"IF ALL THE BEASTS WERE
GONE, MEN WOULD DIE
FROM A GREAT LONELINESS
OF SPIRIT, FOR
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE
BEASTS ALSO HAPPENS TO
THE MAN. ALL THINGS
ARE CONNECTED. WHATEVER
BEFALLS THE EARTH BEFALLS
THE SONS OF THE EARTH."
- CHIEF SEATTLE -
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
VICKIEBOOK
I may have just inadvertently accomplished something. Creating my own little safe and sound facebook. So here you will have it....the new and improved VICKIEBOOK. Where I can now post my crazy status updates.
At what age do I tell my highway it was adopted? I think seven, because that’s about the time it will start to think: “I don’t look like Kiwanis club.”
Vickie, I can almost see you rubbing your hands in anticipation...so many men, so little time! Oh, wait, you would have eternity there, wouldn't you??? ROFLMAO
But don't hurry to get there...you have lots left to do here!
Well, price-less means there's no price, right?? Duh!
I've been fixing up bunches of dolls I got at a home sale this past week...I'm in dolly heaven! LOL And a good thing they will keep me busy, as I am now broke until next month...
LOL - No, they are not replacements. They are 'new' to me, but well loved in their former life! Most I got for $1 or $2; one was $9, 3 were $20. No correlation to actual value (she not a doll person, her late sister's dolls)I enjoy finding dolls of the type I collect that need some TLC (for one thing, they usually are more affordable!) and cleaning them up, fixing their hair, etc. Nothing too involved. No little operating table, but one day I may actually have space in my craft room to accommodate that sort of thing. For now, it's at the sink, on the couch, on the counter, any surface that's relative clear of other stuff! LOL I am acquainted with a doll Dr. in NY who has a Clinic! He comes from a long line of doll collectors, and has an extensive collection of antique and vintage dolls, many of which he inherited from his mother and grandmother. He repairs composition (compressed wood fiber) dolls and hard plastic dolls, as well as some more modern vinyl dolls. I'm strictly amateur territory!!
Truthfully, most of what she had left by the time I got to the sale (after my doll show)had been 'well-loved' to put it kindly. The more used and abused, the lower the value. Sadly, they are worth more if they've never been removed from their box! So many factors involved when it comes to value/collectibliliy. Condition, rarity, demand. I did get some neat unusual Barbies from the 70s that I never bought for myself. They need some TLC and replacement accessories (shoes, things like that), but that's one of the things I enjoy about my collecting...filling in the blanks, as it were.
I learned that my 3rd cousin's mother used to paint Barbie faces for Mattel when she was a young woman. She has passed away, and her daughter can't tell me any more than that. She used to have her mother's collection (those would have been quite valuable I bet...prototypes and such, never marketed, things like that) but they were stolen years ago. I hope whoever did that had some idea of their value and didn't just toss them or let their kids play with them! LOL
I think that was when they were still living in noCal (one of the Yreka branch of Eastlicks). They now live in rural Missouri! Poor woman just turned 40 (so sad - LOL) I gather her husband is a trucker and on the road a lot, so they wanted a better place for their 5 kids.
That was about 9:15am on day three of the Thanksgiving snow, it was awesome. My first snow since moving out here. I have a treed water dept. lot to the right as you look at the house (uphill), then the water tower above that. Behind me is a mowed but unoccupied lot, behind a row of trees. On the left lives John Hircko (of Issaquah, class of '71, remember Johnny's Market in town?) Isn't that a small-world scenario??!! I didn't know him in school, but did know his name. Across the street from me is the community park, with the pool and clubhouse at the far end of the block. Very quiet here, which is wonderful!
Oh, good, I see Valrie got here...my computer crapped out on me on Tuesday night (possibly just the power supply, fingers crossed) so I've been using my sister's at her house. Hard to keep up the way I'm accustomed to!
At what age do I tell my highway it was adopted? I think seven, because that’s about the time it will start to think: “I don’t look like Kiwanis club.”
ReplyDeletePanhandling is so much better with a red bucket and a bell.
ReplyDeleteLadies, just remember each morning when you put on makeup, somewhere in the world a clown is starting his day doing exactly the same thing.
ReplyDelete'Until death do us part' means we’re all single in heaven, right?
ReplyDeleteVickie, I can almost see you rubbing your hands in anticipation...so many men, so little time! Oh, wait, you would have eternity there, wouldn't you??? ROFLMAO
ReplyDeleteBut don't hurry to get there...you have lots left to do here!
Yes. Eternity. Unfortunately 'everyone' else will be single too, so not getting my hopes up....LOL
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, Christmas-time......The best thing about Xmas is gingerbread men. Each one is a new chance to bite somebody’s head off.
ReplyDeleteDear President Kennedy, is it OK if we start asking what our country can do for us yet?
ReplyDeleteI once asked my Mom if I was a gifted child ~she said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteThat's because you are PRICELESS, Girl! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThen how come I just found a "FREE" sticker in my baby book?
ReplyDeleteWell, price-less means there's no price, right?? Duh!
ReplyDeleteI've been fixing up bunches of dolls I got at a home sale this past week...I'm in dolly heaven! LOL And a good thing they will keep me busy, as I am now broke until next month...
One's that are totally 'new' to you or replacements of what you already have had? Fixing up? Do you have a itty bitty operating table?
ReplyDeleteLOL - No, they are not replacements. They are 'new' to me, but well loved in their former life! Most I got for $1 or $2; one was $9, 3 were $20. No correlation to actual value (she not a doll person, her late sister's dolls)I enjoy finding dolls of the type I collect that need some TLC (for one thing, they usually are more affordable!) and cleaning them up, fixing their hair, etc. Nothing too involved. No little operating table, but one day I may actually have space in my craft room to accommodate that sort of thing. For now, it's at the sink, on the couch, on the counter, any surface that's relative clear of other stuff! LOL
ReplyDeleteI am acquainted with a doll Dr. in NY who has a Clinic! He comes from a long line of doll collectors, and has an extensive collection of antique and vintage dolls, many of which he inherited from his mother and grandmother. He repairs composition (compressed wood fiber) dolls and hard plastic dolls, as well as some more modern vinyl dolls. I'm strictly amateur territory!!
If guns kill people, do spoons make people fat?
ReplyDeleteSo I take it that the sister had no idea of the actual value? My mom also collected dolls, but much later in life.
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, most of what she had left by the time I got to the sale (after my doll show)had been 'well-loved' to put it kindly. The more used and abused, the lower the value. Sadly, they are worth more if they've never been removed from their box! So many factors involved when it comes to value/collectibliliy. Condition, rarity, demand. I did get some neat unusual Barbies from the 70s that I never bought for myself. They need some TLC and replacement accessories (shoes, things like that), but that's one of the things I enjoy about my collecting...filling in the blanks, as it were.
ReplyDeleteI learned that my 3rd cousin's mother used to paint Barbie faces for Mattel when she was a young woman. She has passed away, and her daughter can't tell me any more than that. She used to have her mother's collection (those would have been quite valuable I bet...prototypes and such, never marketed, things like that) but they were stolen years ago. I hope whoever did that had some idea of their value and didn't just toss them or let their kids play with them! LOL
Hmmmm....maybe stolen just for that reason!
ReplyDeletewas almost killed yesterday when I fell off a horse. Thank god the Walmart 'greeter' saw me, came over and unplugged the damn thing!
ReplyDeleteI think that was when they were still living in noCal (one of the Yreka branch of Eastlicks). They now live in rural Missouri! Poor woman just turned 40 (so sad - LOL) I gather her husband is a trucker and on the road a lot, so they wanted a better place for their 5 kids.
ReplyDeleteI hope you were wearing a riding helmet! ;-)
I think I would totally be into the Christmas spirit if it came in a glass and on the rocks....
ReplyDeleteYou mean, "in your cups"?? >gggg< Just stay off the quad if you do get into that spirit! :p
ReplyDeleteLOL! Hey thanks so much for the cute xmas card! Your house looks like it's in a really nice private area......love the snow effect!
ReplyDeleteThat was about 9:15am on day three of the Thanksgiving snow, it was awesome. My first snow since moving out here. I have a treed water dept. lot to the right as you look at the house (uphill), then the water tower above that. Behind me is a mowed but unoccupied lot, behind a row of trees. On the left lives John Hircko (of Issaquah, class of '71, remember Johnny's Market in town?) Isn't that a small-world scenario??!! I didn't know him in school, but did know his name. Across the street from me is the community park, with the pool and clubhouse at the far end of the block. Very quiet here, which is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI made it!!!!
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, good, I see Valrie got here...my computer crapped out on me on Tuesday night (possibly just the power supply, fingers crossed) so I've been using my sister's at her house. Hard to keep up the way I'm accustomed to!
ReplyDelete