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December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

And Now I Love Pinterest Quotes

I’m in love with pinning life quotes from Pinterest right now. I love it when you come across a quote that just resonates in your soul. Like, yay! I’m not the only loser out there who feels this way, or needs this advice, or needs this kick in the ass.

I have to admit, though, it’s kind of embarrassing and I’ve thought that if you follow me on Pinterest and see all my lame quotes showing up in your feed, you probably think I’m a hot mess. Some days I’m so embarrassed by my quote over-pinning that I pin some of them to a secret board.

I even had to create two Pinterest boards on quotes because I had so many, I had to split them up between life advice and love advice. When I’m feeling blue about my love life, I just remember:

Sometimes it’s hard being the coffee instead of the Two Buck Chuck Cabernet, but this quote reminds me that I would rather be black coffee than Two Buck Chuck any day.

Or what about this one?

I’m a crier in general, so I wear waterproof mascara. But yes please, mess up my lipstick, not my mascara! Messy lipstick is so much more attractive than messy mascara…

This one really resonated with me when I thought of all of my past relationships and realized that with every single one, this quote was absolutely true. Why hadn’t I thought of this myself?

Don’t ignore the red flags. There are also white flags, black flags and green flags, so while you may want to solely pay attention to them, the red flags are the ones that need the most action.

Then there’s this one (see above, I cry at everything)

One time, I was sitting in my boss’s office crying uncontrollably because he told me I dropped the ball on something. He didn’t even know what to do with me at that point, so he sent me home. I can tell you without a doubt it feels like crap when all you want to do is stop crying and it just makes you cry harder.

How about this reminder to live your life:

Such a good reminder that you should do all of the above and enjoy life and continue to grow as a person along the way.

I’m a worrier and I’m smart and cute, so I loved this one:

Umm, how about this one on growing older and being a good person from Gary Janetti (follow him on Insta if you don’t already):

Gary Janetti is one of my favorite people to follow onInstagram. He is married to Brad Gorskiof celebrity stylist fame. He’s hilarious. And as you can tell, he’s blunt. I love this one because, well, it’s true, but don’t be an ahole. Just be a nice person.

There are a ton of depression and anxiety quotes on Pinterest. This one is especially true:

It is hell having both. But then, you can just look at this quote and remember it will all work out just fine:

And this is my quote of the year. It spoke so loudly to me. One of my good friends even sent me a text when she saw that I had pinned it, and said “I love this.” Me, too.

November 29, 2018

And Now I Love Coffee

I grew up with Scottish parents who drank tea 12 times a day. My mom had a small jar of Sanka instant coffee on hand just in case company preferred a coffee to tea. When caffeine was necessary to get through life in high school, Pepsi was my choice. It wasn’t until college that I really started to drink coffee.

I went to college in the 90’s, so it was the start of the indy coffeeshop craze and introduction of espresso and cappuccino to most of us. Thanks to Seattle and grunge rock, drinking coffee was cool again. And not just any coffee – fancy coffee. Espresso, cappuccinos and lattes. I remember the first time I heard of a latte, I thought “What’s a latte?”

Then I worked as a barista for several years of my college career and I make a mean foam. My foam brought all the boys to the yard. Seriously, do you know how hard it is to find someone who makes good foam? Very, very hard to find.

This is where I learned the difference between a latte and a cappuccino. I have since realized half the baristas I’ve encountered don’t know the difference between a latte and a cappuccino. And if they do, they don’t care to make it correctly. The milk to foam ratio is never correct.

It was working there that I started to love coffee. When a French guy tells you you make good espresso, you pay attention. If I wasn’t good at anything else, I was good at making coffee. But, much like anything else I eat and drink, I have to have my coffee in moderation. I typically only have one cup in the morning.

I like a dark roast and I’ve managed the perfect balance of water to coffee. For one cup. If I need to make more, it gets a little sketchy and becomes an experiment in weak vs. strong. I have my coffee with milk and sugar.

Even if I didn’t love coffee, I love the ritual of having coffee each morning. It’s honestly one of my favorite times of the day. I like to take my time drinking my coffee, and working from home gives me that luxury. However, now I have a bit of a commute taking my daughter to school, so sometimes I have to drink my coffee in the car.

And you know what I love more than drinking coffee? Drinking coffee with a friend. Or multiple friends; even better. If I can have my coffee with my sisters, or a friend, my heart is full and my cup is empty.

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018

Can I get an IV? My love affair with coffee

Dearest Coffee –

Delicious child of ground beans and hot water. The nectar of the gods. Proof that the Universe loves us. Coffee is wonderful.

Coffee how I love thee!

Coffee makes me human. Coffee picks me up and doesn’t slam me right back down (I’m looking at you Pixie Stix!).

Coffee is a ritual, it’s a mating dance, it’s a warm, cozy hug first thing in the morning. There is something truly magical about that first cup of coffee in the am.

Recently, the doctor informed me that I had to make some serious changes to my eating habits – and identified a few of the most likely triggers for the issue I was having – coffee and spicy foods. Why don’t you just take away breathing doc? Begrudgingly, I gave up coffee (as a test), let’s not give up everything delicious and wonderful in life all at once. Sriracha stays.

And, I’ll admit it did help (quite a bit actually). But I refuse to breakup with coffee altogether. We are exploring seeing other people, but we still hook up occasionally. Coffee and I had an intense relationship, in the mornings, I’d grind and hit brew before hopping in the shower, then while I’m tooting around getting ready I’d have one – maybe two cups. Then for the drive, the rest of the pot went into my coffee bottle. That’s right – bottle. That was usually gone before I got to my destination. And since I had to be out of the house and wearing pants, like an adult, I’d usually have one more cup in the office in the morning. If it was a really bad sleep night, then I’d have one in the afternoon as well. Coffee and I were addicted to each other.

It was a clean break at first, switched teams right over to Green Tea and didn’t look back. But then I had my first work event post-breakup – 10 days in New York. I knew I was going to cave, I just thought it would be mid-event hotel coffee. Instead, I made it through the event, but on the morning after, as we explored the city, as everyone else was getting their morning coffee, I broke down. Iced coffee. After six weeks without coffee, I finally felt like a human again. What a glorious morning.

So, while things are getting pretty serious with Tea, she’s aware that coffee will always be my first love and that I’m never giving him up. Tea is pretty respectful, she’ll step aside and let coffee do his thing… and let me tell you, he does his thing so much better, now that he’s a special treat.

Coffee I <3 Thee

Ciao
Tcurtis