Saturday starts with tragedy...

I need to pick up some sink parts from Home Depot. Jake and Carla are coming to borrow the car (to go pick up the meat) but I don't know when. So, I put the water and coffee into the machine and hop in the shower. My coffee pot is the kind that you can theoretically pull out the pot before its done and it stops dripping. I don't normally do that, because the coffee's too strong.

However, after my shower, I went out to get a cup of coffee and found I had apparently cocked the coffee pot, so it wouldn't let the coffee drip through. So, water and coffee grounds overflowed the top, ran all over the counter, dripped into a drawer where the tinfoil and saran wrap, etc. is kept, and ran onto the kitchen floor! What a mess!!!

Got it semi-cleaned up, the drawer washed, its contents spread out to dry, etc., and rushed to Home Depot. Got back home and worked on the sink drain while doing two loads of laundry. Installed it after some minor cutting of plastic pipe, tested it for leaks, nothing!!! Bingo again! Installed the pedestal and took a picture. Another project completed, and it looks as good (or even better) than I'd hoped.

It was around 1:00 PM, so decided to take a break. Checked the TV (and I completely forgot about Halloween) and all that was on were horror movies. Finally settled for an old (and I do mean old- 1954) classic, The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Jake and Carla showed up, I showed off my new sink (they were suitably impressed) and then they left. Movie over, its time to get back to work. Cleaned up the rest of the coffee mess. Swept the kitchen and downstairs floors (including the bathroom), then washed them all with Pine-Sol. Trapped upstairs while the floors dried.

I had thawed out three pork chops for my dinner. These were the last of a "Family Pack" I'd bought and, as is common, they weren't pretty (they put the "classic" pork chops on top, and the ugly ones on the bottom, you see). So, I covered them on both sides with Emeril's Essence, and left them to warm up on the counter while I started the charcoal in the grille (it had stopped raining by now, but was still very, very windy!) A LOT of people eat applesauce with pork, so I made a simple glaze of one cup of apple juice and two tablespoons of soy sauce, heated to boiling then reduced by half. Grilled the chops and brushed on the glaze. Meanwhile, baked a sweet potato in the microwave for the side dish. Finished up in the dark (it will only get worse next week after giving up Daylight Savings Time) and then ate at the table. Delicious!!!

Its almost 8:00 PM, and, checking the TV again, all that's on that interests an ex-Catholic like myself is the original Exorcist. Scared the crap out of me when it came out in 1973, and will probably do the same tonight. I'll let you know...