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Posts Tagged ‘Build A Bear’

These days, I’m not much of a “plushie girl.” When sales of plushies (what we oldies simply used to call stuffed toys) are advertised on my Hello Kitty social network, I no longer get this compelling need to buy each and every one I see.
Collecting plushies used to be de rigeur for teenagers of my [...]

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This was originally published in HerWord.com on July 31, 2009, following my blog piece My Hello Kitty Build-A-Bear World. I had wanted to cross-post this as soon as it came out, but weighed against national events, this seemed inappropriate at the time. I am sharing this now with you, dear friends.
I grew up faster than most [...]

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I was going to post this last night but thinking about what BAB means to me- and they are just more than dolls to me- led me to write a full-length article. I’ll post it as soon as possible.
I am deeply grateful to my husband; he has made all these possible and more. He is the one [...]

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I like to describe myself as a nerd who discovered her arts and crafts bone a little late in life. I didn’t even realize I had it until I had my first child. My very first project was a series of small hand painted oven-baked ceramic pots to hold small baby things. My husband loved them [...]

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It was early evening on the 13th, just another seemingly ordinary Thursday. I had just come from the bath when the car horn blared a few times to signal A’s coming. I heard Alphonse run as fast as his feet could carry him as he rushed to meet his dad in the garage. This was always Alphonse’s best time [...]

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Kitty Kitty Bo Bitty

I didn’t get around to posting this before, and now that I have some free time on my hands, I thought I’d introduce you to the newest member of our family, Kitty Bee (as in Kitty B or Kitty Brown). She arrived via US Postal Service on October 7 this year, but I’ve listed her [...]

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