Happy Raturday!

 

"Wanna play ball?"

I hope everyone had a nice 4th.

*All pictures this week are courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #377

 

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 26 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.

Last Saturday this woman knocked on my door and asked me if I had seen this man she had on her phone. It looked like a Ring Doorbell camera photo. I hadn't seen him but asked her if I did see him if she wanted to leave a phone number so I could tell her in case he was missing or something. She just shook her head no and said, "It doesn't matter." 

In my head I was thinking, if it doesn't matter then why did you just knock on my door? She knocked on two other doors in my courtyard out of the 16 doors and left. The next day I see her and this guy standing in the street looking at my bedroom window, staring right at the camera. Sketchy. 

She kept looking right at my camera and pointing at my window. I made sure the locks were on my window. It might be nothing but it sure seemed sketchy. 

My daughter's best friends moved into my courtyard with her girlfriend last month and she sent my daughter this picture of one of the homeless guys, (Dreads) getting arrested in our alley. Now I have neighbors sending me pictures for the blog. lol 

My daughter took this picture of a homeless man laying on a beanbag chair/bed with his pants down around his ankles. He's in the parking lot next door. At least he had on some underwear.

Thursday night right before sunset I was across the street and the Tactical police truck pulled up and went into a building in my apartment complex. They came out a while later and a lady was writing something on a clipboard. It looked liked she was writing out a statement for the police but I'm not sure. 

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Friday night around midnight I was walking Falcor across the street because when you gotta go, you gotta go. lol As I came back to my side of the street I saw a lady coming back from checking her mail in the pool courtyard and she was darn near falling down drunk. She was stumbling and even grabbed one of the flag poles for stability at one point. As she passed by me I noticed she had a small handgun in a holster clipped to her shorts. Now I have no qualms about anyone carrying a gun. My state is an open carry state, meaning you can openly carry a gun pretty much anywhere here unless otherwise posted at the entrance of a store or building. But alcohol and guns do not mix. I'm glad she got back home safely though. 

The high this week was 109F/42C

The low this week was 81F/27C

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

Saturday Vittles

 

My Daughter and I are trying to eat more healthy so I thought I would share some pictures on Saturday's of what we've made.

Asian Style Ground Chicken and Vegetables

You will need: 

1 lb ground chicken

2 carrots sliced small- I used the vegetable peeler to get thin slices

2 cups shredded purple cabbage

1 cup sliced celery- the vegetable peeler worked for this too

1 cup sliced mushrooms

3 TBSP Sweet Chili Sauce

1 tsp. sesame oil

2 TBSP Soy sauce

1 TBSP Oyster sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

2 TBSP chicken broth

What to do: 

Mix the sesame oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sweet chili sauce and salt and pepper into a bowl. Set aside. 

Cook ground chicken over medium heat, add half of the sauce mixture from bowl, cook until done, breaking it apart as it cooks. Remove meat from pan, add chicken broth, and add vegetables to pan. Cook vegetables over medium heat, add the rest of the sauce mixture from bowl and cook until the doneness you desire. Add the cooked chicken back to the pan and mix well. 

I made a large bowl of this so I could have it for lunches too. 

Each 1 cup serving is 150 calories and 20 carbs. 

Freebie Friday!

 

Welcome to another weekly Freebie Friday post, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a "Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week.

  You can find links to great samples at Hey It's Free and Freebie Shark.

This week I received:

A sample of Pedigree Choice Cuts in Gravy dog food and a coupon for buy one get two free. -From SheSpeaks.

Falcor loved the dog food. I feed him Pedigree anyway so I already knew he would like this. 

Did you receive any freebies or samples this week?

Book Review: The Lycan's Bride by Jenny D

 

Book Description

Damien, a Lycan of regal lineage, has wandered through centuries in relentless pursuit of his fated mate. The moment he discovers her in the vibrant and spirited Adra, destiny weaves its intricate tapestry, only to unravel in the face of unforeseen mysteries.

Newly revised and edited! Content added and a better ending included! 5/18/2024

"In a world where destiny's threads can unravel in an instant, Damien, a regal Lycan, finally finds his fated mate in the spirited Adra—only to face the mysteries that threaten to tear them apart. As Adra confronts her first shift and the enigmatic interest of the Alpha's son, will their destined love endure the cosmic twists of fate?"

Adra, a werewolf on the brink of her inaugural shift, yearns for the revelation of her fated mate during this pivotal moment. Yet, the cosmic design takes an unexpected turn when she is swept away under mysterious circumstances. As she grapples with the enigma surrounding her, the sudden and disconcerting interest of the Alpha's son casts a shadow over her path.

Will Damien and Adra's connection withstand the twists of fate, or will the allure of the alpha's son threaten the delicate balance of their destined love?

My Review

Damien has been searching for his mate for decades so he's shocked when he spots her when he's out for a run. He's not sure what pack she belongs to so he enlists the help of his father the pack alpha to make arrangements to visit the neighboring packs so see if she's in either of them. Damien and his pack are lycan's. Still wolf shifters but much bigger and strong than normal wolf shifters.  

Adra is turning 18 years old in a few days and when she does, her wolf will emerge and she will be able to find her mate if he's around anywhere near. But when She meets Damien, she knows right away that he's her mate even without having her wolf yet. 

They start to get acquainted but someone wants to come between them. When the answers about who and why come to light, it's kinda sad to know that they lost their freedom because of greed, jealousy and other other crazy reasons. Adra's pack and Damien's pack come together to stop the threat and all the while Adra and Damien get much closer and their bond gets much stronger. 

I loved that we see Adra's best friend find her mate as well. That was fun. 

This was a fun read that kept me entertained throughout the book. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Amazon

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

This huge cloud all lit up from the sun setting looked like it was on fire.

We got some rain from it as it passed over. 

On the 4th of July, I stayed inside our apartment with Falcor and watched from my bedroom window. This picture made me laugh because my daughter turned around and took a picture of me in the window watching and the fireworks she set off in the street just look like a huge bonfire with the camera I have in the window. LOL 

Huge bonfire. LOL 

Book Review: Lucifer's Daughter by Kel Carpenter

 

Book Description

We’ve all heard the story of the Four Horsemen. Harbingers of the apocalypse. Destruction given form. Four of the sexiest—wait no—forget that. You get my point.

So imagine my surprise when I find out everything I’ve ever been told, is a lie.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves here.

Let’s start from the beginning. My name is Ruby Morningstar. I run a tattoo parlor in Portland with my banshee bestfriend, have a pet raccoon, a crazy ex that stalks me, not to mention this one little thing… I’m a demon. Half-succubus, to be exact.

For the last twenty-three years of my life, that’s the story I believed, but on the day a handsome stranger bails me out of jail my world is turned upside down, and suddenly I don’t know who I am anymore.

Because the Four Horsemen aren’t the bringers of the apocalypse.

I am.

Talk about never catching a break.

My Review

Ruby believes she's a half succubus demon until she goes to jail for destroying her nemesis's car and a stranger bails her out. Now she's told the truth about who and what she actually is and it's a big deal. The Four Horsemen come to claim her so they can all stop demons from being able to take over the world. 

The horsemen are giving her time to get to know them and trying to talk her into going back to Hell with them. But since this is a slow burn romance, there's very little intimate times with the guys. This is a reverse harem, meaning she's with all four guys or at least they want her to be theirs. 

Bandit the pet racoon is hilarious. I really liked him. He brought so much fun to this story. 

This book does end on a cliffhanger which I didn't like. I would rather get a whole book rather than 3 books even if the book ends up being a long one. Even with a trilogy I think each book can be a complete book that doesn't end on a cliffhanger the way this one did. Not sure I will keep reading this series since the storyline was slow and it didn't really keep my interest as much as I would have liked. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.

Amazon

Happy Raturday!

 

All pictures this week are courtesy of Anisah Hann/Ratz Furever. Ratz Furever has a hilarious Instagram page where she posts videos of her rats. She gets some drama because some people don't think these are funny. I find them hilarious and you can tell from her other social media that she takes great care of her rats. Go check her out. I took screen shots from some of her videos to get these pictures because I love her rats. 

Apartment Life #376

 

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 26 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.

My camera doesn't take great pictures at night but the ambulance showed up at 10PM on Monday night and they had someone on the stretcher that went to the ER. 

The police were seen on my street on Tuesday afternoon. They're been driving by a lot recently, this time they stopped and talked to someone across the street in the apartments there. 

The next morning around 6AM on Wednesday, I saw caution tape going across the street. I didn't hear or see any police or anything but the older couple across the street said he said the police at 2AM with their flashlights looking in the rocks. Usually when they do theta they're looking for blood or bullet casings. But another neighbor said she went to work at 5AM and the caution tape wasn't there at that time. Did someone put it up, take it down and then put it back up again?

I'm confused as to who did it now. Was it police or someone around here pulling a prank?

I read on Twitter sometime back that people in other countries don't believe that the school buses here in the US are actually yellow. So I thought I would snap a picture of one to show anyone who didn't know that they are indeed yellow.

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Some fireworks from the 4th.

 

The high this week was 104F/40C

The low this week was 77F/25C

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

Saturday Vittles

 

My Daughter and I are trying to eat more healthy so I thought I would share some pictures on Saturday's of what we've made.

I'm calling this a comfort food casserole. 

Cornbread Chili Casserole

You will need: 

2 cans of Hormel Chili with beans

2 boxes of Jiffy Cornbread mix

1/2 cup of corn- fresh or canned is fine

1 tomato- diced

2 TBSP Diced Green Chilis - I used canned

No calorie cooking spray

2 eggs

2/3 cup milk

1 1/2 lbs ground beef- cooked

What to do: 

Cook the ground beef in a pan until no longer pink, drain off any oil, add both cans of chili to the ground beef and stir to mix. Set aside. 

Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with no calorie cooking spray. Preheat over to 400F.

Mix the Jiffy cornbread mix according to package directions using the eggs, milk and water. Stir the diced green chilis, tomato and corn into the cornbread mixture and pour into your greased baking pan. Spoon the hamburger mixture on top of the cornbread mixture and stir just a little to get the hamburger down into the cornbread. Do not mix too much, you want the hamburger to still be mostly on top. 

Bake for 45 minutes in a 400F oven or until the cornbread is done. 

This made a huge casserole dish full and made 8 servings. Each serving is 375 calories and 20 carbs.

Would you eat this?

I made a big dish of this and ate is for lunch for a few days. It easily heated back up in the microwave and was great for lunch.