After the Soccer Game!

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The girls are sharing a snack after their last Soccer game.

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Chelsea: That was a great final pass and SCORE, Melissa! 

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And, we won the last game, thanks to you.

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Melissa: Thanks and but we ALL ended up the season with a Win! 

Great sandwiches, I'm starving. Please pass the water.

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Chelsea: I'm glad to get back to school, but not school lunches. Yech! The apples aren never this red or sweet.

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Melissa: And... the chips are always stale...yuck!

Foofie: Chips...chips...chips?????? Rolls her eyes and kisses Melissa's knee, pleading.

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Melissa: There you go Foofie.

Foofie: (The things I do for a lousy chip!)

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Girls: Well here's to a great season and to the last of summer

Collective Sigh.........!

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How about more CHIPS, please?

Do your Dolls have 

Sports Hobbies? 

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Ready for the Beach!

 Last days of summer in Chicagoland, sunshine and a warm lakefront perfect for swimming and sunning before the waning days of Summer slide into Fall.

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Lara: Thanks for picking me up here. We don't need to fuel the rumor mill at the office.

Russ: Huh-mph! Embarrassed to be seen with an old goat like ME? 

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Lara: Definitely not, especially on a gorgeous day like this.

Russ: Hmmm, any day is gorgeous with some one ...

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... like you! 

Lara: You do say the sweetest things. Well should we get going? There's only a few hours until the beach closes. 

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Russ: My gosh woman you are all legs for sure?

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Lara: Just legs? (giggle)

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Russ: Hmmm, well the entire package is very fine...

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Lara: Well this seems awkward and I don't want to be dropped.

Russ: Hummmmph!  How about Leap frog style.

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Lara: Yipppeeee! Ride Um Cowgirl, giddy-UP!

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Russ: Hold on there, Missy. This old bronco has a few miles to go.

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Lara: Seriously Russ, it's only six blocks...let's get going.

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And they are off....a Spring and a Fall ready for their own adventures...

Lara: To the Beach, Jeeves! 

Russ: Humphhhh...two-three-four'

Lara: Sound off! 

Russ: One-Two

Lara: Sound off!

Russ: "Three, four!"

Lara:"  "Cadence count!

Russ:  "One, two, three, four!"

Just a bit of summer fun...

Russ and Laura, the secret couple of my

Northside Chicago Doll Land.

Do Any of Your Doll Couples Have 

an Age Difference Romance?

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Three Beauty Queens and Foofie

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Hi, I'm Teresa with Channel 7 Near Northside Neighborhood News. Today we have Miss Barbie Roberts, 2010 Queen of the Wisconsin State Fair, Miss Maja Kowalski 2025 Miss Polonia, Chicago, and myself as Miss Puerto Rico Aurora 2015 from right here in Chicagoland. We are going to chat a bit with the newly crowned Miss Polonia about beauty pageants here in Chicago.

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Barbie: Thanks so much, Teresa  and Maja for coming to my home.  

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Maja: Thank you Barbie for having me. I'm so happy to be able to share my heritage with you and Teresa today.

Barbie: Please tell us about yourself besides being Miss Polonia. 

Maja: I'm currently enrolled at Roosevelt University as a Senior and hope to be graduating in Business Finance in 2026. I love living in Chicago and enjoying all the activities along Lake Michigan. I bike along the lake and enjoy swimming and volleyball at North Beach.

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Maja: I'm also currently working a summer internship in a bank providing financial services to my neighborhood and the Polish community.

 

Teresa: Do you find yourself doing financial assistance or more as an interpreter. 

Maja: Definitely both. My parents came from Poland in the 1990's, and Polish was my only language until I started school here in Chicago. 

Teresa: That sounds like you have a very busy summer. What local events will you be participating in this year as Miss Polonia.

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Maja: Of course the largest event is coming up over Labor Day, the huge Taste of Polonia festival Just west of here on Lawrence and west of I-90. It is the largest Polish event of culture, food and fun here in Chicago. And, like all of the Chicago festivals, everyone is welcome. 

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Inside the girls have coffee, a Chicago cake and fruit bars while they continue their conversation.

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Teresa: Well ladies, what do you think was your best Pageant experiences and of course the worst?

(Lots of laughter)

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While Teresa takes notes for her article, Foofie has an interest and tries to find a few crumbs.

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Maja: Miss Barbie, how has your career been changed by you regal experiences?

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Barbie: (Laughing) My regal experiences were basically eating too many Wisconsin Creme Puffs for photos and too many deep fried cheese curds. I gained 6 pounds during the State Fair, because everyone wanted me sampling and being photo'd eating their specialties.

And of course all the Sponserships. But, I left that behind for University here in Chicago and I only go back to visit with family. Here,  I don't think anyone knows I was once a 'Queen' of anything.

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Oh, yes, the food...if I have to eat another dripping Polish Sausage sandwich on camera... ugh! But, I confess I fake eating some things for photos.

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Barbie: No wonder you have such a small waist.

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Teresa laughing: I think I had to test over 20 Empanadillas for a contest. I don't think I have eaten one since. After that many, they all tasted the same, and I simply closed my eyes and picked the winner. 

Wrapping up, thank-you Ladies, for the insights into Local pageantry and congratulations to Miss Polonia Chicago. 

Now I'll write a great plug for the Festival and it's only a couple of weeks away. We'll see you then, Maja, I'll bring a crew live, and we will tour the festival. How does that sound.

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Maja: That will be wonderful, as long as I don't have to eat another Polish Sausage sandwich on camera...LOL.

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Foofie: Listen here, Humans. I'm Queen of this house and I want to eat cake! Pleeeeeezzz!

The End

Scenes: Sidewalk set outside remodeled DIY Barbie Townhouse and also in the first floor Great Room.

Dolls

Barbie: re-bodied Super Star circa 1993..so many blondes then hard to pinpoint exact doll, thrifted. Dressed in Strawberry Shortcake Lemon 5Below

Maja: 1971-3 Ballerina TNT with Mod face thrifted

1992 Rio De Janiero swim suit.

Teresa: Barbie 2007? thrifted with hoop wire earrings original, Bay Watch Barbie swimsuit 1990s, Mommy made summer circle skirt.

STORY complete total FICTION, not representational of anyone at all set in Chicago.

DO YOUR DOLLS HAVE

 FOOD FAVORITES OR DISLIKES?

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My thrifted Dolls Spa Day!

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Well, it's finally Spa Day, the thrifted dolls have been sitting on the kitchen table for almost a week.

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I'm far from a pro...I use what I have to clean up dolls and their clothes. I have sensitive skin, so I figure the products I use on me and my treated blonde hair should be fine for the dolls.

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Remember these from my son and d-in-law...yep, despite being very well kept from a personal collection, I call them shelf dirty, except for one guy, who clearly had been mucking about outside at one time.

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So Everyone got a bath and light scrub in Arm and Hammer Laundry soap with OxyClean. It's one of the soaps that works in our well water and also doesn't trash my skin. Surprisingly, everyone came clean with no marks. The guys have painted hair, but of course the girls...UGH! I did have one loose head that came off during cleaning, I think she may have been rebodied, as there's a dent on the inside of her neck that didn't show on the outside.

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Brushing or combing dirty hair is a pain. These were dirty from being thrown in a box and tangled slightly. The worst was the Scottish redhead---who had the most hair and multiple original rubber bands that had disintegrated, one of the Super Stars also had the same thing..ancient red rubber bands on blonde hair. 

I used a dose of normal shampoo, except on one I added dish soap (Dawn anti-bacterial) to get some hair part dust from probably being displayed. The degreaser in Dawn is great for lots of things. So after shampooing and gently trying to comb with wide tines, I applied quite a bit of Loreal Ever Blonde Conditioner and gently worked it through the hair. It's amazing what good conditioner will do to crappy Barbie hair. 

With the conditioner in, I worked through all the hair with the wide tines of the comb, then I did the same with the close tines. Eventually it was all untangled, so I gently rinsed with warm water. Giving one more pass with the comb I squeezed out the excess water and gave the hair a loosening from being straight in hopes it will hint which direction it will want to curl.

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The Ballerina doll I left in the original set and just washed it, hopefully it will be okay and straighten with touch up combing. That is a very intricate hairstyle with multiple cross overs, and strands with multiple rubber bands.

The spare Ballerina head's hair was pretty much trashed, and I may just change her into a Mod and sell or gift  the tiara to someone else.

Now they are all naked and chatting while drain drying. I'm sitting the dolls up, so they drain from head to butt. 

See you later for the Salon Day, maybe some nail polish and toes too. Curls or no curls...

THAT IS THE QUESTION?????

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