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So... I had no idea it has been that long since I wrote a journal post or even...posted anything on here, but apparently it has been. 

So much has happened since then. Things are still not in order. It's been an extremely rough year, and when things start to look up, they kind of crash down again. (though maybe it's the lack of medication talking, lol!)

To keep it short, we lost our home. Spent months packing everything up and finding somewhere else to live. Currently renting, but dare I say I love this place perhaps a little more than our old home. SO much more room! There are things I still miss there, but this is definitely a nice place. It is just taking forever to get the time to unpack everything and get it situated to how I like it. I've gotten a job promotion, so finally working full time hours. The money is definitely great right now, but of course I'm still not finding a lot of time to spend on my hobbies. I can keep hoping that I may still get back into the swing of things, but at the moment its rare for me to get the time to go out and take photos of my dolls. Or anything for that matter, especially with the professional camera. I do, however, have an Instagram account now, and remain fairly active on there. Taking cellphone shots are just so much easier and quicker, and I like the Instagram community. So if anyone is interested in following me on there and also have an Instagram account, feel free to let me know! You'll find me as thegrinningfox :).

Last but not least I got a puppy this year. He is now seven months old and still a major pain in the ass, but still very well loved. I've always wanted a dog and it took a long time to finally get one, and couldn't be happier, for the most part! Lol :XD:. He is, after all, a puppy yet, and drives me insane. Has much training to still go through, but it's an adventure for the both of us. 

Anyway, I hope to get things rolling again, I really do. I'm hoping I can boost my motivation and become active again. Only time will tell, I think. 

Thanks for reading!
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Again, my long absence feels inexcusable! But I have much more good news to leave you all with.

1. I finally have a full time job. Money should no longer be a MAJOR issue, though sooner or later I will have a car and car insurance payments to worry about... Let's just hope they won't be too bad.

2. Still here. Still at home. Banks are ridiculous. Trying to get things sorted out with them is taking FOREVER. Seriously. I don't like banks. 

3. With the fall season finally coming into swing, my urge for taking photos is rising once again. I have quite a few just sitting on my memory card that I still need to take the time to bloody edit, but ugh, I'm always too lazy to go through that. I do, however, have some edited pictures of when I went to the Baltimore Aquarium, and I might throw a few of my absolute favorites up there. I can't wait to go there again <3.

4. A new BJD will be on the way. Finally. Something I have been waiting for YEARS to buy again. I'm currently working out everything I want for him, so it's all here and ready when he is. But first of course he will have to get to my home, then hopefully sent off soon after for a faceup. It'll be a little time till I can even take some photos of him, and I grow ever more impatient as I'm working on getting everything set and ready, but hopefully this patience will be pleasantly rewarded when he's finished. I would love if he was completed by the time the leaves are at their peak, but I have a feeling he'll be done when the season is well over... Oh well, maybe some cute holiday pictures for Christmas, eh?

Anyway, quick fast update. Going to eventually go through my inbox and clean it up. Hopefully.

Talk to you again soon ;3


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Staying Home.

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The only really good news I have to partake is that we did not lose our home. We are still waiting for final settlements, but there is no more threats standing in the way. And at a good time, I must say. We put a lot of things around the home on hold because we were uncertain if we were going to stay or not, but now that we know we won't be going anywhere, we can start with the normal "spring cleaning" and all that. I'm much relieved by that.

But of course, one good things happen, bad things also come after. Mine has been a perpetual struggle, though, and that is what goes on with work. Again, at least for the next three weeks, my hours have been greatly cut. My paychecks will be very poor for a little, which means very minimal on the spending. I suppose that'll be even more of a reason to get things I want to sell up and hopefully out of my house. We are also having many of our good managers making leave of our store. Only thing we can hope is we get good ones coming in for replacements, but it's still very disheartening. I'm hoping to get something straightened out before my most favorite manager leaves. He is the only one I ever had that actually gave a shit about what I did and always found a way to get me more hours when I needed it.

Again, though, I am just leaving a personal journal entry, nothing of the sort involving my dolls and such. They are back home, though, of course. With everything else. It's nice to have it all in place again. I do hope to get pictures again of them soon, weather permitting. It has been lovely out, but at the same time a little too chilly yet for me to be out there long enough to try and get some shots.

To those of you who read the journals and actually have been supportive, thank you. I am really hoping to get things running on here again, and I do hope I can.

And thanks, Aoi-kajin for being some major support pretty much every day when I was going through all this crap. Really does mean a lot to me. I don't want to know how depressed I would've been if I didn't have you to talk to or distract me when it was really needed.

Thanks.

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Yes, I do still live.

Things with the house are still not sorted out. We've had some good/bad news, but...still waiting on a final answer. All I can say is, seriously, hope you never have to go through with any of this. I'm on constant anxiety about the issue, and it's leaving me feeling sick and depressed almost every day. The only relief I get is when I'm at work where I'm around people to talk to to keep my mind off of it and when I'm busy there with plenty to do. Almost all of my things that would've kept me busy and occupied at home are already packed up and out of here so there's no risk of losing those things. Only thing I really have with me are clothes, my furniture in my room, food (of course) my television (which we don't pay for tv, so...yeah. Basic antenna channels for us) my phone, my tablet, and my computer. And you would think I would be well entertained by the internet, but I really am not. I find myself constantly bored by browsing around. Half the time I just look at things I can't even afford and it makes me feel worse.

Anyway, to get to the point of this journal, I will be posting some doll things I plan on selling, and maybe a few anime related items I don't want anymore. I need the extra cash, and most of what I'm getting rid of has been just sitting around for over a year or so and gets no use whatsoever. I'm hoping to do so after things with the house get figured out, since most of my doll things are packed away and at my mother's place, so there is no easy access to it at the moment. I'm not very used to selling things online. I have never used ebay in my life to sell things and never have sold or bought anything through DoA, so I figured I would just throw what little I want to get rid of on here first, and figure out the rest a little later... 

Anyway, just a small update of the sorts. Letting you know I'm fine and somewhat alright. Just taking each day as it comes, and look forward to any of the items I have to sell once I can get them posted and all.
 

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So, I don't think I'll be back on here until probably May, maybe even later depending on how things end up going...

Things have not been easy at all this year, and I know rough times will be ahead.

For one, my grandmom has passed away last Tuesday. It hit a lot of the family really hard, especially me. My grandmom practically raised both my brother and I in our younger days. We spent so much time with her and at her place, that its hard to believe all of that is suddenly gone. I've been taking it well knowing she's no longer in pain and she's with her sister that died very young and her parents once again, but going through memories cause some breakdowns. Trying to figure out on what to do with all her things and her home has also been a bit hard to do, but my dad and his siblings have been handling it well enough.

The other thing is and issue we've been working with, and that is what will happen with our home. Things have been going well until we found out that the bank is dillydallying over paperwork and not taking their jobs seriously enough. If things don't get sorted out by April, we lose our home. I have been working on buying bins to put my most important and expensive things in and sending them my mother's place for now until we know for sure if we get to stay here or not. All I can say is I never went through so much stress at once in my life, and I can only imagine what my father is going through by dealing with all of this... I just hope things go well. I've been praying that they do, but until I know for sure, I will not be able to unwind and relax again. If we are forced to move out, I might not have internet for a while, so who knows when I'll get myself back on here and hopefully become active again.

I hate always having journal entries with bad news, and I hope the next one will be something positive. For those of you that have left messages, I will try and get back to you, but it might be a while... I'm sorry.


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