And it is almost a wrap!

Let me just start by telling you that 30 30 30 challenged me in SO many ways! and it made me realize that I do not interact with the public as often as I use too!!! and I will admit that I didn't successfully do every single day. It also made me realize that you don't have to spend money although that is a neat thing to do and seemed to be the way to really get the point across! It could have been simple things like holding the door open for each person you came across that day and saying a prayer for them (I just did it in my head, I wish I was more vocal in that area!) or letting someone go before you at the grocery store! I did that a couple of times and it really seemed to make people's super happy! :) I also was more aware of all the little ways strangers bless me! Someone bought me a soda one day, another day a guy let me go first in line because my arms were full! It really is the little things that made me smile! I have a few more days before I am done but as we move into December I encourage you to be aware of your surroundings and the people you are interacting with! Dont' be afraid to tell that poor run down mama that her kids are super cute (even if they are acting like said monsters in the moment) or ask the elderly lady if you can help her to her car! I wanted to be changed this month, I wanted to start my 30's out giving back and in the end I think that I was the one that got the most out of it!! We are never to old to learn a new lesson eh! I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving!! We sure did! Totally blessed in every single way!! AND I scored my most wanted deal on Black Friday Shopping!!! SQUEALLLL!!! (which I may or may not have done rather loudly when the clerk handed me the last two!!!!) We have the house decorated and although I am not 100 percent done it is feeling all festive! The girls are loving all the fun holiday things! We have done the festival of lights and festival of trees already, they are at the prefect ages. I just adore them and all of there excitement. We have many more fun things planned! AND right now we are doing Elf of the Shelf! Definitely more to come on that! But if you don't have one and you have young kids, run out and get one seriously! It is like Christmas Hide and Seek all season long!! LOVING IT! and that folks is me wrapping up two weeks nice and neat into one post!!! I shall be back with Elf on the Shelf details soon!! AND I am going to Chicago with most of my favorite ladies!! so I am sure to have a story or two to tell about that!!! Until Then! Be Merry! and enjoy this hilarously cute picture of my little ladies! I am not that mom who forces my kid to go see Santa and then takes a picture when she cries, I know this photo may appear to look that way, but really I am not that person...........okay maybe I am but no judgement people!

and I promise she was so not crying when she walked up there, she started when I walked away!!!!

30-30-30

I don't know who I was kidding when I thought that MAYBE I would be able to update my blog EVERY day for a month!! HA! This week has been a fun one though!! Yesterday I turned 30, I had a birthday party with lots of the most important people in my life and it was filled with lots of laughter and yummy food! Tomorrow Night I get to celebrate with Tim it should be a fun night! So back to my 30 30 30!! WOW people this requires more thought and planning than I would have expected! It has been a lot of fun though and totally worth it! On Saturday I gave an unexpected person and unexpected gift :) FUN stuff!! On Sunday I didn't leave the house all day, which I hadn't planned for when I was thinking about this because it is very rarely that we don't leave the house!! So for that day I blessed Timmy boy with his most favorite dinner and threw in his most favorite dessert!! Monday I was supposed to deliver hair bows to a friends little girl but I never got it done :( just being real! I have the hair bows though and will be making that delivery so I guess I have an IOU to my 30-30-30 ha! Tuesday I paid for the couple behind me's meal at a drive up and Wednesday, every time I stopped at a four way stop I waved on the people before me, nothing huge but it helps if you are in a hurry I guess! :) SO that should have me all caught up! Overall I love the warm fuzzy feeling from doing this, some days it is harder to remember than others but it is making me very aware of those around me!!!!

We Voted!!! Did you????

I think voting is a huge privilege and I made sure to take the girls today so they could be a part of the action!!! We are proud to be Americans, We are proud to be women and We are proud for the right to vote!!!! You should be too!!!! Get out there and cast your ballad!!!

Day 2

Today's 30 was a simple one! There is a gas station in town that Tim and I use often and they sell .75 cent fountain sodas so today after I paid for my purchase which was 2 fountain sodas and a one dollar scratch off ticket which is something we do every once in a while I went ahead and paid for whomever were to come in for a soda next and bought them a dollar scratch off ticket just for fun!!!! Maybe they will win a little something!!! ;)

Day 1

So for my first day I decided to take a balloon bouquet to one of the clerks at the grocery store here in town. I didn't have one particular girl in mind as there are three or four whom we go to on a regular basis so I just said a little prayer that whomever was at the front when I walked in be the one who needed cheered up the most! When I walked in there was one of the girls up there that is always very sweet I handed her the bouquet and said that it was for her just because she is always so cheerful and sweet. Her reaction was so fun! She said "for me!?!" No way!!!!! And then gave me a big hug!! Thank goodness I am the hugging type!! ;) I don't plan on "knowing" everyone in he next 30 days and I don't plan on each of them knowing who I am! But man this is going to be so much fun!! Seriously you can't have a bad day when you are blessing someone's socks off!!!!

30 years 30 days 30 people....

On November 7th, 2012  I will turn 30 years old, yes I may cringe when I type that number, I may be a little sad to see my 20's go, because in the last ten years every single dream I have had for my life has come true. I met a wonderful man, had a beautiful wedding, gave birth to two prefect miracle babies, I have spent countless hours with my family and friends, gone on vacations and long weekends and really savored what God has given me. Sounds like something right out of a story book right, some days it feels like it but there were definitely some chapters that had the spooky foreshadowing music. We had many struggles, infertility, money, arugments, Tim's mono that I never thought he would live through mostly because I belived I would kill him first, but overall, my 20's, they treated me great. I have been blessed to live 30 years!! THIRTY YEARS! Some people never get that many good, healthy years, and some people have lived more than that and never gotten to do the things I have gotten too. I don't take my life for granted, not a single day, I know that tomorrow every thing could be gone, that life changes in an instant, God has blessed me SO MUCH and so in CELEBRATION of being 30 years old, I have issued myself a 30 day challange! Starting today and for the next 30 days I am going to do something unexpected to (at least) one person everyday! Celebrating 30 years for 30 days with 30 (unsuspecting) people!! AND I am going to document it on this blog in hopes that you will jump on board with me in this month of thankfulness and do some unexpected blessings too!!! My first unexpected person will be surprised tonight! Check back tomorrow to see what I did!!

In full disclaimer I am not doing this to recieve praise so please please do not misunderstand my reason for sharing this. It is hard for me to put myself out there this way, as I would usually just do whatever and move on with a happy heart but I am sharing this in hopes that you will link up with me and do your own kind of spreading of blessings in this month of thankfulness!! Share in the comments of the blog or on facebook, maybe it will be contagious!!