I had a little get-together with some stark. raving. mad. readers this weekend. It was awesome. It was like one giant blind date of stressed-out moms. Yay! Plus, I'm pretty sure that I'm about to be told by a Medical Professional that I have to
As much fun as it is hiding behind this computer screen, ranting and venting from afar, it was great to actually sit and talk with other women. Women who fess up to having dog hair on the sofa, a laundry pile a mile high, and nothing planned for dinner.
Bonus: Remember the reader who emailed me pictures of her Stabbity Nana Doll? Oh, yeahhhhh. She came, and brought the doll. Because clearly, I have the most awesome readers in the whole history of ever. So the event turned into an on-the-spot therapy session wherein I had to suck it up and deal with my lifelong antique-dollaphobia.
So, I held the doll gingerly on my lap for a photo. Happily, it did not kill me right then and there. Probably just because there were other people watching. I did keep my fingers clear of its little nibbly teeth. Hopefully this will all help with my ongoing Doll Anxiety Syndrome.
I'm pretty sure I still hate Bratz dolls, though.
That is awesome! I wish I lived in Texas just so I could have coffee with you.
ReplyDeleteI'm scared of Bratz too. They can take their feet off. Eeww....
ReplyDeleteI love it.... I really wish I lived in Texas... we'd have so much fun hanging out. And dude... that Nana doll FREAKS ME OUT. Kind of like my mom's "Tiny Tears" doll from 1950-something. Her hair is nappy, her "skin" is cracked.... she.is.freak-Y! Wanna come to Vegas and hang out?
ReplyDeleteI'd take the Bratz doll over that!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you love to see Victorian-era people interact with a Bratz doll?? OMG, what would they say?
ReplyDeletenibbly teeth....aaaahhhhhhh!
ReplyDeleteFunny you post this about the doll. My autistic son has a fear of antique dolls too. My 7 year old loves them so anytime her brother is pestering her she gets a doll and he leaves her alone LOL..
ReplyDeleteI love that antique dolls give you the creeps - I'm not the only one! So imagine my HORROR when my husband was watching tv the other night and an program came on that was all about stabbity nana dolls! Check it out...but go pee first, it's scary - a whole island devoted to nibbly teeth and scary nana hair - there's not enough tequila in Mexico to get me to this island!
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I think Nana Doll could kick bratz dolls ass. And I'm pretty sure she could take those losers on The Talk as well!
ReplyDeleteThat thing is still creeping me out! I had an awesome time this weekend. I think we need to do a monthly caffeine (therapy) session.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have made it to have coffee with you! Maybe you could head more towards Beaumont next time! I could probably sneak out long enough to go that far!
ReplyDeleteVERY cool to meet s.r.m.m. and some of her awesome blog readers!
ReplyDeleteStabbity was confused by all the fuss, but now IT (I can't bring myself to call it SHE) has been safely put back into the closet. Where she waits. Silently.
When I used to spend the night with my grandma I would make her take one of those dolls out of the room so she wouldn't look at me all night.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog- and as a former member of the caffiene cyst club- I totally feel your pain at being told to cut back on the caffiene. It was hard, so hard. Little Debbie was there to fill the void that caffiene left in my life. Instead of lumps in my breasts, she was the bringer of lumps in my ass. Now after 5 years I think I have the right balance of caffiene, baked goods and walking:)
ReplyDeletelaughing... can't breathe... stabbitty nana...
ReplyDeleteYou, like me, were obviously terrified by Karen Black's Trilogy of Terror on ABC in the Seventies. Nightmares for years. Strike that: decades.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I must confess that this thing really does kinda look like Karen Black... frizzy hair, creepy eyes.
ReplyDeleteI think The Doll should go visit Kate&Lydia for Halloween... then on to another Mommy-Blogger! But leave out Pregnant Chicken, because really... a preggo lady probably doesn't need thing thing staring at her.
"this thing", sorry, not "thing thing".
ReplyDeleteMy MIL has a room full of antique dolls. It's like Chucky's polygamist colony. And I say room gently, it's really a fancy attic. You go up a steep, creepy staircase to a room filled with the dolls. It exponentially raises the creep factor. She keeps trying to show my 7 yr old daughter. I keep putting her off, 'Oh thanks but she's a tomboy, not interested in your (super creepy, nighmare in the making) dolls.'
ReplyDeleteIf you ever make it to Dallas, I'm buying.
I not only have dog hair on the couch, but it. is. everywhere. Seriously. I can't get it off. I've washed & dried everything & used the upholstery attachment on the vacuum. Who knew that a short haired dog would leave so much hair all over my house...Maybe it's because she's a Great Dane & has a lot more body to lose hair from. It's just...short.
ReplyDeleteAs for the dolls...eeek! My sister used to collect those creepy things. I always had to keep my eye on them when I was in the room alone with them.
Dying laughing at "Chucky's polygamist colony."
ReplyDeleteI think I have a sister wife in the box in the attic.
ReplyDeleteShudder.
I think I just heard her feet scuttle across the floor...
I have a serious fear of antique dolls, and stabbity nana scares the crap out of me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was first married, one of the only items my husband brought to the decorating of our new apartment was a set of STABBITY MAN PUPPETS. He bought them on a trip in Chile for reasons I have never been able to grasp. He though they were beyond cool.
I was pretty sure they would rape and kill me in my sleep. The first chance I had, I accidentally took them out to the dumpster. And then I spent the nest few days looking over my shoulder. Remember when Jerry Seinfeld got rid of Mr. Marbles? Like that.
Oh, and I just moved from Houston to Dallas. lived there for 10 years. It's home base for us, so we'll be back. :)
I'm also dying over the "Chucky's polygamist colony" Too good, and an awesome visual here.
ReplyDeleteI *kinda* like antique dolls, but I'm more into collecting Barbies, honestly. My mom has this doll that's the size of a toddler that half her hair is brown, half of it's red, and she really resembles Chuckie on a really bad day. One eye still opens and closes, the other is stuck, and looks kinda whack. She was one of my favorite playthings when I was a kid, and my 9y/o loves her now. She just creeps me out anymore.
I'm still thinking we should have SRMM Meetups for coffee once a month in the major areas. :) That way, while you're having your get together, your readers can get together, and we can kinda pretend we're all having coffee together. ;)
I'm probably going to have nightmares now which sucks cause I need all the rest I can get each day. Dolls scare me. Clowns scare me. Clown dolls scare me most of all. Antique dolls might be a close second though.
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well done for facing your fear. That is one hell of a scary doll... I'd have thought you'd have started with something a little less terrifying.. but well done you.
ReplyDeleteJust discovered your blog and loving it. Thanks for the laughs!
Wow, this is my first time on your blog and I was shocked. I totally have a scary doll like that. It was my aunt's and when she died, my mom had my sister and I divvy up her dolls. Neither of us wanted Dolly, the scary one, so it turned into this game where we hide her in each other's houses, etc. As much as we mock that doll, though, it completely terrifies us!
ReplyDelete@Patty -- That is some hilarious good times.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I can't stop laughing. And I thought I was bad because I have the "Can't sleep, clowns will eat me" Syndrome!!!
ReplyDeleteSo great to finally put a face to the hilarity!
ReplyDeleteI have only been reading your blog for a few months now, and this is the first post I've come across with your picture. And you're really pretty!! Not that I expected you to be ugly, but just average. And you're not! You are really quite lovely :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, those dolls creep me out as well...