I didn’t get to the comments yesterday, but thought I’d do a quickie version here…
Charlotte ~ Bailey IS hoping to come up soon on the modeling list. She likes the limelight! :o)
Gloria ~ I’m sure I can find something for you to organize in my sewing room when you get here! :o)
Sandra ~ It’s always inspirational to see someone else organizing a room… I hope you get to your sewing room soon… step by step and you’ll be caught up with me! :o)
Paula ~ Thanks for the encouragement on getting my sewing room back in order… I think I’ve rearranged it about a half a dozen times but never really completed the job… maybe this time! ;o)
Linda ~ The poor little dolly that I robbed the shoes from is going back to the Goodwill… just “shoeless” this time around. :o(
Joy ~ congrats on your new Saffi Tween doll. I can’t wait to see pictures of her! :o)
Dorothy ~ Sister time? It’s what we do best… but today it was spent mostly with my mom… we did share lots of stories and laughs together! We also managed to sneak in a trip to TJ Maxx about 8:00p.m. after we had some dinner. It was a good thing! :o)
Barbara ~ I have a question for you… can your Paola Reina doll and your Little Daring wear the same size clothing? Just wondering… :o)
Rosemary ~ My hubby was helping me move that bookshelf into my sewing room and I was telling him how much I could really use the extra shelf space to hold some of the many things I have to have for my sewing! He said “Let me tell you how much stuff I have to keep inventory of… for plumbing, electrical, wood projects, etc.” He certainly understood my need for that bookshelf. :o)
Kathie ~ I hope you can move your ironing board out and make the room a little more “dolly” friendly! We creative people really do need our space! Kathie, I’ll ask you too… can your Paola Reina doll and the Little Darlings wear the same size clothes? Again… just wondering…
Laura ~ I love shoes for my dolls ALMOST as much as I love them for ME! Cindy brought me 3 new pair! YAY!
So I’m just going to show you one picture today… just me and my sisters and my mom… Cindy, Deb, my momma and me. We don’t really have to go anywhere or do anything to have fun together. (We haven’t even made it to Panera’s yet, but there’s always today!) We can just sit and talk and tell stories and share pictures on our phone and I’m satisfied and filled to the brim with extra love! I’m SO blessed with my sisters and momma (and Tom… my brother-in-law!)
Somehow I got the “halo” shooting out of my head! :o)
Have a wonderful Saturday…
If you have a sister, tell her you love her! :o)
Blessings, Jeanne
So nice to see that picture of you all tonight, Jeanne! Your mom looks like she’s doing fairly well, which is good to know!
I don’t have any sisters, just one brother. I always thought my best friend was so lucky–she had FOUR sisters (and NO brothers!! haha). And she would have loved to have had a brother. We tried to work out a trade, but that didn’t go….
However, we were always (and still are) part of each other’s families–her parents were like a second set to me, and so on–so maybe in a way I did have sisters! Two of her sisters are gone now, as are all of our parents, but June and I are still best friends, and have been since we met in November of 1952, when we were 6!
Dear Jeanne, of course you got the halo; you are a real angel to your friends and family.
I am so glad you are sharing stories and love with your sisters. Thanks for making time for us sitting here on the sofa so we can be a part of your adventures.
I have Paola Reina dolls that I’ve dressed with Little Darling clothing, that fit just fine. They can’t swap shoes, however… 🙂 Paola’s feet are bigger.
You are so so fortunate to have your sisters. I love this photo of all of you.
I have one sister left. She is fun, but too serious.
My other sister died at age 48 from smoking. – she had a brain hemorrhage
Life is precious. We love our family.
Have a fun week-end with your sisters.
And, you and I are lucky to have helpful hubbies too
Your mom must be so proud of her lovely family, Halo girl! The time you have together is so precious.
I just had an ah ha moment! Must be the morning rush from your blog. I can certainly identify with your clean, organized sewing room since that is the last thing around here. I have been looking for one of the two boxes of silicone ear plugs that I know I have, for two days. As I read the comments above, I was thinking, where did I last use that wax and whose eyes did I set? Ding dong, here at the computer. I just felt around under the piles of papers and there it was. The box of Macks. So, no more excuses. Tween Saffi will have her eyes today.
Please say hello to your sisters and ask about new decorating photos and more music please. 🙂
I’m living vicariously through you and your sisters. My family was a bit(!) on the dysfunctional side. My stepfather (my three sister’s father) was an alcoholic and life was rough for many years. My second sister (7 years younger) passed away when she was 53, a year after my mother. She, sadly, succumbed to the addiction gene, both alcohol and drugs. My other two sisters are recovering alcoholics and are doing well. They got help early. My relationship with my two remaining sisters is tenuous, but we do keep in touch. My mother, my sisters and I left for Wilmington, DE, where most of my mother’s family was, right before my senior year in high school. My mother had good siblings, two sisters and two brothers, one of which forced an intervention and whisked us off to better times. I totally adored my grandparents and we moved just a block away from them so I could visit anytime I wished – and I did. My mother was a nurse and we were financially okay, especially once someone stopped appropriating money from her purse to spend at the local watering hole.
I could write a book. But it would probably be more like Erma Bombeck. I always had a positive outlook so my stories would end up being on the funny side. While we were poorer than poor (I once wore my mother’s penny loafers with newspaper in the toes – I took a size 7 and she took a 9 shoe), I was blessed with a grandfather who worked for Bancroft Mills. They finished fabric. Whenever a bolt of fabric was damaged in any way, it was thrown out on a pile and the employees were allowed to go through it and take what they wanted. My grandfather supplied my grandmother, my one aunt who sewed and my family with a lot of fabric over the years. I began my love of sewing purely out of necessity. No excuse not to have clothes when there was a sewing machine and several boxes of fabric available.
Probably more than you wanted to know, but here’s the answer to what you did want to know. My Paola Reina seems to fit the LD clothes very well, and vice versa. But as Mary said, they can’t wear each other’s shoes. Little Darlings have a slender, dainty foot, while Paola Reina’s have a squarer foot.
Looking forward to all the wonderful details of your visit with your sisters and your mom. You have a lovely family and that is definitely a thing of great value.
Love that picture! Such pretty girls and Mom. You are so lucky to have family that loves to get together!
I’ll get the Little Darling and Paola Reina together for a photo session :0)
Oh dear, it is already Sunday, and I never commented yesterday! I had a lot going on, and the computer was not a priority I guess.
Love the picture of the “girls” in the family, and it is so fitting that you get the halo, Jeanne! What a fun group, and you all look so much alike, but not so much like your mother. I do believe you had a picture of your dad in the blog once, and I commented on how much you look like him. It seems like the rest of you do too! I’ve said it before and I will say it again, but in person, you look way younger than your pictures!!
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