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I can't say that I'm actually surprised that I didn't blog the entire month of March. I'll hit some highlights-I joined my local freecycle group and LOVE it!!! I have already exchanged several items. It's so nice to know that people who need what I can no longer use are able to make good use of them and keep them out of the landfill. I made an effort to go see my grandma at the nursing home more. My girls and I made birthday cards for the residents at the local nursing home. I took a day for…

I'm already on round two, I can't believe it. I didn't get to finish my blogging about last month, but so it goes for a mommy of three. The end of last month wasn't too exciting. So far this month I have sent a nice birthday bouquet of flowers to a good friend, played way too long on freerice.com and had my girls help me make hand made cards to send to the residents who are having birthdays this month at the local nursing home. Tomorrow is my baby's first birthday!!! As hard as it was, I…

I have to admit that I have done a few days of gifts to myself, one day I took a nap. Today I stayed in bed all day due to having the flu. But I've done other things too. My favorite of the week was when I took one of my twin daughters with me to the local grocery store where we taped a ziplock with a note in it that said "Smile. Have a soda on me and if you get the chance, pay it forward. Have a wonderful day!". We added the exact change for a soda and taped the baggies to each of the four…

Wow! I can't believe how fast this month has gone, although I think I say that more often than I realize. I had a busy week last week and never once had to worry about what my gift would be-that's awesome for me!

My favorite thing that I have done so far was on the 13th. As a family we were in the nearest city to our small town and there was a gentleman standing on a corner near the McDonald's where we were stopping for kid fuel. His sign said, "Army vet. Please help". As my husband…