Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Bless Me Mother, For I Must Have Sinned

I was awake until after two last night. My knees. What the hell is happening with my knees?
I finally got up and finished one book and started another. I am not even going to tell you what that book is.

(I Am Ozzy, written (haha!) by Ozzie Osbourn. So sue me. I got it out of the library. Ozzy's the only person I know who says fuck more than I do. I respect this.)

When I did finally get to sleep, I SLEPT. Did not wake up when Mr. Moon got out of bed way before dawn showed its face to go hunting with Jason. Got up at 8:30. Not respectable, but still, the best I could do.
The party is tonight. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. (Trying to keep perspective here.)

When I left for rehearsal last night, Jessie and Mr. Moon were cleaning. Mr. Moon was cleaning!
The Shop Vac was involved.
When I finally went to back to bed, Jessie and Vergil were still video-chatting.

When I got up, the coffee wasn't made. I had set it. But it wasn't made. I tried to start it. It wouldn't start. I unplugged, I reprogrammed, I restarted.
Nothing.
Nada.
No coffee.
My house was dark and my pots were cold.
Okay. Poetic license.
I made a cup of tea.
I started the old percolator. That thing takes about forty-five minutes to make three cups of coffee. Oh well. Where am I going?
To town, obviously. Well, I needed to go anyway. But I wasn't planning on going to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Which is where I suppose I need to go.
Quick-quick- tell me what your favorite coffee maker is! I don't grind beans. Sorry. I need it to be programmable. Does Fisher Price make a coffee maker? And the pot, she must pour nicely.
Suggestions?

All right. That's all I have to say now. The cowboy coffee (that's what we call what comes out of the percolator) is ready. It's scalding hot and delicious. More than one way to bait a hook, skin a cat, build a fence, make coffee.

Happy Day Before Thanksgiving.

Drink your coffee. Thaw your turkey.
Be sweet. Don't sin.

Love...Ms. Moon

15 comments:

  1. hmmm...coffee maker yes??

    i dont really drink coffee..because...it makes my heart beat so fast...and all..when you are a coffee virgin and drink coffee..it dont really feels so nice..sometimes i fake coffee..means i drink it like i drank it when i still lived in france as a kid...like two fingers of coffee and a liter hot milk over it...

    my serbian partner in crime is addicted to coffee..so when we go to town i always pretend to get a coffee to go..because thats our ritual... before we walk over the market..but truth is...i secretly get hot chocolate instead in a coffee to go cup....renata ask me always..dont you take sugar in that ??? and i always say evil grinning: no ma´am..i need that stuff pure!!!
    sometimes when i m at renatas house her parents want to drink coffee with me..strong..dark...serbian coffee...no way to replace it with hot chocolate..or god forbid..to ask for milk!!!..so i down that cup somehow...its what you owe to a friends parents who know you since about a thousand years...damn that coffee is a burner...i tell you:-)

    so..what i wnated to say is: i have no idea what coffeemaker to buy...i have two..one i never use by krups...and one by senseo..which i use to make..you guess it..hot chocolate:-)

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  2. dear ms. moon,
    lighting candles for your
    knees and literary falling from grace.
    loving your old percolator. and the clock reporting in at 9:02...
    thinking you have your priorities straight with the praying nun right next to the hot sauce.
    easy reach for any hankering life presents...
    hot and spicy/pious and reflective.
    it all works, as long as there is coffee!

    here's to a spicy good knee day.

    xoxoxoxo,
    rebecca

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  3. I adore Ozzy Osbourne. He reminds me of my grandfather for some damn reason.

    I've always liked Krupp coffeemakers, even though I don't have a Krupp currently. I don't even want to think about having no working coffeemaker. I am an addict, and I don't buy cheap crappy coffee either. My logic is that if I die today, I don't want my last cup of coffee to have been shit. Got me?

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  4. I can't even imagine a trip to Bed Bath and Beyond today... and I'm really sorry your knees kept you awake. But you sure do make me laugh, and for this I am thankful on this day-before-Thanksgiving.

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  5. The Kitchenaid coffee maker that looks like a retro one -- tall stainless box-like thing. You can program it, the coffee tastes fantastic and we've had ours for many years (knock on wood!)

    Have a wonderful day --

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  6. My husband loves his cuisinart which grinds the beans itself.

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  7. The coffee pot we have has a stainless carafe so the coffee stays hot in the sucker for hours and hours and hours.

    my wv = buzzin :)

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  8. BEthany waxed rapturous about the Kitchenaid one in a post a while ago - that she got second hand!

    Or you could ask Danielle to send you his Krups one, though that might take to long for your caffeinie addicted ass to wait :)

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  9. I am such a damn mess today, I can't imagine doing the retail thing. Not a coffee drinker either so I am no help :) But I do love you, and hope you have a good day and get home fast!

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  10. Melita cone w/ a paper filter. Delicious. Y'all have a nice Thanksgiving over there.

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  11. We have so many coffee makers but the favorite is the Krup with the drop in little cups of ground coffee. Delicious and easy. Have a good party and a Happy T-Day.

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  12. Oh Ms Moon, I think you're amazing. I didn't get to sleep until after 2 either, the last few nights actually. My it's not my knees, it's my crazy mind. I'm sorry about your knees. I am impressed with your waking up so EARLY. I got up after 10 and was a whole hour late for work. No time to even make coffee. Mama mia.
    You are my hero.

    PS Daniel's comment made me lol, so funny and stinkin cute.

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  13. we have the hamilton beach one with the carafe that makes 12 cups and keeps it warm for hours without the burnt taste.

    i would die without coffee. we have a 6 cup french press for camping/ power outages- the coffee from the french press is very good and the french press was less than $20 at target!

    xxalainaxx

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  14. Just loving your posts, Ms Moon.

    Wanted you to know.

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  15. I don't drink coffee and we don't do Thanksgiving. Is it evil that this helps me see my day as more manageable? (I cried this morning, just thinking of how I was going to get through the day. Damn no sleep.)

    I apologise for being all me,me,me. I will make my next comment about you. Honest. (It's the tiredness, I swear. I love you.)

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