Tanuki Sushi

Dinner time in the flat has been a little weird, I'm so not happy with cooking in the airfryer so if you have any recipies for air fryer recipies please let me know... I wish I could just live on take-out so I don't have to cook in the flat... I haven't even tried cooking in the kitchen since we've lived here and that's because it's shared with the shop staff and kinda gross too... I have cravings, and I feel like tonight I SHOULD head to that new little Japanese restaurant in town... 

Looking on the menu posted on the door it looks like it's a Sushi Bar - which is the backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - called the Tanuki Sakura Sushi Bar. It's been opened by a group of Tanuki, Japanese Racoon Dogs - from MishMish, available until March 9th at Kustom9 - and apparently they make some of the bestest Sushi in town... 

What is in the picture;
Friends: MishMish - Tanuki with Hats (Available until March 9th at Kustom9)
Sushi Heart Plate: dust bunny - Kawaii Lunch in Sushi
Prep Board: dust bunny - Bun Sushi in Prep Board
Steamed Buns: dust bunny - Bun Sushi in Steamed Buns
Sauces: dust bunny - Bun Sushi in Sauces
Fried Shrimp: [Lost Junction] - Take Out in Fried Shrimp
Frying Pan: Kinokoko - Frying Pan (No Longer Available!)
Spatula: [PM]Pixel Mode - Le Petit Chef Gacha Item in Spatula (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop:  SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Sakura Sushi Bar Backdrop

A Queen in Hiding!

Finally a day off and I had the chance to have a lay in. It was blissful, until we heard the staff of the shop below arriving for work and disturbing the wonderful slumber... It was so lovely cuddling up with Hell and my cat,and then reality came through and we had to go to our house and do some of the final work before we handover the keys next week... The first thing I NEED to do though is get a very, large cup of coffee... 

Even though I'm happy to have a day off and had a bit of a lay in, I'm still bloody exhausted and I know that HellBone is too... 
I'll sit around for a while, hide my exhausted eyes and unwashed hair under a cap - the Queen Cap from Boutique #187, available until February 25th at Astrophe - and pretend to read my book while I doom scroll through my phone as I find out what is going on with the rest of my friends in the Barely Functioning Club... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Boutique #187 - Queen Cap (Available until February 25th at Astrophe)
Hair: Beusy - Plume Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Eye Make-Up: Izzie's - Insomnia
Necklace: Kibitz - Lyona's Collar in Silver (Available until March 8th at Equal10)
Dress: miss chelsea - Noel Dress
Pose: -Extra- - Cafe Babe, Pose 3
Coffee: Junk Food - Barely Functioning Club in Currently Buffering Coffee
Phone: Junk Food - Barely Functioning Club in CELL
Bagels: MOVEMENT - Bagle Display in Penault Butter Bagle
Book: OMY - Bookworm in Open Book, Lover Pack (Available until March 9th at Kustom9)
Tissues & Pills: Puddles - Recovery Essentials (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Boxes: RC Cluster - New Home Moving Box (No Longer Available!) & Atelier Burgundy - Moving Boxes in Box with Packing Peanuts
Plant: Pitaya - Love Monstera in Green Leaves
Sign: [Krescendo] - Funny Frames in Kitchen
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Bryant Skybox in Light

Gifts of the Gods

It's been a while since I did something that lt my fantasy side out to play and for some reason I found myself veering towards the magical, dream-like and fanstastical... I had no idea where I would go, but my mind lead me to something a little God-like... Not any modern god either, this one was a little historical magic... 

I think that today though, the magic did have some kind of base in reality... My feet are hurting after a long day of work and well... I kinda wished for magical gifts of shoes from the gods... Little did I know that it was the Egyptian gods that were listening and that they'd grant me the magic of their people to walk on... 
I'll be walking like an Egyptian in no time... 

What is she wearing;
Headdress & Hair: !dM DeviousMind - Cleo in ScarabHair GODDESS & Violetility - Scarab Circlet in Gold
Body Paint & Skin: [Faunus] - Helios Items & Forest Fantasy Store - Gargoyle Skin in Onyx
Make-Up: POUT! - Nefertiti make up & Rubedo - Drusilla in 09
Outfit Parts: MoonAmore - EgyptianTales  Goddess Attire
Bracelet: (Yummy) - Gilded Scarab Collection in Bracelets
Veils: CUREMORE - Voodoo Tribe in Ngami Drapes RARE & CURELESS - Pygmalion's Bride in Goddess Touch Halo WHITE
Shoes: Static - Zephyr Heels (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Valkyrie Items & {aii} - Astral Smoke
Pose: FOXCITY - Bedrot, Pose 6m
Statue: *GALLI* - Egyptian Artifacts Set
Gold: [Dysfunctionality] - Golden Treasure Set (Piles of Gold with Rubies are No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: Salome Design - Small Egyptian Palace

Chinese New Year

It feels like a lot is happening all at once in a Spiritual sense at the moment... There are so many different religious and cultural things going on in the world at the same time right now and it feels kinda different that everyone is celebrating something spiritual all at once. It would be nice if it would unite the world a little more, bring us all together since we're all a little closer to our spirituality right now but I doubt very much that will be the case since we all feel so broken... 

Now I know that I am NOT a religious person. I definitely believe in spiritual things, I am always going to believe in fairies and magic, and I LOVE all of the stories from different religions that are uplifting and full of meaning, and I REALLY hope I'm not going to cause offence but I don't like to think anyone's beliefs are more important than anyone elses... I love that we can all be different and believe what we choose, so long as it doesn't harm anyone - yes I KNOW that Wars are constantly, even now, being fought over religious reasons - but it would be such a boring world to live in, if EVERYONE thought the same, believed in the same, dressed the same or acted in the same way... That's my 10cents anyway...
I'm not trying to offend anyone, but I wanted to look a little at some of the current spirituality taking place that I know little about... Besides things I learnt at school there is SO MUCH TO KNOW about two big things taking place right now... Today I will be looking a little at the Chinese Lunar New Year.
So, for us that are not in the know, what is Chinese New Year?
Well apparently it's the most important Chinese Holiday, covering 15 days to celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year, and this year it started on February 17th - yes I KNOW I'm two days late, but I'm moving houses at the moment, give me some slack lol... The reason for the celebration is that it's a start of change, it celebrates family - often honouring ancestors - saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new fortune for the new year. The whole celebration will culminate 15 days after it starts - so that's March 3rd - with the Lantern Festival!
Another interesting thing that I've often seen but never really thought much of, is that the Chinese Zodiac characters are animal based. Now there is a LOT of information about this, and I could basically write a whole other blog post for it, but this year is the year of the Horse - apparently as I was born in 1986 I am from the year of the Fire Tiger! 
Anyway, thank you for listening to me ramble and learn something new as I went along, I actually really enjoyed looking into something I knew little about and putting together a post for it. I think I will try it more often, and don't worry as always there will be something pretty to look at with a list of what I've got in the picture too... Just accept my ramblings LOL you know you want to... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH & FAGA - Symphony in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: Boutique #187 - Moda Glasses
Dress: Psycho Barbie - Moonspire Dress
Dragon: {Sakura} - Chinese Dragon Plush
Basket: kotte - CNY Basket
Lantern: kotte - Yuan Xiao in Lotus Lantern in Red
Confetti: kotte - Xin Nian in Envelope Confetti
Pose: FOXCITY - Warm Up, Pose 2
Gold Hanging Decor: (Lucas Lameth) - Feng Shui Linden Money Charm $$$
Coin Plant: (Lucas Lameth) - Fortune Tree in Red
Orange Plant: kotte - Xin Nian in Mandarin Tree
Horse Bush: dust bunny - Garden Creatures in Horse Green
Plant Stands: {what next} - Bronze Plant Stands in Bronze
Backdrop: Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Chinese New Year

Slowly Moving In

It's kinda happened, HellBone and I have almost finished moving into the most different location from our real house, and it's feeling a LOT like we are on holiday at the moment... I don't think the cat has even started to fully understand that we are here for a while and she keeps waiting near any door that she hasn't explored behind yet...
He had to go out for work today and left me to settle in, do some unpacking and try to find my place here, whilst keeping the cat calm... That's what I was supposed to do... It didn't really pan out that way... 

I spent a LOT of my day doing things to settle us in, and make it feel a little more homey... The rest of the day, I spent a fair amount of time laid back on my bed reading a book to look after the cat...
It's good for my Book Counter - from Krescendo, available until February 26th at FaMESHed - which will be helpful considering that I have a few new books for my Lewdy Library Collection - from MadPea at the Gacha Arcana - and there needs to be a lot of reading done while the cats become Little Hunters - a collection from Aardvark, that can be grabbed at the new round of Kustom9 until March 9th - and discover any little mice that are living in the shop downstairs! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Lamb - Lofi in Red Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: Mug - Siya Top in Navy
Book: MadPea - Lewdy Library Gacha Item in Peckers of the Night (Available until February 28th at Gacha Arcana)
Pants: Mug - Siya Pants in Navy
Pose: -Extra- - Temptation (Part of Couple Pose)
Cats: Aardvark - Little Hunter Cat (Available until March 9th at Kustom9)
Book Counter: [Krescendo] - Book Counter (Available until February 26th at FaMESHed)
Books: random.Matter - A Quiet Place in Books
Lamp: Elm - Summer Neon Lamps in "hello"
Boxes: Atelier Burgundy - Moving Boxes
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Harvest Rest

Go Away Cupid!

It's Valentine's Day but it's ben a long hard day for me at work and now I'm more than happy to curl up with a delivery pizza and an episode of the random crap that I am currently binge watching. Tomorrow is a HUGE day for us, tomorrow is moving day and we're both a little knackered but all will be OK and once we're moved things SHOULD calm down a little... I hope... For now though, I don't need any hearts and romance, all I want is a chance to curl up and get comfy... 

I'm so lucky that I'm done playing the Second Life Dating Game... Hell was someone I met in SL 16 years ago now and though we started as friends, I've been his RL missus for almost all of that time! I met him in RL as a friend, we parted ways as a couple and had a long distance thing for 6 months before he asked me to move in, not just his home but to his homeland... I'll never call myself Dutch, but here I am... 
The SL Dating Game - which in the picture happens to be a blaink backdrop - always felt like such hard work, and you hear so many things going round about people cheating and lying and causing drama to those that are looking for love... I often feel like it would be a lost cause for me if I had to try again, and I'd rather go on a TV dating show like the 1990's Blind Date with Cilla Black LOL... 
Still, Cupid - and his companions like those released from MishMish, available until March 6th at Collabor88 - needs to stay well away from me, I'm happy in what I got even though it's not perfect. I've been told the "Love is in the Air Spray" - from MIDNA  - is the best form of repellant against the little beasties... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - Alpha Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: Kibitz - Callie's Choker in Silver
Dress: Psycho Barbie - Selithra Dress
Can & Mask: MIDNA - Love is in the air Mask & Spray
Pose: [piXit] - Juliette, Pose F5
Cupids: MishMish - Cupid Companion (Available until March 6th at Collabor88)
Spray: Ana Poses - Putian (Modded from Putian Spray Can Pose Prop)
Backdrop: blaink - The Dating Game

Valentine Treats

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I am working and we are moving on Sunday so I have no plans to do much of anything... PLUS I don't really like Valentines anyway, unless you haven't guessed it. I'm not totally anti it, I definitely believe in love but I don't really feel ike Love should just be celebrated on one day... Love is an eternal thing, a thing that should be cherished always... So I'm celebrating the sweetness, the adorableness, and the happiness, all the while my Hubby is watching Friday the 13th and scaring the shit out of me LOL... 

So normally I'd wait until after Valentine's to get my hands on TONNES of discounted chocolates that I needed but sometimes in the middle of al of the chaos a girl needs a little chococlate treat... Now I am planning to do something delicious with all of that Valentine's Candy but I wanted it to be something a little different too, after all, it's not your everyday run of the mill boring kinda candy... 
Maybe I'll enjoy a little Halloween Candy Fondue... Some yummy sweet treats for dipping in the melted chocolate and plenty of lovehearts all around... It all smells so delicious and sweet that it's lured in the Sweet in Pink Flying Hearts - which are part of a set of good and bad hearts from Snuggle&Co for the current group gift - who want to join in the Valentine's Sweet Treat... 

What is she wearing;
Fondue Set: {Your Dreams} - Sweetheart Fondue Set in Hot Pink (Available until February 28th at Cupid Inc)
Chocolate Box: Ariskea - [Arrow] Cutsy Chocolate Heart Box in Red Box (Available until March 8th at Equal10)
Cookies: BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Love in Cookies Red & Pink
Lollies: BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Love in Gummies in Red
Gummies: BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Love in Lollipops in Red
Flying Hearts: Snuggle&Co - Sweet in Pink (Current Group Gift)
Heart Lights: Simply Shelby - Sweetheart Stroll Pathway Set in Sweetheart Lights (Available until February 16th at SL Valentine's Day Shop & Hop)
Balloons: hive - heart balloons
Wall Hearts: Simply Shelby - Sweetheart Stroll Pathway Set in Pathway (Available until February 16th at SL Valentine's Day Shop & Hop)
Table: Dahlia - Gokotta in Lace Table Sable
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth - XO