Well, I know I love doll people now...

...as if I didn't always! There has been so much wonderful response to my posts. Anyone who loves things that are beautiful and wants to surround themselves with them, gotta be kinda nice, doncha think? That's my take on the whole matter. Of course, the fact that they are fun and interesting as well helps a lot. ;D 

     

Now...how about that Derby! Those horses giving it everything they've got just thrilled me to the middle of my mind and heart. Being born a Kentuckian, maybe that's sorta what I'm supposed to feel like. Don't know—but it's there, even though I only lived in the state off and on for about eight-plus years total. 

I do love horses, but then if a critter's got four feet (or at least is supposed to) and fur (ditto), I'm loving it. I'm animal-less—starting 2013 October 3—for the first time since I can't remember when. Maybe for the time I was away at college but not any more than that! My family always had a critter to two around and when I got my first apartment in grad school I got a kitty first thing. For years I had two dogs and three cats. When an older "baby" passed on, there always seemed to be a little one mewing or whining at the door needing a mommy. You can read the sad tale of my last kitty's demise here—if you don't think it will make you too sad. It gets to me every time I look at that lovely little face, I have to say.

Enough of sadness! I am very happy to be finding homes for my lovely girls and all their stuff. I'm very pleased to see all the interest. I am also quite ashamed that I hollered "wolf"—"Gene"?—before I was 100% ready. The workpersons have come and gone. I have a lovely new cooking space and lots more storage than before. 

As interesting additions to the situation, a relative from SO CAL dropped by on Tuesday night (that would be May 5) and by interesting coincidence a couple of family folks from north of us stopped in for lunch on Wednesday (yep, May 6) on their way to some sort of conference near here. Since the the water in the kitchen was turned off the day before so the pipes would drain by the time they ripped out the sink on the 6th, needless to say we went OUT for lunch!

However, they all understood the situation and I now have a lovely kitchen! I love my relatives to pieces, and with visitors to entertain and be entertained by, I wasn't be sitting around freaking while the workpersons were pounding and ripping and sawing and so forth. All around win-win!

All this by way of saying I haven't had a lot of time to dig around in the storeroom to check out where everything is, sorting out what I want to keep and listing what I will be offering to you all! But starting tomorrow, it'll be me in the storeroom finding treasures for Y'ALL!!! 

Stay tuned! (Do broadcast people still say that? I don't listen to the radio that much and, uh, don't watch TV—don't have a set or an iPad or anything. Please don't report me to the media police!!!)