True Friendship Can't Be Broken Part 1

That is exactly what I learned. Want to hear the story?

 So Tuesday morning, I hopped out of Mama's van. I was excited to spend another summer day with Julie!

 As I walked up the hot red pathway to Julie's house, I could see someone standing on the porch! I didn't know who it was. I felt a bit irritated by her presence {dolls have stronger feelings than anyone}, but controlled it. Who was this stranger?

"Hey!" I called out. The girl had extremely long hair! If I had had a pair of scissors with me, I would have chopped off a couple of inches off. The girl turned her head calmly with a little smile. I confess I didn't like her one bit.

"Hello then, and who are you?" I questioned. "I hope you're not a saleswoman, because solicitors are not welcome here." I stoutly declared. "Aloha!" She greeted me with that same smile, impervious to my words. I was put off a bit, and calmed down slightly. "I am new here." She said gently. "Guess so," I replied, taking a glance at her long sundress.

All of a sudden, the door opened. Julie must've heard us conversing, and wondered what was happening. "Kanani!" She yelled excitedly.

 My mouth dropped open in amazement. This was Kanani? Kanani nimbly jumped up onto the doorstep. "It's me!" She smiled. Julie was excited. "Kanani, I can't believe you're actually HERE!" She yelled.

The next thing I knew, Julie had her arm around Kanani's shoulder, and was walking her inside. All the while, they were chatting amiably. Of course. I followed them glumly, feeling left out and alone. As soon as they stepped inside, they slammed the door in my face.

A glistening salty tear made its way down my cheek and dropped to the ground. I stemmed the tide of tears, and told myself that 13 year old dolls do not cry. However, my tears of sorrow soon turned to anger. Kanani was replacing me!

That moment, I decided that I was going to find a new bestest best friend. If I wasn't Julie's best friend, I wasn't going to be hers.

~Sunshiny Ivy

Pics Coming Soon!

Pictures from Elliebob's house coming soon! :D

The closer it gets to August, the more excited I become. :) Arizona will be here, and Elliebob and J.J. will be coming to our house soon! :DDDDD

Unexpected Pets

I would never have guessed I would have the two new pets I have now. And don't worry, I might still be getting my kitten, it's just not gonna be too soon. Now I'm going to tell the story of the pets I just got last night. :)

I was walking alone in the local park trail when something moving on the ground caught my eye. I leaned closer, staring at the bark on the ground.

Two lizards! Wow! They were SO cute. I nearly fell over on top of them! Afraid I would scare them, I stood frozen to the ground. They did not run away, but came closer to me! I crouched down, and held my hand to the ground. To my great surprise, they hopped right on!
I immediately took them home to show Mama.
She concluded that these lizards were escaped pets, since they were so friendly.
I smiled and stroked their tiny heads.
"Can I keep them?" I begged. "I'll take care of them with my own money, I'll be responsible, I'll---" Mama put her finger over my mouth. "I know you're responsible enough for a pet. I just don't know if you need another pet. After all, you do have Winter." I paused, and thought of my Schnauzer. "Winter never hurt anything, he will never hurt these two!" I argued. "Please?" I pleaded.
Mama smiled. She said yes!
Oh, I was so excited!
Immediately, I sat on the couch to think of lizzie names. I held up one of them.

It was a male, I could tell by his brilliant coloring. "Your name is Storm!" I decided firmly. Then I looked at the other lizard.

"You two must be brother and sister!" I thought. I decided to think of them as brother and sister even if they weren't. They did look alike. I looked at the little female. "I am going to call you Zephyr," I decided. I grinned. I was quite happy with my names.

I held up Storm and Zephyr, and shouted (a little too loudly), "Welcome to the Ling home!"
I love my new pets!

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You don't have to read this.

I know, on your dashboard, you all are wondering, what the heck?!
I just did this post so the video wouldn't overlap on the followers. Carry on!

I video I love

I hope this worked!
Anyway, this is a video I simply love! I love the kitten at 1:18!
I hope you like it.

Car Drive

Sorry I haven't been posting! I've been worried about Threads Boutique. But the construction director promised that it would be put up again sometime.
So!
Today, we went on a car drive. A small road trip to visit a small place.
We got up early, ate breakfast, and rushed out the door!

Here I am in the car. I love to just sit next to the window and watch the scenery. It was a beautiful day to drive! There wasn't a single solitary cloud in the sky, and I could see for miles.

After a while, I tired of the window, and sat in front of the windshield. That was a nice view! I'm glad Mama let me sit in the front seat. I had AC control, ultimate view, and a huge captain chair to call my own.

All the cars seemed to be going one way. Look at that blue sky! See what I mean? I settled down once we got near our destination. I could tell because of their signature pine trees.
The weather was nice. It wasn't too hot, or too cold.
Here I am!

Blue and green! I love this picture. I love being outside! While Mama went off, I explored. I found a nice shady spot under a clump of short trees. Towards noon, it started to get hot. The longer I stayed in my shade spot, the more I didn't want to leave!

I stepped out a little bit, and jumped right back. It was hot! I certainly didn't want to get any sunburn. I hadn't put any sunscreen on when I left. So I stayed with my little tree in my little spot and waited for Mama.

I played around a bit. I pretended I was a pioneer. Then I pretended I had Winter with me, and that we were playing together! By and by, Mama found me, and took me back to the car. "Wait here, Ivy. I'm almost done!" She told me.

I fastened my seat belt and waited. After ten minutes, Mama didn't come, so I slipped out of my belt, and slid over to the driver's seat. It was great fun!

He he he! I'm a bit too short to drive. Actually, the steering wheel is much bigger and heavier than I am. I played around with the wheel before getting bored. Then, I spied the controls. Buttons and buttons!

I love buttons and spinners and controls. The temp control was fun. It clicks every time you move it. I spun it till it squeaked and clicked at the same time! The next one was fun too.

I found out that there are hundreds of different ways to position this vent! One thing I have to have in the car is air. I can't live without a fresh supply of air! I sighed. Mama still wasn't back. When was she going to be done?!

After pushing all the other buttons I could get my vinyl hands on, I collapsed on my back on my seat. I was tired. Hungry. Bored. Sigh. Mama!!
Then, she finally came back, a smile on her flushed face. "Okee, Ivy! Let's go." She clicked her seat belt. Yay!
A nice little trips. I love being out and about, don't you?
Thanks for reading this (long) post!

Ohmy!

I have 25 followers, which means, two followers in two days! Woo-hoo! How exciting! I've got to make a banner for this!
Well, gotta go, unfortunately.
~Sunshiny Ivy

'Zona Kali

It's SO hot today! I wish we could go swimming. But alas, we don't have a pool. I want to see Julie. And her newest friend 'Nani.
Oh yeah, my best friend Julie got  a new sister named Kanani! When we get together, I want to see if I can call her 'Nani instead. It's a cute nickname, isn't it?

Now, to the topic of this post.
Before you read on, read this post first: http://simplyivysworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/of-american-girl-city.html

At the bottom of the post, it mentions that Arizona had eye problems. Guess what! Her last surgery was today. When I was at Jubi's house, we called the doctor at AG, and he said that the surgery was successful!   Arizona will make her debut circa August 15. :D
Jubilee was SO excited! "Oh Ivy," She gushed, "My cousin will be living here soon! I'm so happy!" We were the happiest bunch.
Here's a pic Jubi took of me that day...

I had the widest smile ever that day. :)
I'm so excited! However, Arizona has to wait at least two weeks for healing time before coming to Rose Hollow.
I'll be looking forward to the day that I meet her!

I am Short

And before I begin, what's with my pageviews? They've been going down, and I haven't been getting any new followers. What's with that? -sigh- Again, if you have any friends, please let them know about "Simply Ivy"!

And on with my short little entry.

It was Thursday afternoon, after I finished sweeping, and I was having a bit of fun with the passersby. I stood next to our heirloom tomato on our front porch, and yelled, "Tomato plant for picture background! Free posing, free pictures!" That's the gist of it.
One young adult stopped by, and took a picture of me in front of the plant. :)
Here's my picture of me...

Woah, what's with that? How does a tomato plant dwarf a mini person like me? I look so short. Actually, I am short. I guess mini people are supposed to be short, or else they wouldn't be called "mini"!
Then, I tried to take dominion over our Rose of Sharon. Of course the bees were very mad and chased me away!

I decided to take dominion over the pillar instead. I ruled over the pillar queenly and wisely for about five minutes before going inside. The shortest reign, ended by a very power-hungry bumblebee! Just kidding, he wasn't power-hungry. Mr. Bumblebee just liked the flowers on my tunic. XD

And that's it for today. Oh, and guess what? I made up to Mama for being sneaky ('member when Jubi and I watched Cars 2? By ourselves?), and she's going to take all the Rose Hollow Dolls/Mini People to watch Cars 2 in the theater! SO exciting! I can't wait to see if the other girls will like it. I hope so.

NOW I'm finally done rambling about...various things. :)
Until next time...

~Sunshiny Ivy

P.S. I've GOT to get myself a signature!

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I put up a favicon! Can you see it?

A Walk

I went for a walk in our backyard today. It's like the most gorgeous park you've ever seen!

The light streaming through the trees was amazing, and it was delightfully cool outside.

I stopped to touch the delicate baby lilies. They just began to bloom, with their tender and beautiful petals. I love the lilies.

I paused a minute on the smooth flagstones. They felt cool and strong beneath me. The grass whispered and sang to the flowers and the rocks. The sound was wonderful.

In no time at all, I reached the side yard. I dared not venture any further. The pitbull next door is scary! I turned, and stepped onto the concrete. Mama was there.

 She offered her hand, and I put my tiny vinyl hand in hers. It felt warm.

We held hands as we walked back to the house.
A walk is totally my favorite thing to do to clear my mind. Nature is always the best thing to clear your mind with.
It's breakfast time, and I'm not about to miss that! I'll post again soon. :)

~Sunshiny Ivy

At J.J.'s House

Mama brought all of us (except Peace and Naomi) to her best friend J.J.'s house! It was SO fun to catch up!
Here's a picture of me!

Of course, Mama forgot all about me, and I was stuck. XD

The majority of Mama and J.J.'s time was spent in the pool. Even though it's only 3 feet deep, I do believe they had fun.

That's my friend Sunny! She's very nice to me. We had so much fun chatting. J.J.'s mom was probably wondering about the two noisy laughing dolls in the bedroom. XD 

Group shot! Too bad Sunny didn't make it into the photo. Here are the names from left to right...

Maddy, Fidelia, Marie, Christina, Joy, Ivy (Me!), Jubilee, Elizabeth

I had too much fun. I already want to be back there! -sigh- I'll have to wait another 2 weeks!

Sometimes the life of a doll can be boring. :(

Well, I've got to run!

See you later...

~Sunshiny Ivy

Sneaky

Okay, so maybe it wasn't the best thing to do, but it was FUN! F-u-n, fun. Wondering what I did? Well, I'll tell you. Yesterday afternoon, Jubilee and I were hanging out in my room.

Of course I was bummed out that Mama got to go to the theater to watch Cars 2 and left all the dolls behind! I mean, we should have that privilege, right? I sighed. I knew Jubi wanted to watch it too. "Supposed to be a spy movie." Jubilee murmured wistfully. "I love spy movies," I stroked Winter.

Winter sensed that I was feeling unhappy and whined softly. I patted his head, and twirled his smooth mustache around. "You're such a good friend, Winter!" I crooned. But after five minutes, I felt as bad ass ever. Even though I knew it would probably make me feel worse, I walked over to my laptop, and typed in "Cars 2 poster". This image came up...

Jubi closed my laptop. "Ivy, stop it! You're making yourself feel bad about a movie!" She looked sternly at me. I didn't answer, for suddenly, a thought had sprung into my mind! "Let's go see it!" I exclaimed. Jubi pretended to look shocked, but there was a curiousness and a excited twinkle in her eye. "We just can't go out and.........I mean.......Oh, you win, let's go!" She gave in with a little laugh.

Next, we counted our money. I had $11, and Jubilee had $8. "Perfect!" I said. We didn't really have a plan. I only knew that Cars 2 was playing at the uptown theater at 3 o'clock. At that time, it was 2:20. Next, I knew that Mama was leaving for a date with her bestie J.J. As soon as Mama left, we would go to the theater, buy tickets, watch the show, and come home! Easy as pie! I started to hum the Mission Impossible music. Jubi giggled, "Your mission, Ivy and Jubi, if you choose to accept it, is to watch Cars 2 and get home without getting in trouble!"

At exactly two forty-five, Mama left for her friend's house. Our plan was working so far, but we hadn't even gotten to the door! We tried to sneak out the back way, yet my little (irony, isn't it?) sister Joy was there waiting. "Where ya going, Ivy?" She asked. "We're going out exploring to find some flowers." I said stoutly. "I want to come then." She replied coolly. "We're going by ourselves, and it's none of your business to come anyway!" I rejoined defensively. "Fine, fine." She said. We flew out the door before we could meet up with any more delays!

 


The ticket buying proved to be a little stressful. It was five minutes till movie time, and we didn't have tickets, popcorn, or drinks yet! "Boy, seeing a movie by ourselves is harder than I thought!" I ran my fingers through my hair. Finally, we ordered the tickets. "Here are your tickets, little misses. The room is two doors to your left." The ticket seller smiled at us. "It's a very light crowd today. You may have any seats you wish!"

Jubi and I waved our tickets, and pretended that we were fashionable stars going out to see a premiere of their movie. Then we realized it was only 2 minutes till showtime! We whisked ourselves away to the refreshment counter, then darted into the theater. It was surprisingly empty. Jubi and I, of course, chose the box seats. :)

It was a thrilling movie! I love anything Mama loves. All her favorite movies and favorite movie characters are my favorite movies and movie characters. Thus, you may deduct from this information (that is, if you read Mama's blog) that my favorite character is Finn McMissile! Haha!

After the movie, we laughed and hugged. "So fun!" We agreed. "I love Finn!" I exclaimed. "Oh, he's okay, but Mater and Holly are my favorites!" Jubi replied. We split our paths to go home. I don't know what Jubi received when she got home, but I got a lecture. :(
Nevermind, it was fun!

Well, gotta go now. I have a party to attend, so I must be off!

~Sunshiny Ivy