BBQ grill

This weekend, I pulled out the good old BBQ grill and gave it a thorough cleaning. This was the first time in ten years that I've done this. It was super dirty. I took off the burner bars so I could really clean the inside. It took a good 4 or 5 hours to clean it. By the time I was done, it was almost as good as new.

After it air dried, I sprayed the interior with non-stick oil spray to seal it. 

I then plugged in the propane tank (which I had just exchanged), and turned on the gas and pressed the flame ignition. It ALWAYS ignites on the first try. I'm just so impressed that it still ignites on the first try. I've basically left this grill outdoors for nearly 10 years, without really taking care of it and everything still works perfectly. I can see this grill lasting me another 20 years. 

If you ever need a grill, make sure you buy a WEBER. If it is built like mine, it'll last you a long time.

Now, the question is: What should I grill?

Pictures of my little guy!

For those of you who don't know, I've had pictures of Steven posted here for a while.
https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A7JtdOXmGZMfvC

If you have an iDevice and would like to subscribe to the photostream directly, just let me know

I'm also thinking of putting pictures on Flickr. Anyone have any thoughts on Flickr vs Google Picasa?

Too many accounts

Over the years, I've opened various accounts for different reasons and now it seems like I have too many to keep track of. Just the shear number of statements a month is overwhelming. A majority of the time, I don't even open the statements until months later. I usually just accumulate a pile of envelopes and then go through everything at once. All my bills are paid automatically, so it's not pressing to open the statements. The only reason to check the statements are for errors.

Here's what I have:

• 1 mortgage account
• 1 heloc account
• 7 credit cards
• 5 bank accounts (includes savings and checking)
• 2 stock trading accounts
• 1 employee stock purchase plan account
• 1 roth ira
• 1 rollover ira
• 2 401k accounts
  
• 2 HSA
• 1 Cellphone
• 1 Cable
  
• 1 Water
• 1 Electricity
  

I think I'm going to try to reduce the number of redundant accounts. I don't think I need so many bank accounts and I think I can cut down the number of credit cards (Each credit card has a different rewards program, which is why I have so many. I actually do use most (5 or 6) of them each month).

I currently use yodlee.com which gives me a snapshot of everything, but it's all the physical mail that's a pain to deal with.

How many accounts do you have and how do you deal with them all.

My new food blog!

I've created a new food blog. Check it out at:
http://raysfood.blogspot.com/

This new blog will pertain mainly to foods that I prepare. I'll try to keep the new blog updated more frequently. It will also provide me incentive to prepare food more frequently!

I'll still keep this blog updated semi-frequently with my random garble.

Flu

I definitely have the flu. I woke up last night drenched in sweat. I took the above reading this afternoon after a short nap. My most recent reading is 100.5, which is still warm.

The flu sucks. Even my eyes hurt. My back was aching for a while too. I've got a bad cough, but it's improving.

I can't remember the last time I had the flu. It's been a while. Maybe I'll get the flu shot next flu season.

Snowman

We had about an inch of snow last night. As a result, I ended up working from home and built this AWESOME snowman during lunch today!! It made me feel like a kid again!

On an unrelated note, I learned how I can post here directly from my iPhone. As a result, I'll try to post more often, since it's only an email away. I don't even have to transfer the photos to my computer.. I can just email it directly to the blog.

Stone age OS

I've been using Mac OSX for almost 2 years now. It's been a long time since I booted into windows xp, which is what I did today. After having used the Mac for so long, Windows XP feels like it was written in the stone age. Everything just looks and feels so much nicer on the Mac. If you haven't tried a Mac, you should.

PS. Macs support Starcraft 2