Don’t have much to spend on presents this year? These ideas cost next to nothing, but offer priceless memories.
1. Smile! Take a wonderful photo of your recipient’s child or pet. Make a paper frame or enclose it in a pretty card.
2. Lesson Plan. Volunteer the gift of a skill: Show a friend or relative how to knit, swim or use a digital camera.
3. Snow Day. Give a neighbor a card promising to shovel her driveway on the day of the first big storm. If you live in a warmer climate, guarantee to tend the lawn one weekend.
4. Babysitters’ Club. Offer the couple down the street a free evening of looking after the kids. Or you can promise them Read More...
This video, from www.SmileandMove.com, offers great reminders on how to be of service.
We need to get over ourselves and give more to others, connect, listen, be thankful for our challenges and opportunities, happily lend a hand (even when it is not convenient), complain Read More...
The holidays are upon us. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or how ever you celebrate, the season is all about giving. I wanted to share a lesson that I learned from nature that helps me to understand that giving truly gives life.In the Middle East, there are two bodies of water close to one another – the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee.
There is a reason the first body of water is called the Dead Sea. Nothing lives in the Dead Sea. Why? It is the saltiest body of water on Earth. Why is this? The Dead Sea has no outlets. A river flows into it, but the water cannot leave the Dead Sea, except by evaporation. The Dead Sea gives nothing, and as a result, it is the saltiest and least lively Read More...
Happy Holidays! In the spirit of the season, the winners of our blog contest this month will be three charities, and we need your help to find them!
Please tell us what is your favorite charity and why. From your responses, we will be picking three charities to make donations to. Between first, second and third place, we will be giving a total of $1,725!
To enter the contest, at the bottom of this page, simply type your name, email and website (if you have one) and your answer to this question:
What is your favorite charity and why?
The winners will be picked based on the “why” portion of this question.
A couple of weeks ago my wife and I decided to do some upgrading on our house. We painted inside and out, put down some new flooring, trimmed trees and changed our front porch. We worked really hard and now we can literally see the benefits.
Something seemed to be missing at the Krause House though. Everyone worked hard and a reward is in order. Wouldn’t a new large flat screen TV tie all this effort together? I can give it as a gift to my son who worked so hard the past few weeks. He cut, he hauled, he Read More...
Don’t have much to spend on presents this year? These ideas cost next to nothing, but offer priceless memories.
