No, we didn't switch to decaf. God help us if we accidently bought decaf. We'd be making a midnight run to the store if that ever happened. When we moved here we switched from our single cup coffee maker to the original pot of caffeine goodness.
Here's why we made the switch. Jed will be on a swing shift soon so he will be home in the morning. 2 adults + morning + 4 kids = need lots of coffee. It's simple math really. Over the past several years of owning the trendy single cup brewer we've found it to be kind of a slow pain in the ass. Well, it's not a pain if you buy the little cups (which we didn't because, hello, expensive) but it is slower than if you just pour a hot cup from the pot. And when you barely have time to take a morning whiz every second counts when dispensing morning caffeine.
What happened to our old single cup brewer? Well, it's been 2 weeks now and the switch has gone undetected so I feel like I can spill the beans. Our old single cup brewer is sitting on Mom's counter*. Where her old one used to sit.
When I stayed at Mom's house (while they were on vacation in Alaska) with the kids before our big move (thanks again Mom and Dad) I discovered that their single cup brewer was loud and slow as molasses. I mean, the first time I used it the sound that came out of the machine likened to that of a whales mating call. I had to check the lake to see if Shamu had moved in over night. She didn't, she died in 1971 according to Wikipedia. That's a fact I had time to Google while I was waiting 5 minutes for my cup of coffee to finish because did I mention it was slow as molasses? I think I did.
So that's the other switch I made. If you have some sort of undying love for you old machine, Mom, it's in the garage on Dad's side, bottom shelf of the wire rack. I thought about buying a new machine for Father's Day but that would have been way too easy. And besides, this was way more funny.
*Turns out Katie bought Dad a new brewer for Father's Day...which is why the switch went undetected. They only used our old one a few mornings. I'm not sure if this new bit of information makes this story more or less funny.
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I run on caffeine, chaos and cuss words.
That about sums up my life. Thanks for the mug Aunt Kay.
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Here's why we made the switch. Jed will be on a swing shift soon so he will be home in the morning. 2 adults + morning + 4 kids = need lots of coffee. It's simple math really. Over the past several years of owning the trendy single cup brewer we've found it to be kind of a slow pain in the ass. Well, it's not a pain if you buy the little cups (which we didn't because, hello, expensive) but it is slower than if you just pour a hot cup from the pot. And when you barely have time to take a morning whiz every second counts when dispensing morning caffeine.
What happened to our old single cup brewer? Well, it's been 2 weeks now and the switch has gone undetected so I feel like I can spill the beans. Our old single cup brewer is sitting on Mom's counter*. Where her old one used to sit.
When I stayed at Mom's house (while they were on vacation in Alaska) with the kids before our big move (thanks again Mom and Dad) I discovered that their single cup brewer was loud and slow as molasses. I mean, the first time I used it the sound that came out of the machine likened to that of a whales mating call. I had to check the lake to see if Shamu had moved in over night. She didn't, she died in 1971 according to Wikipedia. That's a fact I had time to Google while I was waiting 5 minutes for my cup of coffee to finish because did I mention it was slow as molasses? I think I did.
So that's the other switch I made. If you have some sort of undying love for you old machine, Mom, it's in the garage on Dad's side, bottom shelf of the wire rack. I thought about buying a new machine for Father's Day but that would have been way too easy. And besides, this was way more funny.
*Turns out Katie bought Dad a new brewer for Father's Day...which is why the switch went undetected. They only used our old one a few mornings. I'm not sure if this new bit of information makes this story more or less funny.
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