Comments on: Merry Christmas Eve!

By: shadkitty

shadkitty — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:13:06 +0000

Merry Christmas! Belatedly. And Happy New Year!

My RAK is in the form of my time/talent this week. I started knitting a scarf for a friend of mine on MSG duty (those guys who stand around at the embassies). He told me that he’d be more than willing to pay for it, and I said nonsense! Doesn’t everyone deserve something warm and handknit when they are away from home? Maybe I should do Socks for Soldiers this year.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:56:59 +0000

OMG Sheri! Congrats on the Vogue Knitting mention. I received my copy today and just started to study it here at work. When what do I see but your name on the first page I read! Of course, I have a bad, bad feeling this will make it even harder to score the Wollmeise.

By: Purple Sparkler

Purple Sparkler — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:15:25 +0000

On the last shopping trip out before Christmas I managed two RAKs. First, I helped a woman in front of me in the queue at the supermarket with her shopping- she then helped the woman in front of HER (talk about paying it forward!). Then on my way out, there was a homeless guy who often sits on the route from the supermarket to the bus stop. I went back into the shopping mall- heavy bags and all- and got him a burger, a couple of apple pies, and a cup of tea from MacDonalds. I’d always rather give food than money- following in my Mum’s footsteps. I wouldn’t usually buy as much food as I did, but it was very very cold, and it was nearly Christmas.

By: Shari

Shari — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:31:01 +0000

I hope everyone had a very merry christmas.

This week with all the busynes I just tried to be very patient and pleasant with everyone around me. Letting people and cars in front of me in lineups, taking the time to let cashiers and salespeople know how much I appreciated their help etc. I found that people were very quick to calm down and relax when you took the time to talk to them while waiting in lineups. I also randomly gave away knitted items to people as I finished them and I found that it really made their day. People just love handknit socks and mitts. Good thing I got some new yarn from the loopy ewe on christmas eve! It was the best gift ever!

By: Dixie

Dixie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:52:01 +0000

I hope you and yours had a lovely Christmas.

On a whim, I picked up a box of chocolates from the duty free shop on the way to the gate for my flight home (after Christmas, as plans ended up working out) and gave it to the flight crew on my plane. The flight attendant was amazed. “We don’t get that very often,” he said.

Performing the RAK made the screaming kiddies on the flight marginally more bearable…

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:45:51 +0000

My RAK was on Boxing Day. A lady who seemed to be very frustrated in the fact that she was redirected to another point of sale (cashier) in the store due to the fact that the one she had been at couldn’t process her stuff…different department. I was in no hurry, as my husband was taking FOREVER to pick a new suit out…I let her in front of me so that she could get the heck out of dodge faster.

By: Marianne Y

Marianne Y — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:30:32 +0000

In my earlier post, I forgot to mention how cute your people, whatever you call them, are! I love them, every time you show a picture of one.

Have a great trip to Iowa, and I hope you all enjoy the big wedding and dance!

By: tracey in mi

tracey in mi — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:20:24 +0000

apparently- I was so excited- I forgot how to type- sorry for the typo’s;)

By: tracey in mi

tracey in mi — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:19:18 +0000

Squee! My hubby let me fulfill a RAK dream… we have a local charity- (Charity Motors) that takes donated cars and fixes them up and sell them (below 1,000 regardless of value) to low income people. Hubby bought a (new to us) car to replace his…. and instead of trading in or selling the car… he said we could donate it!

The best part- 70% of the proceeds of the cars sale can be designated to the charity of our choice… so someone who needs a car gets a reliable one, a favorite charity of ours gets the cash donation, and we get to write off the blue book value of the car!

Before droppiong off the car- we prayed together that it would bless the new owner— honestly- Sheri, I’m not 100% sure we would have donated it had we not been so intently looking for RAK opportunities!

We’ll be carrying out the heart of this project in our family- we were gifted with a great book- “Every Monday Matters” you have to check out the site- it’s a great way to keep kindness and giving central all year long;) http://everymondaymatters.com/

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:04:10 +0000

Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas.

We have been adding extra change to the parking meters so that anyone parking after us wouldn’t have to pay. It doesn’t take much but I’d love to imagine that it helped bright someones day.