I've lived in New Jersey for four years at this point, and have just recently gotten around to installing some shelves and unpacking the...

Life has been even more hectic than usual for me these last few weeks, so my productivity has declined further.  Sorry.  I blame it mostly o...

I've always enjoyed vintage and discontinued dolls.  They can evoke tender feelings of nostalgia , a sense of wonder over the passage of...

Spring has definitely sprung here in New Jersey, with temperatures creeping into the 80s and lots of flowers everywhere.  The beautiful weat...

Happy New Year's Eve eve!  The December Virtual Garage Sale event was a great success, so thank you to everyone who made a purchase and ...

There has been a lot going on in my life recently!  A few weeks ago, in a very spontaneous decision that I might live to regret, I got a job...

One of the interesting things about blogging for a decade is monitoring which dolls have endured that expanse of time and which have been di...

I was touched by all of the kind comments in the last review!  Kit is doing great and life has calmed down.  I also really enjoyed hearing a...

September has not gotten off to a great start for me.  First of all, my newest rescue dog, Kit, was recently diagnosed with heart disease an...

As a habit, I try not to disrupt my review queue for a brand-new doll line.  That's mostly because the frequency (and length!) of my rev...

In an attempt to balance out the novella-like Enchantimals post from last week, this week I'm going to feature two short and sweet post...

Here we are at the end of Barbie Month .  The time flew by for me!  But this has been one of the most fun months of blogging that I've e...

I don't think I've ever anticipated a movie as much as I did Barbie .  And now I've seen it!  As one of my kids said, it felt li...

Writing two smaller reviews in one week didn't work out as well as I'd hoped.  Some family stuff came up, and everything always take...

Hello and welcome back to more of Barbie Month here on TBP!  I may have gotten in over my head with this idea, which is pretty typical for ...

Happy July!  I decided that since the movie, Barbie , is coming out on the 21st of this month (I can hardly wait!!), I would make this Barbi...

Deciding what I want to review each week is always an interesting process.  My decision is often based on a loosely-structured master plan t...

I can't believe it's been more than a year since my imitation Blythe doll review .  Do you remember that whole saga?  I reviewed a c...

I don't know how much attention anyone pays to my backdrop.  It's not meant to attract attention, but be a neutral setting to show o...

Thank you to everyone who wished me well with my arm injury!  The cuts are healing slowly and of course the scars will have good anecdotal v...