Hey everyone,
sorry I haven't posted in a few
days, I think my brain has been in holiday mode! For those who have been
checking the blog to see the last of 2012s kindnesses, they are finally here!
My mum (who I am carer for) has been a sick and my job is
to look after her, so that has been & is my priority this week! But
I am still doing kindnesses which goes to show just how easy it is to
do a kind deed a day! :) if anyone has any ideas of kind acts I might be
able to perform in this new year, please post them in the comments section of the blog! I would love
to hear from you all! :) thank you all for your love, support,
encouragement & understanding! You all rock! :)
So here is the kindnesses for:
December 2012
December 1:
started typing the last three months
worth of kindnesses ready to blog. I also did some gardening in the
communal garden. I put up the Christmas tree for mum, in the hop to
bring “holiday cheer” to our home. Also did 3 loads of washing
and all the vacuuming without being asked
December 2: I helped a lady at a
popular craft store to return a broken window blind. I helped an
elderly man who had been waiting for the toilet key, by giving it to
him after a lady had walked off with it in her shopping trolley. I
also made cups of tea for mum after she received some news that an
elderly friend Had been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. Mum was
very upset (naturally) so I did my best to comfort her.
December 3: I bought my neighbours
rubbish bin in, helped mum change her sheets and wrote a blog post on
gratitude. I did my best to act as a listening ear for a friend &
a blunt perspective (My friend asked me for it! I didn't just give
it). I also learned a new skill – making butter chicken! Yummy! :)
December 4: After I parked my car, I
collected a shopping trolley that was beside my car space. Then I put
two more in the trolley return too, making sure no-ones car got
damaged. I put away some cards at Poker, and packed up some chairs
too to help out the Poker league co-ordinator.
December 5: Today I had dinner at a
friends house and did the washing up for her. I also did the scoring
during most of the netball game. I made a special trip to the shops
to buy my sister a crochet hook for her to use at the school so she
could help with a school project!
December 6: I woke mum up with a cup of
tea. I also invited a neighbour in for a coffee. I also helped a lady
at the shops by getting her a trolley, because she had her arms
filled with stuff. I even helped the same lady again by getting her a
plastic bag – we both laughed when we realised we were the same
people as earlier. I had thought I was helping another person but she
was grateful for my double kindness.
December 7: I made drinks for mum and
I, and also decorated dads bedroom all Christmassy so he didn't miss
out on the festivity. Mum and I also passed our condolences on to
staff at dads nursing home because 2 long term patients had passed
away within a day of each other.
December 8: I went to a 3rd
birthday party where I helped out in the kitchen by taking food to
the tables and drying up the dishes after they'd been washed and I
even poured some drinks. I also made small talk with a couple of
strangers at the shops, everyone is so chatty around Christmas. I
also made a delicious Daena Friendly Chinese Meal for mum and I to
share. I am learning new skills! It was also delicious!
December 9: I dried up after having
dinner at a friends house. Also I said thank you to my Facebook and
blog fans by posting a THANK YOU and celebrating the blog reaching
4000 page views, & 80 Facebook fans!
December 10: I put someone's trolley
away in the car park. I also performed “Fish First Aid” on my
nephews fish, after it had managed to jump out of its fish tank and
under a cupboard. It took about 10minutes to find the missing fish,
and get him out from under the cupboard. When we finally got him out
he was still breathing, so I put the fish back in the water again,
cleaned off the cobwebs it had acquired under the cupboard. I lay
held the fish under the water filter for a little while and then lay
him on the bottom of the tank and then about an hour later the poor
(almost dead fish) started swimming around again, like nothing had
happened! It was a weird story but a pretty awesome Christmas MIRACLE!
December 11: Today I went to my nieces
first nativity play & took photos for my sister.
I also helped out a lady at the local
shops. We were both in line for Layby's and she was picking them all
up before her kids got home from school and after we chatted for a
while (The layby staff were very busy & they took a little while
to track down all the laybys). When they did bring them out, there
was a mountain of them, so having seen an empty trolley near by
earlier, I went and got it for her so she could actually push all her
Laybys and not have to try and carry them. I also collected a man's
meal for him at poker, because it was ready and he was in the middle
of a hand.
December 12: I was unwell but went to
the shops to pick up some food and Layby's of my own for Christmas
and as I was in the queue the woman in front of me, who was obviously
pregnant, but seemed to be struggling with reaching the back of her
trolley so I offered to help her but she refused. I then realised
that the pregnant woman was a girl I used to go to high school with
about 9 years ago. I haven't seen her since then and so we had a very
brief chat but she looked happy. And that made me happy as well! I
also gave mum one of her Christmas gifts early, because she really
needed her new diary to start planning events in the new year!
December 13: I invited a neighbour in
for coffee, helped mum sort and wrap her Christmas gifts for the
family (but she wouldn't let me wrap mine... lol). I learned how to
make Tabouleh – with good from our garden! I acted as a listening
ear for a friend when she visited and gave her her Christmas gifts
early to help cheer her up! I stood watch over the family belongings
at the kids Christmas concert and did some OCD organising at my
sisters house. I also listened intently as my nephews friend told me
a story about his life!
December 14: today I helped my sister
by carrying the heavy gift basket, up the hill to the classes, so the
gift baskets could be presented to the teachers. I also helped out
the mum of a pair of twins by holding one up so he could see Santa,
like his brother (whom his mum was holding). I also picked up my
brother-in-law from his Christmas party and let him crash on our
couch, so he could sleep off the wine before he headed home to my
sister & their kids in the morning!
December 15: I wrote a Facebook post
about the need for Kindness in our world today, more than any other
day. I also helped a friend clean her house. I also helped mum get
more prepared for Christmas by wrapping a heap of presents for her.
December 16: Today I contacted an old
friend I had lost contact with them and spent chunks of the day
catching up via digital media. I did the washing up, a job neither
mum or I relish, and I did it without hints or begging from mum!
December 17: I made a coffee for a
visiting friend and invited a neighbour in for one too. I also made
the effort to go and see a friend during her lunch break so we could
catch up! We had a good time too!
December 18: I acted as a chauffeur,
driving mum from doctor appointments, craft and hair dressing
appointments. I also made some of the craft ladies cups of tea, and
gave them small gifts as a thank you for all that they had done this
year for mum and I. I also checked a friend in to poker, because he
was running late and might have missed out. I also helped pack up
some cards at Poker.
December 19: I gave an elderly single
lady a huge hug because she doesn't get much physical contact. I also
made the effort to drive to the other side of the city to see a
friend who was leaving for Europe today and would be gone for two
months. I also took my mum and family friend out to lunch ~ I had won
another $25 bar voucher. I also offered a couple my shopping trolley
after I had finished with it, I was returning it and they were
entering the store. I also wished a stranger whom I had made small
talk with a Merry Christmas, and she was enthusiastic in wishing me
one too!
December 20: I made funny faces at a
baby to keep it occupied whilst its parents were trying to finish
their dinner. I also found a shopping bag in a trolley, so took it
down to the centre management/concierge desk. On my way back I made
two kids very happy by paying $2 for them to have a go on the
rotating train ride in the shopping centre. I left as soon as it
started up.
December 21: I got up early to help mum
get errands done before the shops got too busy. I also drove to our
chiropractors office to drop a gift off for her.
December 22: I did my blog post with 2
of the 3 kindnesses posted from the TOP SECRET mission. I also made
the effort to see family friends and exchange gifts with them before
Christmas. I also helped perk a friend up who just needed some
support.
December 23: Mum and I took Dad out of
his nursing home and took him to church, and then out to lunch with
our “extended family”. I helped get dad in and out of the car, so
mum didn't have to . Mum and I also gave little home made thank
you/Christmas gifts to the staff at dads nursing home & to our
neighbours. I also bought mum dinner!
December 24: I drove all the way down
to Bremer Bay, so mum didn't have to do any of the driving. I also
watered my sisters pots, fed my nephews fish, & fed and watered
the chickens before we left for down south. I did some cleaning for a
family friend. I also cooked prawns on the BBQ for the whole family.
December 25
CHRISTMAS DAY: I had offered to be the person to get up with the
kids, at the crack of dawn (so the other adults could sleep in) but
the Adults were up before the kids. I also made breakfast for the
whole family.
December 26: I
helped mum by pulling her up a hill (very steep). I also helped out
with dinner for the 6 of us because I BBQ'd the meat and some
Veggies. I also helped my brother-in-law out by reading a bed time
story to my nephew, so my B.I.L didn't have too!
December 27: I
cleaned up and vacuumed the whole house we were staying at before the
owner returned home, so he would have a nice surprise when he did get
home. I also acted as Skipper for my BIL who had been drinking with
the owner of the holiday house.
December 28: I
supported a friend by watching her do her 14,000m skydive. I also
packed up the car in preparation for our return to home, because mum
couldn't do any heavy lifting.
I drove the full
6 hours trip back to Perth. I fed my nephews 2 fish, made sure the
chickens had plenty of water (it was a sweltering 42*C today), and I
gave them some weeds to fuss over. I watered the gardens! I bought mum dinner. I also spent
some time chatting to a lady who was working at one of the visitors
centre in a small country town (on our return home), because she was
manning it on her own.
December 29:
Today I bought lunch for a friend on the way to her house. And then
bought dinner for mum and I whilst we were camping at my sisters
house. We again, fed the chickens, watered down their enclosure,
watered them, fed the fish, watered the garden.
December 30: I cleaned out the water &
fed my sisters chickens by making up some of their special food! I
also fed the fish, did a load of washing for them, watered the garden
and bought their mail in. I also made mum a much needed cup of tea!
December 31: I did the food shopping on
my own, so mum could rest. I also made the effort to put my shopping
trolley away, even though it wasn't an easy thing to do. I also drove
out of my way to take my friends home after a New Years Eve party
when it was unlikely they were going to get a taxi home.
I hope you enjoy these! I cant believe that I am almost up to date with the blog! Only 6 days out currently! Which is a crazy aweosme improvement on last years blogging! :)
Thank you again to everyone who helped make 2012 such a raging success! :) There were more than 366 kindnesses done last year, by me alone. So if you all started doing just one a week... just think of the difference we could make in this world of ours!
Much love and kindness to you all,
Love Daena x
My game needed to be shared too. So cute to make a heart today of all days! ☺️ much love. Xx
