Ok, got my last of three loads of laundry started for tonight, now I can sit for a few minutes and post something.

Friday night I came home from work with the intention that I would barbeque a pork chop on my Smokey Joe. Unfortunately, when I opened it up, I found what I believe were nesting materials that may or may not have been used by an animal. It was a big ball of feathers and dryer lint. I attempted to clean the Smokey Joe, but after seeing how rusty both grates were, I decided it would not be a good idea, and that I would be much better off just buying a new one. And I figured I got a lot of good use out of the old one, I'd had it since 1989 after all!

So Saturday afternoon, I drove to Target and picked up a new one for $30. After putting it together, I started some coals, put a pork chop in a container with some marinade I bought, then cooked it, so it would be ready in time to give me a chance to eat it before NTT started. Mmmmm, it was delicious!

(The only bad thing about Spring when the weather is nice, is I have neighbors that like to talk on the phone outside, and with my windows open, I hear everything. It's very annoying when I'm trying to think of what to talk about here, lol.)

Today, I drove out to see my aunt and go to a movie. She made me one of my favorite meals...pot roast! After that, we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It was good. Better than the second movie, but still not as good as the first. I read afterwards in Sci Fi Magazine that Pirates of the Caribbean is a trilogy, so all three movies intended to be made have been released. And apparently, this third one was supposed to give us some closure with some characters. My opinion was, it still left the door open for further adventures, especially if you watch a clip that is shown at the tail end of the credits. Even if another movie is not made, I'm not disappointed by this series. I'm not sure if I'd want to own it, to watch over and over again (like Harry Potter for instance), but still a good series of movies to see at the theatre. I guess I'm particular about what movies I purchase for keeps, lol.

I love the warmer weather, because I get to wear all my summer outfits, which gives me a change from my winter outfits. However, being inside the air conditioning all day, I get cold. I end up wearing a sweater by afternoon, because of the goosebumps. I wear bulky sweaters in the winter and I'm still cold, I wear short sleeves in the summer and I'm cold. Why do I always have to be cold?? I want to work someplace where I'm not freezing cold, but not sweating profusely. Is that much to ask?? LOL

Speaking of movies, I watched most of The Wizard of Oz tonight. Or Wizard Of The Boz as a great-niece once called it, lol. I still enjoy watching that movie, it was always a big event in my house growing up, we'd all get together in the den to watch it, my dad would make popcorn...a nice memory I have. The only part of the movie that I tune out is where the Lion sings about courage before they go in to see the wizard. For whatever reason that part is boring to me, and I either walk away during it, or I turn the channel, lol.

One of the things I did, as part of my "less clutter is good" decisions, was buy a plastic record case. It's sorta like a box, but made of this corrugated plastic, and it will hold my 33rpm records that had been sitting in a stack under the bed in the 2nd bedroom. It's better they be upright that laying flat, and I want them protected just in case I have another water problem that I'm not here to deal with. It arrived in the mail this week, I put it together, so I'm going to go put the records in it tonight before bed. Slowly but surely, I'm getting things taken care of. I'm doing a little each week, instead of trying to get it all done in one weekend, spreading my expenses out.

I also have my old computer that I want to recycle, but I'm trying to decide if I should wipe the hard drive clean before I give it to them. I remember taking off anything that would have been important, but I also know that even deleted files can still be accessed if you know how. I'm not really looking forward to hooking up the old computer, but if wiping the hard drive isn't too hard, then I'll deal with that, to ensure the computer is free of my information before recycling it.

Ok, think I've posted enough for tonight, lol.