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Let’s Get This Party Started!

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I don’t know about you, but I’m weary of all this curtailed activity.  Yes, I’m now vaccinated, and yes I’m living in an area where year-round outdoor activity is possible, and yes I’m in a community where just about everyone is active, but come on… I want to go to a party, not a spaced-out get-together in someone’s driveway  where everyone brings their own food/drink.  I want to go to a live music event where I don’t have to sit in my car/golf cart at a distance.  I want to go back to museums and movies and yes, I want to go to DisneyWorld now that I’m relatively nearby.  And of course, yes, I could decide to do all these things, but I’m not a COVID denier, I’m definitely a confirmed mask wearer, and I see what my friends in Europe are going through and I feel lucky.  I believe in the science, but I’m also human (at least IRL lol) and I’ve just had enough, and want what I want when I want it!  Nothing is going to change by venting about it, but at least now I’ll feel a teeny bit better having shouted my frustration to the world!  Sighs, at least I can freely socialize and move about here on the grid, but let’s face it, it is definitely time to get this party started!!!  (Oh and of course, happy shopping!)

  • Outfit:  LUXE Paris Fashion House – Oregano Dress, Shawl, & Heels.  As a green-eyed redhead, green is definitely one of my favorite colors (which you may have noticed if you’re a regular reader of my blog).  That’s why the minute I saw this form-fitting little dress with its fabulous cut & texture I just knew that it was made for me!  The icing on the cake is the shawl edged in silver together with the matching heels with “diamond” straps.  Definitely “ooh la la”!  Sized for Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I/V, Legacy, & Maitreya, EXCLUSIVELY available at the March round of the Swank Event, open March 7th – 30th.  
  • Scene:  [AZ Studio] – Bahamas Spring, Nassau Set.  A colonial style set with some nature inspiration accents, this collection includes: a garden Pergola, garland decorations, a table & chair cloth set, a matching Tea Set, a jute rug, plus some plants to complete the decor.  A new EXCLUSIVE, it’s available as individual pieces or as a full set at the March round of the Swank Event, open March 7th – 30th.  
  • Head:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Eyes:  PUMEC – Arisha
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole
  • Hair:  TRUTH – VIP Soiree (Group Gift)
  • Makeup:  Zibska – Noir Pack; theMars – Classy Night Lip
  • Nails:  Encore – Shades of Green
  • Jewelry:  Beloved Jewelry – Baroque Set ; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:  Artis – Wall Pose

She loves horses, and her boyfriend too

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Life definitely seems to be in free fall.  Like kids at summer camp, we’re busy running around trying all kinds of new activities.  At this point, almost all of them are physical since “mental” activities tend to be indoors which means most either aren’t happening yet or I won’t feel comfortable enough until the two weeks have passed since I got my 2nd vaccine.  And therein lies the problem… mentally we’re totally into bouncing from new activity to new activity… physically our bodies are going “whoa baby, let’s talk about this”.  I’m gimping around a bit, and am almost ready (I think) to try out my new bicycle again (seat was too low and I really hurt my knee last time); hubs is in horrible pain from something he did to his hamstring.  Urgent Care didn’t help; waiting for a doctor appointment now, but it’s been a couple of weeks of non-activity with incredible pain for him.  This has necessarily meant that I’ve needed to temporarily take over all the chores and errands he normally handles, plus wait on him as much as he’ll allow… On top of that, I tried taking apart my desk chair to try to figure out the type of gas cylinder it needs (no manufacturer name on the chair, how is that possible lol), it’s still in pieces on the floor (I’m not the most mechanically minded), so I’m sitting on a highly uncomfortable bridge chair…  All of this creating a situation where being inworld, let alone blogging, has been more difficult.  Free falling, indeed!  But despite all that, absolutely no way I would miss this absolutely adorable little outfit (and neither should you!)…  and on that note, happy shopping!

  • Outfit:  Allure Couture – Anna Mae.  Foot-stomping-ly cute, Anna Mae includes the most adorable little tube top with a contrasting ruffle; one strap is artfully falling down the shoulder, the other is completely untied & adds a touch of tantalizing sexual promise.  Paired with a matching little skirt & flat black boots, Anna Mae is sized for Hourglass, Freya, Legacy, Alice, eBody Curvy, Kupra, & Maitreya.  She’s available in 5 separate colors, in a 5-texture Slimpack, or a Fatback of 10, all with 100% Original Textures. EXCLUSIVELY at the March Twe12ve event, an Evil Bunny Production, March 12th – 30th.  Demo available.
  • Head, Eyes, Eyeshadow:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole; Finer Threads – Sel Beauty Marks
  • Hair:  Doux – Peach
  • Lipstick:  Tutti Belli – Lollipop Lipstick Collection
  • Hat:  Stone’s Works –  American Eagle CowBoy Hat (unisex)
  • Jewelry:   RealEvil Industries – Avva Set; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:  Fashiowl – My White Horse
  • Backdrop:  Crystal – Horses House Backdrop

Waiting

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Well once again I’ve missed several days of blogging, but the good new is that I am now fully vaccinated!  It is amazing though… where I live, people were scrambling to get appointments for the shot (including us); now, it’s incredibly easy to get an appointment.  Not only that, before you took what you got, no matter how far the drive, no matter which shot it was. Now there’s a luxury of choices… close locations, whichever brand of vaccine you prefer.  I didn’t have too much of a reaction to shot #2; yes, I still can’t really lift my arm after a few days, but other than that I reacted much better than I did to shot #1.  What’s been even harder for me to deal with in the world of blogging though is that my desk chair — my new, awesome desk chair that I picked up at a consignment shop last month — has suddenly “dropped”… it seems that it needs a replacement gas canister, but until that’s handled, I’m so low at the desk that it’s hard to type lol… I feel almost like a little kid sitting at the grownup desk. That said, I’m trying to take maximum advantage of my time inworld since the combination of a sore arm and having to reach up to type are not the best combination for relaxation and enjoyment lol! (Not that something little like that will keep this girl from shopping!!!)  Lots and lots of great events going on right now, with loads of fabulous items.  Here are just a few…

The Look:

  • Outfit:  Jumo Originals – Aeon Outfit.  Awesome style is yours with this one-shoulder asymmetrical top with ruffles at one hip, paired with pants that are not too tight/not too loose… just perfect! Comes with 3 textures in your choice of 8 Hud colors (the fatpack has an extra HUD with 4 additional textures), & is sized for Tonic (Curvy/Fine/Mini), Slink HG/P, Belleza F/I, Legacy, Altamura, & Maitreya.  See the pic below for a closer shot of these fabulous textures (I’m using the Black HUD).  EXCLUSIVELY available at the March round of the Swank Event, open March 7th – 30th.  
  • Head, Eyes, Eyeshadow:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body: Tonic – Curvy Beauty (worn with Booty Control).  Still the most natural curves on the grid with options to add that extra oomph how & if you want it, as well as others to minimize the bust &/or the butt, perfect for a slinky gown like this!  With Tonic, you can truly customize the look of your body & not only look fantastic, but also look the way YOU want to!
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole; Finer Threads – Sel Beauty Marks
  • Hair:  Stealthic – Purity
  • Makeup: #ADORED – Dreamgirl Shadow, pastel palette edition; Top1Salon – HD Rebellious Lipstick
  • Jewelry:  Maxi Gossamer – Jessica Sanctuary Necklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Shoes:  Tonic – Vintage Lace Peep Toe Pump

The Scene (all from the H&G Expo):

Dench Designs – There’s nothing better than shopping with a purpose & scoring awesome landscaping decor!  I’m showing just a few of the donation items for Relay for Life from Dench Designs, located in Region 6 of the Home & Garden Expo, HERE  (and these are just a few of the items from this designer!)

  • Rookery Boat & Rug – Includes the Boat, the rug, the pillows, the trees behind it & the flowers next to it.  Animated for female/male/cuddles; texture change for the rug/pillows.  Only 7LI! 100% DONATION to Relay for Life
  • Rookery Waterfall –  This rocky waterfall is animated (male/female/cuddles; see below for one example), & includes lots of extra decor that — depending on your taste & your prim availability — you can choose to add or not.  (The pic above has all the extra decor included — trees, lanterns, fish, dragonfly, an eating duck!)  100% DONATION to Relay for Life.
  • Stone Planter  – HUNT item (see the pic below for a more detailed image)

Good News! The Home & Garden EXPO is OPEN!

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Anyone who’s familiar with my blog knows that I’m a big supporter of charitable efforts in Second Life, especially Relay for Life, which if you don’t know, is a fundraising effort for the American Cancer Society.   RFL events are held throughout the year; each one is filled with wonderful shopping, entertainment, experiences, and loads of creativity.  Since I’m not a designer, I can’t create/offer items where I can donate the proceeds.  So instead, I utilize my blogging efforts as I can, and then I shop, shop, shop, and shop some more.  The Home & Garden EXPO is one of these mega-events, open from February 27th through March 21st. It’s such a win-win shopping experience… I score awesome creations by a whole range of designers I might already know and love or be seeing for the very first time… and my shopping dollars are going to support Relay for Life,  Shopping with a purpose… what a concept, and what a wonderful way to use this medium, this life, to support such an important cause.  All the details to this year’s event — donation items, 10L hunt items, auction items, entertainment & talks, the decorating competition, grand finale auction, a shopping guide, and more — can be found HERE.

The Look:

  • Outfit:  GiuliaDesign – Elisea.  Stunning off-the-shoulder crop top with sleeves that are half gauzy with the same embroidery that embellishes the top edge along the breasts.   The waist high pin-striped pants are a full flair leg; all colors have a black tie belt. See the full-length pic below for a good view of all this fabulous detail! Available in 10 colors — all with a silky feel — or in a fatback where you can mix & match the tops & bottoms like I did, Elisea is sized for Hourglass, Belleza Freya & Isis, Legacy, & Maitreya. EXCLUSIVELY at the March Vanity Event, open March 4th – 30th.  Demo available.  
  • Head & Eyes:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole; Finer Threads – Sel Beauty Marks
  • Hair:  Stealthic – Searching
  • Makeup: #ADORED – Dreamgirl Shadow, pastel palette edition; Top1Salon – HD Rebellious Lipstick
  • Nails:  Encore – Shades of Pink
  • Jewelry:  Maxi Gossamer – Jessica Sanctuary Necklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Shoes:  Phedora – Clelia Platforms

The Scene (all from the H&G Expo):

  • Backdrop:  My View – Teahouse.  It’s hard to call this a backdrop, because it’s so much more.  It’s really more of a full landscaping item in that the flowers/outdoor vase are on all 4 corners… the doors open & close (& can stay open if you prefer), there are single sit animations included in the inside chairs (see the shot of the interior below); it’s so adorable, with so many little touches that elevate it. 100% DONATION to Relay for Life in Region 6 of the Home & Garden Expo, HERE.  The H&G Expo is open from Feb 27th – March 21st.
  • Pose:  Shutter Up – Good News.  As you probably know, I don’t often do couple poses since it involves logging into two different computers at the same time, & controlling two avatars, & I’m just not that adept lol! But this time, I just couldn’t resist.  Good News is just, well, that good!  Includes the pose ball set as well as the cell phone in my hand.  (NOTE: due to the huge flair of the pants, I did need to adjust the position of the back leg slightly.) 100% DONATION to Relay for Life in Region 6 of the Home & Garden Expo, HERE.  The H&G Expo is open from Feb 27th – March 21st.

If only…

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Ugh, there are times I can really hate February.  It’s just so short… you’d be amazed how those 2 or 3 days really impact you in a month of blogging when most events don’t start until the 2nd week.  Think of it this way… that 2 or 3 days is at least one and possibly two blogs the way I shoot/post (I’m on the slower side because I take a zillion shots for every post, with very rare exceptions).  This year February has been even harder because I’m still settling into my new, much more active life, and I’m finding that my blogging hours are severely shorted and my energy severely diminished as well.  I also received my first COVID 19 shot, and unlike most people, I did get a killer migraine as a reaction to shot #1 that lasted for a few days… nothing serious, thankfully, but enough that I couldn’t sit at a computer and concentrate, let alone be creative. That said I know in the scheme of things this is all minor bs; I’m incredibly lucky to have this new active lifestyle, to have received my shot, and to have a fabulous bunch of sponsors who generally understand that when Second Life and real life conflict, well, real life just has to win out.  (And believe me, that is something I have fought time and again in the 14 years I’ve been here!)  But I am human (sadly sometimes, lol), and I do spend quite a bit of time in “If Only” mode.  At the moment, it’s “if only I had a few more days”… but alas, life doesn’t work that way as we all know.  The best thing in Second Life that I know for this ailment is shopping therapy!!!!  May you be as happy in your shopping as I am in mine lol!

  • Gown:  Allure Couture – Heloise.  A stunning mermaid gown that is made even more fabulous by the 100% original textures & how artfully they’re used on this gown… I just love the use of the solid satin in the bodice area, as piping along the top, for the laces in the back (yes! it dips in the back & laces up!), & the bottom pool of fabric & how it sets off the subtle swirls of the sheath. Heloise is sized for Slink H/P, Belleza F/I, Legacy, & Maitreya, & is available in 5 separate colors, in a 5-texture Slimpack, or a Fatback of 10.  Includes matching heels.  Heloise is EXCLUSIVELY at the February Twe12ve event, an Evil Bunny Production, through TODAY Feb 28th (after that, Heloise will be at the main store).  Demo available.
  • Head, Eyes, Eyeshadow:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole; Finer Threads – Sel Beauty Marks
  • Hair:  Exile – Countess
  • Lipstick:  Tutti Belli – Lollipop Lipstick Collection
  • Jewelry:   Accolade – Japanese Tensha Bead Necklace & Earrings; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Pose:  STUN Poses – Manu
  • Backdrop:  irrISIStible – Extraordinary Garden Backdrop

Happy Rez Day to Me!

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I can’t believe it, but I just had my 14th rez day… that’s right, 14… and I wouldn’t even have known it had a friend not wished me a Happy Rez Day. It’s funny how that happens… I remember having a huge party for my 1st rez day, and more intimate celebrations on my 2nd and 3rd.  Every year after that, they just became less and less important, until they generally passed without notice. The fact that I did become aware this year caused me to step back and reflect a bit on all the changes I’ve experienced here inworld… not just in the interface and the world itself, but for me myself.  I’ve been with the same wonderful man here for 13 of those 14 years, so you might think how many changes could there have been, but in looking back over our photo album (and yes, you can definitely see us age and mature!) and searching my memories, I realize how much I’ve changed and grown, just as in real life.  Second Life doesn’t represent the same things to me any more as it did in the beginning.  I still shop and go dancing and spend a lot of time decorating and landscaping, but I’ve been blogging for several years now as well as being a blogger-manager, and having work inworld does change the experience.  I would have to say that most of my friends are now bloggers, blogger-managers, and designers, as opposed to those I used to hang out with for music and dancing.  A more recent change is that I’m now splitting a lot of my time between fae and human, trying on different “attitudes” when creating my look of the day… creating even more of a split personality than I had when I was blogging a lot of heads lol!  I’ve also noticed how special it feels when I run across someone else who has been in here as long or even longer than I have… it’s true, there aren’t that many of us, and I think the key to being a long-term resident is that very change and growth… you need to evolve, or else SL (and life itself, for that matter) stagnates and becomes stale, boring, and deadly.  And on that note, I’m off to explore and shop my little heart out.  After all, it IS my rez day week! Happy shopping to you as well…

The look:

  • Outfit:  Jumo Originals – Marjorie Dress.  Four fabulous textures in 8 different color HUDS plus another HUD with 4 unique patterns, or a fatpack that includes it all…. & all for a truly luscious dress!  I love the way this cut enhances my curves, & the pattern enhances it even more! Sized for Hourglass, Isis, Legacy, & Maitreya; EXCLUSIVELY available at the February round of the Swank Event, open until the 28th.  
  • Head, Eyes, Eyeshadow:  LeLUTKA – Nova Head
  • Body:  Slink – Hourglass Mesh Body Original, Full Version including Hands (Dynamic) & Feet
  • Skin:  theSkinnery – Monica
  • Freckles:  Izzie’s – Heart Mole; Finer Threads – Sel Beauty Marks
  • Hair:  Exile – Class Act
  • Lipstick:  theMARS – Classy Night Lip
  • Nails:  Go Frock Yourself – Bronze Nail Appliers
  • Jewelry:  Heartsdale Jewellery – Boho Celebration Mardi Gras; Chop Zuey – Bel Aire Gold Women’s Wedding Band
  • Shoes:  KC Couture – Zara Heels
  • Pose:  STUN Poses – Jade, combined with ChicChica – Raspberry Chammey

The scene:

Tylar’s Treasures – Elegant Whimsy Collection.   It’s such a beautifully large collection, with each element sold individual, it enables you to create exactly what you want without having to purchase items you don’t.  See the pic below  to see a broader range of what’s included than in the pic above:

  • Elegant Whimsy Veranda, with scripted doors
  • Elegant Whimsy Piano with Chandelier, animated in both Cuddles & Adult versions
  • Elegant Whimsy Sofa, with texture change for pillows; Bento Animated, also available in both Cuddles & Adult versions
  • Elegant Whimsy Champagne Table, with texture changer for the bows; bottle gives a glass of champagne!
  • Elegant Whimsy Dessert Table (not shown), also with texture changer for the bows; 3 different dessert options to display
  • Elegant Whimsy Potted Wisteria Tree
  • Elegant Whimsy Potted Dwarf Palms (set of 3; small, medium, & large)
  • Elegant Whimsy Potted Orchids
  • Elegant Whimsy Potted Fern

All items are EXCLUSIVELY available at the current round of Uber Hometown, February 19th – March 18th.  (NOTE: Only cuddles versions are on display at the event; adult versions are on display only at the store)