The weird sh*t keeps on happening!

I sure did. I got a new kitchen floor. I love it and have waited for it for 8 years!!

not any good ones,just bills oh wait..and 1 gift card.that was nice. that's weird to throw out whole cans..maybe somebody was moving? i'd take it tho

That is awesomely weird. I hope it is stuff she needs and likes. Someone may have been watching you check for cans for her and decided to do this. I hope it makes Christmas even merrier and is a real blessing. Maggiepie is a cool person.

hi ElicBxn nope not yet but I can always hope. Yesterday I did not get any mail so who knows? Glad maggie got this early Christmas present , always nice to get a suprise Christmas gift. Merry Christmas Elic and a most happy New Year. hugs from hatley.

I'd LOVE to have unexpected presents like that!!! Grocery gifts are among my favorite! That was really nice of whoever left them. I hope she can put them to good use.

Hi ElicBxn. What a nice suprise for her. Did she have any idea who left the food for her? I have never had anything like that happen to me, I wish I had.

wow that was great, when I moved into this place the last people left a few of their things that they didn't want anymore, like an electric frying pan and a blender and a big of pennies, there was 66.00 in pennies.

Nothing like that but last year my son and his wife showed up for christmas and that was a great surprize as I didnt think they could make it

That is kind of weird. But surprises can be fun. I hope this was a good surprise for Maggie.

One of my bosses is too sick to have me go over and she feels badly that I'm missing out on money, so she wants to give me a bonus. That's pretty unexpected. Another one of my friends gave me shirts to pass along to people who need clothes, while not directly affecting me, that was not expected and neither were the layoffs that my cousins who could wear the clothes had. So it's kind of working out.

A few years ago I opened my front door because the doorbell rang. There was nobody there but there was a little bag and in it was a handmade angel and a card that said "to an angel from a friend". I never did find out who left it but I treasure that ornament. I didn't put up a big tree this year, just a small one, but the angel is hanging on my fireplace as a reminder that someone loves me.

Not in a while, I'm waiting for one though.

Yes, indeed! I'm blown away! This isn't cheap food, either! There were a couple of off-brands, but instead of the usual carb-ridden stuff, there were really good items. Even a can of mandarin oranges! And even what carbs there were included the best of its kind--a can of lentil soup, e.g. Elic will take some of this to a food bank, since it's not good for me (I'm diabetic, & must try not to get too much sugar & starch). What gets me is whoever left this food was ready to see it all wasted; they left it next to the dumpster!? Shoot, I know the office would have taken it & made sure it went to someone needy! Another weird thing is that Elic actually looked into the bag; what motivated her to do so? That's not like her! Anyway, this isn't the first time I've been the beneficiary of free food, left on my back doorstep by unseen donors--that happened on my 16th Thanksgiving (& we rarely went out the back door. I still don't know why I decided to do so that time! I've no idea how long that feast had waited for discovery!). Also, virtually every time I go out, I find some money. Usually only a penny or so, but more often than one would expect, folding cash! Up to $50, once! God always provides. Maggiepie "The Sermon on the Mount [is] a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application." --Obama

Very nice gift but i think an odd place to leave it.

Not this year (not yet, anyway) but in other years I've found money... $50, $85 and $100.

I haven't had a good surprise lately, I like giving them though, when I can. I know some people that need different things and I like sending gift cards for food and gas, anonymously. I don't want someone to feel as if they owe me something and would rather hear someone tell me about something they received and wonder who could have sent them!! Secret Santa all year round is great!

I got home from having the ultra sound on Monday morning (it was late Monday night) and someone had dropped off a half a cord of oak firewood. Since I heat only with wood, it was not only a surprise but a wonderful blessing because it was prime wood, not cast off stuff that I gather from our "burn pile" where everyone drops off tree trimmings, leaves and old wood that they can't see fit to burn themselves. The wood that was dropped off is the size that I use to burn all night so that I am not up and down all night feeding the fireplace. As I call these wonderful anonymous gifts, "Christmas Magic" simply because they seem to come when you really need it.

None of that kind of happenings have occurred. We did get a wrapped present that looks like a CARE package from a new neighbor. It is wrapped in clear plastic paper and tied with a bow. I can see a jar of peanuts and some hot chocolate mix among other things I can't yet identify. I don't know why she did this. We are not destitute and can easily buy such things for ourselves. There has been no agreement between us to exchange gifts. Maybe I should just be thankful that we were given something instead of another dust collector that older people usually get for Christmas & birthdays.

Hi Elic, Its Christmas, magic happens, lol, have a nice one. Tamara

Wow that is something seems like you were meant to find it.It is a wonderful feeling to get such a nice surprise.Shortly after my grandmother passed I was just getting home and noticed a lovely basket full of cute trinkets of things.The note said''To make you smile''I have no idea who sent it but will always remember that act of kindness.I may never know who it was I did try to find out but still haven't a clue,but I guess that doesn't matter.But it is lovely that it was left there at the right time..when I needed a smile most.