My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 8

OK! Today is the $8000 day. I will start off as I usually do with a donation. $800 will go to The Hunger Site to feed people all around the world. You can actually help them for free, by clicking on their site everyday. Go to: http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1
and click. It's as simple as that!

What to do with $7200! I would have to repair the bathroom in my office. That should about cover the cost. I would replace everything, including the wall that got leaked through when the kids were taking a bath. If that more than covered the cost, the rest would go into a bank account for my son's college fund. Does not sound like much fun, but it would be great for me to know there was a little more in it. OK, so what would I put in the bathroom? First, a new sink. SO badly needed. Mine is functional, sure, but I would LOVE a new one. A new cabinet above the sink, and new walls for the bathtub....it would probably look like the bathroom to the right, but what I would really love is a spacious bathroom, like the one below!
That will have to be for another $1000 day!

All the best!
Alicia Bozza

Well behaved children

Mmmmhmmmm. Yeah, right. Well behaved children on Christmas, I believe, is something out of a story book. When children, (or adults, for that matter) get too much stuff at once, I think it brings out the devil in them. Their egos go on a feeding frenzy and nothing seems to stop them. Kind of reminds me of Wall Street. For so many years, they were allowed to go on a feeding frenzy of money, material goods, food, etc and were left to make themselves into monsters! Now, I will admit that there will be some good children on Christmas and good deeds done, just like I am sure there are good people and good deeds being done on Wall Street. Take note of my brand new 6 year old sitting so nicely in the middle....she did not move the whole time, with her head tilted and all...such a good girl...but can they really help themselves if we put them into the ego feeding mode? Did you ever notice when you give a kid a lot of stuff, all they want is more? Whose fault is it then? Is it the kid's or the parents? Is it the wall street people's fault that we place them in such a high position, being paid as they are? Is it athlete's and movie actors' fault that we choose to pay them so much. Then we wonder why they act the way they do! They are acting accordingly to what they are being fed, in my humble opinion. This year, we purposefully held back giving extravagant gifts. It was so much nicer at my house this year, especially with the clean up. I was so proud of my 15 year old who posted on his Facebook account about how a person does not need a ton of gifts when they have all the love they need. I think they are getting it.
All the Best,
Alicia
ps-You can see more on my Christmas Family Video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6PcvxU_2s&feature=channel_page

My THOUSAND Dollar experiment....Day 7

Happy Day after Christmas!

This is the 7th day of my $1000 dollar a day experiment.

Today I am going to donate $700 to my church building fund.

I think I am also over due for a new computer and a state of the art lap top. I think I would like a Mac on all
counts. One for my office, and the laptop just for my work.

I would have all the bells and whistles on it so that I could make awesome movies for my video accounts and for my internet business! It would be awesome!

All the best,

Alicia Bozza