DAY 28

REBORNS, oh so cute.  I would like to have one.  But where would I put it?  Do you dust it off?  Do you put it in the crib?  I am gearing up to get questions like this answered on the 19th at the doll show.  But responsibilities are threatening to take me away from the one thing (for me) I have been looking forward too.  So to prevail I keep searching for more knowledge.  And alas time for me.  A woman's luxury. 

DAY 26

http://www.wix.com/wangariwanabe/mymunecaprojectcom

 

And just like that I started something.

DAY 25

     I bought more dolls today as I ventured out just for an hour to some yard sales.  It was a small after thought as I was working on my other project Reason 2 Change.  I am excited to clean up one of the dolls I found at a thrift store.  She is a Batatt doll and must be an older one her face is so cute.  She has seen some better days, and because of this will take time to clean up. I can't wait to get to that task.  I listed many dolls on eBay for the first time and even sold one.  This is only day 25 and I have learned so much and met some neat people.  I really can't wait for the Doll show in two weeks. 

DAY 24

Today I did more research on doll therapy.  Having a coworker with a mom who has dementia, I suggested the help of doll.  There is much research out there to support the positive concept of doll therapy and I was amazed and curious.  I wondered if there were nursing homes around here that practiced doll therapy.  The problem is I was stuck at work and responsible for 22 children therefore I couldn't just leave and do more research.  So, I am tabling that idea and it will need to rest until time allows for more.  http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/4/441.full

DAY 23

Doll therapy.  What a concept?  I wonder if people do that around here?  Read more about it.  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/970766/doll_therapy_for_alzheimers_disease.html?cat=70
I am busy doing a lot of research these days and curious what else can be done with dolls.  My brain is reeling from the ideas that began surfacing the minute I woke up this morning.  I must go forward and not be sidetracked by fear or failure.  I must push on.

DAY 22

Which was actually yesterday.
Doll Realization 1! " What?  I have been going to this store forever.  I didn't know they sold dolls here?"
As I revisit the same old world, the places that I always go, the stores I visit when redecorating the house...I find there are dolls everywhere.  And the idea breathes an air of freshness across me.  Knowing I am bound to live in this state until my son turns 18 I have awaken to the surroundings as I discover the newness this project has brought to me.  The dreaded department store hanging on to its last breath of consumerism before it disappears under the economic pressures can even strike a beat on the drum of doll extravaganza.   There are dolls everywhere and anywhere.  Dolls are in places I had no idea existed.

DAY 21

YEAH WE HAVE BEEN RESCUED!

My inventory has increased to the point I can find the dolls in my own little house and it looks like the gremlins stuffed in every corner of the local bar and swinging from the fans.  I am ready to go live on Ebay Thursday.  Yeah