Happy Raturday!

 

"Right before Christmas, the elves were hard at work."

"Some made lots of candy canes."

"Of course Santa and Mrs. Claus watched over everything and checked their list twice."

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

Apartment Life #349

 

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.  

Thursday night around 10PM my neighborhood filled with smoke from a fire. I looked on Pulse Point the next morning and saw two different incidents of the fire dept. investigating smoke. The one outside fire was not near here so it wasn't the cause. I didn't see fire so I went back to sleep. lol 

In the morning I looked on the Las Vegas FB incidents group I'm in and found the source of the fire had been found at 10:30PM. It must have been a big fire for it to bring smoke a few blocks away over to my neighborhood. 

Crazy enough that was the only thing that happened all week. It's been so quiet around here. 

The high this week was 62F/16C

The low this week was 44F/6C

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

How I Didn't Win A Charmin Sweepstakes Even Though I got A Winning Email Notification

 

On December 16th I received this email notification that I had won a year's supply of Charmin. I was so excited and posted it all over the place. Soon though people saw my posts and started commenting on them that they got the same emails and a few hours later they got another email saying they actually didn't win anything. I hadn't received that email...yet.

But the next day I did. Oh, I was mad. So I called the company and complained and told them that they should have to honor the winning email that was sent out. The customer service rep was rude to me, kept sighing and said because I didn't actually win anything and the email notifications were sent out on accident, all she could offer me was a $6 off coupon. Then she asked me if I had any feedback for her team, oh yes I sure did. I gave her an ear full. 

The next day on the 18th I got this email. So I filled out the form and I should get these coupons in 6-8 weeks. We'll see. I guess calling them and complaining got their attention a little bit. I still think they should have honored those winning emails they sent out. They're a big enough company that they could have eaten the cost. This will have to do I guess.

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

It was cloudy most of the week here. No rain but it sure looked like it might. 

It's been nice and cool though. 

Best Moments of 2024

 

In January the leaves fell off of the tree across the street and we got some cute pictures of Falcor. 

In February my daughter put up a few decorations for Valentine's Day. The Valentine tree was cute.

In March my daughter put out some Easter decorations. The wreath is so colorful. 

These little Easter tree's are too cute. 

We had some gorgeous sunsets in April because of all the storm clouds we had that month.

My daughter planted some radishes in the garden and these pretty purple flowers popped up in May.

This bush with the pretty purple flowers that I spotted in June. 

In July we had a few days of cloudiness but no rain. But it did make for some nice sunset pictures. 

In August I made my first AI pictures and it made me laugh because the little rat/dogs came out looking like Falcor. 

In September I bought a new camera after my old one stopped working. I'm pretty happy with it. 

We had a once in a lifetime glance at Comet A3 in October as it was passing by. That little faint while line is the comet. 

In November my daughter and grandson took this picture and it just made me laugh. The looks they are giving each other is so funny. 

The Christmas tree for December.

My daughter and I also walked around the neighborhood and looked at Christmas lights in December. 

Merry Christmas!

Books Read In 2024

 

This year I made my goal to read 50 books by the end of the year. Last year my goal was 100 and I didn't quite make it. So I figured I wouldn't push myself to read more than I could this year and if I went over my goal that was fine. I ended up reading 82 books this year, not too bad. Here's a list of books I read. 

1. Guarded By The Grizzly by Bella Drake

2. Primal Possession by Katie Reus

3. Grave Stakes by Grave Grahme

4. Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

 5. Mating Instinct by Katie Reus

6. Hedging Her Bets by Erzabet Bishop

7. Her Captive Wolf by Kristen Strassel

8. Her Fated Vampire by Gina Kincade

9. Her Filthy Enemy by Adele Knight

10. Her Protector by V. Vaughn

 11. His Virgin Mate by Grace Goodwin

12. The Hitman's Weakness by Ivy Banks

13. Christmas At Last by Sydney St James

14. Protecting The Gray Wolf by NJ Walters

15. Hungry Like a Wolf by Jessica Lynch

 16. Hunted By The Alien Warlord by Kyra Snow

17. Hunters Claim by S.E. Smith 

18. Jagger: The Temptation by Charmaine Louise Shelton

19. The King of Fire by Brittany White

20. Kingdom of Wolves by Amelia Shaw

21.Kings of Eden by Mila Young and Harper A. Brooks

22. Kiss of A Dragon by Alisa Woods

23. Layla by Summer Stanton

24. Legion by Tia Didmon

25. Long Distance Wolf by Rose Bak

26. Malachite by Starla Night

27. Seduced By The Sea Lord by Starla Night

28. Love Spell by Kristen Strassel

29. Lucky Charms by Louisa Bacio

30. The Alpha's Inferno by Reece Barden

31. A Mate's Denial by P. Jameson

32. Knights of Stone: Mason by Lisa Carlisle

33. Just One Night by Carly Phillips

34. Alpha Heat by Deva Long

35. Dietrich by Becca Fanning

 36. Dragon Blooded by Emma Alisyn

37. Mating of Convenience by Lori Whyte

38. Moon Kissed by Donna Grant

39. Moonshade by SJ West

40. Rancher's Law by Diana Palmer

41. How To Help A Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein

42. The Night They Stole My Baby by Darren O'Sullivan

43. Heal Me: Club Surrender by A.C. Nixon

44. Mortal Curse by Tia Didmon

45. The Mountains Mate by Sara Ivy Hill

46. Paax by Nancey Cummings and Starr Huntress

47. Pact With the Pack by AJ Mullican

48. Planet Mail by Kate Pearce

49. The Alpha's Saviour by Reece Barden

50. Big Burly Foreman by Cassi Hart

51. The Alpha's Catch by Reece Barden

52. Moon Kissed by Jen L. Grey

53. The Polar Bear's Fake Mate by Sophie Stern

54. Primal Instinct by Sydney Somers

55. Fated To The Beast by Kenzie Skye

56. Princess Broken by Mara Leigh

57. Protection of a Bear by Jennifer Snyder

58. Claimed By Cthulhu by Wendi Gogh

59. Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh

60. Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan

61. Alpha's Choice by Julie Ranseth

62. Big Girls Bite Back by Lissa Lynn Thomas

63. Demon Mine by Marina Simcoe

64. Fated To The Alien Warrior by Erin Hale

 65. Feral Instincts by Stephanie Storm

66. Alpha Exposed by Anya Breton

67. Bren's Blessing by Pearl Tate

68. Alien Claimed by Julie K. Cohen

69. The Alpha King's Mark by Anne T. Thyssen

70. The Beta's Challenge by Alexa Phoenix

71. C791 (Cyborgs: More Than Machines) by Eve Langlais

72. Caught By The Dark by Alexa Michaels

73. The Changeling With The Silver Hair by Anna Hammar

74. Bloodstone by H.R. Sinclair

75. Fallen King by Kenzie Skye

76. For The Love of Hades by Frieda Kilmari

77. The Four by Katelyn Young

78. Dragons Are Forever by Sophie Stern

79. Lawbreaker by Diana Palmer

80. His Human Neighbor by Michele Mills 

81. Tempting The Black Wolf by N.J. Walters

82. Rogue Games by Reece Barden

How many books did you read this year?

Happy Raturday!

 

"I helped the Elf wrap some presents."

"I decided to make some Christmas cookies"

"The powdered sugar got everywhere."

"I didn't mind though."

"Because the cookies came out great." 

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

Apartment Life #348

 

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.

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The apartment manager replied to my complaint email and said she would give the new neighbor a noise warning. She's been quiet since then. 

That's it. It's been quiet around here all week. Shocking, I know. lol 

The high this week was 67F/19C

The low this week was 40F/4C

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

Spotted In Las Vegas

 

My Daughter and out and about here in Las Vegas and spotted a few interesting things. Not sure where in Vegas this was but she spotted these statues of a Transformer and a Ram.

The statues are huge and they are both made out of car parts.

The Transformer statue is really big too.

Some artist is talented for making them out of car parts.

Then somewhere else she spotted this dragon statue.

Also made from car parts. A few interesting finds here in Las Vegas.

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 $25 gift card for Amazon from World Winner Games. 

A $20 Amazon gift card from an author giveaway. 

I racked up some points playing free games on World Winner and cashed out my points. 

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

I Spotted some birds all over the grass across the street when walking Falcor and snapped a picture of them. They had been sitting in the tree behind them. Everytime I see a bunch of birds in a tree I think of that movie, The Birds! lol 

Christmas Lights Around My Neighborhood

Some of you may remember that I have Agoraphobia and anxiety. I don't go out much at all. But I'm trying to do more and walk a little more. So when my daughter suggested we walk around the neighborhood to see the Christmas lights I decided to go with her. So here are some pictures from my surrounding neighborhood. 

Both of these houses had great lights. 

I love the blue snowflakes.

Love all the inflatables.

I hope you enjoyed the lights as much as I did.