I’ve been using Swype on my phone for a a month and a half now and like it but I can’t type as fast and sometimes lately it’s been auto-completing really weird words. So, I’m finally trying something new – the very popular SwiftKey. So far, the I like it but, of course, it also…
Read More Saturday, sept 29, 2012 – guests!Terra and I successfully started our new routine this morning. Had a time of prayer after I took Wesley to his bus, then she did some homework, then we went and ran a couple errands. Got a couple more Halloween decorations I’m very excited about. I’ve decided I’m gonna go ahead and put up decorations…
Read More Friday, sept 28, 2012Yesterday, Terra was on call all day so it wasn’t totally a real day off – this was her first real day off. I made cinnamon French toast with cream cheese icing and this year’s first large cappuccinos for us this morning. We discovered the music (and dance) of Lindsey Stirling. We watched Restless. I…
Read More Sept 25, 2012 – a very nice day with TerraThere’s a 430 AM now?!! We found out there is because that’s when we had to get up this morning. Today and tomorrow she goes in at 6am. Blah. She has reason to believe she will start her real schedule (2p-10p, 4 on, 2 off) on Saturday. Then, the next chapter of our life begins…
Read More Thursday, Sept 20, 2012 – There’s a 430 AM now?!!We went and got five pounds of Espresso Italiano from Red Rock Roasters here in Albuquerque. These beans are old faithful to us. Our favorite and most reliable, so we’re back in business :) We picked up The Walking Dead issue #102 (it just came out today) and didn’t get around to reading it yet. …
Read More Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012This morning was pretty chilly, but the rest of the day was quite warm – to warm for my taste. It got to 82 inside without me noticing – AC was off while I was doing house work. Now that I finally got some idea of how to pull decent shots of those Satellite beans,…
Read More Tuesday, sept 18, 2012I think I may have got it. I got a grind that smells great, dosed 16.5g and got a very foamy shot that tasted good. So, I updosed to 18 and got a substantially less foamy shot that tasted the same. Next I will try updosing to 19g. I haven’t mentioned the weather in a…
Read More Monday, Sept 17, 2012 – Terra’s first day at her new jobSpent 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 SundayMoogle 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, 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, 2012