It's just a bunch of small things, but we do our best. I made four sets of fleece hats/mittens for kids at Two's preschool, asking the teacher to hand them out to families in need. (I wish I'd had time to make more.) I stocked up on art supplies during back-to-school sales, as well as some bargain Scholastic book offerings throughout the fall and donated them during holiday charity drives. We compost our vegetable/fruit leavings, and reuse/recycle as much as possible (including participating in Freecycle). I participated in livelongnmarry as both a bidder and offer-er. We are teaching our children social tolerance, as well as compassion for those who are less fortunate. They voluntarily donated a portion of their summer lemonade-stand funds to the Red Cross for China Quake relief. We donated to Team In Training in memory of my cousin who was killed this fall - they support Leukemia and Lymphoma research and cures. And we've lent some money to friends in major need.

I'm glad to hear you've been able to find more meaning in your dayjob. And ... do you mean to tell me I've missed a YEAR of John and Hank videos?? I know they had talked about continuing on a less-obsessive basis after 12/31 last year, but they never re-surfaced on brotherhood2 so I assumed they'd just given up. Wah! I'm so sorry to have missed all that.