As the holiday season approaches, I find myself looking at the year in retrospect and going over the events of the past year and what I have learned from them.
Two of the biggest events from this past year that impacted my life in big ways were Tropical Storms Irene and Lee. Mother Nature had her way with us in a big way. And while others around us had devastatingly worse damage than we did, I learned never to underestimate nature and its ability to turn your life upside down.
My last blogs were way back at the beginning of October. I had full intentions of resuming a more regular schedule of blogs at that time. I was excited even because I had so much stuff from designers I needed to catch up on from before the storms hit us and I hadn’t gotten to them. I was busy demolishing my entire basement and going through stuff that was still good enough to keep or stuff that had to be thrown away.
I won’t let the words – “I’m going to make sure I do this” pass through my lips anymore. No sooner had I said that I intended to blog more regularly than I was hit with some sort of infection that threw me for a loop for about 3 weeks. I’m not kidding you I was frightened at how sick I was. I had antibiotics, nosespray, inhalers and cough syrup and then when I still wasn’t getting better I had another antibiotic on top of all of that. Two antibiotics at the same time. Unheard of by me. Ever. I eventually got better. Thankfully. But two weeks later, before I was even catching up on stuff that went undone while I was ill I was sick again. I could not swallow or sleep I had such bad throat pain. Another round of antibiotics that made my throat feel better but threw my stomach out of whack.
The Monday after Thanksgiving I intended to “go back to the gym”. I will never let those words come out of my mouth again. I never made it back to the gym. Instead, I did something to my knee walking down the steps to the basement to do laundry. I’ve felt this pain before. Back in 2006 when I had to have knee surgery. I’m hoping that if this knee is torn that I can rest it enough so that the tear can heal on its own.
Going forward into 2012 these are the things I am going to work on. I’m going to stop taking too much on myself. I am not Superwoman. I can get an incredible amount of work done when I can focus on them but I’m not going to pile too much on myself. I don’t need the stress. I’m going to take things one day at a time. Not going to plan things and make to do lists and drive myself crazy when I cannot get them done. I am going to use up the extra time that I have to spend more time with my friends in SL.
Enough babbling about me and more talk about the outfit I am wearing. (Sorry it must be the vicodin talking). LOL! I logged into SL this morning and received a gift from =^^= MIAO. It amazes me how the little things in life still make me so happy. The gift was an incredibly adorable pair of ornament earrings. They are color changeable. You can change the color of the metal on top of the ball, the color of the ornament itself and the color of the ribbon. Thank you Kesseret for the earrings and the smile that you put on my face today.
My entire outfit is from Jane – a store I’ve fallen in love with. The skirt is the first mesh item I’ve blogged. The scarf, tights and the undershirt (layering tee) were all free gifts available at Jane’s store. My boots are the Milan Suede Scrunch Boots from Rebel Hope. I loved them so much I bought the fat pack! The hair is the Keeley hair by Truth and it is a perfect hairdo to show off earrings.
I’d like to take a moment to thank every designer who gave me things to blog this year. It truly is appreciated. I am going to attempt to get to everything I missed.
Here’s to living for the moment, taking things slow and taking time to smell the roses in 2012! Happy Holidays everyone!
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Skin: LAQ Jennie 2 fair
Eyeliner: [a.e.meth]
Hair: Truth Keeley Streaked Chocolate
Outfit: Jane Kiki Sweater Raven, Hadlee Denim Mini Skirt (MESH), Lil Piggies Tights Cable Knit Milk, Loop de Loop Scarf Rainbow Light, Layering Tee Powder
Boots: Rebel Hope Milan Suede Scrunch Boots Black
Earrings: =^^= MIAO Gift
Poses Used: Serenade Ultimate Female Modeling Pack
