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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Sometimes ya gotta say f*ck it

There is for me a red-faced shame in indulgence, whether it's buying razors, actually peeing alone, or vanity. The one thing I am absolutely unapologetic about is my joy derived from coffee. Thinking about it, drinking it, making it, smelling it it all just really does it for me.

Mornings when I come downstairs and it is already brewing? There are no words, it is Christmas morning at age 7. Days when I make it myself? Almost as magical. The other morning I was preparing to brew some magic and as I turned on the water and held the carafe beneath the flow I yawned. Standing barefoot and blind I grabbed the canister from the cabinet. Turning to set it down I felt more than heard it happen. A crack. A lightning rod of destruction.



I think I might have shrieked, "I'm melting." I prepared to unleash a rainbow of words to illustrate my devastation when Sean rode in on what I am pretty sure was a white steed and did this:




Saved!

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14 Comments:

Blogger Lisa Milton said...

Good save!

August 7, 2008 8:11:00 PM PDT

 
OpenID tysdaddy said...

I would be lost without my morning French Vanilla . . .

August 7, 2008 8:15:00 PM PDT

 
Blogger liv said...

your hubby's the best.

i have been back and forth between the espresso machine and the press lately.

ahh.... coffee!

August 7, 2008 8:22:00 PM PDT

 
Anonymous Raging Dad said...

A disaster averted! I share your love of the joe. My wife hates it, but loves the smell. Someday she'll wise up.

August 7, 2008 11:03:00 PM PDT

 
Blogger Crystal D said...

Brilliant!

August 8, 2008 6:27:00 AM PDT

 
Blogger ya ya's mom said...

after being so shaken and traumatized, however did you find it within you to do this post? (hee hee, i'm a coffee whore too, ok...i've never called it that, but it fits, at least for me)

August 8, 2008 7:25:00 AM PDT

 
Blogger Amy said...

Oh, he's a keeper!

August 8, 2008 7:50:00 AM PDT

 
Blogger Sus said...

Hilarious. Men can be so surprisingly resourceful. You should put that picture up on your fridge.

August 8, 2008 9:19:00 AM PDT

 
OpenID felicepd said...

That is love, right there.

August 8, 2008 9:33:00 AM PDT

 
Blogger Jodi Jean said...

it just looks so cute!

who wants tea anyways?

August 8, 2008 10:42:00 PM PDT

 
Blogger krissy said...

You are a lucky woman! I am having so much fun reading your site! thank you for introducing me to the blogoshpere!

August 9, 2008 7:09:00 PM PDT

 
Anonymous Jenk said...

I tried giving up coffee a couple of weeks ago and found out an important life lesson.

Life sucks without coffee.

Thank god Sean found a solution.

August 10, 2008 9:00:00 AM PDT

 
Blogger Angela said...

ahhh yes coffee

August 11, 2008 12:59:00 PM PDT

 
Blogger Magpie said...

clever man. i love coffee too. two cups at home every morning, and that's it. i almost never drink it out of the house, because it's never as good.

August 16, 2008 9:01:00 PM PDT

 

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