Day 2 - Morning Coffee

Most days I am a coffee hound. I really do like the smell and taste. It's part of my morning routine. I enjoy a cup nearly every morning...sometimes two, but not ordinarily, usually I am just a one cup kind of girl.

 My own little Starbuck's!

We used to have a Keurig and we loved it,! When I was on the road for a year I traveled with it! Oh yes I did and when I found myself in MO for a few longer and longer stretches it found a home on my folks counter. They loved it just as much as we did. So when it came time to pack up and reunite with MiB I had a sense they were a little sad about the Keurig situation so I left it with them. That was fine. MiB and I were exposed to a Tassimo while visiting friends in FL and had already decided that when the Keurig bit the dust we would replace it with...the Tassimo. So we got the Tassimo and couldn't be more happy!

My morning Joe :)

I take spurts on what I drink my coffee in. Right now it's a Tervis tumbler. Sometimes I love my Polish pottery mug, other days I choose the stainless steel splash of purple travel mug. It just depends but mostly I go for the Tervis. Probably because LilBlue and I got these cups  together and she picked it out for me along with one with dots on it for her :)

I put a squirt of sugar free syrup in my coffee nearly every single day and usually no cream. I like cream but I do not allow myself this indulgence due to the caloric aspect. Sometimes I will take it pure black, not often but once in awhile. Right now my syrup flavor of choice is pumpkin spice but I also really enjoy English toffee. There is a cinnamon vanilla and a french vanilla on my counter right now as well and there has been salted caramel and cinnamon brown sugar. It's fun to pick out new flavors when they are on sale.

 

 This is a treat!

Another popular morning coffee treat is cappuccino. This is what MiB really enjoys. When I get the "skinny" ones I will once in a while enjoy those but most days it's just your ordinary cup of Joe around here for me. As the weather starts to cool there are some evenings you will find me enjoying a decaf cup after dinner. It's not often but sometimes it's just too irresistible. Living the ordinary life here in LA and blessed and proud of it!

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31 Days of Military Life ~ Day 3

Life is too short not to know your neighbors. Especially when you are military and you never know when you or them may be moving. It happens quickly so over the years we have developed a jump in attitude cause you just can't take that wait and see route in this business. So we are the newest kids on the block and have not really had the opportunity to meet the rest of those on our street. We were planning a "New Kids on the Block Party" to remedy that and I happen to mention this to another relatively newbie in the neighborhood and she said they would like to join in with us...then we thought we would ask the other semi newbie down the street to join in as well. Thus the planning coffee was scheduled! This morning we met for coffee/tea and formulated our gathering plans.

It's all set for next Monday, that's a holiday for us so we thought what a perfect way to end a long weekend! There will be food and goodies and I know a good time will be had by all who attend. Invitations are printed and ready to be delivered, we divided and will conquer the semi circle this evening. I can't wait, we will finally meet the neighbors :)

Part of the reason for the gathering stems from the fact that no one came to welcome us to the neighborhood when we moved in. To us that was odd, I mean we are all in the same boat, military families, H E L L O, we should know each other, really! And do life together, after all, this isn't just a J O B, it's a lifestyle and a pretty unique one at that. So having great friends as neighbors makes it so much more fun! I could be all up in arms about the nonwelcome we got but I'm not. I'm just not going to let that happen to anyone who moves in on my watch! (Which they have and we've already been over and took goodies). I mean I know it's been super hot here and people have not been out and about but I still want to get to know you! I also notice that people are pretty busy around here, but so am I, I still want to get to know you!

Since the par-tay is during this 31 daysathon, it WILL be a blog post! So if you want to know how it goes come back to visit and read all about it!

Until Day 4, enjoy your world!

FruFru Coffee

I like coffee, I love the bold flavor and I enjoy drinking it all year, hot or cold weather.  MiB likes frufru coffee. We have a new coffee machine that does both...it's a win-win.

 

It's a BOSCH, it's awesome!

 MiB with his frufru drink :)

It's all good in the House of Blue!

Oh and I'm thankful to LilBlue cause her BX3 discount kept some green in our bank account :)