About that coffee maker...

A week or so ago I mentioned I’d caved and ordered a single serving coffee maker, the Breville BKC700XL so I could once again enjoy coffee without making a pot (or even half a pot!) and making myself sick on it.

I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying my coffee once again! I just brew a teensy cup, about half the size of a nice coffee mug, and that’s enough for me to feel indulged without feeling sick.  I can even drink leaded coffee this way!

However… for a machine that costs over $200, it brews a lousy cup of coffee.  I’ve tried the various blends I keep on hand, and numerous different K-cup blends, and in my opinion the coffee all comes out somewhat harsh tasting.  Not bitter exactly, just harsh.  When I make a pot of coffee in my Cuisinart coffeemaker, it’s wonderful!  Very smooth tasting. 

Am I happy with it?  More or less.  I’m getting my coffee, which is pretty blissful, even if it’s not great coffee.  The machine is gorgeous to look at (yep, that matters too) and you can’t beat the convenience.  But can it brew a comparable cup of java to a full sized machine?  Not even close.

I went in for a hair cut this morning.  It’s not growing as fast as it used to!  It’s been like a year since I whined about Jim giving me a “trim” where he lopped it off to nearly shoulder length hasn’t it?  It’s just now halfway down my back again… still not long enough to make it lay nice.  It needs the weight to tame it, otherwise I have a giant head of Brillo pad hair!  Ack!  It’s the gray, it’s like corkscrews!

Today I plan to do the top arches on the peacock… maybe.  I spent ALL day yesterday embroidering and I’m a bit burned out today, but I’d sure like to get it done.

Bread’s rising on the counter, easy dinner planned… now if I could just get motivated…

Happy New Year! (I know, I'm late)

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year’s holiday!  As much as we enjoyed having family down over the holidays, New Year’s had me lazing around with my feet up, either watching movies or with my nose in a book, I was exhausted!

We had Jim’s son and his girlfriend down all week… it’s amazing how much young people eat.  Amazing.  And I eat like a horse myself!

I’m not sure what’s going on with that expression on my face.  Very typical.  And why I rarely get in any photographs!

This morning I made it back up to my sewing room, tore out the crooked plaid section in my pillow, cut a new one and embroidered it, making sure this time the tension was good!

First project of the year!  One more to go, and then I plan on re-doing the first one.

The kids both drink coffee, which I’d sworn off some time ago.  Of course it was there, and there was absolutely no way I could resist it.  In fact it tasted so outright fabulous I thought I’d swoon on the spot!  Greg also brought me some yummy coffee for Christmas, and so I decided right then and there to order myself one of those new fangled coffee pots that just brews a single cup at a time.

Yippee!  I can’t wait for it to arrive!  I searched and searched for one that would let you use your own coffee and not have to purchase those cup or disc type thing-a-ma-jigs, and this one seems to be very popular.

It’s a Breville BKC700XL Gourmet Single-Serve Coffeemaker with Iced-Beverage Function.  It can do tea as well, so Jim can use it too.

The thought of a mini cup of coffee each morning… and maybe one after dinner… ooh la la!