Back To School For Toni - Page 2

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@lynnie61 Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoyed seeing Toni in her Apple Dress.

Summer was very rainy for a few weeks, then we did get the heat and humidity. I stay in with the air conditioning and only sit outside on my porch when it is comfortable. This week has been 70's and comfortable with lower humidity.

Summer was not bad until August. We lost our precious 9 year old Maine Coon, Katie, two weeks ago and it will take a long time for us to get used to her not being here. We miss her so much. She was a very sweet cat. Now she is with her sister, Silvie who passed away seven years ago.

The week before Katie got so sick, I fell and hurt my knee, elbow and pulled the muscles on my left side. At 78

it takes longer to recover from something like that, so I'm still sore, but I'll live. Then, three days after I fell, I got vertigo and that lasted three days. The following Sunday, was when Katie was so sick and we had to travel to an emergency hospital thirty minutes away. I'm glad August is ending.

Schools open next week, in our city, always the Wednesday after Labor Day. The city next to ours, started school this week.

I liked returning to school in September, as a child.

I looked forward to seeing my school friends and wearing a new dress and new shoes. I usually got a new pencil box filled with all the necessary supplies.

When I was raising my family, I had five children to get ready for school. I don't know how people can afford to do that today. I was fortunate to stay home to raise my children

back then. Today, most people need two incomes to raise a

family.

Summer reading was something I always enjoyed.

This summer I read six books. I still love my books. Sitting on

my porch, reading a great book and having a cold drink is one

of my favorite things to do in summer.

lynnie61 · ‎04-28-2010

@Enufstuff I'm very sorry to hear of Katie's passing. Awww. I'm sure it's been hard, adjusting without her. Thinking of you and praying for you. Hugs. (((❤️))).

My mom was home with us as well. It's such a different world. Costs of things, needing two incomes. We were happy our mom was home when we returned from school. Lots of good childhood memories. I don't have children, but I had several coworkers with kids that had to work. They certainly were "wonder" women, and I gave them a lot of credit. All the school activities, and working and commuting all day. It was hard for them. Evenings with activities, dinner, homework. Little time to relax.

Take care, I'll be thinking of you.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@SportyShorty07 Thank you so much. This dress is actually one that I sewed and sold years ago. I have not been up to sewing, this summer. I mostly read a lot of books, for enjoyment.

I was sorry to learn that you have been going through a stressful time. I watch a lot of you tube videos and I would be under a lot of stress, if I lived in California. I hope that things get better for you.

My blood pressure and stress level have been high since January. Reading books is my relaxation to get away from the computer and information overload.

I'm glad that my children are all grown. I would not want to be raising a family in today's world.

I leave the house as little as possible. This is not what I imagined my retirement to be.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@shoekitty You are right! The fuller, the better! I loved wearing

full petticoats under full skirts. I remember still wearing them in 1961.

Those tiny sleeves and collars are not easy to do

for these 14" dolls.

But, I made even smaller doll clothes for Barbies,

when my three girls were little. Those dresses did

not have collars.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@on the bay Thank you very much. I'm glad that you enjoy

seeing Toni in her frocks.

That little girl that you saw, must have been adorable. The big hair bows are an old fashioned style, with long hair.

When I had a 1914 Garden Party, when my house was 100 years old in 2014, everyone dressed in styles of that era.

I bought an antique white lawn and eyelet lace dress for my three year old great-grand daughter to wear. I bought wide lavender satin ribbon for a sash tied in a large bow and used the same ribbon for a large bow for her long dark hair.

My girls enjoyed creating their outfits for that

party. We have had many themed parties and my girls loved

dressing for them.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@Enufstuff,

Your great-grandaughter must have looked and felt so special and lovely with her dress and bows!

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

@Enufstuff , Toni is too cute in her adorable dress, complete with red shoes and apple. I love what you've done with her beautiful wavy hair, too. Her cheeks are rosy with excitement about that first day at school. Those were the days!

Beammeupscotty · ‎02-25-2024

@Enufstuff

So sorry to read about your little Katie and your fall. Falling can be treacherous at our ages (I'm 72).

I always enjoy your Toni doll and her outfits! She looks amazing.

I do think that clothing back in the older times were so beautiful. Much more so than today's. BUT they were very hard to keep up, right? I know mommy spent a lot of time washing and ironing.