I’m not sure about mirror lettering or anything. Lol I am hoping to find time tomorrow to go get a wax pencil and write on the glass with that.
I had a reporter come out and interview me and my Box (lol) will be featured in our city newspaper on the 18th. They are doing a special thing leading up til Christmas and each week they do a story on someone making a difference in the community. Apparently in the less than a week i’ve been up and running, they got 5 messages about me. Yay!
To give an idea - this is my Blessing Box after an overnight. A first look in the morning:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/DlzGRq8612PoS2RvKtJgOcCY1nqK1sQh55DT9BpAfh4
Here it is before I went to bed tonight - I just added all of the lights. They are motion activated, so there is one on top that is always on, and then when the glass is slid open, they all pop on:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/sB1s7a87K2UldqckAiYd3Y8wGikQh1oJ1Zqc4Aajteb
Today was a little stressful, because as you can see this morning, we were out of pet food, which is usually stocked on the bottom shelf. That, with toilet paper, are the top two items that cycle out the quickest. I ran out of both of those completely today, which made me feel bad. Usually every 2 hours I have to put in a new tube of toothpaste and a deodorant - we ran out of those too. I had a guy stop and ask for deodorant, so I ran inside and grabbed a new one from PunkRock’s personal stash.
What is really getting to me is that 4 times today - totally not exaggerating - people who were here to take things also brought items, and told me they’ve felt really bad for having to use the Box. Of course I try to be very supportive - it’s here for everyone! - but I can tell they are bothered. People in my community have integrity. It’s pretty awesome.
We had so much in overflow from donations that I went and visited the other little pantry in town to take them some things. Their box was completely empty again. I am going to try and take them things every 2 days. So far it doesn’t seem like it will be a problem because that Box is so much smaller. We get lots of canned goods and boxed pasta that I can spare it just fine. What I need now are the toiletries!
Overflow photo from today - each of the closed boxes are full of stuff!
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For fun I put in a stuffed animal of my daughter’s from a box she was looking to donate elsewhere and it was gone in minutes, so I have started adding a small toy or collectible from time to time. DarkKnight has more Loot Crate toys than he knows what to do with, so he gave me a handful and those go SOOOOOOO quick. I definitely don’t want to be a toy box, but I think one or two a day in with the food makes things fun.
My new Invisalign aligners are hurting so very much - I seriously can’t stand it: I am hoping to be able to sleep tonight! The top right attachments are cutting me up something awful and eating is unbearable. I remember that it hurt this bad the first time but then eventually subsided, so I am really hoping this part is over with soon. I am such a big baby and turn into a terrible whine-ass when things hurt, and this pain is excruciating. None of our pain meds are touching it.