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Room for Tuesday

August 4, 2020

I have Always Loved Barbie!

Not too long ago I was lamenting over the innumerable Barbie dolls that have become a permanent part of my home.  My daughters left them, most of them are 90’s Barbies.  At some point I decided to embrace the situation and make the most of my Barbie world.

This is Barbie World

Barbie world involves the dolls that were left at my house by the 2 little girls who once loved them.  Those little girls are all grown up now, but their mom is too sentimental to part with their Barbie dolls.

  In addition to these dolls, it now involves all of the other paraphernalia I’ve added to entertain 2 other little girls.  When Lydia and Rory are at Glammy’s house, we spend most of our time together playing here.

I love Barbie and other Fashion Dolls, like Darci.

Darci has been mine for many, many years.  She came with a pink one-piece swimsuit which I cannot find, but I do have her wrap-around skirt, flower, silver shoes, stand, and briefcase filled with fashion magazines.

Last week, when my family met at Mama’s house, my sister and I began a discussion that involved the many Barbie dolls and other fashion dolls that we’ve had over the years.

I insisted that I had a Tuesday Taylor dollbut I was actually thinking about Darci.  I know they look nothing alike… apparently I was mentally overwhelmed and I took leave of my senses.

But I’m happy to announce that I’ve have made

Room for Tuesday!

It must have been the brunette hair that confused me!

Tuesday Taylor

Tuesday Taylor is a fashion doll which was presented by Ideal Toy Company in 1975.  She was Ideal’s “answer” to Barbie.  Tuesday Taylor had a remarkable rotating scalp, which could be manually turned to switch her from a blonde to a brunette and back again.

“Tuesday’s world is full of magic”

I should probably leave her in her container.

~

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.


Filed Under: Barbie Tagged: Barbie

Friday Favorites

July 19, 2019

It has been a BUSY week

and I’ve enjoyed most of it!

Here are the HIGHLIGHTS courtesy of my

Friday Favorites!

Favorite # ONE

The Right Stuff

Thirty years later, this “boy band” has still got it!

New Kids On The Block may not be New (formed in 1984), but they are undoubtedly better than ever!

After their split in 1994, NKOTB reconnected in 2007 and have been going strong since!

On Friday night LB and I had the opportunity to see them in concert.

You can read all about that adventure HERE.

~

Favorite # TWO

Saturday Afternoon

Spending the day with the birthday girl!

Before we launched Barbie and a new boat,

I learned all sorts of things from Lydia.

She explained that there are others meant to be a part of this particular boating adventure.  With Lydia looking on, I checked into this on my iPhone and found

this review.

Both Lydia and I were equally mesmerized.

Lydia was convinced that I could buy them all right from my phone.

Immediately.

Instead we decided to explore further.

We moved our investigation upstairs to watch on the big screen and found more!

Although it had escaped my attention, I learned that Barbie and her family are featured in a variety of programs to view on internet/television.

There is

Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures

and

Barbie Dreamtopia

and the pièce de résistance

Barbie meets Isla:

and so…

Favorite # THREE

is

Isla

The Transforming Mermaid

which I ordered on Amazon Prime Day. This surprise will be presented to Miss Lydia on a day when a surprise is deemed necessary.

~

Favorite # FOUR

Bread

The low carb kind.

This week, for the second time, I made a low carb, gluten free bread:

this recipe from Castle in the Mountains is very good!

Although it will never replace Sunbeam or Wonder Bread, it will satisfy a carb craving for the carb starved Paleo, Keto, and gluten free folks.

~

Favorite # FIVE

A Mid-Week Date Night Surprise to see a

Movie

The Lion King

remake of Disney’s 1994 animation has been a much anticipated film.

LB and I got to see it before opening night!

The Lion King

was awesome!

From the very first scene, I was captivated, much the same way I was when I saw the original.  The animals were amazing.  The hyenas were SCARY! Timon and Pumbaa were hilarious!  If I didn’t find myself tearing up, I had a smile on my face.

I highly recommend!

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.


Filed Under: Birthday, Entertainment, Friday Favorites, Movies, Music, Recipes Tagged: Barbie, Dreamtopia, Isla the Mermaid, Keto Bread, NKOTB, THE LION KING

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I’m Kim… and I love Pretty clothes, Pretty décor, Pretty days, and Pretty much anything that involves family and fun.  Growing up, My Mama told me more than once “Pretty is as Pretty does” …encouraging me to focus on the inner pretty girl, as she is the one that matters most.

Here on my blog, I’m sharing what I see as pretty.  Whether it be an outfit, an experience, an event, a memory or thought.  Hopefully I’ll share something that will be interesting, useful, or make you smile along the way.

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