Firstly, my cafe au lait experiments are going well. I brew a very dark roast at extra strength in a press pot (30g in a 3-cup I’d normally use 20g in) and then froth milk with my espresso machine steam wand. I have been bringing it to the 180-degree low end of scalded. I have…
Read More What a busy dayWe have been doing weekly breakfast/brunch day dates the last few weeks. This morn, we tried Cafe Bella Coffee – a place five minutes from here that somehow we didn’t know about it. Pretty upscale, lots of character, kinda expensive. We tried their breakfast bagels, which had egg, Canadian bacon, and a roasted tomato cream…
Read More New cafe, new lamp, new home fellowshipSo, my schedule was a little off. I don’t like non-school days. It was a heavy conversation day. The best part of marriage is you never have to face anything alone ever again. Even personal demons. It’s a beautiful thing. After all many things, we’ve decided the cats win – we’re getting a litter box…
Read More No school todayTerra 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, 2012Forgot 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 :)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, cooking