The LAST Coffee Filter

How is this even possible?  This is the LAST coffee filter in my house.   I knew.  I make the coffee every single morning at my house, after all.  I almost never drink it, but I make it every day for Denton and Liva.

While I was cooking supper yesterday, Denton and I were talking about it.  I actually can only recall buying coffee filters a couple of times in our entire marriage.  That’s over twenty-three years people.  It just seems that there is an endless, bottomless supply of those things.  Something that replenishes itself overnight.  Every night.  Because I don’t remember ever getting to the bottom of the pile.

Dear coffee filter fairy:  I would like to put in a request for other items to be replenished…

In other breaking news, this is the state of the coffee container.

Ahhhh, the smell of an open container of coffee.  There is nothing to rival it is there?  I love that smell.  I don’t have to drink it to appreciate that smell every morning when I pop that lid off.  It’s already on the white board of my kitchen grocery list.  Coffee.  Coffee filters.

That’s my boring update on what’s been on my mind this morning.  Coffee filters.  Maybe I should have a cup of coffee to kickstart my brain today.  Did anything extra exciting happen at your house this morning, like getting to the bottom of the coffee filters for the first time in memory?

Snow! And a Tree Through the Roof.

We got almost ten inches of the fluffy white stuff here last night and today.  Only it wasn’t fluffy.  It was very, very wet and heavy.  Liv was not happy.  This is adding onto the school year for us.  But it also caused this:

Good grief.  I hope you never have a tree fall through your roof.  This is NOT how I wanted to spend my snow day!  But it could have been much, MUCH worse.  I am very thankful that it didn’t do any more damage than it did.  At least what we know right now.  We will have to wait for this snow to melt to be sure of all of the damage.

What we know for sure is that our brand new seamless gutters are toast.

Doesn’t he look awesome in a hard hat?  Safety first people!

And that one of the tree limbs came through the back part of the roof and attic; actually came through my kitchen wall.  Our house is sort of a split level.  They built the house on a sloping lot, so the second story is ground level in the back, but the entire downstairs is completely level in the front.  It sounds very strange, I know.

Trying to see how much damage…..

 

Yep, you can see outside from inside my kitchen right now.

My poor patio set.  By the way.  That’s not the ground you see.  It’s all the debris from the downed tree strewn all about on top of the snow.  The tree is off of the roof though, and the hole is temporarily fixed.  The claims adjuster will be here next week to assess the damage for our insurance.  So, seven or so hours later, we are all well.

But it looks so, so pretty! 

My poor daffodils.

It’ll be gone soon!!  How was your snow day?   I sincerely hope a tree didn’t fall on your house!  It’s not a great way to spend your day.  And it’s STILL snowing!

Instagram Goodness. 03.12.18

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More signs of spring!! #spring #springtime

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Almost! #springisalmosthere #daffodils #easterlily

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Quick Tip: Essential Oils in the Bathroom

This is an easy way to freshen your bathroom every time someone needs the loo.

Drop five to ten drops of your favorite essential oils into the cardboard tube of toilet paper.

Every time someone rolls off some TP, your bathroom will be scented with the refreshing scent of  – in my case Limes.

Everyone who visits your bathroom will thank you!

Why Can’t I Throw Away Garbage?

I have been on my decluttering journey for over three six years now.  You would think that I have this down to a science.  But I still find myself agonizing over the stupidest things.  Things you shouldn’t agonize over.  Things that are obvious trash and need to go into the garbage. Things that cannot be donated to go live a more wonderful life with someone else.  Because they are trash.  Things like this:

That my friends, is a Princess House, 2 quart, made in France, pot.  I loved this pot.  It served me very, very well for years now.   And I will miss it because it did exactly what it was supposed to do superbly.

Earlier this week, I noticed that it had a crack on the outside.  Not a very big crack, but I knew that I couldn’t use it again.  I wouldn’t take the chance that it would explode and kill someone.  It could happen.  Maybe.  Probably not but I wasn’t taking a chance.  But, I didn’t put it in the garbage either.

I warned all of the family not to use it.  “Hey, that middle pot has a crack in the side of it.  Don’t use it because it could explode and kill you”.   But I still didn’t put it in the garbage.  Why?!?

Is it because I have the whole set?  Now it won’t be a complete set?  I don’t think so.  I have other things that I know aren’t a complete set and it doesn’t keep me up at night.

Is it because they cost the earth?  Nope, because you know me!  I didn’t pay the earth for them and it didn’t bother me one whit to use and enjoy them since they only cost me $12.00 for ALL of them.

I seriously think it’s because I truly have a difficult time throwing things in the garbage.  Not garbage garbage.  Used tissues.  Bags that have had meat marinating in them.  Things like that go straight into the garbage bin.

But, you knew there was a but, right?  I have a very difficult time throwing things away that I have convinced myself that might have another useful purpose to someone.

Recycle is one thing.  I have absolutely no problem every day putting things into the recycle.  That milk jug is going to recycle heaven to be repurposed into lawn furniture or a piece of playground equipment.  That cardboard box from our beloved Coke is going to become a cereal box, or writing paper.  Hundreds of times a day I toss stuff into the recycle bin and never bat an eye.  That might possibly be an exaggeration.

Anywho, I have come to the conclusion that I just have to buckle down and get over myself.  Some things cannot be recycled.  (Ceramic and heat treated cookware are just a few of them.  They can ruin an entire batch of recycled glass because they don’t melt at the same rate as container glass – I checked!)  And they are garbage.  Therefore they need to go into the trash.    Like my well loved and well used Princess House pot, since when I picked it up to move it to get to another pot that didn’t have a crack in the side, it broke and sliced my finger almost off.  That too might possibly be a slight exaggeration.  It was really deep and did bleed for a couple of hours though, and aren’t you glad I didn’t show you that?

Do you suffer from these dilemma’s too?  Do you want to own a lovely set of Princess House pot’s?  Here is a link where you can still buy them.  I will caution you that they do cost the earth, but if you are looking to invest in beautiful and functional pots and pans I love these.  Just make sure they don’t have cracks in them before you pick them up.

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Instagram Goodness. 02.20.18

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Quick Tip: Boots ~ Keeping the Form

All of the boots at our house looked like this:

To keep them from looking like sad, collapsed heaps, and to help them keep their form, stick a wine bottle (or a whisky bottle) into them!

Easy peasy, and your boots will thank you by not getting creases in the leather in odd places.  It’s also a great way to recycle those bottles.

Here is the link to the Harley Davidson boots above.  They are Liv’s and she LOVES them.

If your boot wearer has tiny feet like Liv, just turn the bottles upside down – like above – and they will fit into even really small boots.

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Instagram Goodness. 02.04.18

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Almost done! #firepit #almostdone #lovelovelove

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