as i said, the 28th was dutch and i's anniversary, our 10 year to be exact! i can't believe it's been 10 years with him.... an amazing honor and privilege. i love him so much and it's been so amazing to be a part of his journey and watch him turn into the butch he was always meant to be... my darling dutchie... i love you so!

we started our anniversary with a favorite spot, the local zoo! i really love our zoo, we have some amazing animals and very large and beautiful aviaries, insect enclosures, and reptile houses. walking around the zoo and holding hands with dutch and pointing at cute little animals and going "that's you!" or "that's us" when we see a pair cuddling will never get old.

we mostly stuck to one side of the zoo as we were on a bit of a time crunch and couldn't stay as long as we would normally like. we went to one of our favorite sections because it has the reptile house, an aviary, and insects all in one convenient little corner so we could both see our favorites.

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i had so much fun... i love the zoo!

we left around noon and made our way to the cheesecake factory... can i just say the decor of this place makes no fucking sense. the cheesecake is so good though... we got the salted caramel cheesecake and omfg.... heaven...!!!

after our delicious lunch we made our way to the nearby theater to see... nosferatu! i loved this movie. the other 6 people in the audience were dead silent after, it was so funny. very good and beutiful film and i look forward to watching it again.

we had a wonderful day, i love hanging out with my handsome butch... looking forward to the next 10 years together... and forever after that!

the next day is his anniversary present arrived! the beautiful ada 1/6 by master team! she's gorgeous!

my hatred for the soft "seamless" bodies a lot of these companies favor aside, she's gorgeous. for an unlicenced figure i think she's got an incredible likeness to her in-game model and i love her beautiful cheongsam...

she also came with her default re4r outfit and an extra head. dutch's hot toys ada he purchased last year had unfortunately been re-bodied so he purchased her original body on ebay and that left us with an extra that was now coming in handy! I dressed it up and passed her over to dutch. two figures in one was a nice surprise and that meant we both got to enjoy our adaversary ^_^!

sometime between now and march our present toys 1/6 scale wesker's are meant to be shipping out which i hope is true.. i am worried about how i'm going to rearrange my shelves when he gets here tho lol! the master team figures i have have ENORMOUS stands and it's actually kinda crazy how much room they take up. but for now... my beautiful butch/femme couple looks great on my shelf and are anxiously awaiting their third wheel <3

goals for my website:

-picture a day diary. need to find a media-heavy free code i can use and tweak lol
-game logs for all games i play this year (except games i replay a lot?)
-archive all 2024 diaries and add them to my website map
-finish leon, ada, and wesker shrines.
-make shrines for carlos, jill, medic, isabelle, pompompurin, quiet, and michael myers.
-LEARN MORE CODING!!!!

goals for myself:

-work out more :/. dutch got a walking pad for xmas so i think i can manage this
-draw a leon a day traditionally. i really miss traditional art so. i wanna get back into it.
-finish all the unplayed games in my libraries BEFORE i buy any new ones!!!
-get back into journaling of some sort, digital or physical...
-read more. been on a huge reading kick and i've loved it. hoping i can keep it up through the year

gonna try to hold myself accountable this year and get shit done... fingers crossed!!!