Day 189: Kindness vow

http://www.onemillionactsofkindness.com/the-real-idols/


"You can live your life exactly as one of these idols. Inspire yourself to live the best life humanly possible. Only you are standing in the way…do it…be that person. Print up any one of these vows, sign your name, hang it on your wall and let the most unbelievable journey, you ever dreamt possible, begin. Dedicate the remainder of your life to a charity!!"

Sharing this! It's too cool. Taking a vow to do and live like Ghandi, Mither Teresa, or Martin Luther King Jr. did. A nice reminder and reaffirmation for myself...and maybe you too? :)

Day 188: Customer service survey via phone

Ohhhhh today was a good day :) its always a good one when you call your car insurance company to ask if you qualify for any discounts....and you do!

I spoke to a guy named Tom. What a nice man he was. He instantly told me happy belated birthday! I explained to him that a speeding ticket should e come off my record, and I'm a student now. Boom! 2 significant discounts!

What I found interesting about this guy was, not only did he take his time with me and really looked at ways to save me money, but he also gave me great advice on managing auto payments!

He asked me towards the end of the conversation if I would be willing to take a survey on how he handled the call and I told him "absolutely!"

Day 187: Donate to John Wright

Today my sister posted about a friend who was an innocent bystander from a wayward firework explosion that damaged his eye at church function. He's been in the hospital undergoing surgeries, but have been told he will virtually be left blind in one eye.

This is not what a person expects when attending a function celebrating Independence day. <3 His life is forever changed in one instance.

Info on how you can help with medical bills, unexpected loss of work hours, gas, hotel stay, etc. (I'm pitching in tonight! :)

Send a PayPal to Yatesphoto@gmail.com

Or
send donations to
US Bank
Camdenton, MO
John and CeCe Wright

Day 186: Co-Grand Marshal of Rochester Jaycees parade

First and foremost, Happy Independence day to you all! It was a fun eventful day for us.

Kicked off the day as a co-grand marshal with Randy Brock (Kttc weather guy and great friend!) for the Rochester Jaycees 4th of July kids parade. SO cute seeing all the kids with their festive decked out bikes, wagons and strollers. Definitely was a hot day today and everyone was sweating!

When the parade ended, there were booths and activities for the kids. I noticed that there was a pretty long line for the face painting with only one guy doing it. I volunteered and jumped in to help! I have never done any face painting before, but I did fairly decent and the kids didn't complain :-p

Thanks for the fun memories Jaycees!

Day 185: Wait on the boys!

Tonight we kicked off Independence day eve festivities by having some friends over. I kept asking what I should do today for an act of kindness; of course "waiting on them" became the popular idea. haha!

So I did! Brought the boys beer, pizza! And whatever they needed :)

Day 184: Donate cell phone to friend

A few days ago a friend posted a status, looking to secure a loaner phone since her cell phone became out of commission. I've been in her shoes before! Can't miss a text, ya know :)

So, in the midst of cleaning/organizing in preparations of princess M, I found my old LG rumor!

Gave it to her today - she was overjoyed. It'll do till she gets another phone :)

Day 183: Your drink is on me!

First, I got a 100% on my second quiz for my first class in college! I'm so excited!

Today we headed to the cities and met up with Scott's cousin Wes and his fiancé, Brianna. They are such a fun couple! We went to the Mall of America, had dinner at Bubba Gumps shrimp, had a delicious non-alcoholic strawberry mango chiller. Mmmmm! We went to the movies afterwards. I surprised Bri with a drink there :) it's fun to do acts of kindness when it's not expected.

Cheers!