Thanksgiving 2022

Y'all out there, it's a-rainin' in the Bootheel!  

Wouldn't y'all know, today's the day one of Mama's dogs decides to escape.  I'm STILL pulling sticker burrs out of my shoes.  Anyway, Thanksgiving was better this year than it was last year, though it still wasn't great.  Sister and Brother-in-law are back in the area, but they've been very busy and will stay busy for the foreseeable future, so with that plus the rain they didn't come down.  Mama is cranky because her leg hurts, and Second Uncle was his usual blabby self.  So what's a fat thirtysomething to do but play with her favorite American Girl doll?

Rita Cheryl, of course.  And yes, I walked out into the rain to get this shot.  Notice how some of the ironwork is bent out of shape.

Yeah...it should look like this.

Guess who bent it out of shape!  <raises hand>  I was a climber in my day, kinda like Rita Cheryl is now.

She's already climbed higher than I ever did. 

Don't break your neck, girlie.  Notice that Rita Cheryl is wearing the same outfit she wore the last time the weather got bad.  That was the night that Mayfield got hit so hard (posts regarding that incident are here and here).  Meteorologists are predicting the possibility of storms this weekend, but thankfully no one has said the "T" word yet.  Hopefully it'll stay that way and everyone will just get wet while they try to kill themselves shopping.  I too am hoping for a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal, but I'm not going out to get it!  The Moon Girl is staying her white American rear end home.

Happy Thanksgiving, 

RagingMoon1987 

A friendly PSA

Dollies don't let dollies drive drunk.

LOL, Madge Josephine MacQuarrie is way cuter than she looks in that picture, I promise!  She didn't come with that name, either; I bestowed that one on her.  But we all know how our dolls look when they're fresh out of the box, especially if they're secondhand!  Here's a better idea of what Madge looks like; she's got pretty eyes.

A word of warning:  these Meritus Girls on the Go have tragic hair, particularly if they're found out-of-box.  I'm trying to get Madge's hair under control, but it's gonna be an uphill battle!  Good thing she's got a sweet face!  I got a comment last night from a lady who runs the blog Bitsy Beauty Salon, so maybe she's got some ideas I can try on Madge.  Thanks for stopping by, Linda!

Yours,
RagingMoon1987

That type

You know the type.  The type that wears layers from the waist up during cold weather, and then wears shorts (and maybe also sandals or flip-flops).  And if you ask them if they're cold they answer "No, I'm fine."  Yeah...Luciana is that type.  She's got sense enuff to wear decent shoes in this weather, but that's about it.

Note the frost behind her.  This was the air temperature.

I don't know what I'm gonna do with Astro-Luci, LOL.  I couldn't stand going bare-legged in this weather!

Warm blessings,
RagingMoon1987

First snow of the season

As I noted back in June, we have our calendars and our designated beginnings of months and seasons, but God works on His own time, and the two extreme seasons (summer and winter) begin when they begin.  Case in point:  the Bootheel got its first snow of the season last night.  It was just a dusting, and temperatures are predicted to get above freezing today, so it'll probably melt.  But snow is snow, and it made my unkempt yard look quite pretty.

Rita Cheryl was well-prepared for the sudden drop in temperatures, but Tequila Rose was not.

Tequila Rose is taking it in stride.  She says she's thankful that she got out of North Carolina just in time, as the remains of Hurricane Nicole dropped a ton of rain in that area.  I told her that the snow here isn't always this light, but I don't think she paid much attention.  Luckily she didn't notice when I bought her a coat either, LOL.  That should be here sometime next week.

Warm hugs,
RagingMoon1987

Meeting Tequila Rose

Nope, I don't mean the booze, though I do admit that it looks tempting.  This is a doll blog though, and this particular Tequila Rose is a doll.

Her full name is Tequila Rose Idabel Lawson.  She has pink streaks in her hair, and that made me think of the booze.  Well, that and I just like the combination of the words "tequila" and "rose."  Here's a better look at the streaks.  The little puffs clip on.  I had no idea these would be included with her, but I'm not gonna gripe.

Her face has some added paint too, mainly around the eyes and on the lips.

I don't know why I became so attached to this little doll, but...well, y'all know the old saying "I saw it in the window and had to have it"?  I saw her on Etsy and had to have her.  Like my other Etsy dolls Kyle and Llewellyn, Tequila Rose came fully dressed.

I make note of the clothes because Justine-Marie came bald and nekkid, even though someone had taken the time to swap her eyes and paint her face.  Never did understand that.  But anyway, Tequila Rose is fully clad...for now, anyway.  The temperatures are predicted to bottom out tonight, so this pet will need some leggings and a coat very soon.  But for spring, summer, and early to mid-fall Tequila Rose is all set.  I love the pattern on her dress!

The boots made me giggle, because they're Our Generation boots.

When I last tried Our Generation boots on an American Girl, millions of years ago, they didn't fit.  But then again, Denise was/is a Pleasant Company doll with thick tights on, so I shouldn't have been surprised that the shoes didn't fit.  Tequila Rose doesn't have that problem, though she DOES have a problem with the falling temperatures.  It got extra cold last night (first hard cold snap this season), and Tequila Rose's dress is a halter-neck dress.  I have another outfit for her that covers...well, a little more skin, though the top is still a T-shirt.

LOL, my mother bought me a pair of distressed jeans for Christmas during my first year living on SEMO campus.  At Christmas I was too big for them, but I walked around campus so much that by the time April rolled around I could wear them!  Ah, memories...back in those days I was a more healthy size and actually gave a flying burrito about how I looked.  Nowadays comfort is far more important than style.  But anyway, I like the jeans, but I freaking LOVE the shirt.  If you're an Eagles fan then the design may be familiar.

This is the album art for their 1974 album On the Border, which included one of my favorite songs, "Already Gone."  I don't have Tequila Rose's personality hashed out fully yet, but I've already determined that she's a hardcore Eagles fan.  Hence the shirt.  

Both the shirt and the jeans came from the Etsy proprietor BellasDivas, and they can do...oh gosh, I think they can do just about any album art, any sports team, any logo one could think of, and they do it fast!  I placed my order for the Eagles shirt on November 7th, and I got it YESTERDAY!!!  I think if I asked super nice I could get Erry Vision Films' logo on a shirt...not that I'm going to!  Yes, I'm a member of the "creepy logos" culture, on top of everything else, LOL!  Instead of creepy logos I plan on getting band shirts for some more of my girls.  Luciana has already asked for a Led Zeppelin shirt, so I'll have to see what I can do about that...and about Tequila Rose's bare arms.  But in the meantime, I'm going back to bed!  Mama and I got the day off!

Happy Veterans' Day,
RagingMoon1987

Day of the Dead 2022

I got Luciana yanked out of her leather jacket (dang, that puppy was tight!) and into something a bit more comfortable, but before showing her new dress off, Luciana wants to show her new friend off.  Yep, she dragged home another stray last night!

Only Luciana could make friends with a Teddy Scare.  Yes, instead of teddy bears this time around I've got Teddy Scares.  These are apparently the teddy bears that we adults wagged around constantly as kids, and then tossed aside as we grew older.  Now homeless, these bears roam the world aimlessly in search of someone to love.  If that's the case then Eli Wretch found someone to love him!  Yes, Eli Wretch.  He's an ex-trucker, and he's missing a few items that identify him as such.  No matter, I can replace that stuff.  These Teddy Scares also have something else to set them apart:  Living Dead Dolls have chipboard poems and death certificates, and Teddy Scares have toe tags. 

LOL, my mom and sister like to play Road Kill Bingo.  Anything that they can't identify on sight automatically goes under the category "possum."  Oh, and dig Eli's tattoo!  It's not a possum, but since this chick is green she might be roadkill.

When's the last time y'all saw a teddy bear with a tattoo???

Now that she's introduced Eli Wretch, Luciana wants to have a little fun of her own.  Not that she didn't have fun last night, LOL.

Yeah, yeah, I know Luciana is of Chilean decent and not Mexican, but the colors in this outfit suit her better than they do Marina.  Mama supplied this, as is usually the case with the things my dolls wear.  I'm fairly certain that the scarf is not supposed to be worn as a scarf, but it was too short to be used as anything else.  Luciana likes it that way anyway

That's all for today, and for awhile.  I need some time to get the next set of reviews ready, so unless something new crops up, I may be silent for awhile.

Happy Day of the Dead,
RagingMoon1987