Low Carb Recipe: Steak, Shrimp and Roasted Mushrooms with a Cilantro Lime Sauce

 

This recipe makes enough for two people. 

You will need: 

2 Steaks of your choice

24 Peeled and Deveined Shrimp

24 White Mushrooms

1 Bunch of cilantro

1 Bunch of Parsley- put aside a little parsley for garnish.

1 Clove of garlic

Juice from 2 limes

2 Green Onions

Salt and Pepper

1/2 Cup Olive Oil + 3 TBSP

3 TBSP Butter

Juice from 1 Lemon

1/2 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning

1/2 tsp. McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning

What to do: 

Preheat oven to 450 F

Season mushrooms with salt and pepper to taste and 2 TBSP olive oil. Mix well, add to roasting pan and roast for 20 minutes, turning once so they don't burn on one side.

In a large frying pan, heat 1 TBSP oil and 1 TBSP butter. When pan is hot, add steaks. Season each side of steaks with salt, pepper, Montreal Steak Seasoning or whatever seasonings you like. Fry the steaks to the cooked level that you like. 

In a sauté large pan, add 2 TBSP butter, salt and pepper and heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Add shrimp and Old Bay Seasoning to them and cook on each side until pink. Add lemon juice to shrimp and cook for 1 minute more. 

For the Cilantro Lime Sauce: 

Make the cilantro lime sauce: Add the cilantro, parsley, green onions, and garlic to a blender and pulse until the herbs are coarsely chopped. Add ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, olive oil, and lime juice and puree on high speed for 20–30 seconds, until the herbs are evenly chopped. Transfer the sauce to bowl. Season with more salt to taste if needed.

This will be thick. You can add more olive oil if you want it thinner and you can add some red wine vinegar as well, I just don't like that.

Put everything on your plate, add a little Cilantro Lime Sauce to your steaks, garnish with a little parsley. 

Would you eat this?

*Thank you to my daughter who look the picture.

Favorite Picture of the Week

 

You guys know how much I complain about how my phone takes crappy pictures and I had to start using my tablet to take some. Well, I figured out the problem with my camera. I had to stop using it because my laptop didn't recognize it and I couldn't download the pictures any long. I bought an SD card reader and am now able to use that to plug the SD card into and plug that into my laptop and down pictures from my camera again. So here are the first new pictures I took. Midday with lots of clouds.

Sunset in Las Vegas,

My new SD Card reader.

Book Review: Alien Most Wanted by Honey Phillips

 

Book Description

One minute Amanda is crying over a Hallmark movie and binging chocolate. The next she is being offered as a prize to the winner of a brutal contest in an alien prison. And the biggest, scariest alien of them all just won her…

A cheating boyfriend is the least of Amanda's worries when an alien appears in her living room. Discovering she has been sold to an alien prison is terrifying. Seeing two males fight to the death for her is horrifying.

But the massive red male who looks at her with such hunger? He could destroy her.

Left to rot with the other Undesirables, Riker’s only focus is on escape. He has no intention of fighting for anyone’s entertainment. Until he sees the soft, beautiful female being offered to the victor.

A female is the last thing he needs, especially one who arouses his mating instincts, but neither can he resist her. Can he protect her from the vicious guards, the evil warden - and from himself?

Please note that Alien Most Wanted: Caged Beast is the extended version of the short story originally published as part of the Alien Embrace anthology. Intended for mature audiences!

My Review

Amanda was minding her own business in her living room when an alien shows up out of nowhere and abducts her. Next thing she knows, she's in an alien prison on an alien world and two immense aliens are fighting to win her as the prize. She fears what either of them will do to her once they win her but she doesn't have a choice in the matter, there's no escape. 

Riker has been in the prison for a while but doesn't take part in the fights that only serve to entertain the guards. But once when he spots Amanda, he knows what will happen to her if some of the other inmates get to her so he decides to fight to win her and he does win. 

Once they are alone he has to make it seem like he's brutal to her and she goes along with the ruse but he really just wants to keep her safe. The worst possible thing that could happen is that Riker would feel protective of her and have his mating instincts kick in which is exactly what happens. But Riker is set to escape this prison and now he can't leave Amanda behind because he knows she's his mate. Once out and on the run, they hide and find shelter but an alien animal happens upon Amanda and she tries to communicate with it. The animal seems intelligent and when Riker comes back from hunting for food, the animal is protective of Amanda. They make friends and this new alien even helps them. 

I really liked this story. It was sweet, scary, action packed and I loved the description of the aliens. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

Amazon

Happy Raturday!

 

"Hi, from me and teddy."

"Just hanging out wiff dad."

"Teddy is guarding the entrance from Monday."

*All pictures today are courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #370

 

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 go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 25 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 25 years here in a weekly blog post. 

Drug dealer and his wife moved out for good about 2 weeks ago but they kept coming back and dealing in the apartment. They left the apartment to the druggies to keep dealing and drugging and it was business as usual for most of the month even though they had moved all their stuff out. Several residents complained to management but were told they couldn't do anything until the end of the month when the 30 eviction would be at the end. But the police showed up on the 3rd which was a Saturday because there was a bunch of people in the apartment and they were making a bunch of noise. There were more drug addicts there than I have seen in months, it was a free for all in there. I'm pretty sure it was my elderly neighbor that called the police because there were guys that she said looked like gang members going to and from the apartment and she didn't feel safe. The police kicked everyone out but an hour later Teresa (drug Dealers wife) showed up with a car full of crackheads and she let them all back into the apartment with her key.

The constable came 2 days later on Monday morning and officially evicted everyone from drug dealers apartment. Drug dealer moved out 2 weeks ago but left it open to all the druggies around here. They all got kicked out that morning though, 2 people went out the bedroom window. Lol They changed the locks, and boarded up the door and windows. They are officially gone! Maintenance has been around almost everyday making sure no one is going back inside the apartment even though the board over the door has been removed a couple of times overnight by the druggies. But I haven't seen hardly any of the druggies around here for the last couple of days. I am really hoping they have moved on somewhere else. 

On Thursday there was a big fight between two guys across the street. I saw one hit the other before they took it back inside and a few minutes later I saw the ambulance showed up. They were inside the apartment for over 30 minutes before they brought a guy out on the stretcher and took him to the ER. The police never showed up though which I was really surprised about. 

The high this week was 97F/36C

The low this week was 69F/20C

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

Favorite Song of the Week

 

Dead by April — Dreamlike

I had liked some of their other songs so I gave a new one a listen and really liked this one too so I'm sharing it this week. I hope you enjoy. 

Product Review: Daily Goodie Box

 

The Daily Goodie Box has been around since about July of 2016. I signed up for an account right after I heard about them. They are 100% free, you don't even have to pay for shipping. And for a free box it's a nice sampler box of products.

What was in the box?

Clif Bar- Crunchy Peanut Butter- This energy bar wasn't bad but I love peanut butter and it really tasted like crunchy peanut butter. So if you like peanut butter you'll probably like this. It did give me some energy to help me in the middle of the day when I needed it as well. 

Black Forest Fruit Strips- I really liked this, it tasted like fruit. I received grape flavor and I thought it was good. 

Whisps- Cheddar Crisps- I've received these before and it's just not something that I care for. My daughter thought they were good though. They are very crunchy and they taste like cheddar. 

Michel et Augustin Hazelnut Shortbread cookies- Oh my goodness, these were good. I have to say though that the little square sample that I received was not enough to satisfy my chocolate craving. lol They are really good. 

Larabar Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough bar- This flavor was really good. I've tried other flavors and didn't care for it but the chocolate chip cookie dough flavor is really good. 

Larry and Lenny breakfast bar- I received the banana chocolate chip flavored breakfast bar and it was so good. The texture is a little gummy but the flavor was so good that it more than made up for the texture thing. 

Popcorners Spicy Queso chips- I really don't care for spicy chips but these had such a good flavor that I could over look the spiciness of these. I really like the crunch factor as well. 

Harvest Snaps Green Pea- I've tried the red lentil chips from this brand and really liked them. So I figured I would like these as well and I was right. It's a fun way to eat your vegetables and they are so good. I love how crunchy they are. 

Annies Peel Aparts fruit snacks- This is the first Annies product that I've actually liked. How crazy is that? Maybe I should try some of their other fruit type snacks because these were so good and my grandson loved it too. 

All they ask you to do is try the products and leave reviews for the products you got in order to be eligible for more Free Goodie Boxes. Daily Goodie Box will send you a box of free samples and full size products and all you do is let them know what you think. Shipping is Free. No credit card required EVER! As you guys already know, I'm a fan of all these types of boxes. I love all the different subscription boxes and it's really nice to be able to try new to me products for free. This is a great box to try for.

Oh and one more thing, if you visit their FB Page, they give away Goodie Boxes to people who interact with their posts. So if you've tried before and weren't able to get a Goodie Box, there's even more ways to get one now.

Daily Goodie Box. It's more than just Free Samples!

Have you signed up? Have you received one of these boxes?

I'm a fan of subscription boxes and love trying new products for free so this was a huge hit with me. New products+free box = Fabulous!

Disclosure: I was given and free box in exchange for a review but all opinions are my own.

Low Carb Recipe: Mediterranean Style Salmon

 

What you will need: 

2 Salmon Fillets

1 bunch of Cilantro- diced small

1 Lemon

Small Jar of Green Olives- cut in half

1/2 Cup of Cacique Queso Fresco cheese- crumbled

15 Cherry Tomatoes- halved

1 Cucumber- Diced

2 Garlic Cloves- diced very small

2 TBSP Butter

1 tsp. Fish Seasoning

1 tsp. Paprika 

Salt and Pepper to taste

What To Do:

Season your salmon with lemon juice, paprika, salt, pepper and fish seasoning. Add diced garlic, half of the diced cilantro and butter to top of salmon and add to a 350 F preheated oven uncovered. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until done all the way through. 

To Make The Salad Topping: 

Mix together diced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, green olives and half of the cilantro and cheese to a large bowl and toss together. Let sit in the refrigerator while the salmon cooks. 

You can use feta cheese instead of the queso fresco if you like feta but I don't so I used a different crumbly cheese. 

Remove salmon from oven and let sit for 5 minutes to cool down slightly and finish cooking. Top with the salad mixture and a squeeze of lemon and enjoy. 

This made 2 servings. My daughter and I enjoyed this a lot. We served this on top of a couple of lettuce leaves but you can omit that if you like. 

Would you eat this?

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.

Trigger Warning: The following story contains a true story of gun violence and suicide. If this is something that will bother you, please do not read this. 

Larry's Suicide and How I Thought He was Going To Kill Me

If you didn't read last month's story you should go back and read that so you get a picture of Larry's personality and how we didn't get a long because he hit my mom and disliked me. 

After moving back in with my grandpa from the ending of the last story, things were going alright for a while. Larry didn't like me but he seemed to love my little brother so I just ignored him as much as possible which was hard when he hit my mom. Even my grandpa said something to Larry about him hitting my mom but it never stopped and he didn't care who he did it in front of. My grandpa couldn't do anything because he wasn't a big man and he was older and had slowed down quite a bit. We would find out months later that he actually had lung cancer that he spread everywhere and that's why he was slowing down so much. 

One day at the end of August after everyone was leaving my grandpa's welding shop, I got into a heated argument with Larry about him hitting my mom. He, my mom and brother got in my mom's van and left. I went home with my grandpa in his work truck. My mom and Larry got home before we did and when I got out of my grandpa's truck, I got the door keys from him and ran upstairs. He followed behind me because he had a real hard time getting up the stairs at that time. My mom and brother were in the driveway in her van. So I walked past them and went upstairs. 

The first thing I noticed when I opened the door was that the TV and radio were on and turned to their full volume which was weird. Larry was sitting at the kitchen table and he had my mom's gun in his hand. There was a bottle of Peppermint Schnapps on the table in front of him and he was drinking. He pointed the gun at me and I thought he was going to kill me. All he said was, "This is all your fault." He downed the rest of the Schnapps, put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. I was 13 years old. 

There was so much blood, everywhere, coming from every orifice he had in his head. It pooled on the floor under him so fast and all I could do was stand there in shock until my grandpa grabbed me by the shoulders and pushed me outside and locked the door. I just stood there for a minute not fully understanding what had just happened. I remember running down the stairs and going to the van in the driveway and telling my mom that Larry had hurt himself. She ran up the stairs and started banging on the door but my grandpa wouldn't open the door. When she started screaming he opened the living room window and yelled at me to get my mom away from the door. I went back upstairs and tried to get my mom to go downstairs but instead she pushed me and I fell halfway down the stairs. She didn't care that I got hurt so I just walked out to the front and stood there. The police got there first and forced my mom to come downstairs. She and my brother held each other but my mom pushed me away when I went to her. She wanted nothing to do with me. So I stood by the fence and just watched things happen. 

My grandma and aunt Cecilia pulled up and my grandma went over to my grandpa and they talked for a moment and then they took me to the side of the house and told me I shouldn't tell anyone what I saw. That if anyone asks I should say I didn't see anything and that my grandpa went in first and never let me go inside the house. They never asked me what I saw, if Larry said anything to me or how I was. And they never talked about it with me again. I know my grandpa heard the shot because he was on the stairs when it happened and the door was open. So when the police took my grandpa, mom, me and my brother down to the police station to fingerprint my mom and question all of us, I just said I didn't see anything and my grandpa went in and I never did. The police officer asked me if I was cold because I couldn't stop shaking and I just said yes. I think I was actually in shock. I kept it all to myself and didn't tell anyone for the next 4 years when I told my psychiatrist. My mom was absolutely shocked to find out what really happened. I was diagnosed with PTSD and a personality disorder called Schizotypal Personality Disorder when I was 17. The PTSD was a direct result of what happened but my psychiatrist wasn't sure if the personality disorder was or not. I could have already had it when that happened. I found out years later that Larry had lost his wallet with around $2000 dollars and that's the real reason he was upset. It had nothing to do with me.

I hope that if anyone has gone through something similar that this will help them. You are not alone. Feel free to email me if you need someone to talk to. I know how hard going through something like this is. miztik_rose@yahoo.com

Links to past stories. 

January 2023

February 2023

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

Book Review: Taken By The Tiger King by Kenzie Skye

 

Book Description

Raoul is the king of the tigers. He's looking for his mate. Unfortunately, she's not one of the tigresses in his streak, so he takes to the city streets on a hunt for her.

And when he finds her, nothing is going to stop him from taking her…

My Review

Raoul has been looking for his mate but she isn't in his streak so he goes looking for her. She turns out to be a human which doesn't sit well with some of his people. Not that he cares. When he bumps into Mya he knows right away that she his mate and brings her back to his place where he keeps her locked in a room until he has more time to get to know her. 

I didn't care for this story and read about half of it before I realized that I just couldn't read anymore because of how Mya was being treated. I didn't like it and I just wasn't feeling this story so I didn't finish it. I wanted to like it but a book has to keep me engaged and interested for me to keep reading and this one didn't do that. Others might like this one but it wasn't for me. 

This was a DNF (Did Not Finish) for me. 

Amazon

Happy Raturday!

 

"Hiding from Monday"

"This straw doesn't seem to be working."

"These bananas are bigger than we are."

*All pictures today courtesy of www.martymousehouse.com*

Apartment Life #369

 

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 go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 25 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 25 years here in a weekly blog post. 

Here's a short video of what happened on Monday. This apartment has been vacant for 2 months after the people that lived there were evicted. This homeless guy that we call Trash Can Mike, took a pair of pliers and was able to get the security screen open. Then he tried to break into the inner door. We called the police and waited but they never showed up, which really doesn't surprise me. I'm not sure he got into the apartment but I'm sure he'll keep trying until he does. On Thursday I saw the maintenance guy and told him he should secure the door better. He went and locked it again but that was all.

On Thursday the drug addicts/homeless people set up camp right across the street from my bedroom window. So I set up my tablet in the window and got a couple of videos. This women who is sitting down will pull the blanket over her head when she starts hitting the meth/crack pipe like no one knows what she's doing. A lot of them do this to conceal what they're doing but we all know what's going on. There were a bunch of the drug addicts across the street that day. 

By the end of the day most of the drug addicts had left but this woman started screaming at another woman who likes to walk up and down the side walk yelling for no reason. That's my dog barking because he heard them yelling. 

I guess it's a week of videos this week.

I know you can't see it too well because of the car and the car that they have most of their stuff behind but there are actually 6 people over there as well as 2 grocery carts full of stuff. There were a lot of other drug addicts from around the neighborhood that came over there to sit and do drugs that day. Some of them didn't even try to hide what they were doing. 

The high this week was 99F/37C

The low this week was 67F/19C

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

Favorite Song of the Week

 

Asking Alexandria - Dark Void

I've always liked this band so whenever they have a new song I always check it out. I really liked this one, I hope you enjoy it as well. 

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.

I was sent...

A Salonpas flex patch for muscle pain. 

Creed Perfume sample. Spring Flower.

The Good Patch wearable wellness patch. 

I've used the Salonpas pain patches before. They help a little when you have minor muscle pain. The Creed perfume smells like flowers which is fine with me. It smells good. 

The wellness patch did nothing for me. I got the Be Calm patch which is supposed to help with stress. I didn't feel any less stressed out. 

Did you receive any freebies this week?

Low Carb Meal: Chicken Lettuce Wraps

 

You will need: 

2 Romaine Lettuce Leaves

Cooked chicken breast- sliced

1/2 Avocado- sliced

1/2 Tomato- diced

2 radishes- sliced

1 piece of bacon- crumbled

Sriracha Mayo to drizzle on wrap

What To Do: 

Cook the bacon and chicken breast the way you like, set aside. Cut all of your vegetables, slice the chicken and cut the bacon. 

Layer the ingredients into the lettuce leaf the way you want, top with a small drizzle of the Sriracha Mayo. 

2 lettuce Wraps = about 10 grams of carbs because of the tomato and avocado.

I wanted to share with you the Sriracha Mayo that my daughter bought. I don't like a lot of spicy stuff but this is really good. I've been putting it on all kinds of foods. Just a little bit goes a long way.

Would you eat this?

18 Years Blogging! Happy Blogaversary To Me!

 

It's my blogaversary!

It's hard to believe that 18 years ago I started this blog. I had no idea what to write about at first, sometimes I still don't. I'm just glad that my readers seem to still enjoy reading my posts. 

A lot of things have changed in the last 18 years. My daughter is all grown up and now I have an 10 year old grandson. I used to have hamsters, rats and gerbils and now have a very energetic Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua named Falcor who turned 9 years old this month.

My blog has changed as I've changed over the years. I've met a lot of really wonderful people and made quite a few friends along the way.  I've ranted, reviewed, shared my thoughts and advice. I don't think I ever really thought that I would still be blogging 18 years later or that anyone would read what I had to say, but many of you do and I thank you for sticking with me through so many years.

So for all of you followers that have been here a long time and for those of you that are fairly new I just want to say thank you for visiting, commenting and enjoying what I've been posting over the years. I hope we'll all be around and blogging for many years to come.

Book Review: Taken By The Dragon King by Amelia Shaw

 

Book Description

Stavrok won’t let anything stand between him and his mate.

There’s a beast inside of me, and there will be a time when I can’t control him. That’s what my father told me happens when my dragon finds his mate. He will claim them. He will not be gentle. He will not be sweet. My dragon will do whatever it takes to ensure his mate doesn’t leave, no matter the cost.

Lucy thinks soulmates are only for her dreams.

When a stranger breaks into my home and comes after me, I recognize his face. He’s the man from my dreams—the one I’m destined to fall in love with. But I don’t believe in soulmates. That’s why I try to flee.

Stavrok takes Lucy to the snowy mountains, hellbent on proving she’s his mate.

But then his kingdom is attacked, and Lucy is stolen away from the Dragon King. Now her only hope lies in knowing Stavrok will turn the world to ash and brimstone looking for her...and his dragon babies.

My Review

Lucy has been having dreams of a man she doesn't know, so when he comes into her home, kidnaps her and she spends the night with him...she thinks it's all a dream. When she wakes up the next morning and finds herself in a strange bed and the man from her dreams is there, she's not sure what to think except that she needs to get home. When Stavrok tells her that she's his soulmate and wants her to stay there with him, she just wants to get a way. So he makes a deal with her, stay for a few days and if after that time if she still wants to leave, he'll take her home. He's just hoping that in that time he can convince her that they are soulmates and she'll stay with him because he's not sure he can ever let her go. 

Stavrok is a dragon shifter from a different realm where he is the King. He never wanted to be like his ancestors where they had stolen their mates and brought them back but when he finds Lucy, his dragon takes over and doesn't give him a choice. Now he understands how they felt and why they kidnapped their mates. But he is going to give Lucy a choice if he can and make a deal with her so she can get to know him and his people. 

They are making great strides to get to know each other and she even knows that she's falling for him but when she is kidnapped by a neighboring King to barter her in exchange for some land, Stavrok is enraged beyond belief and he goes after the King to save his mate. 

Oh this was a good one. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the whole kidnap aspect of this book but it ended up being a great story and I liked how nice Stavrok was to Lucy and how be became the alpha dragon king once she was stolen from him. If I had a dragon shifter who was a King, telling me I was his soulmate who looked like the guy on the cover, I'd probably stay too. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

Amazon

Apartment Life #368

 

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 go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 25 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 25 years here in a weekly blog post.

I have good news about my neighbor from last week. She was having sciatica pain in her back and that's why she went to the hospital. She said she called her daughter to come help her because she couldn't even get off the couch and the daughter told her to go to the ER. They gave her some muscle relaxers and after a few days she was fine. I've had nerve pain, it's painful. But at least she's ok now. 

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Wednesday afternoon I heard a dog yelping in my courtyard and looked out to see my neighbors dog (Chop) being taken away by Animal Control. 

I talked to my neighbor who had been outside while that was going on and she said Chop did not like the wife because she beats on him all the time, So when Chop growled at her she called Animal Control to come pick the dog up. The dog only growled at her, didn't hurt the child, didn't scratch anybody, didn't try to bite anybody, it just growled at her because it didn't like her because she hits the dog. I never saw her hit the dog but my neighbor said she saw her do it. I guess my neighbor yelled at the wife when Animal Control was here and the woman shut the door in her face face. 

Update: The very next day the husband went down to the shelter and got his dog back. Not sure that was a good idea since it's obvious the wife doesn't like the dog.

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I don't know if you can see it very well but there is a fist sized hold in each pane of glass. One in the upper right hand side and one right where the while board is. This is drug dealers bedroom window and one week after the broken window was fixed, I spotted two fist sized holes in the window again.

I don't know if you can see the holes any better in this picture.

Right next door to drug dealer lives a very quiet guy who has a homeless drug addict brother who goes to drug dealer's apartment all the time. The homeless brother busted out his brothers living room window when he wouldn't give him $20 for drugs. That's what the brother who lives there told me. He covered his window with trash bags until it could be fixed. This is not the first time the homeless brother has done this.

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On Friday afternoon, Swat, police and this ambulance was on my street. I went outside to get better pictures but I was yelled at to go back inside. So all I got was this ambulance and the black car (undercover cop car) that is parked beside it. The black car had it's lights flashing which is why I knew it was a cop car even before the police got out of the car. I heard a flash bang grenade go off while I was going back to my apartment. The police broke someone's bedroom window and threw the flash bang inside. It was just 2 buildings down in my apartment complex. I have no idea what was going on. 

The high this week was 95F/35C

The low this week was 66F/18C

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

Favorite Song of the Week!

 

The HU - Black Thunder ft Serj Tankian & DL of Bad Wolves

I heard this as I was scrolling through Youtube and really liked this. The different voices from the different singers was nice too. I hope you enjoy.

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.

Falcor received a free pack of Beneful wet food from Fur Buddies. 

He liked his wet food and is always happy to get mail. He likes to sniff my mail when I get something too. 

Did you receive any freebies this week?