Day 358 - Christmas Tip

Merry Christmas!  We are spending the Christmas holiday in Florida and it's so great that all my family was able to make it.  After the traditional gift opening, a Christmas meal and some lounging around the grandparents offered to watch the 3 grandkids so us parents could head out for dinner and a movie.  It was fun evening out and we were able to find one of a handful of restaurants open on Christmas day.  Our server was in great spirits and was super friendly!  As a special Christmas gift, and as our random act of kindness, we decided to tip him over 50% for our bill.  Hope he had a wonderful Christmas!!

Day 358 - Christmas tip

Day 357 - Became a RAKtivist

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has introduced a wonderful term...RAKtivist!  According to their site RAKtivists "are the limbs of the organizational body. The daily doers, movers and shakers; reaching out to others and not just talking the talk, but using those limbs to walk the walk."

Throughout this year long journey one of my main desires was to inspire people to look for those daily opportunities to help or encourage others.  Becoming a RAKtivist will hopefully motivate me to stay active through 2014 and remain conscious of ways to give and help others.

Day 357 - Became a RAKtivist

Day 356 - Donation to Local Autism Organization

While on vacation we love to hit the local Goodwill.  Today we found some great finds at the Destin Goodwill.  While checking out they asked if we wanted to round up our total to the nearest dollar to support the local children's autism organization.  So for our random act today we said yes!  Hoping our small donation makes a difference.

Day 356 - Donated local autism organization

Day 355 - Treated for a Movie

I love getting together with the family and one of our favorite things to do together is go to the movies.  Our little niece LOVES dinosaurs so the new movie Walking with Dinosaurs was a easy choice for today.

For today's random act of kindness we treated the family to the movie.  It was a great movie and the kids loved the dinosaurs!!

Day 355 - Treated for a movie

Day 354 - Appreciated a Street Performer

We are spending the Christmas holiday in Florida and are road tripping.  Tonight we stopped in New Orleans for the night.  We took the girls out to dinner and then walked around a bit to experience the city.  The girls really enjoyed the street performers and loved watching them and giving them tips.  Their favorite was Silver Man.  So for today's random act of kindness we tipped street performs and had some great conversations!

Day 354 - Tipped street performers

Day 353 - Gave Parent a Break

Every few months through my child care I provide a Parents Night Out for the families at no cost.  I watch the children a few extra hours in the evening so parents can grab a meal together, maybe a movie or maybe just finish up any last minute Christmas shopping and wrapping. 

I love the kids so having them a few extra hours is never a big deal.  I'm just glad I can provide the families that little bit of quiet time together.

Day 353 - Parents Night Out

Day 352 - Gift for the Mail Carrier

The last few weeks have been very tough for our mail servers.  The ice storm in Dallas brought things to a halt and now they are trying to play catch up before the holidays.  I'm sure this is resulting in some upset customers because packages are arriving much later than expected.  So for today's random act of kindness we wanted to show some appreciation to our mail carrier and let them know that not all of us are angry at them these days.  We left them a small treat in the mailbox.  Keep up the good work!!

Day 352 - Gift for the mail carrier