Colonnade Apartments
Tips for Living, Laughing and Loving Your Apartment Life
Apartment Buzz Alert October
FUN APARTMENT
Throw Down Some Color
Most rental properties have neutral flooring and walls that go with a wide variety of color
schemes and decors. While it's easy to work around those beiges and pale grays when it
comes time to buy furniture or hang curtains. If you'd like to opt for something more
colorful, however, you don't have to negotiate to have your carpeting or paint replaced.
Throw rugs and pillows can accent the room with the color of your choice, or you can liven
things up by scattering them about in different shapes and colors. Best of all, they're easy to
move around and to swap out if you get bored, buy a new piece of furniture or even want
to change with the seasons.
Seasonal Recipe
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Scoop out the seeds of a pumpkin. Discard the stringy fibers and rinse the seeds well. Bring
a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the seeds, reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes.
Drain seeds well and pat dry. Place seeds in a bowl and toss with oil. Spread seeds in a single
layer on a baking dish. Roast seeds at 250 degrees, stirring every 10 minutes, until just crisp
and golden brown, for about one hour. Cool completely and enjoy!
APARTMENT LIVING TIP
Throwing a Party Makes Halloween Sweeter
Halloween is the perfect holiday to throw a festive party with your friends
and family. There are many fun ways to embrace this holiday and throw a
great party that everyone will enjoy.
Here are some tips for a spooktacular Halloween party:
- Send Festive Invitations. Get crafty and make your own invitations or save
time and buy some invitations at your local paper goods store. Make sure to
state if costumes are required and think about setting a theme or including a
prize for the best costume. This will give guests more of an incentive to dress
up and have fun at the party.
- Decorate Your Space. It's easy this time of year to find pumpkins and gourds
at your local grocery store to dress up your apartment. Display pumpkins on
tables and put gourds in a bowl for a festive centerpiece. You can also use
spare ribbon to decorate mini pumpkins for an easy statement piece.
- Play a Few Games. Take a vote with your guests on who had the best
costume of the night or fill up a few buckets with water and bob for apples.
You could also buy some extra pumpkins (or require your guests to bring
one) and have a pumpkin carving contest.
- Serve Halloween Themed Food and Drink. To keep drinks cold at your party
you can cut a pumpkin in half, fill it with ice, and use it as a cooler. Cut a mini
pumpkin in half, clean it out, and use it as a bowl for dips. Orange, yellow and
white (carrots, peppers and cauliflower) vegetables arranged on a platter can
look like candy corn. Of course, a bowl of candy is a must at any Halloween
party. Your guests will love these festive treats.
Fun Fact: The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds!
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Brighten Your Own Day with a Smile
We're more likely to smile when we're already feeling good, but making the effort can lead
to increased happiness. Smiling releases endorphins and serotonin, boosting mood. It also
lowers your blood pressure and strengthens your immune system. On the flipside, people
who frowned during an unpleasant procedure reported feeling more pain than those who
didn't. It seems that the cause and effect between our moods and our facial expressions
works both ways. Controlling your expression may be the easiest way to alter your outlook.
As an added bonus, smiling is contagious. That means that your smile will inspire others to
do the same, spreading those same benefits to those around you.
Organization and clear communication is always the key to
getting a problem solved quickly. For example, if you must
leave a message or a note for management, make sure to be
specific. Though a "please call me" will get you a call back, it
might not come at a time when you're available, and it might
be just the first step if further action is required. A message
that describes your problem, clearly states what type of action
you're looking for and includes clear instructions as to when
you'll be available and at what telephone number will make it
much easier to move forward efficiently. That way,
management can gather any additional information or
schedule a maintenance visit before returning your call, and
reach out to you at the time you're most likely to connect.
Colonnade Apartments Calendar - October, 2015
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