davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

Oh, wow, that was... very much the type of adventure you do not want to deal with. 

Seems silly to mention that the doll is not one I've seen before now...

To quote author and philosopher G. K. Chesterton: An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. So yes, I suppose this situation could be considered an adventure.

Three "Flairies" dolls were released by Mattel in conjunction with the Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale movie, circa 2010. They stand about 9 inches (23cm) tall. The heads are vinyl and the bodies are hard plastic, much like Novi Stars, articulated at the shoulders and hips, and... covered with glitter! That would be glued-on type glitter, the kind that sheds copiously, so, much like real fairies, the Flairies leave trails of fairy dust wherever they go.

She's adorable and I hope everything will work as intended soon! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Ugh, that sounds awful. Glim'r looks confident that things will work out, though.

With the help of "Flairy Power"... ermm... I'm hoping I will not have to call a pump repair service. The cost could easily reach in to the thousand-dollar range... which is a lot even in Euros (~€900) or Sterling (~£775). I mean, that's enough to buy two Smart Dolls or... well, it used to buy ten Pullips, but not so much anymore.

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10 May – Flairies Shim'R, Shyn'E, and Glim'R Are Not Afraid to Get Down and Dirty with Plumbing Repairs

Well... I cannot claim to be confident that the well pump issue has been fixed, per se, but at the moment it is working again. After much online research, several trips to hardware stores, a liberal application of "magic words," and the assistance of three glittery little helpers, the pump appears to be functioning normally... for now.

Here, the Flairies are using abrasive paper to clean the electrical contacts of a part called a Well Pump Pressure Switch. Or at least, they're talking about maybe trying to clean the electrical contacts using abrasive paper.

Yes, those are bones on the floor. I believe I referred to the well pump room as a "crypt" in yesterday's post. I suppose "ossuary" may have been a more accurate term. To the left of the bones... WARNING: NEXT SENTENCE IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH... a matted mat of grey-brown fur is visible. This seems to be all that remains of an unfortunate field mouse, and represents the most photogenic (meaning: least vomit-inducing) of several mouse remains littering the floor of this dank and dismal chamber.

But anything is better with the addition of glitter, right? And WD40 spray can fix almost anything, or anything where duct tape is not really appropriate. So having employed both WD40 and glitter, I'm sure everything is just fine and dandy now.

I sure want it to be, anyway.