A Few Random Dolls and Another Car

   I don't get on the computer very often these days, so I get ideas for posts, and then they get outdated before I ever get around to them. I still haven't posted the Christmas gifts that reader Treesa sent me year before last! I also have a gift Ken got me for Valentine's Day, and a birthday gift to show you. But here's a quick post in the meantime.

  For those of you who are following the continuing story of our vehicle problems, here's the latest. For those of you only interested in the dolls, and bored with my life, (And who can blame you?), skip ahead to the dolls.

  So our recently purchased van died, and we were left without a vehicle again. My sister had a brainstorm. Her friend had been complaining of having too many cars for years. (Oh, to have those sorts of problems!) She wanted to give my sister one of her cars that she didn't drive very often. My sister had been refusing, saying "You can't give me a car!" But it occurred to her that if her friend gave her that car, then she could give us her car. So she proposed the idea. I, having not much choice, agreed. So she took her car in to have the oil changed. After that some of the warning lights on the dashboard came on. She took it in to have that checked. It was found that the car needed a new battery. Then they discovered some other problems. The free car ended up costing about $1000. But we got $400 for the van we paid $800 for, from the salvage guy, and the person we bought the van from is giving us back $300. That means the free car was only really $300...sort of. That's not bad. We basically paid $100 to drive the van for 3 weeks. So we finally got everything fixed on my sister's car, and we brought it home. So far so good.

  Ken goes to have his other stents put in soon. Don't forget to send him all your good vibes and prayers, or whatever you have. We'll take all the good stuff. Now, on to the dolls. 

  I spotted some dolls I hadn't seen before at a few places lately. Some were interesting, so I thought I'd share them with you. First of all, there are these Harry Potter dolls.

  I hadn't seen the ones with accessories before. There were also these Diagonally Collectible Shops sets. I hadn't seen these either. They're pretty nice, with some cool minis in them. My favourite is the one with the chess game.

  I spotted those at Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati. You might remember my post on Smiskis, and all the Smiskis they had at Jungle Jim's.. Well they got rid of all those displays, but they have new ones, and loads more Smiski options, including lamps, zipper pulls, plush dolls and plush purses.

  I think this house is a Robotime mini room collection, but they used it to display the Smiskis.

  A lot of you might not be old enough to remember the Alligator King cartoon on Sesame Street. Emma didn't, so they must have stopped using it by the time she came along. But I remember it very well. Not too long ago I spotted this figure.

    As a kid it took me a while to figure out what that mustache was supposed to be.

  The line of retro toys has been expanded.

  These little Tote-ily dolls are cute. They each comes with a mini backpack that can be used for storing the doll, as a purse, or as a mini backpack for a larger doll.

 

    So that's it for right now. As I said, I still have some ideas for posts that I need to get around to. If I do: see you soon.