What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony under new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2022 Genesis GV80 courtesy of Genesis of York and York PA. For more information on their inventory, please refer to check out the link in the description box below. And so I'm in this one today because there's actually one major change for the 2022 GV80 and a couple smaller changes as well. In addition to that, you do get America's best warranty as well, being five years, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 years, 100,000 miles then on the powertrain. Also getting three years, 36,000 miles of complimentary maintenance as well. So you don't have to pay for things like the oil changes, tire rotations and things like that. And you also get the Genesis experience which gives you a whole heck of a lot of things including three years of complimentary serious XM radio. You also don't actually have to ever step foot into Genesis dealership if you didn't want to. You can actually buy the car, they'll come out to your house. When you get the car service, again if you're at home, if you're at work, they will find you, they'll take your vehicle, give you a loaner and then they will return with your vehicle. That's a pretty cool feature in itself, the Genesis experiences. So ultimately in this video, I will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering for a ride quality sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing itself. There are so many trim levels for this particular one. So I'm gonna actually just go ahead and put a screenshot on the screen there of all those different trims. Essentially pricing starts at $49,700. And then there is a brand new trim level for the 2022 GV80. And that is going to be the Prestige signature. That one goes for $75,200. But in case you're curious, we do have the 3.5 liter twin turbo charge advanced plus trim level with us here today, meaning we'll get the three rows. So we'll be going over that in a little bit. But having said that, there are two different engine options available for the GV80. First one being a 2.5 liter turbo charge in line four cylinder, putting out 300 horsepower at 5,800 RPM, 311 pound feet of torque, coming in at right around 1,600 RPM. Power for that one sent to the rear wheels are all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters, zero to 60 time, coming in at approximately 6.4 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 21 in the city, 25 on the highway. Regardless of whether or not you go with the rear wheel drive or the all wheel drive, so you might as well go with the all wheel drive for a little better traction there. But taking premium, unleaded fuel. And then there's the other engine configuration and the one we have today being a 3.5 liter twin turbo V6. This one cranks out 375 horsepower at 5,800 RPM, 391 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,300 RPM. Power sent to all four wheels only. This is only an all wheel drive configuration for this engine setup. Power sent to the ground through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters, which you guys know we will test out here in a little bit, zero to 60 time, coming in at approximately six seconds flat. MPG numbers at 18 in the city, 23 on the highway, yet again taking premium, unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration test here in the GV80, don't want to mention the drive modes. So there's a little circular dial just behind the cup holders that is labeled drive mode. And essentially when you turn that, you get different drive modes like snow, eco, comfort, sport and custom, adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, steering sensitivity, the suspension settings, and the gauge cluster slightly as well.  I've actually used that in my Hyundai Santa Fe, it's essentially the same concept. When it starts snowing out here in PA, go ahead and lock that in and it is going to just run through the snow like it's absolutely nothing. So it's a pretty good button to be aware of as well. But now, having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and put in the fun driving mode labeled sport. Let's find a straightaway and let's put the paddle shifters here to the test and let's see how quickly they are going to react for us here. All right, here we go. They're not bad. I gotta be honest, they're not bad. Usually with SUVs, they're bad. But with the GV80, they're really not all that bad. Usually you get some kind of a delay and the paddle shifters are essentially worthless in SUVs, but not with this. They're actually kind of fun. And the other benefit to having paddle shifters in an SUV is when it does start snowing out if you're then going down a hill rather than hitting the brakes and risk sliding off the road and actually do a little bit of engine braking. So then if you downshift using the paddle shifters, the engine is essentially going to slow the vehicle down as opposed to you hitting the brakes. So you're less likely to go ahead and slide right off the road. But now having done that, gotten that out of the way, we gotta say let's go ahead and get back full control here to the GV80. Let's yet again find another straightaway and let's see how quickly we can get our new 3.5 liter GV80 here up to speed. All right, pulling out onto the road. Here we go. That is definitely fun. Definitely not gonna have any issues emerging onto the highway. Zero to 60 in six seconds flat is plenty of an acceleration, especially for a three-row SUV like this particular GV80. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important.  It's actually bumped up to 14.9 inch ventilated front disc for the 3.5 liter. In the back, it's the same either way coming in a 14.2 inch solid rear disc. As far as that 60-zero stopping distance, as you can imagine, it's going to differ between those two different engine configurations because of the different brake sizes. For the 2.5 liter comes in at 117 feet, which is insanely respectable. And then for the 3.5 liter, it gets even better at 112 feet. So braking feel has been 100% on point. In my short test drive here today, definitely on the firmer side of things, I love the braking feel. So you're absolutely not going to have any issues when it comes to braking here in the GV80. But so then touching on suspension and handling, there will be an independent front and rear suspension coming standard front and rear stabilizer bars as well. There's also an electronic limited slip differential which essentially sends torque to the rear wheel with the most traction. So that's definitely going to be a good thing as well, not just for handling, but just for grip and acceleration overall. Electronically controlled adaptive suspension also coming standard on this one, which essentially uses a forward facing camera to kind of scan the road and adjust the damping accordingly, not only giving us smoother ride, but also tightening up the suspension during heavy cornering as well. Kind of giving you the best of both worlds there. And as far as ride quality goes, it has been perfectly fine here in my short test drive today. Without a doubt, definitely soaking up Pennsylvania's road imperfections. Very, very nicely here. As far as steering feel goes, it is going to differ substantially depending upon the drive mode that you put in it. I still have it in sport driving mode. So let me go ahead and put that back to comfort. And it immediately loosens up. But actually even in comfort driving mode, it's a little, it's normal. Like I like it. A lot of times with SUVs, it's loosey-goosey, but Genesis did a good job with the steering feel of the GV80. I'll say that. They're touching on cabin noise. I am driving right now, as you guys can clearly see. There's a whole lot of exterior wind noise coming into the cabin whatsoever. There's a little bit of ruffling of the floor mats in the cargo area, but that is about it. So definitely no issues there. And that's due in part because there is an active noise cancellation system, which measures interior sound waves, then creates an opposing sound wave to then help counter that noise. So that's kind of a cool little technologically advanced feature there that's touching on visibility. It is 100% on point. Now they don't have the third row up right now. So there's no third row headrest. I'm not sure how they would look, but for now it is perfectly fine. It's absolutely wonderful in our big old three row SUV here. Rain sensing windshield wipers do come standard on all trim levels. And there will be a head up display if you want to go with one of the prestige packages. And I actually do have that here. It's projecting my speed, speed limit and safety features up onto the windshield. So that's going to assist with visibility then as well. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Genesis GV80. All right. So here she is, you guys. The new 2022 Genesis GV80 finished in Seville Silver in case anyone was curious of our exterior color name. And as far as what's new for the exterior for 2022, there's actually some matte colors added for the 2022 GV80, which the benefit is there's nothing like that really on the road. And typically they're found in luxury vehicles like the Genesis, like BMW or Mercedes. Other thing is you always have to hand wash it. So you can't take them through any kind of touch car washes, I guess you could say. But anyways, let's go ahead and start up front on the GV80 here. Large shield aluminum front grill to match the logo. I'll show you guys what I mean here. Let me actually get up a little bit closer. Guys see the Genesis logo there. It looks like a shield. Then when you zoom out, it's essentially mimic. That's more or less where they got the design of that front grill. And it definitely looks good in my opinion. To the bottom corners there, you do have front air curtains as well, helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination for a little better aerodynamics there. To the sides, a very cool headlight design. It is a quad beam LED headlight design. And of course it comes with the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, those headlights will turn on automatically there. Automatic high beams as well. So when you hit that, when a vehicle is coming in the opposite direction, it's going to dim it back to low beams automatically. And then when that vehicle is gone, it's going to then put it back up to high beams automatically yet again. So that's pretty convenient. LED daytime running lights also coming standard then as well. So overall, like I said, a very cool looking front end to the GV80 kind of looks like a Bentley, but you gotta love it. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the GV80. So I've been now making our way to the side. Silver roof rails do come standard. Chrome window surrounds also coming standard along with that. Rear privacy glass as expected also coming standard, but there are some chrome slats found on the front fender. Gotta love that. And they definitely imitate the quad beam headlights in design. And the coolest thing is part of that design is actually the integrated turn signal. So if I were to put on my left turn signal right now, or my right turn signal, I don't know which one I'm going to play for you guys, but there's LED light bars. And so that's where your turn signals are actually going to be located on the side of the vehicle as opposed to actually in the mirrors themselves. And speaking of body color, power adjustable side mirrors do come standard. They will be heated and power folding for all trim levels across the board. And to tie along with those chrome accents around the windows, you do have some chrome accenting, not only on the side skirts here as you guys can see, or the bottom portion of the vehicle I should say, but also on the doors then as well. But then take a look at the wheel configurations. 19 inch alloys are going to come standard, 20 inch alloys on the advanced packages like we have today and then 22 inch alloys for the prestige packages, all of them wrapped in Michelin all season tires. But that pretty much rounds out the side of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. It's up and now since we are around to the back here, body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top, just below that rear spoiler, just below that rear window wiper, just below that you got Genesis lettering spelled out horizontally of course, LED quad tail lights then for all trim levels across the board. Again, matching perfectly with those front headlights, integrated dual exhaust outlets then just below with dual trapezoidal tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the GV80, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is a hands free power tailgate for every single trim level ever configuration across the board. So that is one way you can go ahead and open it. There's also a button on the key fob and there is a button by the driver's side lift knee then as well. It's up and then once opened up when it comes to cargo capacity behind that third row. And by the way, I'm going to reemphasize this. The third row is only available with the advanced plus package, which is the one we have today. So that's how we got that 11.6 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course the third row does fall down, bumping that up to 34.9 cubic feet behind that second row. And then with all rows folded, that is going to committed an even 84 cubic feet. So right around where the Honda pilot is, I guess. If you wanted to compare it to a non luxury SUV, Hyundai Palisade is going to give you a little bit more, but still plenty of space for an SUV, but there are cargo tie down acres located in that cargo area. There are grocery bag hooks. There is LED cargo lighting with some very cool looking LED lights for that cargo air, which I like. There's a 12 volt power outlet back there. There is a cargo cover and there's actually in-floor storage located back there as well, which I thought was pretty cool. But anyways, so go ahead and make our way up to the third row legroom that is going to come in at 30.3 inches. So for reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear ventilation also is going to come standard for that third row. It's not found on the ceiling, but rather kind of on the side. So I'm showing you guys those vents now that is going to be there for the third row passengers. Then making our way up to the second row legroom that comes in at 38.7 inches. Again, for reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Tri-Zone climate control coming with the Prestige trim levels. Rear window sunshades coming with every single trim level across the board. You gotta love that. Heated second row seats with the Prestige packages. Yet again, front seat back map pockets coming standard. Dual USB charge reports coming standard. I like that. But also 115 volt power outlet back there as well, which I was a pretty big fan of and kind of surprised to see. There is also, of course, a rear center armrest with cup holders. In addition to that, there's a little button if you press that button. It's also going to kind of give you a small tablet holder, just a little bit more storage, I guess you could say. So I like seeing that there too. You also get some wood trim on the side of the doors there. And of course that continues onto the front, but it's kind of a cool texturized finish to it too. So I do like that. And the Prestige signature trim, that new trim level for this year is going to add to that six way power adjustable second row with captain's chairs and a wing type headrest as well. But in addition to that, one touch second row relax mode and second row wireless charging. That's some crazy stuff that you don't see on any other view. I don't think I've ever seen a wireless phone charger for the second row to date. I don't think the Maybach that had just got done reviewing even had that. So that is wonderful. Well done, Genesis. I really liked that. But anyways, then make your way up to the front seats, leatherette seating coming standard, full leather seating coming essentially with all of the different package options, any one of them, 12 way power adjustable front seats for the base and advanced 16 way power driver seat for the Prestige smart posture seating coming with all trim levels. Essentially it takes your height and your body measurements to kind of create the best possible driving position for you.  There is an Ergo motion seat for the Prestige packages, which essentially uses seven different air cells found within the seating to provide additional support via the side bolsters, for example. So I kind of like that. And you will get memory settings for up to two different drivers coming standard across the board as well. And overall seating was one of the first things I noticed is definitely extremely comfortable. The lumbar adjustments were great. So seating was very comfortable here in the GV80. Then make your way to the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped and the 10 and two grips are quite thick, which I personally appreciate. And it's actually heated for all trim levels across the board then as well. Then make your way to the startup. Let me first start by showing you guys the key here. Do have your Genesis logo on the one side. Then when you flip it over, lock, unlock that button to pop the rear hatch, the hold button with the circle. That's going to be a remote start coming standard for all trims. We also get smart park for all trims as well. That's going to be those P buttons with the vehicle icon. You can essentially pull your vehicle out of a parking spot if somebody parked too close to you without actually having to get inside of it and wrist slamming your door into that vehicle beside you. So I do like that feature as well. And in addition to that, there is a digital key coming standard for all trim levels across the board that comes in handy for whatever reason. If your key fob were to break or stop working, you always got the digital key which you can download it off on your phone and you don't ever have to even carry keys if you didn't want to. But anyways, in this case, I'm just going to put my phone to the break and press the engine start button, which has a cool little design to it yet again. So then what started up speedometer is all the way to your left. Tachometer is on your right. And by the way, that tachometer also serves as a digital portion to the gauges where you can really customize different things, including when you put that turn signal on that of course is going to show that blind spot view monitor, which I always think is pretty cool. You can check out your driving modes up there if you wanted to. And of course there's plenty of steering wheel mounted controls giving you all kinds of different things. You can check out up there. But then what I also mentioned though, although we don't have it today, there is a 3D digital gauge cluster that comes with the prestige packages. So that's out there too. And so then making our way to overall interior quality, there is a panoramic sunroof for all trim levels across the board, overhead sunglass holder, also coming standard LED interior lighting. All trims are going to get that as well. Homeland controls for all trim levels across the board, wood trim with a matte finish, like I was saying to you guys, all trims are going to get that, multicolor ambient lighting, all trims yet again, Genesis does a really good job with standard features. I'll say that the ambient lighting is 64 different colors, by the way. Dual zoom climate control coming standard and also with the advanced but tri-zone climate control coming with all the other trim packages, essentially. Designer foot pedals, essentially got some indentations, kind of an in diamond type pattern. So I kind of like that. And you do have texturized patterns throughout. I mentioned on the push button star, but also the circular dial to help control the infotainment screen. Also around the shifter itself, which is a cool little circular dial there too, but tons of texturized patterns and finishes, I should say, which I'm definitely a fan of. Do want to mention though, just in front of the cup holders, that's where your wireless phone charger's going to be located. You've got dual USB charge reports as well, if you wanted that. Surrounding the cup holders, you have yet another texturized finish and everything surrounded the center area is going to be in that matte wood finish, which I absolutely love. Then within the center armrest, you have a nice felt type of fabric in there and a decent amount of storage there. And in addition, actually, there's some added storage just below the circular shifter and cup holders then as well, which you don't always get in SUVs. So I did want to mention that. Overall, interior quality is flawless. It's absolutely amazing. I almost forgot to mention, frameless review mirror with homelink control show up to three different garage doors. There's contrast stitching throughout. Again, that matte wood finish everywhere. I like the singular air vent look just above the passenger side glove box, just below the infotainment screen as well. So interior quality is definitely very, very nice here in the GV80. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen because it is massive. You're actually going to get a 14.5 inch colored touch screen display coming standard for all trim levels across the board. And like I said, it is touch screen. It's also voice activated. And there is that circular dial I was mentioning to you guys as well. Bluetooth and audio streaming do come standard Android Auto Apple CarPlay as well. Factory navigation system coming for all trim levels across the board. By the way, you do get three years of free map updates. It's part of the Genesis experience as well. So if you didn't want to use Android Auto Apple CarPlay, maybe you live in the boonies. I don't know. You do have three years of free map updates. That's pretty cool. There's a voice memo system, essentially recording your voice. And then you can play it back at a later date if you perhaps did not want to forget about something. There's also a quiet mode. For example, if you have kids in the back and maybe they fall asleep on a road trip to Ocean City, Maryland or something. It essentially cancels out through your speakers and then limits the front speakers so they're less likely then to wake up and you can still listen to the radio up front then. So that's always pretty convenient. You can adjust your climate settings up there if you wanted to. And like I said, the ambient lighting as well, along with your radio information. So let me touch on the sound systems here now. The standard sound system is going to be 12 speakers, which quite honestly is very impressive in itself. Typically with three RO SUVs, you get six or eight speakers, usually eight speakers honestly, but 12 speakers is really impressive there. But any of the package options, you're actually going to get a 21 speaker lexicon sound system. That's a ton of speakers you guys. But anyways, having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. Let's go ahead and turn on the radio so we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. It's wonderful. Plenty of bass. I actually felt like there was a subwoofer underneath of the driver's seat. Maybe you guys can put it in the comments section if that's correct or not. Cause I could feel it rumbling through the seat. That was pretty cool. So there's a ton of bass. Clarity was great. It really sounded like you're almost at like a Mercy Me concert or something. So very, very nice sound system there for the GV80 without a doubt. But last thing I'm going to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the GV80 in reverse, you will find a very high definition rear view camera with the 360 degree monitor for either the advanced or prestige packages which kind of gives you that bird's eye view which is always is going to lead us into safety. So let me first start by saying IIHS top safety pick plus which by the way is the very highest designation given by IHS. So that pretty much does it all right there. 10 airbags including one between the two front seats. Other manufacturers are doing that right now. The reason that is done by Genesis is because if you get T-Bone perhaps they thought of this idea to kind of prevent the driver and passenger from bashing into each other. So I like that idea. That's definitely a cool safety feature there. In the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors and tether to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard for all configurations on the GV80 forward collision avoidance assist, lane keep assist, lane following assist of blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic alert, safe exit assist, driver attention warning system, adaptive cruise control, highway driving assist too which is Genesis's level two autonomous driving. So that's pretty cool. It's essentially like adaptive cruise control. We don't have to keep touching the steering wheel ever so often like I do in my Sonata but rear occupant alert then as well. And then if you were to go with the advanced or prestige packages, we'll also get a blind spot view monitor which I've shown you guys already, remote start parking assist and reverse automatic braking then as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here at the GV80, incredible interior quality. Really this thing is finished with the best of them. Incredible value when consider the price point in addition to that America's best warranty for peace of mind and three years of complimentary maintenance and the Genesis experience you never actually have to go to a dealership. There's just so many perks to this thing. It's crazy. Excellent tech, a 14.5 inch infotainment screen and the availability for the 3D digital gauge cluster. That's wonderful. That's pretty much as good as it gets right now. Powerful engine options including the 3.5 liter twin turbo V6. You got to love it. The only constructive criticism and I said this in I think probably last year's review as well is the ride quality is great. It's still not quite as good as the competition. It's the adaptive damping suspension system that Genesis uses. It's pretty darn good but it's not quite as good as let's say BMW or Mercedes Benz and they're adaptive suspension system. So that's all I'm saying. It's definitely not bad. It's very, very good but not quite as good as some of the competition. That's all I'm saying. Anyways, that is about it for this one. You guys, thank you so much for watching. If you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it actually gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. 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Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach. I follow weight watchers and I count calories and macros. It's Monday, so it's meal prep day and I have three amazing recipes that are super, super simple.  Make sure you're subscribed and your bell is turned on because I do a meal prep every Monday. Check out the description box down below for nutrition coaching where I offer personalized to you macros and calories. Highly recommend this. This is how I've lost well over 130 pounds and I have one-on-one coaching if you would like accountability and to talk with me directly. Links, discounts to my favorite things and of course my Facebook group. Head on over, join us there. We'd love to have you. I will also link my recipe website where you will find all of today's recipes at the very top of the description box. So we have some cooking to do. Let's jump in. Let's go outside.  A snowman is twice the size is me with a smile as quirky as mine. We're holding. For breakfast this week, I am making pumpkin pecan coffee cake. I'm really excited for this. My plan is to pair this with some type of protein whether that be bacon, turkey bacon, eggs, or both, but this is going to be kind of a sweet addition to my breakfast. So let me show you what's in our recipe. First, you're going to need all-purpose flour, brown sugar substitute. As always, I'm using Loconto Golden. I love Loconto's products. For me, they taste the most like real sugar. I will link Loconto down below with 15% off site-wide. You can order anything on their website with the link below for 15% off. You also need some unsweetened applesauce, nonfat Greek yogurt, light butter, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, eggs, and last but not least, some pecans. So the first thing we're going to put together is the crumble topping for our coffee cake. So I have one cup all-purpose flour, one cup Loconto Golden. We're going to add in some cinnamon. And then I have six tablespoons of light butter, cold, right out of the refrigerator. And basically what I'm going to do is just cut that in to the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon mixture until that crumble is created. And then I have one cup of chopped pecans. I'm going to add half of that in with the crumble mixture. So here's what your crumble should look like. Go ahead and set that aside. Now for the coffee cake portion, we're going to add one and a half cups of all-purpose flour, one cup of Loconto Golden. I don't think I showed you, but we're going to need just a pinch of salt and by the way, these gravity-fed salt and pepper grinders are on sale right now on Amazon. So I'll link them down below for you. We're going to add in pumpkin pie spice and then a teaspoon each of baking soda and baking powder. With the dried mixture, we're going to add one half of a cup of unsweetened applesauce. That is the oil replacement in our recipe. One third cup of nonfat plain Greek yogurt, three quarters of a cup of pumpkin puree, two eggs, and about a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Then we're going to mix until it is all incorporated and that's the batter for the coffee cake. We're going to spray a eight by eight, nine by nine baking dish with some nonstick cooking spray. Here is what the coffee cake batter should look like. We're going to add that to the bottom of the baking dish. Then we're going to take that crumb mixture and spread that right on top. And then we have that other half of a cup of chopped pecans. That's going to go right on top. We're going to put our coffee cake into a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Keep an eye on it. If your top starts to brown, go ahead and cover it with some foil, but we want to make sure that a toothpick comes out clean. Look at this coffee cake. I mean, this gives me all the coffee shop bakery vibes. It smells incredible. I'm so excited for this. I will go ahead and put serving size, points, calories, all the macros, everything here on the screen for you. And again, I'll pair this with some type of protein, but it's going to be such a great fall breakfast. For my lunch this week, I'm making teriyaki meatballs. I've been craving meatballs, craving teriyaki. You could pair this with rice, potatoes, or you can eat the meatballs all by themselves. That's probably what I'm going to do. I do have some Idahoan potatoes in my cabinet. So I may make some mashed potatoes with it. I also have some jasmine rice. We'll have to see what the week brings, but let me show you what's in the recipe. First, you're going to need breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper. Don't forget, I'll link these down below for you guys on Amazon. Soy sauce, brown sugar alternative. Again, Miloconto Golden, rice wine vinegar, avocado oil or olive oil, sesame oil, minced garlic, two eggs, fresh ginger, cornstarch. You'll also need some water to make a slurry. 93 or 96% extra lean ground beef, some fresh green onions, and a orange and red bell pepper. So the first thing I'm going to do is wash and dice up the bell pepper and the green onions. So to get started on our meatballs, we're going to add one pound of 93, 96% extra lean ground beef to a bowl, one quarter cup of breadcrumbs, two eggs, about two teaspoons of ginger, a couple of teaspoons of minced garlic, and some salt and pepper. Lastly, we're going to add about half of the green onions. And the best way to do meatballs is to dig in with your hands and mix everything together. I did spray my non-stick baking, I did spray my baking sheet with some non-stick cooking spray. I'm going to roll the meatballs out, put them on the sheet pan. It doesn't matter how many meatballs we get, we'll figure out how many go per serving after we've rolled them out. So our meatballs are going into a 400 degree oven until they are cooked through. While they're in the oven, we're going to make the teriyaki sauce. So over medium heat, I have a skillet warming up with one tablespoon of avocado oil. I'm going to add in about a teaspoon of my minced ginger, and we're going to add our chopped up bell peppers. We're going to let these saute down until soft. I'm also going to add in about a teaspoon of minced garlic. Once your bell peppers are soft, we're going to add in half a cup of soy sauce, half a cup of water, a quarter cup of Lakonto golden, two tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, and one tablespoon of sesame oil. We're going to allow this to simmer. So I added one tablespoon of cornstarch, one tablespoon of water to make a slurry. We're going to add that to our teriyaki sauce and allow it to thicken, and then go ahead and remove it from the heat. So I just pulled the meatballs out of the oven. Oh my goodness, did these smell good? So I'm going to use my tongs. I'm just placing them into the storage container, and then we'll add the sauce directly on top. These look so good. Here is my teriyaki sauce. It's nice and thick. We're going to just pour that right on top of the meatballs. We're going to garnish with the rest of the green onions, and then I want to throw on some sesame seeds too, just for an added little bit of taste and texture. And here are the teriyaki meatballs. These look so good. Like I said, you can eat them by themselves, or serve them with rice, potatoes. We'll go ahead and put serving sizes, points, all the macros and calories here on the screen for you. But this is going to be such a good, kind of salty, sweet, high protein lunch. For dessert this week, I'm making slow cooker apple crumble. You can make this on the stove top, but I'm going to throw it in my slow cooker so that it can get nice and flavorful over the cooking time. So let me show you what's in the recipe. You're going to need some rolled oats, some flour. I'm going to substitute the Kodiak protein packed power flour, because it's going to give me 10 grams of protein per quarter cup. It's a great flour replacement to just up your protein. It tastes exactly like regular flour. I'm pretty obsessed with this, really, really happy I found it. It's from Walmart in the flour section. I'm sure other stores carry it, but I always find it at Walmart. You're going to need some light butter, sugar substitutes of your choice. So I have Lakonto granulated and Lakonto golden.  Some salt, vanilla extract, some cinnamon, and five fresh apples. So the first thing I need to do is peel and dice my apples. Now you can leave the peel on your apple if you want. I actually don't mind the peel, but I am going to go ahead and peel them and dice these into chunks. -♪ All I want is to spend this day with you. Let me give you a Christmas, a moment will fill with you. Well, we're going to add half of a cup of Lakonto golden, half of a cup of Lakonto granulated, cinnamon, salt, and our diced up apples. Give that a stir. Make sure those apples get coated really well in the granulated and the brown sugar. And here's what your apples should look like. For the crumble topping, I have two-thirds cup of rolled oats, two-thirds cup of Lakonto golden, a quarter cup of that Kodiak protein flour, salt, three tablespoons cold light butter, about a teaspoon of vanilla extract. We're going to mix this together similar to our pecan coffee cake. Kind of chop that into the mixture to create that crumble. I'm going to go ahead and add my crock pot liner for easy cleanup. We're going to add the apples to the bottom of our slow cooker. Spread those out nice and even. So here's our crumble. We're going to put that right on top, again, spreading that out evenly. This looks so good. You can put this on low for four hours or high for two hours. I'm going to go ahead and put mine on high for two hours. And here's the slow cooker apple crumble. Again, my house smells so fall with the apple crumble and the coffee cake and all those in the meatballs. Everything smells incredible. This was so easy. Literally throw it in the crock pot, set it, forget it. I will go ahead and put serving size points, calories, macros, all the information here on the screen. We're going to pair this with some whipped topping or some vanilla halo top. It's going to be the best dessert this week. 🎵 Give you a Christmas 🎵 🎵 A moment will fill with long years I spent 🎵 🎵 Finding me for this week's W.W. Meal Prep 🎵 I hope you're excited about these three super simple yet amazingly delicious recipes.  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Y'all know me and Amazon, baby. We gonna get a real get, okay? And I am the nose. What you really doing, sis? So, it's matte black, so I would not love it. Oh, welcome back to my channel. Today's the video you can see from the title.  If you're new here, hey girl, my name's Akira Jenae. Don't forget to subscribe, enjoy the feeling before you leave. So, I've been getting a lot of people. A lot of new family members. Comment on my videos, DM me, all kind of things, asking where certain things are from in my apartment. I did do this video right here, but that was kind of like a all category type of video, like fitness, beauty, clothes, lifestyle, apartment stuff, all of that. This video is specifically gonna be just all about my apartment. My favorite items that I got from Amazon are things that I think you need. People in general just need for their apartment. So, we're gonna get straight to it. Don't forget to like this video, comment, and subscribe. And I also wanted to kind of change the scenery.  So, we're actually gonna be moving to each one of my rooms. And we're gonna be talking about my favorite items. So, since we're already in the kitchen, we're gonna go ahead and start with the kitchen first. So, stop sniffing that door. We're gonna start with the kitchen first since we're already in here. I'm gonna go ahead and talk about my bar stools. A lot of people do ask me about my bar stools. I personally did not purchase them from Amazon, but they are linked in my... Also, everything that I'm talking about is obviously linked in my Amazon storefront found in the description box below. But I did not purchase these from Amazon, but Amazon does sell them. So, I did add them to my storefront. These were actually sent to me as a gift from the Harness brand, I believe is how you pronounce it. They're like so much money on there. I think it definitely is cheaper to buy them from Amazon. So, all the people that's wondering, not from Amazon, but Amazon does sell them. Absolutely love, they're really sleek, modern. They fit under any space and you can really barely even tell that I have bar stools right here. So, we're gonna move on over here. I'm coming over here to my actual kitchen area where my stove is at. The number one thing that people have been asking me about lately and what made me actually want to do this video is this three compartment fine pan grill. A lot of people have been asking about this. If you watch my Living Along Weekly Vlogs, which you should, if not, go watch. But I did a whole Amazon unboxing of my new kitchen stuff. So, I'm gonna put that video right here. I'm not gonna get too in-depth into my kitchen stuff. I just wanna do an overall view. But this have been getting so much attention since I was cooking in it in my last few balls. So, yeah, it's from Amazon. I actually really, really love it. I cook a lot of different things in here, but I mostly just cook my breakfast food. So, I like to cut up my bacon, but the video that you're seeing right now, I just kept it whole. But I usually cut up my bacon, and I can fit about two, four. I can fit about six pieces cut in half, and then I like to cook toast, and then I do sausages, eggs, all of that jazz. So, I really, really like it. If you do have a flat top stove, like without the caps up here, I feel like it'll be a lot easier to get this hot a lot faster. So, when I cook in it, I usually cook between seven and eight on the heat setting on my stove because it actually gets the heat around the whole pan. But if you do have a flat surface, then it'll be a lot better. Next thing I want to talk about is actually in my microwave. It is a microwave cover. Could you have went and got this from the dollar store, whatever, yes, but I like all black things, and I want it to be cute and different. So, I found this. I literally just got done warming up some stuff. But as you can see, it's doing its job. It literally catches all the food and all the gunk to really keep your microwave clean. And I like it because it is collapsible. So, if you don't need it, you can just collapse it. I'm not gonna collapse it right now because like all this stuff in here. I need to clean it, but as you can see, it works and it does its job. This is not gonna lie. It's like a good $26, $30 just for the aesthetics, but I actually really, really like it. The next few items that I got over here, I got these knives, but these were actually from HomeGoods. The ones that I wanted to show you guys that I got from Amazon are right here. I've had these since 2021. They've been working really, really well for me. I've got a knife sharpener. I always sharpen them. It comes with a pair of silzers and a potato cutter. So, I really, really, really like this. It suggests these knives have a lot of, I don't even know what it's called, like ridges or whatever at the bottom, like a steak knife. And I don't really need that many. So, I decided to get a new one. And the new one that I got, I usually only use like five knives out of here. So, since this one got the right amount of knives that I use without all those grooves in it, I absolutely love that. But I do recommend that knife set. It's just, I don't really use all of those. The other thing, I'll probably pop up a video if I can find it, but I got this really, really nice pot set. It comes in brown, black and white. Now I wish that I would have got it in black, but the brown is still cool. It matches my aesthetics here, but I do want black now. I think it's like a five or a six piece. And then it comes with lids. So, I absolutely love it. I did a clean with me video on a TikTok and a few people were asking where did I get the pots from because literally I cooked cheese dip or something in here and it like stuck to the pan. But all you gotta do is just kind of lift it up on the side. I may pop in a video what I'm talking about. And literally these are completely nonstick. Like nothing ever sticks to these pots in these pans. So I really, really do recommend these. These have been the best pots and pans set that I've ever owned. Other thing that I want to focus on is my paper towel holder. Don't currently have any paper towels right now. My apartment gotta go, household shopping. Stay tuned for that blog. But this is where I keep my paper towels. Some people like to put it in their cabinets or either like under the sink. I personally don't have enough space for that because if I put it right here, it'll go ahead and hit the stuff that's in there so I can't do that. But this is a really good thing because it's just, it's like a big sticker.  I actually really like it. Of course it's matte black, so I would not love it. Next thing is my spices containers. I got these from Amazon. It came with the labels and the actual containers. I absolutely love these. I've been using these for what, maybe almost two years now. Really durable. The glass is really thick. I like it. It comes equipped with everything that you need. It comes with a little funnel. All of that, definitely 10 out of 10, definitely recommend. Other three things that I want to show you guys is my storage containers. I got a full set from Amazon. They literally come in circle, square, and rectangle. You get about three or four of each. These are so good. Microwave safe, dishwasher safe. Absolutely love these. Y'all know I like to meal prep and just leftover safe food. These are really strong and durable. I've only broken one, but that was because I was at work trying to fail off of a high-table top. One thing that I wanted to show y'all is my new silverware set that comes with knives, forks, and spoons. This is a really, really good set. Y'all know I love the kind of matte black, stainless steel type of finish. So this fit perfectly in with my aesthetics. I absolutely love these. They're dishwasher safe. They, I mean, they're just really good forks, knives, and spoons. You can't really, you know, that's just too much more. I've been using them in the dishwasher. Nothing has peeled, came off, anything like that. So that's a really good sign. And then my actual holder that I got it in, that is also from Amazon, and it's the expandable one, so I love that. Last thing, I did just talk about this in my, oops, I did just talk about this in one of my vlogs. It is a, over the door organizer. I like to use it for my cutting boards and like a little bacon pan, well, a bacon sheet, I guess. And yeah, it just maximizes my space. Other thing that I wanted to show are these two items. This one is basically a water catcher for your sink. If you do have a problem with splashing water everywhere, this definitely helps. Literally, if I start splashing water, it literally just goes on there and then it comes right off. Nothing ever goes on my countertops anymore and it just runs back down. This has been the best kitchen item that I've ever gotten. Like, I can't tell y'all how many times I got to literally clean up water off the counter before I bought this. So that is a definitely 10 out of 10, definitely recommend. Next are these. It comes with the labels and the jars. I got one for dish soap and then the other one I got for hand wash. Absolutely love those. I've had those since my last apartment. They are really, really durable. 10 out of 10. Last but not least, cannot forget about my bag organizer for plastic wrap, foil, sandwich wraps, gallon, sandwich bags. Like, absolutely love. This was the best thing that I got and of course it's black. I'm gonna move it on to my entryway. We're gonna start off with this mirror. I feel like everybody has to have a mirror in their entryway. It just brings something, a different feeling to your apartment. Like, if you're gonna bring your entryway, what you doing? What you really doing sis? So this was like $45.50. Absolutely love. My actual table is from Amazon as well. I decided to get the one with the two shelves, I guess. They did have one without the bottom piece on here that's open with just this. Now I kinda wish I would have got that one simply so I could like put it like a little seat or like a little stool or something under there but it's fine. I like this one. I decided to go with marble and then the black.  And the other things that I got on here, I found those at like Target and stuff like that. So we're gonna move on to what I use for my safety precautions while living here or just in the apartment. The first thing I got is this like door lock thingy. I always worry about this, this hose up too.  The other thing that I have is this door stopping alarm. I do need to replace the battery cause it's not as loud as it used to be. Trigger morning, if it is loud, prepare your ears if you got any headphones. That's really low. I got it on loud but my battery's dying. It used to be really, really loud but that's fine because you wanna know when someone's trying to break into your home. So I got these two things for safety precautions for women. Obviously even if you live with people I feel like people should still have safety precautions as well as I do have a security system right here on the wall. But these two things are from Amazon and I absolutely love. For guys that talked about this, this is what I use to light my candles with now. You don't need any, you just gotta use a rechargeable cord and then it's dead right now but it'll light your candles. And I'll show y'all how this works if you want to know how this works. Open your door. And then this little thing, let me see, this little thing will be hanging down and then you just literally put it in here. You put it in there and then press down. My door is unlocked right now and then you can't even get in there. So I absolutely love this. So my dining room area is one of my favorite places in my apartment. This table I actually got when I moved to my first two-bedroom, two-bed. I got this table in 2021 and it's been holding up ever since. I've had this in all of my apartments since 2021 and I've lived in three since then. My chairs are also from Amazon as well. I wanted something, you'll see my couch in a second if you don't already know what it looks like but I wanted my chairs to mesh about with my couch so that's why I got these velvet chairs with this little bitty design on the sides and then my placemats and my placemats and all of that is from the at home store but this is from Amazon, this little piece from Amazon as well as the napkin. So from Amazon, I'll leave that down below. It's now, then moving on over here, I know some people are probably gonna ask about my bookshelf. My bookshelf is actually not from Amazon. It's from that Hermes brand as well. The only thing over here that is from Amazon is this cute little piece that my boyfriend got me. It is linked in my storefront. I thought it was really cute. I wanted it from my office but I decided to put it on my shelf. So some people put things in here. I just like to have it sitting up here regularly and then I did get this as well from Amazon but that's all. Everything else is actually from Target, Burlington and She-In. The last thing that I got that's over here in this area, I just keep my new vacuum cleaner, well not that, well, vacuum slash wet mop. If that comes in mop at the same time, she does talk to you, so. Like. Start to self-clean it. She cleans herself, all of that. Stop. Start to self-clean. She does a lot, I actually really like this. I did not buy this on my own money. It was sent to me for a review but y'all know y'all see me uses in every single vlog. Like everything, I absolutely love this little bitty thing. That's probably one of the best things that a company has ever seen me from Amazon. I literally use that every single week. Absolutely love it. Now we're gonna move on into my living room. I'm gonna shut these shades for a set. If you do watch my weekly vlogs, then you know that I did used to have curtains in here but I put those curtains in my bedroom. So we're just gonna talk about what's still in here. Up here, I do have a light up there it comes with a little remote. You can set it for 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes and then it has three different dimmable settings. I absolutely love that little light. Turn it on real quick for y'all. Turn down this. It's super cute. And then you got that one and that one. I usually keep it on that and then I'll turn the brightness all the way up. It obviously looks a lot better at night and then you can also set a timer for it. The things that I got, like I said, if you are not into my channel that you already know, my local cases are from Amazon. It took me probably two weeks, two and a half weeks to figure out what type of vibe I was going for in here and to try to find the perfect pillowcases to put on my pillows. This pillow actually used to be a fluffy pillow. So Amazon pillowcase covers are definitely top tier. It feels really nice, looks nice. This one actually comes in a ton of different colors like white, black, blue, brown, like all kinds of things. So I actually really like this. Definitely recommend pillowcases for your home because it just elevates your space and make you have, you know, a different look whenever you want. So my living room rug is from Amazon and I also put this mirror in here. I took it out of my bedroom. This mirror is from Amazon as well. A lot of people on TikTok was asking about this. It literally has three different settings as well. Real cute, real cute. This little pole looking thing is actually my curtain rod. I took it down so that I can show you guys today. I like these type of curtain rods better than the ones that just kind of retract back and forth because those are not sturdy enough and they are just, you know, really, really flimsy to me. This one has an extender. It comes with one, two, three, four, five, six pieces. You can use only five if your windows aren't that wide but mine is. So this is the extender piece that comes with this. You just pop it on, you just screw all of these in together and since it is metal, it is very, very durable. I've been using these type of curtain rods for probably about two and a half years now. So definitely recommend this and then you just put it up there and have your curtains on there. So this is definitely a really, really good buy. It's super sturdy. Last thing that I wanted to talk to you guys about in my living room is actually my TV mount.   This is actually how this is super easy, super simple. The TV mount holds up to 55 inch TV. You'll see it in my bedroom, I got 55 inch and they're only $19. So now we're gonna move into my bedroom. Now, for those of you who are new here, I am gonna pop in a little mini video or picture right here. My bedroom used to be no white comfort it used to be all black and then my pop of color was a emerald green. I still got the pompous right here. So it used to be this color all over. I did that maybe the end of summer last year and it was like the vibes throughout fall and winter.  My bed frame is black. Like it was just a little bit too dark for it to be summertime. And like the sunshine was making me really happy and company here is just kind of killed my mood. Maybe just wanna lay down and go to sleep. So we're gonna get into it. The wallpaper is actually from Amazon. Absolutely love it. It is textured. This wallpaper has been really, really well. I saw some people talk about either this one fell down or something. The wallpaper you just gotta know how to install the baby. Mine has been fine and I got wallpaper in every room. So 10 out of 10, definitely love. Before y'all ask, my bed is not from Amazon but I do have two similar beds down in the description box below. Links in my Amazon storefront. Mine is actually from my local Mall Park Plaza. They got a furniture store in there and I just walked in and got it. Other thing that I wanted to talk about was my new pillowcases. Like I said, if you watch my weekly vlogs you guys already saw this. My pillowcases, the green ones as well were from Amazon. So these are really, really nice. Really soft, sturdy. I actually lay on these. I'm gonna try not to but girl, they feel so freaking good. So I definitely recommend this brand of pillowcases. They come in so many colors so I feel like you'll be able to find the right color that is for you. Comforter is not from Amazon but my white pillowcases and sheets are. I wish I would have got a king size but the queen is fine because I do have a mattress topper and then I have a pillow top bed. So I just be needing king sheets to really make it feel a lot better. Next thing I wanted to show you is my, what I made into my nightstands. Some people in the reviews use them as a, like a side table in their living room. I like to look at it for my bedroom for a nightstand like I said. This isn't a good angle but like I said, I mounted my own TV myself and I literally bought the same $19 mount. My lights are from Amazon as well. Really like those. Alexa, turn on lights. Okay. And then she turns on the lights. These lights have, I think about 10 different settings on them so they do that little dimmable thing and then they can go like that, which is outrageous. And then this one, this one, this one, that one, that one. And then yeah. So, that's real cute, real cute. Other thing I wanted to show you all is my little bitty clock. I've had this since 2021 as well. It is an alarm clock but I just use it just to tell the time. So, that pretty much wraps up my favorites in my bedroom besides my curtains. They used to be green curtains. Now they are white. These white ones were actually the ones that were in my living room but I switched them out and brought them in here because I wanted a lighter space. So, we're gonna go into my master bathroom. All right, moving into my master bathroom. I do have a two bedroom and two bath. So, this is mine. My bathroom comes with a walk-in shower with no tub. So, my favorite thing is this little bitty shelf. I feel like if you have extra space, especially with these tall ceilings, I kind of wanted to maximize that. So, I decided to get these as well as my last apartment. I had it in my last apartment and I also had some space over my toilet and I really just wanted some extra storage space and some extra decor space. So, I like to keep a drying towel right here for my hands. These, I just really put these up here. This is some floss picks. I keep Q-tips in this one and then cotton balls in this one need to re-up. And then up here, I just put a plant this time, a candle and then this little A-letter. These came together. Absolutely love that. I'm glad they were black and white. I'm glad I still have that vibe going on in my last apartment. So, I got a few things in here. I'm gonna take my shoes off and bring y'all in here. I'm in my personal space, girl. It came with a mirror as well as a razor hook. This one is fog-less, but if I'm in here for like over 30 minutes, not gonna lie, it does fog up a little bit, but other than that, it doesn't really fog up too bad. So, I'm not mad at it. Then moving on over here, my actual organization little thingies over here are from Amazon. I've had these in my last apartment and literally they still work really, really nice. The little bitty sticky pieces, you can buy those on Amazon for $4. So, when I moved out of my last apartment, obviously I can't reuse the sticky pieces. So, I just bought new ones, but I still kept the shelf. It comes in a two-pack.  Even though my shower is like super big, I got y'all all the way back on the wall and I'm all the way back here. Obviously I can't put my hands out the way out, but my shower's huge because I got the rainfall shower head. But I really like the corner shelves. I don't want anything right here, you know, smacking me in the face and my arms, stuff like that. Other two things that I got in here that I want to show you out is actually my towel hooks. These are from Amazon. These are just suction cups. So, they're not really just sticky.  Got my towel up here right now. It comes in a two-pack, but I got two from you, my man. Usually I put mine on the lower one and he is up top. How we can know what our towels are because I usually have the same color towels. The short one is mine, the tall one is his, but I'm using his right now. So, those are my favorite shower items. Now we're gonna move on to my closet. I'm moving on to my master bedroom closet when I'm time to light on in here. So, this is how my closet is. I got two little doors to open up. The first thing I want to talk about is my little jewelry holder. I do need to go on Amazon and find another one that isn't green because obviously I'm gonna pull this out during the fall and the winter time, but when I was still doing the emerald green in my room, I did buy this. It's super cute. I think it does come in different colors, but this is the top and then it has two other little pull-out drawers right here. Absolutely love this. It is super cute. Definitely made my whole room come together. Another thing I want to show y'all is closet organization. I bought these little hooks. I think they came in a pack of seven or eight. So it has one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 little bitty loops. What I use this for is to hang up like items. So I have all of my crock tops on this one. And as you can see, sometimes I buy the same type of shirt just in different colors. So instead of just using so much space in your closet, like going horizontally, I wanted to go ahead and organize vertically. So I do recommend these. I've had these little hooks for like two years at this point. I organized literally just like items. I got body suits on one. I got these crock tops on this one. And then I got some more like shirts from Sheehan on this one. Some people in the reviews used it for like, let's say you're a teacher, they use it to plan out their outfits for the week. So literally they'll like shirt pants, cardigan, whatever like all your layers will be on one little hook. And then therefore you don't really have to rush and think about what you wanna wear in the morning time. So these are endless. You can use them for all kind of things. So I do recommend that. I do have majority of my hangers from Amazon as well. I like to buy hangers from Amazon and or the at home store.  These gold ones, I did take these from my boyfriend house where he left them. Mine are silver. So yeah, absolutely love these. My clothes stay on these so well. The thing I got, if you can see my shoe boxes up there, shoe boxes, I do need to buy some more. I only have two for my tennis shoes. The rest of my clear boxes are over here for my heels. I got almost all of my heels over here. I did throw some away, but I got a pair of heels right there. And then I do keep heels down on the floor as well. But yeah, those boxes are really nice. I love them. They work out really, really well. All right. So that's all in my closet. Let's go ahead and go. Head over to my guest bedroom and my guest bathroom. Before we head to the guest bedroom and bathroom, I forgot to show you my little kitchen organization. I do have a full video on this. So I'm not gonna get too in debt, but my favorite things for my kitchen organization is, I love baking. So I bought a little baking holder and it comes with a little bit of spatula. So I absolutely love that. And the other thing that I got is the drink dispenser that, you know, being the vending machine. So obviously right now they got water because I got into this a lot in and I can only drink water, but this comes in a two pack for $60. Absolutely love that. For now in my guest bathroom, my guest bathroom is the one with the tub. And then obviously you can still take a shower in here. I wanted this room to kind of get off like spy vibes. I really do kind of want to redo the room, which I don't need to, but I kind of want to just make it feel a little bit more luxurious, like you on vacation type thing. But right now you can see that I have this white shower curtain. This was in my last apartment because my last apartment had a walk-in shower and it didn't have a closing door. So I got the curtain to act as a door. I don't really need the curtain here because don't nobody ever showering here. I think I showered in here twice. My mama showered in here probably once. So this does have a two-spotting door, but I didn't want to throw my shower curtain away. So I just put it up here.  If you look over here in the tub, I do have the cute little bitty tray that people like to use when they're taking a bubble bath. You can put your soap in here. You can put your phone on here. You can do a glass on your iPad, all kind of things. And then I also bought this pillow from Amazon. It's specifically for bubble baths. It got suction on the back of it so we can suction to the tub and you can lay down and relax while you're in the tub taking a bubble bath. The last thing that I wanted to show in my guest bathroom, I do have these all over my apartment, but it's mostly in my guest bathroom. I do have my little bitty, clear organizers. They come in a pack of like 20 to 25. Really, really nice. Really, really good for organization. I got all of my makeup organized in between these two drawers right here. This one is really nice. Organized queen. Okay, don't play with me. And then down here is just my curling arts and stuff like that. So these little bitty organizers are in all of my bathrooms and I do have them in the kitchen and in my office. So I definitely recommend organizers for your apartment. It just keeps everything in tip top shape. And then if you open this, you can see I still have my organizers going on in here. So everything has a place and everything is organized. Okay, we are now in my office. I'm not gonna talk too much about the office simply because I'm gonna be talking about this in a separate type of video or my living alone weekly vlog coming up this Sunday. But as you can see, I kind of did rearrange some stuff, but I wanted to just touch point on my wallpaper. The wallpaper is from Amazon. I get a lot of questions about that. Absolutely love my desk and my desk chair is also from Amazon as well. I do have a whole type of like video kind of dedicated for this room. So I will plug it in right here as a picture and maybe a card. You can go check that out. So just everything in here, I either made myself or got off of Amazon or Wayfair, my couch is from Wayfair. So we're not even gonna show that. But I hope you guys enjoyed this video. The last thing that I want to show is this, it comes in a pack of four. It's basically a night light. I like to have them kind of just around the house as well as when I go to work at night. Prince obviously lived here alone. So my mom always be like, get in, get in my light, keep a light on. Maybe we're not my keynote light on, but I can do a little night light. So this one is definitely not motion sensor, but if it's light outside, it'll be turned off. If it's dark, it turns on. It got a little button that you swipe up and down. And this is how bright or dim you want it. So I'm gonna go ahead and show you guys over here. I'm gonna turn this light off as well as this one. And I'll show y'all, I absolutely love these. They're really cute, sleek, moderate and deeply mesh my vibe. So we're gonna go ahead and plug her in over here. I got it turned all the way down right now. But if you turn it up, it gets brighter and brighter. This is as bright as it'll go. And then you can also dim it back down. So I usually keep some of them kind of dim. The one in my room stays dim like that. The other ones that's out here, I do have all the way up like that. So definitely, definitely a good buy. A good product, absolutely love that. Yeah, that's all that I wanted to show you guys. Hopefully this isn't too long. I do have a lot of stuff from Amazon. If y'all know me, y'all know me and Amazon baby. We're gonna get a real hit. Okay, and I am done now. So I do got some more stuff coming from Amazon right now. Like I said, that'll be in this weekly blog. Everything comes and gets delivered. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. Don't forget to like this video, comment and subscribe. We're on the road to 50K. I cannot wait to have 50,000 family members joining the AJ family. So yeah, I'll see y'all in the next video girl. Bye.


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Hey, I'm Ben Smith, Spaulding Deacon in Raleigh, North Carolina. We're on the way to a hoard this morning. The lady had been living in for 15 or so years. The brother-in-law and sister got involved with it.  And so they reached out to me and I went out and did the assessment. And we were about to proceed and about three days before he actually called me and said, Hey, Ben, we've got a problem. We've had a house fire. So fast forward a couple of days, insurance adjuster comes out and she refused to enter into the home as an adjuster. She said she's been doing it for 30 years and she's never seen something like this.  So the first plan of attack is to remove all the trash to make it where she can get in. And then obviously we'll come back at a second stage and remove the contents and try to clean what we can clean. But yeah, so we're looking forward to this one. And supposedly there's 10 cats four have been found. So we'll see what we find with the rest.


Elite Dangerous is one of the more complex video games you can choose to immerse yourself in and that complexity isn't helped by the fact that the game's tutorial does little to teach you how to actually play the game beyond faster than light travel, docking and firing weapons. When you couple all that with the fact that the elite community as friendly as it is also has somewhat of a language all of its own that it uses to talk about the game it can all rapidly seem like something of an unassailable barrier when you're new. In actual fact the complexity of the game is one of its big appeals to a lot of the old time players but if you're new to the galaxy of elite then fear not, in this new player guide we're going to drop some quick and punchy tips to help get you started. If you enjoy this video hit like and subscribe and remember to click the little bell icon and select all notifications as that stuff really helps the channel and if you'd like to further support our work you'll also find us on Patreon, links to everything you need are in the description below. Here we go then. Firstly, let's talk about the community. Elite really shines when it's played in a group and as I've already mentioned Elite Dangerous has a language and a culture all of its own. Here are some of the basics. Elite players refer to themselves and other players of Elite as commanders. This is usually abbreviated to CMDR. Elite players will often start or open a text comment with the characters O7, O7 in the Elite community is an emoji signifying a salute and is generally used as a mark of mutual respect and acknowledgement. The O signifies a character's head, the 7 being an arm and a hand offering up a salute. The toast rack and the mail slot refers to the opening at the front of the larger space stations where spaceships fly in and out of to reach the interior. The mail slot being the rectangular opening itself, the toast rack being the protective grid like superstructure on the outside face of the opening cause well it looks like a toast rack. While we're on the subject of Elite's specific language allow me to familiarise you with the phrase loop of shame. The loop of shame refers to the over speed and inability to slow down you sometimes get when approaching a planet station or signal source too fast. Your sweep past the object you're looking to approach and be well unable to stop, soaring past it at superluminal speeds and forced to loop back on yourself to approach the target again, hopefully this time with a bit less throttle. I'm somewhat of an expert in this manoeuvre myself. Everybody does it and you'll often hear it called other names such as the victory lap or my personal favourite the unscheduled gravity assisted planetary dark side reconnaissance sweep. I'm a big fan of that one. The supercruise assist module is not an autopilot and is by no means a guarantee of never seeing the wrong side of a planet. The key word here is assist. Next listen to my words there is no free anaconda at Hutton orbital it's a troll meme don't fall for it. Now for some more general tips. Never fly without the funds available to rebuy your ship. The rebuy cost is shown in the first tab on the right hand panel in your ship. If your ship is destroyed and you don't have enough money to rebuy it it's gone. That's it all your engineered modules everything don't say we didn't warn you. It's been our experience that the game absolutely comes alive when it's shared with others. Either player group or squadron that shares your play style and philosophy and join them. The shared knowledge and comradeship they can bring can't be overstated. If you're going to stay in the bubble or in colonia then find yourself a home system and use it as an anchor. The more you stay attached to a system the more reputation you build with the factions in that system and the better missions they'll give you with better rewards and payouts. Then anything and everything you can especially other ships either in supercruise or in normal space. You'll accumulate data from those scans that is a vital resource when it comes to engineering your ship later in the game. Kind of in the same vein when you blow a ship up they drop cargo pods and materials grab the materials whenever possible for the same reason. Whenever you arrive in a star system activate your discovery scanner. The community refers to this as honking. The data it gathers is useful and you can get paid for it as well. Your life in Elite Dangerous can be complimented and aided by a myriad of third party tools. I won't list all the tools here that you could be using but if you seek out the Elite Dangerous market connector create yourself a profile on the websites Elite Dangerous star map and inara.cz and bookmark them along with eddb.io then you could do a lot worse. I'll link the tools I've just mentioned in the description below this video. If you're a member of a community or squadron within the game then they'll help you with the other tools that fit with what you're after. Elite likes blue zones and indicators and often times those blue zones will help you. On the system map you'll see some planets are ringed by a blue line that means you can land on them. If the blue line has little towers coming off of it that means there's a star port or an installation there. The system map also has an orary it shows you the orbits and current positions of all the bodies in the system relative to your own position in the system. When you're orbiting a planet in supercruise if you keep the nose of your ship inside the blue zone on the climb ladder on the HUD you'll move much much faster the closer you keep your nose to zero degrees the faster you'll go. When you're maneuvering your ship in normal space or supercruise it will be much more maneuverable if you keep your throttle and therefore your speed inside the blue zone. When you arrive in a star system the arrival star will show red in your central radar screen as you move away from it it will turn orange. When it does it's safe to start your next jump without overheating and damaging your modules. If you're out exploring it's worth checking the codecs in the right hand panel of your ship it will offer hints on where you might be able to find all sorts of things in the galaxy. Don't be afraid of the Thargoids generally speaking if you haven't done anything to upset them and you keep your distance they're often just curious and will leave you alone after working out what you are. Big ships aren't necessarily better the small and medium ships all have as much value as well find the ships that suit your play style. Fleet carriers can jump 500 light years at a time 500 light years is a very long way don't land on a fleet carrier that you don't absolutely trust. If you're interdicted the mass of the attacking vessel can stop you getting back into supercruise this is called mass locking. If you want to get away target a neighbouring star system and jump into hyperspace. Hyperspace jumps can't be mass locked. Tutorials including this one can be useful but ultimately there is rarely one absolute correct way of doing something in Elite Dangerous. Find a method that works for you that you enjoy. Follow some useful social media feeds if you don't like or use social media consider creating an account just for your commander. There's lots of useful tips and assistance on social media and Frontier often uses it to drop hints about things happening in the game. Don't be in a rush enjoy the early parts of the game and understand that Elite has no end game. It won't corridor you and it won't lead you by the nose. The game is all about finding your way in the galaxy. Elite Dangerous is all about the journey not the destination. So there we go it's by no means an extensive list. Elite is a huge game and we'd never be able to cover it all in one video but hopefully that's given you at least some useful new player tips. And if you've got some tips of your own that you want to pass on to new players yourself leave them in the comments below. Thanks very much for watching. 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