Every New Year many across the world set new goals to achieve or habits to form over the next year to come. This year is no different, except for the...
I guess every family has a renegade, of sorts. My family has Aunt Tina. She is very colorful and always has exciting stories to share at the holiday dinners when she comes. She moved to Maine and has a little house there, but she travels all over the country and we never know where she is. LOL
But I do know that today is her birthday, so I hope she stops by my blog and sees this post:
Happy Birthday, Aunt Tina!
This time of year is about giving back to the community. It’s not just your family and friends but everyone that is part of your community. That can even include the wildlife in your area. The people at triangle direct media have demonstrated that they can give back to the community by participating in a Run for Wildlife and the Cary Run Walk Festival. It’s great to see companies giving back to the community and not just keeping all of their profits.
As a part of giving back to our community this year we have put together a few baskets to donate to families in need. We picked out a few toys to donate to children that don’t have any. We also did a culling of all of the toys in our home to make room for the new ones the kids will get for Christmas. We cleaned out three big bag fulls of toys to donate. The kids were happy to do it because we talk to them about how they can help others and make a difference even though they are so young still.
In addition to the toys we are donating, we’ve also put together food baskets and toiletries for men and women. I used coupons and got a large variety of health and beauty items for free or next to nothing. I always use these items to give to shelters. It seems silly not to take advantage of the sales when there are people in need that can use these things. Each toiletry basket has tooth brushes, tooth paste, body wash, deodorant, as well as a comb and a brush.
We’re taking everything to be donated this afternoon. We enjoy giving back to the community. How does your family or work give back the community you live in?
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This weekend I’m spending time cleaning up the house in preparation for the holiday. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is only a few days away. Before any big family gathering I like to do a big deep cleaning if time permits. I hate to think about someone coming over to my house and leaning against the mantle and being covered in dust.
It brings images of the white glove check to mind. If a white glove can’t pass over the area and remain white then it isn’t clean. That’s the principle I was raised on. I remember my mother and grandmother walking into my room after I told them I cleaned it to do a thorough check. It was always a scary thing and I hoped that I didn’t miss a spot.
Today I plan to tackle the dusting of every room, vacuuming, and steam cleaning of the carpets. It sounds like a lot but it really isn’t when you break it up in to chunks throughout the day. The longest part is waiting for the carpets to dry after they are cleaned. Once they are cleaned I just have to make sure that the kids, or anybody else for that matter, do not track dirt in all over them again before Thursday. It drives me nuts when that happens and I have to do it all over again.
