…and have tried to give it up numerous times, but just can’t! I have tried replacing it with tea, that lasted about a week. I just like the warm taste and smell in the morning. I was even drinking decaf for a while, then went to half decaf, then full decaf and I think that [...]
Dateline: November 2003Sarah's Age: 2Daddy's Age: 36Something about this picture has always warmed my heart. As we get ready to celebrate Double Daddy's 41st birthday and 3 years cancer-free in the coming week, seems apropos to feature our hero on this (and next) week's WBW.Dive into your digital photos and participate in the Way Back When-esday web-wide reverie!Be sure to link back to Twinfatuat
A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee.
The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she forced down the last...
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I don't think this falls under the heading of 'irony' exactly... but I'm not sure of a
When I saw this new product I literally laughed out loud. All I think of was, "Dude, I have got to put this on my coffee blog!" What is it? It's a new snack - "Engery Go Bites" which they've shorted to the oh-so-fabulous name; Engobi (I know.. I know.. but it grows on you. Really. Just say it out loud a couple times, you'll see.)
They're available in two flavors; Cinnamon Surge and
Coffee is almost ready... I keep glancing that way to see if it's ready yet as yawn after yawn break upon my face like waves on the beach. I'm sooo tired! Yet... I shouldn't be. I fell into bed exhausted last night at 8:30 and while I attempted to read my book I found myself jerking awake many times before I admitted defeat and turned out the light.
Yes. 8:30 pm. I felt like such a loser!
After you've kept a kid for 17 years, is it too late to give them back? Change your mind? Ask for a new model? Sigh. I tell ya, Kat's been driving me insane for the past year. She has the personality and conversation skills of her fathers side of the family so communication with her is like pulling teeth... (out of a ferocious tiger in her case - she adds that little touch herself). Well,
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My friends and family know that I don't drink coffee. I LOVE the smell of it, but can't stand the taste. (My husband laughs when I say "it tastes like burnt nuts!" because, well, that's kind of what it really is.) So why do have have Morning Coffee every morning? Because it make my morning computer time go more smoothly.
"Morning Coffee" is really a FireFox extension - a little add-on to the
The interview that my husband had this week went well. Nothing major, as I've mentioned (I think?) as they were interviewing everyone in this region just for future reference on available, promotable managers. There are no openings right now so it was just a cattle call of sorts. Still, it's nice that he got to meet with the district supervisors as it keeps him in their minds at least.
He
Yesterday while bopping around the internet I ended up on Michael J. Totten's blog and was reading about our soldiers over in Iraq. Not the Washington Post's view... (snicker) but someone who is actually there. My brother is part of the longest serving unit there (the unit the tv show 60 Minutes did the special on since they were there almost 2 years while most deployments are less than half
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I looked at the morning, newly arrived and lingering, waiting for me to invite it in. I unlatched the tall garden windows, rearranged the geranium pots along the window's ledge, and lit the pilot under the coffee.As I sucked the morning mist into my newly awakened lungs, my doorbell rang."Mr. Langlee?" A very tall kid, about twenty, stood on the other side of my front screen door. He looked familiar, and handsomely tall in his one-size-fits-all robe."I'm Jeff Corley from the apartment next door. "My plumbing is being worked on all day and I really need to shower. Any chance I can use yours?"I never think clearly when I first wake up. This morning I felt as foggy as my garden. "Ah, sure, sure you can. I'm just getting myself going this morning, so come on in. Shower's back there at the end of the hall. Some coffee?"His legs were thick and furry, extending from his neck through to the floor, a very tall, lanky boy. The robe barely covered the bulge of his buttocks. When he walked tow
It's Friday! (So what?). The days don't really mean much to me since the kids aren't in school and my husband has never had a job that gave him weekends off (nor evenings) so I'm usually more excited about a 'Tuesday' than a Friday or Saturday. There is just no reason to be excited for Friday when it doesn't mean weekend anymore.
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This morning when I woke up I had a different kid count
One husband out the door to Oklahoma
One daughter out the door to her babysitting job
Two extra 'little' children due to be dropped off in about 20 minutes (my friends daughters)
One daughter to be taken in an hour for a field trip to a Science Museum today
No idea what the boy child is doing yet
... but there's always something going on around here! :)
I'm a little bummed that I haven't been
While the verse itself is a bit tongue-in-cheek, the concept of turning a morning routine into a morning rite is a sound one. Use this as inspiration for turning your own morning routines into moments of sanctity.
The rite
The scene: The kitchen at Chateau de Chicky. It is morning and the Mistress of the house is barely conscious. She sits at the table, listlessly flipping through the latest edition of Bark magazine while her young child sits nearby in her high chair joyfully eating copious amounts of Kix cereal and slices of ripe banana. On the counter the Mistress's morning salvation merrily perks away in
*updated at the bottom*Yesterday started my eighth (8th) week of my two (2) week resignation. But this is it. Eight. This is my last week. The 'new' replacement started yesterday and the training has begun.She didn't seem very happy when she left yesterday. Her comments were akin to "this isn't what they said I'd be doing in the interview" "this wasn't the job description they gave me". I've said all along my 'bosses' had no idea what I did or how our organization works. They show up for a 1 hour meeting once a month and don't even see me or the inside of the organization. They didn't involve me in the hiring process nor the interview process outside of asking if I could 'jot down a job description'. I did. I wrote a 1 1/2 page job description and more condensed 3 paragraph job description. They had this when they did the hiring.I have no idea what they told her job would be, I only know that it's my job to train her and show her how to do my job. I hope she
Most of you are probably waking up right now thinking about heading out to Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks to get your morning coffee or your waiting for your coffee machine to get done so you can have your morning fuel. Well if you lived in the Seattle area this would be who just might greet you at a few of the coffee places around Seattle.
That’s right. A girl in a bikini (barista) would be taking your order and getting you your nonfat pumpkin latte or your tall cup of joe with 5 sugars and skim milk.
In order to compete with the big chains, some enterprising owners in the Seattle area have gone a different route in order to bring in business. They have their baristas dress up in bikinis or tasteful lingerie who make and serve your coffee and other beverages. The owners have seen a tremendous spike in business since the changeover in wardrobes. Most of the girls pull in about a $100 a day in tips. All for a $3 cup of coffee.
I think this a genius idea. I am not sure how it would wo
Morning Coffee is a Firefox extension that lets you associate bookmarks with days of the week.
For example if you’re following a blog that updates every Friday night, just add it to your Saturday Morning Coffee. If there is a set of sites you visit every day, every weekday or every weekend, add them to the respective category.
The whole setup and idea is very simple. Tools like Session Manager can remember previous browser sessions and you can also create sessions for specific purposes. The thing these tools can not do is “remember” patterns of page use. Morning Coffee can manage recurring and complex routines. But it is only as smart as you make it.
Morning Coffee installs as a button and supposedly can be changed to a toolbar (!?). Clicking “Load My Morning Coffee” will load up all websites sorted into that day. With “Add to My Morning Coffee” a drop-down menu will appear from which you can choose where to add the current site. “Configu
It's 6:42 am already?! I woke up at 5:30 am today. It's Sunday so I tossed and turned and tried to go back to sleep. I know I need some more sleep. But I couldn't. So I got up at 5:45 to blog. Many things happened yesterday that I wanted to blog about but I got sidetracked ... I started blog hopping instead of writing a new post. It fascinates me how there are so many wonderful blogs out there. I can spend the whole day just reading blogs and not be bored. I guess it's in me - life fascinates me, and blogs are mostly about life. It's very interesting to read how people live their lives, some joyful, some whiny, some persevering through hardships and some using humor to cope up with their difficulties.OK, I need to pause to make coffee. I can't believe I've gone this far this morning without seeping a cup of coffee. As Arnold said...."I'd be back!"Coffee is brewing (can you smell?) and I thought I'd come back here for more of my rambling thoughts... where was I? Oh,
