Spent over an hour trying to dial in the beans we got from Satellite – tried TEN times. Got fast, huge bubbles or choked shots for the most part. Changed grind and dose over and over. A coarser grind smelled and tasted best but I couldn’t get the right dose. Tried a range from 16g…
Read More Sept 16, 2012 – our last SundayForgot to say on yesterday’s recap… Terra and I spent some time on the big bath area in our room yesterday. We’d found some sheer fabric at a thrift store – like a curtain panel and valance in the lavender color she’s been wanting to go with in there – and we used it as…
Read More Sept 15, 2012 – our last Saturday, and an awesome one it was :)Woke up at around 330am and Moogle wasn’t in bed with us. That just doesn’t happen. So I got up and looked around the house – no Moogle. So I grabbed my flashlight and went outside, quietly calling to him. We live at an intersection, one street of which has an occasional car even late…
Read More Sept 14, 2012 – our last FridayMoogle threw up his breakfast this morning – on the tile floor, fortunately – he hadn’t done that since before we moved in here and we’ve feared it. I guess we’ll start locking the kitties out a little while after their breakfast from now on. It was quite chilly this morning at Wesley’s bus stop. …
Read More Thursday, Sept 13, 2012My sleep debt is down to 7:38 thanks to not taking my phone to bed. But, I woke up very early and had a hard time getting back to sleep. Well, we go to bed at 9 and get up at 7 most days. So, a change will have to be made. But, I think…
Read More Wednesday, sept 12, 2012We got a couple small bottles of Torani syrup at Walmart the other day, caramel and vanilla. This morning, I made Terra an iced vanilla latte and I had an iced caramel Americano. We really do avoid flavoring coffee – we see it as what people do to cover the taste of bad coffee –…
Read More Tuesday, sept 11, 2012I swapped out the lock nut type thing from my old Kyocera grinder into the new Porlex grinder. The internals of the two seem to be identical yet we can’t seem to get as fine a grind. With this old nut in, it does cinch down tighter and I almost choked my espresso machine this…
Read More Monday, Sept 10Woke up (late – I guess lack of sleep caught up to me) to find the breakfast crock pot casserole thing turned out pretty good. We love this new house, new dining room set, and loved eating a nice breakfast as a family in the morning light in a nice dining room at a nice…
Read More What a great day :)Last night, around 1130 or so, I heard Christmas Kitty growling outside our door (where their food dishes are) and I assumed a neighborhood kitty was stealing their dinner. It was a raccoon! I didn’t know they had raccoons in the desert! And it was Christmas Kitty’s size – a little bigger, even. Is that…
Read More Saturday with guests, cookingIt hardly matters since Terra’s side job is on Saturdays and we have to get up at the usual time anyway. Though, she’s usually home by 11 or 12 and then the weekend begins. And this weekend should be a good one :) I copped out and made tuna helper tonight. The chicken bake thing…
Read More finally Friday?