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West Coast Storm hits my home in Jamul!

This massive storm really wrecked my neighborhood!  I uploaded this video about the damage and my neighbor was going to submit it to the news networks, but her dad advised against it.  People out here don't like to go public!  but alas, I own a blog! Watch the video for the shocking footage!

Why is a guy on top of the mall sign? Spiderman?

Turned out he did work for maintenance, we just couldn't see the crew from our end. =)

The start of my Vintage Patti PlayPal 36" Walking Doll collection....

Ideal Patti PlayPal dolls were made in the 50's and 60's, I think there was a resurgence in the early 80's as well. These dolls can walk, and some of the smaller sizes could talk. They are interesting because the Ideal company wanted them to look accurate to other toddlers and they did! They stand at 28-38" and there is a whole family of them available. I forget all the names but I know there is Patti, Peter, and Penny PlayPal dolls which stand the tallest. Last year I took up a great interest in finding these dolls and restoring them. There are two in my family, but chances are I won't get a chance to revive those for anyone so per my mom's request last year I started searching for them online. Usually in good condition, you won't find them for less than a couple hundred, but I did find a few that were not in great shape which I am happy to restore for less that $50! I am looking forward to