happy national coffee day!!!!

In honor of National Coffee Day, which officially ended 16 minutes ago...

 

I shall share a few pics of what i do. yes, i am a barista.

we do lots of stuff on our job.

so much stuff, i might have to start a new blog just for barista junk. barista insanity, i could call it. 

but for now, i'm too exhausted from working the closing shift, then grocery shopping the lonely aisles of kroger, all after a long day of homeschooling one kid and carpooling the other one back and forth. 

so for now..just a few images.  the beautiful ones of perfectly pulled espresso shots,

the yummy drinks that are concocted from them..

and a small glimpse of the other dirty work that has to be done, too.

my favorite part of this job?

tasting the goodies, for free! 

like these seasonal pumpkin scones with loads of icing, mmmmmmm!!!

and of course, washing them all down with a hot cup of dark roast.

black, of course.

happy coffee day!!!

comic relief

that awkward moment in church when a tall man exuberantly stretches out his arms in worship and his hand grazes the bald head of the short man beside him.  #excusemethatsmyheadyou'refondling #ohgodletmerunoutrightnowbeforeipeemypantslaughing

fresh air in, anger out

would rather be boxing right now,
or beating somebody up,
like roundhouse-kicking somebody in the side of the head, BAM!!
shin to the neck, POW!!  front of the foot to the nose, CRACK!!
(just kidding of course, me? aggressive?? naaaahhhh...yeah i know, right?)
but running will have to do.
gets the anger out.
(#beangrybutsinnot  #yeahyeahyeah)

..so far so good. haven't knocked anyone out yet. 

then i see this as i run down a hill, and i have to back-pedal, run back for a double-take. 

wow! this super cool old VW hippy van!  wow, how i'd love to just strap on a surfboard to the top, hop in and cruise down to Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica!  yeah just sweet talk those ornery border patrol guys in El Salvador, NIcaragua...hey can't stop now, surf's up!

i should've been born a west coast hippy.

oh well.

yeah, an escape would be nice. 

at least running with my music helps me escape for a little while.

my favorites from this morning's playlist:

in your eyes by Sara Bareilles (acoustic)

&

i still haven't found what i'm looking for by U2

run done.

anger mostly out...

and its void

rushes in the old  realities again

and the fire of anger

becomes the cold ice of sadness. emptiness.

how much longer lord?

Inchworm

This has got to be the cutest inchworm i've met in a long time. His name is Freddy.

lil ol me

just little old me

in my little old bed

my little old head

reality of my oldness

old fogey reading glasses

bed before ten

what's next

a walker, wheelchair, 

slurping prune juice

buying a pretty urn

from which to shake out my ashes

upon the shark-infested waters

it won't be long now...

Kitty spooning

My sweeties. (I'm jealous)
#spooning #cuddling #love

Kitty poop roulette

so here's the deal.

my lovely kitties love to sit wherever they please, and we, the humble human servants of everything feline, allow them. one of their favorite seats: the kitchen table.  gross? maybe. but really, for us, it's no big deal. it's no, big, deal.. (sing it, katy perry: "It's No. Big. Deal. !!!) haha,ok,nevermind..

so i'm leaning over the table here this morning to check something on my computer...

...and all of a sudden i smell something REEEEEEEEEaallly BAAAAAD.  as in, uh-oh-time-to-clean-out-the-kitty-litter-box BAD.  so i dash to the other room, and to my horrified dismay and fear of what's coming next, i notice something awful:  the litter box is clean. unsoiled. no treats.  i'm afraid to answer the following question:  then WHY did i smell such a strong smell of poop?  i tiptoe back to the kitchen, and YUCK!!!! there on the souvenier placemat i'd gotten in puerto rico was a warm.

brown.

um, fragrant?

NUGGET!!!

gross! puke! yuck! get the disinfectant!!!!

so of course i become the biggest germophobe in the world, scrubbing that thing with lysol, but a lingering, disturbing thought festers in my brain: how can i ever eat off this thing again, knowing that my cat, you-know, "soiled" it???? 

so i do what any clever cunning mother would do, i clean up ALL the placemats, spin them around, mix them up on the table, and VOILA!!  Now NO ONE will ever know which one of these placemats had kitty-do on it.  sound fair? ha! and i'll be sure to tell everyone who sits at this table, that there's a 25% chance that you are eating off a placemat that was once pooped on.

yep. kitty poop roulette.

and if you're offended by all the poop humor i share from time to time, i'm sorry. (or not)

that's just how we do, do, do-do-do-do... (get it??? doo-doo??) ha!

lunch time!!!!!

10 min break

Love this patio on warm nights.
Except for the creepy stalking cockroaches crawling out of their evil lair... #starbucks #baristaface  

Sunday a.m. run

love a quiet run on an early sunday morning...love meeting little friends on the road, like this little guy...i named him, umm, Crawly.  see him smile?

i also love the randomness of pandora.

here's my sunday a.m. run playlist:

marc anthony- (forgot the title, app crashed later..)

Flo Rida- a Good Feeling

Jesus Culture - Be Glorified

Brit Nicole- (forgot title, dang android phone, need new one soon..)

..and my all-time fave...

Aerosmith's

Dude Looks Like a Lady!!!!!!

(uh sorry sleepyhead neighbors if i woke you up with my raspy lunatic impersonation of Steven Tyler karaoke complete with air-guitar as i run past your house, i can't help myself...hee hee) :-D

....and finally..what could be a better ending than these two fluffballs waiting to welcome me when i got back home!!!  MEOW!!!

(p.s. think i need to start a new blog just for runs and work-outs and stuff, like spirit in motion or something..hmmm...)

vine

Downloaded a new app for my chromebook today...takes decent videos!!  Yes we're having fun yet. :-D

Kitchen catnap

My cats. I mean seriously,  don't you guys have a job or something?  Lazy butts.

tbt

                                    throw back, way back, to last thursday on the beach!!
                                      (has it been a week already? take me back!)

                                         things i miss: laying around at the pool...

                                              playing on the beach at sunset...

                                                   trying real hard to surf...

                                   taking selfies to look back on when i turn 29 next year, har har..

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand these will be the last of my bathroom selfies for awhile.  just had to reminisce what it was like to have a tan, as now the long whitening process will begin...until i am fortunate enough to visit a warm beach again.  (i'm ready, let's go!!)

                                I have seen everything that is done under the SUN, and behold, all is VANITY and a                                                                  striving after the wind.    (Ecc. 1:4)

                                                                                  (but it's fun!) ;-D