This Christmas

Sorry that I have not posted much lately. I have been hanging out with Sam until she gets adopted. We've been watching Christmas specials and eating tons of popcorn and having so much fun.  I am really giong to miss her when she goes to her new home. She is so much more fun to hang around with than Katie. Kendal and Andy are fine, but sometimes a girl needs a girl to hang with.

I hope everyone has been on their best behavior, Santa is watching... speaking of which,  I think that mom is going to call Santa and report my human brother Ryan because he is not doing his homework. My mom text messages the elves when the 2 human brothers act up. She never has to report the doll kids, we behave. I think we are so happy to not be all beat up and in good will it helps us with our behavior. You can't list your people kids on Ebay or Etsy, but us doll kids can have happen, and when you are happy you need to show it by behaving.
(I still have nightmares about Goodwill...and the smell...and once again I have to say that I am greatful for the love and the repairs. Thanks Mom!)

We have the outsde decorated, Dad put up his little village and our doll kid tree is decorated, but the big tree is not up yet. I guess Mom and Dad will work on that this week. Mom doesn't like to rush into it. We leave the tree up until Russian Christmas is over. Russian Christmas is on January 7th. Our tree will not be touched until January 8th at the earliest. Mom's ancestors were of Russian Orthodox desent, so my Mom was raised to observe the Russian holiday as well. This means at our home we leave all the decorations up after New Years, and we don't light the outside until January7, and that night we light it all again. We don't do any more gifts, this is a more spiritual observance than a commerical one.

I am looking forward to my first christmas with my new family. I hope we have a great one.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Saying Goodbye to Sam

Well it is time to get ready to say good-bye to one of the foster kids. I hope Sam finds a family who will love her like mine does. Mom has her looking pretty and she is going to be a great friend to a new human, I just know it. I will miss her. Andy thinks that she is his twin, and I know he will be heart broken when she leaves.

Well she is up for adoption on etsy right now and we spent some time together this weekend.

Here is to you Sam, hope you end up happy where ever you go.

<3

Beth

Christmas Tree

Yesterday, we decorated a tree! Well Kendall and Katie didn't want to help, so Andy and I decorated the tree together, just the two of us, and we had a good time. I really love Andy, he can be fun, he is absolutely more fun than Kendall and Katie, that is for sure. Kendall was working on his soccer dribble and Katie was...wait for it...reading. 

We have a tiny tree, now if we only had a table our size to go with this. Oh well we can sit by it and it is our height. 

Well I am super tired. I had a long day today, since no matter what I did, I messed up. I couldn't type a password right on the computer to save my life! I had to reset 3 different passwords!! Ugh I guess I have Christmas brain!

Love <3, 

Beth

The last few days...

Life in this crazy house is busy busy busy. Thanksgiving was a beautiful warm sunny day. You could not have asked for better weather, and yesterday and today were more of the same, in the mid 60's until the sun starts to go down. Lovely though.

We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner. Poppa cooked, it's his thing. Then he complains about cooking for a week after...again, his thing. Mom would cook but she gets sent out of the kitchen, and it is not that Mom can't cook, he just has to be in control of the cooking. My Poppa watches Food network or the Cooking channel all the time. It is his hobby I guess.

He made the BEST stuffing in the world, Aunt Mary's stuffing. Yummy yummy in my tummy. He made green bean casserole as well so I was in heaven. I also like the cranberry sauce that comes from a can and looks like the can with no lumps in it. I could care less about the meat, lol.

We worked on listing all the jewelry Mom made while we were without internet. That is all listed now. We had nearly 200 items. not all for Dolls like me but more was for a doll than not. She has about 2 things left to make and she will be finished listing before the holidays. We will then restock before Valentines, if enough sells.  Mom and I are always trying to think of new styles. I love to help.

Today she started to make the boys (Andy and Kendall, my doll brothers) a set of bunk beds for in the boy's room. After church tomorrow, she will sand and paint the wood parts. It is sooo cool! The 4 corner posts look like giant crayons. (They are crayon banks) One red, one yellow, one blue and one green.

I think mom will write up all of how we did it and send it with photo's to her friend Karen who has this cool blog that I have mentioned Karen Mom of 3 Craft Blog where everything is for a doll. We'll share a linkydooo...

Well I gotta run, 

Love <3 

Beth

Christmas Wish List

There are so many great items for dolls like me on Etsy. I hacked into Mom and Dad's Etsy account and I created a wish list. The best part is every thing in my list  is under 10.00. Bargains! Most all the doll stuff in Mom's shop is priced reasonably as well but I wanted different things than Mom sells.

Beth's Etsy Treasury

I hope everyone likes what I chose.

I love that cupcake, it looks yummy!

Well thinking about cupcakes made me hungry for dinner. I  am going to go clear and set our table. 

Love <3

Beth

Thanksgiving

Photo by my people brother, Ryan.

With Thanksgiving coming this week, I think every person or doll should pause to reflect on what they are thankful for. I am thankful that I was adopted into a loving family, and that I am out of that horrible Goodwill (it had an odor, yuk).  I am thankful for being clean, clothed and not having my hair in a matted tangle.  I am thankful my new Mom repaired me. I am thankful for my brothers and sister, and for the time I get to spend with the foster doll's who are here for a make-over before they go on to new homes. I enjoy the friendships that I have made since I moved in here.  I had a good year this year, joining this family and I am very grateful. I also know I am loved and all these things that I am thankful for are more valuable than I ca place any dollar amount on.

Happy Thanksgiving and love to you and your family both Doll and People. Say a prayer for those without what you have. Write down what you are Thankful for. Let me know on here.

Mom and I are thankful for the American Girl Doll community, we love all the new people we have had thee pleasure of meeting through it and the friends we have made.
You should read our friend Karen's blog it is karenmomofthreescraft.blogspot.com 

No internet...

What a week. We had new service installed for our internet on Monday, but the old service was not suppose to be cut off until Thursday and it took over  2 days and a lot of frustration and added expenses, but it is fixed. YAY.

I felt like my wings were clipped.

As soon as Mom had the boys computer up and running again,  I hijacked it to go to the American Girl Website and boy, was my brother Ryan mad! (although he was surprised how fast I can type and how I can out spell him... yeah Ryan, I ROCK!! You best get used to me but it is sad when a DOLL can type better than you and you are a human..tee heee!) Really hijacking his computer is tooooo easy... he can't keep up with me. So I was looking at all the new stuff and I really want the Heelys\, and the silver high heeled shoes on the AG website. Maybe if someone really loves me.... yeah they are super expensive so I have a feeling it is not going to happen. Oh well...

 I  now hijacked Mom's computer which is the one that I usually use to blog, although Mom is much nicer and she said she'd rather that it was me using her laptop than the boys because they are so rough with the computer and  I treat it right.

I think that I need to ask for my own laptop... hmmm maybe I might have to. Mom's is so big for me I have to stand to type and I need a whole had to press one letter. I guess I will see what I get for Christmas.

I spent the  time without the internet making jewelry with Mom and  Ryan for Mom's shop since we could not play the Sims on Facebook. No excuse to waste time there. We made so much stuff. Mom still has a bit to photograph then she will be editing and listing all this stuff in Etsy.

It takes so long to take the photo's and with it being November I am so cold doing them but I do like spending time with Mom. We still have so much to do. I am Mom's top model now. Katie is only doing the wire type earrings that my mom makes now. Katie doesn't like to stand without having her kindle in her hand so she is constantly getting yelled at to put it down while Mom is trying to take her photo and then Mom gets mad. I guess it is easier for me to do most of it since I co-operate.

Love <3

Beth