Seen Posted

GIGANTIC
MULTI FAMILY
YARD SALE
in LOFTON
NEXT SATURDAY
WEATHER PERMITTING

NOTE: This is a fictional yard sale for the Doltonites.

I also posted on the Dolton and the Health blogs yesterday.

Keeping Jack

Although I have had the Jack Sparrow doll for over a year now (26th July '06) it has taken me almost this long to decide to make him a resident. He will join the Silkendale clan. For two reasons; 1) they need males LOL and 2) he is in their height group. I had put two of my President dolls (JFK and FDR) in that nationality also. So Jack will fit right in, as all politicians are a bunch of pirates aren't they! LOL

And the third reason, he will be in the Silkendale clan is he has run off with, or kidnapped one of the silkies!!! Can you guess which one? There may be a short story to go with this pic. Stay tuned!

Note: She wouldn't fit over his shoulder without falling off that is why she's positioned this way. But I'm sure you get the idea!

BTW I also posted on the Dolton blog today, showing off two of my newest outfits that I won on ebay!

More Ponchos, this time for Dusty doll

Since this wool was a bit thick, although not as bad as most of my wool, I thought the poncho would suit my Dusty doll. But it also fits Barbie too, as you can see.

Instead of the eyelash trim, which doesn't look good on the thicker wool, I tried this type of trim instead. Not sure what this yarn is called but I do like it. It's 100% polyester, yet has no stretch. I used to use this yarn as trim on my doll coats when I was sewing a few years back. I am also currently crocheting scarves (for real people) from it.

Funny how the hats turned out so different, yet they were both made exactly the same!!

Today is gloomy but not cold. I have to go to work early today as the jackpot is $35 million tonight!

Catch you all later.

Busy Day

No pic today as I was out and about for most of the afternoon. Went to IKEA and picked up another cabinet for the Heights. Now I have to wait for Jack to come home and put it together for me. It will be the 5th one for this room!
Busy busy busy at work. Jackpots are high again, not because of no winners, there are. But a couple of times during the year the Lottery Commission adds extra money from winnings that have never been claimed, for whatever reason. If you win the lottery here in Canada, you have a year to claim it, otherwise it goes back into the pot. So each week now the jackpot has been 20 million and growing. It's $35 million tomorrow! I may have to buy a ticket LOL
Also today, two packages arrived with sweaters that I have won on ebay. Two for my Venetian gals, one for a Ken and a coat/dress/sweater for a Barbie. Later this week I will get the residents dressed in their new attire.
It's much cooler here but still my kind of weather. I am one of those menopausal women still running around without a coat, while the rest of humanity are bundled up in parkas and scarves! Gee whiz it's not really that cold out. But the wind makes it feel that way. At least I have resigned myself to wearing shoes and socks, up til Sunday I was still in my flip flops LOL
As I mentioned it is really busy at work and so I am working every second evening now. And most likely will be until xmas. Still crocheting like mad when I am home as I am making (and hopefully finishing) all the xmas gifts this year. Well it's a plan anyway LOL
Anita wrote from Sweden and she now has 5" of snow on the ground. So I guess winter is there to stay now. Out in western Canada they got some snow too (Alberta) so I guess it's coming this way eventually.
If I have some time I will post on the Health Blog later, check just in case. But tonight is my big TV night as I have shows running back to back right through from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m. If I can last that long! Writer's strike south of the border won't affect my shows as they are all Canadian made. Plus there is always hockey if I am tv desperate LOL
Well I'm off to start supper. Going to make those chicken fingers again, that I posted on Diane's recipe blog, last month. They turned out pretty good last time even Jack liked them. He's not one to eat that kind of food. But I am always looking for something different to do with chicken! Instead of bread crumbs though I am using crotons laced in garlic.
Anyway hope you all are doing well out there. Oh Max, I finished your items. Do you want a pic before I package them up? LMK okay.
Catch you all later, or tomorrow.

Jaime has new job

Jaime has a new job---after being out of work for exactly two months and beginning to droop around the house she is now employed full time. It is really funny (make that strange) the way it happened. She had responded to dozens of online applications through both Career Builder and Monster and was contacted by a temp service called Woods Temporary Service. They sent her to interview with Enterprise (yep the car company) they told her to dress business casual---she went business casual --dress pants, jacket and knitted blouse---seems their idea of business casual is to have their business jackets off---she said it looked like everyone was just getting ready to go or coming back from a funeral. Then they (Woods) called her the next week and offered her a telemarketing job----we hate telemarketing so why would we do that to someone else ???? She emailed some friends she had worked with at Pinnacle and told them the work search was not going well and she was looking for a receptionist job and whether it was in construction she didn't care. All day long on Tuesday we were working with Meg's computer and the email wasn't opened. About eight that night we got through and ran the email and their was one from one of the girls she had worked with that has a job at another construction company needing help. Seems the dog jumped out of the SUV and took off in one direction and her boyfriend's leg took off in another and he broke both bones in that leg and had to have surgery and she was out of work all week with him. Her boss had told her the Friday before the bone break incident that she could hire a receptionist and someone to help her file---they had been hiring temps and seems these girls did not have any idea of how the alphabet worked---in other words the files were in a mess. Seems Katie needed someone to fill in for her the remainder of the week---Jaime said she could do that cause it wouldn't be enough money to mess up her unemployment benefits so she went in for Katie on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Friday morning the boss asked Jaime if she would like to work with them -----he called her references and had her take some personality tests----we were concerned about them but she came through with flying colors. He called her the following Monday and told her to come in on Tuesday. After they talked about her salary he asked her if she could start that afternoon and she told him she had brought her lunch with her so she started full time last Tuesday at ten . She will be making a little less than she was at her last job---but her drive is only twenty minutes from home and she works from eight until four thirty and the people have personalities. She is allowed to wear jeans (as long as they have no holes ) and sneakers if she wants to. We went out and bought some black jeans and one pair of dark blue this past weekend. We are planning a polyester dress pants burning :) The only thing she can't wear is tee shirts but she can wear her cute tees on the weekends.
We had storms pass through last night and there is a cold front on the way for tonight so I guess the growing season is over---I can put up the lawn mowers until spring :)

New (Temporary) Set up in the Heights

For the past two days I have been moving, tearing apart (book shelves) and rearranging a small area in Dolton Heights. Today's pic is the result. It is temporary as I realized I have just enough room to insert a new cabinet! With 2" to spare no doubt LOL So Tuesday I'll be off to Ikea for another cabinet for this spot. Then my Silkstones can move back into the Heights and the Venetians can move back into the dining room cabinet where they will have more room to 'entertain'!
It's cool here today, my kind of weather. But....the weatherman predicts snow by the end of the week! I doubt it will stay if it even comes at all! Probably just snow showers, enough to make driving hazerdous.
Been really busy at work, crazy actually cos the jackpots for all the lotteries are high and xmas shopping is upon us! I'll be working 3 nights this week. Dolly Money *grin*

Check out the Dolton Blog for more pix.
Hope you all are having a good weekend!

New arrival in Crofton

Hollywood Hostess arrived today and was deboxed immediately. I love this doll's face! Full review on my yahoo blog for those who care. ; )