I was unable to post until now because I’ve been very busy today. You see - my coffee brewer died. It was an ugly death. There were gasping sounds. There was steam attempting to burn me. Having newly honed skills in dodging bad guys from playing video games (I’m sure I’ll be posting about that) I was able to duck the vapors of death.
Then I had to drag my poor husband out to buy a new coffee maker. Okay, I didn’t really have to drag him out because the guy is a sweetheart and doesn’t mind stuff like that. He even mistakenly thought I said I might want to stop in Bath & Body Works (what I said was Bed, Bath & Beyond) and said he wouldn’t mind that because the store smells nice.
Anyhow, getting back to my story, so there we are in the store looking at coffee makers. I did not want to spend $35,259 on a coffee maker. On the other hand, the last purchase which was about $5 obviously was a mistake. Ah, to find that balance between being cheap and going for top of the line!
We looked at the shelves of coffee makers. I immediately marked off the ones I would not buy. “What does that hold? No way does it make 8 cups unless we’re talking demitasse.” Finally I found one that would make a decent amount of coffee, capable of caffeinating the entire family.
Now I want y’all to take a look at this (& thank you, my Southern friends for pointing out the proper spelling of that word):
It’s going to take me a week to learn how to use this thing! And what is up with the clock? Didn’t they ever hear of digital??
February 24th, 2008 at 7:57 pm Quote
You’ll come to hate that clock. Until the second hand moves, you can’t tell the difference between it and the minute hand. You have to stand there a whole second to see what time it is. Bah! I do like the indicator that tells how long the pot has been brewed.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:40 pm Quote
Interesting.. we bought coffee pots on the same weekend and drug the husbands to go do it.
Mine grinds the beans..
February 25th, 2008 at 9:46 pm Quote
That coffee maker is sooo nice! Very jealous.
Oh, and FYI–the plural of “y’all” is “all y’all.” Duh.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:58 pm Quote
Gin, at first I couldn’t figure out what the heck that indicator thingie was doing. Guess I should have read the book, eh?
Ann Marie, I had one of those grinder ones. Whenever the kids were home, I was afraid to use it because the damn thing was so loud.
Nola, Yeah, I keep forgetting the plural. I really need to brush up on my Southern vocabulary. I have a wedding to go to in Kentucky in a couple of months.