a blur of NICEish...

41.wed 3/18- stayed home with my kevin. was NICE to him all day. just simple stuff like kind words, cuddles and food. i should be the Nicest to him, he deals with me the most often and sometimes at my worst.

42.thur 3/19- i did a lot of small NICE acts today, but i want to say today i got a little NICE back. how thrilling. a little while back kevin and i went to the kid's school and taught the 3rd grade classes how to fold some oragmi flowers. it was NICe and FUN! anyhow, we got a Ton of Thank you cards today! a big envelope full of handmade thank yous from all the 3rd graders. not just one genaric card signed by them all like the "work happy b-day cards" actual cards from each kid! like if Good!

43.fri 3/20- i helped the boys i'm babysitting make cards for their parents! figured they may enjoy some thanks from their 1 and 4 year old. it was a mess but they turned out really cute.

44. sat 3/21- first my pal Dave was So nice to me! thanks!! he taught me to drive stick, took me out for lunch, and then returned me to my car that i left at bar the night before. (i should send him a card shouldn't i!) anyhow, saturday was my friend tami's big 4-0 birthday. she wasn't doing much for it so i thought the least i could do was get her a fun gift and take her to dinner. i made her a silly basket full of lotions, body washes, sprays and Depends and Fixodent. haha! cute. she laughed. i dropped that off and picked her up. we went to dinner and i fought her for it, but she For ONCE let me pay!

so... i'm going to be frank here about sunday-yesterday was a bit of a blur. full of babysitting and running errands and still managing my own kids and cleaning the house and laundry. i've been overwhelmed and busy! the only reason i even have the days that are on here is because i managed to jot those down on a bank slip. i am still watching a girl friend of mines kids and the kids she baby sits for and occasionally some other babes. it's fun, but draining and BUSY. no time for anything. i'll say this, in general i've continued to be NICE just nothing notable at the moment.
i thought about it last night and thought i better do something and then realized i did a couple yesterday. i baked bone shaped cookies for Lola's birthday party (yes our dog is having a 6th b-day partly this fri)(and yes, i did all this baking with a 4month old, 1 year old, and 4 year old) but, hailey loves that pooch. anyhow, that is notably NICE i think.
then last night i played uno with the 4 big kids before bed. i was done...but though, they could use a good game night. mine because it's been nuts around here and the other 2 because they've been momless for a while now. so, overly sleepy and really not enthusiastic about it. we played an hour of uno. and then shipped them off to bed.

Today...hmmm...i should send dave a card...or maybe drop a gift off for tiffany. i bough something i think she'd like a "no-reason" gift is the best kind...oh- i WILL send out holly's cookies today on my own dime! she's fab, has been waiting and it'll be a gift!

39 & #40!

monday march 16th- was NICE over all today. i'm helping out with a friends kids while she is away (i'm up to 4 kids) i'm also watching the 2 extras that she normally watches (up to 6 kids) my mother-in-law was not feeling well and was suppose to watch my nephew...(up to 7 kids!) on top of that it's monday! a normally busy day for me. i made a run to the library to pick out some books for the little boys to read, also grabbed a video my sister-in-law wanted to get. next off to the post office to mail out 3 MORE letters to some sick kiddos on the make a child smile site. (i left a random i love you note on the desk)then home. kevin dropped our kids off at drums and piano while i wait for some of the kids to get picked up. then ethan and i went to pick mine up later. he like the big car seat. after the kids got home 2 of the kids came back (still up to 5) i got them all to bed and let ethan fuss a bit before feeding him. kept him up, finally fed him, decided to be NICE and bath the little babe for him mom. lotioned him down and when he was just fighting back sleep enough i gave him a bottle and bundled him up tight in his car seat. out like an angle! jen picked him up with no work left to do (GREAT NEWS-he made it though the night for her) that is Really NICE. ha.

tuesday march 17th- St. Patrick's Day and the big #40!woo hoo. i made some yummy green chocolate covered cookies for the kids and their classes. after the boys got here today we took a walk to school and dropped of the treat. NICE. the boys and i went for some good walkin' and now i'm off to laundry and wipe down the kitchen floor Again! i hate mud!

Got this from the Operation NICE site! Join me in doing it! I'll be doing 2+ tomorrow.

All you have to do is visit This Page
to see the list of children currently registered with Make a Child Smile. Click on the little "Page" icon to the left of their name where you can read a little bit about that child and find their address. Then, send them a little something to brighten their day!

Here are some simple DO's and DON'Ts from the website to help you out:
DON'Ts
Please try not to say: "Get well soon", "Get better" or anything similar, as some kids have illnesses with no known cure and sadly will not get better.

Avoid adding Bible verses or any mention of religion as our kids have different beliefs.

Do not mail candy to the kids or anything edible, as some kids have various types of allergies.

Do not add confetti and glitter inside envelopes/packages. Though that's very cute, it's a HUGE mess to clean up once a child rip-opens an envelope/package and everything goes all over the place, especially if they are on a hospital bed.

DO's
You can say: "Wishing you well", "Praying for you", "Thinking of you"...

Send cheery mail... you're supposed to "make a child smile", remember?? You can write something funny on your card, maybe a joke or something funny that happened to you.

Write about you and your family, send pictures of your family, pets, vacations, describing where you've been and what you did... tell stories! Kids LOVE stories!!

A card can be a LOT more than just the text that's already printed on there... and your signature. BE CREATIVE!!

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sunday march 15th- started bright and early with my NICE so i have a full day to do more! I made 3 lovely homemade cards for some of the kids on the make a child smile site, addressed them, stamped them and they sit in my pile of stuff to be mailed later today. feels good to be kind. not to mention is SUNNY today and i've let myself buy into the hopes of spring. i want the snow to be gone, the back yard to dry up and wear capri pants soon. plus, easter is coming it would be nice to get some easter pictures outside. crossing my fingers! now that your done reading this- go out and be NICE! i'm going to!

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thursday march 12th- today’s NICE was easy. first, i told a random stranger (well, not totally random, i see her @ the gym 5x's a week)i told this gal that i liked her new hair cut. i never talk to her but i've talked about her. she's got Great tattoos and she's my "goal" size. still curvy but not chubby at all. anyhow, she got a cute hair cut and i told her. i think this one is a nice one, i like it when people noticed or mentioned my "new looks". for a second NICE i made suckers. simple pink colored white chocolate suckers for 3 friends and the bartender @ leroy's.

friday march 13th- today’s NICE is a biggy. i agreed to take care of a friend of mines children for an undetermined amount of time while she is away taking care of her aunt that has a very short time left due to cancer. i also will fill in as the baby sitter for the kids that she baby sits for. starting monday i'll have a House full of kids. 4 full time plus 2 little ones during the day when the others are at school. Wish me luck!! (i'll be needing it!)

saturday march 14th- we had our beautiful twin god children over today. they are 14 months old and my house really doesn't have any 1 year old toys left laying around. (we normally go over by them) anyhow, i knew they'd want something to play with, so...i rustled out a bunch of fun baby toys from the attic, brought 'em down, cleaned 'em all w/bleach water, dried them off and had them out like a buffet of toys when they arrived. they played with them all! NICE!