I feel like two Dwarves that didn't make the Disney cut.

 

Current Mood : Wheezy and Dizzy

 

Sorry everyone. I've been engaged in a full-out battle with asthma for control of my lungs for the past few days, and if I don't take a bit of a break, it's not gonna go well for me. I'm barely able to cross a room without wheezing. I'm going to rest up as much as possible, see if tomorrow goes better. The weather's improving, and my symptoms are often tied to that, so I'm hoping.

 

I'm sure I'll be fine, so don't worry. Just gonna rest up, and hope.

 

Lab and laundry...

 

Current Mood : Pleased with Self. 

 

Actually got a bit busy today, and had some fun in the Lab ! Leia's future blouse is all cut out and Fray-Checked, waiting for me to sew it, hopefully tomorrow. It was just too edgy today to sew.

 

I guess being stuck inside for several days in a row is taking a bit of a toll. Dearest Son seemed determined to be as noisy as possible today, and DC was a ruckus on his own. He caught two mice and appeared to be having the time of his life hunting ‘em down. Beloved Hubby's reworking his business web site, so he was kind of insular - I kept having to remind him to eat.

 

Anyway, I did some minor tidying while I was in the Lab, and tried to find which shoes fit the Tiffany Taylor dolls. Some soft slippers I made for Crissy fit, but Tiff has high-heeled feet, so nothing else worked. So I'll probably need to draft an original pattern for her. I also found the blue ‘belt' bracelet I got from a 50c table at the Flea Market last month - I bought it for the rhinestone star slide charms, but the belt fits Tiff ! It just needed a couple new holes for a better fit. Luckily for me, Brody came with an eyelet awl, so it was just tap, tap, tap on the cutting board, and I had three perfect holes, exactly where I needed ‘em. I also discovered that she can fit the clothes I made for Aria, the 15-inch ‘teen Ariel' doll I bought a couple years ago. They're just a bit short on Tiffany. So I'll probably do a measurement set for her on Doll Shop Deluxe - but Aria's will work for now.

 

I also went through a ‘loose paper' tray I set up to contain...well, loose stuff. It came inside the craft tote that is now packed full of doll patterns, and I mean, it's full ! Too full for the tray. So. I filed some papers, re-hung some displaced stars, put some doll shoes where they belong, and set up the Angel Barbie next to the crescent moon lamp, which also used a Mattel Collectables stand I had...well, standing around. I'd managed to stuff all the other Mattel stands inside the Coca-Cola machine tin - you know, the one behind Megara, third from the bottom on this page -> https://dorriebelle.tripod.com/id20.html  The MAD stands are in use always, those never get stored. I just love ‘em.

 

I also decided to move the ‘Room With A View' set I got shortly after Elphie moved in, and store it in the closet. Since the prop storage for Barbies has gone waaaay down, there's room for it now ! And it clears a space for Beast to sit while I'm sewing. RWV was on top of the fabric storage bin, but since it's in the closet, Beast can lounge there now. He actually looks rather happy there.

 

And I actually did some housework. With temperatures below freezing tonight and tomorrow night, I got all the laundry together and sorted, and split it in halves. Did half tonight, and the rest'll be done tomorrow. Since that little ‘no water' scare the day after Christmas, we've been a bit hyper, so we've left faucets dripping, and held laundry ‘til the night, so warm water and dryer heat can help keep the pipes from freezing. It's funny that we're all worried about it now, since for the past two winters, we hadn't done squat different, and had no issues at all.

 

Who wants a bento ?

 

Current Mood : Still lazy.

Current Image Notes : Claire invites you to have a Japanese bento box lunch when you fly her airline ! This is one of the erasers I bought yesterday, and it's nearly perfectly in scale. I've seen the dish part in green on ITP, so I'm hoping to snag a couple more in the next week or three. Soon, you'll see Elphie with one (or more !) of the erasers that's more her size.

 

Still getting back into our ‘business as usual' schedule. I swear, I've forgotten most of it in the last two or three weeks.

 

Puppy Friday is still getting used to housebreaking. And he's found the Castle full of dolls darn near irresistible. Last week, he carried two dolls off ! Luckily, I caught him before either were damaged, but between the occasional puppy puddles and doll theft, he's banned from the Lab for the time being. While I could just close the door, I like for my Lab to be open, and the hall gets a lot of light from the Lab window. I'd been blocking Friday's entry with a cardboard triptych - a sale purchase from Hobby Lobby I haven't used yet - but DC likes to knock it down and lie on it. And it's getting fur and claw marks, too.

 

I figured out a better way after I knocked everything off my door trying to squeeze in without taking the barrier down last night. Even after moving the cabinet into Dearest Son's room and using two of the former-fabric-storage milk crates in it for toy storage, I had two crates and two larger containers left over. Plus, the crates were in the way of my closet doors, which was annoying. Still, since Friday can't jump very high... I found that both could block the door well enough from Friday, but it was easy for me to step over ‘em. And they were heavy enough that puppy power couldn't just push past them. I can even use them to temporarily hold stuff I've brought in that I don't have time to put away yet. Cool ! We'll see what DC thinks of them later this week, since he can easily jump over. I think our kitty likes the newly opened space in there as much as I do.

 

I'm hoping to get in there tonight and sew for a while. Right now, I'd be happy just to get the Leia blouse cut out and Fray-Checked. I've been horribly lazy lately. With Friday loving trash-can exploration, I cleaned out under the sink to store the can there - only to find out that a pipe will block any but the smallest boudoir-tiny trash can from the space. So I redid the cleaning supply storage instead, and got rid of four huge pickle jars. I think keeping two is plenty.

 

Beloved Hubby pointed out to me that he knows when I'm a bit worried about money. I save and wash everything - glass jars that held spaghetti sauce, plastic trays that sold pastries, and every box that comes in the mail. I wasn't even aware I was doing that, so it felt good to toss out stuff I wasn't ever gonna use, and not feel like I need to save everything, just in case. It's not like Monte Hall is gonna burst in the door and offer me $100. for every empty pickle jar I have under the sink !

Bye-bye clutter-bags !

 

Current Mood : Relieved and happy 

Spent on doll food (erasers) : $2.16

 

It took some huffing and puffing, and nearly an hour, but all the stuff I pulled from the Lab has gone on to its next phase - beginning at the GoodWill Donation Center. I decided on them since their Donation Center is staffed, and I'd need help getting all that stuff out of Molly-car. I got winded twice getting it all back there in the first place !

 

But once I arrived, the sweet staff had her backseat emptied of all those bags - even the huge, mega-heavy fabric one - at warp-speed. It's like I barely had her parked before it was time to drive on. They offered me a tax receipt, but it was enough that they took it all, and passed on it. I happily head for home, my shoulders and Molly's backseat much lighter.

 

After a quick break, it was time to go grocery shopping. Did some banking, picked up my prescription, and Dearest Son and I got to tour the after-Christmas markdown toy section. Sadly, all the Battle Force Five stuff he loves was there, but he got to pick out the middle-size Saber vehicle. Didn't see any Barbies or doll stuff I wanted, which was OK, considering all I'd just donated. And, contrary to what I said yesterday, I bought two rolls of wrapping paper - I just can't refuse 140 feet for $1.28 ! 

 

We also toured the semi-restocked regular toy section - I saw the Pat Benatar, Barbara Streisand, Blondie, and Goldie Hawn dolls, as well as the Russian doll of the world, the repro career line, Peaches and Cream, and a few others. Again, nothing ‘OMG ! I MUST own this !!' from Mattel. I did, however, find the food-shaped erasers that've been shown on In The Pink, they were right on the endcap. Like someone knew these could double as doll props.

 

I got two sets for a buck each - one had a small pizza, a wedge of pizza, a sausage in a bun with lettuce, and a sandwich, and the other had a Japanese bento box lunch, a small pot, and two frying pans, one with a flower-shaped fried egg, the other with more sausages and green beans. I may go back for the dessert one and the soda, burger, and fries one, but since half of each package is in Barbie scale, half is in Elphie sizes, I tried to get the most for the minimum. I'd really like at least one more bento box, too. But with Dearest, I didn't have a lot of time to look, either.

 

Groceries seemed to take forever. Some guy on a motorized cart looked dead at us and rammed into our cart, too. Arrgh. Didn't even apologize, the creep. I hope one of his eggs got broken. But we got what we needed, and some treats. Plus, Dearest got to pick out his birthday cake, in our usual ‘look through the kids' cake catalog' fashion. That particular Mal-Wart has made his cake every year since 2002. This year, it's Garfield and Odie on a chocolate cake with whipped frosting. Yum.

 

Once home, I basked in the happy, with a can of Pringles and a glass of cold soda. I felt so good that I kept the baking powder out and used it to make a nice (and super-easy) peach cobbler that even now is cooling for after-dinner consumption.

 

Tuesday is usually a ‘bleh' day at Chez Insanity - but I liked this one !

 

Y'know, I'm gonna have to do something if I wanna write anything here...

 

Current Mood : Lazy but busy

 

Well, holidays are officially over, thank Everything, and it's back to everyday life. As glad as I am that Christmas is now Christmas Past, I'm always a little wistful those last few days up until the first Monday of the new year.

 

But even that's gone now, and it's business as usual. I even avoided most After-Christmas sales this year, from the simple expedient of being broke. And I just don't need to store that much wrapping paper for 364 days. In fact, business is sooo back to usual here, I didn't do anything !

 

Well, not nothing, I got half the dishes done, and cooked, and we finally got the broken dresser out of the hallway. I am so happy for that. Having busted furniture in the house makes me feel a lot poorer than I actually am ! I guess what I should say is that I didn't venture out of the house for anything but trash-hauling. I have to go out into the world tomorrow, I need a prescription refill, so here's hoping I ditch that huge pile of donations at the same time. I still can't believe I had all that in the Lab last month. If, for some reason, I had to put it all back in there, I don't think I could.

 

Printed off a Doll Shop Deluxe semi-fitted shirt pattern for Leia, and it looks like I can use the Rebel Alliance ‘Starbird' design I stitched up last night. It'll just be kinda large. I'm hoping to have some time to work on it tomorrow, after a grocery/prescription run, a donations drop, and dishes. Got a busy day planned Tuesday.

 

Hope your first full week of 2010 is going well ! Thanks again for all the encouragement and notes !

Farewell to Crap

 

Current Mood : Relieved - DC is back home ! 

 

Busy day, even though I didn't really do much. It took some shuffling, but I got the repro radio placed and plugged in. It didn't look right where I originally had it, and it took a while to get it where it looked good and had an outlet. But it's done, and I get great reception in there ! 

 

Getting that done made me wonder about Brody. I haven't embroidered anything in weeks, and hadn't even plugged him in on the new desk yet. I really didn't know if he had enough room for the embroidery carriage/deck to move, but for some reason, I was really nervous about trying. I mean, if he didn't work on the new desk...

 

Turned out to be another of my useless worries. Brody's just fine on the desk ! True, I worked a smaller design, but I had the ‘adjust' menu run through the four-by-four window, and the hoop didn't bump anything, so it should be fine.

 

And now I know that the doll-size Rebel Alliance logo only takes about five minutes to stitch out ! Yup, I did that one, and hope to turn it into a Leia shirt this week. I may have to resize the design, since the one I stitched today looks almost too big for Barbie-scale clothes. I'll print out a semi-fitted blouse for Leia in Doll Shop Deluxe, see if I can get it to work.

 

Helped Dearest Son clean out his closet and store toys in his new cabinet. The one that used to be in my Lab. He really likes it, and I am sooo happy we can Dumpster the broken dresser. The drawer set that was a nightstand in our bedroom now holds his socks and such, and needed the closet space I helped clear out. Later this week, we're going through the toy boxes for a deep cleaning.

 

I'm hoping to dump all the donations off tomorrow. So there's the final picture ! One mega-bag of fabric, a big bag of props, a sack of fabric scraps, and seven more bags of misc. - everything from posters to park benches. I just hope GoodWill will take it all.

I think I got the final piece of Lab decor today...

 

Current Mood : thrilled !

Spent on doll clothes and experiments : $2.08

Spent on Lab décor : $7.00

 

The weirdest thing happened Wednesday - I forgot to tell you. Sometime during the wiggle and wriggle to get KJ plugged in, I developed a wrist-to-elbow rash on my left arm. It was only about two inches wide, and I still have no idea where it came from. Since I laid on that arm on the carpet, had it pushed against the back of the pattern cabinet, and had it under me on some of that puffy-plasticy shelf liner stuff that keeps things from sliding, it could have come from any of those - or something else I've forgotten.

 

So I'm not sure what I reacted to. Gulped down an allergy pill, rubbed the rash down with triple-antibiotic, and fought the fierce itching. It got worse, so I snagged a freezer pop strip and applied it to the rash, and wrapped an elastic Ace bandage around it, to hold it on. About five minutes later, the itch had subsided, and the rash was fading. Weird. It was completely gone when I woke up yesterday, and the only reason I thought about it today was because I had to put the Ace bandage away. So weird.

 

Anyway, with Dearest Son at his grandparents', it was my first day to m'self since before Christmas. Hit the Flea first, but there wasn't much to see. Snagged a couple of doll clothes bits - the skirt to All American Barbie, a blue ‘poodle fur' cardigan, a tutu with hosiery and ribbons attached, the ‘Evil Queen' mask from the Snow White mask and costume set, an orange tube dress, and a cute Little Mermaid figurine, all for a buck. No interesting dolls this time, but I still made a major score.

 

I still kinda feel silly about it. But, here goes. Long ago, I got an antique reproduction radio/cassette player as a gift from my parents. It was about $50. at a local store, and they had plenty of ‘em - pricey, but I treasured it. Showed it to them and gushed, and it was the only thing I wanted for Christmas that year. Unfortunately, my mother somehow paid ‘over a hundred bucks' for it, and she let me know every time she saw it how much it cost, how big a pain it was to get it for me, on and on. They did this when I was growing up, too - my Ballerina Barbie cost roughly three times what anyone else's did that Christmas, even though every girl on the block got the exact same doll in an identical box, same for my microscope and other gifts. After about a decade of that, I ended up not liking that radio anymore, and left it behind on The Big Move, probably confirming her opinions of me.

 

Thing is, I've always loved ‘cathedral style' antique radios. One of the first designs I ever bought for machine embroidery was of one, and I giggled like a girl as it stitched out - didn't even mind the eighteen thread changes, I loved it so. Hobby Lobby has a primitive metal version of it - it's a bank, not a radio, though. I've been waiting for a coupon and cash to appear in my wallet at the same time, since I thought $15. was a bit much for it.

 

So when I saw a smaller, radio-only version of that beloved style, I had to find out what the seller wanted for it. I knew it was silly of me, and I just finished a clean-out in the Lab, did I really want to clutter it up so soon ? But...it was so pretty, and didn't have bad memories or any luggage attached... Seven bucks ? Mine !

 

From there, I decided to hit Dollar Tree. Since we used the last of our wrapping paper stash this year, I figured I'd pick up a couple half-price rolls and store ‘em away. Also scored a Wall-e puzzle and some Bakugon stickers for Dearest, a squeaky chew toy for Friday, some snacks, and a box of tattoo Valentines, for later experiments. Dearest will get most of those, too, but I snagged the ones I wanted to try first ! Evil me...

 

Didn't get any of the donations out of the house. Donation center was closed, for some reason, and the other Thrift's drop spots were both already overflowing. And I was too lazy to drive across town for other drops. Since we're not expecting snow any time soon, I'll probably get it all done Monday.

 

I'm thinking of having a year-long goal of sewing something new and embroidering something, at least one of each, every week. The ‘sew every day' thing was just too exhausting, so I took a year off ! I'd like to simply recapture the joy of both this year, and at a slower pace, I think I can.

Happy 2010 !

 

Current Mood : Excited !

Current Image Notes : Here's what I sewed yesterday ! Yes, her top is a former sleeve, mostly just hemmed and stitched into a tube. I'm gonna add straps soon, since it looks so low. But hey, I sewed ! 

 

Today's sole goal was taking down the Christmas tree. It's silly and I know it, but I still hold to that old ‘bad luck to take down the tree until New Year's Day' superstition. Oddly, I don't do the ‘eat black eyed peas the first day of the year for luck and money' one - maybe that's why we're broke every winter ! I keep forgetting to buy them.

 

Had to fix a string of lights that went out after the dogs knocked the tree over earlier. I was amazed I found the spares - checked in three different locations, but I got ‘em. Now the whole string works, and the spares are now stored in the first place I looked ! Yeah, tree light strings are dirt cheap - especially right now ! - but ya'll know me, I'd rather try a simple fix first, and if that works, it beats buying more, even if it does only cost pocket change for new. Heck, our tree is older than Dearest Son. Thanks to moving and various apartment paint jobs Beloved Hubby did years ago, at one point, we had four trees, all left behind from previous tenants. We chose the best one, and that was back in '99. It was stored in the IL's garage when we were on the East Coast, and it was ours again in '02. It's now nearly traditional !

 

So that's done, I just have to move it all back into the garage. I secretly sort of relish breaking down the tree every year, since it can't help but be in the way for a couple weeks. Still, storing it reminds me that the holiday is over, and it's time to put up new calendars for a New Year. I got a small ‘seascapes' one for the Lab - no Disney Princess, for the first time ever ! -  from the Target dollar section, and two freebies from chain stores. Never did find a car-themed one for Dearest, but he never really cared for calendars anyway.

 

Hope your celebration was fun. We mostly ate chips and watched TV. And I sewed !

It's a special joy, to clean up the Lab after getting it good and messy from sewing. Embroidery tends to make other rooms messy, especially if I have to iron fabric or stabilizer, and saving all the thread bits for that ornament keeps that picked up. Not so regular sewing - I got bits of scrap flannel everywhere, and threads all over the place. I still love my new desk. Hope to embroider something tonight, so I can say both machines work great on it. Call it an unspoken goal.

 

I was taping Ion channel's She's Crafty, but after watching several, I'm gonna let it go. While she uses occasional power tools, she acts half-afraid of them, and she doesn't grip them confidently - like she's scared to mess up a manicure. And most of the ‘crafts' are along the lines of ‘glue junk to a magnet. Cool new fridge magnet !'. Today's included ‘buy a small throw pillow, remove stuffing, paint a design on the fabric, replace stuffing, sew shut'. Oookay...

 

Aside from channel surfing and chip scarfing, I tidied the Lab back up, and stored some jewelry findings that've been sitting around outside the box, waiting. Reclaimed a Barbie vanity stool that was in the ‘donations' bag, since I can't find the one that goes with Shinobu's piano.

 

Yeah, I've pretty much decided to donate it all, doll props, too. Well, I'll keep the dolls, though. Even though there's a Flea Market this very weekend, I know Brenda won't want a sack of small props like these. And I like the idea of making someone happy by donating ‘em. I may go over tomorrow, see if Brenda has any new dolls I wanna trade for, but mostly just to get out of the house by m'self for a while. I'll get a photo of the culled pile, though - since I also hope to do some donating afterwards.

 

Then, I can come home to my clean, all-remnants-of-the-cleanout-gone Lab and play for the rest of the day !

 

I'm sewing again !

 

Current Mood : Hopeful

 

I admit it, I am addicted to my glorious Lab floor now, and want to see all of it all the time. Even DC is in on it, and he loves to curl his long white tail along the Little Disney Princesses while he naps. So the donations that are going but aren't gone yet just had to go ! Bagged up the lot, and offered the red mailbox to Dearest Son.

 

Ah, the red mailbox. I found it at a Big Lots in '02, and actually agonized over spending $6. for it for weeks. When it got marked down to $4., I pounced on it like it was wounded prey and I was a starving lioness on the Serengeti. It's just a knockoff miniature mail drop off box, much like the ones outside any post office, but made without any distinguishing marks or licensing from USPS. It's actually a bit outsized for Barbie-scale, but I really wanted it. Looks just like this ->

 

http://www.7gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/f_audiocubes_mailbank.jpg

 

It was so cool, at a corner of the Dream House (the orange and yellow one), that I felt completely validated. Unfortunately, then-nearly-three Dearest Son‘s imagination was captured as well. Can't remember how many times I picked it out of one of his piles of toys - then had to hunt for the hinged door that always fell off. Dearest mastered the use of keys fairly early. I ended up hiding it, and convinced that I'd never find another, tucked it into the sole box of doll stuff that made The Big Move later that year.

 

Of course, it was bound to happen that I found a much more realistic one - in the right shade of blue, with authentic USPS markings - in a thrift store a year or two later. It was even in scale ! I thought maybe it was part of a Mattel playset, but it's actually a licensed collector's item. Who knew there were post office memorabilia collectors ? By then, the red one was deep in the big box o' props, and the new one soon joined it. I had a wash of nostalgia when I found it this week... and then it went to Dearest, who still loves it. As happy as I am about all the space in the Lab now, I got much more than that from this clean-out.

 

And, I actually sewed today ! Of course, it took me half an hour to find and get to KJ's  power outlet - I'd shoved the cutting table over it, and the new desk just didn't have any ‘give' to wiggle with. So I moved things as little as possible and gave it several really good stretching efforts, and eventually got a small power strip plugged in. Even wrapped the foot pedal around the back of the desk, so KJ's wires were tucked away. The power outlet for Brody is much easier to get to, but I think I'll install another small power strip on the other outlet. According to his manual, Brody needs his own direct outlet, and should be unplugged when not in use. So I comply.

 

First I tried the slipper pattern I got online, in junk fabric just for size, but evidently I didn't replicate the squares-only pattern correctly. It came out awful ! But I wasn't too discouraged - I decided to sew something else. Doll clothes ! While I was rearranging the LDPs, I noticed that Princess Dorrie was still in the white and gold gown from the ‘salvage a doll as doll clothes' directions, and that was written up over a year ago. I thought she might be more comfy in some pajamas, so I pulled out a pattern for loose pants. One of several I printed from Doll Shop Deluxe, from several different measurement sets for the same dolls. DSD is such a PITA. Printed these ‘loose pants with waistband' sheets back in Aug. 08, but never used ‘em. No time like the present !

 

They went together well, but I had the usual difficult time with the inseam. DSD loves to print out different crotch lengths, say a short one in front and a longer one in back. The programs says it's to allow for fitting, but I say it's just a pain getting it to match. I can make simple ‘two front, two back, one waistband' pants in less than a half hour if I don't have to futz with matching the inseam. It took some playing around, but I finally got it, and they fit just fine. Look pretty good, too. Since the fabric is so dark, I wanted a simple, light fabric for the blouse, so I used a scrap sleeve I pulled aside for donated Barbie clothes. Yeah, I kinda cheated on it, but together, it looks good, and I'm proud of me. You'll get a photo tomorrow.

 

But again, the reward is more than just getting new doll clothes. I did it ! The desk worked beautifully, having the cutting table at my elbow was great, and I had the room I need to enjoy it all.

 

I think 2010 is gonna be great !

 

PS- Michelle, please pass my condolences to your friend. It's heartbreaking, I know, but I always see it as the finest, truest act of love, to let them go when they're suffering. And, "Hi " to Smidge-chan !  

 

Hard to believe there's a whole new year starting in two days !

 

Current Mood : Crappy

 

Hi, Michelle and Smidgey ! Thanks for the applause, I can use it right now. I was toying with the idea of getting a shot of the pile o' culls and posting it, so now, I think I will. I'm also idly tossing around shooting streaming video of the 'new' Lab, and posting it, too. Hey, I got the tech - might as well use it. And it'll keep my mind off...stuff. 

 

(sigh) We had to make a tough decision today, and as a result, the whole house is depressed. I barely touched the Dollhouse, although what I did impressed heck out of Dearest Son. He thought it was great fun to move the furniture around, and pretend one of his small stuffed dogs lived there.

 

We gave it over a week, but ‘Briscoe' is just not working out. He's marking territory two minutes after coming inside from a walk - and since we fixed the fence, he can ‘go' outside whenever he wants. He still chases DC, and refuses to take direction or listen to any of us. Not to mention how he shreds trash, and even trash cans. None of our family members will be able to house him, so we'll have to take him back to the shelter. We all hate it, he is a good dog, but between the puddles and the cat-terrorizing, none of us enjoy our own home anymore, and it's too cold to expect him to be an outdoor-only dog. DC and puppy Friday get along OK, they even touched noses this afternoon when Briscoe was outside, so Friday is staying...it breaks my heart to send Briscoe back, but he just can't stay here. He'll be moving on tomorrow.

 

In an effort to keep my mind off it, I've been sniping at Clean House ‘winners' all afternoon, since the DVR recorded twenty episodes in four days. It's gotten so, as soon as I see either a baby-in-arms or a pregnant woman on the show, I just delete it. Whining that ‘the baby deserves to crawl / learn to walk in a not-cluttered-with-endless-crap house' when momma-and-daddy-to-be are too lazy /useless / selfish/ clingy to set up (or in at least one episode, even buy) a crib, much less improve their living situation before the poor kid arrives... well, it just doesn't cut it with me. The few people who get all the good things handed to ‘em rarely appreciate it, and the entitlement that waves off of most of these folks in particular just fries my spine.

 

I guess I'm just losing my fascination with the show after seeing one lazy family after another get endless rewards for being too self-centered to take out the blasted trash. At least Hoarders is a bit more real - and the folks get more therapy besides Niecy Nash cooing that all their endless shopping is filling a void in the homeowner's life. Ya think ? I wanna see the ones where they deal with all the women who keep babies and two-year-olds in the master bedroom, even though there's space for the kids to have their own rooms, but Momma cluttered that up with discount clothes and piles of plastic toys. Wanna delve into the psych of that, guys ?

 

I guess having done it myself, I have less sympathy than I should. But I freely admit I'm lazy and self-centered, but even I can roll my big butt into the middle of my mess and ditch half or more of it. Without promises of free furniture or media coverage.

 

Well, since this whole entry today is useless and depressing, let me at least give you a heads-up on a TRU sale - all Barbie, Moxie Girls, Liv Girls, and Best Friends Club doll clothes are buy-two-get-one-free, both in stores and online. Sale runs through Saturday. Not a lot of choice online, and shipping's about $4 - $5. extra, but it might be worth it if you have a store nearby or the site has one you can't find locally.

 

Well, tomorrow's gonna be tough. I'll be glad to have the day over with. Hope yours goes well, but I don't see us celebrating much.