The technology curse...

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let you all know that I was just about to keep going and adding my Kindnesses to my album. this last year i have been recording my Kindnesses on the Calendar on my iPhone thinking that I would then be able to just post my calendar to here so you could see it as I do! But Somehow, with the terrible curse of technology (or maybe its just that I don't know how to sort stuff out ... ) but I have somehow magically lost all of the Kindnesses I had recorded on my iPhone up until the end of last month.
Thankfully I had already transferred from January to February 5th to my handwritten album (like what i had done last year). But that means I am still missing from February to the end of April! So apart from being completely devastated that I have lost it, I am also pretty sad that i can't share what I was hoping to inspire you all with again this year. I may be able to track down the kindnesses with my mums help! Or with the help of an Apple iPhone technician... but i just wanted you to know. So that if anyone knows how to find the back up of the Calendar from an iPhone they can tell me... Consider it a MAJOR kindness!
I am really happy that i have had such a supportive group to support me... and I will keep going! Just because of a little road bump doesn't mean that i will give up my mission of kindness.

Thanks again to all those who have supported me during my "missing" months! :)
Cheers,
Daena x

About time.... FINAL RAKs for 2011

Hey everyone,
I am sure you are as surprised as I am, that I have finally gotten my butt into gear and finally finished uploading the FINAL 2011 RAKs!

So here is the end of October...

And here is November...

 and December...

I cant believe I have finally uploaded it all! Hooray! :)

I hope you enjoy these. Please forgive me for not getting my act into gear earlier... And I hope you are inspired enough to get out in the world and do your own acts of kindness. Consider these as ideas!

Thanks for all those who have supported me and kept me motivated! I really appreciate it! :)

Much love,
Daena Guest

P.S. You can look forward to this years Acts of Kindness! Consider it COMING SOON!!! ;)

"Meh-ish-ness"... NOT an actual word!

Hey Everyone,
well this has been a very busy couple of weeks for me! I feel like a I have become a little bit of a recluse (apart from shopping for food and driving to doctors appointments), with looking after mum, having migraines, terrible bouts of insomnia, gastro (or food poisoning... not sure which), and just general "meh-ish-ness". And yes... I know  "meh-ish-ness" is not an ACTUAL word... but its about how I felt this last few weeks. So I decided I needed to get back into writing on here again! Just to keep you updated and so I feel more connected to the world!


As you can tell I am still behind on last years RAKs! Over the last year and a bit I have been laboriously completing the entries in my Scrapbook, then scanning them in, then uploading. This takes ages! Some times I also have problems at one or more stages and it prevents me from getting them uploaded on this Blog. So I have been a bit of a slacker when a problem crops up! However, if you were to come to my house I could show you my beautiful scrapbook with all the pretty pictures and all my RAKs!


One thing... I need a little help! Does anyone know how to transfer the calendar on an iPhone to the computer? I have been storing all my latest RAKs & kindnesses on my iPhone and have been trying to figure out a way to easily transfer things digitally! So that I will get them up faster on here! So you can read it and see what I have been doing and some of the funny stories or little wins I have had in the world! If you have any ideas of how to do this please contact me!


Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I am still alive! Mum is too, which i know is a good thing! :) AND i have every intention of putting more RAKs up!

Just to prove that I can do it I will let you have the last few that I scanned in when I was last able too! So here they are...

Still a bit behind! if only it were a "bit"! lol!

Also, one of my family has pointed out that these ideas are great but that more information or stories would be great! So this year I am trying to include a little more information when I can! however, if I have been using photos and names I have been asking for permission from them. I think its nicer when they know their identity is shared, just in case they don't want it known to the world! wow... I sound like some of my friends are spy's! oh, if that were only true! lol!Then again, if they were... would I actually get to know about it? hmmm? Enough of my random musings!

I am off to finish a book and get some sleep... HOPEFULLY!

I hope all is going well with you in the world! :)
Luv Daena x

January 1 - 2011 - Day One of 365 days of kindness

Why is it always after you post something... you realise how scruffy your handwriting is?! lol!
I always find for me... that hand written things are far more personal than the typed word! :) So here is my 1st days good deed / kindness! Hope this helps to give you inspiration in your endevors!

How hard is it to do a kind deed a day...

Well so far i have been excellent in recording my kindness a day... but not so good in doing any blog updates! Im terrible at doing this... particularly when i have weeks when i dont want to be on the computer... but experiencing real life... or i get so hooked in real life... i forget my virtual responsibilities!

So i have the first week of kindnesses done all-nice-like in the scrapbooking style...so i can just slot in the info and be ready to go... but i keep meaning to post them on here. I am trying to keep this as annonymous as possible for my friends as well as for everyone who ever comes to read this! :) Random acts of kindness... can be in the choice of random people to be kind to, or something that appears a little random to you. Doing something you wouldnt normally do for someone you  know and love is just as acceptable as a RAK!

FOR those who read, and know me, im keeping names confidencial... yet you'll know if you have been "kindness-ed" (i know its not a word... but it is now)! :)

I have been finding it really hard to go out of my way to do a kind deed for those around me... even though i have succeeded in doing it! :)

As i was thinking about this i was weighing the merits of Random Acts of Kindness with just being Kind to those around you. There are things you do in everyday life that you would never have thought of as RAK that are still kindnesses! Yet most of the time you dont appear to think of them that way! So, if you do something regularly that is a kindness... thats ok to do too. I mean everything for the greater cause! Kindness is essential in promoting a better life for all!

Anyways, that is enough of me having my say for now... hoping to get the list started for my Kindness Calendar! :)