My very first post!!

Hi! Welcome to my blog *_____*

A little about me: I am a mom of 3 awesome kids! And have a wonderful hubby who lives with my craziness. He's an enabler of sorts! Heeheehee

My passions aka madness are (in no particular order); my birds, my dogs, my family, my dolls, my house... don't worry, I will hound you all with pics o_O

Right now I am taking a break from cleaning the bird room. Ovey! What a mess! I absolutely hate cleaning cages, especially the budgie's cage and have actually been thinking of getting rid of it. I mean, they would rather sleep on the boing that is above their cage, so why have a cage???

The bigger bird's cages are easier to keep clean because they are never in theirs and they don't poop as often as the budgies.

Although, Peanut, my lovebird, is being punished in his cage right now because he was being a pain as I was *trying* to clean cages. It's summer and that means that it is mating season. *sigh* So 3 of our 10 birds want romance LOLOLOL but with the wrong species!!!! I demand dinner before I am romanced, but not THAT kind of dinner!!!!

So....now what should I talk about???

How about dolls???

I lubs my dolls! Strawberry Shortcakes being my favs! I just love to get an older neglected doll off of Ebay and turn her into a beautiful little girl. They get the spa treatment here.

My new favorite doll to tote around is Yotsuba doll. Ohmygosh, she is just toooo cute! She can be posed in so many different poses and she comes with different faces and hands, much like a BJD and a Pinky Street doll. I wonder if she is the offspring of these 2 dolls LOL Seriously, (as serious as one can get when talking about dolls LOL) she is so much fun!

Hey, that reminds me of the recent news reports about doll people. An actual doctor diagnosed us as being nuts. Ummm, I am just as sane as the person who collects coins, Boyds Bears, shoes, stamps, antique glass, action figures...I could go on but I won't. I lied, I am going to go on...what about the people who collect matchbox cars or Harley Davidson stuff? Are they nuts too? What is the difference between any of the collections that I mentioned compared to doll collecting?

I can understand where people think that a doll that looks like a real baby can be creepy. I think those puppets are creepy and I do not understand a person who collects coins...I'm sorry, but I can not figure that one out. But, it is not my place to call another person nuts for collecting ANYTHING!

A person who collects baseball cards, wants to keep those cards in pristine condition. A person who collects dolls, also wants to keep them in pristine condition. And, that may mean that they dress them in cute clothes and do their hair. I love to redress my dolls and do their hair like how I did my daughter's hair. Except my dolls don't scream and fidget when I pull their hair accidently...or do they??? Joking!!

Anyway, back to my point...people collect dolls for various reasons. Some collect them to remind them of their childhood...maybe their mother threw away their dolls when she thought they were too old for dolls. Some collect dolls because they are cute and those are the ones who usually keep them in their original clothing and hair style. Some collect them for the monetary value and those are usually the ones that never take them out of their boxes. And then there are some who collect them to actually play with. Hey! Do not make fun! If grown men and play video games, why can't grown women play with a doll? Lots of women get a doll to redress, do their hair, put into adorable poses, put into doll houses, etc etc.

And then there are the women who collect dolls because a particular doll reminds them of a child that they lost or of their child/children when they were young. I have a few dolls that look like how my children did when they were babies.

I do not collect dolls for the amount of money that I can get when I sell them. None of my dolls are that expensive. And a doll only retains its value if other's want that particular doll. No one wants the dolls that I have LOL Also, when I get a doll, I do not intend to resell it. I tend to keep it so I redress it and have fun :o) Am I crazy? No, don't answer that!