Happy Birthday To....

Her name -- Barbie Millicent Roberts, she is from

Willow, Wisconsin and TODAY is her BIRTHDAY!

Barbie made her debut -- March 9, 1959.

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Barbie was created by Ruth Handler and her husband,

they were the founders of Mattel.

She was named after Handler's daughter -- her

nickname was Barbie. Mrs. Handler passed away

April 27, 2002.

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351,000 Barbies were sold in 1959. They were sold

for $3 each.

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His name -- Ken Carson -- Barbie's boyfriend debut

in 1961 and was named after the Handler's son.

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Family and Friends --

Skipper -- The Sister

Francie -- The Cousin

Midge -- The Best Friend

PJ -- Friend

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Barbie has held a variety of careers -- She is a "Go to Gal!"

These careers have shown that women can take on a

variety of roles in life.

Some of her careers --

Fashion Model---Military Officer

Rockette--- President

Olympic Gymnast--- Police/Firefighter

Teacher ---Doctor

NASCAR driver

To name a few.

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I loved playing with my Barbie dolls when I was

young. My friends and I could spend hours playing

with our dolls, their houses, clothes, cars etc. etc.

I NEVER felt like I need to look like Barbie she

was just another doll that I had. Soooo much has

been made of this. I'm not saying that it's not possible

but her figure is Not overly possible in the real world.

I still have most of my Barbie things--they a currently

in storage but they have been well kept. One of my

favorite "Barbie" memories is of my Mom making

little bitty clothes for Barbie and her friends! :)

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Head over to "Two Crazy Crafters"--most Wednesdays

Lindsey does a "Barbie spot" they are really fun and

interesting!

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If you are in the Kansas City area, The Toy and Miniature Museum has a Barbie exhibit until November

2010. Come to town and see it!

~Keep on Dreaming~

I'm Seeing RED

Hello--

The title of this post may give you

the idea that I'm talking about

my mood. BUT oh no, I'm talking

about all the pretty red things we

have in our house.

We have splashes here and there.

It is more of an accent color. Red is one of my favorite colors.

It makes me feel happy. It gives me a "mood booster"

when I wear this color. Of course, those holidays that

have red in them are some of my favs too.

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Are you ready for the tour? Let's go!!!

Our tour guide will start with picture one.

1) Pretty Aprons

2) Festive Paper

3) Cozy Sweaters

4) Our Dining Room Valance

5) Decorations from Blogger Friends

6) A Warm Quilt

7) Tasty Peppermints

8) Dot Platter

9) My beautiful Rubee

Yes, my friends my Kia has a name and I think it

fits her perfectly!

This concludes our Red tour. Thank you for coming!

Have a great day!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

The Merry Month of March

It is that time again monthly trivia!

**March Birthstone--Aquamarine-means

faithfulness, courage and friendship.

**Flower--Jonquil--means Love me, Affection

returned, Desire, Sympathy, Desire for

affection returned.

**Zodizc Sign--Pisces--Water sign

They are intuitive, humerous and

compassionate.

**This month in History--

1--Congress authorized the first US census

2--"King Kong," the motion picture, premiered

in New York.

3--Star Spangled Banner adopted as the

National Anthem of the US.

4--Jesse James died at 34

5--American Hall of Fame Founded.

6--Dorothy Hamill became World

Ladies Figure Skating champ.

7--The Beatles US album PAST MASTERS

VOL 1&2 released.

8--Groucho, Chico, and Harpo's last TV

appearance together.

9--1st Ford Mustang produced.

10--Alexander Graham Bell's first phone

call.

11--Kurt Browning became Men's Figure

Skating champ.

12--Girl Scouts of America were founded.

13--Uranus was discovered by Sir

William Herscel.

14--Eli Whitney received a patent for

his cotton gin.

15--"My Fair Lady," opened on Broadway.

16--"The Scarlet Letter," was published.

17--The Camp Fire Girls were created.

18--Schick, Inc. marketed the first

electric razor.

19--Congress approved Daylight Saving Time.

20--John Lennon married Yoko Ono.

21--Movie "Annie" premiers.

22--The first movie shown to an audience

occured in Paris.

23--The US Mint produced it's first coins

made by a press.

24--Kennedy Half Dollar issued.

25--RCA first produced color TV.

26--" Tommy" premiers in London.

27--Mt. St. Helenes becomes active after

123 years.

28--1st National Curling Championship

was held.

29--Meat, butter, and cheese rationing

began as a result of WWII.

30--Attempted assassination of Ronald

Regan.

31--"Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway.

**Fun Days--

1--Old Stuff Day--Change up your routine.

2--Happy "Read Across America" Day!

3--National Anthem Day

4--National Poundcake Day

5--Mother-in-Law's Day 1st celebrated

6--First sale of Oreos

7--Middle Name Pride Day

8--Iditarod begins

9--

10--First paper money issued

11--

12--Girls Scouts Day

13--Jewel Day

14--National Potato Chip Day

**Daylight Savings begins (this year)

15--Incredible Kid Day

16--

17--ST. PATRICK'S DAY

18--Goddess of Fertility Day

19--National Chocolate Carmel Day

20--SPRING begins!!!!!!

21--1st US Zoo opened

22--National Goof Off Day

23--Toast Day

24--

25--Waffle Day

26--Make up your own Holiday Day

27--

28--Palm Sunday (this year)

29--Coca Cola invented

30--Passover

31--Tator Day

**Red Cross Month, National Craft Month

and National Woman's History Month

**Birthdays

2--Dr Seuss

7--Willard Scott

9--Barbie

13--Uncle Sam

16--Patricia Nixon

17--Nat King Cole

18--Pillsbury Dough Boy

20--Big Bird

21--Bach

22--Andrew Lloyd Webber

25--Danica Patrick

26--Martin Short

30--Norah Jones

~Keep on Dreaming~

PS--Apron update--They were a hit!!!!!!!!

TA DAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Here they are! These two pictures show the tea towel aprons that I made for one of my coworkers Bridal shower, which is tomorrow. I think they came out really cute. The dotted one came from Jo Ann's it has a twin. The others came from the Dollar Tree. The ribbon also came from JoAnn's. It was on sale! These are really easy to make.

I liked them sooo much that I made myself one! This

is the twin to the other one.

The ribbon on mine, I already had and it has dots too!

I'm looking forward to the bride to be's reaction when

she opens these up. :)

Simone --Beach Vintage turned tea towels into a table

cloth for her home--it's cute too.

~Keep on Dreaming~