Current Mood : Invigorated ! 

BIL came by - he just appeared, and I was runnin' around in a houserobe, with a late lunch in my hand - so I hashed out the rest of these cursed robes with him. I already know I won't work on them Monday, just because I want a bit more of a break from them, and he's not expecting them to be ready ‘til Thursday, so...

Otherwise, not a lot happened today. For some reason, I was completely wiped out, and despite sleeping in late, I took a three hour nap as well. At least Dearest Son finally got enough time on the computer !

Beloved Hubby was a bit restless, too, so he made a splendid occasional table for the living room. It's now covered in Lego people and soda cans. It never takes us long...

I'd unpacked the DPrincess dolls last week, but hadn't had much time to play with them. So today, I started brushing my duplicate Belle's hair - as she'll soon become Princess Dorrie. I'm glad I chose this one, as she's gonna need a haircut. Her hair is as wooly as a sheep's ! I actually hurt my arm trying to get all the tangles out, and still didn't succeed. I could probably pass the bottom three inches of her hair off as a shrubbery, to those Knights (ni !) out in the woods. For now, it's tied back, and I'll try a boil perm test later this week. I'm nearly afraid of the other four dolls !

Her hair really is this thick, all the way around. It's not pushed forward for the photo. So you see, I darn near have to make her over ! It's not vanity or anything ! (cough, ahem)

Oh, and just this morning, I got outbid on that Tinkerbell doll I was ‘winning' on eBay. Looks like there's two others slugging it out for her, so I'm well out of it. What a relief ! I'm so excited about getting mine. Her wings are intact and everything, but her shoes are missing. No big deal - shoes are NOT Playmates Toys' strong point.

Late this afternoon, I got the idea that, since the outside of my pattern cabinet looked so pretty, I really should clean up the inside. After all, Beloved had to shuffle stuff and move things to drill the screw holes, and that wasn't good. So I went after it...and had the bright idea to take those stupid headbands off the ‘Beauty Cuties' hair I'd kept. After all, the useless headbands - too tight on my head, too big on every doll in here - were in two pieces, and the hair was probably attached to something in between.

Yup. Sewn to thin, clear plastic. The headbands popped apart - sometimes with the aid of a screwdriver - and I easily liberated the rather nice hair pinned inside. Much easier to store now, and easier to access when I'm ready to reroot a doll with it. Takes up a lot less space, too.

Other than that, it's been a rather boring day. Just what I needed !