A Puppy Awakening!

I have to admit that even though today has been the first weekend off I have hd in a few weeks and that I had SUCH HUGE plans to get things done, I find myself feeling sluggish. I'm being slow in everything as I've got no desire to do anything that involves moving... I want to read, I want to laze around, I want to sit back and chill but I have so much to do... Someone wake me up, make me some coffee or something?!

I can't pick up my phone today, without being lost to doom scrolling. I can't sit on the sofa without staring off into space. I can't do anything without letting my mind wander to other things and distract me from the main thing I should be focusing on... 
I sat Rudh down to do her make-up, her Ghoufriend Make-Up - from HAUNT available until August 20th at Midnight Order - if you will, and it was all going well, until she suddenly woke up at the arrival of the cute-looking but somewhat evilly divalicious Pawradise Pups - from Aardvark, and yes they are cute I'm just being silly calling them evil, at Collabor88 until September 7th - arrival... Their arrival means that the Demons are Coming... I better hurry up and get ready... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH - Drift in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: Kibitz - Sonnya's Collar in Silver
Top: Mug - Sleepy Teddy Gacha Item in #6 Lifted Tank Black
Stomach Wounds: voodoo - Macabra Body Ink (Available until September 5th at the FLF Birthday Bash)
Pants: Mug - Kiki Sweatpants in DrkGray
Pose: [piXit] - Dertai, Pose 1 F4
Dogs: Aardvark - Pawradise Pups (Available on September 7th at Collabor88)
Make-Up: HAUNT - Ghoulfriend Makeup Haul (Available until August 20th at Midnight Order)
Bottle: Schadenfreude - Skull Potion Bottle
Vase: Ariskea - [Roux] Dry Plant Vase
Table & Chair: Candle & Cauldron - La Veuve Vanity (Available until August 20th at Midnight Order)
Rug: Pitaya - Runner Rug in Messy GREEN
Backdrop: [Vile] - Demons Are Coming Backdrop

A Little Cross Stitch

I know everyone has their favouritest of hobbies... For me taking pictures and blogging my Second Life randomness is definitely one of them, but this year I've become an avid reader AND have been working hard on crocheting my new blanket that should be finished before long.... I'm not the world's best blogging photographer, or the world's fastest reasder, and my crocheting skills are minimal even though I can still make cute things, but for me having these past-times is a way to switch off and distract myself from the bleh of reality... 

This year I've been trying to improve my photography skills, and am happy with the job that I'm doing so far... 
I decided that I wanted to read more and therefore have less time looking at a screen, and I'm almost at my 45 book challenge on Good Reads... I think I'll definitely be passing that and testing to see what I will need to set my challenge at for next year...
I've also gotten heavily into crocheting... I've been doing it for years but this year I'm making a blanket and it's ALMOST ready... Maybe while I'm on a wool work kick I might start doing some cross stitch... If I do I promise it's "Not Your Granny's Cross Stitch" - like the set from Aardvark, that is currently available until September 13th at the FLF Birthday Bash - I'm going to look into patterns that are anything but dull... 

What is in the picture;
Frames: Aardvark - Not Your Granny's Cross Stitch II (Available until September 13th at FLF Birthday Bash)
Tin: [Littlep] - Mama's Cookie Box Set1 in Sewing Box
Ring & Cloth: KraftWork - Fairy Cottage Sewing Frame
Box: random.Matter - Antique Shop II Sewing Kit
Basket: random.Matter - Holiday with Grandma Knitting Basket
Fabric & Accessories: random.Matter - A Study in Fungi Sewing
Machine: Apple Fall - Vintage Sewing Machine
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - OldRoom