Coffee

My love affair with coffee began when I was in college. I used to be one of those people who couldn't stand the taste of coffee let alone the smell of it.

Then in college homework kicked in hard core, so as a result of being up late working on papers and having to get up early to go to classes and doing everything else I did in college I began drinking coffee. My brain was like ok missy we need to do something to counteract this tiredness, as alas the love affair began. At that point it wasn't quite a love affair more like obligation.

Then after college I began working at a group home when I NEVER got any sleep. I worked with kids who were about to age out of the system and dale house was the last stop for them to learn how to become an adult at the tender age of 18. These kids were getting out of jail or the human services system so needless to say living with them and having to be a parent/friend and making sure they didn't sneak out and do many other things was interesting.

So sleep was even more limited there, thus the obligation to coffee moves into strong like at this point.

Then I went from dale house right into law enforcement as a victim advocate. So we would be the second people to show up to a call/crime scene and assist the victims in whatever way needed. So that was process opened doors to katie seeing lots of things that no one can prepare for. This is when coffee and I turned our relationship serious, had a define the relationship talk and it became a love affair :)

Know I am a forensic interviewer for kids who have been abused and help out in criminal investigations and thus the coffee love affair continues.

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Recently I have been told that to really enjoy my coffee I need to grind the beans in a grinder every night so it doesn't bring the oil out of the beans when I get them all ground together and put them in the freezer.

So I have been waiting to get a grinder this week and every morning when I wake up this week have been looking at the bag of whole beans I have and no grinder.

They laugh at me, saying you know you want to drink me. I taste so good in your mouth. Laughing at me.

So today after about the 5th day of no good coffee I was desperate and went downstairs and talking to my friend at work about it and she said I will buy you whatever you want if you run to starbucks and get me my drink.

ok, I am game. So today went and got free coffee

then

my other friend at work brought me in a crossaint wich from BK,

What a great day!

Sweet Women

Today is my sweet sister's birthday.

She is such a sweet woman, good sister, wife and momma.

Jess, hope you feel loved today,

cause you are!

Yesterday was my momma's birthday.

All the things that I said about my sister can be said about my mom.

My mom is almost a saint.

No, seriously you don't understand.

This woman is incredible.

None the less, these women have made me the woman I am today.

Love ya both!

Strawberry or Butt chin

This was my strawberry I had for lunch and it seriously looked like a tooth or a butt chin to me.

What do you think?

Shelves Complete

So here is my shelves all done and complete.
Isn't it pretty?
Stained, Polyurethaned, and pretty :)

phone

Phone. I do not like talking on the phone. Which surprises a lot of people I think because I do love to talk. But honestly I would sooooo much rather talk in person. Which is a challenge because most of the people I love live on the other side of the country.

It is tough for me because I find myself really desiring to know about little things in life like what they ate for breakfast, or did in school or what not. But I need to find a different solution to this dilemma. This is why I am so all about texting. Get my point across and move on. Is that inpersonal?

So if you are talking to my on the phone and I am unenthusiastic, its not personal I still love you, its just my ear doesn't:O)

Observation

So I have been convicted of the busyness and constant noise in my life, so as a result I am not listening to the radio while I drive in my car.

Which is hard for me, because I know I have officially become an adult when I want to listen to news radio. :) I usually drive into work and turn on the news and listen to whatever has happened in my world the night before. I like to know what is going on.

I am doing a bible study right now with a great gal friend of mine.

We are doing a lesson this week on beauty. Last night I was going through the lesson and one of the questions is what distracts you from noticing beauty in the world.

Noise.

So what I noticed on my drive to work today

1. a mom with her son at the bus stop who were both laughing

2. that pikes peak looks more majestic with snow on it and clouds nestled in around it

3. that snow looks pretty on my windshield

We'll see what else I notice today, probably a lot.

I have made a promise with myself to try and be more observatory this week, because as most people know I like to talk... a lot.

So we'll see how that goes.

Is anything distracting you?

My Weekend

This weekend was spent doing lots of things.

Friday-spent the night in the doggie ER. Yeah the pup was acting weird and Rachel called in and they thought she had parvo so we brought her in. Considering parvo can kill puppies and stop their hearts instantly we decided it was time to make a trip. Molly was just laying on my lap fine and then she started breathing really heavy like she couldn’t get a full breath and then panting on the way there.


So Rachel and I bring her right in and put her on the scale and she pees right away. Awesome. Then they proceeded to do the parvo test twice, get her blood drawn and they put liquids under her skin. Meanwhile Rachel and I are so fricken slap happy that we were sitting on the floor and laughing at each other because we were so tired. We got there at quarter to 8 and left after 1, not happy and Rachel paid a hefty price all for them to tell them she didn’t have parvo, but they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her J Molly is fine now, except she is still peeing everywhere.


Saturday- Kinda took it easy cause Mols wasn’t feeling so good. Ben and Melissa came over and brought yummy coffee, and we chatted with them. I love those two they are so great! Ran errands. Then had Carey and Rachel H. over for a yummy dinner. Dinner was wine, salad with chicken, butter noodles and good conversation. We proceeded to go to Trinity Bar, which was great. Four girls talking really loud cause the band was so loud we had to scream just in order to hear each other. Can I tell you one of my favorite things in life is sitting around a table with good friends, a good beer in hand and just laughing.
We had a lot of fun.


Sunday- church. I could expound on that little one word a lot, but I think those thought processes are better to be left between me and God. He is currently working a lot in this head and heart of mine. After church had a yummy lunch with great friends. Afterwards Rachel and I decided we were going to be outdoorsy (I am not sure if that is a word, but just go with it) and we got outdoor solar lights, cleaned up the backyard, brought back recyclables, and just made the outside of the house look good. I put the final coat of polyurethane of my shelves and they look AWESOME, if I do say so myself.


Then I watched TWLIGHT. Loved it and now am reading the book.


There is something to be said for doing things yourself, it brings about such a sense of accomplishment. I was thinking about that as I was brushing back and forth on the wood and appreciating the colors of the wood and as I was breathing in the smell of the making something look new.

Weekend was good. Got a lot done and relaxed at the same time.