October 6th: Random Act of Kindness

Today was a really fun Random Act of Kindness and I got to share it with Erika, Liam and Ethan.

I made a bucket of goodies for some firemen.

There was an open house at many of the fire stations in South County today, so we picked one - and headed over.

Erikas twins are 4... so I thought it would be fun to take them.  They made a basket of Halloween goodies to take as well.

We showed up and gave our goodies to one of the firemen, and he was so excited.  He showed all the other guys in the back, and took us inside to give us "Junior Firefighter" hats.  I of course asked for one too :)  One of the firemen said, "Wow, UNBELIEVABLE" at our treats.  It was awesome.

We stayed for about an hour playing on firetrucks and taking all sorts of pictures.  It was SO much fun!

Here is the basket I made.  I will post the firehouse pictures in an album on Facebook.

October 5th: Random Act of Kindness

Today doing my Random Act of Kindness stressed me out a little, Im not gonna lie LOL

I had to go to two different parking lots before I felt "right".

And it was perfect, no one was around, then I got out of the car and like 5 people walked out of the grocery store into the parking lot.  DOH!

I grabbed my item, and put it on the windshield of the car parked next to me.

I hope you 

"O-FISH-IALLY" 

Have a great day!

I went inside Ralphs to get Friday breakfast for work... Came out and the car was gone, as well as my treat.

YAY!

October 4th: Random Act of Kindness

When is Starbucks ever slow, and almost empty?

When you are trying to do a Random Act of Kindness, of course LOL

This morning I stopped at Starbucks by work, with a $5 gift card.  I ordered my coffee, and I wanted to hand it to someone as I left.

The only problem?  No one was around.

I was going to give it to one of the baristas to hand out later, but they werent very friendly and then its really no fun for me... and dont you know doing nice things for others is all about me.  HA!

I teetered back and forth the whole way to work... do I go to a drive thru location and do it the chicken way out, or do I go inside a location and do it myself... Im glad I did it myself.  

Anyway, as Im walking to my car a very good looking man was walking up, so I said, "Are you by any chance going to Starbucks" and he said yes.  I said, "Cool, heres a gift card".

He laughed and thanked me, probably confused as to what the hell was going on.  YAY!

My first get together with my Mentee...

Ive been so busy starting my Random Acts of Kindness in October, that I realized I didnt update about my first get together with my Mentee.

We went to the Santa Ana Zoo.

We just walked around, she really wanted to see the monkeys - and thats the main animal they have at this zoo... so it worked out perfect :)  Its a very small zoo... so after about 2 hours we were done.  We had some lunch and talked for another hour... then decided to head out.  I was tired (still having a reaction from my antibiotic)... and I felt sort of bad because she didnt have anywhere to be for another 4 hours, so I think she wanted to hang out a little bit longer.  I also felt bad because she mentioned she had some questions on her paperwork she is filling out for transitional housing in Orange County.  I asked her after the fact (yesterday or the day before) if she would like some help with it - and she said yes.  

I am waiting to hear from her if Saturday or Sunday works better this weekend - but I text her this morning seeing if she wants to go with me Sunday to a Fall Festival that my boss gave me some ride tickets and free dinner tickets for, so that would be ideal.

Hopefully that works out, then I can help her with the paperwork and get that put in for approval.

We talked about family, some of her siblings, and a few other things... it was nice to sit and talk.  Hopefully she had a good time.

Here are some pictures from the day.

I had to block out her face as I am not allowed to share pictures of her, requested by Orangewood.

They said Facebook, but I will honor it anywhere.

We rode the train....

 Choo Choo!

 I loved these pumpkins...

 Oh, HAI!

 Cute little turtle, just hanging out...

 This was so peaceful looking to me...

 These pretty birds are just out in the open, no nets, free to roam...

 This monkey was our favorite... we called him Old Man Monkey...

 This monkey and I bonded.  He looked SO sad, so I kept asking him why he looked so sad, and he was staring at me the whole time... it really was cute.

 Cool lookin little dude...

 And here we are  :)

October 3rd: Random Act of Kindness

Today, my plan was to leave a little bag with a Halloween-ish notepad and some pencils on the table after "Cocktails for TaTas" happy hour, or on the windshield of a car in the parking lot... however I went to lunch at one of my favorite lunch places with the sweetest girls that work there, so I gave it to them instead.

Here is todays little goodie:

October 2nd - Random Act of Kindness

For todays Random Act of Kindness, I decided to bake for my coworkers.  ;)

I got a little "creative" this morning with my decorating... but October IS Breast Cancer Awareness Month :)

They are brownies with vanilla frosting.

Hope they are good!

October 1st - Random Act of Kindness

As I have mentioned before, I am doing a Random Act of Kindness every day in October.  Its finally time to start!!!  YAY!

Here is what I printed out, to put on my items that involve giving...

Just a little description - so the recipient knows what is going on ;) and a little Kindness printout I found.

Today, October 1st, I left a little goody bag for the mailman.

The little white candies say Thank You and then just some snacks to get through the day :)

I was going to hang it on the mailbox, but I just dont trust people (sadly) so I put the red flag up for mail, and stuffed it into the box.  :-/  Hope he/she enjoys it!