Act 51: Donated My Face.

Immy does face-painting for kids, but she needed a volunteer to have their face mutilate- I mean... beautifully transformed and then have the pictures of the designs put in her portfolio for kids (or adults) to pick out. So, to help her out, I donated my face (which was actually a stupid idea because I'm allergic to everything) and I modelled 3 wonderful Hallowe'en designs for her.

Sugar Skull

Act 50: Donations to Graze's Uganda School of Farming.

This is a good one today. Act number 50! Half way through! And this one requires a bit of public participation. Graze is a wonderful company that sends little boxes of delicious snacks to people. They really are gorgeous. (Especially the flapjacks!) Anyway, Graze has a school of farming in Uganda where children are taught how to grow their own food so they can feed themselves and ensure they have the ability to continue feeding themselves, and their families, in the future. As a Graze customer, I have a code that allows everyone I tell to get a completely free Graze box. And, every time someone enters my Graze code to claim their free box, £1 gets put into my Graze account. However, instead of just using that money as discount from my own boxes, I will forward every penny to the school in Uganda.

My code is 7QPKY49. All you have to do is enter this code on www.graze.com, tell Graze what yummy snacks you want them to send you (pick the flapjacks!) and then wait for your completely free box to arrive. And while your snacking away on your BBQ flavoured pistachios, or your popcorn, I'll be sending your lovely pound to Uganda.

The code again is 7QPKY49.

Thank you so much for your help.

Act 49: Gave Out Strawberry Plants.

I have a strawberry plant in my back garden, and every year it sprouts off new shoots in the hope of reproducing into a bigger plant. Usually, we cut them back so we aren't left with a whole garden of strawberry plants, but this year I let the shoots burrow into little individual plant pots and grow into baby strawberry plants. And now the plants are big enough to survive without being attached to the original, I cut the stalks and handed out the pots to a few friends and family so they can have their very own, home-grown strawberries next summer.

And everyone loves strawberries. (Unless you have an allergy. In that case, I'm sorry that you're missing out.)

Act 48: Completely Cleared the Office.

I think that every household has one room that's used solely for dumping items that are between homes in. For us, it's the office. This summer I decided that I was sick of the office looking like a dumping ground, and I cleared it. Completely tidied it. And now it can be used as a real room by the whole family, rather than the room that keeps it's door shut for fear of guests thinking we should be put on a documentary about Hoarders.

Before

After

Act 47: Told a Joke.

Today, in the hope of cheering up a friend, I told a simple joke.

It wasn't very funny, but at least it made them giggle.

Act 46: Sevenly.org

Now, this website really is something special. Not only do they sell fantastic t-shirts (and jumpers and bags), but every time you buy one of these tops, $7 is donated to charity. Sevenly supports a different charity every week, and this week every purchase you make will provide 21 meals to starving children in Kenya.

The best part is, I'd buy the tops anyway. Knowing they're supporting a good cause is just a bonus.

Act 45: Played the Yes Yes game.

Hello,
It has been far, far too long since we've posted an act. So, to re-boot things, this week Immy and I are playing the "Yes Yes" game. (If you've seen the movie "Yes Man" it's the same idea.) Basically, we have to say yes to everything. For one whole week. Whether we're asked to swim the Channel or walk the dog, we will have to say yes. (So don't ask us to swim the Channel because you'll ruin the act.)
Hopefully it will make us realise just how many opportunities we miss every single day, while helping a few people out at the same time.

Disclaimer: the Yes Yes game is void if the request involves money, the possibility of actual physical harm, and the involvement of anything illegal.

Much love,