Party Favorites!

Baseball is coming to a close and Football season is right around the corner…that means we’ve been surrounded by tailgating parties for months now! I have to say that tailgating parties are some of my favorite past times… who doesn’t enjoy a good grilled burger before the game?

So what’s your favorite tailgating party food? Vote on our blog and let us know what you think!

Getting Together for Labor Day!

I loved getting together with neighbors and friends, I will use practically any excuse to hang out. This weekend is a great excuse! It’s Labor Day weekend! I’m inviting a couple of friends and a few neighbors.

We get together and each of us brings in particular items for the meal. We make the menu beforehand, and when everyone is at my apartment we cook! It’s actually very relaxing. After lunch we go out to the pool and relax and enjoy the sun.

Here’s our menu for this year! What are you doing this Labor Day Weekend?

Appetizer
Baked Caprese Salad

Entree
Southwest Turkey Burgers

Dessert
Cranberry Granita

Photo by powerplantop

Top 10 Wipeouts!

The ABC show the Wipeout has to be one of my favorite “potato” shows. A potato is a show you enjoy watching while being a couch potato. I always get a great laugh from some of the wipe outs on Wipeout.

Check out the Top 10 Wipeouts! It’s a great laugh!

It’s Time for a Picnic At Home!

Turtle Cove Apartment Homes proudly has a large gazebo with picnic areas for our residents!  So why not use it?

It’s always great to eat at home and in this great West Palm Beach weather why not eat outside. Grab a couple of friends and neighbors and take it outside!

Having a picnic doesn’t require much effort on anyone’s part. You can even bring it back to its roots and make it a potluck picnic. There are many items you need to bring and different types of foods, but here are my favorites!

Picnic Supplies

• A blanket or table cover
• Cooler/Ice Chest
• Picnic Basket (Must have for a picnic!)
• Re-usable Containers
• Napkins

Picnic Foods

• Fried Chicken!
• Sandwiches
• Water
• Fruit
• Vegetable tray

What do you bring on a picnic?

A Hurricane is a Coming…

Florida is closing in on the hurricane season and we all at Turtle Cove need to be prepared.  The weather can get pretty crazy here and if we’re not properly prepared it wouldn’t be pretty. That’s the beauty of Florida isn’t it though? With a great location and mostly great weather comes the bad spurts. Remember these few tips on being prepared for the weather!

• Do as your told- If you’re told to evacuate your area during bad weather, please do as your told and evacuate as soon as you can.
• Create a Plan- If you aren’t told to evacuate you still need to prepare. Where are you supposed to go in case the weather gets foul? Do you have a central area to go to? Follow up on those questions
• Supply Kit- Make a kit of supplies; first aid, food, blankets, water… full list

Keep an eye out on the weather and be prepared always

Photo by earthhopper

When I Search I Use…

Google. I’m an avid user too, I don’t usually “cheat”  on my Google. I’m loyal, it’s not out of habit either, Google is really dependable. They drive information over and over and the correct information too. There are other search engines out there of course. Yahoo, which are some people’s old favorite and the newest addition Bing. What do you use to search for information? Vote on our poll and let us know what you use! Comment below and tell us!

Photo by Tiger Pixel

Things you should NOT buy new…

Shopping is always fun, doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman. If you want something and you can afford to buy it, shopping is fun. But I know when I go shopping I try to find the best deals no matter if I can afford the regular price or not. I’m trying to save as much money as I can always.

Saving money sometime means you can’t buy everything new, and that’s okay for some things. When I first moved into my apartment a lot of my items had been used before because that’s all I could afford. Now that I’m older I could afford everything new but I still know that there are some items that shouldn’t be bought new. Yahoo has a great list of items that you shoudn’t buy new, check it out.

• Home Accents- Half the time they hang on the wall or in another spot where you never handle it again. Buying home accents used is a great idea!
• Sports Equipment- I bought my bike from Craigslist and it was in great condition and a great price! The bike was made in Europe and definitely cost more than I paid for it!
• DVDs/CDs- What’s a scratch on the cover? The movie or music will still play fine.
• Cars- Do you know how much a car will lose in value when you drive it off the lot new??
• Books- Books are a great way to live a great story, but if the book has it’s own story. Even better
• Pets- You can spend hundreds on a “new” pet from a pet store. Give a pet a better home when you adopt

There are websites that allow you to either sell or buy items from past owners if you’d like to save some money. Craigslist and Freecycle are the two most popular that come to mind.

Get your 30 minute Circuit Training in for the Day!!!

Your work week can get pretty busy and at the end of the day who wants to exercise? We all know it’s good for us but there are so many excuses we have to skip out on exercise. But would you exercise if you got the best exercise in only 30 minutes? You actually can, but you have to be willing to work for those 30 minutes.

For your 30 minute exercise you’ll do circuit training.

Circuit training is short bursts of resistance exercise using moderate weights and frequent repetitions, followed quickly by another burst of exercise targeting a different muscle group.

You’ll be working various exercises for shorter amounts of time but at higher resistance. Remember it’s only 30 minutes, you can do it! Here’s a great sample of a good 30 minute circuit training exercise!

Remember that Turtle Cove Apartment Homes has a massive, powerhouse fitness center featuring state-of-the-art cardio and weight equipment! Try out your circuit training exercise here!

* 30 seconds of squats
* 30 seconds on a stationary bike, or jogging in place or on a treadmill

* 30 seconds of lunges (watch those knees!)
* 30 seconds of cycling or jogging

* 30 seconds of chest presses on a weight bench or sturdy table
* 30 seconds of cycling or jogging

* 30 seconds of bent-over rows on a weight bench or sturdy table
* 30 seconds of cycling or jogging

* 30 seconds of shoulder presses (push your arms straight overhead with palms facing out)
* 30 seconds of cycling or jogging

* 30 seconds of biceps curls
* 30 seconds of cycling or jogging

* Repeat the whole cycle at least three times.

Which one is your favorite?

Turtle Cove Apartment Homes wants your apartment to be a space you love. We want you to love every room in your home, but we know you have a favorite. The room that’s my personal favorite in my apartment is my bedroom. It’s my room, my place of relaxation and rest. When I’m in my room I can’t be bothered, I’ll relax and watch a good movie or read a good book but mostly I rest.

So which room is your favorite? Is it the kitchen, living room, bedroom, or your patio? Yes, your patio is a room. Vote on our blog and let us know which room is your favorite! Comment below if you have another favorite like the den, or another room!

Pick a Theme!

It’s patio season, yes there’s a season for your patio. It’s follows the warm weather. Is your patio ready for season? Are you thinking of re-decorating your patio? Not many people think that their patio needs much decoration but personally I think of my patio as an extension of my apartment. It’s outdoor space! Like everything other room in my house I’ve given a theme to my patio. Nothing extreme just something suttle so every piece of decor fits. Here are some great style themes for you patio!

• Country Casual- Who said you had to live in the country to have a Country Casual theme? Use weathered wood, easy care wicker, and cottage garden flowers all portray this theme.
• Historic Heritage- What era do you love? Live in that era on your apartment patio! Pick an era and correlate all your items to it!
• Enchanted Garden- Of course you can’t leave out the garden theme. Do you have a green thumb? If you do then take a variety of plants and place them around your patio. This will provide you privacy and a place for shade and relaxation! If you don’t have a green thumb how about some easy care plants?

Next Page »