I just looked out the window to discover that the sky is blue. We've had, like, three consecutive days of rain here in Southern California, so I'd almost forgotten what blue sky looks like.
In case you're wondering, yes, we did have the parade yesterday. And yes, it did rain the entire time. And I sat in the truck while I made another mom ride in the back with the girls.
And it might not have mattered because I seem to have woken this morning with the sniffles and scratchy throat anyway. Go figure.
Anyways, I hope y'all are having a great weekend and that the weather hasn't treated you too badly in your little corner of the world!
But now, it's time to get down to business. The business of this week's Blog of the Week: Stories from Apartment Managers!
Despite reading dozens of blogs on a daily basis, I rarely get to feature the blog of someone I know. This is partly because a couple of them are private, and mostly because most of them rarely get updated. And, of course, in order to be picked as my Blog of the Week, my one basic criterion is that you have to post at least once a week or so.
That being said, Stories from Apartment Managers is written by someone I know. Someone who's hoping to stay relatively anonymous because she is still a current Apartment Manager and, well, she'd sort of like to avoid retaliation if any of her tenants were to happen across the blog and discover her identity and be offended. Or worse.
You can imagine the kinds of stories an Apartment Manager might have. Especially those of you who do now or have ever lived in an apartment. I'm guessing most (hopefully all) of you haven't been guilty of the kinds of things she writes about, but you've definitely had neighbors that were!
I actually just found out about this blog fairly recently and I sat and read, like, eight or ten posts in a row because I just couldn't believe some of the stuff that happens in her complex. From the frisky old couple, to the reason why I will never use a stationary bike in the workout room of an apartment building, there are some CUH-RAZY tales of her experiences managing apartments over the last three years. It's some seriously awesome reading!
Plus, she's currently having a giveaway! If you enter by December 18, you could win a $50 Target Gift Card!
So go check out Stories from Apartment Managers and say hello. This is one of my newest must-reads and I think it'll be one of yours, too!
And then have a Happy Sunday!


















12 comments:
Oh, I am definitely going to drop by this blog. After living in different apartments for 9 years, I feel like I have so many different apartment stories. It will be nice to see if anyone has the same horror stories I do.
My sister manages Low income apartments here in our town. I can tell ya some stories... like when the septic lines were clogged and they found a vibrator in the lines outside of one of the apartments.. it had ummm yeah clogged the lines for the entire row.. did I mention her handy man who was responsible for finding the back up was a gay man. That was hilarious..
Thanks for sharing another great one. I entered her giveaway and became a follower.
I will check that blog out. And go get a Neti Pot if you don't already have one. If you can catch something early, like in the sniffles-scratchy-throat stage...hint hint...then it can save you from getting really sick!
Thanks for sharing! Definitely a funny read.. Reminds me of my days as a storage facility manager. Not quite as many issues, but did have lots of people try and talk their way out of paying the rent..
What a great idea for a blog! She must have the best stories.
Thanks! I will be reading the blog, and I agree its a great idea for a blog.
I'm off to check her out - thanks!
I have to check out this blog! After seeing my sister's problem neighbors, I swore never to live in an apartment complex! I got lucky, the 3 apartments I had were all in buildings where I only had 3 neighbors at the most.
Off I go to check her blog!
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Thanks for the link, funny stuff!
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