Big Lots and Target doll news and temporary week long hiatus.

Hey guys, Just wanted to pop on to talk about three things real quick.

First, I was in Big Lots today and on the shelves I found the kitchen set with the fridge, stove, and counter with microwave for 20 bucks. So if you were looking for that, you should hit your Big Lots because it seems they still have some sets out there. I mention this because I'm on the hunt for a kitchen, but I found the one I want at Target for the same price, so I'll pass for now on it.

Also at Big Lots in the craft section, they had several of those scrapbook t-shirts that you can easily slice down the back attach some snaps and have several interesting shirts for your dolls. They were $1.25. I plan to go back this week and get one of each. The designs were really cute and the price isn't too bad.

Over at Target I got lucky. I was hunting for a set for my photostories and found one on sale for $9.99. Target has their furniture sets, without the dolls, on sale for $9.99 this week. I got the game room set. It's so cute. I will be posting pictures of the set soon. I'll have to go back later this week to get the kitchen set with the purple glasses I wanted. They had the same one with pink glasses but I want the purple ones. So I will check Walmart first to see if they have it cheaper and if not go back and get the kitchen. Then I will only have one kitchen and one house to get before I can start my photostories up again. Woot!

Now on to the hiatus part. Those of you who have read me for a while know I take a hiatus from time to time to either sort out personal stuff or net stuff. This time its a blog thing. After talking to a friend about what to do about my blog, they suggested that I do what I want with my blog and if its to post what I'm interested in then just to do it. So, blog changes coming yet again for the FINAL time then I will focus on my website I am building and then I will be going back to working on my shop. Wow a girl shouldn't type so much when she's tired. I got up early to prepare mentally for a dentist appointment. I got a DEEP cleaning. OMG!!! Ok, it wasn't THAT bad. They put numbing gel on me and only one part hurt. This gal was thorough and I'm glad she was, the half of my mouth she did looks amazing. I go back next Thursday to get the second part done. Then I should be ok with my teeth. Fingers crossed tightly.

Ok lovelies, I'm off now. I'll be back next Tuesday. Oh! If this blog becomes private in a couple of days don't worry. I have not closed it. I am simply changing things up and don't want anyone to get errors while I am working on it. See you all next week. Be good until then. :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Clean your balls!!!

Sorry I haven't been posting much guys. Been working on cleaning and other such stuff. I still need to update the blog, and I think my blog separation experiment isn't working. I'll explain in another post. For now I just want to say I'm still here, still alive, and still blogging. :-) For now I leave you with something funny.

WARNING!!! If you have any issue with sexual innuendo please DO NOT watch this video. There is nothing actually sexual in this video, but it hints at it. It just gave me the giggles and now I will have to try for one of these things next week. They are all out right now. Bummer. Enjoy the video. :-)


Axe Detailer Cleans Your Balls - Watch more Axe Cleans your Balls

That's all for now lovelies. I hope this gave you a good chuckle. I'll be back soon with blog updates and changes. For now, be good and have a lovely week. :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

On Writing by Stephen King

So I finished reading reading a book that I had started a good while back and then stopped reading and had to reread due to that. So I finally finished it today and let me just say this book is amazing. It is so inspiring to anyone who wants to be a writer and its an interesting read to those who are just readers in general or fans of his work.

Now I'm not going to go into deep detail about the book since its been out since 2000 and there are many reviews of it, you can click the picture above to be taking to Amazon and read the review there.

What I will say about the book is that he really breaks it down for those who doubt if they are or could be a writer. He doesn't hold back on what he thinks constitutes what a writer is. I know everyone has their own opinions on that, but his I respect highly and agree with. Also this book was written around the time he had his near death experience in 1999 and was finished while he was on the mend and writing this book helped bring him back from a bad moment in his life. Reading the part about his accident and how he did come back from it, writing helping a good bit, just inspired me more and put me in awe of his talent.

Now let me tell you straight off, I'm NOT a Stephen King fan. I have never read any of his books all the way through. But that doesn't mean I don't know of his talent to write. He's very talented and I'm awe-struck by it, hoping to be as talented as he is. But this book he wrote on the craft of writing has reminded me that one should not write for money or fame, and most writers do not get much money or fame. One should write because they love writing and they have a story to tell. Both of which I do have. So I'm going to write for me. I'm going to write for my IR...read the book and you will understand that one. And I'm going to write for my characters, to tell their story to the world. And because of this book I can now because Stephen King gave me something I long thought I didn't have. He gave me permission to do so with guilt or doubt. So that's exactly what I'm going to do. Every single day. 2500 minimum. Starting today.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Comments...

Guys I am so super duper sorry about my lax on keeping up with comments. First it was due to me not feeling good, then it was due to me trying to get back on track, then it was due to me...just tons of excuses to follow. I am so super duper sorry and I promise to keep up with them better from now on. I have answered ALL comments no matter how old they were and I hope you all forgive me for not getting back to you sooner. I am also working on getting my links straight so I can come comment more on everyone's blogs. Warning you all now, I'm a talker...and I'm coming for ya...in a good way of course. ;-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Update at Toy Box Treasures!

Check out the new updates to my new doll and toy blog Toy Box Treasures. Warning, there bes some doll nudity over in yonder blog. Surfer beware. ;-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Update at Gamer Geeka!

So over the past couple of months I have beaten several games. I recently posted about them over at Gamer Geeka. Click over to see which games I have mastered.

Loves ya,
Mouse

New directions.

Ok guys, so I have been updating the various blogs I will be posting in and most of them are ready to be viewed.

If you want to read about my doll hobby check out Toy Box Treasures.

If you want to read about my gaming hobby check out Gamer Geeka.

If you want to read about my writing hobby check out Retro Typin' Gal.

If you want to ready about my crafting hobby check out Crafty Pookie...which is empty right now so stay tuned for updates.

I will still post here about random stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else and I will also post when any of my other blogs update. It just seems easier to keep it all straight and clear for all my readers. So enjoy the new layout and thanks for reading everyone! :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Fashionista Neck Post

So I had been hearing about the neck posts in the Fashionista dolls, but no one was showing them. They were saying that it was hard to get the heads off and that they had to cut the heads open to get them off. This initially worried me about trying to take the head off of one, but it was not bad at all. What you need to focus on is plenty of heat and plenty of patience.

I hit the plastic of the doll head with direct heat from my hair dryer for a few seconds. I had to do it about three times before some gentle pulling allowed the head to pop off. Heat is your friend people. ;-) But yeah, once the head is off you can cut the tabs off the post or cut the post down all together. I did neither since I don't plan on reheading the dolls. I just popped Tracey's head on and I was done with it.

So yeah, I hope I helped calm any fears any of you had of trying to take a Fashionista head off. Oh, and yes, that is a roll of toilet paper she is sitting on. I needed to prop her up on something and hey...at least you know I use it. ;-) LOL! Bye guys.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Fashionista Tracey...maybe not safe for work. Doll nudity.

So, since Fab Girl Barbie couldn't be rebodied, I decided to give her body to my vintage Tracey doll. I think its a great fit, and I love getting to play with her gain. I took some pictures of her to show her off. Warning, this may not be safe for work. A bit of doll nudity follows.









So excited about her liberation, Tracey takes to taunting poor Cutie about losing her flexible body and having to settle for Tracey's old one. :-D









Shall we dance?



So exciting to see how she can hold another doll. Granted its weird to see her holding a nude and headless body, but you understand what I mean. ;-)



Aww, look at Cutie being a trooper and accepting defeat. :-)





I eventually want to touch up Tracey's makeup. Her lips have slight rub marks. But I want to find the right peachy color. I may try to mix some. Fingers crossed. As for now, if its too bad I will adjust it digitally. So I hope you enjoyed seeing my new Fashionista. :-) Bye for now guys.

Loves ya,
Mouse

Fab Girl Barbie...a bit disappointing.

So a while back I learned about Fab Girl Barbie. She reminded me of my old Day to Night Barbie doll, and it made me want her. I thought her hair trick was cute too and that made me want her more. He clothes and accessories were cute too, so it was a no-brainer then. I had to have her. But she was 20 bucks and something told me that I did not want to spend 20 bucks on her. So I kept passing on her when I had the money for her. I felt I'd regret it, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money.

Fast forward to Christmas and I found her on Amazon for 10 dollars cheaper. My sister bought her for me for Christmas and I was so excited to get her. I went out and got a Fashionista body for a body swap, because I hated the body she was on, and I had plans to reroot her with pink hair. Well when I got her I opened her up and...wtf? The strings that control her hair trick go through her back and the top of her head. For some reason I thought it went all through her head. So she had to stay on her body. :-( Very disappointing.



To top things off, her clothes are very cheap fabric that snag and rip easily and her accessories are ok, but nothing exciting once you get them in person. The compact doesn't even stay closed. So it was all disappointing. I put her to the side and ignored her a few days. Finally I picked her up and looked at her. I mended the tiny rips in her bodysuit and I looked at her hair. I could still reroot her if I wanted, it would just be a bit trickier taking off her head I believe. I may try it. Not sure yet.

I named her Blythe because her string pulling action makes me think of Blythe dolls. She's not a bad doll, just not a very poseable doll. However that's ok, I use the stiff joint dolls in backgrounds of my stories for filler and back action. So it'll work out. She'll make a nice sales clerk or something. Meh.



Oh, see the chains on her arm? They came from the oddest of places. The other day my mom found some stainless steel pots and pans on discount at Walmart, so she bought six of them. They all had these ball chains on them and my mom gave them to me to make jewelry for my dolls out of. My guys will be stylin' soon. Just need to find some nice charms for them. I might have something now, but will have to look. If anything, the chain alone will look nice. I love jewelry for dolls and love making it. So this is a challenge I'm more than glad to take on. When I find suitable charms I'll update you on. :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Kmart action figures are crap!

Ok, so a couple of years ago when I got into collecting dolls for photostories, I started collecting action figures. Since I was, and still am, on a budget, I looked for cheaper dolls that looked decent. That lead me to stores like Walmart and Kmart. In both stores I found these box sets of 3 male figures. The one from Kmart had a blond figure, a brunette figure, and an AA figure. The blond figure lost his arm, but I still used him in stories as an amputee character. I'll have to dig up old pictures of him or save it for the story and just say he got a donor arm or something. Humm. Anyway, the other two figures were just fine. Well, when things started happening in life I packed my dolls away in a plastic storage box and that is where they all stayed a few years, until the other day.

I opened the box and started looking through my dolls again and when I got to the bottom of the box I found two of the figures, that were perfect when I put them in safely and organized, were laying there with broken arms and legs. Now this storage box hadn't be touched in years. All my other dolls were fine. Even the one with the broken arm was fine. But the other two were broken. I am guessing from the weather change the plastic got weak and broke. :-(

The only lucky think is the brunette one was the same coloring of the blond that had already been in a story and was the father of triplets. So I wanted to keep him, and as luck would have it the one arm on the brunette that wasn't broken was the exact arm that broke on the blond. Well one screwdriver and a few curse words later I had him all fixed up. I kept certain things from the other dolls, the heads and screws, and bid the rest farewell.



So here is my character, Tom or Thom...still deciding on the spelling of it, all together and ready for his close up, literally. I did not put him back in the box with the other dolls. I'll let him stay out and about and hopefully the weather change won't affect him to much.

So there is my first bit of slight customizing for the year. Hey, its something. More to come. :-)

Loves ya,
Mouse

Oh and ps-
Stay away from crappy Kmart generic dolls. They're crap. :-)