Wanderlust

Random Inspiration hit me this afternoon. I just picked up a new outfit and bun style hair & was thinking on how pretty it looks. So I just had to take a picture! I did some editing in PicMonkey.

On Flickr!

What I'm wearing:
Dress - *LpD* - *Serena* Top & Skirt Blue-Orange (Mesh)
Hair - [RA] Velma Hair - Reds
Pose - //elephante poses// Petals #3 w/black petals
Background - KaTink - AnnwnWillows 7

Where to next?

For as much as I've wanted a blog of my very own for the past year or so I sure do tend to neglect it. Not because I don't want to post anything. More because I find other things to do w/my time rather than try to let something witty spew from my fingers. Or possibly due to the fact I just don't feel like taking the pictures that day. I give amazing props to the bloggers who post daily, sometimes multiple times a day. I could not do it.

I find myself taking the random picture & just posting it to my flickr account rather than taking any time to pop something in here. I wish I could tell you that will get better but for right now this blog is more for me than anyone else.

Also: Doing something a little different, I keep a pretty steady base of items I always have on, only placing the things that change. Less typing ftw!


What I'm wearing:
Dress - Sn@tch: Prudence Babydoll Dress
Hair - /Wasabi Pills/ Lola summer Mesh Hair - Reds Pack
Necklace - Bliensen + MaiTai - Periodically Nerdy

Waiting for him

"Get dressed. I'm taking you out" he said to her one night.

It's been ages since we went on a proper Date Night. I'd love to post a story for this but honestly if I wait to make up a quick little story I will never post this month LOL.

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What's around me:
My bedroom *smiles*
Lark - Crawford Stool
Lark - Crawford Dressing Table
O.M.E.N - Night Time Care - Sleeping Beauty
+Half-Deer+ Mer-deer Trinket Dish (Lilac)
Lark - Crawford Mirror
tarte. wine light (small)
DD Wrought Iron Candle Cage - Dreamland Designs
Lark - Crawford Wall Hook & Slip
Dutchie bathrobe blue
floorplan. i love you canvas
.:S.M:. Flowers - Enchanted Rose (pink)
Kuro - That coffee table
Poses: from Lark - Crawford Stool

What I'm wearing:
Clothing - .::Dead Dollz::. Sugar Cocktail Dress
Shape - LAUREN Shape* [CS Shapes], modded slightly to make me happy
Skin - 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - >TRUTH< Bianca w/Roots - sangria
Eyes - IKON Horizon Eyes v2 Eyes - Pale Glass
Lips - [mock]Cherry Red Aqua gloss [lip 2]
Hands & Feet - SLink
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] - My Heart is Caged - Eternity - Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring
Facial Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Necklace - MG - Necklace - Knotted Shimmer Pearls
Bracelets - .:::GARAGE:::.Silk bracelet  black  V.1 & v.2
Shoes - .:PC:. Evelyn Heels #02

Happy Belated Easter

Yea yea whatever I'm a week behind :) I took the pics already I just hadn't been given a chance to blog it all with RL.

I found the cute pose props at an Easter event past but it's still available on the marketplace & most likely in world as well. The dress is my adorableness that I got for FREE! in the Ozimals Easter Egg Hunt. The dress is also made avail in other colors by the designer, *katat0nik*. BTW, if you have a larger shape & you are even remotely girly in nature you MUST go there now. No seriously, RIGHT NOW!! Did you go? OK, good. Now, one day I am going to raid Daddy's closet & find the names of his stuff. And what Easter family picture would be complete w/o the newest Ryken? Amy Rose did a fantastic job of posing for momma I would like to think.

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What's around me:
StrawberrySingh.com Photo Studio w/KaTink - Spring Romance 10
Poses: "A Basket full" Easter Couple Pose & "Egg Hunters" Couple Pose from Aphrodite Shop

What I'm wearing:
Clothing - *katat0nik* (sky) Cheeky Bunny Dress @ Ozimals Easter Hunt
Shape - my own, fluffed up
Skin - 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - /Wasabi Pills/ Alicia Mesh Hair - Reds Pack in Dark Flame
Eyes - IKON Horizon Eyes v2 Eyes - Pale Glass
Lips - [mock]  Peenk Secret Menu Lipcolor (Mock Lip)
Hands & Feet - SLink
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] - My Heart is Caged - Eternity - Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring
Facial Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Tattoo's - Tenjin Doll Face Tattoo & A Little Fierce; +Half-Deer+ Keyhole Tattoo

Little Bit Retro

Weather can't make up it's mind. I just want to chill out & have been thinking about summer a good bit. Thought I would toss on this cute outfit from Has Been. Credits & stuff down there.

The middle view is untouched, I wanted to play around a little with some settings in my photo editor.

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What's around me:
StrawberrySingh.com Photo Studio w/KaTink - SoftLight16
Poses: Sparrowtree Studios Poses daringdiva1; POSIES Rustic Impressions05; Diesel Works Daisy4

What I'm wearing:
Clothing - Has Been Sweetness VIP Gift & Has Been Pin Up Wedges
Shape - my own, fluffed up
Skin - 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - .ploom. Adora Candy
Eyes - IKON Horizon Eyes v2 Eyes - Pale Glass
Lips - Alyce Lip Balm - Blood
Makeup - [mock]Bora Bora Rock Bottom Brights
Hands & Feet - SLink
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] - My Heart is Caged - Eternity - Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring
Facial Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Tattoo's - Tenjin Doll Face Tattoo & A Little Fierce; +Half-Deer+ Keyhole Tattoo

I found my muchiness

Why yes I am a huge Wonderland fan. Whatever made you ask that?

It's funny actually, I start my blog & I suddenly stop logging on as much. Maybe it's because Daddy still doesn't log on as much, we use skype more often. Maybe it's because my inventory kinda freaks me out atm & I am getting enough freak out stuff from my work & family. So, I log on when he can & we spend more time just being together than I do worrying about pictures.

We talked a lot over the past two weeks & I made a decision to make myself more comfortable being me. So, unprocessed & untouched, the new Cheli. No the hair is not a permanent change, I am a redhead forever in SL :)

What's around me:
Pose -Frozen - Frozen Model Poses 20

Background - KaTink Wastelands 8

What I'm wearing:
Shape - my own, fluffed up
Skin - 7 Deadly s{k}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - .ploom. Celeste - Dipped
Eyes - IKON Utopia Eyes - Light Faerie Green (ML)
Lips: [mock]Cherry Red Aqua gloss
Hands - Slink Elegant
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] Collar -My Heart is Caged- Eternity- Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring Set
Tattoo - +Half-Deer+ Keyhole Tattoo
Outfit - Alyce Wanderer Dress

And Baby Makes Three

What started out as a random night out for me on August 11, 2013 has grown into something so utterly amazing I just don't have the words to describe it. My home in SL is with Him & now our family has grown.

In October or so we decided that we would go for it & try to get pregnant. We wanted a lengthy pregnancy, something more closely approximating what a RL pregnancy would be like. Then "it" happened. Daddy lost internet due to a dumb weather front & his company decided to just not restore the lines out to his island. Suddenly the pregnancy was a place for me to feel like he was there with me even when he wasn't. We were already separated by literally half the world & 13 hours difference. What was a little internet outage to us? Thankfully not much.

After much thought & debating over a when, we had the chance last night to go ahead & give birth to our littlest princess. Daddy assisted in the delivery & I let him do everything for her first. He fed her, changed her, dressed her for bed & laid her down while we held each other and just basked in the glow of our family. To say that I am happy isn't even accurate. I am beyond elated to have a baby with this man, my rock & source of comfort. My friends laugh at me. The woman who picked up & moved, after causing a lil ruckus about a few prim babies on a previous sim that was left out 24/7 on top of other things but really it was the chick leaving her 3 kids out all freaking day that made me irate. And here I am a year later with a baby of my own, a man who is my everything. I tried to edit out the baby, that alien thing that .... well it's kinda freaky to give birth w/the MA HUD. 'Nuff said.

No credits, this is not about fashion tonight. This is my heart, laid out for all the world to see. My Daddy & our princess.

p.s. I'm proud of his makeover. He let me do it for his Valentine's Day present. We picked the stores, he got what he wanted with input from me on what I liked & I was his little SugaMomma for the tab. :)

Nesting in the New House

I made the decision about 2 weeks ago that my house was simply too big. Did I love it beyond all measure? YES! Did I think it lacked anything in substance & style? Not a chance. What it did lack however was the ability for me to feel like I was in a home versus being in a 3 floor warehouse. Not that I wasn't going for the warehouse feel, it just simply got to be too much for me. I like things small, cozy, packed with things that are meaningful & relevant. You can't truly do that in a big old warehouse-y house. So I searched for no less than 5 days solid for the perfect house. I had stumbled upon a store called {iD} and the creator had some cute little places out for sale. I spent a few nights on the sim looking at the homes set out as stores. I fell in love with one but had difficulty in picturing it, as is, on my land with room for 2 bedrooms. Then it hit me. Oh sweet inspiration! I immediately clicked on Pay & went home to start fresh.

There were some bumps & some cursing & some wth moments based on how the textures were laid in floors & walls. Another night went by & I had my home laid out perfectly for how I wanted it. Bigger, roomier on the bedroom platforms, more space in the kitchen. I was happy. The next night I started out getting things out of my inventory. Since I just dropped my house from 145 prim to 30 I was giddy! I labored over several items the following week. I've gotten the vast majority of my home set now. As I go I will get photo frames out & fill those up w/the pictures I take for here & continue to add more knick knacks as we see fit to bring to our home. I was going to take some pictures but then my friend Merci stopped over & told me she was pregnant with twins. So we got kind of side tracked. The next few pictures I take will be of just the house, mostly because I look like a house right now. 26 more days until I give birth in SL! Then I get mesh back. YAY!!!!


~Cheli

*Insert something witty*

This week has kicked my SL & RL bottom all around. between browser not cooperating & flu-like symptoms that are NOT the flu. I cannot be happier today is Saturday. No work, no waking up to battle below freezing temps, no idiot drivers.

So to celebrate this morning I took a few quick pictures. Nothing fancy, just some baby belleh pics.





What's around me:
Poses
1st & 2nd pic -.ploom. Flirty02 - 5
3rd pic - .ploom. Flirty02 - 6
4th pic - {Co*Motion}{Model Pack#4}6
5th pic - {Co*Motion}{Model Pack#4}1
6th pic - part of my AO from Oracul Pregnant Woman


What I'm wearing
Shape - my own
Skin - 7 Deadly s{k}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - /Wasabi Pills/ Cherilyn - Dark Flame
Hairbase - /Wasabi Pills/ Hairbase - LONG - Dark Flame
Eyes - IKON Utopia Eyes - Light Faerie Green (ML)
Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Lips: [mock]Cherry Red Aqua gloss
Hands - Slink Elegant
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] Collar -My Heart is Caged- Eternity- Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring Set
Tattoo - Tenjin Doll Face Tattoo
Outfit - Maitreya High-Waist Pants & Bra Top Orchid

For him ...

It's awful late so I'm not too flowery or wordy currently. So without further ado, some baby bumps for Daddy to see *smiles* I will do credits in the morning. Sleepy Sleepy girl here.

TGIF!!!!

So this week has been way to RL focused & not really any SL focus. Tonight I hope to change that at least a little. I want to take some pictures. Daddy is kind of sad he is missing out on all the baby belleh fun. Guess that means we have to have another later on. But for now I want to capture some of what He has created. I've gotten some really cute things to put out in the house lately. Damn you sales *shakes her fist in the air like a cranky old lady* Taking pics tonight & will post them tomorrow!! I also want to get another meme done. It's a geeky one!! snarf! Granted I'm a complete nerd & mostly geeky it all still appeals to me. I even have test results! yay!

Time w/the hubs

Long week? Check
In need of some snuggle time? Check
Stayed in my PJ's all day? Check (only in RL though!)

Today I got to spend the day w/my loving adorable husband in SL. We talked, snuggled, , meddled w/my graphics settings a little bit, and just in general enjoyed the heck out of each other's presence so near to each other while we are literally half way around the world from each other. As my timer ticked down for Daddy to leave for the day I told him to hurry & get dressed we were heading off somewhere & it was important!

I took my nearest TP to my friend's photo studio & waited for him to get dressed. When he arrived I immediately got to work. It's always fun when I get to order HIM around for things versus the other way around. I took a few pictures between the lovey dovey talk & fooled around a little in a photo editor for them. I forgot to have him tell me what he was wearing while I was worried about getting some decent shots. We don't get to spend as much time together as I, well really either of us would like, so we lack pictures of us together. I wanted to get some of us before too long. And yes, that is a pregnant belly you see. And yes we will have one of those scary yet somehow cute prim crack babies otherwise known as Zooby babies.

Fezes are cool

What's around me:
.click. - The Wait - pic #2
<K&S> Happiness ~ 008. Poses -pic #1 & #3


What I'm wearing
Shape - my own
Skin - 7 Deadly s{k}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - >Truth< Jade - sangria
Hairbase - /Wasabi Pills/ Hairbase - LONG - Dark Flame
Eyes - IKON Utopia Eyes - Light Faerie Green (ML)
Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Lips: [mock]Cherry Red Aqua gloss
Hands - Slink Elegant
Nail Polish - VIVID [Slink Nails Appliers] Polish Pack 4
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] Collar -My Heart is Caged- Eternity- Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring Set
Outfit - Sn@tch This Dusty Jewel Rose

What Daddy is wearing
Sorry folks, all I've got atm is the hair is from LAQ & his ring, obviously is the match to mine.

Of Coffee and books

It's been a long day for me. I woke up about 20 hours ago, made myself some chicory coffee & took 2 quick pictures. A note on all my pics. I don't photoshop them. What you see is fairly close to what I see in SL every day. I do edit to do fun stuff like crop, blur around the edges, change the tint to be more vintage looking etc. But for now no other kinds of special effects.

So anyway, here I am in RL at 4am w/coffee brewing & thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to mimic RL in SL for just a moment.

I sat down to get comfy next to a pile of books at home w/a huge cup of coffee while I waited for my RL coffee to finish brewing so I could start my day off right & enjoy the warmest temp's we had in nearly 3 days.

I look so much more with it in SL than I did before that first jolt of pure caffeine passed though my system.


What's around me:
Pose - .mien. {cold hands, warm tea} #3
DIGS- Stephenson Bookcase
.floorplan. book clutter
Alouette - Balanced Bookshelf - White
.floorplan. hanging lightbulb (added a light script to the bulb since I cannot run in full out ultra graphics, the option needed for the glow to work as it does in her ad's crashes my SL out)
7 - Time Travel Poster (Seven Emporium)
*ionic* Adonde maps
MESHWORX - Urban Oasis (From Collabor88 Nov I think)

What I'm wearing
Shape - my own
Skin - 7 Deadly s{k}ins - Feeb's Rascall MADILU
Hair - >Truth< Jade - sangria
Hairbase - /Wasabi Pills/ Hairbase - LONG - Dark Flame
Eyes - IKON Utopia Eyes - Light Faerie Green (ML)
Piercing - dl:: Nose Piercing
Hands - Slink Elegant
Eyebrow - .ploom. Eyebrow Shaper [pointy]
Collar - [Tethered] Collar -My Heart is Caged- Eternity- Vintage Silver
Ring - *INFINITY* Princess Wedding Ring Set
Dress - ::Sn@tch Veronica Cardi Dress (Purple)
Leggins: Tee*fy Scribble Dots Leggins (from the Inspiration Point Hunt (Dec '13)
Boots - Indigo Oddities - Motley Heels (most likely from a Twisted Hunt)

New Years Meme

One of the first bloggers I ever read for an SL blog was Strawberry Singh. She is Ah-MAZ-ing!! I like her meme's lots & when I saw this week's Monday Meme I said to myself "chick, do this!" So without further ado .. Meme Instructions: Copy and paste the following question and answers, delete my answers and input your own. Don’t forget to leave a link to your post in the comments @ Miss Singh's NY Meme.

1.  How did you spend New Year’s Eve?
I gave myself the opportunity to have 2 NYE's. One spent with my SL husband on skype. he lives in Hong Kong so I was at work while he watched the clock turn. For my time zone I was conducting my Doctor Who marathon courtesy of my local cable provider placing the past 7 seasons in OnDemand.

2. Did you keep any new years’ resolutions?
Yes. I didn't kill anyone. That's usually the one I make every year. Pledging to not kill others. Sometimes in my RL job ... that's a HUGE feat.

3. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
I am roommate free for the first time in years! Oh the freedom whhhhhheeeeeeeeee. Ok, ok so that's not REALLY the biggest achievement. Three years ago I quit my job & stayed home w/my daughter who had just been given a diagnosis of Autism. This past year I was finally confident enough in what her team & I had done to not only allow her into public school activities but to stop holding back on my career & get a big girl job again. Since starting said job I've gotten 3 promotions & 2 raises. Not too darn shabby if I say so myself.

4. What was the best thing you bought?
My new fake Christmas Tree. This was the 1st year w/o roommates in near 2 years & as such I was able to not have to deal w/some gaudy colored tree this year. In SL? This is going to get sappy so hold on for a minute. A group VIP fee. Namely the group for a club where I met my loving, adoring, Daddy. I got one of those random itches & joined the group in the morning. Late that night there was a VIP event so I went. He showed up & we have been inseparable ever since. He rocks my world. That is all.

5. What do you wish you would have done more of?
Sleep. I have horrible insomnia.

6. What do you wish you would have done less of?
I could be completely snarky & say chores or commuting to/from work. But that's not really fair. Let's go with I wish I had spent less time being unsure of myself & my decisions in life. I have a fairly decent 6th sense. I need to stop ignoring it when it's all but screaming at me from the top of the nearest skyscraper.

7. What was your favorite movie you watched this year?
I'm not a big movie watcher. I prefer to watch the weather channel, NASA channel or a something equally nerd-riffic. I did however recently watch Despicable Me 2. Agnes is too flippin' cute :)

8. What did you do on your birthday this year?
For the first time ever in my life, I worked on my birthday. Not by complete choice but hey, life is about more important things sometimes right? So I had a nice lil party at work then my daughter & I went out to dinner after work.

9. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned.
I have come to learn that it's ok to want to love another person, it doesn't make you weak.But you have to use your best judgement, sometimes that judgement comes from your friends when you are too deep into the feelings you have for another. Talk out your feelings for others in a romantic sense as if you were NOT the person involved and make sure you are still being sane about what you have to say about your newly attached Significant Other! And yes this applies to my SL hubby just as much as it does for the person I broke off with at the beginning of the year.

10. What does 2014 hold for you?
I said my 6th sense was fairly decent not "will give me lottery numbers" good. I really don't know. What I DO know is that I want to get back into reading more, give myself the freedom to have a day to myself now & then. I would like to continue my path as a good mother, aunt, sister. Maybe we can work on how to be a good wife next year ok?

~Cheli

Oh, Hi there!

Welcome to my blog. This is something that I've wanted to do for ages just never actually took the initiative to get started. There will be a mix of things discussed within. I am a serial shopper in SL. Just like everyone else I have things that I bought & put away in a folder to open later after just HAVE TO OWN outfits or items were seen. Yea, that was 2 years ago I bought that cute Marine Pin-Up girl outfit & then promptly forgot about it each time I saw another one. *coughs* Ahem, I digress. No photo this time I knew if I waited for the 1st pic & the editing of said pic I would never get this thing going.

I hope you enjoy following along with me! I can't promise things will always remain sane but you will have a good time.

~Cheli