Everyone Has A Story, Here's One Of Mine

 

I've been thinking of writing an autobiography or memoir but it just never comes together for me but I figured if I write one story at a time and post it on my blog maybe once a month, I can do that. Maybe one day I'll pull all the stories together and put them in a book but for now I'll just share some stories with you about my childhood. Some of the stories will be happy, some sad and some horrific because that was my childhood. But they will all be real, things that actually happened. If it seems like something that people enjoy reading maybe I'll keep it going. These stories will not be in any kind of order, I'll just write them as they come to me.

Why I didn't have friends spending the night like other kids did.

When I was about 9 years old, one of my neighbor friends wanted to have like a slumber party at my house since I usually spent the night at her house. We asked my mom and she said yes. I had a queen size bed so both of us 9 year olds fit in my bed just fine. 

It was the weekend so my parents were drinking and they ended up getting into a huge fight where my dad hit my mom and we heard the entire thing. My poor friend was laying there next to me all wide eyed for hours. Early the next morning we got up because she just wanted to go home as fast as possible. But when we got out to the living room, my parents were completely naked laying on the floor. The living room was completely trashed. Things were broken and all over the floor. My mom's face was all bloody but I knew better than to wake either of them up because they would take their anger out on me if I did.

She tiptoed out the door and ran home. I went back to my room and went back to sleep. When I got up later, the living room was cleaned up and my mom didn't even remember that my friend had been there the night before. She never asked about her and my friend never spoke to me again. I don't blame her. I'm actually surprised that her parents didn't come over to my house raising hell about what had happened but I don't know if she told her parents what had happened or not. 

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Christmas Tree's

 

When do you put your Christmas tree up if you put one up? Do you like a green tree or white one? For the last few years mine has been white. 

Do you have a real tree or an artificial one?

Do you have a theme with just one or two colors? Or just a bunch of colored ornaments?

Apartment Life #345

 

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.  

On Monday, The fire department was back on my street, this time because one of the homeless people fell down a vertical manhole to the sewer and other homeless people called the fire department said that his leg was broken so they had to lower someone down the manhole to get this man out of there and get him help.

Some of the homeless people stay down in the sewer to keep warm when it's not raining and flooded. There's an extensive tunnel system under Las Vegas that homeless people use to stay out of the elements. The fire department was able to lower someone with a backboard to strap the man to it and hoist him out of there. 

They put him on a stretcher and off to the ER he went. One of the homeless people said at least one leg was broken pretty badly. 

All in all it took about 2 hours to get him out and for the fire department to pack up all the gear they used. 

The high this week was 67F/19C

The low this week was 39F/3C

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

Happy Christmas Month!

 

Tomorrow starts Christmas Month. So I will be adding a few posts this month Christmas related. So let's start this month off right and post about Krampus first. Who is Krampus? He is Santa's evil counterpart. While Santa gives all the good boys and girls presents, Krampus punishes the bad boys and girls. You don't want to get on this guys bad side, so you better be good or he'll be coming for ya!

Is this a little dark for Christmas? Well this blog is called, "Dark Thoughts" after all. Bwahahaha!

Fall/Autumn Pictures

 

I've enjoyed sharing pictures I've found on Pixabay that fits the month so I'm going to continue doing that. Today I give you Fall/Autumn pictures that I liked. Enjoy. 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

The dark clouds didn't stick around for very long but it looked so interesting with such a blue background sky.

We had another cloudy day for a few hours. You could see the rain coming down way out over the mountains but not in my neighborhood. 

And then the sunrise the next day was spectacular. 

Happy Scary Autumn

 

Y'all should know by now that I like the dark side of things so this post should come as no surprise. LOL I made some AI generated pictures from Instagram. Enjoy your scary Autumn/Fall/Thanksgiving pictures. 

Happy Raturday!

 

You might remember a while back I made some AI generated pictures on Instagram. I had to use my laptop in order to do this, it's not available using a smartphone for some reason. Well I thought I would do it again for this month and for Raturday. So this is what I came up with. 

This is my new profile picture on Twitter. I'm @scarymary66 on there if you're not already following me. 

Apartment Life #345

 

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 26 years here in a weekly blog post.  

Update from last week: 
We heard from the officer about the 4 individuals who pointed a gun at my daughter. They caught all 4 of them when they were trying to steal another car. They ran when they got caught and police chased them and caught them. So at least they are off the streets for now. 

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On Sunday night really late, we heard several gunshots. Then a few minutes later, several more gunshots. I turned on my bedroom camera and was watching it when a guy came out from the courtyard across the street, aimed a gun in the air, fire off several more shots and ran back inside one of the apartments in that courtyard but I couldn't see which one he ran into. My daughter called the police and they came out. After looking around, they didn't find anything so they left. The guy with the gun didn't come out again that I saw. 

The police were in the same courtyard across the street on Wednesday where I saw a guy a few days ago shooting off his gun. I don't know if they were there for the same guy though. I didn't see anyone arrested so I don't know what was going on. 

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You see this gate right here? This is new. This hole in the wall is right behind my apartment building. As you can see the grocery store, Cal-Ranch, McDonalds, Del Taco and the dog shelter and training place is right on the other side of this block wall. People have been using this hole in the wall for the 26 years that I've lived here to easily get to whatever stores are here. Before Marianas and Cal- Ranch there was a CVS and Smiths grocery store here.

 Everyone in the neighborhood uses this hole in the wall to get to these shops. Now one of these shops installed a gate that does not open. How rude, selfish and idiotic they are. I'm thinking it was Cal-Ranch since they seem to think they own this entire neighborhood since moving over here. Now we all have to walk the long way around to get to the grocery store. I can only hope someone gets mad and breaks the wall. They tried to block this hole one other time by putting in more blocks and cement but that was destroyed really fast.

The high this week was 67F/19C

The low this week was 36F/2C

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

Book Review: Rogue Games by Reece Barden

 

Book Description

Love is a dangerous game to play.

Alpha Dean Reynolds has kept his territory closed and his pack safe for years. Now, forced to host the prestigious Alpha Games, he must open his borders to outsiders for the first time in decades. As shifters from all over gather to prove their worth and win a pack of their own, Dean's carefully controlled world is about to be turned upside down.

Enter Jamie, a fierce and alluring rogue shifter determined to compete in the games. Her arrival is Dean's worst nightmare. The undeniable attraction simmering between them is a distraction Dean can't afford.

As suspicious accidents plague the competition and threaten Jamie's chance to prove herself, Dean, the reluctant protector, finds himself coming to Jamie's aid, even as he struggles against the growing pull between them.

For Jamie, the brutish alpha is the last person she wants to rely on. Caught between her distrust of the man known as the angriest alpha around, and the undeniable connection she feels, she must decide if she's willing to risk her heart for a chance at love.

In a game where only the strongest survive, will they find the courage to let love win?

Rogue Games is a thrilling enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance that combines pulse-pounding action with heart-melting passion. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Wright and Kresley Cole who crave stories of dominant alphas, underdogs, fated mates, and all the spice.

Dual POV, MF and happily ever after guaranteed.

My Review

Alpha Dean Reynolds took over his pack after he eliminated his abusive father and he's scared he might end up the abusive man his father was. But his pack loves him and knows he'd never end up like that man. He and his pack of wolf shifters have been isolated for a while but now it's time to open the borders and let others in for the Alpha Games. When shifters from all over come to compete to be alpha of their own pack. 

Jamie and Wyatt are rogue wolves who were kicked out of their pack so they are looked down on but Dean allows them to stay and compete in the Alpha Games. Jamie is the only female competing in the games with her brother, Wyatt and some of the male wolves are not happy about it. So she's put in danger right from the start. 

Jamie and Wyatt have a huge secret though and when Dean finds out what it is, it turns things upside down for some pack members. But the more time they spend together, the more they realize that there's something between them. Every wolf wants to find their one, their fated mate but things between them are complicated and even more so when Jamie says somethings when she was mad that she shouldn't have and feels bad about. 

Now they have to work through the hurt and communication issues if they are going to have the life together that they both really want. 

I understood why Jamie was so rash and why neither of them trusted the other very fast. They've both had a rough life and needed to give each other a little time to get to know each other. But I really liked both of them and loved how this ended. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book via BookFunnel but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Cute Autumn Pictures

 

I found these on Pixabay and thought they were perfect for this month and they're cute. 

Enjoy the rest of the month.