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I am always surprised when I hear someone my age talking about having Barbie dolls.  Maybe it was because we were poor when I was growing up, but I never had a Barbie.  I thought they came out later.

I had a Jill doll.  Just like the one on the right.  Only I didn’t have that killer skirt. She was bigger than a Barbie but not a lot bigger.  I loved my Jill doll but I didn’t make it to adulthood with her.  I wonder where she is?

I also had a 3 foot tall bride doll.  I did keep her.  She was very special to me.  She was the only toy I managed to keep.  Then I married “him”.  He broke her and sent her to his sister-in-law who owned For the Love of Dolls in Dallas. (I don’t know if she still owns it.)  She was going to repair my doll and return it to me.  She didn’t.  We got divorced and now I’ve lost my precious childhood treasure.

Originally published at . You can comment here or there.

Well, I don’t think anyone is reading my blog. At least they aren’t commenting if they are. But I guess I like to find out what I’m going to say, because I look forward to posting my entries. So, I’m going to continue and hope that people will flock here eventually.

I am not sure exactly what it is that makes me/us want to blog. Many do it as a money making venture. While that would certainly be nice, that’s not my motivation. I just always have something to say, and this gives me the illusion that people are listening to me. Or that they are looking at and enjoying my art.

Since I started my blog, I”ve been more aware of leaving comments on and submitting other people’s blog posts. I am learning the feeling of writing and feeling like no one is listening.

So, if you do stop by, leave a comment will ya?

I have found a wordpress plugin that will let me crosspost my blog posts to live journal.  At least this will keep me active here.  I do come read my friends posts, but never feel like I have time to enter anything.  Hopefully the technology will work, and i’ll sort of be back here.

I really miss you all!