Doll-A-Day 2023 #107: Takara Who?

     I had Ken bring the amaryllis out of the house so they could get started when I was there mowing the grass the other week. They only got to stay out a couple of days, which was long enough for them to get some rain at least. Then they had to go right back in because we've had freezing temperatures on and off at night ever since! Those things are never going to start. Of course, there's no heat in the house either, so they may already be dead. That didn't occur to me at first. I hope they're alive. With my black thumb they are just about the only non-yard plants I've been able to keep alive. Emma and Fuzz and I all carried one home on the way from their elementary school one day. A lady who always had a yard full of plants had died, and there were paper grocery bags of amaryllis in her front yard with a 'free' sign on them. So we each brought one home. We didn't have Ivy yet, so Fuzz, who just turned 28, must have been 3 or 4 years old. The amaryllis have propagated very well over the years and I have given many of them away. I think I had 13 at one time. Ivy hates them and has been wishing they'd die for years. She may have gotten her wish. Now on to the doll!

  Today's little girl is from Saturday's doll show too. Let's have a look at her.

  I thought she was worth the $2 the dealer was charging, especially since I think she has her original outfit. 

My sister was pressuring me to get the Talking Bill Clinton doll, so I could hardly think straight anyway.

 She's had a haircut. But she's still cute.

  I've seen repaints of some dolls with this face sculpt, and they were really cute with blushy faces and darker, more realistic lips. Since she's not all original now anyway, with the hair cut, I might not feel too bad about customizing her.

  I don't know which doll she is. Is she Jenny? There were a bunch of Takara dolls with these markings.

I have looked the markings up and it looks like she's from the 80's though. I can say that much...I think.

  If you're familiar with Takara Jenny dolls and such, you'll know they are a little small compared to a Barbie. This one isn't the little 9 inch doll, (Like the one I have that you may have seen HERE.), but she's a smaller overall doll than a Barbie.

  So there she is. 

  That's the doll for today. Tomorrow we'll check out a doll I got at the show before this one. She's been hanging around, waiting for her day. It's about time she got it.

Happy Birthday to Me! And Jenny By Mattel

  Tomorrow is my birthday. I certainly hope I feel better than I have for the past 3 days! I am staying home and hopefully all the kids will be here. I'm having food from a local Italian restaurant brought in, and we're just going to hang around. We might play a game or something, watch a movie maybe. As long as everybody is here, that's what makes me happy.
  I know I said I was going to post a birthday wish list,but I changed my mind. I decided to forego the wish list and have Ken and I buy sparingly for each other's birthdays,instead putting the most of the money we would have spent toward a trip to England. Ken has been saving ever since we got back the last time. He really enjoyed going home again, for the first time in over 30 years,and it just made him itchy to go again. I have given up on going,because we just can't afford for both of us to go. I've been trying to make some money for the trip, but I'm never going to have enough in time. Now it looks like Ken may not to get to go either. His work place was going to do a remodel and he was going to go while they were closed and he couldn't have been working anyway. Now they are saying the remodel might not happen for 3 or 4 months, which puts it farther into the expensive season. So it may not happen anyway,and if it does, I have more time to save money. But instead, I am going to see a friend in Texas at the end of the month. I haven't seen her since we went there when Emma was about 3 years old! No offense Emma, but that was quite a while ago! (24 years this summer.) Lisa, my friend  is treating me to "An evening with John Cleese",where there will be a screening of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", and a talk by John Cleese, along with a question and answer session. Lisa and I have both always been huge Monty Python devotees,so it's the perfect thing for us to do! She's taking the week off,so we'll have lots of time to catch up on 24 years apart.
  In the meantime,here's a doll I picked up yesterday. I had to take Ken to work so I could have the van to pick Ivy up later.She was demonstrating the clay wheel at school. So, when I dropped Ken off I stopped at Goodwill, which is in the same center.

This is Jenny, by Mattel.

Red hair and brown eyes! Yay!

She was from the series of large Kelly,(Barbie's baby sister), and friends dolls,made in the early 2000's. Ivy was obsessed with Kelly dolls when she was tiny, and she has one of the large Kellys.

She measures about 16" tall.

 I got the chair at Goodwill yesterday too.

I actually have one of these Jenny dolls,and just bought this girl for her clothes.Once I got her home and was tidying her a bit for this post,I realized she has much better bangs than mine. 

They just need to be retrained to lay down.

I'll probably upgrade and keep this one.

I'll be showing you some more Goodwill finds soon.