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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Grateful!

To say I have amazing parents is an understatement!

Posted by Margaret at 7:20 AM

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2018 Things To Do

1. Keep making art every. single. day. (It's a lot of drawing ... )

2. Truly Start Krazy Krafting Ladies with Mom

a. Get the Facebook page going

b. Get crafting

c. Sell some stuff

3. Finish my "40 Things Before I'm 40"

4. Lose 20+ pounds.

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2017's It's Not a Bucket List Bucket List

1. Continue making art every day.

2. Continue doing one craft every month.

3. Continue to cook at least one new recipe every month.

4. Complete a 30 day Wheat Belly/Gluten Free "diet."

5. Start an Etsy (or the like) shop with Mom - seasonal homemade crafts.

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I don't think I did all of this - haven't started the Etsy shop site yet, though Mom and have begun. :) And I did do 30 days "wheat free" -- and I do think I lost some weight ... then I bought a house ... have to start over again. LOL

2016's "Bucket" List

a. Make art everyday in 2016.

b. Do one craft a month.

c. Cook one new recipe a month.

A Thing A Day for Each Month in 2015

12. December: A Christmas Haiku (for October) and A Holiday Themed Drawing A Day
11. November - Moment Of Gratitude A Day
10. October - Origami A Day
-- Make Up -- Short Story A Day (to make up for September's Bust)
9. September BUST ...
8. August - Send A Postcard A Day
7. July - A Craft A Day
6. June - Cook Something New A Day
5. May - A Balloon Animal A Day
4. April - A Poem A Day
3. March - A Drawing A Day
2. February - A Haiku a Day
1. January - A Photo a Day

Doing For Others

June 2017 - Donated to Jennifer's "Bday" Thing -- Sylvia Rivera Law Project Inc.

June 2017 - Gave a homeless man a few bucks.

March 2017 - Donated to the White Helmets.

February 2017 - Donated a box of Girl Scout Cookies.

February 2017 - Made a donation, in Kylie Adele's name, to the Human Rights Campaign (for her 18th Birthday Time Capsule)

December 2016 - Gave a book away to Toys for Tots

November 2016 - Gave a few bucks to a homeless "veteran."

October 2016 - An at the register donation to Albany Children's Hospital

September 2016 - Officially became a "big sister" in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program!

September 2016 - I bought a pair of "Elephant Pants" -- a portion of the purchase price goes to save the elephants.

September 2016 - An at the register donation to diabetes research.

May 2016 - As a part of a Book Swap, I sent a book (through Amazon.com) to someone I don't know (but who is friends with a mutual friend, it's how the swap works).

April 2016 - Donated a box of Girl Scout Cookies to a deployed soldier.

March 2016 - Donated to a gofundme for a friend who's little girl is suffering from a seizure disorder - to help with their travel expenses while they go to and fro some great Children's Hospitals in NYC and MA.

March 2016 - Donated to Muscular Dystrophy

February 2016 - "Adopted an Emperor Penguin"

December 2015 - I bought a winter hat to donate in a donation box we have at work.

December 2015 - Sent a card to a local kid who lost her family in an arson fire, said all she wanted for Christmas was to fill her aunts metal card tree with cards. :)

November 2015 - I bought a toy to donate to Toys for Tots

November 2015 - I went to a show where the proceeds of the event went to Love146 (an organization to stop child trafficking)

November 2015 - Gave a homeless veteran (at least he says he is) a fiver.

October 2015 - Donated to my friend Justin's Indigogo for an EP he is hoping to release.

July 2015 - Donated to my friend Arlene's Kickstarter for a project she's directing!

July 2015 - Donated a calculator for a back to school drive for military families.

March 2015 - Helped cleaning up my Grandmother's house ... she'd had a mouse problem.

December 2014 - Yesterday I purchased and donated a book, at Barnes and Nobel, to those in need this Holiday Season.

November 2014 - I purchased a toy for a little baby boy for Christmas; to go with the other things my mom had purchased for the little one.

From Time to Time: I will give a dollar or two to a homeless person (it's up to them what they do with it).

August 2014 - I bought two boxes of Crayola crayons to donate to a kid who will be starting school soon and needs them.

March 2014 - UNICEF TAP Project - clean water!!!

February 2014 - I donated a kids toy to a local Hospital!

January 2014 - made a donation to Kathy Weston's abseiling for PSP event. Here's the website if you'd like to do the same:

https://www.justgiving.com/Kathy-Weston-Spinnaker-Tower-Abseil

For a number of months - 2013 (and into 2015) - every time I shop at RiteAid, I "rounded up to the next whole dollar" ... this money was (is) donated to local charities for kids (I believe ... I should really get some more info on it, huh?!)! :)

April 2013 - I purchased a CD called "Fix Me Up" - the proceeds from the purchase went to benefit Children's Cancer Research.

March 2013 - I donated nonperishable food to the hungry, to a local food shelter. It was crazy easy ... someone dropped off a plastic bag in my mailbox ... I then left the same bag with food in it on the date it was to be picked up.

February 2013 - Included in my purchase of Girl Scout Cookies, to support a troop who's leader is my friend and whose kiddo is in it, was one box that would be sent to a soldier overseas.

January 2013 - Sponsoring Kathy Weston's PSP Fundraiser Bike Ride.

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