Happy Raturday!

 

Seeing how today is Raturday, how about a few rodents themed Christmas pictures. 

Apartment Life #346

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post.  

Unbelievably it was quiet this week. 

I walked by this manhole cover that the guy fell down last week and saw the homeless people had removed the cover again after the fire department had covered the hole after rescuing the man at the bottom of the hole. They are still climbing in and out of it. 

Since nothing happened around my neighborhood this week. Here are some pictures from my walks. 

Falcor frolicking in the falling leaves. He stopped to stare at the dog across the street. 

I spotted some Christmas decorations. An inflatable Santa, Snowman and Christmas tree. 

I took this picture because I liked the way this corner looked. I don't know why.

One of the two trees on my street that lose their leaves. The wind was slightly blowing and leaves were falling on the sidewalk. 

We had one day where there were some seriously dark clouds and rain over the mountains but we didn't get rain where I live. 

That cloud was huge and very dark. 

Spotted some Christmas decorations.

Me and my daughter on Thanksgiving. 

The high this week was 65F/18C

The low this week was 42F/5C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

Christmas Candy?

 

Hello, My name is Mary and I might be a candyholic. Do I have candy all over my apartment? Maybe. I don't eat as much as it as I used to but my grandson loves my obsession. I just like the way candy looks in bowls and jars. I like the bright colors and yes I like the taste of candy too. But I don't eat as much of it anymore. 

I think I started doing this for Christmas because of my grandma. She always had bowls of different kinds of candy out all the time but especially around Christmas time. 

Buttermints and an assortment of candies. 

The Jelly Beans were replaced with gumballs because I like the scent of those more. LOL 

A couple of glass jars with some Christmas candy.

Chocolate Truffles in one bowl and toffee in another.

Salt water taffy.

A few years ago I did this. I mixed a bowl with Skittles, Reeses Pieces and M&M's in the bowl. For those who haven't had these candies, they look the same but taste different. One is chocolate, one is peanut butter and one is fruity. Mixing them together was funny because anyone who takes a little handful is thinking it's all M&M's and it's not. LOL Surprise!

Do you like candy? Do you have a favorite Christmas candy? Do you put out candy bowls around Christmas time?

Christmas Decorations Around My Apartment

 

The tree is up. (Click on any pictures to make them larger)

The corner shelf. All those tiny Christmas Tree's I made out of pine cones.

Here's a couple of closer pictures. I painted the pine cones, hot glued them to tiny terra cotta vases, put some beads, glitter and ribbon on them and I think they came out cute. 

My daughter made this. She bought the vase, lights and all the little things inside it and put it together. I think it came out cute.

The shelf between the kitchen and living room.

My desk.

Lights on the shelf.

The living room window.

The door. My daughter made this wreath.

Falcor the elf.

The holly berry wreath above the door.

The stockings.

The wreath had been on the inside door but you couldn't really see it so my daughter hung it on the outside door with some garland around it. 

We hung garland around the hall entry and a stocking in the hall. 

The bookshelf has some garland around it and Christmas tree and reindeer statues on top.

And my Christmas puppies in baskets. 

There you have it. We're all ready for Christmas now. 

Christmas Cookies

 

Ok so Christmas cookies. Do you have a favorite one?

I'm partial to gingerbread cookies but I like them all.

There aren't too many cookies I can say I don't like. 

Do you leave milk and cookies out for Santa?

I decorated some cookies back when my daughter was little but I haven't done it in a while and they did NOT come out as nice as these. lol 

Sugar cookies are good and the easiest to make.

So do you have a favorite cookie? Will you be baking any this month?

Frosty The Snowman?

 

What screams Christmas for you?

For me it's a snowman.

Maybe I watched Frosty The Snowman too many times as a kid.

But I love seeing the snowman pictures this time of year.