Those Doll Related Christmas Gifts I Mentioned

   Hello! I haven't disappeared. We've been getting electrical work done at the house, so we've been there. I'm still clearing up things that were thrown around after the fire. I'm also finding more damage than I thought. We had wonderful pocket doors between the foyer and the living room, and I discovered the other day that they won't pull out any more. Another area of the wall in the foyer has gone from looking fine, to looking a bit bulgey, to the plaster being ready to drop out. At least the lathe is still there, so I think I can plaster that, unlike Fuzz's room, where the lathe has been chopped out. That will have to be drywalled, which I really hate. My sister tells me that I am not capable of plastering, "even if we do have it in our blood". (Our grandpa was a professional plasterer.) All I can say is, I'm going to try to channel Grampa and do it myself, because we can't afford  to have it done.

  As it has been so dark, with no electricity and the windows boarded up, there are other things I come across. With no windows in Fuzz's room for a few days, and the boards that are on them not really sealing the windows up, 'things' get in. We've had at least two birds in the house while we've been out. Ken got one out of the house, but he found a dead one in the basement. (We've had to keep the basement door open, because our cat Arky won't come upstairs, or let himself be caught. He's been down there for a year now! I got him upstairs twice, and since then, he won't come up.) So, what do birds do? Besides singing, I mean. I keep finding more places the birds pooped all over the house. And mice. It's going to be a lot of work when we get back in!

  But enough of that. I said I'd show you my doll related Christmas gifts. Here's the first one. Ken bought me this cute pig ornament when we went shopping at Jungle Jim's, a huge store where they have everything, including foods from around the world.

 

    Ken also got me this Calico Critters Tea and Treats set.

I want real yard furniture like this.

  Since it's for Calico Critters it's more dollhouse sized than fashion doll sized. It fits Tammy World's brother, Gareth, quite well.

  Not too long ago I showed you some Smiskis. Ken got me three.

One of them was an adult and a baby Smiski.

They glow in the dark, and they do it much better than the Boo Berry he also got me.

Emma got me this Alice in Wonderland Tea Party set by Re-Ment.

  It's not the whole tea party. You buy it in pieces. I got the set with the rabbit.

She also got me a World's Smallest Scrabble. I already have two, but I didn't want to tell her that. Maybe I can trade one for a different game at some point.

And Emma also got me an actual working mini Rubik's Cube type puzzle.

And this mini mini golf set.

And in non doll related news, she also got me tickets to see an Alice in Wonderland ballet in February.

  Ivy was making something for me, but it isn't finished yet. But she brought me my other gifts: three Miniverse Make It Mini Food sets.

 

There were two pumpkin pie ones. Ivy didn't know they said what they were on the label. That's okay though. You can have two pumpkin pies.

There was also a coffee set. I'll pretend it's chocolate milk. I hate coffee.

The packages were decorated with Halloween things.

Oh, Emma also got me this mini box set, with mini labels and packing tape.

  The set of boxes comes from Temu, because I liked it when I saw it on there. I wouldn't buy it though, because it was one of those things I reacted to with, "I  could make something like that."

  My sister got me this cute tiny turtle, because, how cute is this guy?

  And of course you already saw the amazing hand made Pee Wee Herman doll my sister made for me, and the cool 11" Pee Wee doll that she bought for me, and the Muppet Christmas Carol Gonzo, and the Made to Move Barbie Ken got for me. I am hoping to get back into our house sometime this month, but it's a race. Our windows are supposed to be installed on the 23rd. Yay!

What I Got For Christmas

  I'm not gone! I'm still here. I've just been taking a break. You may have read me say I have been having some health concerns, but I think it's stress. I'm still having problems, but I'm feeling better. I'm not going into it more, because this is my happy place.
  Meanwhile,it's freezing again.The day before yesterday it was in the high 50's,(Fahrenheit.). yesterday our street looked like this.

  It's even deeper today.
  I was so busy over Christmas, that for the first year since I've been doing the blog I didn't find time to do my Christmas list. (Fortunately for me,Ken shopped my Ebay watching list!) So, I'm going to post my birthday wish list this year. My birthday is in March, so Ken will have some time. I'll be working on that. In the meantime,here's what I got for Christmas.
  I'll save the most 'doll' gift for another post in a day or two.
   So,first of all,I finally got the Target elves I've been wanting for the past few years,ever since Emma got one. (You can see Emma's on his Doll-A-Day post HERE.)

I got the girl too! These were from Ken. I did more than hint when we were shopping at Target,so he couldn't help but know I wanted them.
Ivy made me a vase in her ceramics class and bought me this Fozzie Bear.

He's about 10" tall. Good,isn't he?
I also got plenty of movies. These were from Ken.

And these were from Emma.

Plus Ken got me these boxed sets I've been after for years.

The original "Poldark",which was my version of a soap opera during my teens.

Ken got me the new Neil Finn,(Ex-Crowded House and Split Enz),album,on vinyl,just like I wanted.

He also got me some reading material.

Ken also got me the Shirley Temple stamp I only recently found out had been made,and these new old cards to replace some of the cards in my childhood 'Touring' game that are starting to fall apart,since Ken and I play it all the time.

They're old, but they're still sealed,because Ken knows how OCD I am about used things,(In spite of owning so many old,used things!)

My friend Lori got me a Wizard of Oz calendar,a t-shirt,and a joke gift.(Those are political, so I'll keep it to myself.)

  I got some sweets from Ken's sister Diane,including Italian Nougat,and vanilla biscuits. I got a giant box of my favourite chocolates,Russell Stover,and some Tootsie Roll hot chocolate from Ken. (The hot chocolate was sadly disappointing.)

Ken's sister Gloria gave me some insulated socks.

Emma also got me some cute socks.

A Beatles t-shirt.

And some Whittard's Cherry Bakewell Biscuits.

And she also got me this Funko Batman Bookworm figure.

The Bookworm was played by one of my favourite actors since I was 7 years old,Roddy McDowall.

The figure is a pretty good likeness.

  This is a small figure. You may have seen my larger Batman Bookworm figure by Figures Toy Co.  HERE.
  Fuzz and his girlfriend Shanna got me this nutcracker and a new sewing box with sewing goodies inside.

 There were a few other stray items. The next time we'll see the one real doll doll I got.