Doing Good is a Pleasure

"Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure!" These words ring true for me today! Yesterday a woman on the street outside my work found a wallet and brought it to me asking if It belonged to any of the parents. I opened the wallet and looked inside at the ID. I didn't recognize the woman in the photo. So I told the woman I would hold onto it in case the woman who lost came back looking. I took it to my coworker and told her what happened. Inside there was a New Mexico drivers liscence, a Costco card, and a couple bank cards. So right away my co-worker started calling Costco and the bank in hopes of locating the woman. There wasn't much luck and apparently the woman hadn't called it in stolen (if she's like me, she probably didn't notice It was gone for awhile!). So my coworker Facebook stalked her and tried to message her, but that didn't work. So then we kept an eye out on the street to see if she came looking around for it. We saw her on a bike, but by the chance we could do any thing she was already gone. Turns out she was the neighbors sister who was visiting! To think all that time she was just next door! She had called her bank to cancel her card and they told her where we were. She was so thankful! It made me feel good and I'm sure it made me coworker feel good. I also commend the woman who brought it to us! There is still lots of good in the world, sometimes you just have to start the cycle. Because the woman on the street did something good by bringing it to me, I felt the need to do good and find the owner, which in turn also made my coworker want to do good. And In the end it all worked out :) today the woman who lost her wallet came by my work again and brought us basket full of goodies as a thank you! All I can say is what goes around comes around. If you put good ou

Gardening: My Love

Among the many random things I like to do, gardening is at the top of that list. Something about watching plants grow from seeds into beautiful plants brings me a sense of satisfaction. To add the cherry to the top of this beautiful hobby of mine, is seeing butterflies and other creatures enjoying your garden to! :) I'm no expert at gardening, but I think I've learned a few things in my years of gardening that have been helpful for me.

One of the first things I've learned to do is experiment in location. There are some plants that say they do best in full sun, but that's not always the case! For example in this picture below, it said to plant in full sun, however I planted it in a hanging pot in a mostly shady place and it grew quite lovely. However its brothers that I have put in the full sun area in the same conditions, did not to well and died.

I've also always scattered eggshells into the soil and from time to time spread bone meal and blood meal and mix the dirt a little. Supposedly I'm helping the plants. Haha As seen in the picture below you can see specks of white throughout the area. Also California poppies will grow anywhere from my experience. So if you want something pretty in your yard that adds color, plant some of these. They can be in dry dirt and full sun and grow strong. In the mornings when the sun hasn't quite reached them (like in this picture) the little orange flowers are still closed up, but when the sun comes out they open up and its just beautiful! I also recommend planting Milkweed in your garden! It will encourage the population growth of monarch butterflies! Milkweed is vital for their survival because they need it in order to survive. It whats known as their "Host plant" its kinds hard to see in the picture, but its in the back middle next to the poppies with the little redish orange flowers! It does grow bigger, but I personally wouldnt call it a weed. Its kinda bushy.

Sometimes I plant things and cant remember what it was that I planted and a lot of times I don't label it. So when i have a plant like the one below that hasnt bloomed yet, I get excited to see buds! Its like Christmas when they bloom. You dont know what your going to get till its opened!

Below are just a few pictures of the plants that are doing well in the yard and that I really enjoy the color and look of! Those little multi-colored fuzzy ones are just adorable! I think I want to buy more of them!

First Cause You Can Help!

As many may know, I love animals. All animals! Doesn't matter which kind. So a friend of mine shared this post on her Facebook the other day and I can't help but share. This little guy has some pretty hefty vet bills! If you're able to help out, I'm sure the owner would greatly appreciate it! Snakes are such beautiful creatures!

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/peaches-vet-bills/344840#.VUA1dT3tP_M.facebook

Daily Dose of Humor

There were quite a few sad memes today! I'd rather keep thing light and funny. Although there were a few "sad" Ones that I found funny. Nonetheless, here are the gems I enjoyed today!

I'm a POKEMON nerd. Don't judge me! :p

Its in the Dress Code

So this article has been conquering my new feed on Facebook. You can read the article here >>>http://www.today.com/parents/dads-essay-about-5-year-olds-dress-code-shaming-goes-t18266?cid=sm_fbn
Basically this dad is POed about his daughter getting in trouble for wearing spaghetti strapped dress to school. I was reading through the comments because it entertains me. Its like reality tv in words. Most of the people agreed with the dchool and thought the dad was being ridiculous. There were a few people who were mad, But that was like 5% maybe. So here are my thoughts on the topic:
1. Its in the school handbook under the dress code that children are nut suppose to wear spaghetti straps. If you were not ok with that, then you shouldn't have signed the paper and enrolled your kid.
2. If you let your child wear revealing clothes now, then don't complain when shes a teenager and dresses in provocative clothes. Same applies to boys. Don't dress them like little gangbangers when their young and then later say "I don't know how he ended up like this!" really people... Not to say that it always turns out that way, but things happen in stages. So if you start out dressing your child in tiny shorts, they're likely to progress from there.
So those are my thoughts! If you don't agree I'm sorry. Well not really sorry. But I respect your opinion!

Hold The Gluten

So many people I know can't eat gluten. I used to think what a horrible life to have. But honestly it's not that bad eating gluten free things. With the exception of cookies! I have not found a gluten free cookie that I actually like. Yuck.  Anyway, I eat a lot of gluten free pasta and occasionally bread. I don't eat a lot of bread in General. I try to avoid it as much as possible. So this morning I had to leave at the crack of dawn for work. So what better breakfast is there than frozen waffles for the hard to wake up mornings? Well grandma had bought gluten free waffles. I was concerned of how it would taste. Heck I was concerned about the texture. A lot of gluten free things have weird textures! So I pop that bad boy in toaster and discovered it gets crispy really fast! Luckily I didn't burn it completely! Just a small section. Keep that in mind fellow gluten avoided, they toast fast! So for me I like to have jam/preserves on my waffles. I don't really care for syrup. So I put some apricot preserves on my gluten free waffle. It actually tasted pretty good! It tasted a little different than your average waffle and it was crunchier. But over All I didn't mind It so much.I'd reccomend it as a gluten free option. #SimplyFromMeApproved

        -Simply From Me, you're welcome! :)

Daily Dose of Humor

So as promised, I have a few things I found via facebook today that I thought was rather funny! I have weird humor, so some of you may not think its as funny as I did. Also anything I post will be clean humor, no profanity! Enjoy!

With finals coming up soon at Palomar, this is often how I feel!

 This also applies to people you carpool with!

 All I can say is LOL

Allergies are the worst! I love spring, just not the allergies that come with it!

Just aww look at that little spot!

I'd be terrified!!

Story of my freaking life! I have lots of experience in Child Care now, but everything else is a big fat NOPE!

I can think of a few people...

HAHAHAHAHA.....ummmm......yeah......

Precisely

So wrong, but too hard not to laugh...

To top it all off, I was reading an article on Facebook about a person who got cooked along with a bunch of tuna at Bumble Bees Factory and a couple employees and the company are being accused. Anyway thats not the funny part, that's rather sad for the man who died with the fishes. What WAS funny was when I was reading some of the comments, someone wrote "Man cooked with tuna fish, two employees suspect. Sounds fishy to me..." (paraphrased) I DIED laughing. It was such a serious matter and here I was laughing at the most simplest of puns! Oh my goodness! Anyway, hope you all laughed as much as I did

If you have anything funny that you would like to share and potentially be featured on here, send me an email with the material at dudgeonshgpa@gmail.com

Who Said Eating Healthy Was Hard?

So as some may know, I've been trying to get healthier. Loosing weight, changing the way I eat and try to get more exercise. I'm always looking for good alternatives to foods I like to eat but are not really good for me. I'm not really a picky eater. I'll eat most anything with a few exceptions. My grandma and I like to shop at health food stores. Honestly I don't find it to be all that much different buying organic vs non organic. If its healthier I'll do it. Anyway, I like to eat hamburgers. Not so much the bread, just the meat mainly. But since trying to eat healthier I've stopped eating red meat and that means no hamburger! I know, sounds terrible right? But for me it wasn't so bad. I found that I don't really miss it. I make sure to take vitamins and eat other foods that have just as much protein and benefits. So the other day me and my grandma were shopping at Costco and we we're walking through the frozen section by the hamburgers. My mouth started watering! Man I wanted some of that! Well at the end there were a few veggie burger options. But to make things more difficulty, my grandma's allergic to milk. So any thing we buy has to be dairy free. Well all the veggie burgers except for one had milk in it. The one dairy free veggie burger also happened to be organic! Bonus right? At least it had something going for it. I decided why not and grandma was down to get it. So we picked a box up. Each box has 12 patties in it. I don't remember how much it was. So today while packing my lunch for work I decided I'd cook one up and have that for lunch. You can microwave it, fry it, or bake it. Your options keeps going. Well I'm lazy, so I microwaved it. While cutting it up into bite-sized pieces I decided to try a piece. IT WAS FREAKING DELICIOUS! Granted it didn't taste like a hamburger, but it was really good! I can't wait till lunch so I can finish it! I'd recommend it. :) 


                       ~Simply From Me, You're Welcome!

Lets Start a Blog!

When I was in high school I had started a blog about my poetry.Well I came across it recently and thought about how depressing I was back then! So I decided lets start fresh! This blog is going to be full of random things that I found interesting, funny, or simply about me and my thoughts. I'm pretty passionate when it comes to my beliefs  and what I think about certain topics, so hopefully ya'll don't get to upset with any random tangents I go on! I love inspirational things and I do love poetry and various forms if art. I've always loved poetry, Robert Frost is one of my favorites. I also love photography! I don't know the first thing about it, so I'm considering taking a photography class just to learn some basics. Who knows, maybe I will get really into it. If you email me anything that you think is funny and if its appropriate, I will share it :) I'm all about helping people and various causes. If you have friends who are raising money, let me know and I will share their information and their story! I just want to have fun and make a difference. This blog doesn't have a specific theme, just random things Simply From Me. You're Welcome!

P.S this is me! :D