Who am I?

Hey guys!

It's me again. Last week my friend Ink was visiting me. Its crazy we haven't seen each other in 14 years. Can I just say how amazing it was to spend time with her and just catch up in real time. She truly is one of my dearest friends. But we live on opposite sides of the planet most of the time, so this visit was extremely important to me. 

Anyway, while visiting, Ink, shared a video with me that she saw on Instagram and then turned the challenge onto me. The challenge is to introduce myself using 5 nouns. I can't use my name, profession, ethnic background, etc. I have wrestled with this for so many days now. This was not easy, not because I don't know who I am. It was hard because I have never thought about who I am in this way.

So while the introduction on my blog is still accurate, let me re-introduce myself...

Hello, I am a Jesus follower. I am a prayer warrior. I am a helper. I am curious. I am human. I think these words is the very basis of me.

Prayer and Jesus are how I make a lot of decision in my life. When I am in hard situations I rely on Jesus and prayer to get through.

I love helping people in any way that I am able to. If I see a need or someone asks for help and I am able to- I will help. I literally want to be in a place in life where I can help anyone at any given time where I don't have to consider my own work schedule or finances at the time. Maybe one day Jesus will allow me to do that. What a dream!

I am curious, so very curious. Popeye, likes to tell me that my curiosity is going to get me into trouble one day. I am curious about so many things and places. Hopefully, it never gets me into trouble.

Lastly, I am human. My role in other peoples lives change from person to person. BUT at the end of the day I am human. Humanity is important to me. I don't care what other people look like, their socioeconomic status, or ethnic or cultural background. WE all bleed red and deserve to be kind towards each other. One of my biggest pet peeves in life is how we as people are so mean towards other people. It makes no sense to me. 

I am throwing one last description of me because I want to post the following picture....I am silly and I love me for it. 

Thanks for reading and staying with me thus far. If you care to introduce yourself to me, leave me a comment. 

Till the next time,

Simply That...

A helping hand

I saw this video on Instagram. I thought it was cute so I am sharing it with you all. Go check it out. 

A helping hand

Fluffy Pancakes

One of the plates of pancakes from our pancake breakfast

I love pancakes. They are one of my favorite breakfast foods ever. Anyway, I have been working on a family recipe and trying to make it a bit better for my liking. And I think I finally found the magic. So for the first time ever. Here is a recipe out of my own cookbook. I use just the recipe to organize the recipes I create on my own or those from a website that I have tried and enjoyed. I have taken a screenshot of my recipe and attached it here for you all. 

Anyway, if you try this recipe out please leave me a comment and let me know how you like it. 

TV Buddy

Sometimes my little buddy, Mara Jade, watches TV with me. She usually finds weird spots or positions to watch TV. Today was laying under the coffee table. I love this dog. I miss Yoda. 

Lightning Storm

I have never seen anything like this before... no rain, no thunder.. just lightning. It's pretty in an eery way.

lightning storm

Tales of a dog named Mara Jade

Hey guys! 

Lately, Popeye, Mara Jade and I have been going on family walks. Tonight on our family walk Mara Jade made me look like a liar.  She historically doesn't poop on our walks. She will pee or do nothing at all but enjoy the good smells.

Well, today as we are walking she starts to slow down...here is how the conversation went:

Popeye: she is about to poop.

Me: no, she pooped earlier (she pooped a few mins before we left on our walk) so she won't poop again.

Mara Jade: squats and poops. 

Me: welp, I lied. 

Popeye: hysterical laughing.

Mara Jade: drops a droplet on the sidewalk

Me: tries to pick it up but end up smearing it on the street. 🤦🏿‍♀️

Our neighborhood doesn't have poop pails/garbage bins around so I made her carry her own poop (that's the green bag you see attached to her harness) till we got back to our yard and i could drop it in the garbage bin for trash day. 

So moral of the story: dogs have their own agenda and it will change when you least expect it lol. Do you have any funny stories about your pet? Leave a comment below and tell me all about it. 

Till the next adventure,

Simply That...

National Book Lover's Day

Happy National Book Lover's Day to my fellow book readers out there. I hope you were able to get some reading in today. 

Mara Jade

These are just a few of the many poses in a day that Mara Jade goes through. I just love this little potato dog. We sure do miss Yoda bear but this little girl keeps us laughing just the same. 

She judges me and is often times over my shenanigans

Not very lady like-- more like rollie pollie

Who knows?