It's 2026! Happy New Year!!

Well it's 2026... The old year has passed and the new year has officially started... In the UK it seemed like a pretty sober affair, apparently it was quieter than it has been in previous years around where my parents live but then when we spoke to people in the NL it was like being in a war zone... There have been reports of fires and issues with fireworks, but that's normal for us in the NL... 
ANYWAY, I'm rambling. When I am home again at the weekend, I will be a little more thoughtful, honest and rambling with things that are comin for the new year but for now... Let's enjoy the festive feeling a little longer?!

SO HAPPY NEW YEAR... 
I hope that your passing from 2025 to the new year of 2026 was a happy and uneventful... I hope that you were in a place that made you feel happy and hopeful and that it sparkled. I mean if that's the change you were going for anyway, I LOVED that it was peaceful, I'd have been happy to spend the new year change with my eyes closed. 
There are so many things coming in the next few months that I NEED the downtime to allow myself to get stronger for what will come... ANYWAY, I will see you again properly on Sunday, for NOW enjoy the last few days of a peaceful weekend and don't miss my ramblings too much... I'm not sure anyone besides me will, but if you are out there... HAPPY NEW YEAR MY LOVELIES!!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: Kiu - Happy New Year Headband in Stars
Hair: Sintiklia - Hair Stella in FLF Special
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: (Yummy) - NYE 2026 Glasses
Necklace: (Yummy) - Oversized Pearl Gemstone Necklace
Top: miss chelsea - Megu Tank
Confetti: hive - Confetti Poppers
Pose: -Extra- - All the Love
Fireworks: CELESTE - Firework Light
Backdrop: Synnergy - Starbright Backdrop 

New Year's Glam

Today is New Year's Eve and I'm happy to report that I am going to be celebrating with my parents in the UK... SO yes, technically I am away and not really able to function much on SL, but you should know me better than this, you should know that I am addicted and cannot pass a special event like the changing of the year without actually acknowledging things... 
Let's make things a little more festively sparkly for the changing of the year shall we... 

I wasn't sure what I wanted my last picture for 2025 to be, it took a little while but I KNEW I wanted to do somethin reasonably New Year's Glam ish... I'm not doing anything glam in my RL, just a quiet night with my parents probably watching the Christmas episode of Strictly Come Dancing LOL... AND I am very very very happy with that plan... I avoided the Dutch Firework Chaos after all... 
SO let's just imagine we're going to a glamourous New Year Party shall we... One with lots of delicious hors d'oeuvres and champagne... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! Be careful out there but have a wonderful celebration tonight... 

What is in the picture;
Caviar: (Lucas Lameth) - Caviar & Salmon Lox
Shrimp Hors D'Oeuvres: (Lucas Lameth) - Shrimp, Avocado, Cucumber Canape
Drink Tray with Lemons & Glasses: BROKEN ARROWS - Festive Fizz in Drink Tray
Tower Server: (Lucas Lameth) - Seafood Tower
Champagne Bucket: BROKEN ARROWS - Festive Fizz in Golden Ice Bucket
Bust: tres blah - Salad Days Gacha Item in Graceful Bust RARE
Tooters: Junk Food - Party Horns
Hats: hive - New Years Eve Party Hat in Black
Balloons: hive - Star Balloons Pack
Table & Chairs: random.Matter - The Queen's Dining in Neutrals
Plant: Apple Fall - Aspidistra in Wicker Planter
Backdrop: Amitie - Mirror Mirror Backdrop 

2025's Dumpster Fire

Well hello hello, welcome back after the Christmas festivities, and I hope that you had the most wonderful of Christmasses... I've been thoroughly spoilt and had enough books for at least a half year of reading... My reading total this year was 70ish and I had more than half of that for Christmas... Yet the year isn't over, we still have a few more days left of 2025 before the celebrationof New Year and that's where I will be getting off for a bit... I'm going to go home to see my parents...

2026 will be a massive year in my house... I am going to be celebrating my 40th birthday on March 19th, Hell and I will be moving to temporary accomodations from February15th as we have some MAJOR rennovations taking place in our home and there are so many things worrying me about that ranging from issues with builders and work being done to my poor little cat being stressed as we're moving from place to place, and my mother will begin her chemotherapy, but there will be more about that when I'm feeling strong enough to share the details.. Things will be insanely busy next year and I am thoroughly in need of a rest... I'm going to set fire to this dumpster full of 2025 garbage... A 2025 Dumpster Fire if you will - which in this case is actually a toy created by Junk Food for the current round of The Fifty and comes in a package as well as loose that can be rezzed... 
I'll send my love, hugs and well wishes for the end of 2025 and see you in 2026... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: TRUTH & Wasabi - Apres Ski in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Jacket: Gabriel - Vivid Off-shoulder Fur in Pink
Top: The Kiwi Co - Cozy Essentials Top in Winter Edition
Pants: The Kiwi Co - Cozy Essentials Leggings in Holiday Patterns
Passport: Movement - Passaport and luggage tag in BLACK
Pose: [piXit] - Shoe Me, Pose F3
Fire: Junk Food - Dumpster Fire Toy (Available until January 20th at The Fifty)
Case: FOXCITY. Prop - Luggage in Pink
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - 14B

A Feast for the Festive Days

Well Ladies and Gents, that's it... We've made it to the most festive few days of the year... Christmas is upon us and people will be celebrating either tomorrow or Thursday, depending on where you are and what your traditions have always been... I'm going to be working tomorrow, and I get to work my butt off on Thursday to make a Christmas dinner for my hubby and monster-in-law, but it won't be long and before we know it, it will have passed us by once more... Enjoy it while we can... 

I spent a long time trying to work out what I wanted to do as my last post for the festive season and I'll be honest, there was a lot of things I really found it hard to do. I wasn't going to do something uber festive, I don't feel special enough at the moment but there is always one thing that will make me happy... FOOD... I'm a collector of the stuff when it comes to Second Life, and I love sitting around sharing foods with friends and family while we chat and spend time together... 
So I'm setting out a picky snacky feast, full of cheese, and other Christmassy nibbles... I've thrown together a few little decorations and there will be champagne to enjoy... 
Before I start to enjoy this delicious looking Christmas feast, I wanted to spend a moment to wish everyone a very festive holiday, and a very merry whatever you're having... Happy Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel and Fijne Feestdagen... 

What is she wearing;
Teddy Bears: YOKAI - Teddy Christmas in Christmas Tree Teddy in Brown
Macrons: BROKEN ARROWS - Sweet Tower in Tree
Olive Tree: {vespertine} - Festive Cheeseball in Tree(Available until January 17th at Anthology)
Chips & Dip: Junk Food - Christmas Potato Chips (Available until January 17th at Anthology)
Charcuterie Tree: Junk Food - Christmas Charcuterie Tree
Snowman: {vespertine} - Festive Cheeseball in Snowman (Available until January 17th at Anthology)
Wings: (Lucas Lameth) - Chicken Wings Party Dipper
Pigs in Blankets: (Lucas Lameth) - Pigs in Blankets, Ketchup
Candy Cane: Dahlia - Seasonal Candy in Candy Cane Jar Red
Present Boxes: KraftWork - 2024 Advent Calendar Item in Panetone Box
Garlands: {vespertine} - Felt Holiday Mantel Garlands
Doily: Deco Soup - Vintage Doily
Table: Apple Fall - Holyoke Dining Table in Aged Oak 

The Gingerbread Slay

Honestly it's hard to believe that it's Christmas week already, even with the fact that it feels like we've been talking about Christmas for ages now, I'm still shocked that it's almost here... Is that weird?! I guess it's because I don't feel ANYWHERE near the Christmas Spirit because there have been so many things dragging my mind into darker places than I've been in a LONG LONG time... I'll talk more about that after the happiness of the festivities are over, but for now I'm going to throw the prettiness into the ring, shake it up and see what happens... The darkness seeped through just a little and took over the gumdrop candy cuteness... 

I am in the mood for a little chaos, a little mayhem and a little evil... I've decided that my version of the Sugar Plum Fairy would rule her little corner of Sugar Land with a somewhat deadly iron fist... Her home at the Gingerbread Manor - which is a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis, that I have actually butchered to use in the background of my picture, and have actually added the official Ad Poster to the bottom of the post... Oh and I'm sorry Synnergy.Tavis, the backdrop is gorgeous but I needed it to be a little different - in the Gingerbread town is perfectly positioned  to watch over her Gingerbread subjects...
That's not all... It's the perfect place for her to be able to get a Gingerbread Throne - from BackBone for the MadPea Advent Calendar - dragged out to the best view point for the public executions of the guilty in the sugar wars... Such a fabulous toy in the Gingerbread justice system, the Ginger Guillotine - available from Krescendo at Slay vs Sleigh until January 3rd - and it's being manned by her loyal Gingerbread Fighters - from Aardvark, available on Marketplace - who will dump the bodies in a Mug of coffee for their Queen... 

What is she wearing;
Crown: [Krescendo] - Christmas Crown (Available until January 11th at Man Cave)
Hair: Wasabi - Afterglow Hair in Offbeat
Head: BeSpoke - Nopperabo
Glasses: Boutique #187 - Chic Glasses
Body Paint: Faunus - Ginger Mushroom
Wings: Doe - Sugarplum Wings in White
Shirt: everfaery - Brooke Open Blouse (Available until January 15th at Lewd Station)
Boots: Mug - Nyra Boots in Tan
Pose: [piXit] - Ivory Whispers, Pose 1
Guillotine: [Krescendo] - Ginger Guillotine in Brown (Available until January 3rd at Slay Vs Sleigh)
Darker Gingerbread Men: Aardvark - Gingerbread Fighters
Scythe: Decoy - Sugar Scythe
Tin: {vespertine} - Sweet Holiday Munch in Open Tin
Chair: BackBone - Gingerbread Throne in Red
Mug: (Lucas Lameth) - Cup of Coffee in Cream
Gingerbread Men Jar: BROKEN ARROWS - Candyland in Gingerbread Red & Green
Lighter Gingerbread Men: Boudoir - Gingerbread Fence
Other Decor & Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Gingerbread Manor {360}Backdrop

Polar Flair in the Alpine Drift

It's getting a little colder here but no where near as cold as some places out there at this time of year, and I heard it will be getting colder, but I don't think we'll be seeing much snow over the Christmas period... Before the holidays start though I feel like I need a little break from the madness, I'm not feeling very Christmassy and therefore a break to stop and reset might do me some good... 

I am NOT a fan of Skiing, in fact I've NEVER done it. I'm much more the type of girl that would rather curl up in the Ski Lodge with a book... In fact at the moment I'm reading a really funny one, full of murder and mayhem and spice, but it's set in an Alaskan Ski resort paradise as a Winter Retreat for Serial Killers - it's called Slay Ride by Lauren Biel... 
It did kinda influence my decision as a blogger today, I wanted to be in the snow, I wanted to try and do some Skiing, although that was the plan rather than what actually happened... When I got there, the Polar Bears - from Aardvark, available until January 12th at Kustom9 - were already using the Alpine Drift Slopes, showing off with their Polar Bear Flair... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Mug - Snow Bunny Gacha Item in #6 Winter Hat Black (Available until January 12th at Kustom9)
Hair: [monso] - Suni Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Scarf & Coat: Mug - Aspen Jacket in Black
Skis & Ski Poles: Mug - Snow Bunny Gacha Item in #17 Ski Gear Blue (Available until January 12th at Kustom9)
Pose: FOXCITY - Ghouls, Pose 1
Bears: Aardvark - Polar Bear Flair (Available until January 12th at Kustom9)
Snow: Cole's Corner - Snow Daze & Softly Snow & [Since1975] - Mesh Falling Snow
Backdrop:  Synnergy.Tavis - Alpine Drift {360} Backdrop

Paws & Disorder for Christmas Chaos

Pft it's getting closer and closer to Christmas and I get to a certain point in December and think "SHIT" I have so much left to do still and not a lot of time to do it... HellBone is done with work for the year, and I'm going to be making him a list that's similar to the one that Santa makes, only he will be on the naughty list he doesn't get things done... 

Santa has left me as one of his favourite Ho Ho Ho's to decorate the Gift Room in his home at the North Pole - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis by the way - and it didn't take long before it became total chaos... One of the helper elves was pestering the poor old, grumpy black cat, while the other sat on the table and forgot his wrapping to watch me work with a dreamy look in his eyes... I was too busy trying to organise the cats that were causing chaos, too many Paws and a lot of Disorder, which sounds like a damn good name for a movie "Paws & Disorder" - which are a collection from Aardvark at The Arcade - and makes things a LOT more silly fun than decorating a Christmas tree any right to be... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH & Wasabi - Everleigh in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Choker & Necklaces: Kibitz - Christmas lights in Golden
Dress: AsteroidBox - Florence Dress
Boots: PSYCHO.Byts - Selene Leg Warmers (Available until December 15th at Gothmas)
Pose & Lights Prop: [piXit] - I'm Lit, Pose F4
Cats: Aardvark - Paws and Disorder Gacha Collection (Available until December 28th at The Arcade)
Red Decor Box: [Canape] - Ornaments Storage Case in Red
Green Decor Box: [Canape] - Christmas Tote w/Ornaments in Green
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Gift Room {360} Backdrop