Who let the Cats in?

Being an Assistant manager SUCKS... While my boss is on vacation I've been drafted in to cover her role, and I'm working my butt off... So much so that I'm working ALL WEEKEND this week... I don't want to be working, I want to be doing the fun things like reading, taking pictures in SL or napping... A nap would be fantastic, but there is no rest for the wicked, and apparently I'm wicked... I will find a way to relax, even if I have to lock myself in a dark room and work on my pictures...  

Not sure if being in a dark room - which is a backdrop from blaink by the way - when all I want to do is nap, but maybe the smell of the chemicals will help me stay awake... OR Maybe they will knock me out?! I will have to make sure that I put my cameras down before I fall down and snooze... I've always got a camera with me in RL - something like the ones from Synnergy.Tavis which are a posed holdable - but never have I ever been in a dark room... 
I was enjoying myself and minding my own business, but my stomach was starting to grumble a little bit and as if by magic, HellBone appeared with a snack... Hoding the snack in his hand, as he opened the door, I didn't manage to get the "NOOOOOO" out before my cats all dashed into the room and started causing chaos... They don't even take time to Paws and Reflect - which is the gacha collection from Aardvark in which you can find all these kitties... Chaos ensues... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Nara HW Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Jett Set in Top (Available until August 27th at Anthem)
Camera Accessories: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Photographer
Dress: miss chelsea - Jett Set in Dress (Available until August 27th at Anthem)
Bag: {Sakura} - Bags for SLife in Greyscale
Pose: piXit - Zenia, Pose 1
Cats: Aardvark - Paws & Reflect Cats Gacha Items
Photography Decor: (Camera) Tres Blah - Slumber Party in Making Memories, (Film Rolls) floorplan - Darkroom Film Rolls, (Book) A - Scrap Books in Friends (No Longer Available!), (Ripped Photo) Plethora - Ripped Photo (No Longer Available!), (Open Box) Toro - Box full of photographs, (Closed Box) -RC- - New Home Moving Box in Basement/Photos (No Longer Available!) & (Hanging Photos) tarte - String Light Photos II
Bugs: Random Matter - Eudora in Moth Halo White
Backdrop: blaink - Darkroom

Make him love me... Magical Science!

For those of you that like me believe in romance, then perhaps a day like Valentines is heaven for you. I am one of those believers in romance, I LOVE the sparkling of romance, those feelings of butterflies in your stomach and the gestures of love, but I'd prefer them to come on any day other than February 14th.
Yesterday I went totally anti-Valentine, but for now at least I am back sharing lots of love... I have also decided to use magical science - a lot like you may find in a Disney Movie - to help people... I am going to make love potion hehe... Wish me luck...

I've set up my lab somewhere on Gator Sim that is quiet and remote, so that I won't be disturbed when I am working on my magic science! It's going to take a lot of attempts to make the perfect love potion... But what do I need for ingredients?! Hmmm...
Dried Flowers are always a good idea... I've bought some pre-dried from LODE Balts Dry Flowers, and I think to go with that I will add some crushed up Candy Hearts from the Half-Deer. I'll mix it together with a mortar and pestle - you can buy really good ones from nefarious.inventions - and I'll add a little green stuff... It's always a good idea to add a little green stuff!
Now for the sciency bit... I'll distil the mixture in water using a special DIY Love Potion Kit from aisling - I'll buy some of their True Love & Key Bottles whilst I am there to store this special elixir.
Then all that is left to do, for anyone that is willing to test the potion, is make a cup of Rose Petal Tea and add a few drops as you shred a picture of your past love and what for the tickle - or prickle - of the magic starting to work!
(Just so people do not start to worry... HellBone and I are still happy together, I just did not wish to upset anyone by putting a picture of a past love in the ripped photo... I'm trying not to be vindictive hehe! He knows I love him!)
If I make it through this first test, then I will talk to you very soon... If I don't make it, can someone feed my pets?!

What is in the photo;
Hanging Flowers: LODE - Decor Balts Dry Flowers in Red
Science Kit: aisling - DIY Love Potion in Alchemy of Love RARE
Mortar & Pestle: nefarious.inventions - The.Dispensary in Mortar and Pestle
Hearts: Half-Deer - Spilled Candy Hearts
Sparkles: [ keke ] - Glitter Floor
Love Potion: aisling - True Love & Key in Plain
Picture: Plethora - Ripped Photo
Tea: Apple Fall - Teacup Rose

Relaxing in my Blogging Room

Gosh this weekend was a hectic one... Aside from all of the RL stuff that went on, I had so much going on in SL that I barely had time to stop and think, let alone shop! It's shocking I know, but it's true... I mean OK I did some, but not as much as I should LOL... I mean I had to buy a costume for the opening party of the Gator Maze - I will talk about that more later though - but after all that craziness was over, Sunday was a chance for me to kick back and enjoy working in my NEW HOUSE!!!
I am now Rudh of two houses - the UBER CUTE play house, which I may have to feature properly in a post sometime, and the new more grown up but still whimsical tree house! I figured I'd give you a tour - gives me a reason to get it finished...

The first place I am going to show you seems to be a place that I may end up a LOT...
The house that I call my new house is in fact the Dust Bunny Auburn Tree House, which was available in the September round of The Arcade, and comes in two separate but linkable parts. I fell in love with this house as soon as I saw it, but was afraid I'd never be able to call it mine due to the rareness - and therefore high price of it at gacha yardsales! The smaller of the two tree houses is the one that I want to share with you right now... This has become my "Blogger Office", a place I can escape to so that I have peace and quiet to focus on writing here, and ensuring that my pictures are the same level of bonkers they have always been... I can snuggle up in my cosy Consignment Lazy Chair, with a cup of tea and while away the hours!!
But while I'm here in my office, and as I said I'd give you a tour let me share with you some close-ups...

Starting from the top left then working clockwise, shall we?
The Desk was something that had to be perfect... I wanted something large and that I could make a mess on, just like my RL desk, and when I spotted this one from Fancy Decor at a gacha yardsale it was love at first sight, this HAD to be my desk. Then I went to town with throwing things all over it, this will always be a work in progress however, and it may not stay like this for long... The scrap books from Aphrodisiac are one of my favourite items - you can add your own pictures to make it feel very personal, which didn't take me long, I knew just who had to be in it - then I added a Tarte Typewriter, a tres blah Catch All,  an 8f8 Secret Diary, posetcards from Dust Bunny, some hole punches from Second Spaces, an address book from Commoner, and a vintage camera that's also from tres blah... All the accoutrements of a good blogger hehe... With a hint of decoration in the form of the Oolong Teacup Planter from ARIA and the Zaara Block Prints...
The second picture - moving clockwise - is going to be a little easier to talk about as there is a lot less stuff in this one lol... The Inspiration Board is one from the tres blah Workspace collection that I spent hours editing to provide me the inspiration that I would need while working. I then decorated a little with an Apple Fall Dress Form and some Garbaggio Shoe Clutter!  
OOOOH onto a picture with one of my favourite items in the room as we move clockwise... This tres blah Tea Time set, with it's pretty tea tin of flowers and CRUMPETS!!! Love crumpets! The daffodils in the vase are also something special too - you can get these at Apple Fall - but I chose them because they remind me of my RL mum! These things are sitting on a table that Lilian found for me from Apt B, its a Country Living Metal Table that's probably not meant for an office but hey I LOVE it and it fits with my desk huh?!
Lastly, something I couldn't resist hanging up was this Chalkboard Checklist from Plethora. Wouldn't it be great if we had checklists like this for everything? I really could use something like that to help my brain Lol...
Wow, there is a lot of information there LOL... All those little details make a girl crazy, but for me it's the details that make the house feel special. I know a million people in SL have all the same goodies, but sometimes it's the way we put them together that brings out signs of our personalities right? I really enjoyed showing the room off like this, I'll have to do it with the rest of my living spaces hehe... Watch this space!

What is she wearing;
(I have not made a list of all of the items shown in the collage here, but I have mentioned everything in the bulk of the post, so if you are interested in something please read through or ask me in-world)
Hat & Hair: Besom - Roulette (Available until October 27th at FaMESHed)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Top: SPIRIT - Emma Top in Black Gray (Available until October 23rd at Uber)
Shorts: Blueberry - Lana in Faded
Socks & Shoes: Reign - Marlena Plats in White (Available until October 27th at FaMESHed)
Chair: Consignment - Lazy Chair in Red
House: Dust Bunny - Auburn Treehouse