As bad as the humidity is, I don't miss living in fire country. None of my childhood homes were ever in a position to be threatened (location and natural firebreaks and geography,) but it was damned spooky when the mountains glowed from the backside and the fireline crept over the summits.

Glad you are safe, Stephanie.

There will probably be a fire this year, but we are located on a piece of the valley slope between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Verdugo Mountains. LOTS of other places would have to burn including a major commercial core before it got to us.

The Station Fire, the last big one in this area, was so bad that we were able to see it clearly at our house in North Hollywood 13 or more miles away.

Hoping the fires get contained soon.

I'm so glad you are happy with the new house, Kat. Would love to come and visit. I mentioned I have clothes for you? Lots of cute clothes. I could have books too if you are interested in books for Noah and Grace but something tells me they have lots of books.

Cat is rubbing and marking like crazy, I think I need to respray that cat pheromone spray again.

It's really touching how elegant Terence Stamp is in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. I haven't watched this movie in forever. It's so incredibly sweet, and for some reason, reminds me of Montreal even though it came out after I'd moved away. I have no idea who I saw it with. But I know who I should have...

No new books yet, Burrell. Actually we have a book removal program. I'm reading a different picture book each time and we are voting on keep or donate. Some of them are sentimental keeps for me, but others, NSM. It probably won't thin down the collection much but it's a start.

In terms of clothes, we are not in a position yet to bring ANYTHING into the house. Yet. Clothes! YAY! Dilemma.

Well, the clothes are all size 4-5ish, so they should fit for a while as your kids are like mine and fit into the smaller sizes longer than most. Like Franny is still wearing some of the 6T dresses and Isaac is still in 6T pants even though he just had another growth spurt.

So they are here for you when you want them.

Books can be donated too, but I offered just in case you wanted some.

I'm so grateful for you to offer.

I'm just... overwhelmed by the sheer amount of crap that we have. Moving often makes me a bit contemplative. We have most of the main parts in the house so now it's an issue on deciding what we need to keep and what needs to go.

I get it. I find our crap overwhelming and we have the ability to hide it and pretend it's not there. Well, hide some of it. The rest of it is just there, making us look like crazy hoarders.

I think I have too much stuff moving. I can't imagine with kids. And I don't have an overwhelming amount of stuff, I just hate moving.

When Simi Valley was on fire (yeah, when I went out and looked in two direction at burning horizon I just went home. That's not even a discussion I felt I needed to have with my boss.) the fires ran high hot and close enough that there was ash in West LA.

That year was insane. But it could happen again. And will, at some point. But hopefully not for a while and we'll figure out better strategies by then. Always hopeful for the future.

But that year was hellish. I'd never really thought that much of SoCal could just burn down and we'd have no defense but I did that year.

I have a Mass Effect 3 question that's too trite to ask in Gaming. If you're playing alongside Garrus as a friend, did he take you to the top of the stations to shoot cans to see who's the best marksman in the universe? If so, did you win or lose, and why?

Also, if you could explain what you are actually doing as a player to take these steps, I'd be very curious.

And, were any of you bothered with the complications of taking the same physical Shepard through all three games?