Mood:
surprisedNow Playing: "Meatballs" - for some reason, probably all the kids, Dearest Son loves it.
Another ‘not much doll' day. Ended up not sewing anything at all, yesterday or today. Spent five hours of today finishing, sorting, and storing laundry. As of this moment, the only dirty clothes in the house are on our backs. There was quite a backlog.
Made a decent soup from the remnants of a lemon pepper deli chicken for lunch. Next time, though, I'll have to use a less picked-clean chicken ! Beloved Hubby and I about had it down to bones alone Saturday.
After all that ‘Suzy Homemaker' stuff, I deserved a break. And I really got one ! Guess what I found at Neighbors Thrift ? A white 1968 Barbie case ! It was dirty, and in a bit of rough shape, and rather on the high side for a thrift store, but it was within my spending budget and I wouldn't have to wait and worry about shipping.
Cleaned it with some out-of-date baking soda and water, very gently. That pulled up some of the stray ink marks and part of the general surface dirt. It seemed a bit brighter afterwards. It was up on the section of Studio wall reserved for it before it was completely dry. Happy !
Spent some time in there puttering. Noticed that the closet light switchplate was pretty dingy and discolored. Since I have to hit Mal-Wart for prescriptions tomorrow, I'll pick up a new one then. If I just get a plain white one - to match the one Beloved replaced on the main light switch - it'll only be pennies. I rarely like the fancier ones anyway.
Slowly, the Studio is becoming the place I want to be, even more than in front of the computer. Much as I love playin' with m site, most doll-based message boards have lost their charm. Haven't visited Prego in over a year, since the last dust-up, and of the remaining dozen, there's either too few participants or are chiefly claimed by dolls I don't care for. When the only way to be part of a group is to gush admiration for dolls you don't like, why do it ? When I instead gush over their new outfits, it seems so hollow. Maybe because I'm doing it not because I really feel it, but because I want to belong so much sometimes.
That's why I never started a doll message board of my own. Figured no one would care about my tightwad ways when it was more fun to laud the six $150. dolls purchased last month and sigh over eight more. Plus, I get to have my say on the main site, as well as here. It's more than I'd ever get at Prego.
