20th Anniversary Tamagotchi

Is it just me or does the one right kinda remind ya of the Pokémon Bellsprout?

  Bandai released these awesome little chibi tamagotchis in The United States for the 20th year anniversary!  I'm loving mine!  Somehow I got two deep scratches in the screen and there's fuzz already underneath the screen on the blue one on the first day!  Somehow the orange one is completely unscathed and I've had it for a few days and it's already taken a nosedive into the concrete floor in my basement.  Not exactly sure how that happened, but I'm kinda convinced my blue one is cursed.  Lol, but seriously!

  Gameplay wise, the chibi ones are way more simplistic than the regular ones and you can't play games with this one.  It'll alert you when it's hungry, mad, or when it's pooped.  The really cool thing I've noticed is that so far it's been really easy to keep alive and with the busy holiday season approaching, it just might become a fave among tama lovers.  Although, this isn't the first chibi Tamagotchi that Bandai has come out with.  There are Japanese chibi Tamagotchis, too!

  All in all I think it's pretty cool!  :)

Roller Coaster of Emotions

Things have been kinda tough lately, a roller coaster of emotions really...

My last living grandmother passed away late last month and ever since it's like I've been in shock with occasional bursts of reality.  It feels like my heart is getting ripped out and shredded into tiny tendrils.  Most of the time I haven't really known what to say.  Right after I got the call, as I was still crying, I heard my grandmother telling me "It's ok, hun".  I remember that made me smile.  Honestly, I still don't know what to say really.  As I write this it's just pouring out of me.  I think this was the right time to write about this.

With each death I've been through, every one is so different.  There's no real rhyme or reason for any of the emotions.  Sometimes the feeling of loss and grief hits you super hard, like a punch in the stomach.  Other times it'll hit you softer like gentle waves of sadness.  And each time it feels a little different and yet somehow so very similar.

The pieces of memories, you didn't know you had anymore, surface and suck you in.

My New Unicorn Planner!!!

  I'm so excited to introduce my unicorn planner!!!  This was the very last one at the Michaels my bestie and I went to and it was on sale.  It was meant to be!!!  :D

                    

And this awesome Shopkins bag I found on clearance at Target is so damn colorful in all the right ways that I had to get it!  These colors are so pleasing to the eye!

                   

                                             These things brighten my day, every day!

 

Playing Catch Up

Well, I'm just gonna get right into it.  In February I lost yet another family member, my great uncle.  In March I got a new purse (basically my dream purse, lol), my Fitbit (which has really helped keep me accountable for how much I'm actually moving around), and started studying Judaism (I finally found a religion that feels so right).  Can't think of anything for April.  In May Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) passed away (still seems so unreal) and I went to the country for Memorial Day weekend with my brother.  In June I turned 35 and went to the zoo for the first time in like 5-6 years!  In July I saw my life long bestie and her family for the first time in ages, went to two awesome 4th of July parties and saw some very awesome fireworks displays!  Whew, I think that catches everything up now. 

Things I'm thankful for:

• the family I still have
• my two best friends
• the fact that I'm slowly, but surely losing weight (for my health)

I think that just about wraps it up.  I figure I'd get back to writing in small baby steps, so here we go!

Finally Getting Organized

So after seeing quite a few photos on Instagram and watching countless videos on YouTube I finally decided to get a better planner.  The kind I had used before you could pretty much only customize with stickers.  My new one is much more versatile and I love it!  I think it's gonna help me stay way more organized than my old one. 

Happy 2017!

 

Happy 2017 everybody!  :)  I haven't been on a blogger in a hot minute.  All I can say is: Life. 

Apparently I had a couple of posts half written that I meant to post a couple of months ago, but now they are pretty outdated.  Winter is definitely my most unproductive season. 

With all the hateful posts, I feel even more like I need to spread all the positivity and love that I can.  All this energy spent on hate could be used on more important things, like love. 

2017 is a new year and with it will come a new and improved me!  And one of the biggest changes everyone's gonna see is that I will no longer sugar coat things or hold anything back anymore.  For instance, if I don't like something I'm gonna say something instead of holding it in till I explode in anger.  Anger is something I really dislike feeling.  Honesty isn't always what you want to hear, but it's the best thing for real. 

Normally I'd wanna change the look of my social media and blog for the new year, but I'm still feeling this cutesy pastel skull theme, so I'm gonna stick with it until something else catches my fancy enough for me to change it.  Who knows, it might look like this for years to come.  :D