Washing Machines and Pirates

We had to go to Sears tonight and order a new washing machine. The one that we had just decided to die, after 13 very good years. And wouldn't you know... it stopped running with a tub filled to the brim with water and heavy towels. Of course I had to wring all of those out, and while I did, I wondered how in the world my grandmother washed all her clothes by hand for so long. It was the late 1960s when she finally got a washing machine. Until then, she insisted she didn't need one..... and she did all the clothes by hand, and that includes towels. She brought the sheets to an Oriental man who had a laundry nearby, just because he was a neighbor and she wanted to give him some business.

Anyway...... we bought a new washer, to be delivered in a few days. Until then.... no laundry. (Pardon me while I do a no-laundry dance.) Except for that load of towels, I was all caught up anyway. Does the laundry ever really get caught up? By the time you're finished folding the last clean piece, something else finds its way to the dirty-clothes hamper.


As for the Pirates....... we just got back from the new Johnny Depp Pirates movie. It started at 8:20 tonight (the premiere showing) and ended at 11:15. Very long movie, but very good.... and Johnny Depp was his usual Sparrow-self........ I don't think anyone else could have created such a flamboyantly grand character as Jack Sparrow.

One of the best parts of the movie began even before the film-- so many people were dressed up in pirate costumes--- everything from the most simple to the very ornate, and everything inbetween. We felt like we were at a huge costume party. I love to see that..... the way everyone here just gets right into the "fun" of every blessed thing. Very refreshing, and makes me smile every time.

As the credits started rolling after the movie was over, nearly half of the people left the theatre. We heard a girl telling her family to "stay put till after the credits," and we did that as well. We usually like to hear the ending music anyway, plus we thought there might be out-takes at the end of the credits. No out-takes, but there was one last scene that we're glad we stayed to see. And to think that everyone who left missed out on that. Makes me wonder why they put it after all those credits...... and the credits seemed to be especially long.