Friday night, cozy at home after the storm

It's been snowing all day... must be at least eight inches of very wet snow, though much of it is compressing from its own weight. 

I only mention this because I can't remember the last time it snowed around here, much less snowed more than an inch. The snow will likely be melted by end of the day Sunday since temps will be back in the 60s with sun.

The roads are messy and there's enough snow to get the plows out, but Kathleen and I really don't care. We have our Friday pizza from Papa Murphy's, plenty of beer and wine, an Iowa women's game to watch at 4:30 (they are playing in the Big Ten Tournament), and a wide choice of movies for our Friday night pizza and a movie tradition.

For the past month or so, we have been alternating choosing movie musicals. We own about three dozen DVDs, so there's a lot to choose from, but it's my night and I may go with "Grease 2," which was written about last week in the New York Times.

It came out in 1982 and has been a favorite in our family for many years. Lesley and Sara and Phil can quote numerous lines from the film as well as break out and sing many of the songs from the show. 

I can't hear someone say the word "reproduction" without wanting to break out into the Grease 2 song of that name. I want a rider that's cool. The show offers a song in praise of bowling, for heaven's sake. One of the great parodies of school talent shows is "Girl for All Seasons." 

Just rereading that list cements my choice for tonight, and I see it's available on Paramount+ so...

I am actually shocked that "Grease 2" is not in our DVD collection. That collection is getting smaller as we cull and edit and make decisions about whether we are likely to ever want to watch "Shrek" on a Friday night again. The answer was no, particularly after Sara and boys said they would take our collection of all three Shrek movies a month ago or so. 

We aren't being nutty about it, but we are occasionally donating or tossing some DVDs and books that are just accumulating dust. We should do much more but it's a heavy task, at least for us.

When you are 75, there are moments when you begin realizing that, for instance, replacing the carpet in the house is not as long-term a "fix" as it might have been when we were 50. Two weeks ago, we finally had a water softener installed to help with our fixtures, plumbing, etc., and the guy mentioned that it came with a ten-year warranty.

Sounds awesome, but when I'm 85... well, IF I'm 85, investing in the future seems less likely to pay off. Still, it's clearly a good idea to plan to live to 100, just in case. 

I just hope our BluRay players holds up.