Second Life - Experiment

I have spent a great deal of time since I got back to SL with helping new residents. This has made me realise that I have an enormous amount of knowledge pertaining to equipping your avatar for little to no $L at all. I put together a notecard in-world, that will hopefully get shared at Caledon Oxbridge University. Caledon is really an amazing place for new residents to start out. Not only are the tutors and professors some of the nicest people I've met in SL, but there is an excellent tutorial for new residents which teaches the basics of SL, as well as free complete avatars for new residents (under 30 days), and the university offers great classes on various subjects relevant to SL. An all around awesome place.

But to move on, I wanted to try to reach a broader audience, perhaps actually help some new residents before they even get in to SL for the first time. So I did this little experiment, I created a new avatar (new account), named the avatar Sam since that could be either male or female, and went about outfitting this new avatar with everything I know to find in SL of high quality freebies. Everything I acquired is available on the Marketplace or in-world, for 0-1 $L. And let me point out that the avatars I put together are only four (two for each gender) out of literally dozens that I could have made with all the stuff I picked up, but to have gone through all the items in my inventory would have taken days, and I wanted to be quick.

So my premise was to create at least one male and one female avatar that I had spent no more than one or two lindens on, and the lindens I did spend I earned in-world (I'll get to that later). Let's take a look at what Sam looked like when he was newborn.

As you can see, not really a very appealing avatar, although he is much more handsome than the original default avatars. This one is called "Male Student" and is one of the avatars you can pick when you create your account. He is also available in the inventory Library folder in case you might want to use it after you get in to SL. So this is what I had to work with. Except, in SL you are never limited to what you can see...

Off I went to the  Marketplace where I started by signing in with my account name and password, then I just clicked the Search button near the top of the page. But since I had 0 $L, I had to narrow my search a little, so I clicked on the price range 0-10 L, then I changed the 10 to another 0, which narrowed it down to all the items on MP (MarketPlace) that cost 0 $L. From there, I went by category. First Avatar Appearance to get some skins, shapes, eyes, nails, tattoos, etc. I did limit myself a bit, because I have a tendency to get a bit carried away when I'm shopping. ;) I won't go through every category with you, suffice it to say I accumulated a fair amount of inventory just from the MP freebies.

At this point I was logged in to SL, because it's always safest to be logged in when completing a purchase on MP. Since I needed to make some $L, both for getting some nice dollarbies (items for 1$L) and for joining a group that costs 25$L to join but where you get group gifts worth hundreds of lindens. So I started by joining some store groups, among them a group called "Daily Discount Deals". It was started by the owner of "Bootgasm", surprisingly a store for ... boots. By joining "Daily Discount Deals" and keeping an eye on the group chat, I managed to accumulate about 15$L just in the few hours I was online (the experiment lasted 24 hours, but I of course didn't spend all those 24 hours online. Total online time I estimate to about 5-7 hours). Added to that was another 15$L that I made from stalking the Lucky Boards at Psychotic Neko. The boards are set to group, but the group is free to join and there is a group joiner right next to the boards. These boards have neko tails and ears, some female clothing items, and cash prizes. The most I've ever won from those boards, on any avatar of mine, was 15$L in one prize. More common is 1-2$L. With Sam I won 7$L once and the rest were in the 1-3$L range. But still, stalking the boards for long enough will get you quite a bit.

In between stalking the Lucky Boards and popping in to Bootgasm to grab 1-2$L every hour, I went to visit the best places I know of in SL for really nice high quality freebies. First place I went was ALB Dream Fashion. Just going through the free group gifts from this one store, not even counting her daughter's store ShuShu Trend which is in the same sim, you could spend two days just trying on clothes. There is perhaps twice as much, if not more, for women than for men, but even so the guys get quite a haul. And the quality of the items is absolutely amazing. The group is free to join and then you just go through the store and look for the displays with "Group Gift" on them. Swipe your mouse cursor over all the displays though, some are not labeled as group gifts, but they are set to touch for group only. And there are three levels to the store, so be sure to check the whole store.

After ALB, I headed to my other favourite place to find high quality items, Mimi's Choice. This place is huge, and it's kind of like a very high class mall. Four large buildings set in a square, two have items for men and two have items for women. Some of the best designers in SL are represented here, and nearly all of them have at least one gift set out. All you need is to join Mimi's Group, which is free to join, and there is a group joiner right where you land (big purple ball on a stick). After you join, take a stroll through the stores and collect your gifts. Do have a look at what the stores have for sale, I can almost guarantee you'll want to return after you've accumulated some cash. The items are pricey, but they are well worth it. And Mimi Juneau, the owner, is the sweetest person I know in SL. She is usually around at the store and is very approachable, so if you can't find something just go ahead and ask.

Those two are my favourite places, and usually where I pick up the majority of the stuff filling my inventory. The stores at Mimi's Choice change their gifts occasionally, so keep an eye on the group notices.

The third place I went to was a relatively recent discovery of mine, I found it perhaps two years ago through reading someone else's profile. It's a place called "In Good Taste" owned by Rachel Boram and everything there is free. Yes, you read that right, it's all completely free. And it is nice quality stuff to, absolutely worth a visit. She has hair for both women and men, some bodyparts, and shoes. Lately she has also added some other creations, like home and garden decorations. If you go there, keep the LM (LandMark) so you can pass it to other new residents, and put it in your Picks as well. After all, that's how I found it. And please keep dear Ms. Boram in your mind when you come into some cash and return to make a donation. She provides all this amazing free stuff and gets nothing in return except what people donate. Every linden donated helps keep her store in business and providing free items for new residents.

I just realised that if I were to mention every single store I went to, this blog post would be unbearably long. So suffice it to say I was a very busy little bee for those hours I was in SL. Once I was able to pull myself away from the Lucky Boards at Psychotic Neko, I managed to put together four avatars to show you as an example of how awesome you can get your avatar to look nearly completely free. Let's have a look at them...

Here's #1. Quite a change from "Student Sam", wouldn't you say? The shape, skin, eyes, necklace and shirt came from MP, the rest I collected in-world. None of it cost a single linden. This shape is rather tall, which is a common sight in SL. Unfortunately, the avatar appearance editor didn't have an accurate way of displaying your height when you made your shape so of course everyone pulled the slider as far to the right as possible for max height. Resulting in a virtual world populated by giants. Height issue aside though, it is a very hot shape. ;)


Oh and so you can understand my abbreviations: MP=MarketPlace, IWGG=In World Group Gift, IWFG=In World Free Gift.

Shape/Skin: (red)sand winterwonderland gift 2012 (MP)
Eyes: Mayfly - Deep Sky Eyes (London Fog, w2) (MP)
(Bald base from Vignette  - IWFG)
Tattoo Hairbase: A&A Phil Tattoo Layer Hairbase 5 (IWGG) - Alice Klinger makes amazing hair, group is free to join and there is a new free group gift every week, as well as a voting gift. Well worth a visit. She also has promotional colours of new hairstyles on MP for 1$L.
Hair: .:EMO-tions:. *ERIC* black (IWGG)
Goatee: .:EMO-tions:. *DARREN* chin goatie (IWGG)

Shirt: *The Creatures* Arnaud Red (MP)
Pants: Alphamale - Jeans III - Brown (IWFG) - One of the best designers of male clothing in SL. In my opinion.
Shoes: ::GB::Male Dress shoes(Browm) (IWGG) - Mimi's Choice gift
Necklace: Veiled Tattoo (Plain Logo) Necklace 1.3 (MP)
Earring: *EMO-tions* BRUCE earring (IWGG)

Here's #2. Again a different style, because I thought perhaps not everyone likes the scruffy bad boy image. This shape is a free gift from Vitruvian Shapes. All their shapes are made according to the principles displayed in Leonardo DaVinci's sketch The Vitruvian Man. And they are all more reasonably proportioned.




Shape: Male - Athletic - 6'/183cm by Vitruvian Shapes (MP) - This pack contains six shapes for each gender.
Skin: (red)sand male fall 2012 gift (MP, incl shape)
Eyes: Mayfly - Deep Sky Eyes (London Fog, w2) (MP)
(Bald base from Vignette)
Tattoo Hairbase: A&A Phil Tattoo Layer Hairbase 5 (IWGG)
Hair: .A&A Kaynes Hair Lightbrown (MP)

Shirt: Alphamale Striped Sweater Brown (IWFG)
Pants: Alphamale Jeans III Brown (IWFG)
Shoes: ALB PIPPIN boots Africa (MP, wearable demo) - One of those wearable demos I mentioned.
Jacket: ALB MARVIN Jacket 2 (IWGG)
Necklace: ::GB::two-strand necklace Male (IWGG) - From Mimi's Choice
Glasses: *+-Crie Style+* KABUKI {BEKKOU TSUBAKI}02 (MP)

Now the females, avatar #3. I noticed when making these two avatars that a female avatar seems to contain a lot more bodyparts and cosmetic enhancements than a male avatar. Kind of like in Real Life (RL). I went with a lot of mesh for this one, because I like mesh, and because it causes way less lag than flexi prims, which is what other hair and prim clothing is usually made of. The boots have a resize script that you can delete after fitting. Although I recommend always saving a copy of the original boots with the resize script intact. Just in case you decide some time in the future to change your shape. That goes for any prim item with resize scripts. I keep a sub-folder in my Objects folder named "Backups" where I store originals of items that I've paid lindens for, or items that were free but contain resize scripts and I want to keep a backup copy. But organising your inventory is a whole different blog post :).


Shape: -=V=- Shape Tory (MP) - I just liked this shape. I have never bought from this shop before.
Skin: (red)sand female fall 2012 gift shape&skin combi 1 (MP)
Eyes: Mayfly - Deep Sky Eyes (London Fog, w2) (MP)
Makeup: 2.0 tattoo layer eyes Pink/silver (MP) - skins used to always come with makeup already on the skin, but with tattoo layers, some have started providing a natural look version where you can apply a tattoo makeup layer instead. Or for that matter, you can add a tattoo makeup layer to any skin, because the tattoo will cover whatever painted on makeup is on the skin.
Bald base: -=V=- Browshaper 1 (MP, included w shape)
Tattoo Hairbase: .:EMO-tions:. HAIRBASE 4 black (IWGG)
Hair: .:{Rumina}:. Jessica Black Ombre (IWGG) - This one is available on MP for 10L, but if you go to the store in-world instead and join the group it's free. It's a new hair designer in SL, she has all mesh hair, with optional flexi add-on for a little extra swing when you just have to do the "hair-toss". She has another hair on MP for 1$L as well.
Nails: ::GB::Cute Pearl Ring Nail (IWGG) - Mimi's Choice gift
Cleavage: PB >> Elle - Cleavage Enhancer :: 1 (MP) - A what? I hear you asking.

Well, skins don't usually have cleavage, or perhaps your favourite skin just isn't showing enough cleavage, or it looks wrong, or any number of other things. There have been clothing layer cleavage enhancers for a while, but these ones come as tattoo layers that only cover the actual cleavage area instead of the whole... chest area. ;) They are also made from real photos of err those areas, so the textures are very realistic. The tattoos are modifiable as well so if you are not happy with any of the provided skin colours, simply choose the neutral one, edit it and make it any colour you want.

Dress&Boots: *dafsni egoisme mesh white (MP) - This came as a whole set. Very nice for no cost.
Earrings: : Amorous : Encircled Earrings (MP)
Bracelet: Chop Zuey Cheri Amour RsG/Prp Bracelet (IWFG) - Oh Chop Zuey!
My favourite jewelry store. Sadly, her group costs to join, and not a little either. I believe it was 350$L. Although the cost for the group is completely and totally worth it, it is a lot of lindens to shell out at once. Fortunately, sometimes she sets out gifts that are for anyone, not just the group. So keep this LM and go back to check every once in a while, you could get lucky.
Glasses: *+-Crie Style+* KABUKI {BEKKOU TSUBAKI}02 (MP)

And last, but certainly not least, #4. This one is a little more rugged look. The skin actually has painted on scars and bruises. So I chose the Athletic female shape from Vitruvian Shapes, and tried to get an overall bad-ass look. Doesn't she kind of look like she could hold her own in a fight? The base for this avatar came from Coca & Wolf, another recent discovery of mine. They make skins that have painted on scars, bruises, wounds, etc. Because how can you role-play a warrior who has been in hundreds of battles, when your skin is clear of scars? Realism. I like.



Shape: Female - Athletic - 5'7"/171cm by Vitruvian Shapes (MP)
Skin: :: Skin Hybrid :: Coca & Wolf :: Tan :: Full (IWFG, full ava) - This is from a full avatar set that is free at the store, no group needed.
Eyes: ::Natural Eyes :: Coca & Wolf :: Brown (IWFG, full ava)
Makeup: Moonshadow Nagore (incl lashes&teeth alpha) (MP) - This little set includes the tattoo eye makeup, prim (mesh?) eyelashes that look very nice, and an alpha layer that erases a little of your lips to show your teeth.
Bald base: :: Hair Base :: Coca & Wolf :: (IWFG, full ava)
Tattoo Hairbase: .:EMO-tions:. HAIRBASE 10 - straight black (IWGG)
Hair: ::MM::twilight hair (IWGG, .:EMO-tions:.)
Nails: Serenity Style Nails 026 (MP) - Also a recent discovery. I haven't been to their in-world store, in fact I don't even know if they have an in-world store, but their nails are very nice. There are, I think, three of theirs on MP at the moment. I like these best because they have no extras like rings or nail polish. Just prim nails with a white texture.
Cleavage: PB >> Neutral - Cleavage Enhancer :: 1 (MP) - Yes if you look closely at the picture, the cleavage area is actually white/gray. If I was going to use it "for real" I would have edited it and coloured it to match my skin, but I left it the way it is to illustrate what it looks like. To colour it, right-click your avatar, choose edit outfit, click the little wrench icon next to the tattoo layer, then click the box for colour option and play with the sliders and numbers until you match up the colour.

Shirt: ALB ZISSI tank top (IWGG)
Pants: To Be Unique Anne mesh skinny pants (MP, full outfit) - This was just a random find on MP.
Shoes: [IHS]Sneakers Black (IWFG)
Necklace: ::GB:: two-strand necklace female (IWGG) - Oh yes, it comes in both male and female versions, how great is that :)
Bracelet: Chop Zuey FreeBird Men's Bracelet Blk (IWFG) - Her jewelry always contains resize scripts, but I very rarely have to use it. The men's stuff can totally be worn by women to.
Tattoo: { T O X I C} Bloody Scratch (MP) - I thought it suited the avatar's generally scruffy appearance ;)


So there you are, four nice looking avatars, and I think I spent a total of 2$L on these four, if that. I did forget to keep track of which items cost and which were free, but I got so much stuff that it would have made it an insurmountable task. I do think these four illustrate my point quite sufficiently though. There is absolutely no need to spend real cash for pixel money, even though this particular pixel money has a (tiny) value in real cash.



Most importantly, while you're running around SL collecting high quality freebies and free lindens, you have a great opportunity to meet people and socialise. I have made friends while waiting for a lucky board, and in the store groups as well. So go on now, get out there and make yourself look amazing, and meet some new people. :)


Enjoy your Second Life!

Second Life blog - Unplanned and unwanted

So I'm hoping someone will read this and pass it on to those most concerned, Miss Emedea Morgenstern and Miss Shenlei Flasheart.

My laptop died quite some time ago and since then my mother has been very kind and let me use hers. This now seems to have developed fan issues, and had to be taken in to the store where it was bought. Thankfully it is still under warranty so I think they will just do a hard drive backup and give her a new laptop.

Hopefully I will be back in SL some time next week, although I suppose it could be longer. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience.

This affects Hetheria, Ayesha, WindHowler, and Flora Sandybanks.

See you all when I get back.

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Second Life Blog - NEW @ FATAL

FATAL has moved to a new location! Brand new store and brand new MESH clothes! The store looks awesome, and the clothes are amazing. Three new items, in lots of colours. There's ALLURE, a catsuit in all mesh that comes in no less than SIX colours!

FATAL ALLURE all colours. The white one is a FREE group gift at the store. Colours are, from left to right, White, Black, Bubblegum Pink, Grape, Lilac, Red.

But there's more! A cute sweater dress with built-in belt, all in mesh of course, and in three different colour combinations. This gorgeous creation is called ANNA, and I absolutely love it.

FATAL ANNA in delicious flavours of Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Marshmallow, and Chocolate Cherry. Mmmm I'm craving ice cream now!

And as if that wasn't enough, there's also a cute little tube dress, mesh of course. Great for those late summer parties, in bright colours. This adorable little number is called KIM, and I love the way it hugs my curves and fits just right.

FATAL KIM in yummy Bubblegum, and refreshing Citrus.

All in all, the new store is totally worth a visit. FATAL is quickly becoming my favourite store in SL.

Stay safe out there!

Second Life Blog - FATAL Newness

So for a while now I've been a member of the store group for Blueberry, and when she (Blueberry that is) mentioned a friend of hers was opening a store, I went to have a look. I liked what I saw and joined the group. That store is FATAL. Not that it's deadly, that's the store's name, 'FATAL'.

The other day I was puttering along in one of the sims where I roleplay, and the group chat for FATAL popped up. There was some general chatting, and then the store owner, Fatalityx, asked if anyone in the group had a blog and/or Flickr. I said I do, and she sent me a box of stuff to peek at.

Well, not only do I actually -like- her stuff, I like writing, and I like promoting skilled designers in SL, so here I am, writing about the stuff in the box.

First off, there was the super-cute skirt set, 'FATAL Leather Skirt & Bra Top', which not only had a nice fit for mesh, but looks amazing. Even with the Standard Sizing Shapes it can be really hard to find mesh clothing with just the right fit. 'FATAL' is the second store I've found so far, the first being 'Blueberry'.

FATAL Leather Skirt & Bra Top - Front View

FATAL Leather Skirt & Bra Top - Back View

So of course at this point I was curious about the other two boxes I got, and proceeded to dive into them to see what it might be.

One of them had a comfy tank top in two different colours, and two different prints, so that made a total of four different tank tops in a single box. The other box thankfully had some pants so I didn't have to walk around pantsless. I have found that mesh pants are the one thing I have the most difficult time finding. At least pants that fit well. I don't use a standard sizing shape, although I have modified my shape to use more or less the standard sizing numbers of a size L. It seems most designers that make mesh pants just don't care about us larger gals (guys to? I really wouldn't know, for obvious reasons), since even the L sizes seem too small.

Is it because there are more than one set of "standard" sizes out there? I don't know. But here's one that does care, and makes really nice clothes to. Thank you, Fatalityx!

FATAL Low Rise Skinny Jeans Blue with FATAL Comfy Skully Tank Black

FATAL Low Rise Skinny Jeans Blue with FATAL Comfy Sugar Skully Tank Black

FATAL Low Rise Skinny Jeans Blue with FATAL Comfy Skully Tank Purple

FATAL Low Rise Skinny Jeans Black with FATAL Comfy Sugar Skully Tank Purple

Overall marks on the outfits? A+!

Go shop at FATAL, you won't regret it!

Second Life Hair Fair 2012 - The Petite Perspective

So I went to Hair Fair to pick up some free hair. I rather expected to buy at least one hair, but I didn't see any that I felt were worth spending my hard-earned lindens on. Thus, this post will be about the freebies offered by the different designers.

As a Petite, it can be hard to find nice hair that fits your style. I RP as a pixie with my Petite mesh avatar, as well as model for Carriage Trade Miniatures, so I need all different kinds of hair to fit what I'm wearing.

I actually expected to find more hair for Petites, or at least resizeable hair that could be made to fit, but I was sadly disappointed. Out of all the designers at the Hair Fair, only five (5!) had hair for Petites, or hair that could be resized to fit.

Alli & Ali was of course one of them, they being one of the most popular stores for Petite hair, since all their hairstyles are resizeable, and they additionally have started putting out Petite-sized versions of both older styles, and new releases. Here are two of the styles offered by them, one Petite size and one full size style that was sized down.

A&A Cara Petite Size

A&A Revelation, resized

Another designer that has quite a few Petite hairstyles at their store is ChiChickies. Their Petite line is called Little Chickies. Here's their Petite freebie for Hair Fair 2012:

Little Chickies Jia Hair and Hairsticks

HINAKO is a store I just recently became aware of, thanks to the group Violet Mafia. They had a really cute hairstyle that was resizeable to Petite size.

HINAKO an&subomi, resized

INK was a new store for me, had never heard of them before Hair Fair, but I really liked their freebie hairstyle, which was also resizeable to Petite size. I thought it was a very cute style, that fit my pixie character perfectly.

INK Natum White, resized

But the one hairstyle that I really fell in love with, was also from a store I had never heard of before, Hairoin. It was a fullsized hair, but resizeable fortunately. Here's a picture of it.

Hairoin Ferocity White Tiger, resized

And that was all for Petite sized hairs at Hair Fair. At least as far as freebies go. Alli & Ali, and ChiChickies/Little Chickies, had some for sale, but none that I wanted to spend lindens on. Not that they were unappealing in any way, they were just not the right style for my pixie character, nor for my modeling.

Oddly enough, EMO-tions didn't offer any Petite styles for sale, or as a gift. I had expected it from them, since they were one of the first hair designers to start making hair for Petites.

All in all, putting myself through the lag and confusion of Hair Fair 2012 was kind of worth it. I came out a few hairs richer, and with LMs to a couple of new hair stores that I will have to visit.

Gastric bypass (+122 dagar) 89kg

Nyss hemkommen från sjukhuset (nåja, för ett par timmar sedan) där en annan kirurg fått fixa en av de nya kopplingarna. Den var nämligen för liten, så när jag känt som att maten jag ätit har satt sig som en propp i magsäckens utlopp har jag känt alldeles korrekt, för det var precis vad som hände. Från och med nu ska det vara bra, hoppas jag.

Som läkaren förklarade var det där tunntarm var hopsydd med tunntarm som hålet var för litet, och efterhand har en del av tarmen vridit sig under och bakom resten, vilket gjorde att jag mådde illa och kräktes, och hade ont i magen. Så när jag kom till akuten gjorde de en kontraströntgen av tarmarna och magen, och så skickade de upp mig till kirurgavdelningen där jag precis hann duscha med hibiscrub (med sköterskas hjälp) innan de ringde att jag skulle ner till operation. Runt halv sju på kvällen körde de in mig i operationssalen och (fick jag veta senare) vid nio-tiden var jag på uppvaket, där jag tillbringade natten. Vid 11-tiden på förmiddagen, måndag, kom jag upp på avdelningen igen, med ett nytt ärr på magen, detta ca 25-30 cm långt, från precis under nedersta revbenet till precis under naveln.

Jag har i alla fall kunnat äta och fått behålla det jag ätit under sjukhusvistelsen, så det är ju positivt. Förhoppningsvis kommer jag att må bättre i fortsättningen. Och vikten fortsätter att gå neråt, sakta men säkert. Till jul ska jag köpa mig nya kläder, förmodligen under mellandagsrean.

Gå inte vilse i universum.

Gastric bypass +99 dagar (94 kg)

Idag glömde jag min "nappflaska" (vattenflaska av sport-typ) hemma, vilket ledde till att jag drack för lite, vilket ledde till att jag ganska snabbt reagerade som om jag hade vätskebrist. Vilket jag förmodligen hade. Lite otäckt att se dopplereffekt varje gång jag vred på huvudet. 

Jag har ätit mycket soppa och mos de senaste veckorna, vilket har gått alldeles utmärkt. Då och då har jag varvat med en macka med stekt ägg. När jag nämnde det för mamma blev hon alldeles förskräckt och sa att jag absolut inte fick äta stekt ägg, dels pga bypassen, men också för att jag inte har någon gallblåsa (hade problem med gallsten, och de tog bort den). Så jag undrade om det var ok med kokt ägg, och det gick hon med på att det var väl ok. Så jag gick hem och föråt mig på kokt ägg :D Åt fyra stycken på tre måltider. Sen knorrade och gurglade det konstigt i magen resten av kvällen, men värre än så blev det inte. Fast jag ska nog hålla mig till ett ägg på en dag, med några dagar emellan. Det känns ju onödigt att utmana ödet.

Jag har funderat på om det går att sy in underbyxor. Det skulle behövas. Eller kanske det är lättare att bara köpa nya. Jag har ju en massa garn nu, jag kan virka några stycken. ;D Men skämt åsido, jag märker verkligen på kläderna nu att jag blivit mindre. Det går kanske inte jättefort på vågen, men kroppen fortare än vikten går ner. Det låter kanske paradoxalt, men jag promenerar mycket och då får jag anta att jag utvecklar mer muskelmassa, och muskler väger som bekant ungefär fyra gånger mer än fett. I alla fall är det det jag tröstar mig med när siffrorna på vågen verkar stå still.

Fortfarande klarar magen inte av för mycket fiber. Sist jag hade en kräkdag hade jag ätit ett äpple. Det har gått bra tidigare, men kanske reagerade jag på skalet, eller tuggade inte tillräckligt noga, eller var bara extra känslig just den dagen. Jag har försökt beskriva för andra hur det känns, men det är svårt att föreställa sig om man inte har upplevt det. Det känns som att det jag äter, som äpplet t.ex., sätter sig som en kork eller en propp i utloppet från magsäcken, så att allt jag får i mig efter det lägger sig ovanpå tills det blir för mycket och då kommer allt upp igen. Och under tiden mår jag som om någon tuggat mig och spottat ut mig igen. Tills allt kommit upp igen får jag inte behålla någonting, vare sig fast eller flytande. Det är ganska otrevligt, och det brukar ta en hel dag tills det lugnat ner sig. Sedan är det soppa och pulvermos som gäller i en vecka ungefär innan jag kan börja äta som vanligt igen.

Ljust bröd är det som gäller. Jag kör med Pågens Lantbröd med Havssalt. Det är relativt fiberrikt, men inte såpass att jag blir dålig. Lite smör och honung på, eller kaviar och ost, eller bara ost och värmd i micron. Men mest blir det som sagt soppa, mos, eller yoghurt. Banan går bra också, eller ICA:s frysta frukt (200 g per förpackning, finns i flera blandningar, kolla i frysdisken där den vegetariska maten står). Smoothie på naturell yoghurt, mango, och banan är himla gott. 

Nu ska jag dessutom vara testpilot för Arla's Smetana (laktosfri). Det ska bli spännande. Jag har redan ett par recept i huvudet som jag skulle vilja prova. Mamma har köpt Valios Smetana förut och den är god som den är till pannkakor eller våfflor, eller till en köttgryta t.ex. Jag tänkte börja med att ha den i såsen till en enkel grönsaksgratäng, sedan prova att blanda den med lite kryddor och använda den som topping på ugnsbakad kycklingfilé. Funderar även på att försöka göra glass på den tillsammans med fryst frukt, bara köra ihop Smetana med lite banan, eller annan frukt, i en mixer och äta. Jag ser fram emot det.

I andra nyheter håller jag på med mina gardinomtag fortfarande. Nummer två blir nog klart den här veckan, och så nummer tre nästa vecka. Sedan kan jag börja på nästa projekt, vad det nu kan bli. Jag ville sticka en basker som jag hittade mönster till i Land, men nu kan jag inte hitta just det numret. I nödfall har jag ett mönster från Drops på en stickad tröja till hund som skulle vara så söt på Saharah. Och går inte det kan jag alltid ge mig på att virka hjärtekatt. Jag hittar nog något att sysselsätta mig med.

På lördag är det min födelsedag, hela 35 år fyller jag då. Wesley kommer och vi ska ha bara en rolig dag, med besök hos Marsipan-Alfred i Långshult (godaste chokladen norr om Schweiz), lite god mat, lek och skoj, och regnbågstårta till eftermiddagsfika. Den är lite svår att förklara, men jag tänkte ta kort på den och lägga in den här efteråt, med recept.

Saharah och jag trapptränar minst en gång om dagen, både uppåt och neråt. Första gången vi skulle gå i trapporna blev hon livrädd, men det tog bara två dagar att vänja henne och nu tvekar hon inte ens längre. 

Nej nu får jag avsluta här, innan jag blir tvungen att ändra i rubriken till +100 dagar istället.

Gå inte vilse i universum.

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