Delta’s gate people in Sacramento actually told us why our plane was delayed and gave accurate updates. (It did depart; I’m now at SLC with time to spare for my connection.) Candor is not a quality I associate with airlines.

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With the clock ticking, I have declared victory on the MCM McMansion and set it up on its table upstairs. It needs some trim, but I can do that next month. The Lil Bratz have moved in comfortably. #dollhouse #makemodern

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Lazy #caturday as the little tabby cats are all worn out.

Having driven the entire big shopping street plus downtown… it is quiet here. Maybe everyone is at Walmart? The only place with a busy parking lot was Huckleberry’s, so I guess people are tired of leftover turkey.

I’m now roaming McHenry Avenue like a wolf, looking for more parking lot festivals and dropping in on thrift stores. It’s eerily quiet.

After an estate sale, I stumbled on a parking lot festival. Look at this beautiful spiral roll filled with cookie butter and dipped in white chocolate! The lamination was impressive. Sweet Haven: Oakdale, CA. #smallbusinesssaturday

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The Official Spokescat has commenced his afternoon activity of screaming at the patio door. He is an indoor cat. Belters come to the door to see why the pampered, effete Inner is raising a ruckus, then they shrug and amble off. They know it's not yet dinner time.

If anyone's feeling like an anti-consumerism purist today, the only place I spent money this morning is the Indian market, which is next to where I dropped off thrift donations. I've never shopped Black Friday: I hate crowds, and I don't care about the kinds of things that are on sale.

One Indian market in Ceres has added a barfi that looks like a fruit slice and consists of a gulab jaman-like exterior around a filling with the texture and taste of cheesecake. Discovering this upped my contentment dramatically.

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Wallpaper is mostly up (still undecided on tiny room). Bath is not vintage because I dreaded piecing under that peak. Tomorrow is floors and ceilings! #dollhouse

Picking wallpaper for the MCM Tract Home from my early 1970s Schumacher sample book (estate sale find) while watching the AP stream of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. #dollhouse

4:30 am. I open the patio door to give wet food to the Belters. Little Fluffalo, the neighbors’ cat, SURGES in the door. He is certain I’m LATE. Sir, you have a home!

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I came upstairs to spend quality time with Parsley, and she is utterly unimpressed. #catsofbluesky

It’s day 4 of painting the MCM Suburban Home — a task I thought would be done in two days. Unlike RGT’s MDF, Michaels’ MDF takes paint horribly. But I still have 4 days after today to get this done-ish. #dollhouse

Wasted early guesses because I got overconfident about the bottom word. squareword.org 1395: 9 guesses 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1395

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Love conquered all, including the difficulty that two points of the love triangle were the same guy with his hair combed differently.

Plot developments have happened. The romantic pairing are now having a competition for how many panipuri each can eat. This seems like more fun than gingerbread cookies.

Am watching an Indian romantic comedy. In this first 10 minutes, the gorgeous bride’s fiance and his entire family die in a bus crash.

Meanwhile, the Official Spokescat is sniffing me frantically because I picked up frequent yard visitor Little Fluffalo, the neighbors’ cat. Little Fluffalo rightly suspected I was checking for mats & resisted.

I determined that the yellowish paint Dad used on a vintage pinball machine is an acceptable dollhouse exterior paint color. Now waiting for the 2nd coat to dry and hoping it doesn’t need a third.

Impulsively I used a Michaels coupon on a fresh house for the 1:18 MCM furniture. It assembled in minutes… then I discovered all our old paint has either gone bad or there isn’t enough for the exterior. #dollhouse

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand” Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

Went through my donate/sell boxes in the guest room closet and put together a firm Donate box to take tomorrow, when my favorite thrifts are open. Discovered the reason Parsley has an endless supply of loud toys is that she got into the closet & tipped over my bag of wooden beads.

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Tentatively finished Sally's Skinny Cottage (the camera shows touch-up needs *sigh*). Kitchen is Dutch Renaissance. Lounge is Dutch modernism. Bedroom is Van Gogh. Bathroom is... undecided. #secretlifeoftoys

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

So Winco is open 24 hours! And jammed at 7 am on Saturday! They’re the best price for dry cat food. Since Dad is in Australia, I bought random stuff that I eat and he doesn’t. (While I love travel, I don’t have that kind of time off.)

Going to El Rematito early in the morning was one of my bucket list items. Well. The 6 am opening time is vendor load-in. Lovely parking attendant suggested coming to shop at maybe 8. Now debating what to do since I’m already up & about.

I tried a vowel-heavy starter word and discovered that didn’t work for me. squareword.org 1391: 9 guesses 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1391

Parsley closes her eyes to symbols of cat mortality. #caturday

literally a whole babylon 5 episode where they talk about the obligation to disobey illegal orders like 49 times

I’m astonished by how last night’s adventure with going 25 mph in heavy traffic from Livermore to Salida fried my nerves. I had such a relaxed good attitude about it while it was happening.

I’m in line for an estate sale with, I’m guessing, every eBay vintage seller in the county. All I want is a look at one box before a reseller grabs the whole thing.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

One thing I've noticed so far about all of the men to be dragnetted by the Epstein emails (ok, two things, the whiteness should definitely be noted) is that they are all high on their own supply. Across the political spectrum they are uncritical of their own profile and status (and therefore power).

Turns out the Belters who show up for breakfast are not the least bit intimidated by Dad accidentally setting off the burglar alarm. The same cats who scatter if you look directly at them will peacefully nosh their glop while sirens wail and horns honk.

SquareWord: harder than Wordle and not supporting the NYT: squareword.org 1389: 7 guesses 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1389

Hey guys we need to raise your power bills again because the jackoff material factory needs more power to turn your mom and daughter’s pictures into pornography and we need you to pay for it

Parsley and her Unka Spokescat now have a routine of hanging out on my bed. Yesterday, she washed him & gently bit him, so he dropped in the pecking order. #catsofbluesky #cats

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While Daphne enjoys a date with Bruce at the new pop-up bistro, the other couple in the lounge may have had too many drinks. #secretlifeoftoys

"Will Gray’s controversial vote to end the shutdown pick up enough respect from Republicans to overcome a loss of trust among some Democrats, particularly in next year’s House election? “'I’m skeptical about that,' said Colnic (local poli sci prof)." www.turlockjournal.com/news/governm...

So the so-called intellectuals who spent the last 8 years writing "Has DEI gone too far?" columns were all sleeping with each other or sexually harassing or assaulting junior colleagues?

Cloudflare must be back, as SquareWord is available. squareword.org 1387: 7 guesses 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1387