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Re: ot: dolls & thoughts
by Mroczko 22 Jan '02

22 Jan '02

Hi Pat, It may be a sickness, but I suffer from it too. LOL I have organized collections of jewelry, dolls, and dragonware, and then there are the "closet collections" the things I don't really collect. Flower frogs, english percelain flowers, enamel boxes ( really that one goes with the jewelry ) Fiesta, Chintz, cup and saucers, books etc. I have those boxes of precious things too. I started a box just for things of Graysons that I can't let go. I did finally decide I was NOT collecting vintage clothes, and let most of that go except for a couple of things I can really wear. I decided long ago that I will just keep my insanities, and when I die, they can have a jolly fun estate sale, and someone else can take them home to live in their over collected house. I always feel sorry for people who decide to sell their collections so their kids won't have to, and then end up living another 20 years without the "thrill of the hunt" that gave them the collecting bug in the first place. Kathy M. at peace with her inner packrat. LOL At 10:30 PM 1/21/02 -0500, you wrote: >My friends & I , for the last couple of days & for at least another >week, Have been helping a recently divorced girlfriend , whose children >are all grown & on their own, move from a very large , expensive house >to a house a third the size not to mention price. This friend collected >dolls of all kinds...as a matter of fact , it seems she collects >absolutly everything, stuffed animals, Mac Donald things, dishes, Xmas >decor. little houses, miniatures...well you name it. She has , >easily, over a thousand dolls. She can't throw anything away & likes >copies of many of the things...which is why she has so much. We have >been able to convince her to give away, throw away , or sell very >little...I guess a divorce is a wrong time to do this, you've already >lost so much. Her new , smaller house will have to have little else but >shelves in it to hold all these collections... but then, I never noticed >before how little furniture she had even in that big house...dolls are >everywhere, on the floors & stacked & in every cabinet & over the top of >kitchen cab. space...this has been a truly Herculean task that seems >neverending. >But it made me take a look at my own life & how many more dolls do I >need when I don't have a place for the ones I have now. So I tried to >get rid of some of them, selling or giving them away & you know, I'm as >bad as my friend ( tho not to such a large extent) Everything seems >precious to me either because I really like the thing or the >circumstance that gave it to me makes me want to keep it. I really need >to 'dething' my house & simplify. I'm a saver too. Each year it's hard >to get rid of my Xmas cards & I do keep a few & those few have grown >quite large over the years...taking up all of one drawer really need for >clothes or something...so they go to the basement which is full of boxes >of 'saved' things too precious to give away, which occasionally I go >through & smile at . But to what end, who'll want this when I'm gone & >they are not valuable to anyone but me & that's strickly sentimental >value not monetary. But I can't let go yet either & it just builds & >gets worse...wow! Is this some kind of sickness or what? Pat H. > > > Kathy Mroczko Frivolities Antiques Ft. Collins, CO mroczko(a)verinet.com

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Fw: Kids
by Bradford 22 Jan '02

22 Jan '02

I couldn't resist; this made me laugh... Melissa > > > > > > KIDS SAY THE HONEST-EST THINGS > *************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > WHY WE LOVE CHILDREN > > > > > > > > > > > "Da-ad...." > > > > > > > > > > > "I'm thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?" > > > > > > > > > > > "No. You had your chance. Lights out." > > > > > > > > > > > Five minutes later:"Da-aaaad....." > > > > > > > > > > > "WHAT?" > > > > > > > > > > > "I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??" > > > > > > > > > > > "I told you NO!" If you ask again, I'll have to spank > > > > > > > > > > > you!!" > > > > > > > > > > > Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....." > > > > > > > > > > > 'WHAT!" > > > > > > > > > > > "When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink > > > > > > > > > > > of water?" > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************

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Re: CandiChat - Integrity Mtg. - reply
by SuzW397026＠aol.com 22 Jan '02

22 Jan '02

NEW Janay head mold and Alysa's has been shrunk, creating a much, much softer look to her. Pic's in the not too distant future. I'm working on them now. Suzanne In a message dated 1/21/2002 12:51:11 PM Central Standard Time, renendollz(a)yahoo.com writes: << Wow how very exciting Suzanne! Wait is that a NEW face I hear for Janay or just a repainted version of the old? Inquiring minds wants to know! ROFLMAO! Pictures, pictures, pictures! And I can't wait for Adele and Veronique! Sounds exciting! Rene >>

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OT: Wanted to share something I made...
by Elizabeth 21 Jan '02

21 Jan '02

Hi all...This is sort of off topic, but I wanted to share this gown I handbeaded and made jewelry for. My friend Jay made the gown--it is white panne-velour and stretches on to fit. (It DOES fit Candi as well, by the way...as does a lot of the stretch gowns we make). I did the handbeading and really like how this one turned out, it is called SNOWFLAKE. Take a peek if you like: http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1324056375 Thanks...Have a great evening!! Elizabeth ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca

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Re: OT - For Gene fans
by SuzW397026＠aol.com 20 Jan '02

20 Jan '02

The message below concerning Gene and Ashton Drake was forwarded to me today. Since I know we all collect various and sundry dolls, I thought that those who may not have seen or heard the rumors concerning Gene might be interested. Suzanne << In an unexpected turn of events, Ashton Drake has disbanded the Gene team. All of the former Gene team with the exception of Borum Kim are now assigned to other departments. She told me, "Everything is set for this year, Joan and I are scrambling to make things happen for the rest of the year." However, Wendy does not know what the future holds for Gene except that AD apparently does plan to keep producing the doll, maybe as a smaller line. Wendy did not know how this would effect Mel or the designers or what their future relationship with AD would be. Joan will still be a director, but will work on other projects. Wendy said they are all "shell shocked" over this. When she emailed me today with permission to tell you guys, this is what she said, "I spoke with Kirk about the current state of events around here, and asked him if Joan was going to have any kind of official statement or press release done up. He told me that something would be released directly after our return from Toy Fair. If you want to tell people about what I told you, I think that would be ok. But it just won't officially be announced to the public until next month." >>

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Re: Paul David catalog
by Bradford 20 Jan '02

20 Jan '02

Is anyone else out there still waiting for the new PD catalog? I hear it has Kelly pictures on the front. I still haven't gotten mine yet & am wondering what is taking so long... Melissa

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Re: Yet another addendum - More Information on Jason's new doll - reply
by SuzW397026＠aol.com 20 Jan '02

20 Jan '02

Yes, Jason's dolls will be limited but they haven't set final production numbers as yet. I'll see if such numbers can be attained this weekend at my meeting with Percy. The clothes for these dolls are supposed to be much more detailed than Candi fashions, according to Jason. Here again, I'm going to try and pinpoint the dolls' size because if they are indeed going to be slightly taller, I don't know how Candi clothes will work. When Jason said he wanted the clothing to be interchangable, he may have meant between his dolls, not with Candi. I may have misunderstood the comment. Sometimes when Jason and I are talking we are covering so many topics that my notes run together and my brain is overflowing with too much information, LOL. Suzanne In a message dated 1/16/2002 8:54:13 PM Central Standard Time, renendollz(a)yahoo.com writes: << Thanks for the info Suzanne!!!! WOW this is certainly exciting! I suppose these will be very limited? Is the clothing going to be nicer than Candis too? >>

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Re: Jason's dolls...again & 2002 Play Line
by Mroczko 18 Jan '02

18 Jan '02

Hey Suzanne, Point out that we deserve pics as we are such LOYAL fans. LOL Kathy M. At 11:39 AM 1/17/02 EST, you wrote: >I thought those looked like bead topped pins. That was very creative and >looks like something that I, creative impaired LOL, might be able to do. > >I also want to let you all know that I am meeting Percy at the Dallas Trade >Center this weekend and hope to be able to see pics of Jason's dolls. I >probably won't receive anything that can be posted but hopefully can at least >pass on impressions. I have just learned that Jason's dolls may be just >slightly taller than 11 1/2 inches. I'll see if I can get size pinpointed >this weekend. > >I should also get a look at the 2002 Integrity play line. Again, hopefully, >they might allow me to post a pic or two. I'll let you guys know Monday. >I'm really looking forward to this meeting! > >Suzanne > >In a message dated 1/17/2002 7:09:42 AM Central Standard Time, >mroczko(a)verinet.com writes: > ><< Thanks for the compliments. The hair was easy ( or I would not have > been able to do it. That is why it is so funny that I would win for hair! ) > I just took small sections of the hair and twisted them tightly, then sealed > the ends, trimmed and pinned in place with a bead topped pin. I had to do > it because the doll was a former playline Rapunzel that had had a haircut > and a bad case of the frizzies, but I liked the pale blond hair and light > skin, so I had to come up with something for that hair. > > Can't wait to see the pics of Jasons new dolls. I love the silkies, so > I bet I will be hooked. There goes that budget for convention. LOL >> > > Kathy Mroczko Frivolities Antiques Ft. Collins, CO mroczko(a)verinet.com

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Re: OT Cocktail contest - reply & Jason's dolls...again & 2002 Play Line
by SuzW397026＠aol.com 17 Jan '02

17 Jan '02

I thought those looked like bead topped pins. That was very creative and looks like something that I, creative impaired LOL, might be able to do. I also want to let you all know that I am meeting Percy at the Dallas Trade Center this weekend and hope to be able to see pics of Jason's dolls. I probably won't receive anything that can be posted but hopefully can at least pass on impressions. I have just learned that Jason's dolls may be just slightly taller than 11 1/2 inches. I'll see if I can get size pinpointed this weekend. I should also get a look at the 2002 Integrity play line. Again, hopefully, they might allow me to post a pic or two. I'll let you guys know Monday. I'm really looking forward to this meeting! Suzanne In a message dated 1/17/2002 7:09:42 AM Central Standard Time, mroczko(a)verinet.com writes: << Thanks for the compliments. The hair was easy ( or I would not have been able to do it. That is why it is so funny that I would win for hair! ) I just took small sections of the hair and twisted them tightly, then sealed the ends, trimmed and pinned in place with a bead topped pin. I had to do it because the doll was a former playline Rapunzel that had had a haircut and a bad case of the frizzies, but I liked the pale blond hair and light skin, so I had to come up with something for that hair. Can't wait to see the pics of Jasons new dolls. I love the silkies, so I bet I will be hooked. There goes that budget for convention. LOL >>

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Re: Fw: Why Barbie Can't Be a Mom (LONG)
by Bradford 17 Jan '02

17 Jan '02

Hi, all! Enjoyed the meeting yesterday! Someone sent this to me & thought you might get a laugh out of it, too... Melissa > Subject: [AcresOfHope] Why Barbie Can't Be a Mom > > > Why Barbie Can't Be a Mom > > > R > ecently, my husband Jeff and I spent an afternoon at Disneyland > with our five-year-old son and two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. > > While perusing one of the theme park's many gift shops, we came > across a Barbie collection. A lovely family of four, complete with Barbie, > Ken, and two children, all dressed in full Disney memorabilia. They each had > the infamous "Mouse Ears" hats, Mickey Mouse jackets, and various other > theme-parkish little goodies to complete the set. > > My husband let out a low whistle as he glanced at the price tag. > "Wow. That's more than the price of a ticket," he noted out loud. > > I laughed. "Not to mention the farce. As if Barbie could ever have > a FAMILY." I shook my head. > > Jeff looked at me with a sideways glance that spoke a thousand > words, but the most obvious was his bewilderment that I seemed to have > forgotten Barbie was a fictional character. > > Nevertheless, he humored me. "Why couldn't she have a family? > She's married to Ken, isn't she?" > > "Ha!" I snorted. "Only about fifty times over, each time wearing a > different gown." I picked up the box that held Barbie and her "family" in > their Disney gear. "This is her stage family." > > Jeff ultimately spoke his thoughts: "She's a doll, Suzie." > > "Yeah... I know... " My voice trailed off as I watched my husband > take a fragile Goofy mug out of the hands of my daughter, who was then > content to hike up her dress, plop down on the floor, and breastfeed her > stuffed Mickey doll. > > While Jeff and my son went through the collection of Tarzan > memorabilia, I set the Barbie box back on the shelf, realizing that, in her > plastic and Spandex lifetime, Barbie had surely been around a time or two. > > But she has never been a Mom. > > Barbie has been a nurse, a teacher, a stewardess and a tour guide. > She has spent her summers at the beach and her winters on the slopes. She > drives a pink convertible to the gym where she works out in Spandex with > plastic weights. She has a bicycle. She has been to Hawaii, Japan, London > and China, just to mention a few places, because she has her own airplane. > She sang at the Grand Ol' Opry. She premiers a new Christmas gown every > year. She dances, roller skates and skateboards with her friends and plays > with her little sister at the park. She has a beach house. She is forty > years old, but doesn't look a day over eighteen. She loves Elvis and Frank > Sinatra. She's a sports fanatic, having modeled outfits for the Los Angeles > Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and NASCAR. She offers her fans a Barbie line of > clothing, makeup, jewelry and computer software. For forty years, she has > been a representative of the "ideal" woman. > > But she has never been a mother. > > There is an "Autumn Glory" Barbie, but there is no "First > Trimester" Barbie. "First Trimester" Barbie would be the first Barbie who > didn't sport the plastic Mona Lisa smile that is characteristic of every > Barbie ever created. Rather, her pink cheeks would be a little green, her > mouth curved in a downward slope. Her wardrobe would be limited to a terry > cloth bathrobe. Her jeweled accessories nonexistent, she would instead > complete the ensemble with a pair of nausea-combatting wrist bands, a pink > plastic bucket (in case she couldn't make it to the bathroom in time), a > teeny box of saltine crackers and a small bottle of ginger ale. > > There is a "Millennium Princess" Barbie, but there is not an eight > months pregnant "I Can't Fit Into My Evening Gowns Anymore" Barbie, complete > with stretchy maternity pants, shoes that don't fit her swollen feet and a > scale with its dial forever set to 180 pounds. In one hand, she would hold a > pint of Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream, in the other > hand a spoon. > > Instead of another "Evening Sophistication" Barbie, it might be > interesting to see a "Stages of Labor" Barbie. Of course, this would be a > collector's edition, due to it being a once-in-a-lifetime event (Barbie > probably wouldn't go through pregnancy, labor and delivery again), and due > to the volume of the collection's contents. Ken would be included in this > set. Inside the collection box (which doubles as the hospital room), you > would find "Doctor" Ken (not to be confused with "Husband" Ken), a hospital > bed and a fetal monitor, "Nurse" Barbie (not to be confused with "Pregnant" > Barbie), and an unpacked overnight bag (pending a "Postpartum" Barbie > wardrobe). Additional accessories would be available to purchase separately, > such as "Anesthesiologist" Skipper, complete with epidural cart. > > "Postpartum" Barbie would leave the hospital with her new baby boy > or girl. The baby would be purchased as an accessory and come in either sex, > with a variety of different hair colors. Each baby would have a different > name and each one would eventually become a collector's item. "Postpartum" > Barbie would be dressed in "I Can't Fit Into My Evening Gowns Anymore" > clothing and not appear to be very happy about it. She would still resemble > "Stages of Labor" Barbie, with the exception of her midsection, where hard > plastic would be replaced with soft cloth, stuffed with Beanie Baby insides > that sag when she is upright, then flatten when she is on her back. > > "I'm a Dad Now" Ken would be purchased separately. He'd come > dressed in the same clothing as "Stages of Labor" Ken. He'd carry a baby bag > in one hand and hospital discharge papers in the other. He'd also come with > an empty wallet. Available for separate purchase would be a mini-van > equipped with a carseat, a bit more practical than Barbie's former pink > convertible. > > Appearing simultaneously with the premiere of "Postpartum" Barbie > would be the "Breastfeeding" Barbie. "Breastfeeding" Barbie would have a > slimmer stomach, but conveniently retain the same engorged-appearing breasts > that all Barbies preceding her have had throughout the past four decades, > except now they serve a purpose. She would come complete with a new wardrobe > of designer breastfeeding shirts, itty-bitty nursing pads and burp cloths. > Additional accessories which could be purchased separately would be breast > pumps, nursing shawls (in a variety of hip and attractive patterns that > would correspond with Barbie's wardrobe), tiny tubes of nipple cream and a > miniature glider rocker. Available for a limited time only would be "Oh, > No! -- Coping with Mastitis" Barbie, "Oh My Gosh, I've Got Sore Nipples" > Barbie, "Mother of a Colicky Baby" Barbie, and "Ouch! Biting hurts Mommy" > Barbie. > > "Sleepless Nights" Barbie and "Date Night with Daddy Ken" Barbie > might follow. However, while "Sleepless Nights" Barbie (equipped with a > rocking chair and nonstop recording of your lullaby of choice) might be a > huge seller, "Date Night with Daddy Ken" Barbie (including "Babysitting" > Skipper doll) might see a drop in sales. I think that "Date Night with Daddy > Ken" Barbie would be purchased with good intentions, but would inevitably be > lost in a corner somewhere, collecting dust, possibly pending a new wardrobe > that fits Barbie's waistline, while "Breastfeeding" Barbie, "Mother of a > Colicky Baby" Barbie and "Sleepless Nights" Barbie would be more active. > > The entire future of Barbie could be changed by motherhood. > "Mother of a Toddler" Barbie would be equipped with running shoes and > peanut-butter-and-jelly-stained clothing. Perhaps her figure might even take > on a more realistic appearance -- stretch marks, sagging breasts, and dark > circles under her eyes. > > "Time to Potty Train" Barbie might come with accessories such as a > pull-up diaper and a teeny version of "Every Barbie Poops." > > Interesting proposition, isn't it? After all, how many more > evening gowns can Barbie premier annually? How many new Christmas wardrobes? > How many career moves? Worldwide trips? Appearances with Ken at the Grand > Ol' Opry? Isn't it time for Barbie to grow up? To take on some > responsibility? To be a "real" Mom? > > My daughter's soft grunting beside me brought me back to reality. > I turned to focus my attention on her, discovering my little blonde beauty > was squatting, her face red, her grunts turning into a very audible > "Mommy... I pooping." > > "Daddy, did you FART?" piped up my son, his nose wrinkled, his > hand waving back and forth in front of his face. My husband dropped a > plastic Tarzan figure, shocked by my son's question, embarrassed by those > around us who heard it. His face was red, but he was laughing. > > A few passers-by glanced at us and chuckled. > > My daughter reached under her dress, about to put her hand into > her diaper, but I was a step ahead of her every move. > > "Oh, no you don't," I cheerfully mused, taking her hand in my own > before she was able to wedge it into the back of her diaper to examine what > she had done. "Mommy learned her lesson after the last time you did that at > church." > > "Diaper change," I said to my husband as I headed out the door of > the gift shop. > > He nodded and smiled, watching me grab at my daughter's free hand, > as she attempted to sabotage my efforts of keeping her from surveying the > "new" contents of her soiled diaper. > > I think Mattel knew what they were doing all along. Barbie > couldn't handle motherhood. Not even on her best day. > > > > --- > by Suzie Calvin > > > Wife to my best friend, Brad, 17 years > > Mom to Brandon 13, Zach 12, Jordan 9,Taylor 7 and Rachel 23 weeks

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