Because I never finish anything I start! Day 6

Today was another great day! I went back to the Senior Center and helped out. This time I brought a treat for the Seniors. First I helped serving the lunch and then passed out the Sees suckers. They were happy to get one. One lady asked if she could have two because they were so small, she said. Too cute but I was on to her! After passing out the suckers it was clean up time and then at 1:00p.m. bingo started. I bought two cards at .50 cents each. I could only play about six games because I had an appt. It was still a good time. Tomorrow I plan on going back and visiting with some new and some old friends that I remember from a couple years ago. Another pleasant surprise was when I got home two more hefty bags on the porch with shoes!!! I haven't even picked up the shoes scheduled for the 29th! I called Sports Chalet tonight because I was getting a little worried and I needed to know if the 31st was the last day they were accepting shoes and she said yes. Whew!!! I asked how many you could bring and she replied well, people have brought in a box or one pair is good. I thought to myself "how about a truck load!" I have a feeling that's what I will have by Friday. How amazing and wonderful is that? Nite peeps, Tina

Because I never finish anything I start! Day 5

Well today was a GREAT day! First I got up this morning and I decided I was going to go to the Senior Center in Moreno Valley to help prepare and serve lunch. I left the house around 9:00a.m. and off I went. I had the best time. I've been before but it has been a long time. It is so rewarding I don't know why I stopped going. I know the Lady in charge and she welcomes me in even after me not being there in so long. I walked in through the kitchen entrance (taking my chances on getting booted out) but it's the only entrance I've gone through. Anyways, it was amazing to see some seniors I haven't seen and there were new faces too! As I spoke with Darlene she updated me on who was still coming and who had passed on. I asked if I could help with lunch and she said sure! So I put the lovely hair net on with my plastic gloves and went to work. On the menu was polish sausage, red potatoes, carrots, chocolate pudding and peaches. Lunch starts being served at exactly 11:30a.m. everyday. I needed to leave by a quarter till to pick up my nephew at preschool. I asked if I could come back and she said absolutely! Then I went to pick up my nephew and asked if the director was in so I could get permission to make the heart magnets with the kids but she was not in today. So I will have to wait on the answer for that. A great surprise happened when I got home from my great day. There were about 8 bags full of shoes someone had dropped off on my porch! Imagine that. I was smiling even bigger. People really do care! How great God is!

Because I never finish anything I start! Day 4

Day 4.
Well today I thought about doing something for my nephews pre-school class. Being I have a bucket of jingle bells from Christmas. I thought I'd find a craft project for Valentines Day that they could make for their parent or grandparent or caretaker. So I went on line to look up things to make and I did not find anything on line but I had a vision in my head what I wanted to do so I went with that. I went to 4 different stores and having more stuff than I probably needed but "you can never have to much". (depending on what it is). I started to make my idea come to life. I got foam heart shape cut outs and foam stickers that look like candy hearts with sayings on them, staples cause I was out and magnets and Valentine ribbon. I strung the ribbon through the jingle bell and let it hang about 3" below heart and stapled the ribbon to the middle of the heart. I bought strips of magnet with an adhesive on one side and applied them around the heart. On the front I decorated with small foam hearts. I could only put 3 things on because the magnet strip isn't strong enough to hold the weight of the bell. All in all I think they came out cute! See for yourself! Nite peeps, Tina

Because I never finish anything I start! Day 3

Today is Sunday and I went to Church. It has been a while. It did feel good to actually go and not watch from home on the lap top connected to the t.v. I was tired today so after Church I went to sleep. Waking up I thought what am I going to do for my challenge today? So I decided to write to people via e-mail to let them know what type of impact they have had on my life. I chose 3 people. I basically just let them know what positive influences they have made on my life and let them know I appreciate it. Then I thanked them and when I was done it occurred to me that probably not enough of us really tell the people we love or the ones that have changed our lives in some way "thank you." Maybe food for thought. It was a simple challenge but rewarding to me too! So, looking forward to day 4's challenge and letting whom ever is reading what I did.

Because I never finish anything I start! Day2

Well, on day one I made a flyer, printed it out, had 30 copies made, cropped them, put them into ziplocks (in case it was raining) and on day two proceeded with my daughter Kylee to pass them out into the neighborhood. I must say in just a little over an hour it was very interesting to see people's reaction. Let's just say I NEVER want to be a door to door sales person. I made some new friends along the way and even made up with a neighbor I've not spoken to in a couple of years. Quite interesting in deed. For the most part the people that answered their doors were nice and some just were honest and said they had nothing to donate. One kid I felt really bad for because he said he didn't even have a pair of shoes so he could not help. (I'll have to find a way to get him some shoes) But the winner of the day goes to a neighbor that opened his door and before I could say I'm your neighbor he said NO and slammed the door. My daughter and I must of had a look on our face that could probably win a "most shocked" contest! We've all heard the expression "my jaw dropped". I've heard it and maybe even used it as a description when telling a story. Well let me tell you my jaw dropped to the concrete! We looked at eachother in utter dismay my daughter and I and laughed and almost cried, I think. I really have never had the door shut in my face before. It was horrible and it made me feel like a really bad person. I told my daughter if this was the first house we went to I would of went straight home and not passed out another flyer. Seriously, it was...I'm still shaking my head on that one. Thankfully the next house was a great couple with the cutest little girl. She was 3 or 4 and said Hi! I instantly had a smile on my face. She was holding a little plastic boy figure and he was missing a leg and the mom said can we throw him away now and the little girl looked at me and I asked if I could see the little guy. She said yes and held him up to me and I pulled his little pants on a little straighter and handed him back and she said " you can keep him" . Oh my gosh syrup on the heart. It was precious! The mom pointed to the trash can and said you can throw him in there and I was like oh gosh no I'm keeping him. This means so much to me. I'll put him on my computer! So as I'm typing I'm looking at my little guy. There is a God! We had about 8 flyers left to pass out and then we came home. The good news is that the task was completed and the majority of the people we spoke to were more than willing to help. The bad news was the "NO" guy. I pray he never needs a helping hand. Nite peeps, Tina

Because I never finish anything I start! "Day 1"

Okay. So today was day one on my 60 day quest to finish something. My challenge is to do something for a person or people that I don't know. Today was a really bad rainy day and way to cold, but I went out and did what I thought of before I went to sleep. After my morning cup of joe I got on the computer and typed up a flyer for donating shoes to Haiti. I found a picture off the internet and pasted it to my flyer and went to kinko's to make copies. That there is the picture. I was sent an e-mail stating that Sports Chalet's were receiving men's, women's and childrens gently worn shoes and shipping them to Haiti. So I made copies to pass around the neighborhood tomorrow. I made a date that I would come around and pick up the shoes to take to Riverside's Sports Chalet. The last day to donate is January 31, 2010. I feel pretty good about this and we shall see how the " shoe drive" goes. Until tomorrow...nite peeps.

Because I never finish anything I start!

It has occurred to me that life is short and is meaningless unless you do something you always wanted to do. More importantly finishing or completing the task at hand. All my life I've had things or dreams that I have always wanted to do and either chickened out or started and never finished. Which brings me to my next point. I want to challenge myself to see if I have what it takes to make a "cyber-space" commitment. The challenging part is finding a challenge! I do not want to waste away like I feel I have been. I will be 45 years old and I want to accomplish one dream before I go. It's such a worthless feeling when inside you feel your potential is great and you could do so much but to get the brain to flow with the body is sometimes impossible. Not only will I benefit from this challenge but so will the people or person I can help make a difference for. So I guess I answered my own question. What I can challenge myself with is to help at least one person a day. Which means I have to leave the house and do it. Then when I complete the mission I will tell whom ever is listening what I did. So now I need a time line for how long I have to complete this challenge. Okay I thought it over with myself and I decided to do it for 60 days starting Friday January 22, 2010 through March 24, 2010. If there are any readers I would love to hear words of encouragement. It might seem trivial to some but it is huge for me. Thanks for any and all support in advance. Tina