29-Day Giving Challenge

Allie Andersen
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Encouragement Needed

no problem, i figured you wouldn't care since you posted this all :). I think she will be getting quite a few cards from me! I'll be the crazed card giver!

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done!

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Sara, I hope you don't mind, I placed your this web page's link on the groups page to see if anyone would enjoy sending a card as a give! Have a very happy friday!

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Hi. I surely can go ahead and do this. Just so you know. There is a group I started called what can I do for you. There are so far 5 members. The idea I had for the group was for anyone to post anyth…

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Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
ha no i haven't looked on there. they are the style this year in the stores so i have just bought and bought and bought :).
November 30
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November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
Thanks Stacey! Acupuncture has once again seemed to help a today. So happy that even though I was skeptical at first I tried it a few months ago. My husband calls me the bag lady because well, I often wear gloves with the finger tips cut out of them…
November 30
Stacey West commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
Hi Allie the Holidays can be especially difficult sometimes, even though we enjoy them we often have to "pay"for them as well, especially when travelling. Althought this won't help with the patting or rubbing I read on a fibro web site recently(FM N…
November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
i got to hold my baby niece over the holidays and i couldnt figure out why my hands were soooooooo horrible. the next day, i took care of her some and started to realize quickly the cause! the constant rubbing and patting on her back was what was ca…
November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
hi wellnessintexas *waves*. so did i! i wanted to stop focusing on all of my what ifs and how the heck will i feel 20 years from now and start to live as much as i could in the now and today. it seems to be helping quite a bit
November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's group 'what can I do for you today?'
yikes! I've been MIA for quite a while! Hope everyone had a nice little holiday and that things are calming down a bit for a while. Yesterday I received a thank you card from one set of Iraq troops that I sent things in the mail to. Trying to think…
November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's blog post 'stopped counting at day 8 but I know there have been a lot of days since!!'
Elly Rose, I love it too! I don't know if he realizes he is doing it but so far he came up with the great idea of giving about 20lbs of hamburger and hot dog meat left over from a party after our wedding to a shelter that helps abused mothers and ch…
November 30
Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's blog post 'stopped counting at day 8 but I know there have been a lot of days since!!'
thanks Laura :)
November 30
Laura commented on Allie Andersen's blog post 'stopped counting at day 8 but I know there have been a lot of days since!!'
wow, Allie! Those are some great gifts. Keep it up :)
November 29
wow haven't been on here for a very long time!
November 29
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what can I do for you today?
Anyone can feel free to post something that they would like someone to gift to them. It can be as simple as a letter of support to a loved one or as large as a an actual present!
November 25
wellnessintexas commented on Allie Andersen's group 'Fibrofighters'
Funny I found this group here! I joined 29Gifts to get me out of a Fibrorut and here you are! Yippee for me!
November 25
wellnessintexas joined Allie Andersen's group
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Why I'm choosing to give:
5 months ago I was diagnosed with Fybromyalgia Syndrome. At this time I heard Cami's story. I thought it would be neat to do but put it on the back burner. Last night, I once again read her story in one of my magazines. I figured since I was changing my lifestyle to help improve myself and alleviate some of my symptoms from the fibro, I may as well have very positive thoughts and focus more on others than about the negative points of my syndrome.
What I'd most like to receive:
From this I hope that I can focus more on making others smile then thinking about the what ifs with my syndrome.
How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
the magazine body and soul
About me:
I am a 26 year old speech language pathologist who was recently married.
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I think I decided this would be day 11....a secret santa gift and a party

Today I took in a secret santa gift for one of the teacher's at work. A simple candle set and candle warmer but I am sure it will be nice to smell pumpkin pie! I also had a small party for another student who graduated from therapy today. We had candy, played games, and he even got a gift :). At the end he said thank you and started to cry!

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 3:05pm — 1 Comment

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stopped counting at day 8 but I know there have been a lot of days since!!

Since the time has flown by and I didn't have a chance to type down each gift I will type what I remember and tomorrow will be day 10. No big deal, the more gift days, the better.

Some of my gives were as follows;
More money in a salvation army bucket.
A card to my mom saying I loved her and couldn't wait to see her at Christmas.
A plane ticket to get home to see my family for Christmas this year.
Cleaning the living room for my husband's sanity.
Took mother-in-law shopping and taught her how t… Continue

Posted on November 29, 2009 at 10:04pm — 4 Comments

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day 9 in a different state

Today after working with the kids I had to drive 4 hours to Chicago for a work training. I wasn't too sure what my gift today would be but well, it came to me while entering the mall 1 block away from my nice hotel. The dreaded salvation army lady with the bell was outside of Home Goods, yes you all know who I am talking about. The lady herself is not dreaded but after the 50th bell ringer it tends to get a bit overwhelming and well I am sure every now and then you, like me have just ignored and… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 6:20pm — 5 Comments

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Day 8

Today I gave 3 gifts. I brought all of our foods in our house that we could no longer eat to the school for the staff to take! I also made it freebie prize day for the kids I work with in the one school. They each were given a prize from the treasure chest..some of them were sooo happy. The third gift, we took about 30-40 lbs of meat (hamburgers and hotdogs) from our after wedding party to the nearby women and kid's shelter (this was my hubby's idea!!) .

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 7:39pm — 4 Comments

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At 3:09pm on December 08, 2009, Joyce Kirby gave Allie Andersen a gift…
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At 10:51pm on November 18, 2009, Lotusgirl said…
Hi Allie, I have been studying and practicing yoga since 1989, so that is almost 20 years... It has been a wonderful path, with challenges and rewards. I know that I am a better person because of it.
You sound like a very loving and generous person.
At 12:21pm on November 13, 2009, maryofisher said…
Thank you, Allie. I am anxious to get started. Best of luck to you, too. I feel as though I have some new found friends already!
At 6:49am on November 13, 2009, Elly Rose said…
This was right out my backdoor in Branson West, Missouri. I lived in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri very close to Branson. It is a beautiful place. The picture that I share with you today are some of the hills in fall just ourside of Branson.

At 5:16am on November 13, 2009, deb jolliff said…
Happy Friday to you too Allie! I have a card made out to send to Laura. Have a gr8 day =0)
At 4:39am on November 13, 2009, deb jolliff said…
I am just so happy to be a part of something that could change even a small percentage of the world! Happy Day to you Allie =o)
At 6:06pm on November 12, 2009, Elly Rose said…
Allie,
My husband took that picture, right out of my front door the first year I moved to the Ozarks. He really got lucky with the picture. It is one of my favorite. Sunsets can blazing here in the summe.
Elly Rose
At 9:45am on November 12, 2009, Mary - 29Gifts Welcome Team Lead said…
Iowa sounds great. I'll run a job search there and see what's going on for IT Directors/Managers.....
At 8:37am on November 11, 2009, Mary - 29Gifts Welcome Team Lead gave Allie Andersen a gift…
Tag, You're It
Allie - I would LOVE to try your diet! Please send! MMJohnson@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!
From the Gift Store
At 2:35pm on November 10, 2009, deb jolliff said…
Thanks Allie :O)

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