Birthday Nails

Pinkie Pie inspired nails

I don't normally do things for my birthday. Since I was little, I've believed I was hexed. Bad things just seem to happen around my birthday, either to me or the people I love. After last year with the broken ankle and one of my cats being a problem child, I again thought that maybe, just maybe, this one might be different.

While I was 2 weeks out of surgery, my nail lady and I discussed having my birthday at the salon. They actually do do parties there. So, I set it up. I wasn't in my right mind when I did either so it never made it into my phone.

Fast forward to this week. I had no memory of even setting this up. None. Wednesday, family was asking about times and what not right after a day where I'd forgotten had a physical therapy appointment and how to do a major part of my job. To top things off, to calm down after the pt incident, I went for a long walk in my beloved graveyard. It was to much. I had a meltdown. I told everyone where to shove it and that all I wanted was a happy meal in a pink Draculaura bucket, an ice cream cake and to be left alone. So my sister planned my party.

It was wonderful. Miss Christina had cake and even got me a new little stuffed friend. There was wine... well I had half a glass, wine isn't one of my things. I wanted to enjoy time with my mom and sister and brother's girlfriend. I was happy and little and giggly.

Birthday goodies!!!

New little friend!

 The downside. The night before one of my sister's childhood friends took a turn for the worst. She's loosing her fight against cancer. Her birthday is on the 31st and if she makes it, she'll be 27. I told my sister that we can do my party another day. I insisted in fact because I knew she wasn't going to be up for it. She pushed that it was my birthday and since I don't party hard, the nail date was happening. Before we even left the house for the spa, my mom had a meltdown of her own and was miserable almost the whole time. There was a brief moment when she fell asleep that she seemed happy. Nothing could cheer her up. By the end of it, I was just ready to go home and take a nap and be done with the day.

My dinner wasn't much better. Talk revolved around death and how the sister's friend was fairing. Mom was still in her own little meltdown and then booze started flowing. So... I went into hiding. Shadow was over and hanging out with the men folk. I don't think he caught how shattered I was until late into the evening and that's when he decided I needed sake.

Today wasn't much better and I know Shadow tried. I'm not doing this again next year. What makes me more upset about the whole thing is that I was little. I was excited and happy and wanted this to be a good thing. I turn 30 next year and I'm not celebrating it. I'm not having my little girl heart shattered again because things fall apart around me and everyone feels like shit because they've ruined my birthday. When booze was thrown into the mix, it just made me feel more awkward around my family because I don't really care to drink. It really makes it hard to have discussions with people when they are mourning a life being cut short and your thinking of how awesome it would be to have a bed with guard rails. (seriously, I want a crib. Think of how awesome that would be! And how safe you'd feel!!! ok... maybe it's just me)

I need to make big changes for 29. Big, just for Ania changes. I know I pledge that every birthday, but this time it has to happen. My arm is healing, even though it's slow. I'm looking at it as a sign things will get better and that I can get back to that happy little carefree place again.

Wardrobe Update!!!

So... when mom got back from her stay in the hospital, she came back to this mass pile on her doorstep.

 

This was like, 5 packages guys!!!

All just piled up waiting there for poor old drugged mom to try and walk over. She was super drugged and she had a happy meal according to Korick. I still haven't found what she did with her toy yet. Grandma brought in the hoard for her and mom got to use a pair of scissors for the first time in several months. It was all gifties from our cousins in Ireland. And most of them where for ME!!!

If you are easily sick at the sight of pink, skip this post. There is A LOT of it. Like a lot a lot. Like OMG a lot! Some mom had bought because she couldn't find them in the states but most of them our cousins picked out. You've been warned.

 This first cute number is my very own set of pajamas! They came with matching slippers and a bow! Since mama has been in her pjs so much, Korick and I have been living in ours too! Well... I don't know if Korick really counts because he's almost always in pajamas. Mama says it's cause he smells familure but I don't know. He smells like lavender fabric softener to me!

 You may have noticed the ear peaking over the pillow in the last picture. That's one of our many fox friends. His name is Pancake and he's so adorable! He wonderfully floppy!

 Next is an outfit mama bought for me! It's a Halloween Hello Kitty outfit!!! Mama says I will need a bow to match but... HELLO KITTY!!! And spiders!!! AND HALLOWEEN!!!

 This is a wonderfully glittery white tip with puffy princess sleeves and pink pants. You can't tell in the picture but, you can see my panties through them!!! I can't go camando either! Mama says that she has some new undies coming that will work better for my lighter clothes.

 To break up the pink, here's Korick in his new outfit! Mama has hunted for years for an outfit that would match the character Daddy named him after. She had to order it from the Build-A-Bear site in Europe but she finally got it! Except for the boots, we got those here. The HUGS text is embroidered on and mama said she might take it off for him.

 Next is a Hellow Kitty top! She's a geek! The skirt I've had and since I don't own all but 1 pair of pants (thank you again Aunty!!!) The next several photos will have the same skirt since showing my panties is not cool. At all!!! Nope nope nope!

 Cheer-leading Hello Kitty top!

 Pretty pink heart hoodie with super cute bow but NO EAR HOLES!!! Mama says might ears may never find a hoodie that will fit them. Oh well!

Pink camo hoodie!

 Pretty purple outfit!!! You can't see it, but it has a really cute pink belt!

 Pretty pink sweeter Aunty had made for me! AND I HAVE SUNGLASSES NOW!!! AND THEY ARE PINK!!!

 This is a really cute bunny sleeper Aunty had ordered for me but... it's a little big. Mama is going to see if she can alter it once her hand feels better... and Grandma gives back her sewing machine. Seriousely guys, she hid Mom's sewing machine! Who does that!?!

 I got a few goodies in the package too! the bear case is the case for my glasses. The Hello Kitty wand thing was full of candy. The turtle is darling but we're not sure where to put him yet! Mama tried to put him on the medication bag she had to carry with her for a few days, but he got caught on all the things so that was a no go.

 AND I got this super cute Hello Kitty smallfry!!! She has a tan!

She came with a cute little bikini too and a hoodie that matches Koricks. We didn't get a picture of that one though.

If you made it this far, you survived the sea of PINK!!! I now Mama posted earlier, but she hasn't always been sleeping so good. So I've gotten to watch some really weird cartoons at night/wee hours of morning. I've also discovered infomercials! Not necessarily a good thing but, entertaining none the less.
 Thank you for reading guys!

Going to work with Mama!

Hey guys! I meant to post this sooner but with Mama's surgery and her not leaving me the passwords for the computer, I didn't get a chance before she'd left! Mama is resting loads and Korick went with her like planned, but Mama will be writing about that on her main blog. In the meantime, I'm going to tell you about my adventure to work with her!

We got up super early and I got to wear my pretty Lolita dress. I asked Mama to wear her's so we could be twins, but she said that she couldn't get away with her frills at her job unless it was Halloween.

We got to ride in her work's vanpool! Mama is the first stop so she gets to ride in the front seat! I tried to take this picture of traffic but the van was always bumpy! Mama said this was really light traffic compared to what she deals with every other day.

It was super foggy too! I tried to get a pic of the Seattle skyline but you can't even see it! I promise the Space Needle and the Great Wheel and the stadiums are in there! They are just lost in the clouds, which was still really cool.

When we got to Mama's work, the fog had started to burn off. This is a picture of the hospital. The brick building with the flag pole in front of it is the main hospital, where mom got me coffee from! The one ahead of it is a bunch of smaller clinics. Mama jokes that the hospital will be the site of a zombie outbreak. She says it's super creepy in the fog and we're located directly across from a graveyard. An OLD graveyard, but more on that laters.

Mama said she had to go work the front counter for a little while first thing so she left me at her desk in back... well... she left me at her friend's desk in back. I decided to try and help PettiePet do some work... except I have no idea what any of them do! They call the office Medical Records and there are old dusty charts and they play music. The people that work there, not the records. Though that would be SUPER COOL!!! It was really boring actually. I filled in for mom as best as I could.

People where stopping by and leaving cards for Mama though. They would see me and comment on my cuteness and leave the cards with me. So I guess I was helpful a little! I also almost got stolen by a guy in Mama's vanpool! He'd made it to the door before she noticed. I was so scared!!! I didn't know if Mama would find me again! I remember the stories JillyBean had told me about the people that worked there stealing her!

By lunch time Mama was really stressed. So I asked if we could go explore the graveyard for a little bit. Mama's friend Carebear actually insisted that we go when I suggested it. So I was packed into my bag and we went on and adventure to 'visit the neighbors'.

 We entered the graveyard at the Jewish cemetery. We found a grave for this little girl on the main path. Mama asked her if she'd mind having her picture taken with me. Mama said it would be good since she was so young when she left this plane to have a brief cuddle with someone so pink and cuddly.

 I then found the most awesome tree!!! I see my cousin Thomas Marshal climb trees all the time so i hiked up my skirt and climbed up best I could! It was so cool and I managed to not get dirty! Mama says if I want to contiue this climbing trees thing, we will need to find me shoes. Slippers don't count either :(

 I saw this angel and wanted to have my picture taken with her. It was really high up though! Mama was on her tip toes to help me up and Mama is tall!

 See how high up I am!!!

 Next Mama said we needed to visit one of her Daddy markers. She said she has a lot that she's found but, this one is special. He was the first she found. She stops by and talks to him now and then. So I decided to lay next to him and whisper some secrets that Mama couldn't hear. He's a very good listener! Mama says she has pictures of all her Daddy markers and a map that shoes where about they are. It was a project she gave herself when she was taking the bus and had time to kill in the morning.

 Next place Mama wanted to go was also really special to her. It's called the Tower of Chimes. It's a military monument with a huge hill with pretty white markers for people who've served in different branches of the military. Mama has a soft spot for military men.

 I found another tree to climb on the way there. You can see me tail!

 There are 2 cannons that mark the entrance to the tower. Mama wouldn't let me climb inside. There where spiders. I don't want spiders in my undies!!! I talked with the soldiers for a little bit and walked around the towers. It's way up on a hill so we could look down on everything. It was really pretty.

 Mama says this is a Fairy Tree! She stops by and makes a wish on it every time she's in the graveyard. I decided I wanted a picture standing under it. It had such lovely energy.

This was in front of a family shrine. Mama says there is a whole part of the cemetery dedicated to asian cultures, but we wouldn't have time to make it over today.

 There was a little garden area just behind the shrine with a little pond and my size waterfall. This was on the bridge over the water. Mama said the water needed to be cleaned. It smelt like a dirty fish tank!

 You can't see it here, but the water is between me and mom as I posed on this marker. It had a lovely little bench to sit on so you could talk with the angel.

 We passed by this mouse marker! I had to have a picture in front of it! How cool is this mouse!!!

 Full marker.

 This pyramid marks another section of the cemetery. Mama said it was Greek orthodox. A long time ago, Mama said she use to feed 2 crows that would meet her at the front gate. She'd named them Apollo and Demeter. She said she doesn't go to the pyramid anymore after finding Apollo at the base of it. Mama did say that the pyramid it's has an interesting history. It use to be a little altre area but the inside has been left to ruin. There where pictures of saints inside at one time but have long since rotted away. It's kind of sad... Mama said that there are a few of the pieces still inside, but the doors are chained shut so you can't get in. You get lucky sometimes and they are open enough to peek in. But again, Mama refused to get closer because of the memory of her lost feathered friend.

It was about this time that Mama looked down at her phone and realized we only had 2 minutes of lunch left. This meant that we didn't get to see some of the other things she'd talked about :( I was really disappointed but I didn't want Mama to get in trouble at work. I took this picture of Mama's building to show that she really is neighbors with the graveyard. The windows to her office are the second floor ones and covered by the trees. It was kind of cool!

So we returned to the work thing where Mama stressed more and I was BOOOOORED. So so bored... I did take a nap though.

Did i show you the coffee I got though! It's a venti pumpkin spice latte and it was HUGE!!! Like... really huge! Mama said I had to share. I've never seen so much coffee!!! Who drinks this much coffee!?! Mama then explained it's the only way she's been making it through work the last month or so with everything she's had to deal with. She also managed to spill a whole one of these on someone super important at the hospital. She says it was because of her bad hand but... I don't know... >_>

OH!!! Most importantly!!! Mama gave me my own log in to post with for the blog!!! Now things will be under my name! She said I might even be able to get my own bookface account like Lambie!!

Adventures of Sakura Bunny

*tap tap, tap tap* is this thing on?

Hello interwebs! My name is Sakura Bunny. I'm miss Ania's newest Build-a-Bear. Mama hasn't been feeling well lately, so I decided to post about an adventure I had a couple weekends ago! You know, just to help Mama out since she's been so down lately. :)

A couple weekends ago Mama's Aunty Em was visiting. Now they haven't seen each other in a REALLY long time, so Mama had planned an adventure for the 3 of us in Seattle! So we got up super early and got ready for our adventure. Mama want to get up to the city while it was still waking up. So we packed and got ready for the day.

I got to hang out in Mama's All Things Lavender bag.

 Again it was really early!!! Mama tried to get Korick to come too, but he did not want to leave the bed! He's such an old man sometimes!!! XD

 We where dropped off in Tukwilla at the light rail station. Mama said it was her favorite way to travel to the city and Aunty Em hadn't ridden on it ever!

I got to sit on Aunty Em's lap the whole way to Seattle. ^_^ It was really exciting!!! The train moves so fast and in some places is up over the freeway! We where up above the cars!

When we got to the city, it was so quite and everything was so tall! So I took pictures of the buildings as we wandered down to the market.

This is Pike Place Market. Mama said that later in the day, it would be packed with people! But while we where there, it was quite and there where a lot of yummy smells coming from all over. It was so cool!

This is the famous throwing fish stand.  When we came back later in the day, it was so busy we couldn't get close. I wanted to get my picture taken with the guys (they where cute!!!) but I was to shy.

This is the very first Starbucks ever in the world. Mama told us that she had something way better planned for breakfast then coffee. It's 8am and the line was already out the door!

While I didn't get a picture of the sign, this place is called Piroshki Piroshki! It had a line too, but it was moving quickly and note down the block like Starbucks. It smelled SO GOOD in here! Mama also said that her hero Anthony Bourdain had been here a few years back. So she had to stop to drool over his pictures there.

Don't they look yummy!!! We got once that had raisins and cinnomin and a little orange pill in it. It was amazing!!! All made by hand right in front of us! Aunty Em got one that was stuffed with mushrooms and cheese and onion. Also yummy! Mama loves good food made fresh like this so she was all giggley. I can understand why!

We stopped for a moment to eat and watched the cheese place make cheese Aunty Em said that her dad worked for a cheese company so she had learned a lot about cheese from him. Mama only remembers a little of him, but she did remember how much he loved good cheese.

We started wondering through the market again. We found this giant squid! I wanted to climb on top of him, but Mama said I couldn't make a scene. Plus he was super high up in the air.

 So I settled for getting my picture taken with Big Foot. He was a very gentle giant. :)

 We where in Seattle so early, many places in the market where still closed. This is one of Mama's favorite stores. It smelled so good and the doors weren't even open yet. She promised to come back later.

We then started to walk back up towards the mall where we got off the light rail. Mama told us she had booked a special tour for us to take. We where going to ride a duck!!!

Well... not a real duck. It was this boat that was also a vehicle. This was just the ticket booth. We where still early for our tour, but we picked up our tickets anyway. People where lining up early and buying tickets. Mama had ordered ours online a couple nights before.

We got quakers!!! It's a whistle that makes duck noises!!! Mama quickly took it back after this because Aunty Em and I where running around and making noise. Mama said she needed coffee before that kind of merriment. We'd been up forever so we both agreed with her.

So I got a passion sweet tea lemonaid. It was very good. It really helped perked me up.

Just then the boat pulled up! We got super excited and ran to the front of the line to board.

 The stairs where very narrow. It was really scary because the whole boat moved too when you took a step on those stairs. I ducked into mama's bag. She could do the scary walking up the stairs. I was not coming out until we where safely seated!!!

 This is our captain. He's name was Captain Jacked Up. He was super cute!!! SUPER SUPER CUTE!!! Aunty Em and Mama where to busy making eyes at him.

We where off!!! To the Star Wars theme!!! The other boats we'd seen take off had lame songs that where way old, but we got Star Wars!!! STAR WARS!!! Captain Jack's hat was sparkley too. Did I mention he was super cute?

This is one of those weird things that's photographed all the time. It's a car wash though and the sign spins. Mama said that she use to drive by it every day on her way to work back when she took the bus.

This was on the Aurora Bridge. Way way way in the distance, Mama said you could see Bellevue, another big city. Mama said that her and Daddy use to live over there. Mama gave Aunty Em her version of the tour, but she wouldn't let me listen because she said it wasn't G rated.

So I pouted and looked out the side of the boat.

This was a land and sea tour. This is the boat ramp to lake Union. I'd never been in a boat on water before!!! I was worried we where going to squish the car that was getting their boat into the water!

Charging forward into the lake! Captain Jack loved to switch hats!

OMGOMGOMG!!! The water was so close!!!

 So so close!!!

 It was SeaFair weekend. A lot of people where on boats in the water. Mama said SeaFair was happening on a different lake on the other side of the city. We where going to avoid that side because of the crowds.

 We could see a lot of the skyline of the city! We could even see the Space Needle!

This is Gas Works Park. It's an old factory that they kept part of as an art piece. A lot of people where out there to enjoy the sunshine. We have had a summer this year which Mama said was really rare for Washington state.

The Aurora Bridge. We'd drive over this!

There where a lot of house boats around the lake. This one I liked because it had such a cute little porch.

This was the Sculpture Park. The silver tree in the picture is made of metal! Captain Jack said to not stand by it during a lightening storm.

Once we got back into the city, the tour went pretty fast so I wasn't able to get many pictures. Aunty Em was to busy playing on her whistle and Mama was to busy laughing at her. Mama about passed out from laughing. It was really kind of funny.

When we got off the boat, I promised myself I'd get this picture! Isn't he cute!!! He was so nice to take this with me! He even gave me a hug after! Mama was super excited too. She was a little upset he wasn't in his Indiana Jones hat though... but she did threaten to steal it from him... >_>

After the tour, we wandered back around the city and to Pike Place. It was really busy now, so I hid in the bag. Mama bought a lot of stuff! The bag I was in is from Grandma's favorite lavender shop. So we had to stop by to restock Grandma's stash. She was going on a trip with Aunty Em and Mama wanted to make sure she had travel sized versions of her favorite products.

We even stopped at the International District to pick up some treats for Daddy. We bought so many things! I've never shopped so much before!!! We... except for at Build a Bear

Once we'd finished all our shopping, we got back on the light rail train. I was really tired. Mama let me sit by the window again. We where up over part of the city here. It was really cool.

Daddy picked us up and took us home. It was a super fun day, but really long. There was lots of yummy food and cute boys! So many cool things to see! I'm hoping we go on another adventure soon. Though it won't be as much fun without Aunty Em.