Coffee madness

Okay i have been known to be Mad about coffee but I think my quest for the perfect cup is getting out of hand.  While visiting my neighbor Suz, i enjoyed a SUPER cup of coffee.  I was very surprised to find out that she uses a drip brewer that makes one single cup at a time.  The Black and Decker ‘Brew and Go’ to be exact.  Since I found out how good this coffee is, I’ve made up excuses to go over or simply just show up on her doorstep to get a cup of the delicious brew.  I’ve even contemplated just using the house key she gave me to go and sneak a cup while she’s at work, yes, I’m going mad.
The other day we decided to make ourselves some java to lift our spirits on the way to the park with our daughters.  After the first cup came out Suz set up the second cup and the machine started to sound like it was popping popcorn instead of brewing coffee.  Upon closer inspection we realize something is terribly wrong with ‘our’ precious little coffee machine.  Later on that night, Suz took the coffee machine apart and discovered that it was DOA.  The silly thing was only half a year old!! 
Suz went out and bought a new one the next day and discovered the ‘Brew and go" is being discontinued.  We have plans to purchase every machine we can get our hands on and I suggest that you visit your local walmart and do the same.
I’ll be buying them from you via eBay when our machines plotz. 
Now, do you see that I’m going Mad???

I thought so.

~jen

The toothache from hell

What do you do with an aching tooth??  I say "Take it out!" but unfortunatly it’s a lot harder to get your dentist to see things that way.  My dentist wanted to apply a crown and then if that didnt work to tap through the crown and do a root canal.  Neither procedure gets me excited.  I told him that I wasn’t into the crown, mainly because it’s far more money that I care to spend on ONE rotton tooth.  If my insurance won’t cover all of it, I’m not going to do it.  He agreed that a root canal would be the best option to start off with and a crown can come later (or never).
So I’ve got my root canal booked for july 19th and I’m having 4 to 5 anxiety attacks daily at the thought of being in that chair for 2 entire hours.  But this tooth is starting to really go wild and causing me no end of greif so I’m starting to soften at the idea of dental work.  Of course You’ll be hearing the full story on July 19th after I’ve had all the work done and the valium has worn off.

Wish me luck people.
~jen

Bite your tongue…

My sister and I had a long discussion on the phone yesterday.  We ended up talking about how we both have loud voices that we can’t seem to control.  There have been many occassions where I have been told by people to ‘talk quieter’ or ‘a few decibles lower please’ or my personal fave, "SSSHHHH!" with a finger held to the lips.  Same goes for my sister.  I’m not sure if it’s in the genes or if it’s more of a fact that we came from a large household where we had to talk loud to get heard.  Whatever the reason, we find our voices rising whenever we excited about something.  I know that I do it and I’ve repeatedly told myself to try and keep my voice down or just shut up but it doesn’t help.  No matter how politely a person asks me to ‘keep it down’ I still get terribly insulted.  There is absolutely no way a person could tell me to talk quieter without me getting insulted, I realize this so it takes a little of the bite out of the comments.  At the same time I feel like the comments are unwarranted because I absolutely can’t stop myself, as my sister put it so perfectly, "It’s like asking a handicapped person to STOP being handicapped."
That’s exactly how I feel, handicapped, because my voice gets too loud on occasion.  The repeated comments from people don’t help, they just make me feel horrible.  Perhaps it’s a type of turrets syndrome (LOL!) minus the cuss words. 
On a happy note, one time my mother in law made a comment to me about how loud I was being and Mr. Island defended me by saying,  "Mom, she’s loud, that is just the way she is- get used to it!!"  I always think of that when I feel like I’m being picked on and it makes me feel better.  Gotta love that husband of mine.
I also find that I gravitate to people who are also loud.  Perhaps not as loud as me but they aren’t put off by my excessive volume either.  Suz and I regularly talk loudly while shopping and afterward chuckle at the thought of the entire store knowing what we are thinking.  I like it because I can be relaxed and MYSELF.  My best friend Tanya is also a loud person- it’s part of her charm I think. 

So that’s my story,  so if you hear someone who’s being loud and it’s annoying you try to be extra gentle when asking them to shut their pie hole.  It won’t help, but it will make you feel better.

~jen