Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, 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 free bag of dog food from She Speaks.
I also won a book and was sent an ARC (Advanced reader copy) of another.
A sample of chewable vitamins.

Falcor is a little picky and he has a sensitive stomach so we never know if he'll like or be able to eat the free dog food I get until he tries it. He liked this and it didn't make him sick so win win for both of us.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Review: Indecent Werewolf Exposure by Eve Langlais

Book Description

It’s TGIF, which means in a few hours I’ll be tossing back a few martinis with my best friend, Brenda. First, though, I need to deal with my crazy new client, a werewolf who thinks it’s okay to pee on his neighbor’s flowers because she’s a witch. What a shame he’s obviously got a few screws loose because bad boy Pete is seriously HOT.

His insanity must be contagious because I did the craziest thing later that night. I let my nemesis in the courtroom, assistant DA Anthony Vanderson, seduce me. In my defense, he’s got mesmerizing blue eyes–and a seriously sexy bod. Still, a woman should have some standards.

With my sexual itch scratched, I should be able to go back to my awesome life as a single gal.

Nope.

My bad boy werewolf is determined to chase me, but he’s got competition because Anthony is also determined to make me his. What’s a poor girl to do? According to my best friend, both of them. But I’m not ready to settle down in a threesome even if the tax breaks are awesome. Just like I don’t want to get involved in the investigation surrounding the gory murder of some supposed witches.

I guess a girl can’t always get what she wants–but boy, do my two suitors know how to give me what I need.

Paranormal Erotic and Romantic Comedy

Warning: This story has received a new look and title. Formerly known as Two's a Couple, Three's the Law. This story contains adult subject matter, menage situations and language that is not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised.

My Review

I love this author because her writing style is great. I love how I'm pulled in from page 1 and I'm kept entertained throughout her books. Most of her books make me laugh and this was no different. These characters are funny and the fact that a werewolf finds himself in need of legal help because he urinates on his neighbors flowers just made me laugh. That completely sounded like something a werewolf would do. So that's where Pete (the werewolf) runs into Chloe but once the legal advice is given that's not the end of these two because Pete likes Chloe and even asks her out but is turned down.

Anthony is the assistant DA and runs into Chloe at a bar. They find themselves attracted to one another and end up at her place. When she wakes up alone, she figures that's the end of it but boy is she wrong. Soon Anthony and Pete are both pursuing her and she's dating both of them. How did she get so lucky? Both of these guys are tall, muscular and better than average in bed (wolf whistles). 

Anthony has a secret but I kinda saw it coming. There are clues given about his secret so it's not a big twist but did make for a fun storyline. Pete finds himself in legal trouble again so it's a good thing she is so smart and can help him with this mess he finds himself in. But this also adds a bad guy to the mix that made the second half of this book really interesting. The paranormals have come out of hiding in this world and humans know about most of them but there are still some that prefer to stay a myth or hidden. I really liked this aspect of the book and thought it had a good ending. 

This was a fun book and had me smiling several times. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

Favorite Picture of the Week

My grandson's aunt sent this picture to my daughter for me. It's a huge lizard statue in the middle of McCarran airport. I thought it was a strange place to put such a big statue but it's kinda cool too. 

Review: Tamsin's Conquest by Mary Auclair

Book Description

In a far future, where Earth is nothing but a vast desert and what’s left of humanity lives in a world where the strong prey on the weak, headstrong Tamsin is in deep trouble for stealing water rations. Hunted down, she has no choice but to seek refuge inside the Agency, Earth’s interspecies marital organization. 

What the Agency doesn’t know is Tamsin has no intention of going through with the match-making—she’ll flee first chance she gets. 

Tamsin’s plans are foiled when she’s brought to planet Havlan, home of the Tellurian warriors, where she’s Claimed by a tall, golden warrior determined to make her his lifelong mate. Tamsin fights hard first to escape, then harder still to resist the powerful attraction she feels to the alien King Jareth. And yet the hardest battle of all is not against the ruthless traitors set on seizing Jareth’s kingdom, but against losing herself to an all-consuming love.

Reader Advisory: This story has graphic sexual language and scenes—no closed bedroom doors (or other rooms) here, as well as some mild spanking. 

My Review

Tamsin was on the run from a family that she stole from. So she did the only thing that occurred to her, she went to the agency that set up human females with alien males looking for females to mate with and produce children so their race don't die out. Tamsin thinks this might be her way out of trouble but before she can really make up her mind the choice is taken out of her hands because once you sign up, you aren't given a choice of backing out. 

She finds herself face to face with a huge, intimidating alien warrior who claims her as his. She tried to fight him even though she finds herself attracted to him. After a while she can see that he isn't going to treat her badly and they start to get to know one another and get along really well. There's a lot of sex in this book but since he's hoping to start producing children right away, I thought it went well with the story. 

There's always something in a story like this where things are going well, to make things more dramatic and trying to stop a war between the different alien races and stop someone from killing you would be that drama in this book. Havlan claimed Tamsin who was supposed to be someone else's woman, so this other guy is pretty irritated but is he the one sending people to attack them? Guess you'll have to read the book to find out.

This was a fun, quick read and I enjoyed it. 

I give this 4 out of 5 stars. 

Happy Raturday!

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #76

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we'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 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

Last month the guy in this apartment was evicted. He hadn't paid rent in over a month according to the shouting match I heard between him and the apartment manager and he was given a 5 day pay or quit notice. He didn't pay so the constable came and locked him out. 2 days later  he came back with a U-Haul truck and the manager gave him the key to the apartment so he could move his stuff out. I didn't see the manager come by at all that day and check on him and at 5pm the manager left for the day while this guy was still moving his things out. Well sometime later that night the guy that was evicted must have done this to his security door right before he left. He mangled it pretty good and even tore the screen material behind it. 

It's in our leases that anything we install in or outside of our apartments are not to be removed when we move out. That includes security doors, ceiling fans, shelving, vanity mirrors or lights. Most people take all that stuff with them anyway but for whatever reason this guy didn't but he did mess it up pretty good so no one else could use it. 

Here's a close up of the metal all bent outward and the screen torn. I'm sure they'll have to remove the security door before they re-rent the apartment now. I think the guy was pretty pissed off to do something like this. 

A few days ago at 10pm right after we had gone to bed we heard some woman screaming. We both up to look out the window and saw a woman running down the sidewalk in front of our window. Her boyfriend was screaming at her and then all of the sudden she ran back the other way with a cop chasing her. They all got back to her car where the police put her boyfriend in handcuffs and kept yelling at her to back off or she would get arrested too. The fire truck and ambulance showed up but soon after left and then the police left with the guy they arrested. I tried taking pictures but as you know my camera doesn't take good pictures at night. I even tried to use my Kindle and that didn't work either. 

This week 2 cars were stolen from out alley and 2 cars were broken into. So the manager said that her boss approved surveillance cameras that Metro can monitor for illegal activity. But there's only going to be 4 cameras. No idea when they're being installed. 

The manager also asked us if any of the other apartments in this courtyard have drug activity going on. So we told her that one does and she even saw some of it when she was in a vacant apartment watching that apartment for an hour. So she sent them a warning letter telling them that if she kept seeing it, they would get a 30 day notice. The guy who lives there with his girlfriend was so pissed off that he went down to the office, got in the managers face and told her off. So the manager told the girlfriend that he's not on the lease, if she wants to stay she has to kick him out or they're both gone. What a dumbass! #DontPissOffTheManager 

And the manager gave us her cell phone number and told us to call her if we see any more drug dealing going on. Maybe we really will have a quiet courtyard.

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

Favorite Video of the Week!

I watch some crazy videos (don't judge me!) lol So when I watched this one and it had me laughing my butt off, I knew I was gonna share it. Why is it that watching people eat something spicy and then regret the hell out of it is so funny. Watching them try to say nursery rhymes while in pain from this hot sauce is hilarious!

"The farmer and the dell...this hot sauce is hot as hell!" LOL

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, 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 box from Baby Box with a newborn blanket, nursing pads and cold medicine.

I also received a free box of Just tampons to review.

I usually keep baby products until I find someone to give them to. I gave a big box of baby products to my daughter for one of her coworkers a while back.

Did you receive any free samples or products this week?

Review: Hell On Wheels by Julie Ann Walker

Book Description

Black Knights Inc.―Behind the facade of their tricked–out motorcycle shop is an elite special ops team assigned the jobs too hot for anyone else to handle.

Hold On Tight...

Ex–Marine Nate "Ghost" Weller is an expert at keeping his cool―and his distance―which makes him one hell of a sniper. It's also how he keeps his feelings for Ali Morgan in check. Sweet, sexy Ali has always revved his engine, but she's his best friend's baby sister...and totally off limits.

Rough Road Ahead

Ali's never seen anything sexier than Nate Weller straddling his custom Harley―or the flash of danger in his eyes when she tells him she's in trouble. First something happened to her brother, and now she's become the target of a nasty international organization. With Nate, her life is in the most capable hands possible―but her heart is another story altogether.

My Review

Nate and Ali's brother go on a mission, only Nate made it home alive. He goes to tell Ali and her parents about Grigg and Ali finds herself once again falling for Nate, whom she's been attracted to for a long time. Nate has always had a thing for Ali but he made a promise to her brother that he would keep his hands off her. So he pushed her away even though they both had feeling for each other. Ali goes to him when she thinks that she has a stalker and it turns out she's right. Someone is after her but she has no idea why.

There's so much going on in this book and so many characters to keep track of and I found that distracting. Ali's stalker was the only real interesting part about this story because Ali and Nate are just not likable characters. I had problems with both of them for different reasons. I usually like a broody character but Nate is more than broody and his personality got on my nerves. Ali is so naive and proper and just didn't fit with the kind of guy that Nate is. 

This story is very graphic also and in some cases it seemed that the graphic nature of the story was for shock value and didn't really add to the story at all. While this book did start out slow it did pick up towards the end and the story line was interesting but I'm not sure if I would continue with this series. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. 

Favorite Picture of the Week

I took this picture of the mountains in the background with snow on them in February. These mountains are only about a 45 minute drive from me. That was the week that I had snow in my neighborhood too.

Product Review: Paperless Post

These days we pretty much do everything online. Most people always have their phones or laptop with them and have access to the internet 24/7. So it's really no big surprise that we can also get online invitations, thank you notes, and greetings through email now. Being able to send out wedding invitations, birthday invitations and thank you notes without having to buy all the supplies and assemble them at home and then hit the post office to mail them out is really convenient. So when I was contacted about doing a review of the Paperless Post online invitations, I was more than happy to do it and be able to pass along this helpful website to my readers. 

Some of the kids birthday invitations are super cute. Here's just 2 of them but they have a lot more on their site. They have cards for just about any occasion you can think of.

They have a lot of different card designs to choose from and then you can customize them. Each card will cost you a number of coins which you purchase to make sending the cards easier. The number of coins needed for each card is listed with the different cards. Then you can add the name of the recipient, email address and send them to anyone you like. Here's a little info about the coins...

As you can see the coins are very affordable and each card will only cost you a few coins each. When you pick a card, you can click on, "Preview the experience" and see the animation for the card you picked. You'll get to see what your recipient will see when they open the card. You can also make a card and set it to be sent at a scheduled date. I made a Halloween card and added a few things like a liner color for the envelope and a border color for the card. I also picked a custom stamp for the virtual envelope. The card started at 2 coins and with my changes it only brought it up to 7 coins per recipient.

This is what the front of the card looks like that I picked. I changed the color of the envelope liner.

So that it now looks like this.

I picked a spooky stamp for the envelope since the virtual card will be for Halloween.

And I chose a dark border for the card since it's a Halloween card. 

There are so many interesting ways to customize these cards to really make them your own. I plan on customizing more cards and sending them out. I also sent out that first card at the the top, "This is a cheesy card..." to my brother because I thought it was fun. 

Sending out greeting cards, thank you notes, or invitations just got a lot easier.

Disclosure: I was given a free product in exchange for an honest review but all opinions are my own. 

Happy Raturday!

*Picture courtesy of Rat Logic.*

*Picture courtesy of Rat Logic.*

*Picture courtesy of Rat Logic.*

Apartment Life #75

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we'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 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

This was a hell of a week. So much happened. 

Two of the drug dealers in my courtyard were evicted in the past 2 weeks. The latest one just this week. The apartment was in his girlfriends name and she moved out last week after getting an eviction letter. The manager found out that the boyfriend was staying in the apartment when he's not on the lease so she had the constable remove him from the apartment while he was there serving someone else a 24 hour notice. 

The guy came out of the apartment and 9 other people followed him out. All of the other people were homeless/crackheads that hang out around the drug apartments. 

Then the other night another neighbor knocked on my door asking Ken if we got a 30 day eviction notice because they got one and have to be out by April 16th. We didn't get one but I think they got one because of the loud parties and because an older lady that lives in this courtyard accused their younger son who is 16 years old and on house arrest of offering to have sex with her for money. And she's telling everyone who will listen that he said that. I don't know if he actually did that but who knows. But they got a 30 day no cause which you cannot fight. So that's 4 neighbors in my courtyard that are being evicted or have been in the past month. Now if only we get quiet people in here.

Then on Tuesday the woman who had been standing in her doorway naked last week got into a fight with her boyfriend and the police were called. I got some of the argument recorded. You can't really see much but you can sure hear her. She kept hitting him while they were outside and the manager saw it.

And before they took it outside they were arguing inside...


Apparently she had a few thousand dollars in cash and he had put it in his pocket and tried to leave with it. When she was arrested a little while later, he tried to take the envelope of money from one of the cops and they wouldn't give it to him.

The police showed up a few minutes after they were arguing outside and arrested her for domestic assault. I took a picture of the police car from my bedroom window.

The police wanted to go inside their apartment but they wouldn't give the cops the keys to the security door (That they just had installed the day before) so they couldn't get in. They said they would need a warrant to get inside. 

The police sure tried all of the windows and the door several times before they gave up and walked back out to the car they had her handcuffed in and then they left. The apartment manager saw most of what happened and she said they are getting a 30 day no cause eviction notice. So that was my week, how was yours? 

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

Review: Law & Disorder by Liv Arnold

Book Description

Lawyer Juliet Jackson has come head to head with Sergeant Jesse Burns on numerous occasions in court. He is provoking. Pigheaded. Punch-worthy. They don't get along. Not one little bit. The unfortunate fact he's also her next-door neighbor brings her loathing off the charts. But when Juliet's caught locked outside her home in nothing but a skimpy towel, she must swallow her pride and turn to Jesse for help. She doesn't expect the explosive chemistry between them and can't help but wonder if Jesse's as demanding in the bedroom as he is in the courtroom.

My Review

Juliet and Jesse have been at odds in the courtroom on more than one case. They don't like each other at all. He's a cop and she's a lawyer and the book opens to him on the witness stand while she cross examines him and she doesn't like anything he says. 

At home after a shower and wrapped in a towel Juliet gets locked out of her house because of her dog. She falls down into a shrub when she tries to get through a window that won't budge. Her towel falls down and that's when Jesse shows up from work to go to his house next door, he gets a little surprise. They didn't get along but Jesse offers to help get her door open. 

Once inside the sparks fly and they find themselves drawn to one another as one thing leads to another. 

This was a really short story/novella of just 24 pages. I would have liked it more if there had a little more story to it but it was a fun little romp. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. 

Disclosure: I received this book free from NetGalley but all opinions and thoughts are my own. 

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, 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:

2 books that I won in blog contests.
A sample of Loreal Infallible foundation.

I tried the foundation but it wasn't as full coverage as the foundation that I use. Plus it was more yellow undertone while the one I like has a pink undertone to it. I will say that it felt light on my skin though.

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Review: Ipsy Glam Bag

Ipsy is a monthly subscription box that sends you 5 sample size makeup or beauty products. You can customize what they send you by filling out the personal surveys. I've been more into makeup products lately and decided to try another subscription box. I love the bright pink package they send it in. There's no mistaking who that's from when you see it in your mailbox. These bags are $10 each.

I have one extra product, the Huda Beauty eyeshadow palette because I took advantage of the add-ons you can add to your bag each month. This add-on was $12 but it's my first product from Huda Beauty so it was so worth it to me. It came with beautiful eyeshadow colors. 

What was in my bag?

Tarte Maneater Voluptuous Mascara

Foxybae Flaminglow Leave In Conditioner

Lottie London Shimmer Squad Highlighter

IBY Beauty Eyeshadow 

SLMISSGLAM SS62 Short Shadow Brush

I looked up the eyeshadow palette that I got for $12 and it's going for $27 or more everywhere else so I am happy I got it. The colors are so pretty and they blend so nicely. 

That leave in conditioner smells so good. I've used it a few times and love how soft it leaves my hair. I cut my hair a few months ago but it's grown out a little and is back to where I can sit on it again. I have a lot of hair but this tube of conditioner will last me a little while. 

I don't usually use highlighter because I didn't have one that I liked...until now. This highlighter is so pretty but a little goes a long way. I don't want to be flagging planes down with the light reflecting off my cheek bones. 

I can always use another mascara. I remember back when I was in high school, a tube of mascara would last me 6 months. Now I'm lucky if a tube will last 2 month before it dries out and I have to open a new one. I sometimes think manufacturers do this shit on purpose so we spend more money on makeup. Well, I guess it worked. 

I can always use another eyeshadow brush and this has a cute pink handle. 

The small eyeshadow they sent me is a really cute purple and it's a shimmery color which is really pretty. 

I'm pretty happy with all the products they sent me. I'm loving this subscription box so far.

Have you ever subscribed to Ipsy?

Favorite Picture of the Week

I was looking on my street and noticed for the first time just how many big rocks there are. When the city came through and 'beautified' our street, they decided to put in a bunch of rocks, boulders really and I think it's funny. I understand desert landscaping but there's an awful lot of big rocks on one street. These rocks are on the corner directly across the street from me.

These rocks are at the beginning of the hiking trail where I walk Falcor, right up against the sound wall to the freeway.

That's a good size boulder.

These rocks are right beside the green metal bench. And that's Falcor by the bench.

These rocks are across the street from the green metal bench.

Another good size boulder.

And here you have one of the green metal tree's that I've talked about before and in front of it are more rocks.

The people across the street liked the rocks so much that they added some to their yard. lol 

My grandson likes to climb on these rocks. Like I said, there's a lot of rocks on just my street. I wonder what the Beautification brain storm sounded like, "Hey Mike, let's just drop a shit ton of rocks on a few streets and call it a day." 

Review: The Naughty List by Jodi Redford

Book Description

Makin’ a list, and rocking it…twice.

Perpetual good girl Lacey McGuire has two Christmas wish lists. One suitable for public consumption…and a private one that’s too hot to handle. Right at the top: wild, wicked fantasies about her best buddies and business partners Ryan Hollister and Bram Colton.

Besides the fact they’re both poster boys for Hunks ’R’ Us, they’ve been there for her through thick, thin and the heartbreak of a cheating fiancé. So what if her boys will never know they star in her sexiest daydreams? In her fantasy world, her heart will never get trampled again.

Ry and Bram are pretty sure Lacey never meant to email a list of some of her raunchiest wants. Particularly the one that tightens their shorts—she wants a threesome. With them. Although they’ve loved her for years, they made a pact to keep Lacey off limits in order to protect their friendship. Now all bets are off. And the quest to give her all she wants—and more—is on.

Warning: This book contains a wickedly hot M/F/M ménage that will heat up the holidays. Friends steaming things up in a hot tub. Sexy shenanigans at a Christmas tree lot. And maybe even a glimpse of Santa…in a Speedo.

My Review

Bram, Ryan and Lacey all own a restaurant together. They all have feelings for each other but haven't acted on it because it would make things strange at work. The guys don't know that Lacey has feelings for them until she mistakenly emails her list of naughty desires to several people when she only meant to send it to her work email but Bram and Ry get a hold of it. Once they find out that she wants them as much as they want her, all bets are off and they decide to try and show her that they can be what she needs. 

They end up talking her into a fling with the two of them even though they hope that it will be a much longer relationship. They end up checking most of the things off her naughty list and it was fun watching the guys fall head over heels in love with her. They really care about her which was nice to see. She's not thinking that this will be anything but a fling so when the word, "love" gets thrown out there, she all hightailing it as far away from them as she can. 

This was a short, sexy romance that had me smiling because these two guys are hot! Whew boy are they hot and the only one they have eyes for is Lacey. I might be a little jealous. This book ends well and now I'm looking forward to more of this series. 

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

Happy Raturday!

*Picture courtesy of martymousehouse.com*

*Picture courtesy of Pippa and Neema*

"Paint me like one of your French girls."

*Picture courtesy of Rat Logic*

Apartment Life #74

This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we'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 20 years here in a weekly blog post.

Last week there was a big fight in my courtyard between 3 of the neighbors and the police were called but only 1 person answered their door who had been involved. They told the police that the man who had hit her and her boyfriend took off and was walking in the neighborhood somewhere, so the police drove around the neighborhood for about an hour looking for him. We saw police driving up and down the street and in the alleys for a while. I don't know if they found him though because he hasn't come back around here for the past few days. 

The woman who had been hit by him decided to take herself to the hospital a few hours later to get her eye looked at after refusing the ambulance while the police were here. I took the picture from my bedroom window as one of the police cars drove by.

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