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Day 16: Gave my in-laws help. Father-in-law had knee surgery this week, and they needed a recliner we'd been storing in our house. Helped load it here, and unload it and get it into the house there.



Day 17: Gave my daughter help cleaning her room, after attempting to encourage some independence by having her clean it herself.



Day 18: My son's turn, helped himclean his room this time.



Day 19: - Day 23: This gets a little hard during the work week. Gave my in-laws… Continue

Really don't feel like I've managed to give much this week after feeling really good about how things had gone over the Thanksgiving weekend.



I've done so little I can't really justify listing out the days seperately.



Biggest give over the 4 day stretch was the time I gave running the Cub Scout Den Meeting. Taught the kids a couple of games, one was kind of a bowling/golf thing where I had them roll tennis balls into boxes of different sizes and different distances, while… Continue

I had wanted to keep doing these daily, but life has gotten in the way a little bit so I'll break my updates for the past week down a little bit. Wish I'd done a better job at jotting some notes down for myself.



Day 9 - Friday November 27



Gave the gift of..generations/traditions/family. My dad always made 'ham spread' from leftover ham. Nothing complicated, just finely chopped ham with some mayonaise, chopped onion and celery can be added if you like. Well, I made this and… Continue

So easy to give yesterday. Heck, it was right in the name of the day ThanksGIV(E)ing!



Of course I gave thanks. For my family, friends, health, and the fact that we can afford to put food on our table. I gave thanks for the land and the trees and the sun and the sky and the moon and the stars, and probably a few things I'm forgetting about this morning. Here's a link to a little pictorial… Continue