Well - I considered myself a faithful blogger and once I stopped for a couple weeks I found out how easy it is to just keep stopping. That make sense?
It's been an unusually busy spring so far. More graduations to go to than I can ever recall. Last Sunday was the most grueling: on the road by m 7 a.m. to be in Oxford Ia (Iowa City) for a breakfast brunch graduation, spent a couple hours there, back on the road home, arrived around 3:00 p.m., back over to Calmar for a second cousins graduation, then back home, changed clothes and went to Waukon for another. We arrived back home somewhat bewildered by the day around 10:00 pm, with out of town family members in tow to spend the night.
Meanwhile we managed to get a garden planted, tear off part of the barn foundation and now my brother is re-blocking it (this barn was built in the 1900's) and then he will pour concrete in the basement so we can store our old cars - OH! and we bought a Harley Davidson (after pondering, penciling and looking and considering this purchase for over a year)!
Did I mention I got a new job in there, too, somewhere? Whew. I will post more another day on that avenue - but suffice it to say - my much adored spare time is now a thing of the past and I never saw it coming! Working FULL time again after two years has been a huge adjustment. But, I think it will be a good one - that is if I survive training and getting up at 4:00 a.m. here for a couple more weeks. Ick.
I bought a Bunn coffee maker. I hate to admit it but "yes" something that plugs into the wall actually has me a little excited. Our old coffee maker was limping along - taking about 2 1/2 hours to make one pot! I would set the timer for 2:00 in the morning so that I would be sure it would be done by the time I got up! Then on its last day - it just died half way through and I had to heat water on the stove and pour it through the top. The lengths I go for a good cup of Joe.
No, I didn't have to buy a "Bunn"..... but oh my - what a good cup of coffee-and in seconds! The best part is that I actually told Mark I paid $100.00. Sometimes I will lessen the blow for his benefit and shave off 20 or 30 bucks just so the sticker shock doesn't blast him up against the wall. But I gave it to him full throttle and after one eyebrow snuck up into his hairline for a brief moment - he had a sip and was impressed.
I am so clever to make that first pot BEFORE breaking the news.
Well... it is going on 5:a.m. as I finish this and I better hit the shower.
Happy Wednesday!
2 comments:
Yes, the time flies by and before you know it, MONTHS have passed and you wonder where they went. Congrats on the new job and sorry I missed you at graduation but Mom filled me in on the recent goings-on.
What is the new job?? Hand model? Phone psychic? Do tell.
My folks had a Bunn. It was fast and that was a great thing. Sadly, I never got to see what it could do with good coffee, only Maxwell House half caff.
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