DollsArtCats

Chalyss sent me this gorgeous quilt!! I especially like the spiral free stitching--I am gradually getting a collection of small, glorious little quilts. Something about the small format is very appealing. J baked a practice cake--it was delicious and the cake part was *perfect* and it was so rich, one slice was plenty. It's chocolate inside. And we have new squirrels--pretty sure they were born early this year; the hollow tree is perfect for them, though we are keeping an eye on the upper branches to be sure they don't die off and end up falling onto the driveway or the house. And here is Seian with her faceup, though she still needs her lashes installed--I have them, I just have to find them! I also ordered wigs from Denver Doll that might come Friday, but we'll see. The doll who normally wears this wig looks cranky.

She's here! UPS showed up at a reasonable time and the box was in perfect shape! This was my first somewhat-new-from-Fairyland purchase (though it was actually "in stock" at Denver Doll, so she might have been a return or a failed layaway). I was interested to see how she was packed. I had bought a Chloe before from someone on DoA who sends things out "factory fresh" so I was pleased to see that it was the same--outer ship box, inner blue shipping box, and promo cards! I found Denver Doll's layaway super easy to work with--they send reminders on the same day of the month, so my fear of forgetting to pay an installment were unfounded--and they were very good about answering questions! I remember when Fairyland used to just send the dolls with the "use and care" pamphlet--now they have a nice certificate: Fairyland now sells headbacks as a separate item, so the headback doesn't have the mold name on it. Instead the faceplate has the n...

I think this wig was once Jo's (she sent me a batch a month or so ago, and I have had fun trying them on people). I thought I would be doing more sewing today, but no, instead I cleared food out of the fridge because it's not holding food reliably at below 38F (at one point yesterday it was up to 42). This explains why my food has been spoiling fast lately, including two things of almost new hummus and a carton of pico de gallo. I pulled off the grille from the compressor section on top of the fridge and vacuumed out all the dust; but I suspect the real problem is that it has a tiny freon leak somewhere either in the compressor or the circulating pipes. I would even consider having the fridge repaired instead of replaced; but the ice maker is broken, two of the freezer side drawers are broken, the butter compartment has something wrong with it (you open the fridge door and the butter container pops open and spits out the butter sticks onto the floor..there is no ridge inside...