March 28, 2020 Newsletter
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- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Installment #41
A nostalgic trip back to my childhood… I would have never said that my mother was a good cook, don't get me wrong, she cooked, there was...
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
Installment #40
It is the beginning of October 2010 and I find myself toying with the idea of entering the photography competition at the upcoming Tonner...
- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
Installment #39
Waiting for Dinner Guests - starring Henry the CEO ​(photos taken in 2011) <Installment #40 ...
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
Installment #38
In May of 2010 I decided to invest in a friend-of-a-friend’s invention: a self-portrait photo booth called SnapShot Studio. Having a love...
- Feb 25, 2020
- 5 min
Installment #37
The following excerpt was taken from The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love as told by author Jill Conner Browne. “A stranger arrives at a...
- Feb 18, 2020
- 3 min
Installment #36
It is the tail end of February, 2010 and I am on my way to Maine to pick up a load of dolls from a client; my friend, Tom, is riding...
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
Installment #35
The year is 2010, it is February 14th Valentine’s Day and what a surprise I got... My boyfriend at the time was stuck in California...
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #34
So to recap 2008… Five weddings, two funerals, a trip to Italy, and my first Tonner Doll convention. And let’s not forget the expansion...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
Installment #33
‘Tis the season… This week I’d like to share with you the time I took Henry with me to go chop down a Christmas tree. It was December...
- Dec 10, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #32
I attended my first doll convention in 2008; it was the Tonner Halloween convention in Framingham Massachusetts at the Sheridan that...
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #31
And now that I am back on track with the timeline of my story, let’s pick up where I left off with Installment #24. My trip to Italy was...
- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #30
After a year of selling dolls full-time, attending a Tonner Doll factory sale, and gaining a new client, I took a good, hard look at my...
- Nov 19, 2019
- 4 min
Installment #29
We interrupt this week’s installment to bring you another recipe! If you haven’t guessed by now, these interruptions are fill-ins for...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #28
I was nearing the bottom of the factory sale bargain barrel when my co-worker friend, who I was originally selling the dolls for, shared...
- Nov 5, 2019
- 3 min
Installment #27
In December 2007 I attended my very first Tonner Doll Company factory sale. It was held at the John A Coleman Catholic High School across...
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #26
After looking back through some old record keeping, I realized the timeline of my events are a bit off and I have left out some important...
- Oct 22, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #25
We interrupt this week’s installment to bring you a secret recipe. Back many years ago, when I was married and living in Ohio, I came up...
- Oct 15, 2019
- 3 min
Installment #24
After my mom’s passing I decided it was time to get serious about finding a j-o-b. My head was telling me I needed the security of a...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Installment #23
This segment is dedicated to my dear mother, Brenda M Carroll. My mom was loving, caring, kind, and thoughtful…she was the best mom a...
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