Wait, I"m confused--are there no bananas in Australia, or something??

At the moment, more or less. The Queensland floods earlier this year took out the banana crop, and the farmers' lobby group is preventing imports so they won't have the competition next year.

Michael's Crafts has surprisingly sturdy unfinished wooden coffin boxes for $2 in the Halloween stuff, with decent hinges and latches.

I totally thought you were suggesting an alternative to the doll hospital.

Video of Irene from space. She's huuuuuuuuuuge.

sarameg: that video is !!!! omGWTF black bear!!

I kept watching and saying (in my head) to the person with the camera "get in the house!"

Maria - that rocks. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Lola got a hold of Liv's doll and she has some abdominal injuries--she's spilling some of her fluffy guts. The AG Doll Hospital has an admittance form that I include with the doll when I ship it. She'll have her torso replaced and be shipped back to us, cleaned, hair brushed and wearing a hospital gown and an id bracelet.

They can pretty much fix anything--replace heads, limbs, bodies, eyes, etc.

If you take the doll in yourself, they will bring her out in a wheelchair. It's in Madison and I don't feel like driving down there so I will ship her.

If you take the doll in yourself, they will bring her out in a wheelchair.

!!!!!

Now I want a broken doll just so I can ship her to the doll hospital. Which sounds all kinds of creepy. I take it back. Still, as kid, I would have LOVED getting a repair done like that. So cool.

I just bought a battery-powered lantern. I'm not even in the danger zone; why am I getting prepared?

Maybe not this time, but now you're prepared for anything!

I have to pack and roll on up the pike. Blergh.

I'm sorry, but I have to: Danger zone!.

Ha! I'm not clicking, but I'm still earwormed. Ooh, but now I can turn to my restocked iTunes to save me.