Bad Me

I’ve kind of sucked at updating, and it’s not because I’m having a bad week. In fact, I’ve personally had a great week, just busy. It began with a physical on Monday, so okay, the tetanus shot–not so great, as my arm is still sore. But I’ve put in gym time, been taken to lunch by Kathy, shared fun TV with Tim, Tom, and Lynne, and had a riotous time with the dogs. I got a great e-mail from my friend Steve C (which I SO need to answer) and had my usual hilarious phone calls with Jim. I have a very cool gift on the way from my sister. =)

Lynne came over Thursday night for Survivor, Project Runway, and dinner, so I got to spend the day with Sparky and Minute (she drops them off on her way to work when we get together for Survivor night). She brought me some new sunflower serving dishes for no reason except she knew I’d like them. Lindsey brought me lunch on Friday and hung out while I finished my first design for this week’s runway challenge, then she, Rhonda, and Sugar came over for steak night, always a good time. They and Tim helped me name some of the new dolls that have found their way onto The Compound. And Tom, Lindsey, and Rhonda got to play with the Barbies’ Ninja motorcycles–how many people can say they did THAT on Friday night?

I worked for five hours on a post the other day, then realized that probably no one cares what I have to say on the bizarre range of topics I covered, so I never posted it.

At the beginning of September, I was in Target, and walked through the toy aisles, as always. (I don’t hunt dolls there–they rarely have the kinds of dolls I’d buy myself–I just enjoy looking at all toys across both genders and all ages.) As I was looking at JAKKS Pacific’s Juku Couture dolls (if you say “Juku Couture” really fast it sounds like you should be saying “I am the walrus” in front of it) and Spin Master’s LIV dolls, I spied some things that made me happy.

All kinds of kits for hair, make-up, accessory, and fashion design, including Project Runway design challenges. I would have loved to have had one of those little wooden models for figure drawing when I was a kid. I think it’s so cool that some future artist or designer might get her or his beginning with one of these kits. Anything that fosters creativity in children has my approval.

This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so you’ll probably be seeing a lot of my Top-Models-in-Pink user pic. Please don’t forget to self-test monthly, get mammograms as recommended for your age and risk factors, and if you can, donate or find other ways to support research for breast cancer. Thanks!