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Our best friends came out for the weekend and of course it was fabulous.... until I fainted. Yeah, that happened. I didn't even realize I did it. Next thing I know, Emory was gently brushing my shoulder and telling me I had another episode. That's what we call it because it's not dainty.  Up until then, we watched Drunk History. I wish this was a thing when I was in school. I might would have remembered names a little better. I might remember dates and scenarios too. It's freaking hilarious.  We went to Solvang after our best friends left. We took our little buddy with us because it was a little late notice to drop him off at the communes (yep two different communes). We did drop by the Port commune to pick up some boat gear for the Oxnard commune. At the Oxnard stop which was closer to our destination, we let Mozart run around their beautiful yard. We just missed the kiddos there because the children went off to another adventure for the week. We filled up on water and...

 Mozart had his very last dental cleaning. We're not going to make him do this again. He's a senior man and he's having a hard time just coming out of it. The procedure was a little late and the medications must have done a number on him because he was pretty out of it for hours and hours into the next day. The doctor said he would cry and he has been. It's so sad. So we've been holding him and just rubbing his back and tummy. Mozart and Me (snapchat) We've been trying to clean some. It's not an easy task. I see things that can be put away, but instead, I'm writing up a storm. The problem is, I live like Merlin's little hut in The Sword and the Stone (Disney cartoon 1963). I'm cramped with books and tea pots and everything else that just speaks to me. Everything has a little bit of magic... a story that just whispers their very existence. How am I supposed to get rid of all these stories?  Sue said we'd start with the closet. I did get rid of...

We went to the grocery store and though I said I wasn't going to pay for any extras, I saw cotton candy grapes for $3.99 lbs. (which is pretty cheap for cotton candy grapes that are usually much higher in price) It was measured so its one pound exactly. So we did it. I know... save all the money I can for the possible next great depression. My family (great grandparents) made it through the first one so I know we can too, but living in California makes it a little hard. With the super bad fires, rent out here has gone up a lot.  I am still drinking my pot of coffee. I have some food in my fridge. I have a strong support group. The commune has space for us to come back if we need to, though more people will be moving in and with kiddos. The community there is getting big. I'm supposed to be downsizing, but I've been writing up a storm. My best friend told me, "Life's for living, not for cleaning" but I'm pretty sure she has a very clean house.  Sue and I ha...

I just read an article that California is losing a substantial bit of its funding for libraries. I wonder if that means our libraries will close. I also saw that books are being purged. I wonder what that's going to mean for our reading lists. I really hate this. Time to invest in my own private library. Fahrenheit 451... ?!?!? Anyone else seeing this? It's kind of funny how people are starting to download the novels they want to keep. I should do that too, but I can't remember the names of the ones I was so in love with that I read years ago. So I think I'll be giving up on the "extra" things we usually splurge on. After my coffee runs out, I don't think I'll buy any more. It seems like such a luxury now... (I say this and then we found coffee for $6.99 so we bought a few bags).  We went to Costco and it was utterly crazy. I don't know how much eggs were being sold for (since it's not part of my diet intake) but the Costco staff kept yelling f...