Freebie, Food, Friends and For the Hell of it!

Welp, one month from today is Valentine's Day!  And what does that mean?  Free stuff from people that love you...mostly red stuff, stuff with hearts, stuff with candy and stuff with stuffing.  And I'm all about surprises...like this sweet little Owl I got in the mail yesterday...just because, from a dear friend that I've known for many, many years.  It's amazing how a tiny little gesture can swell your heart so much!

And she wrote me the sweetest little "Thank you" card about how I make her smile with all of my facebook posts and photos!  So sweet!!  You know, the best way to make someone's day is just a random act of kindness.  I've been going through some of my stuff and randomly sending tiny things to people on my mailing list...next Monday I'll be sending this cute little flying pig to somebody...

...maybe you!  If you are interested in receiving a "random act of kindness" from me and not sure if I have your mailing address, please leave a comment on this post and I'll add you to my address book.  No worries, comments have to be approved by me before being published, so I'm the only one that will see your address.  And, for the hell of it, in keeping with the theme of random acts and Valentine's Day.  I'll be giving a pair of these away next Tuesday [January 21st].  

And all you have to do for a chance to win them is comment on this post, or leave a comment on the link to this blog on my facebook page.  That's it!  Good luck!  And, if you want to see these up close and read all about them, they are for sale in my Etsy shop!

 And if you are sitting around, needing some comfort food, this potato soup is to die for!!  OMG!  It is so good!  Wayne ate three whole bowls full and I think we are going to have it again tonight, since we are attending a "GMO" lecture/seminar with Jeffery Smith at 7 o'clock [which I'm excited about and will tell you more about later].

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Happy Tuesday!

love and peace always ~ Kathy

"The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." ~ Native American

Letting go and random acts of kindness...

I've decided that I need to start cleaning out some of my "collectibles" - things I use for photo props, craft stuff, etc., but, rather than give it all to Goodwill, I'm going to send things, randomly, to people on my mailing list...someone that has said something really nice to me lately, or done something for me, or has done something really nice for someone else, or is always encouraging others.  I won't be including any information in the package, rather than a small note, so you may, or may not, know who sent it...

...unless a little birdie tells you.  Hopefully, if you receive something random in the mail, it will make your day and encourage you to pay it forward!

Hope you are staying warm and cozy in this frigid weather! 

love and peace always ~ Kathy

"If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction." ~ Martin Kornfeld

Random Act of Kindness...

So Monday, after leaving the Dr.'s office, feeling somewhat defeated in my last 8 weeks of working out and losing weight, only to end up screwing up my back, and on my way to Earth Fare to get groceries and realizing it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon and that I had only eaten a banana around 9:30 that morning, couldn't help pulling into the Chick-fil-A for a 3 piece chicken strips and coke, silently feeling guilty since I hadn't had anything fried in two months, but still patting myself on the back for resisting the french fries. I knew if I didn't eat something soon that I would spend my whole month of grocery allowance on one trip to Earth Fare and it was only June 4th. The girl at the drive-thru told me my total...4 dollars and some change [I can't remember exactly how much], so I dug out the money, finding exact change in my coin purse, after dropping three dimes back in that I thought were pennies and then thinking about how bad I needed to go the eye doctor [I'll call tomorrow]. I drive around to the window and hand her my money and she says "you don't owe any money today, I picked you for my Random Act of Kindness and all you have to do is pay it forward". I was like, "really!" And she handed me my order and this card. That one little card made my whole day and turned my whole attitude around. I immediately felt better and when I got to Earth Fare, instead of treating myself to a hunk of cheese, or a bag of chips [I did get a nice bottle of wine], I got some yummy "Coconut Crushed Pearl" body butter. It smells sooooo good!!! I slathered some on that evening, breathing in the sweet smell of fresh coconut and noticing how fast my skin drank it in and how sparkly it was and then I realized it was "sparkling bronzing butter" and that I couldn't read the small print on the tube while in the store, since I didn't have on my reading glasses and thought, once again, about how bad I need to go to the eye doctor [I'll call tomorrow]. But now that I look at my arms, they needed a little bit of a sun kiss...or, in other words, a random act of kindness.  And so today, my lovely readers, one of you will be lucky enough to receive these:

Beautiful Brass Ball earrings!  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, or on my Facebook page.  Ozzy will be picking the winner Monday morning!  Good luck!!

Before I go, I have to share this gorgeous cactus flower that is starting to open on my cactus.  The plant is literally full of blooms and I can't wait to see it when they are all opened up!  It's gorgeous!  I call this one "seeing the sun for the very first time" ~ hope it made you smile!  Don't forget to leave a comment, so your name will be entered in the drawing and don't forget to pay it forward and do something nice for somebody for no reason at all ~ A random act of kindness.

Happy Saturday!!

love & peace always ~ Kathy

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"If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction." ~ Martin Kornfeld