Dolly Joy

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Hey look! Liz Kitty got a new wig! Finally! And so she's all complete and adorable and stuff. Goodness, how cute~

And that's supposed to distract you from the fact I missed last week completely with the whole picture-and-blog thing. I was terribly sick all week, to be honest. And then I decided my time was better spent with onnas_baka_gaki helping her get packed and moved. And it was. Not that I don't love all you dear readers... I just love her more. ;)

Last week was really really crazy. I was having super stress attacks because of a bunch of car shit relating to the accident months ago Jim was in. But my Fairy God Mother helped smooth that out. But stress = sick. Very very sick. And my spoons all went on vacation or something (I hope they come back niiiiice and rested). But I trudged on, and helped with Onna's move. I have to admit I was 99% useless. I just sat around, but that 1% of moral support apparently helped enough that I still know it was the absolute best use of my time. Onna and her husband Rat really are like family to myself, Jim, and our best friends Mel & Logan. The six of us went out to dinner Sunday night and it really did feel like family it's incredibly warm and loving. I really truly cannot express how much these people mean to me...

Also, Jim got a job.

On the doll front, I got Liz Kitty's wig from Onna last week (but you might have already noticed that). It's from Fairyland and got thrown on Onna's order a little while ago for some event items or something. Annnnnnd, Lucy-belle arrived, but is still sitting around nude because I can't find anything I like the way she looks in that I already own. I may just give up on taking some stock Afternoon pictures and rush straight into customizing her. Although, I need to borrow some pencils from someone to change a couple details on her face, I want to emphasize the purple lines above her eyes and change the subtle yellow details to a pink. Her glasses arrived but need some adjustments made. Her eyes were finally ordered after having to poke Coolcat TWICE to send me a stupid shipping total, and of course wig is ordered flawlessly because Cancan loves me. Junkyspot finally restocked their bodies, so that go ordered yesterday. And I've commissioned Jen for the dress, and mailed off the shirt we're making it from (although she never let me know it arrived and it should have by now so I have an itty bitty bit of worry there). I also received the earring from my mom in the mail I'm taking apart and turning into jewelry, but I want the dress in hand first to figure what my best options are. Still at a loss for shoes... but I'm thinking once things start arriving I'll get a more clear picture of things and be able to move forward again.


This week has also been... a lot. It felt like it started out slow with me still feeling like crap because my spoons haven't bothered to come home yet. I did a lot of telling myself to get up and take photos, or get up and write an entry, or get up and do my Project Runway review (did you guys miss that?) and you might have noticed... but none of that got done. I just couldn't.

Then things really go rolling fast! Wends my little sisters all got new laptops, which meant Skype for all of them. Over the last two days, I've probably spent something like 6-8 hours on Skype with them. It's been... incredibly healing. And also incredibly painful because I can't give them hugs and things like that. I MISS them, like you wouldn't believe. But seeing them, hearing their voice, yelling at them to go to bed... it's something I treasure, even from 1800 miles away.

Then after fighting about it all week, Jim actually got the taxes done. Much to an ... extremely amazing... surprising end. There are a bunch of things the government is doing for people who had a rough year like us last year, and that meant, well, three times the return we got last year. Since we were expecting about the same as last year (if not less) we only had plans for that. Jim then turns me to be and is "I'd like to buy you a doll, not just any doll, the doll you REALLY want." Meaning... an SD boy. Now, we all know my most reasonable dream boy is an Senior Delf Abadon. But we didn't quite have enough for what we planned to do with this check + brand new from
Luts. But I hopped on DoA, just curious if there was maybe one more in my $450 price range. There... wasn't.

But there WAS one for $525. And it was LOCAL. I had no idea Rocio had an Abadon up for sale (which was a good thing, trust me, I would have pined in uncomfortable ways had I known about the doll before the money). Rocio is made of awesome and win and I love her and I know the doll is coming from a fantastically good home. And there's no shipping fees AND instant gratification. How could I go wrong? I had $75 for my budget for Rice for Valentines. I made puppy-dog eyes at Jim, and he agreed that if she would hold him till the 19th (when we get the refund) I could get him.

I have to admit, I started shitting myself with happy right then and THERE. And I hadn't even written Rocio yet. Sometimes, just getting the permission is more than I can handle... I swear I have the EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quota) of a tick. But anyways, I write her. Because I know she needs the money by the 20th, because she's trying to buy a house. According to the government datebase-y thing, the money should be here by the 19th. But this is the federal government we're talking about... But I wrote her. Writing her can't hurt... right?

No, not it totally could not hurt in any way shape or form. Apparently her bids for a house keep falling through, so she was honestly about to take him off DoA and just keep him. She liked him, a lot, but would like a house more. Now that house is getting harder and harder... Yeah, you see the train of thought. But then! I write her. And she was soooo happy he was staying local and he was coming to me. She'd get to see him, I promise to take care of him and love him and photograph him... and she's willing to hold him till I have the money. So YAYYYYYYYYYYYY. For those on DoA http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=349664 <--- See that? SEE THAT? On hold for meeeee. ::runs around squeeing:: Rocio is even going to let me come see him in person tomorrow! And I will bring everything I have for him, and try it on him and all sorts of happy things like that. She said she was eager to see what I was going to do with him.

This weekend is actually VERY busy. There's a dfw_pullips meet in Southlake at 2pm. Not sure who all is going to be there or not. It was supposed to be last weekend, but I moved it to this weekend because most of us were helping Onna move last weekend. Because of the last-minute switch (literally, like, the Wends before) I'm not sure all is and isn't going to make it now. But it's not like we need reservations, so I'm not worried. I just wanna have fun! lol. After that, we're meeting Rocio at the Barnes & Nobles in Fort Worth to meet the Abadon at 5. She couldn't do much later, and the last Pullip meet wasn't horribly horribly long, so I think it'll be okay. After that, we go even further into Fort Worth to Jim's sister Annie's place. Where we will eat dinner, do laundry, spend the night, do more laundry and probably watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. Crazy, huh? I'm just hoping that by being stranded at Annie & Andy's with the laundry I will actually get the photos I take at the meet-up edited, and uploaded to flickr. I have... four or five meets worth of photos on my computer that still haven't even gotten edited, let alone put on flickr. Why? Because I'm awesome. Duh.

So... there you have it. Only February but 2010 has turned a lot of shit around. Jim's got a good, stable, job. And I'm getting an SD boy. As long as we can keep little details from slipping through our fingers, or nothing disastrous drops on us from the sky - we should really be on our way to the bigger and better things we want.

And finally, because I'm a sap and missing the real Liz Kitty more now that her doll is done... Here are some pictures of her. ^___^;;

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Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

I would have typed this up sooner but I didn't have a lot of time before when I myself learned the news and when Jim carried me off to dominate all my time (pun intended, hope you liked it). Not to mention, I've been having huge issues with my hands. Sometimes typing helps make them feel better, this is not one of those times. Ugh. Anyways... right... good news...

JIM GOT A JOB

He comes home Wends night and waits to "surprise me" with news of his interview until we're in bed. I found this less amusing than he did, because then I couldn't tell people. Sheesh, silly husband, I want the whole fucking world sending good thoughts and energy.

But apparently we got by with just the good thoughts and energy from a few people I managed to be able to tell and my Fairy Godmother, who I spent the day with. Because - HE GOT IT. And he didn't tell me till he got home. And then he comes in all slumped over and stuff and was like "well... I've had worse interviews... and I've had better..." [insert 320lb man hunched over here] and then he looks up and is like "but they started training me today, I officially start Monday!"

The reason I'm an emotional spazz all the time? 95% my husband's fault. kthnxbai.

Anyways, the job. It's $9.25 an hour, but only 37 hours a week. And actually, it's still technically through the temp agency, because they're "temp to hire" and they apparently still manage their "hired" side of things. However, it's still a full-time position, it's a permanent position and in 90 days we are eligible to "buy into" benefits. Which, hopefully, means, health care in 90 days. It's gunna be tight, we really needed more like $10.50 an hour and I don't know how much it's gunna cost us each paycheck to get in on the benefits. But it's 100% better than being unemployed with no options at all. And my fingers are crossed that health care = Jasmine on medication = Jasmine getting a part time job somewhere. I really seriously want out of this house and to be doing something.

We're not out of the forest completely, but... we can see that things are really getting better. Like WAY better. And now that we have this stability, Jim is going to start looking at going back to school and really getting a move on to get us somewhere. No more temp job to job hunting to temp job to job hunting, but, like, making a future and stuff. I believe in him. So do you! Together we will all make this happen. thank you, everyone, for the support you've given the last few months. We aren't ready to give it up yet, but hopefully, we will continue to bring you guys nothing but good news for a while.

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

( Yesterday's Tweets Uploaded To LJ )

Wild Goose Chases - anyone want to help?

I need two dolly-related things that I can't seem to find. So, I am asking others for help. Keep your eyes and ears open, see if you run across them, that sort of thing.

1) This one's more important, since one of them is for Lucy. I need two medium soft-bust obitsus (new style with chest joint) in white. Ideally, I'd like to find them for sale here in the US but Junkyspot and Foxi Shop are both sold out. Being able to buy the additional hands from the same seller is a plus, but I can get those at the regular places.
As an additional note: I refuse to buy from Mimiwoo or Princess Tapi because of transactions we've had in the past that were terrible.

2) A nude, bald, (really I only need a head) Haute NY in great condition. Jim and I sent aside a little money each month for Valentine's day (it's a long story, but it's a very special day to us). We don't do this when Jim doesn't have a job, of course, but it also doesn't get spent on bills (it's not a lot... it wouldn't go very far). We don't have a lot for this year, so the cheaper you can find her, the better. But it's what Jim really wants to get me (he's very very insistent on this) and he'd be really grateful if you help us find it.

Any leads you might have, would be appreciated. Thanks! <3

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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Correction:

I do in fact have a Fairy Godmother... funny that. AND she collects dolls.

(My Fairy Godmother is cooler than yours xP)

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting long, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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