Bright Christmas

I am having fun with all the  amazing stuff out right now. Christmas is so bright and fun after the darkness of Halloween items. Though wait and see, you will see me moaning about so much red and green and bright and I will be longing for the softness of Spring. I am always moaning about something.

dress - Slavia @ Kaithleen's
sweater Slavia @ Kaithleen's
boots - Kate Thigh High @ Gos
hair - Rhiannon @ Sintiklia
catwa head applier - Dacia @ DeeTaleZ
body applier - Nordic @ DeeTaleZ
pose & prop - Nutcracker by Hazeel @ Pose Fair

christmas tree - LeLutka group gift
inflatable reindeer - Gabby @ Serenity Style 
names on wall art - Naughty & nice list @ The Hive
small tree ornaments - Resin @ Half Deer
ornament boxes - Bright - Pastel @ Half Deer
tree art on wall - Winter Scene @ Refuge
tree frame - green, red, natural - @ Refuge

Gorgeous

Gorgeous is your skin.

Gorgeous is your smile.

Gorgeous the way you walk. 

Gorgeous when I hear you talk. 

Gorgeous.

hair - Victoria @ Magika
bodice & panties - Allandra by Narcisse @ Anthem
catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaum
body applier - Mixed @ DeeTaleZ
tattoo - Luana @ Carol G
pose - Yang by BellePoses @ Kinky
eyeshadow - Evil Queen @ Veechi
lips - Buxom  @ Veechi

Its bloody raining again

The weather is minging in the UK, storm  blowing, rain beating down. Then some cheery ad comes on telly singing 'its beginning to look alot like Christmas' So I looked out the window and thought' like heck it is - then pulled the curtains to hide. 
While I am rambling let me tell you about this new pose store. They have just started and has stuff out at Pose Fair. They will get their main store open soon,so keep and eye and I will pose a link when it happens. The creator is a friend of mine, she is a fussy sort at making pictures in SL and they are always stunning and so far her poses reflect that. I am expecting  all new poses to be as good, if not better. We are nothing in SL without great pose makers.

pose & prop  - Hat by Templar @ Pose Fair
scarf - Saku @ Artificial Hallucination
jumper - Aeiana @ Lybra
hair  - F1124 @ Tram

catwa head applier - Rose @ Session

body applier - Tone 00 @ Session

Difference between love and friendship ?

Love is like cake.

It is sweet and fun to make.

Friendship is like meat and potatoes.

It is better for you and worth the wait.

Though the words above are amusing, they are not true. Just as a toxic friendship can be damaging, a truth and real love can be amazing. Make sure you get them in the right order in SL as much as RL

hair - Farah by Wasabi @ Tannenbaum

necklace & earrings  - Jingle by Cae @ Santa Inc

bustier & sweater - Amy by ChicModa @ FaMESHed

catwa head applier - Rose @ Session

body applier - Tone 00 @ Session

radio - Gypsy Soul Speaker @ Granola

mug - First Coffee @ Ariskea

pastry rack @ Dust Bunny

baking items - Granny's Winter Cottage  @8f8

hanging planter @ Dust Bunny

toaster - @ Dust Bunny

fridge -@ Ionic 

Old Fashioned Christmas

We all seem to pull out traditions at this time of year. Things need to look and be done a set way or the whole thing is spoilt. From putting up the tree to buying gifts. Then comes what goes on the dinner plate and what happens after. Some go to midnight mass, others to church on Christmas morning. Some go out the the pub with friends and others will collapse on the chair at home and watch  telly, enjoying the time to relax and breathe before the kid wake up and go nuts at all the gifts. Everyone has their own thing they like to happen. Whatever goes on over this next few weeks, have fun, don't stress, don't over spend that you  pile it on  credit cards. Keep safe and enjoy the time. If it doesn't go as planned, what does it matter so long as you are happy, food in your belly and a roof over your head. 

chair with blanket and cushions - Christmas Cosy by Bee Designs @ Christmas Lane
boxer puppy - @ Rezz Room
adult Labrador (animesh)  @ Rezz Room
santa - Vintage Wood by 22769  @ Tannenbaum
mirror - Princess @ Minimal
ladder - Winter's Warmth gacha by Sempiternal @ The Arcade
table - Winter's Warmth gacha by Sempiternal @ The Arcade
skybox - Winter's Warmth gacha by Sempiternal @ The Arcade
yule log in mantel - Winter's Warmth gacha by Sempiternal @ The Arcade
rug - Persian @F&M Oblivion 
stocking hanger - Reindeer @ What Next
stockings - @ What Next
garland & wreath - @ The Hive
sign board - Let It Snow by Dahlia  The Arcade
tree with decorations - Steampunk Nutcracker Collection gacha by DaD  @ The Arcade

Get on your bike......

So many sims so little time. I keep seeing notices telling me the sim has had a makeover. I started to make a list to remind me but I  kept forgetting to update it. I am on  Missing Melody today. No matter when this sim gets a makeover it is always stunning. I keep thinking ''this is the best yet'' then they do it for the next season/holiday and it gets even better. Get of that platform and go visit these places, they will inspire you to take pictures.If you can,  drop a a little in the tip jars most open sims have dotted around. It costs to have these places and also to keep buying stuff to landscape them. I for one are so grateful.

dress - Sinae @ C'est La Vie
leggings  - Inga @ C'est La Vie
boots with socks - Rudolph by Candy Kitten @ Tannenbaun
hair with hat - Bearet by Doe @ Tannenbaun 
catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaun
body applier - Nordic @  DeeTaleZ
prop & pose - Basket Bike  @ Amitie
sim - Missing Melody

You

When it started snowing,

I thought about you.

I don't think it was just a

pure coincidence.

pose & prop - Sled by Sapa @ Pose Fair (opens 7th December)

overalls - Stella by Vinyl @ Uber

applier top - T-Ball @ Sn@tch

hair with cap - Rose Marie by Mina @Santa Inc.

boots - Hardcore @ Dirty Princess

scarf - Saku @ Artificial Hallucination

gloves - Fabric Lined @ WitchCraft

Tomorrow doesn't look like it will be different either.

I just can be assed today,  like that most days lately - feels like it is the new normal. I should be cleaning the house but I just can not be bothered. There are things in SL that needs  an eye kept on but I don't want to 'people' today.  You ever get days like that ? Happens to many in the new year when the lights are down and parties all over, then the bills roll in.  Think I will just sleep my way past today and ignore everything and everyone.  Reading over this I sound like a right moaner - someone needs to kick my ass hard  lol. 

boots - Pepper Ankle by Gos @ FaMESHed
outfit - Christiane by ZK @ TLC
backdrop - What Fox Say @ BellePoses 
pose - Wicked @ Foxcity
mop with cleaning bucket - @ Second Spaces
housekeeper box @ What Next
laptop @ Peaches
laundry basket -@ Chez Moi
wall sign - Wordy Gacha @ Bee Designs

Get that decor up

Have you decorated yet ? I have in RL but not in SL, To many cool things I keep putting  them out and then buying more and changing. In both lives, I adore how people can  set things up  in theme. with a base colour. It looks so up market and amazing. Me ? I am a mix of everything. We do that in life, buy things each year and add to what is already there. So this is me with some of my things set out from different places. I need to get the house sorted in SL just as I have in RL. A little bit of everything mixed up and feeling like home.

van - Holiday Car by Serenity Style @ Uber
inflatable  reindeer - Gabby @  Serenity Style
traingle decor - Tree Frames  @ Refuge
christmas tree - Calen @ Shutter Field
wooden reindeer - Male & Female @ Galland Homes
small reindeer with lights - Plushy @ MOoH!
sled  - Old Wood @ Ilaya
sign leaning on van - Let It Snow by Dahlia @ The Arcade
neon wall sign - SnowBall by Madras @ The Arcade
dog - Wearable Dalmation with/without Antlers  options - @ TLC Animated Animals 
boots/ fir tree/ create/ wall decor wreath/ rocking chair   - End of Fall @ Barley

Last Christmas I gave you my heart......

In the moments you turn around

And catch me staring at you, wide eyed,

Know that I’m drinking you up.

Carefully filing everything you do in my memory

So I can pull it out

On lonely walks in the park and down the street,

So I can think of you

On cold nights laying in bed.

I want to remember

Every second.

poncho - Violet by Salt & Pepper @ Tannenbaun

hair with hat - Cara @ C'est la Vie

gloves  - store now closed, MP only  - Fame Femme

catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaun

body applier - Mixed @DeeTaleZ

prop & pose - Last Christmas by WetCat @ Pose Fair (opens 7th December)

What if......

What if every little thought

That lives inside your head

Instead of hiding away in there

Was spoken out, was said?

Would you be embarrassed?

Would you hate your mouth?

Would you rather be mute

Than let the truth come out?

What if every little thing

That people thought of you

Instead of being tucked away

Was heard, was listened to?

Would you be ashamed?

Would you cover your ears?

Would you rather be deaf

Than let the truth come near?

And what if every image

That passes through your thoughts

Was freed from its prison

To roam until it rots?

Would you be disgusted?

Would you look away?

Would you rather be blind

Than see your thoughts at play?

necklace - Autumnal @ SynCo
hair - Denis @Opale
dress - Wardruna Kint by Kaithleen's @ FaMESHed
catwa head applier - Chanel @ Session
body applier - Tone 00 @ Session

Bloody Shopping for bloody Christmas

This online shopping crap is hateful to me. I love hunting around stores and the joy carrying all the bags home. This year poor health means it has to be done online. 3am in PJs and a cuppa  getting more things ordered because I can't sleep is not fun to me. Needs must I guess. I am having fun getting stuff in SL though. At least I can run around the stores there and still be in PJs and a cuppa beside me.

shirt & sweater - Fumi by Meva @ Belle
hair - Lucy @ Magika
catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaun
body applier - European @ DeeTaleZ
pose & prop - The Lonely Hour @:LW: BENTO poses
sideboard with all items on it and wall hanging -  Peace on Earth @ Crate
tree -  Calen @ Shutter Field
wall decor  behind tree - Xmas Window  @ The Looking Glass
cat climbing tree - Meow-mas by Dami @ Tannenbaun
reindeer - Gabby @ Serenity Style

If only you could see

If only you could see past the fake smile and pretty clothes, hair all done and make up on. If only you could see the soul, the deepest thoughts, what the person says to themselves. What crap life has dragged them through. What pain and struggle they are trying to survive. Would you still be their friend or are you to fickle to stick around.  If only you could see - then what would you do.

neck scar - random item from MP
skin marks - Chemicals @ Clemmm
tears - mix of Catwa and LAQ
blood from eye and mouth  @ LAQ
head - Noelle @ LAQ
hair - Falling  (old gacha) @ Tableau Vivant
dark face tattoo - Shattered Soul by Jeanette's Joint @ Enchantment
pose & prop - Wall of Hands @ Image Essentials
top - Fike @ Vinyl

Sad

I used to love sadness.

 The comfort it brought me,

 it was so convenient 

that I got addicted by it.

hair - HO223 @ Tram

earrings, necklace, ring, bracelet  - Andromeda by Cae @ Uber

hat - Havoc @ Wicca's Originals 

eyeshadow - Lola by Veechi @ N21

lashes - Zoe @Veechi

Getting ready

I have done the unthinkable this year - at least for me. I have done some shopping online for gifts. I don't need to get alot but with a sick hubby and so much running to hospitals it has been hard to do anything else. To get things in time so I can add a card and get posted I had to do it. I do hate online shopping though. Yes it is easy to sit on PJs in the middle of the night and order but so much else gets lost. The social side of shopping, getting out and around people. Looking someone in the eye and smiling a friendly smile.  The exercises of walking around the stores and carrying all the stuff. The mental health side of getting out of the house, interacting and feeling better. Keeping track of what is being spent, to easy to click online. but handing over the money in a shop you know what you are spending. Even our stores, they are closing because we are not using them. The jobs being lost. There is a knock on effect to the areas as these things are lost. So please, Don't be me, get out there and get shopping local. Remember small businesses too.

chair -Mali @ Refuge
dog/ dog bed/ dog toy/ dog food bowl - Chihuahua @ Rezz Room
fireplace/ white stars on hearth/ black candle holders/ pompom wreath - The Paloma Collection by Granola @ Tannenbaun
inflatable reindeer  - Gabby @ Serenity Style
wooden reindeer - Female @ Galland 
toys train set - Granny's Winter Cottage @ 8f8
wrapping paper stuff - Cold Days @ Wednesday
bonbons glass dish with lid - Gokatta @ Dahlia
jewelry box, closed - Emily @ Whats Next
box of twine and bits @ Granola
decor on mantel/ tree frame by bird cage - @ Refuge
bird cage / birds - Flight of Finches @HEXtraordinary

Hell

hell is a place where

you constantly love those that

do not love you back.

crop - Sadistic @ Short Leash

full outfit - Beatrix by Wicca's Originals @ Romp (closes today)

catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaun

body applier - Mixed @  DeeTaleZ

Hair - Kayla @ Mina

Story

She was wild

In the way she dreamed

She was dangerous

In the way she danced

She was passionate

In the way she spoke

She was mischievous

In the way she smiled

She was a story

wearing - October @ Lybra

hair - Farah by Wasabi @ Tannenbaun

catwa head applier - Dacia by DeeTaleZ @ Tannenbaun

body applier - Nordic @  DeeTaleZ

pose & prop  - To Life @ Po^Z

Nothing

I'm tired waiting for weeks

Just for you to reply to me.

I know you're not that busy.

I think you just, don't want me.

I mean nothing to you,

As I treat you my everything.

Let's be fair.

I am nothing to you,

And you mean nothing to me.

sweater - Darcy by Ingenue @ C88

pants - Clement  by Ingenue @ C88

shoes - Camille by Ingenue @ C88

hair with hat -  Amber by Exile @ C88

catwa head applier - Chanel @ Session

body applier - Tone02 @ Session

dog - Pomeranian by Rezz Room @ Equal 10

The Room

Remember I blogged a house, was a few posts ago. I said then I would do a few more pictures using the inside of this build to let you see it more. Well this is part of the inside. I do live the different textures on the wall. Plain enough to add your own style to it yet it gives a cosy feel even before any furniture is placed. 
I like how this build give space layout living spaces. Not closed off into a many rooms but not just one big open space of nothing either - they created a nice balance. Get over and take a walk around it and you will see what I mean.

hanging chair - Country Hanging by Serenity Style @ Belle
fireplace with sign - Made With Love by Serenity Style @ UniK
wall writing & all pumpkins, candles beside clock - Farmhouse Decor @ What Next
side table & all items on. baskets below, mirror- Oslo by Barley @ Access
pumpkin lights - Pumpkin Fall @ Aphrodite
deer heads on left - Los Altos @ Concept
sofa - Tranquillity Velvet @ Concept
wicker deer head @ Apple Fall
picture - Illuminati @ Dahlia
standing clock - Jacob Grandfather by Di'Cor @ FaMESHed
all dogs & bed - American Bully Puppy @ Rezz Room
rug - Madame Gypsy @ Circa
build - Riverstone House @ DaD

Oh wouldn't it be love-r-ly

Wouldn't it be lovely to have a place like this to sit in the evenings. The heat of the fire would deal with the Autumn chill so the season changes outside could be seen and enjoyed. Never under estimate the need for good planting, it can make or break the over all look.

shrubs - a mix of WildBerry and Elm @ Little Branch
plant in pot - FiddleLeafFig  @ Little Branch
base over water - Daisy Pier @ Dust Bunny
bench on pier - Gypsy @ Tarte
planter on pier - Painted Plaster Elephant @ Paper Moon
fireplace - studded -by Inner Demon @ TLC
lights hanging on fireplace - Draped @ Tarte
hanging lights - Andalus by Senzafine @ WLRP
hanging brand decor - Branch Wall Display @ Mithral
beanbag chairs -Below The Line @ Circa
table -  -Below The Line @ Circa
kettle and mugs on tray - Leora @ Sway's
cats - @ TLC Animated Animal Store