davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[davidd]

OR.... you could just rip the whole top off and start over and then it'll all match!  

 

I would have liked to do that, but then I started counting. Replacing a deck requires a LOT of lumber! 

I'm sure that fun financial fact is still resonating with you. 

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31 October - A Doll A Day 2023:
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Break Time!

No way! Really?

[Alliecat]

Yep… Although the labour cost more than the lumber.

This is really cute. Come on girls, get dressed up and go out!!

[davidd]

Yep… Although the labour cost more than the lumber.

Ya needs ta invest in some Smart Dolls instead. They may not make the work go faster, but they sure help it go funner! 

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1 November - A Doll A Day 2023:

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Got the sun in the mornin' to get me outta bed
Got an old hat to cover my head
Got me a river outside my door
Got ever'thin' I need, I don't need much more
–– lyrics to an early-1970s television beer commercial

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Bratz Selfie-Snaps Yasmin gets ready to hit the The Mother Road once again! See y'all in Albuquerque... or Texarkana... or Mobile... or Daytona Beach! Or wherever and whenever we have Internet service again!

[Alliecat]

Wow, Florida already??!
Safe travels! Looking forward to seeing which of your gang got to go with you this time.
I hope it'll be a little more restful with a little less work this year.

[dargosmydaddy]

Hope you have a safe journey!

[davidd]

A DOLL A DAY 2023 - CATCHING UP AGAIN

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2 November: You Know You're Road Trippin' When You're in Love's!

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3 November: "You're saying this ISN'T the right place?"

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4 November: "Ohhh... that's more like it!"

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5 November: This Little Yellow House will be Home for the Next Few Months*

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6 November: "Ocean Time -- YAY!"

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"Wheee! That was fun!"

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Yas found a dolly-sized mangrove pod!

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Yas plants her mangrove pod in a cup of water to see if it will grow!

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7 November: "Where th' heck have YOU been for the past seven months?"

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* Possibly the final season in Florida. Gonna have to do some serious financial calculatin' over the winter. Maintaining a "second home" is turning out to be more eggspensive than initially anticipated.

[Alliecat]

Ahhh, how lovely and warm it looks! Months of vacation >SIGH<
That is just the cutest bed!
And I did wonder at first glance if "Floydada" was a joke sign

...Yeah, 2 houses sounds like an ex$pensive proposition. Aside from that I'm sure I'd always be wanting some item and then realizing "oh bleep, it's at the other house."

[davidd]

That is just the cutest bed!

And I did wonder at first glance if "Floydada" was a joke sign  

Aside from that I'm sure I'd always be wanting some item and then realizing "oh bleep, it's at the other house."

The doll bed was marketed as a Sindy Day Dreaming Bed in the UK and Europe, and as a Maxie Day Dreaming Bed in the US. I don't know if Canada in the 1990s mostly carried UK items or US items.

The sign was a totally random find. I had no idea I would be passing through Floydada, Texas, or that such an absurd place name even existed.

Apparently prices range from cheap to reasonable were one to consider living there:

Cheap: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhom...9101-54922

Reasonable (relatively... I guess):  https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhom...7004-11638

Yes, the "I wonder if I left it at the other house" issue is occasionally an issue, although definitely a "First World Problem" type problem. The problem for me is that I'm attempting to live a First World Lifestyle on a Third World Budget.

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8 November - A Doll A Day 2023:

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Beachcombing

[davidd]

9 November - A Doll A Day 2023:

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Beware! The Blob!

[davidd]

10 November - A Doll A Day 2023:
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Red Hibiscus

[Alliecat]

Ahhhh.... shades of Hawai'i....
That's a funky hibiscus -- a double/ruffled one?
Love the beach pix.

I imagine both houses would end up costing about the same once you did all the fixeruppering the cheap one probably needs.
WHYYYY are the house styles that I like all Down There and not Around Here?? Brick ranch in the Maritimes... forget it

[davidd]

Alliecat

WHYYYY are the house styles that I like all Down There and not Around Here?? Brick ranch in the Maritimes... forget it

Ha ha! And I like the Cape Cod style houses with clapboard siding!

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11 November - A Doll A Day 2023:

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Surf Wading

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[Alliecat]

Ha ha, I was scrolling down ex-pecting to see a picture of a faceplant

[davidd]

Ha ha, I was scrolling down ex-pecting to see a picture of a faceplant  

Not this time! She's getting her sea legs back!

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12 November - A Doll A Day 2023:

Photo-story scene

[Alliecat]

She’s pretty. Is this one of the ones you thought was “uncanny”?