LaurenandLloyd.com

where our wasted time becomes your wasted time

coffee

Welcome back

by 8 Comments

Sorry about all the trouble yesterday.  Something at the WordPress kingdom was wonky, but it’s all better now.

Today is a workday at work, meaning that the work of actually being with the children is suspended; while the work of getting ready for a new crew of children is full-on go-time.   That means I need to be awake for the work.  I’ve been trying  to regulate my caffeine intake somewhat so that various parts of my body can calm down, so I’ve been trying to switch out green tea for coffee.  It doesn’t taste too bad, and I feel so eco-freaky and hippy when I drink it.  However, I don’t think that I’m drinking less caffeine, since I drink about four giant cups of it a day. Oh well – baby steps.

The cup of greenness

If I had written this last night instead of at 5:40 this morning, I’m sure it would have been funnier.  Thanks, WordPress.

Move over, Starbucks.

by 4 Comments

I felt productive tonight. Dinner, laundry (seems like I’m always doing laundry), cleaned the upstairs, took out the trash, unwrapped the sheet from the truck (which was much harder than taking the one off the car), made cookie dough (thanks to Peggy’s influence), and also some hot chocolate. Lloyd didn’t have school today, and he isn’t quite recovered from his cold, so I made real hot chocolate – milk, a handful of chocolate chips, a splash of vanilla and a bigger splash of coffee just for kicks.

mmmmmm.....chocolate calcium...

I grated the chocolate with a cool little microplane from my sister. It’s wicked sharp, and it always smells like nutmeg or chocolate because I never wash it. I’m too afraid I’ll lose a fingerprint. I can’t seem to load the picture of it, and I’m sick of trying. You’ll just have to imagine it. Sorry.