Glimmer Day Friday!

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A little bit of business.

Hey Guys -

A quick little business note here.  I just need you to read over a few points and give me some feed back! :)  Pretty please...

1.  Don't forget if you are a blogger, tomorrow is Glimmer Day Friday!  Share a random act of kindness with us and grab a button!  Details about the linky thing is here.

2.  Next Saturday!!  We are thinking about having our first "event" for anyone who is local.  (Local meaning in the Virginia Beach/ Hampton Roads area.)  It is a little last minute, I know everyone has crazy schedules, but if you don't have anything to do next Saturday Morning (April 16th) and you want to do something nice for someone as a group, contact me.

I believe we will be doing some yard work for an elderly couple in the Virginia Beach area.  The husband is in the beginning stages of alzheimer's and the wife is desperate to find help for her yard.  More information to come, but I need to get an idea if anyone else would be interested in helping.  It will be a quick project if people come to help!  And you get to meet other people in the area who are just as nice as you are!! :)  PLEASE EMAIL ME IN YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED --> theprojectglimmer@gmail.com

It should be something that would be okay to bring family/friends/kids to, but again, more details will be available next week.

3.  T-Shirts.  I will probably have t-shirts made for anyone who is interested in having a cool shirt, and helping the project!  All profits will go directly to the project.  I will have a better idea of the cost on Monday, but it will probably be $10 a shirt, and you can pick your own color.  It will have the logo on the back with the web address, and probably something small on the front.  I promise they won't look tacky.  This would be something super cool to have if you are interested in doing any events with us as a group!

4.  New Blog.  Hopefully tomorrow I will have the new blog launched.  Don't freak out, it is the same exact project, just arranged a bit more "professionally" some may say.  When it's up and running I would love your feedback!  (For any bloggers out there, I'm switching from blogger to wordpress.  It is slightly breaking my heart because I love google and the simplicity of blogger, but as big and quick as the project is growing I was advised it would be a better option in the long run.)

5.  You guys are AWESOME!  Last week I had a co-worker contact me saying he found the project glimmer online, he wanted some Glimmer Cards, and wanted to share the project with everyone... That's cool right?  That's totally not the cool part... the COOL part is that he lives in another state and found the project glimmer through one of his friends, who is not a mutual friend of me or any of my people!  Small world of goodness right?!

Keep it up guys!  Keep sharing the project and your good deeds wherever you are in the world!!

xoxo.  

My Favorite Auntie in Switzerland!

I really wanted to write a post today telling you about the Glimmer Care Package that I mailed out, BUT I also really want it to be a surprise for the person who gets it.  And I know if I post pictures of the funny things I put in the box, he or she would know it was for him or her.

So instead, I am going to write about two awesome glimmer moments of my day!  I hope you don't mind! :)

As I walked back into the post office I began to wonder if they ladies at the register would recognize me.  I tossed my "If it fits it ships" box up on the counter along with a few bills and a Netflix DVD I have had for wayyyyy too long.  When I looked up the lady behind the counter said "I just have to tell you, I kept that card you gave me but I did do something for someone!!"  :)

She told me how she went to her neighbors house and cut the grass for them.  But she said she kept the Glimmer Card and is now using it as a bookmark.  I guess to remind her of the project!  :) 

Now speaking of mail... I got the best glimmer surprise and encouragement in my mailbox yesterday.  When I opened the tiny little box up I saw this card smiling back at me. 

I first saw the words "AIR MAIL" and then recognized the hand writing and got excited because I knew it was a letter from my aunt in Switzerland.  

She is famous for making her own, simple note cards that I love.  I will bet that she took this photo somewhere, then printed it out and glued it on the card... cute idea right?  And it saves a good deal of money when it comes to buying expensive singing Hallmark Cards!  

I open the card up and a fifty dollar bill falls out.  NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING AT ALL.  And then I read the sweetest note.  

Dear Susan,

Thank YOU for the sunshine and glimmer that you've brought to my life.  

Please use this $ to buy some more glimmer cards.  

I'll continue to follow your project.

Much love,

A. Beth

I immediately called her up to say thanks.  It was nice because we don't get to chat on the phone too often.  So yeah, I have to send a HUGE thank you post to my favorite Auntie in Switzerland!  This money will be put to great use!  I already have a few project ideas in mind!  Thank you thank you thank you!  

Candy Acts of Kindness!

From a fan in North Carolina! :)

Today I gave out my first glimmer cards.  I was so excited to get started.  The first one I gave to my husband so he would get to experience the same joy passing it on as I did.  Yesterday I purchased two boxes of his favorite "Sour Patch Kids" and put them along with a glimmer card on the front seat of his truck so he would find it this morning as he left for work.  He was excited! 

 

Next, I wanted to give the next card to a co-worker that I not only believe deserves something nice done for her but I also know that she will definately pass it along.  I visited our local dollar store and purchased a few items to make her up a small Easter basket.  I had shared the concept with her so she knew I was going to give her a few cards to share, but she had no idea it would come with a gift.  She was really excited to recieve and and already has an idea on how to pass one of the two glimmer cards I gave her along.

 

I have a few ideas for my next glimmer acts, I can't wait!

 

Stephanie Doughty

New Bern, NC

Then we got this post from Rosa on our facebook page:  What a great idea!! A co-worker surprised me with an Easter basket today, along with 2 glimmer cards. (Thanks Steph for this adorable treat!!) I can't wait to surprise someone with my random kindness... The possibilities are endless!

Glimmer on a Rainy Day!

I woke up this morning to 60 mph gusts beating on my windows and Severe T-Storm Warnings flashing on my television.  Definitely not what I would call an ideal morning to drag yourself to the gym at 6:30am, buttttt I did it anyway.  And it was great, because no one else was there!  :)

The point of that ramble was to set the mood of the day for you.  Anyone in the Hampton Roads area will agree with me, it has been one crazy weather day!  Windy, dark, dreary, rainy, warm then cold, then warm again.  Did I mention windy?!  And I just looked out my window and the sun is beaming and the skies are blue!!  *Cue the Beatles tune - 'here comes the sun... dee dee dee deeeeee'*

I spent an hour at the post office mailing out work stuff and glimmer cards.  My glimmer receipt alone was longer than my arm!  I had about 20 people behind me in line.  I could feel their glares as I pulled out 10 more Project Glimmer envelopes.  (I chose to not make eye contact with anyone when I finally finished up!)

In the midst of this rainy afternoon I quickly visited the Dollar Store.  A shout out to my local readers - if you have not checked out the Dollar Store off of Battlefield (between Sams Club and Walmart) you should.  It is by far one of the best Dollar Stores I have ever been to!  Well I may have gotten a tad bit carried away as I was gathering things for my care packages of kindness.  I ended up walking out of that store with enough goodies to get me through a couple weeks of random acts of kindness!  And I used the first one today!

Despite the fact that is was rainy and cold, I thought these were the cutest things!  I'm not going to lie, I bought the striped ones and the pink one for myself and grabbed the blue one for a doorstep!

I headed out of the obnoxious parking lot, which is even more obnoxious when it's raining because people are crazy.  I wish I could tell you I left this on a random stranger's door step, but I didn't.  I headed directly to my sister's condo with the hope that she did not go home for her lunch break.  

I was in luck!  Neither her or her roommate were home.  So I left this glittery, glimmery blue pin wheel flower at their front door to greet them when they got home on this rainy day.

But now, since the sun has come out, it looks like they will find this glittery, glimmery flower reflecting the sunlight! :)  

Did you partake in any random acts of kindness on this rainy cold day?  Tell me about it! 

Care Package Kindness!

I put my thinking cap on and tried to come up with some things people have done for me in the past that totally made me smile.  I hate to confess this, but I was stumped for a little while!  So I went for a walk on this gorgeous 86 degree weather day.  When I got to my mail box it hit me... when I was in college I used to love getting care packages!  It was the greatest feeling to check my little tiny jmu mailbox only to find a slip of paper that said I needed to pick up a package!

Now, I'm not in college anymore, which only means one thing when it comes to the mailbox.  Bills, bills, and more bills!  Which is far from a random act of kindness!  So I decided that this week I will be sending out care packages to a few friends and acquaintances!  

I made my list of 4 people and tonight I will be hitting up the dollar store looking for a few goodies!  None of these people will be expecting it.  And they're probably not reading this blog so hopefully it will be a surprise!  

Stay tuned - I will share my tales of care package kindness with you throughout the week!  Let me challenge you... pick a friend, maybe someone you haven't talked to in a while.  Send them something thoughtful and random!  I'm sure it will bring a smile to their faces!

A Drive-thru Thank you!

An email from Nicole in Virginia Beach, VA:  

Ok, so I don't have the cards yet...but was anxious to get started anyway!  I was at the drive thru of Dunkin Donuts at Great Neck and 1st Colonial Rd in VA Beach this morning and paid for the order behind me!!  It was funny because I could see the lady talking to the girl at the drive thru and looking confused as I drove away.  I'm hoping it made her day as opposed to torturing her trying to figure out who did it!  I know it made mine :) LOL

Just goes to show you how we don't need Glimmer Cards to do something nice for someone!  Thanks for doing such a great thing for someone Nicole!  You made me smile this morning as well! :)