Current Mood : Reflective

Current Image Notes : This is 'DC', Daddy's Cat. He really loves Beloved Hubby, is on his lap in the photo, and cuddles up to him whenever he (I think he's a 'he' !) can. Has for the last three weeks. Very sweet kitty. So he's stayin'. Now, if Miz Velvet doesn't get her crap together soon...

Kind of a quiet day – thunderstorms all morning, but a beautiful afternoon. Got dishes and some laundry done, which actually feels good when yer healthy enough to do it ! We bought two plastic underbed boxes for Dearest Son’s Lego this weekend, and today, it all got sorted and stored. Dearest’s actually rather proud of them. Another box got all his miniature cars, and it goes underbed, too. I can best appreciate the educational and creative benefits of tiny towns and freeways when I’m not steppin’ on ‘em all the blasted time !

 Got to hit the thrift, but there wasn’t much new. Bought two 50c small-toy grab bags for the miniature bright pink lunch box and a DPrincess pencil case inside ‘em. The small lunch box originally had an image of Tweety Bird on it, but it’s already been peeled off. Never was a big Tweety fan – I rooted for Sylvester ! Gonna make a Mystery Science Theater for Girls lunchbox out of it, soon as I decide how I wanna do the graphics. I can always use a zippered pencil case, and I liked the Princess image on this one – Belle, Aurora, and Snow, with roses. 

All but two of the remaining toys will be re-donated – a Beanie Baby dog Dearest liked and a tiny fairy doll. It’s probably from a Barbie Fairytopia set. I’m mostly keeping it as a toy for the TinkerBell toddler doll I’ll eventually have. That, and I wanna figure out how they did her topknot ponytail. It’s like it was rubber banded, tied in a slipknot, and banded again.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:31 PM CDT

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Current Mood : quiet peace

Current Image Notes : This is 'Onyx', and he/she already has a home. In fact, I need to remind his/her owners that they can pick him/her up at their convenience. Great attitude, beautiful eyes, and a little round belly. I'd keep him with DC if I could ! 

Aaaah...the best part of the weekend. Finding places to store all the new and new-to-us stuff that's in the house now. We had a minor toss-and-sort last week, and a box of odd leather scraps got forgotten in the hallway. I'd bought a bag of ‘em years ago, dirt cheap, intending to somehow thin the pieces down and soften ‘em up enough to use ‘em for doll clothes and accessories. Now I know better - well, at least, I realize I probably won't be able to do crap with these stiff, hard chunks. Microfiber UltraSuede looks much better, is easier to sew, comes in dozens of colors, and it's cheaper, too ! About all we've done with any of the leather bits was to add several as cushioning in a box of ammunition Beloved Hubby mailed off - we labeled them as ‘fully customizable all-leather targets', as a joke. And believe me, shipping small handgun ammo is an adventure all on its own !

Anyway. House is trashed from me being sick and kittens and Dearest Son home all day, digging into things from curiosity. The leather scraps were soon all over the hallway. But sometimes, it's good to have things in disarray. Ya get to look at them all over, maybe in a new way. While storing them in the box that Snow White arrived in yesterday, it occurred to me that one piece in particular was about the size of a mouse pad. And I've been needing a new one - but I didn't like the Dollar Tree cheapies, the $4. ones at Mal-Wart weren't much of an improvement, and I wasn't gonna pay $12. for one of Best Buy's deluxe models. I'd been toying with using Stitch Witchery to iron a pretty new cover onto the old one, but hadn't done it yet. Cutting leather was much easier ! Less than a minute later, the old mouse pad was in the laundry, and my new leather one graced the desk. And the rest of it's in my closet, next to the ‘Big Box of Crap Crafts'. Heck, by not buying a new M-W one, I've saved the price of the leather to begin with !

Beloved had a nice weekend - between his birthday and Father's Day, I made sure he had all the time he wanted to do whatever he wanted. Evidently, he really wanted to read and sleep ! He upgraded the memory on his laptop, and got the new cell phone he's been wanting - and upgraded the memory on it, too. We bought a few used movies and watched those together on the sofa, which was extra-nice.

I found a place to store all my new stationery, and found some unused Cars Christmas cards, so Dearest has more play stationery. Even found a box for his desk to hold it in.  I'm gonna get him a tape dispenser during tomorrow's grocery run. The kids clothes that're soon to be future doll fabric got stuffed into the ‘new' basket of material, and the clock's on my sewing table. Found out about 3am this morning that the alarm function works !

Kittens are into everything. I bet I close the CD lid on the boom box five times a day. I'm gonna miss them when they're gone, but I'm getting tired of the ankle attacks and doll commando raids right now.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:31 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Happy !

Current Image Notes : This is 'Tiger' - the most aggressive of the bunch. Seriously, whenever I look down after feeling an ankle attack, it's normally this cutie ! Love to keep this one, but I can't take all the attacks and fights.  

Got to hit the GoodWill and a couple of yard sales - spent a big, whoppin' $5. Got a buncha goodies, but no dolls. Got some new infant coat hangers for Baby Chrissy's wardrobe from a free box, too. And a new bath-mat for Beloved Hubby's office bathroom. We needed one, and you know me...I'd much rather pay a quarter than $15. !

I've found that if I have nice stationery, I actually use it, so I've been picking up pretty blank cards when I find ‘em cheaply. The large bag I bought today had everything from Christmas cards to Spiderman birthday invitations in it. Also a sealed package of pink rose decorated cards that declared that they were ‘Just a note from Charlene'. Dearest Son is now using the ‘Charlene' and Spiderman cards, for report cards and notes home when he plays school. It's always nice to have good props to play with, I think.

Got two pieces of fabric for me-clothes for just a buck each. One is a tiny rosebud print on lovely white seersucker, the other is pretty, large stars on a field of blue. Once I finish Brother-In-Law's robe, I'm goin' after that star-print !

I also stupidly bought more clothes. The sweatpants for Dearest were a good buy, but the other stuff...oh, it's for doll clothes, and I'm an idiot. But it was so cheap, and those folks clearly loved to dress their daughter in the best from various retail outlets that I'm not comfortable enough to enter. I selected a cat silhouette print blouse that coordinated with cat silhouette embroidered jeans, and blue corduroy pants (just about right for "Friday Night Date' !) that went with a rather stained ice-skater embroidered sweater I snagged for the buttons. I didn't realize the corduroys had the same skater on ‘em until I got it all home. Also scored a rosebud embroidered girls' shirt that'll make nice t-shirts for Elphie and just about any other doll I wanna use it for, and a smocked blouse of blue cotton flower print  I'll similarly cut up for projects.

Last score of the day was a great star-shaped clock. It has a few chips in the wood, but once I get those sanded down and the whole thing spray-painted, it'll be great to have in the Lab. Works beautifully, and even has an alarm function.

Hit six sales in an hour and a half, and by the last one, the heat of the day had burned off the last of Friday night's thunderstorm, making the air steamy and sticky. So I was eager to come home...and there was my Snow White doll ! Awesome ! She's absolutely beautiful - hard to believe this wasn't the one I wanted. I lost the bid on another Snow, missing her shoes and such, but had the trademark dress in pastels rather than the standard primary red/blue/yellow of the animated film dress.  Very pretty - and the close-up photo of her face was heart-melting. She went kinda high, and once out of my league, I found another ending a few hours later. Of the four of us fighting for pastel Snow, I was the only one who bid on this other gorgeous girl. Wow. You'll laugh, but the only thing she's missing is her headband ! I'm sure I can work up a red bow for her. Playmates has improved their shoe technique since Belle, definitely.

Her hair is just incredible. I'm not sure if Playmates switched to better hair for later issues - my first-year Belle had a nightmare of tangled ends, and I only rarely played with her. I ended up cutting about an inch and a half of dry ends off. Cia (Cinderella) and Ariel had similar issues. Aurora's hair is a bit end-frizzy, but it's not as bad as theirs. It's as if Aurora has two kinds of hair, shiny on top and a bit frizzed underneath. Snow and Jasmine have fantastic, smooth hair throughout, so I wonder...

After watching me carefully brush her hair, fluff out her dress, exclaim over the detachable red velvet cloak, leave glowing feedback for the seller, then dance around the house with Snow for a while, Beloved asked a dangerous question. What was I gonna do when I had all ten dolls ? Hmm. I'd take tea party photos, and playground pictures, and ...well. What would I do ? Gave it about half a minute of thought and decided I'd buy the next yard-sale Belle I found. Reroot her, recolor her eyes, create an original trademark dress, with matching headband and shoes ... and make my very own Little Princess Dorrie doll !

Beloved should really know to not ask these sort of questions...

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:30 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Lazy

Current Image Notes : I called this one 'Goose', because he/she has that look of a kid just tapped that in a game of Duck, Duck, Goose. Plus, there's Gray Goose, and she's downy like a goose. Beloved Hubby calls her Jean (yeah, he likes mutants. Sigh). Very quiet kitty - who's probably going to live with the PILs next week or so.  You also get a bit of 'Tiger', you'll see more of him tomorrow.

Beloved Hubby was home today ! And we did pretty much nothin'. Watched old anime tapes and DVDs, complained about where that hobby went, and just sort of rattled around the house for a while. We went out, but I didn't find much beyond some yard sales I'll hit tomorrow. We got more underbed plastic storage boxes for Dearest Son's overflow Lego, and a few bits and bobs, but I stayed out of the fabric section and didn't find any new dolls.  In fact, our local shops haven't had new dolls in months. Seems as though, if I wanna see anything ‘new', I have to hit thrifts and yard sales !

Surprisingly, Playmates toys wrote me back ! The ‘Sun ‘n Fun' DPrincess dolls I asked about are due out in August or September. Odd time to be stocking summer dolls, but heck, if it keeps me from paying $30. for a nude Mulan with tangled hair, I can wait ! No mention was made of toddler Tinkerbell, so I figure she'll be out about the same time. And I'll be checking TRU every couple of weeks anyway.

Darn kittens are driving me nutz ! They're climbing everything, and can get pretty much anywhere, from the kitchen counters on down. They can open most cabinets, and just love launching as-yet-unsorted doll shoes off the top of the cubby Beloved made me. They also adore Jasmine's hair, and knocking dolls off the shelves, then picking fights with siblings among piles of dolls, cheap-serged fabric, and synthetic hair. I'll miss them when they start finding new homes, but right now...Arrrgh !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:30 PM CDT

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Current Mood : kittenish !

Current Image Notes : We've nicknamed this kitty 'Stripe', because his white crest actually stands up a bit ! He and Jean (grey) are the two reclusive ones, but he looks a lot like DC. We sometimes call them 'regular' (DC) and 'extra-fluffy' (Stripe) ! 

Ironically, my breathing has stabilized. I can now breathe even lying down ! Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, and my allergies are back, full force. So I'm blowing my nose ever 15 seconds, or coughing. (sigh) I took a decongestant, so hopefully that'll dry up. It's so nice to breathe, I wanna enjoy it !

Still weaker than I'd like to be. But I did go out for a bit, to the thrift store. Found the pants that go to the 15-inch Little Jasmine doll I bought there last month... in a bag with some other doll clothes, for $7. Sheesh. I might've considered it, if the blouse had been there, too, but heck. I'm darn near paying full price this way ! So I left it there. I think I can manage harem pants and a tank top on my own ! And for less than $7. !

Weren't many other finds. No new patterns, very few new toys, and I haven't been there in two weeks ! Bought a stuffed polar bear for 25c, for the plastic Coca-Cola bottle sewn to his hand. It's about Crissy-size. But I had some luck ! Found ‘Derek', the cobbler turned prince in the 2006 Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses movie, in a $4. baggie with a chewed-hand Max Steel doll. I wanted him when he came out, but only saw him once. Of course, it was during a thin week, so I didn't get him - and until today, never saw him again. Very handsome guy, his head mold's only been used previously on 2002's Rapunzel wedding Prince Stephan. His head's stamped ‘2006', though. The dolls have very different hair, too. He also has the poseable body, which I like in a guy doll ! He's missing his pants (!) , the weird ‘Prince Eric' fold-top boots every Mattel prince gets these days, a generic crown, and the twelve pair of Barbie shoes he came with, but that's fine. I only wanted him anyway.

For my $4., I got a nude Max Steel, Derek in his issue tunic, a Prince Charming cream tunic (complete with braid and buckle), a camo jumpsuit from Dollar Tree, and a gorgeous olive green trenchcoat from 21^st Century Toys. It's really nice ! Has silver Army ‘Eagle' buttons on the front, a back belt, real working pockets, shoulder epaulettes, and a great collar. It's missing one of the back ‘eagle' buttons, but there's spares under the collar. The stitching is exquisite. So I think my cash was well spent, even if Max'll end up redonated wearing the camo jumpsuit next month. Trenchcoat alone was worth it, and so was Derek !

They had a couple new Barbies - it's funny, even though they're all sealed up, two to a bag, all the male dolls are in one bin, all the girls are in another - but nothing really great. Unless a My Scene ‘Barbie' or ‘Kennedy' came with raspberry colored hair, they had a couple of clones, too. I liked the dress one of the clones wore, but not enough to buy another $4. baggie.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:30 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Relieved but exhausted 

Current Image Notes : This is the last of the 'Disney Princesses and their Underwear' exhibit (ha-ha). Next up ; Kittens !  

The road to recovery begins again. (sigh) I will be sooo glad when this is over !

Decided to run a small, short errand or two, to see how well I was doing. Um, apparently, the answer to that is ‘not'. Just ran up to the PO, for a stamp to mail a bill, and drop off library books. Erg. I had a bit of fun - while holding the PO door for an older gentleman, I mentioned that door opening for good-lookin' men was my hobby. He laughed, and said he liked that hobby !

For some reason, I couldn't remember how much postage was, so I just kept feeding change into the machine until it said I could have two stamps. I also got back a bunch of pennies - which was odd, since I hadn't given the machine any. That mission accomplished, I headed to the car, my head pounding and feeling a bit dizzy. Guess I'm weaker than I thought. Luckily, our library has drive-up book drops, so I was soon on my way home. Ready and eager for a nap !

I guess I should admit I haven't been eating. Well, when ya can't breathe, eating's a hazard, or it just doesn't occur to you. Seriously, until dinner last night, I only ate a handful of chips, to take my other meds with. I meant to have lunch, but forgot. Funny, how the simple things can trip us up...

I also researched my ongoing ‘Before Once Upon A Time' Disney Princess doll collection. (sheepishly) I broke down and ordered a really inexpensive Snow White this week. Her shipping is nearly three times what I paid for the doll, but she really is lovely. And she's still second-hand ! Hopefully, she'll be here next week. That only leaves four ‘little princess' Playmates dolls I don't have - Pocahontas, Mulan, Tinker Bell, and Alice - out of the ten I know about. Wow. Those must be the really rare four. On eBay, Poca seems to only rarely turn up at all, and Mulan's going for $10. on the opening bids. Tinker and Alice are much the same, but there's more of them. Hmph.

So I did more research. Playmates, the manufacturer, didn't have any DPrincess stuff at Toy Fair, save for some ‘Baby Come Back' type crawling infant Princesses. And that part of their website hasn't been updated since the '05 Ballerina Princess ones. So I was wondering if the whole toddler angle had been dropped. After six years, they've had a good run...but nope. Found press releases - from December '07 ! - that promised ‘Sing ‘n Style' dolls with light-up hairbrushes and ‘Sun ‘n Fun' dolls, dressed for outdoor fun. The hairplay dolls were of the usual three (Cinderella, Ariel, Belle). But the summer dolls were even more limited,  just Cinderella...and Mulan ! Whoo-hoo ! I will gladly break my ‘used only' rule (which is already kinda dented anyway) to get Mulan ! And it explains why I've found about eight Cinderellas, three Belles, and four Ariels on my secondhand haunts.

Only problem is, when are they due out ? I haven't seen anything new in stores in a while. The press release only said that they'd have ad saturation in spring and fall. Hmft. Doesn't make much sense to put a summer-themed doll out in October. So I wrote ‘em. Here's hoping they write back. Last time I wrote, I was whining about the ‘World Of Ariel' doll's flat feet not working with her heeled shoes. Of course, they didn't write back on that...

Oh, and they're also coming out with more Disney Fairies dolls, which will hopefully include a reissue of the Tinker Bell they're showing on their website. Evidently, there's a DVD tie-in, with a street date of October 28. The Playmates website offers computer wallpaper and a link to the Disney corp. site, where you can create your own fairy. Check ‘em out   ->  http://playmatestoys.com/disneyfairies/#

Funny...the 8" ‘Prilla' doll kind of looks like a Tyco Ariel to me...

And looks like the big 'Disney Platinum' holiday DVD release this year will be... Sleeping Beauty, including discs in Blu-Ray. So, you can expect to see lots of Aurora, also in October. I already have one more Aurora than I thought I'd ever need, so they'll have to create something exceptional for me to buy another !

Oh, and Disney Stores have their own ‘Little Princess' dolls, but I don't like them. Playmates tried to make the same head mold look unique for each character. These all look walleyed and unoriginal, and the original line had these narrowed eyes and awful smirks, like a teenager turned toddler in a princess dress. I have no idea who made the Disney Stores dolls - bodywise, they look much like the Playmates ones - but the ‘sweet innocence' is absent, in both the ‘smirk' and ‘non-smirk' versions.

And this auction for one says 'soft body'. You know me, I want all-vinyl, for some bizarre reason !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:29 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Breathing easier... 

Well, thanks to their website and the medical office, I got another thirty-day Advair inhaler. The manufacturer, Glaxo Smith-Kline, has a coupon for a free first prescription, and luckily, it worked. So this one was free, but the next one will be a bit over...are you ready for this ? $200. Yup. Two hundred bucks for thirty days. I'm hoping like anything I won't need another one. I swear, I'm gonna make the most expensive Barbie chair ever out of the empty purple devices.

While I shouldn't whine about a freebie, it also took forever to get the prescription from the office - the coupon required a written, signed script, not a phoned-in one, and my practitioner didn't come in until mid-afternoon  - but only a few minutes to get it filled. Pharmacist took one look at me wheezing and pale, and not only filled it on the spot, she brought it to me, so I wouldn't even have to walk over for the consult. So, I've only had one dose, but it's already helping. I need to knock off the static over it already. Lotta people did all they could to help me.

While I had their website up, I did a bit of research. The dose I'm on, 100/50,  is what's normally prescribed to kids. Seriously. Children as young as 4 can use this stuff, at the same dosage - there's two that're higher. So I'm glad the lowest is working for me. I wonder if the 500/50 or the 250/50 devices are even more expensive.

But really, that's about all I did today, after getting Dearest Son ready for school, waiting for the afternoon bus, and sleeping. I'm hoping I can sleep tonight. Asthma symptoms normally worsen at night, when the body naturally begins to slow down. Some nights, I can only sleep in short patches - and I end up napping half the day, when my breathing's better. Plus, there's the simple fact that when I'm asleep, I'm not miserable...

On the brighter side, Miz Velvet's using the litter box again. I have no idea why she decided Dearest's room was her new repository, but closing the door seems to have remedied the situation. She also appears to be in heat - she's extremely affectionate, and has been emitting a darn near toxic cloud of smell while being so. Her last effluvia could have felled a sequoia.

Dearest's desk and chair have been his latest delight. I dug out an old letter tray and a spinning pencil holder for him, and added the desk duster I got from Dollar Tree a few months ago. Depending of what I find this weekend, I may add a tape dispenser and other office accoutrements. It's been a while since I got to go hunting on Friday morning !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:29 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Slight desperation

Hi, ya'll. Sorry this is gonna be short, but I'm kinda in trouble. Used the last of the Advair inhaler, and my asthma's steadily getting worse. I'm trying to avoid getting another, because they're massively expensive, but I think I'm gonna have to bite it and call my medical practitioners. I'm OK if I don't move, and ya'll know me, I can while away hours in the Lab not moving much beyond my fingers...but between home and school and things I should be doing, it's not going well.

Horse Owner, for whatever reason, hasn't been here at all today. You'd think she's avoiding us....

Beloved Hubby got Dearest Son's desk painted today, and it is fabulous ! We moved it and the chair in for him this afternoon. Dearest played ‘school' with it for most of the evening. Unfortunately, we caught Velvet using his room as a litter box again - twice ! - so she's in Coventry right now. If she keeps this up, she may have to find herself a new home, ‘cause none of us will put up with that, while her litter box is cleaned twice daily. I don't know why she's upset, or what more we need to do. Dearest's door doesn't latch quite right, so ole heavy-head Velvet has to push to get it open. She's very determined.

Other than that, it's been a quiet Monday. If a bit of a desperate one !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:29 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Aggravated

Aaargh. I was having such a nice day, too...

We began excavating the house today, all three of us. Got Dearest Son's bedroom cleared - while I'm proud of the kittens for learning to use the litter box, Velvet's been using a corner of Dearest's room ! She better not let us catch her doing that again, after the mess Beloved Hubby cleaned up !

With that done, we moved in Dearest's new-to-him bedframe, and it's quite nice. Much more comfortable than the one he had. We found this black tube-metal bedframe balanced against a Dumpster a few weeks ago, hardware in a Baggie and everything. So we snagged it, and it turned out to be a very well-made bunk bed set. We'll store some of his larger toys up top, for now. While he's shown zero interest in climbing to the top, he's been warned to not jump from there, but use the built-in ladder.

His old bed, just shoved out of the way for the time being, was yer classic budget juvenile Captain's Bed - a box with drawers beneath and a solid platform for the mattress. It was soon transformed by Dearest into a play area. He had it all decked out with his old wood blocks and miniature Beetle cars, and it included a police station, a school, a train carving the town in halves, and a drive-in restaurant. While we fully intend to ditch the bed on Craigslist soon, for now, it's a train table.

After lunch, Beloved and Dearest settled in for naps. I cleared two spools of odd thread colors cheap-serging all the fabric. Man, I got a lot. No wonder I didn't want to go out - I was probably afraid more would follow me home ! That said, I wanna go back to Hancock Fabrics next week, since I didn't get to look around much during our trip with BIL. I did, however, find the tiniest dress form yet ! It's about an inch and a quarter tall, and was originally a necklace charm. There's also a sewing machine one I don't already have...yet.

Beloved soon wanted to do some woodworking, so he began the desk he promised Dearest. We'd been looking at new and used ones for him, but they were either too small, too big, or too crappy !  Bonus : with a new desk, he wouldn't need the table and chairs his grandparents got him in '02, which he'd pretty much outgrown. His knees don't fit under the table anymore ! Quite a sturdy set, though, just marked and stickered. A quick clean and paint job would net some lucky kid a great little set. So I made up a couple ‘FREE' signs and put it on the curb. It was gone in less than 20 minutes. I hope whoever got it enjoys it as much as Dearest did.

As for a chair, he'll get the one I use to sew with, because we'll soon be upgrading our computer chairs, and that always results in a shuffle. The one I sew with is actually kind of low for me, but the adjustment's shot. So it's perfect for Dearest ! In the meanwhile, I can still use the computer chair in here, or a dining room table one.

The desk is nearly done, save for a paint job. And that's about when the day went downhill. We had yet another family show up in our backyard, wanting to feed/play with those darn horses. I was still wheezing, so I passed them off to the horses' owner, who just happened to be there with her own entourage. I'd already discussed with her how I didn't like strangers wandering around my backyard on Sunday afternoons, and so did Beloved, at different times...but the next thing I know, she's got a small crowd of kids waiting for their turn to ride the horses !

Now, I know we don't have the insurance to cover her little petting zoo. She's not even paying us $100./month to stable and pasture them, and we now have to dodge piles of horse leavings - she doesn't clean those up anymore. So I doubt she's got the insurance to cover it either, if something goes wrong. And what does she think's gonna happen when these kids tell all their friends that they got to ride the horses last Sunday ? You guessed it, more folks roaming around, thinking they own the place because Horse Owner gave them free rein last week. It's already happened - this is the third family. Today's little crowd didn't leave until after 9pm, so we have to have a little chat with Horse Owner, and pretty darn soon.

Heck, I was helping Beloved in the Shop wearing just my house robe, not expecting a crowd of strangers in my backyard for several hours ! Frankly, between the hills of horse waste she's not cleaning, folks treating my yard like it's a freebie Knott's Berry Farm, including leaving trash behind, not being able to use my own yard, due to trucks and strangers, feeling like I'm the evil ogre for being mad about this, and the ongoing water and fence issues, it's just not worth it anymore.

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:28 PM CDT

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Current Mood : Relaxed 

Current Image Notes : Hard to believe, but these are the 50c sweeties I bought yesterday !

Not much going on today - I'm still wheezing, and with yesterday's doll score, I just wasn't much in a mood to prowl. Beloved Hubby likened my reluctance to that of a fed tigress. If a tigress' tummy's full, an antelope can pass within inches safely. One thing's for sure, my ‘hunt' instinct was sated today !

Oddly, though, I didn't do much of anything else, either. There's still piles of fabric needing a cheap-serge before washing, dolls who need hair help, and I have my BIL's robe to work on, now that we've picked out the pattern and fabric. There's plenty for me to do, I just haven't gotten off my butt to do any of it !

I was thinking - oh, no, the universe is now in peril ! - that, before I start the next Barbie catalog, I'd break things up a bit with scans of those Disney Princess paper dolls I got at a flea market a couple months back. I mentioned showing ya'll what a former Mermaid chooses for underwear as a joke, but why not ? There's five dolls - Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle - and you could even print ‘em and cut ‘em out, design your own clothes for fun. So I'll start with Ariel tomorrow. Sound good ?

Oh, and I got an unexpected benefit from that paper doll set and similar ones from American Girls and a non-branded one. When I was a kid, paper doll clothes either stayed on via tabs or static cling. Neither was very reliable. Today, all the used sets I've bought have come with ‘glue dots' instead. These are little circles of squishy, tacky, removeable goo that work surprisingly well with paper doll clothes. They also work great to anchor tiny sewing machines and dress forms to the windowsill ! To think, I buy these things ‘cause they're cheap and have nice backdrops - but I end up with fun graphics for the site and a good substitute for museum putty !

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 4:28 PM CDT

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