The RAK list

1.  Cakes for the staff at the Trinity Holisitc Centre
2.  Free balls for dogs on the beach
3.  Donation to Save The Children
4.  Morning coffee for a drive-thru customer
5.  Cake Sale for Syria
6.  Costa for a stranger
7.  Free rice for someone hungry
8.  Biscuits for the nursing home
9.  Email for an old friend
10.  Flowers for someone who has been having a hard time
11.  Soup and bread for a homeless person
12.  Money left for a train ticket
13.  Money left in a vending machine
14.  Helping a little boy get his bike
15.  Donating and Remebering for World Cancer Day
16.  Wearing Red and donating to the British Heart Foundation
17.  An issue of the Big Issue
18.  Work Pigeon Hole gifts
19.  Surprise coffee for neighbours
20.  Breast Feeding video for new mums
21. Crochet squares for a blanket
22.  Toys sent to the Children’s Day Unit at the hospital
23.  The Bells leaving Easter Eggs for students in France
24. From LJM2 to LJM1 – a not so random act
25. Blurt BuddyBox
26. IVF goody bag
27. Signing up to be an organ donor
28. Cream cake for Big Issue Seller
29. Bringing the outside in
30. Bouncy Balls in the park
31. Post cards to random addresses
32. Hand cream sent to a long-lost friend
33. Bus fare for a stranger
34. JungleJog donation for Huntington’s Disease
35. Lucky Pennies in the park
36. Forget-me-not seeds
37. Supermarket gift
38. Money raised for the British Heart Foundation’s My Marathon
39.  Dear Richard, Liverpool
40. Rosie the Dulux dog
41. All the way to Oz
42. Take what you need
43. Close to you – donating blood
44.  It could be you! Lotto tickets
45.  Food for thought (Foodbank)
46.  Race for Life Marshalling
47. A little treat (box)
48. An honourable person
49. Book Rescue
50. Kindness Rocks!
51. Marie Curie baby clothes
52. Seeking Refuge
53. Flowers for old friends
54. Flowers for Strangers
55. Woolly Sheep
56. Water painting for dementia sufferers
57. Milk
58. Coffee ripple
59. Fabric for a refugee peace blanket
60. Donation of 16 inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust

 

We’re warming up for another RAK!

Yesterday we signed up for The British Heart Foundation’s My Marathon, where you complete the 26.2 miles throughout the month of May, however you wish. Lovejoineme1 will be aiming to run the distance, Lovejoinme2 will be walking due to very recent childbirth! 

We have set up a sponsorship page and have started to advertise it to our family and friends. The British Heart foundation is a charity close to our hearts given that we both know babies affected by Congenital Heart Disease (one of whom sadly died – see RAK #16).

We’ll keep you posted with our progress and number this RAK appropriately once it’s completed. 

  

  

23 was the work of the Bells

It was Easter Sunday in France and, as per the tale goes for the French children, Les cloches sont passées! 

There’s no Easter bunny in France. The church bells cease to ring at midnight on Maundy Thursday as they grow wings and fly to the Vatican to be blessed by the Pope. On their way back early Easter Sunday morning, they drop off chocolate eggs for the children.  

So it was no different on my school trip. I made sure the bells passed through our château! 

   
   

#RAK 22: Giving something back

Coming up with the idea for this RAK was easy. Mini Lovejoinme#1 had a hospital appointment at a children’s day unit and while he was there the nurses were fantastic, as always. In order to encourage mini ljm#1 to complete his tests they gave him some little gifts. It was then that this RAK came about; to give some little gifts back to the unit. Mini ljm#1 loved putting all the gifts into the envelope and taking it to the post office.

    

 
  
   

 

A little crochet for 21

   I took up crochet as a hobby not that long ago, inspired by a few friends who were hooking. Since then I’ve managed to make a couple of things but I’m a notoriously slow crocheter. Last year we all made squares for a blanket for a poorly member of our group and we are making another at the moment. It’s taken me a long time to get organised and find the right colour wool but this week I finally did it. So, RAK 21 is a small gesture of a couple of squares I posted today to join the blanket. I will be attempting to make some more soon if I’m in time! I’m sure the recipient will love the blanket – so much thought and love is going into it.

RAK #17

Random Act of Kindness number 17 was inspired by my pottering around my town. I always pass two big issue sellers. One is always outside my local Greggs. My plan was to buy a cake and give it to her, along with buying a big issue. However, she wasn’t there! I did find her when I was on my way back the car and so I bought a Big Issue then. It’s not something I buy normally but on this day I made an exception. Next time I’ll be sure to buy her the cake too!