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Way,

When my oldest daughter was in kindergarten I got a call from the school nurse!

My daughter tried to fake injuries so she could get a Band-Aid with the cute characters on it.

The nurse thought she was cute and went along with it the first few times and bandaged her imaginary injuries, but then she thought it was time for her to put an end to it so my daughter wouldn’t empty her Band-Aid stash! LOL 😆

I had a talk with my daughter about not going to visit the school nurse during recess time.
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Way,

Bratz dolls have a Wikipedia page! 😆
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Need.

Aww that’s cute . That’s also why we switched to the boring plain bandaids . We had that going on too .
I worked in the school my daughter went to . If her friends would come to the nurse for a bandaid or whatever mild thing that they didn’t get sent home for , later they would say to my daughter , “ I saw your mom today “. My daughter’s deadpan response was “ I see her everyday “. I thought that was pretty clever for a little kid . But then again both my kids learned from my husbands humor .
Some of the sick teachers that came down were bigger babies than the kids .
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Way,

Your daughter sounds adorable! My husband has a very chill personality with a very dry wit!

My kids have picked up his sense of humor too. I had a very quirky sense of humor as a kid. I guess I still do.

My cousin and I got into trouble all the time as children. She was usually the instigator! LOL 😆

I am dating myself by saying this, hahaha…We loved listening in on grandma’s party telephone line! LOL 😆

Do you remember party lines? We thought it was hysterical to listen to other people’s conversations! We tried to be very quiet but my cousin would always burst into laughter and then I would laugh. We would get yelled at for listening in, so we hung up the phone. Then the other party would call my grandmother and tell her that we were listening in on the party line again!

My grandmother was so sweet. She corrected us but she was so clever. She bought us a play phone that looked real. It was fun. It was a pair of phones with a long wire in between them. You could hear each other and we had a blast talking on our play telephones. Grandma was pretty smart!
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I worked at Hallmark during the Beanie craze and
Now I have 8 , 33 gallon containers of them up in the attic that are worthless ,pretty much.
And no kids to pass them on to.
:( and that's just one collection I have to find a home for.
I'm so overwhelmed.
Thanks for hearing my whine~
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Need, I too, remember the fun party lines were at grandma's house.

Which leads me to the recommendation for anyone looking for a funny movie, Pillow Talk with Doris Day and Rock Hudson is a hilarious example of why we shouldn't listen on party lines. 🤣
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Luckylu ,

Are you sure ? Someone I know has been selling some of her Beanies . Some of them are rare and collectible . You could look into that.
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Lucky.. you may be surprised at what you can get. Just list them per container and see what happens. People are always looking for the special ones ! My DD sold alot of american girl stuff online, some branded and some not,, and made a killing! You may only get $20 per bin, but thats better than nothing! Don;t list what is in each container,, just list it,, its a treasure hunt!
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Pam , Good point about selling a whole box . Someone would probably buy a box for their kids .
My son did that with some old video games and the game system all together .
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ITRR,

Oh, my gosh! I have watched that movie a bazillion times! I love it! I watched all of the Doris Day films with my mom.

Did you listen in on the party line at your grandmother’s house? My cousin talked me into it!
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My friend has a ton and I mean a ton of Precious Moments figurines . Her own plus her mother’s.
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So, grandma had the best stuff for us to play with. We had pick up sticks, wooden puzzles that grandpa made, a view master with tons of reels, ball and jacks, play telephones, card games, tops with the string to spin, yo-yo, slinky, hula hoop, etch a sketch, etc. I love those old toys!

Oh, grandpa was an amazing carpenter! He made us stilts. I got so good walking on them that I would walk around the block! My friends wanted some too and grandpa made them for all of the kids.

Grandma had one of those hand crank ice cream makers. Oh, my gosh! It was the best ice cream ever and fun to make.

I really did have incredible grandparents. I think they saved me from some of the chaos that went on at home with my oldest brother.
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Tomorrow we help DD move into her new townhouse,, and I have sat off as well. The movers are bringing her large furniture Sun and thank God I am working that day!! tomorrow and sat we will clean, do the kitchen and get the bathrooms set up. I am getting too old for this! She and her dad are going to Lowes for some stuff and hopefully she can sleep there Sun night! She is planning to rent out her condo, and I am so proud of her. But it tore me up when she set me a picture of a card my parents sent her when she bought the condo. They were so proud of her! She is saving that card! Luckily she has friends and her dad to help her Sunday
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Way,

I remember those precious moments figurines.
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Pam,

Isn’t it sweet how sentimental your daughter is?

My mom was so self conscious about her hand writing after she got Parkinson’s disease. She had beautiful handwriting before that.

She wanted me to sign my daughters birthday cards. I told her that she should sign them and they would not care about her shaky writing. They loved the sweet words that she wrote to them. They kept all of my mom’s cards too.
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Thank you for the great suggestion Pam.
It's time to sell or find homes for all my collections and I'm really overwhelmed plus going through all my Mother's belongings,a whole house full.
SO,I need all the suggestions I can get.
I really appreciate it~
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golden: I wouldn't be able to fall asleep during the day, nor could I get by on 5 hours. Had a rough night last night and I will just have to wait till the next sleep cycle.
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LLama, - Hope you sleep better tonight. I just have to go with the flow. and get the sleep when I can. It's better than not getting it at all as when I was working, Now I can adapt my routine around it.

Good news - the alert for the fire south of us has been cancelled and the fire north of us is "being held" meaning it is not likely to spread, so considering the dry conditions, heat and lack of rain that is good work by the fire crews.. Our fire hazard is still considered to be extreme so we still need rain.
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Golden , good news !!
I wish they could collect the rain where it’s falling too much and bring it to the dry areas.
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golden: Thank you. Sorry that you have to 'go with the flow.'
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Prayed for rain to put out the fires, but we had rain here instead. Soaking the new vegetables just planted last month.

I was getting up at 3:00 a.m. to cover them, and my hero went out and rolled them out of the rain. I forgot that I put the planter on the old rolling Bbq.

The weather changes from 88 degree heat and sun, changing to gray and rain is going to ruin my plants. But it's okay, the bunnies need to eat, so when the time comes, I can just put the planter on the ground. We can try again with other seeds best planted later.

We try but often cannot get more than 4-5 hours of sleep a night.
Everybody should try to at least rest, with the full moon now @ 100%
10:00 p.m. PST, Thursday night.

Goodnight Golden, and everybody still awake.
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Good night Send and fellow night owls. Hoping the rain has let up as we’re about to walk the dogs. Augh, my muddy floors. We have pools of standing water scattered about the yard. Our seedlings are still indoors. Risk of frost here generally until 3rd week of May. C’mon sunshine! Rain, go west!
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Several evacuations popping up in Northern Alberta but not close to here thankfully. Yes, rain go west for sure.

However I opened my windows to get some nice cool night air and has to close them again. The smoke from the fires is coming in this direction.

Send I know you are one of the relative insomniacs - part of the CFS/FM I have read

Ana I would welcome some mud right about now. We could send you some sunshine in exchange for the rain.

Thx Llama - it's not like I have a choice.
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Golden,

I’m so sorry to hear about the fires. That’s awful 😞.
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Golden that's not good. February was very dry, no rain and fire season in Florida.
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@Luckylu

You never know with all those Beabie Babies of yours what they're worth. Everything from the past is back in with the kids and they pay big money for it.
Like vinyl record albums. Kids are paying big money for records. So it stands to reason that Gen Z is going to rediscover Beanie Babies and you will hit the jackpot.

@Need and Way

I never heard of a Dammit Doll. You have to remember I grew up poor. So any dolls I got I took care of and would not be slamming it on the table. I remember I got the best Barbie ever when I was a little kid. It was probably around 1977. They released a special edition Barbie that was 18" tall. That doll was beautiful. I still have it and she's still beautiful.

I think I will create the line of Senior Bratz dolls. They will be the parents of the original Bratz dolls of the early 90's who are now their middle-aged adult children.
They will have to be talking though because there's never been a senior brat who was silent. Any living senior brat worth their Milk of Magnesia can get a room full of happy people having a good time at each other's throats within a minute. A proper senior brat can bring that party down fast. Like my mother. She's the O.G. senior brat.

My first edition of Senior Bratz dolls will when you press the button say:

-If only you could lose some weight, dear. You have such a pretty face.

-I'm voting for (insert ANY name here)

-I don't want to be a burden. Peel me a grape, slave'.

-I don't ask that much of you.

LOL! Walkers, canes, and lottery scratch tickets sold seperately.
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Burnt,

Can Way and I invest in your ‘Senior Bratz’ line of dolls?

Please 🙏 !!!

🤣

The Dammit doll was sort of a novelty item for awhile. I got one at a craft fair to use at my desk at work! They were cute.

I didn’t have a special edition Barbie. Sounds awesome. I did have an original Barbie. I wish that I still had it. I think the red head one was rare and worth a lot of money now. I had the typical blonde Barbie.
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@Need

I think every person who is a caregiver to an elder would buy a Senior Bratz doll for themselves.
I also had two black Barbies. They were beautiful. I had the original one with the red hair that was passed down and the second edition one that looked like Donna Summer back in the day. I don't have those anymore. Wish I did because they's be worth a fortune now.
I played with my dolls and loved them That's what toys are for. What kid gets a new toy and leaves it sealed in the original box and never touches it so it will be worth money?
None of the kids I know even play with toys anymore. Everything is just a screen.
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Hey I just want to say that Day 2 of my BRAT diet is going swell.
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Burnt,

You can make big bucks, then you can do a wonderful presentation on Shark Tank and get the big investors!

Way and I will be happy to help you get started! Make millions and as investors Way and I will make a few bucks as investors.

Maybe Lori would invest and put your line of Senior Bratz dolls on QVC! Oh, and Mr. Wonderful is in the toy business!

I’m amazed at how quickly items sell out on QVC. Mom used to order a couple of tops from there once or twice a year. I would watch it occasionally with her.

I wonder how many kids have senior brat grannies. My grandma was a sweetheart but I bet it is really difficult for kids with mean grandmothers.
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