of love and coffee

Dec 20, 2005 20:44

Amy, I thought of you when I saw this on Metafilter-- 7 Drinks of Mankind: Coffee. "Coffee is the balm of recovery." -- I have to agree, even if I'm just recovering from a bad mood, coffee makes it better.

Today's coffee? Cinnamon hazelnut, which is always at the top of my list. We recently bought some Sumatra and some Arabian Mocha Sanani to try out the less acidic varieties-- they're good, and the flavors are more complex then the usual coffee we buy.

In other news, as Josh was leaving yesterday I was inspired to let him open his Christmas present. He looked so nice in his grown-up clothes! I'd ordered him a black, wool mid-length coat, and thought it would be a good thing to take with him to Tulsa. Except that it didn't fit. RAWR!!! I was so excited to have found a 2XLT-- special emphasis on the T-- and to have found one that I actually liked made it even more of a miraculous find. However, the people who made the coat are apparently large, tall people with VERY SHORT ARMS. He needs another six inches or so on each sleeve. I offered to sew some fur on there, but he refused. Soooo.... back to the internet I go, searching again, paying special attention to sleeve length this time.

It's bathtime and I'm ready to get the kids to bed so I can re-tidy the house and finish up the last bit of packing. I made the mistake of picking up the house early in the day... HA! What am I, a rookie? I know better; in less than an hour, toys were strewn everywhere. See what I get for being focused on the packing?

Oh, one more thing-- my boys are good veggie eaters. They have, in the past, chosen fresh baby spinach leaves over pasta. (!!!!) For lunch today they had brussels sprouts for the first time, and Max said, "HEY! These taste like little balls of spinach!" This is the same boy who refused a freshly-baked Christmas cookie because "sugar isn't good for me and I've already had some sugar today." I need to learn a few things from my four-year-old.

kids, josh, coffee, food

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