the best gifts I have gotten for Christmas was a scrapbooked picture of all of the motivational quotes I have given my girls soccer team during our season. It was so thoughtful... it's hanging in my office. They are the BEST team ever!
I'm a happy follower!
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ReplyDeleteMs. McBee’s Kinderbugs
The best gift I have ever given was a trip to New York for my daughter.
ReplyDeleteMs. McBee’s Kinderbugs
I follow your blog! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of paying for someone's food in the drive-thru. I will do it this week!
ReplyDeleteMs. McBee’s Kinderbugs
My random act of kindness I did today (not to say I wont do more), but I sent a 50 dollar meijer gift card home with one of my students saying it was an anonymous donor :)
ReplyDeleteBest gift I've ever given....
ReplyDeleteWhen hubs and I lived far apart I used to mail treats to him! He would love it!
Best gift I've ever given....
ReplyDeleteWhen hubs and I lived far apart I used to mail treats to him! He would love it!
The best gift I have given..hmmm. Last year I gave one of my students a whole phonics reading series. He was so excited because he comes from a home that doesn't have much and just loves reading.
ReplyDeleteI plan on baking yummy treats for our custodians and lunch staff, they are so often forgotten.
ReplyDeletei follow your blog!
ReplyDeletemarybeth
The best gift I ever gave was my positive pregnancy stick to my hubby!
ReplyDeleteMarybeth
mcialini@abseconschools.org
my random act of kindness this week will be copies of activities I can share for my first grade peers.
ReplyDeleteMarybeth
I've been following you!
ReplyDeleteJourney of a Substitute Teacher
My favorite gift that I've recieved is a stereo system because it was my last gift and I couldn't find it and it was in plain sight! Plus it was something I really needed :)
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Random Act of Kindess...
ReplyDeletehmmm I think I'm going to share chocolates from Germany that my Oma sent with my class that I sub for on Wednesday.
I'm also planning on making plates of cookies for some neighbors. They have no idea it's coming!
Journey of a Substitute Teacher
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteCheryl
cener(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Crayons and Curls
I follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I ever gave was a computer....for my mom..which she loved!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteMindy
mwells@ourwayschool.com
My random act of kindness has been done already...I paid for a man's newspaper in line when he didn't have enough money!
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have given is to a little girl in my Kinder class a few years ago. All she asked for from Santa was a pair of slippers. Her parents did not have much money, so I went to Wal Mart and bought them and gave them to her mother.
ReplyDeleteCheryl
cener(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Crayons and Curls
The best gift I've given was for my hubby's 30th birthday I got him a canvas of the Braves stadium signed by Bobby Cox. Obviously, he is a HUGE Braves fan:)
ReplyDeleteI pinky swear to do a random act of kindness this week. Hmmmm.... We have are having lunch catered this week and we can purchase it if we would like, so I think I will buy lunch for 2 aides this week. :)
ReplyDeleteCheryl
cener(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Crayons and Curls
I pinkie promise to pay for the person behind me when I get my weekly Starbucks on Friday!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog!!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
jenniferlalsip@yahoo.com
I follow your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteThe best Christmas present I have given is a birthstone necklace for my mom. It was a total surprise for her and she loved it!!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
jenniferlalsip@yahoo.com
I am a follower and love your blog....and the laughs you bring me!
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness will be to make my mom out to dinner just because I love her and she has done so much for me!! She deservse to relax!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
jenniferlalsip@yahoo.com
I am a follower of your amazing blog!
ReplyDeleteTracie
tcellis@whitfield.k12.ga.us
Hooray for Day 12! I follow your blog! Woohoo!!
ReplyDeleteTeaching Fun in the Sun
Best gift was giving my husband SEC tournament basketball tickets. He was totally shocked and I unveiled it in a sneaky, long-drawn out way. Classic!!
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I promise to pay for the car behind me at Starbucks before Christmas is over. Thanks for the encouragement to do more for others.
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tcellis@whitfield.k12.ga.us
After hearing about your awesome gift I'm thinking I have some work to do... I think the best gift I've gotten is the Apple TV and Netflix subscription I got my parents last year. They were getting rid of their satellite to save money. They have loved having the Apple TV!! I was so happy to have bought a practical gift that they get constant use out of!
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I follow your blog. Doesn't everyone????
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I love the idea of promising to do a Random Act of Kindness! I'm totally in! c: I try to do kind things everyday to help people out, but I've always wanted to pay for someone's meal. I think the next time I go to an restaurant I'll pay for someone's meal (cross that one off my bucket list!)!
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I am a follower, duh!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have given..well I would have to say this year's Christmas gift to my parents and in laws. I made a photo book of my daughter's first year. I can't wait to give it to them.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have ever given was a mother/daughter necklace to my mother. I am an only child so our relationship means so much to each of us :)
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My RAK for this week will be to pay for the car behind me at when getting coffee. My husband and I are BIGGBY coffee addicts and it cost us way too much money!
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The best gift I have every given was something which required planning and lots of love. My Mother-In-Law was in a nursing home and my husband and I surprised her by picking her up and taking her to spend the day with the rest of her family. She was beyond excited (as were we!)
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness...next time I'm at the grocery store I will pay $20 towards the family's bill behind me in line.
ReplyDeleteMy Random Act of Kindness will be delivering goodies to people in my church. Most of them are unable to get out much and even though they love the goodies...I think they love the company even more. :-)
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ReplyDeleteThe best gifts I've given are the photo calendars I make every year for my mom and mother-in-law. They always really enjoy looking back at the past year & having a reminder of family all throughout the year.
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ReplyDeletejulia.powell87@gmail.com
Yes, yes, yes - I follow your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteHolly
Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
LOVE the Random Acts of Kindness thoughts - what a great thing to always think about, but especially at this time of year. Lately, I have been frequenting Starbucks WAY too much.. So I will plan to pay for the person behind me - thanks for the great idea & all your blog ideas!
ReplyDeleteAwww, your Costco gift is the best. Hmmm, the best gift I've ever given? Sounds silly, but my Aunt who lives in Florida never gets to see her nieces nephews/grand nieces, nephews...she isn't on facebook or anything and often feels "forgotten" I had our whole huge family (it's big) send me pictures and I put them all on a digital frame. Took hours...SHE LOVED it.
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Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade
My class and I have been doing RAK for the past 2 weeks and tomorrow we are attaching quarters to candy canes and taping them to the vending machines with a sweet Christmas note. Can't wait!!
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julia.powell87@gmail.com
Last year for Christmas I got my mom a Texas Tech Wounded Warrior Jersey. The project served to help those who were hurt in the war, so my mom was dying to get one!
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have given will be the tickets to Les Miserables that I give my husband this year for our birthday. (We have the same birthday, just 3 years apart.)
ReplyDeleteMy RAK will be to give the teacher's assistant that covers lunch for me the day off. :)
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog! And thanks for having this contest! It's been fun checking back everyday!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to take your advice and pay for the person behind me in the drive thru. That is a very good idea!! Thanks! I will do that sometime this week.
ReplyDeleteI follow your awesome blog!
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The best gift I've given was the year I knit a scarf for my great aunt.
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mki88@aol.com
I think the best gift I have given was to an "Angel" off the angel tree in our local town! Just thinking that I would help a child have a better Christmas made my day!
ReplyDeleteMy random act of kindness-I'm making Christmas cookies this weekend and I will leave some for all my neighbors.
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Thanks for doing this. Even if I don't win anything, I've learned about some new blogs!
I follow your blog
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The best gift I have given was last year to my mom. I gave her the NOOK and she LOVES it !!!!!
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I remember last year the car in front of me paid for my coffee at Starbucks. The barista told me that the driver does this like once a week or so. I am thinking I will pay for the next car this week in their honor. That really made my day!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm following your blog (thought I already did) but now I REALLY do!
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I just figured out how to "follow you" although I am not sure what that means. Maybe that I am no longer a secret stalker?! Ok my random act this week I am delivering gifts in from my bible study group to a needy family at my school. But I really LOVE the pay in the drive thru idea & may do that also.
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I ever gave...was a tie! 2 years ago I got to tell my son I was pregnant with his sister on Christmas Eve. I also took my husbands vhs tapes of college football & had them put on DVD! He still loves that DVD years later! Thanks so much for sharing! I hope to one day be a blogger!
The best gift I have ever given was the year after my grandparents had both passed. I took a picture I had of them,some of our grandma's favorite recipes, and a poem I'd found my grandma had kept for years, I made copies of them all, had them matted and framed, and gave them to my mom, brothers, and uncle.
ReplyDeleteI've already done a few RAK's I paid for lunch for the car behind me, gave a Sonic hop a 5$ tip, and last night I went to my school and put bags of goodies on every teachers desk (small school). Next is to buy a gift card for a family at our school that is having a hard time.
ReplyDeleteI follow and LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog!
ReplyDelete~Lorraine
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One of my favorite Christmas gifts was an ornament that my daughter made me in kinder. Still have it on my tree 16 years later :)
ReplyDelete~Lorraine
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I follow your blog!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe best gift I have given for Christmas...putting together picture books and calendars for my grandparents of us three grandchildren...my grandma still hangs the calendar throughout the year even though its a few years old!! haha
ReplyDeleteI already follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteAdventures of a 6th Grade Teacher
I pinky promise I am going to pay for the person's order behind me in the drive thru. I have always wanted to do this and never have. Here is my perfect opportunity!!!
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