Scary Doll Lurks

Scary Doll lives in the holiday decorations bin in the attic most of the year; then, in December, she re-emerges for several weeks and terrorizes the household. You never know where she'll turn up ... she bides her time, ready to startle you when you least expect it! She was probably once a beautiful caroling doll; now she is just a Scary Doll who lurks.

Sunday, December 17, 2017

She's boxed in with Peet!

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SG and I have been consumers of Peet's coffee. So I should have guessed, based on SG's hint of a coffee klatsch, that Scary Doll w...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

She's seeking Comfort and Joy!

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This Christmas season is all about these soft, squishy Scandinavian gnomes. They are like a hug wrapped in woven  sweaters and fluffy b...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

She's trying to get in on my action!

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SG dropped an ominous hint about Scary Doll wanting to get in on other people's action. Sure enough, SD went missing from her convales...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

She's perching!

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Since I have been recovering from surgery and getting up from the couch is painful, Jamie made me a nice perch of extra cushions that h...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

She's a lunchbag stowaway!

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Noon at work: a moment of sustenance and solitude, a time to satisfy a late-morning/early afternoon case of the munchies, a moment between...
Monday, November 27, 2017

She has succumbed to the seasonal marketing ploy of pumpkin spice EVERYTHING!!!

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I had just baked a loaf of fresh pumpkin bread and was enjoying a slice on my cozy couch in the den, when I heard a chittering and gnaw...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

She's personally responsible for the disappearance of my rain coat!

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About three weeks ago my raincoat went missing. This meant wandering about poorly suited for the gallons of rain dumped on us during fall ...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

She's in with the Christmas cards & her lap is filled with love.

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Ever since she emerged from her latest g=hiding place, Scary Doll has been hanging out with our accumulating pile of cards.  This re...
Friday, December 9, 2016

She's getting fit!

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In the back of my mind lurked something SG mentioned about Scary Doll wanting to stimulate herself with new activities. Lo and behold I ...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Sheeeeee's .... a.... hamburger! Hamburger! Hamburger!

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Scary Doll loves to play this singing card over & over, just like I did ever since I got this card from San San. I have heard this so...
Thursday, December 1, 2016

She's a stowaway in my catch-all box!

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Spinner dropped some hints in her previous post that SD loves to immerse herself in piles of "randomly thrown together objects." M...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

She's aspiring to become a chew toy!

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I approached the dog toy basket as I often do, prepared to switch out Mae's toys to alleviate boredom (hers, not mine). And lo! ...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

She's bastardizing the dog food basket!

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Of course SD would do what Christmas does every year to Thanksgiving Day: preempt it with her diabolical attention-craving presence! This...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Baby it's cold outside...

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Poor Scary Doll. She was so chilly from her time in the meat locker. Nearby, a cozy fur-clad creature held the promise of warm snugg...

She's spooning with the 2%!

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After many a-travels, SD is still imposing upon her hosts. This time taking up residence in my mom's fridge, not even acknowledging tha...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

She's getting up in Hector's bizness!

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Jamie was hinting that Scary Doll is always "getting up in people's business..."  Boy, is she ever!  Poor Hector de Si...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

She's getting chummy with my pajama pants!

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There she was, her frightening head sticking out the fly of my pajama pants which I expect to burn in the chiminea shortly after I publish ...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

All I want for Christmas is a chance to possess your soul.

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Jamie kept dropping hints about Scary Doll returning to her childhood and wondering aloud about the way she "still believes....
Friday, December 18, 2015

She's observing public displays of affection!

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SG kept dropping what appeared to be hints about Scary Doll evolving beyond her spoon session with Holly Bear. "She wants to observe p...

She's spooning with Holly Bear!

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Everyone needs a little love sometimes. Even scary dolls. Stephen King, too! Bask in the love, little babes.
Thursday, December 17, 2015

She's noise cancelling!

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SG kept dropping no-so-subtle hints about whether I was using my headphones or if I even knew of their location. After an exasperated effort...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

She's a radiant beacon!

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The three wise men should have no trouble spotting Scary Doll as they make their journey to Bethlehem (the road to which passes ...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

She's living the life of a warm towel!

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Eegad! I was washing up with the eerie feeling that someone was watching. Low (and I mean low) and behold, SD was living the life of Terri ...

She's a basket case!

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I was sitting with Spinnerina, lingering over coffee, surrounded by festive lights, wondering where Scary Doll may have crept off. She coul...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

She is real but she's not of this Earth

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Ninth time is not a charm.
Friday, December 26, 2014

She's got a light bulb up her hoo-ha!

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Well, SD let her monarchy atop my Mom's Christmas tree get to her petrified head. She decided to mount herself atop a light bulb in the ...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

She's achieved her life goal!

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SD has finally achieved her life's ambition to commandeer the position of a Christmas tree star or angel. I'm not sure what she coul...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

She's in my mom's couch!

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  I guess SD decided to make herself comfortable while the rest of us slave away for the Christmas Eve family event. I hope her needs...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

She's a stowaway!

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Well, as you may have guessed, Spinning Girl's post clued me into this little stunt by Scary Doll. Sure enough she wedged her freaky sel...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

She has free 2-day shipping!

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It is rare for day to pass without at least one Amazon box at our door (yeah for Amazon Prime!), so I thought nothing of it when thi...
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