Spamalicious

I hate spam. I seem to get a ridiculous amount of spam by email, and now I'm getting spam comments on the blog on a pretty much a daily basis. So I've added a word verification requirement here for comments. Hopefully it doesn't also prevent real people from posting.

Last night Matt and I went to see Boondock Saints II as "date night." Date night is in quotes because we went with Mike, Paul, and Anthony, and frankly, it was guys' night and I was tagging along. Boondock Saints was an unapologetically guy movie, and the sequel followed the same format; lots of shooting and swearing and absolutely no romantic subplot at all. They even indulged in a rant about being men and driving fast and smoking and eating red meat. Grrrr. The movie was good, not as good as the first one, but it was pretty good. The fact that it was guys night was okay because it was nice to spend time with them, and we went to the theater in Methuen and we drove our own car so it gave us time to talk on the way there and back again. It was good to be in the car where we weren't distracted by all of our creature comforts of home - the tv, the computer, etc - and we talked about work, the house, family. Quality time, for sure.

For the house, we are hoping to get the laundry situation updated next weekend. The plan is to move our washer and dryer into the bathroom, putting the laundry on the first floor, and give Matt's parents the washer which came with the house (which is a fairly new machine, energy efficient and works pretty well). That means ripping out the lower cabinets in the bathroom, installing a new outlet with a dedicated circuit breaker and a vent for the dryer. I'm a little concerned about losing the storage in the cabinet, but I'm sure we'll be able to work it out. I'm more concerned about where we're going to put the laundry detergent, because the upper cabinets are too shallow to hold a big jug. We'll have to measure and see if we can fit a narrow deep shelf in between the washer and dryer. I'm hoping! I'm also debating whether we can install a laundry chute from our room to the bathroom. That would be the best!