Alas, mopping is my biggest chore as I have only tile and wood floors in the downstairs of my house and 3 furry shedding dogs. (My solution to cleaning the upstairs of my house is to pretend I don't have one.) I use a dust mop to get under stuff followed by the vacuum, followed by a microfiber string mop (Libman Wonder Mop) that can be tossed in the washer after. A divided mop bucket is a thing of beauty, as you're not dipping your dirty mop back into your cleaning solution. A male mop attachment (AKA husband) is also a beautiful thing, but if anyone has figured out how to get those to work I'd love to know. I bought 3 roombas a few years ago, and all of them have been escorted to the curb. They got stuck under things so I was constantly chasing beeps, were a major pain to clean with the forky thing and hours of that constant hairdryer-like hum got old. The batteries all died within a few months, and replacements are almost the cost of the unit so we parted ways in a Flylady Fling. So Scooba? I dunno...not for me, but you'll probably hear from others who have had great experience with both.

I make them and they are truely loveable and realistic. I wrote once but I hadn't signed in so if this goes twice sorry. I sell mine for $00. for the doll and $500. for one of my ready to gift or diplay kits. I love in Maine and the market isn't that great around here. My web site has helped. www.judymae7.com I love doing the tiny little details that make these babies so life like. They can take me up to a week to complete. I love just doing a baby but have done look a likes. I did my daughter and they are 32 and 33 they said it was a little strange because they new the second they saw them who they were. I love taking them out and watching the people no one has ever thought they were dolls always a baby. Here is a link that might be useful: Make Me A Blessing Reborn Babies

I suspect that you could find one on one of the yarn company sites. Try Coats and Clark, Lion Brand and Bernat. Or better yet, Google for it.

Cynic, she does think she owns the place - she's taken over Harley's toys, his bed etal! She jumps all over him and tries to get him to play - he just looks at me like 'mom, get this flea off me'! I watch them very closely - don't want the old man to lose his cool, and although he's not the least bit agressive, I am still a bit timid about letting her wallow all over him. Many, many years ago, I had a german shephard and a teacup chihuahua - Missy (chi.) was the same with Spike (g.s.)- wallowed all over him - never an incident of agressiveness, but, I know my D.I.L. wasn't so fortunate - her pit bull bit her chi. and killed him - don't want to take any chances.