Day 43- Lifestyle Choices

Living somewhat of a minimalistic lifestyle, I'm constantly being surprised by how much 'stuff' begins to pile up...

Through careful planning and the never ending generosity of friends, we are rarely in need of anything we need or even want.  Because of all the love given to us, we love nothing more than to hand it back out as we can.  Some how a couple bags of home decor items gathered themselves up and were taken nowhere else but my husband's favorite stop- The Goodwill! 

Ah Goodwill, I feel that we are destined to meet again soon! ;)

Day 42- Tornado Survivors (Southern US)

The South has been hit very hard, and a lot of people have been scrambling trying to scrape basic necessities together for themselves, their family, and community.  Thanks to help from my new local friend, Shelby, I was able to have several bags filled with bathroom items, clothing, food, and shoes transported to some of the hardest hit areas.  Shelby is a local who is making a big difference- she has rallied her co-workers, and loaded a U-Haul which she plans on taking to various drop locations.  Kudos to Shelby.  Thanks to your help, I got a lot of needed items transported to where they are needed the most!

If you are close enough to the disaster areas, please consider going through your cabinets, closets, and hearts to give what you can.  For me, I am satisfied that come this weekend, someone will be wearing my former clothes, and using my (new!) deodorant ;)  LOL. 

Day 41- Beware the flashers!

The flash mob that is....





Becoming Mom is donating a dime to the March of Dimes for every YouTube viewing of this video... so you can contribute simply by sharing with family and friends.


Money donated to the March of dimes helps fund research to eliminate birth defects and helps moms have full term, healthy pregnancies.


If you wish to contribute more, go to www.becomingmomspa.com/flashmob

Day 40- Click for Kids! FREE way to Donate $10!

What is better than being able to donate $10 with the click of a mouse? How about doing it for free & learning something in the process.





Northwestern Mutual is funding $200,000 for these three great causes: Action for Healthy Kids, Teach for America, and Easter Seals.  Learn more about it by visiting their website: www.northwesternmutual.com or their FB page: http://www.facebook.com/LLSforacure?sk=wall#!/northwesternmutual?sk=app_207072932637803

What an awesome and easy way to donate!

Day 39- Hope for a Cure

Today we donated for a very worthwile cause-

The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

LLS is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. http://www.lls.org/

*Continuing to send support as we can, and always praying for all types of cures*

Day 38- One can never have enough reading material ;)

Anyone else out there that gets excited over books?!  LOL.  I do, and I especially like to share them once I've read and absorbed their contents.  Having recently graduated, I had a mound of textbooks begging to be released to their next victims.  On Day 26 (http://onewomanblessings.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-26-knowledge-is-power.html) I posted about Books for Africa, a great non-profit that accepts textbooks and other reading materials.  I would have loved to drop all my books off with them, however, I had several American Government and Civics books (these types of materials aren't accepted due to international laws and policies).  Needless to say, they had been sitting around for too long, and Chris (my wonderful, compulsively cleaning husband) was getting itchy. 

And where does Chris love to donate things?...........





To the Goodwill drop off!  They have a wonderful book selection there... I wonder why?! ;)

Find a Goodwill close to you: http://locator.goodwill.org/

Day 37- Breakfast for Firefighters

Today I sent in breakfast for the firefighters.  With all the furloughs and talk of pay cuts, I thought it might be nice if they had one less thing to have to worry about...  Thanks for all you do!