Dolls are magical at any age

Posted on February 8, 2014 by MaryM

I still love dolls. I don’t know what it is. There are certain things that are beautiful and fun at any age. And dolls are one of them! As I was dressing one of my daughter’s dolls this morning, it made me nostalgic for my childhood and endless afternoons of play. I know. I know. I am going to take some heat for this but I am going here anyway! People will joke, “Really, Mary? You have time to dress dolls but you haven’t returned my phone call?” I know. I am sorry. My daughter will roll her eyes or cross them. Crossing them is worse. Trust me. But at least my son will be a good sport and tell me, “It’s okay Mum, you can like dolls. As long as you have time to take me to a movie later.” But, of course! Anyway, I have found a fabulous new spot where you can order doll clothes. It is the www.dollclothessuperstore.com. The quality is amazing and the prices are really fair.

They have everything. It is an online boutique of doll fabulousness. They have American Girl doll outfits http://www.dollclothessuperstore.com/american-girl-doll-clothes.html matching girl and doll clothes, Barbie, Cabbage Patch (remember those? They are back or never went away, not sure!) and on and on. I selected an American Girl doll outfit to receive. It is so pretty. The quality (in my humble opinion) is easily as good as what you buy at other doll clothing shops. And I don’t have to say this. The company asked me to review the product and I feel the dress I received was lovely and well-made. And after reviewing the website, talking with the owner and receiving the product, I can tell they make these clothes with love and good intentions. They are about a third of the cost of many other retailers and this allows people on every budget to buy clothes for their dolls. So instead of paying $30 for a dress for your doll, you pay about $7-9. That is really fair.

Usually I tell my readers you can thank me later for this great new find, but this time I have to thank the folks at www.dollclothessuperstore.com for giving me an excuse to take time out and dress a doll. I haven’t done this in years. Too many years really. It suddenly became clear to me why dressing up dolls or stuffed animals is so important. It is aspirational; it allows us to dream about being a ballerina or a doctor or going to some fabulous dance all decked out! I guess the message here is to never forget the dreams of that little boy or girl inside of you. And allow your children endless hours of play so they too can dream of great things. If any of my wonderful and inspirational readers (yes, you inspire me!) would like an additional discount to the retailer featured here, please make sure you subscribe to my blog and I will send you an email with the discount code! Please enjoy and keep dreaming!

How lovely is this dress? All dressed up and where are her invites?

Pakka pets! Do they need to be potty trained?

Posted on February 2, 2014 by MaryM

Now, as some of you may know, my son who is five years old, is a “gamer”. He loves video games and he is on a first name basis with the folks at Gamestop. Well, not really but these are his “peeps”. People who understand his attraction to all things electronic. Frankly, I have an aversion to the smell of the place. There is a faint hint of plastic and body odor co-mingling (yes, this is a word) that hits me when I open the front door. I will say the people that work there are experts – very knowledgeable and helpful. They are great for business.

But the blog has introduced me to a new game www.pakkapets.com (yet to be released which is even cooler!) And it doesn’t require a trip to the store. It is an iphone/Android game where you raise your own pet and one of the creators and I have been communicating. I really like this game. It is about these cute little pets that you can feed and dress up and love. And they don’t need to be taken out to go the bathroom in the cold weather! I really like that. The second thing I like about this concept are the people behind it. They are two young entrepreneurs and who doesn’t love the entrepreneurial spirit, right? It doesn’t hurt that they are cute, too! Hey, I am single, I can say these things! If I was a betting person, I would bet they are headed for great success with this venture. Let’s put it this way, the words of Oscar Wilde were being thrown around. Things about discontent and progress. Good stuff.

Anyway, if you enjoy products like this you should check out the kickstarter link here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1298607829/pakka-pets. You can donate whatever you like to the project (even $1 gets you in on the action). And donating gets you closer to exclusive prizes like special pets, iphone cases, even some lucky backers will get flown out to CA for the game release. How fun would that be? Anyway, it is scheduled to be released in June and for sure, I will keep you posted. In case you were wondering, I ran this product by my committee which includes a gaming expert, a middle schooler and Meepy, a favorite stuffed animal and now, Pakka pet wannabe. If Meepy likes it, then I know I am on to something! I guess you can all thank Meepy this time!

How cute are these pets?

How cute are these guys? The creators of Pakkapets Thomas Uster and Willem Rosenthal.

Because a bad hair day is not an option.

Posted on January 16, 2014 by MaryM

It is a good thing that I was sent vitamins from Eu Natural http://eunatural.com/ not too long ago because it is BUSY here and I don’t think I could keep up if I was not supporting myself with supplements! I am not even kidding. And if some of you have sent in emails and have not heard from me, please accept my apologies. And I mean this. I am very touched that you have taken the time to send in a comment or a request. And I promise I will get back to you. One of the amazing (and frankly, unexpected) things about doing the blog has been all the wonderful programs, products and people out there that I didn’t know about. My goal is to provide entertainment but also to learn something new, do something valuable (love to hear about how I can help a charity) and mostly, connect and support one other. Even my spam emails that say ‘I think I am in love with you’ in the subject line are welcome! What a nice thing for spam to tell me! Well, I think it was spam?

Anyway, the folks at Eu Natural have this great product that is like a hair tonic or hair vitamins. Say what? Now most of you know by now that I am a vitamin lover! I would rather pop a vitamin than pester my PCP. And I totally love my doctor but I don’t love contaminated waiting rooms. You know what I mean. True recent story: I had a bit of a bladder or urinary tract infection. It was more than a bit but I didn’t want to go to the doctor. I bought cranberry juice and Cranberry extract and a couple days later, I was back to normal. Well, I use the term ‘normal’ loosely, but back to my usual self. What does the fox say? Nah, nah, nah, nah…Have you seen this video? But I think you get me by now,right?

I have been taking the vitamins about 3 weeks which is why it took me so long to blog about it. I couldn’t tell you they worked if I didn’t use them long enough. So they are great. My hair feels thicker and more lush. I know, lush is a good word for hair, huh? Lush like a forest. And somehow it feels softer too. But the truth is I feel pretty good all over. These vitamins have lots of good ingredients in them and I suggest you go to the link http://eunatural.com/vibrance-vitamins-hair-growth/ and see what is in them. And if you order through my blog you can receive 15% off your order. I know, a great product and saving you money. Go to the link http://www.amazon.com/Vibrance-Vitamins-Vegetarian-Capsules-Formula/dp/B00G6U4ZI6 and put in the code EUN15OFF. That is pretty cool, huh? You can thank me now or later…..Funny thing is when I started to write this I was going to quote something from the Lucille Ball Vitameatavegamin episode (remember that one?) and talk about my vitamin nausea litmus test but once again, I ran out of time. Off to have another great hair day, thanks to Eu Natural.

This is how my son thinks my hair looks! I swear it isn’t green from the vitamins!

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Dolls are magical at any age

Pakka pets! Do they need to be potty trained?

Because a bad hair day is not an option.