Movies, Music, Plates & Furniture

This will be sort of a catch-all post, to mention several different things from the last two weekends.

Furniture - Last weekend when I saw the Double-crested Cormorants, I mentioned I was going furniture shopping.  I bought a couch and a recliner to replace the couch, love seat, chair and ottoman that I currently own.   They are wearing out terribly, to the point I'm embarrassed to have someone over.  The chair is being custom made in the same fabric as the couch, so they won't be in for another 7-8 weeks.  Once they're here, I'll take pictures so you can see them.  You'll just have to WAIT!

Movies - Over the weekend I watched Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser.  It was a very good movie.  I was prepared to cry, and did a bit, but not as much as I thought.  And after expecting a sad ending, was pleasantly surprised.

Music - Sunday, while watching the Nascar race, during the commercial breaks, I ripped several cd's to my computer that have been sitting around for a long time.  Now that I've ripped them, I can start listening to them in my car to/from work.  The one I picked today was Court Yard Hounds.  That's the title of the group and the cd.  The group, actually a duet, is comprised of sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks.  Known for their musical talents and abilities to play multiple instruments, I was expecting so much more from this album.  There were 14 songs on it, and all but maybe 3 or 4 were slow, dreary-sounding, boring songs that would be perfect for putting me to sleep at night.  I knew it wouldn't be more Dixie Chicks, but I was really hoping for more than what it was.  I'm not surprised that none of the songs every took off or got any airplay that I'm aware of.

Plates - As in, license plates.  Last night I was heading out to return the movie referenced above, and as I exited my building, I was shocked to see my front license plate was gone.  Plate, screws, all of it.  Gone.  The rear plate with the sticker is still there though.  Obviously someone really wanted my front plate.  Since it was 8pm on a Sunday night, I decided not to do anything until this morning.  My first call was to the car dealer, since I'd had the car there on Saturday for my 30,000 mile checkup.  Just to make sure they didn't take it off there, forgot to replace it, and I didn't notice it until Sunday.  Nope, not there.  I then knew for sure it had been stolen.  Second call was to my city police department.  They referred me to an online reporting system, so I filled in the information as best I could as there were no clear instructions regarding what I needed to fill in for this particular incident.  Tomorrow I get to head to the Secretary of States office to fill out a form to request a new front license plate.  Fortunately, it will only cost me $6.00.  If it had been a rear plate, it would be $9.00, and if I needed a sticker, another $20.00.  I've tried to go back to the website to pull up my complaint so I can print it, in case I get pulled over for no front plate, but have been unsuccessful.  Of course this had to happen just days before a planned weekend trip to MI (not Mic or Mich).  If I didn't need a car so bad, I swear I wouldn't own one!