January 29, 2013
For day 29 we decided to spend the day complimenting people. A small act that will hopefully brighten other peoples day. We all spent the day complimenting people and here is one example ....
At school I noticed one of my friends being nice to another person so I took the time to compliment her and tell her she was nice. I felt good to me to compliment someone else. She said thank you so I think it made her feel good and I hope that she was nice to someone else and had a good day because I complimented her.
Emma
Saturday, 2 February 2013
RAK 28 - Booster Juice
January 28, 2013
Ryley
Thursday, 31 January 2013
RAK 27 - Shopping Cart
January 27, 2013
Random acts are hard to find and especially so on lazy Sunday's where we don't leave the house. While a quiet day at home was much needed ... and deserved, the RAK was still required late in the evening. That was remedied with a trip to the local grocery store for some dinner supplied and supplies for the coming week. While heading back to my truck with an arm load of groceries I spotted the mom of our girlies best friends as she was unloading her buggy load into her vehicle. I stopped for a quick help, not wanting to linger too long in the cold temperatures. As I said my hello I noted that she was taking the last of her groceries from her cart. With that I wished her a good day and I proceeded to take her cart back across the lot to the cart storage shack. I think she was definitely surprised by this random act as she got into her warm car and thanked me. I was warmed by the effects of doing something small for someone else. And that was day 27 ... a great family day and a great little RAK.
Jeremy
Random acts are hard to find and especially so on lazy Sunday's where we don't leave the house. While a quiet day at home was much needed ... and deserved, the RAK was still required late in the evening. That was remedied with a trip to the local grocery store for some dinner supplied and supplies for the coming week. While heading back to my truck with an arm load of groceries I spotted the mom of our girlies best friends as she was unloading her buggy load into her vehicle. I stopped for a quick help, not wanting to linger too long in the cold temperatures. As I said my hello I noted that she was taking the last of her groceries from her cart. With that I wished her a good day and I proceeded to take her cart back across the lot to the cart storage shack. I think she was definitely surprised by this random act as she got into her warm car and thanked me. I was warmed by the effects of doing something small for someone else. And that was day 27 ... a great family day and a great little RAK.
Jeremy
Sunday, 27 January 2013
RAK 26 - Jeff and Dave Turn 40, and raise a crap load of cash for Cancer
January 26th
RAK 26 - Jeff and Dave Turn 40 AND raise a crap load of cash for Cancer
For those who read these posts, that don't really know us personally ... Jeremy is a musician. His connections in the world of music are numerous... so, in short, we know some pretty cool people. :)
Two of our musician friends who have been playing music in various projects over the years, turned 40. To celebrate this milestone birthday, they threw a huge party at The Artery in Edmonton.
Dave and Jeff played music pretty much all night, show casing their various projects...
At the end of the night, they invited their musician friends up, for a super cool jam session...
It was an epic night filled with fantastic music played by amazing people.
But, the wonder and amazement does not end there.
Instead of charging cover for this event and in lieu of gifts, Dave and Jeff asked that patrons make a minimum $5.00 donation at the door. All funds raised went to the Alberta Cancer Foundation in memory of Dave's Dad, and the many of their other family and friends that have battled this disease.
For our RAK #26, I (Coreena) went to this party a few hours earlier than my Mishaps gigging husband. I happily sat at the door welcoming guests as they arrived to this event, and accepted their donations on behalf of Dave and Jeff.
I will update with final totals, but by first tally's, this event raised in excess of $700!! Way to go guys!
For you both we hope this lap around the sun is filled with endless smiles, unconditional love, superstardom, much more music, and ample oppertunites to fulfill your passions.
Sending love
The Kornel/Peters Family
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UPDATE: Final word... Jeff and Dave raised $886.50 for Cancer... SO AWESOME!!!
RAK 26 - Jeff and Dave Turn 40 AND raise a crap load of cash for Cancer
For those who read these posts, that don't really know us personally ... Jeremy is a musician. His connections in the world of music are numerous... so, in short, we know some pretty cool people. :)
Two of our musician friends who have been playing music in various projects over the years, turned 40. To celebrate this milestone birthday, they threw a huge party at The Artery in Edmonton.
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| Dave and Jeff turn 40! |
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| Let the festivities begin... |
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| Dave and Jeff with Mae Anderson |
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| Jeff and Neil Mac - their Project - The Dog and Pony Show... |
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| Dave and Jeff with Amber Suchy and their Moscow Dynamo Project |
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| Dave and Jeff with their long time band mates of Mustard Smile. |
At the end of the night, they invited their musician friends up, for a super cool jam session...
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| A few of The Mishaps (Dave, Leah and Jeremy) with Neil Mac on bass and Brandon Kruger on drums. |
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| Mustard Smile joins in on the jamming... |
It was an epic night filled with fantastic music played by amazing people.
But, the wonder and amazement does not end there.
Instead of charging cover for this event and in lieu of gifts, Dave and Jeff asked that patrons make a minimum $5.00 donation at the door. All funds raised went to the Alberta Cancer Foundation in memory of Dave's Dad, and the many of their other family and friends that have battled this disease.
For our RAK #26, I (Coreena) went to this party a few hours earlier than my Mishaps gigging husband. I happily sat at the door welcoming guests as they arrived to this event, and accepted their donations on behalf of Dave and Jeff.
I will update with final totals, but by first tally's, this event raised in excess of $700!! Way to go guys!
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| Happy 40th Dave! |
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| Happy 40th Jeff! |
For you both we hope this lap around the sun is filled with endless smiles, unconditional love, superstardom, much more music, and ample oppertunites to fulfill your passions.
Sending love
The Kornel/Peters Family
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| You're gonna rock 40. |
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UPDATE: Final word... Jeff and Dave raised $886.50 for Cancer... SO AWESOME!!!
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead
RAK 25 - Thanks Teach...
January 25 - RAK #25a - Thanks Teach...
There are five children in our family... From where Jeremy and I sit, that is an absolute blessing.
We are grateful every day for our healthy kids and for the wonderful things they bring into our lives. We appreciate them for their individuality, we cherish them for their kind and loving hearts, we honor them for their contributions to this world, and we just plain love them for their mistakes.
Because we are a blended family, not all of our children have the same exact genetic make-up, but all of them contain the very best parts of both of us... That does not mean that they posses only our strengths, because they do also posses our weaknesses, but, to us, that makes them perfectly imperfect... and that makes us functionally dysfunctional :)
Because there are five of them, and both Jeremy and I work out side of the home, we are not shy to say that we DO NOT do this 'kid raising' thing alone. My 'Oh so helpful' Mom is for sure a huge part of how we manage... But the unsung heroes in our lives are most certainly our children's teachers. They are monumental in helping us to shape these little humans into contributing member's of society, not only in terms of education, but certainly in terms of real life lessons.
As today's RAK we delivered Tim Horton's coffee to the staffroom of our Children's Middle School.
Thank you to all the teachers who have provided our Children with a safe and fun place to thrive.
Forever grateful
The Kornel/Peters Family.
RAK #25 b - Message for you!
Today was a Special day. Some members of our family were interviewed for the daily news program 'Alberta Primetime'. They contacted us after reading a newspaper story covering our RAK365 commitment. When we were done, as a celebration, we stopped off at Indigo. While we were there, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to do another Random Act of Kindness.
When it was time to leave the store, we went over and picked a random book off the shelf, and inserted a 'Pass it on' card from the Brave Girls Club on a random page, and put it back onto the shelf...
We hope that whomever purchases this book and finds this card knows to not ever give up.
Now go on out there and spread your own kindness... <3
Kindly
The Kornel/Peters Family
There are five children in our family... From where Jeremy and I sit, that is an absolute blessing.
We are grateful every day for our healthy kids and for the wonderful things they bring into our lives. We appreciate them for their individuality, we cherish them for their kind and loving hearts, we honor them for their contributions to this world, and we just plain love them for their mistakes.
Because we are a blended family, not all of our children have the same exact genetic make-up, but all of them contain the very best parts of both of us... That does not mean that they posses only our strengths, because they do also posses our weaknesses, but, to us, that makes them perfectly imperfect... and that makes us functionally dysfunctional :)
Because there are five of them, and both Jeremy and I work out side of the home, we are not shy to say that we DO NOT do this 'kid raising' thing alone. My 'Oh so helpful' Mom is for sure a huge part of how we manage... But the unsung heroes in our lives are most certainly our children's teachers. They are monumental in helping us to shape these little humans into contributing member's of society, not only in terms of education, but certainly in terms of real life lessons.
As today's RAK we delivered Tim Horton's coffee to the staffroom of our Children's Middle School.
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The receptionist was so very grateful and happy to pass it on to the staffroom.Thank you to all the teachers who have provided our Children with a safe and fun place to thrive.
Forever grateful
The Kornel/Peters Family.
RAK #25 b - Message for you!
Today was a Special day. Some members of our family were interviewed for the daily news program 'Alberta Primetime'. They contacted us after reading a newspaper story covering our RAK365 commitment. When we were done, as a celebration, we stopped off at Indigo. While we were there, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to do another Random Act of Kindness.
When it was time to leave the store, we went over and picked a random book off the shelf, and inserted a 'Pass it on' card from the Brave Girls Club on a random page, and put it back onto the shelf...
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| Never ever ever give up. |
We hope that whomever purchases this book and finds this card knows to not ever give up.
Now go on out there and spread your own kindness... <3
Kindly
The Kornel/Peters Family
RAK 24 - Text to Donate
January 24, 2013
RAK 24 is one that was spur of the moment and happened without any forethought or effort. An effort that took only seconds but will hopefully effect change in the lives of many sick kids and their families. A facebook post by a friend in regards to the Stollery Childrens hospital radiothon which indicated a "text to donate" option. So with a simple text message I donated to the Stollery and then shared the post on Facebook to encourage those in my circle of friends to also donate.
Want to help too? Text "STOLLERY" to 45678
Jeremy
RAK 24 is one that was spur of the moment and happened without any forethought or effort. An effort that took only seconds but will hopefully effect change in the lives of many sick kids and their families. A facebook post by a friend in regards to the Stollery Childrens hospital radiothon which indicated a "text to donate" option. So with a simple text message I donated to the Stollery and then shared the post on Facebook to encourage those in my circle of friends to also donate.
Want to help too? Text "STOLLERY" to 45678
Jeremy
RAK 23 - Let Them Eat Cake
January 23, 2013
For RAK 23 I combined my love of cooking and baking with the boredom of unemployment and baked a cake. A Dutch Apple Cake from the Best of Bridge cook book to be specific, kind of a coffee cake thing that I have made before and it is quite delicious. This time however my efforts were not for my own enjoyment but for the enjoyment of my wife's co-workers. While it was tough to smell the warm appley cinnamony goodness of the cake. And I had to set a permanent guard over it to prevent my teenage boys from devouring it. It felt good to share my efforts with others.
Jeremy
For RAK 23 I combined my love of cooking and baking with the boredom of unemployment and baked a cake. A Dutch Apple Cake from the Best of Bridge cook book to be specific, kind of a coffee cake thing that I have made before and it is quite delicious. This time however my efforts were not for my own enjoyment but for the enjoyment of my wife's co-workers. While it was tough to smell the warm appley cinnamony goodness of the cake. And I had to set a permanent guard over it to prevent my teenage boys from devouring it. It felt good to share my efforts with others.
Jeremy
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