Amazon, Coffee Pot and Weather

Time: 7:45

Energy Level: High

Positives for the day:

  • email from Amazon
  • coffeepot cleaning worked
  • glimpse of sun

Physically I feel: Fine as long as I do nothing

Mentally I feel: Apprehensive about something…I have no idea what

Ok, more details about the good stuff. Email from Amazon this morning saying my order "appears to have been lost in the mail." Ha! That is NOT what the mail carrier {USPS} is saying. They are saying it was sent "media mail!" Anyway, the email from Amazon says that the order is being re-sent and will be here on the 20th. So, if that happens, it will be good.

Coffeepot cleaning. Yesterday morning there was something odd happening with the coffee pot. The water didn’t appear to be moving from the coffee maker to the pot except very very slowly and there was a lot of hissing and steaming and very little coffee in the pot. So yesterday I used our spare brewer and this morning I have run water with a little bleach through the routine and am now running the second of the four rinses I will send through it.

And finally, a glimpse of sunlight this morning greeted me when I went into the kitchen. it seems to have clouded over again but it WAS there. I am still saying in amazement,   "It isn’t snowing!"

I have a fair amount of homework to do this morning including a piece of writing in Italian on the Boston Marathon., "la maratona in Boston."

QUOTATION: Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

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April 18, 2007

Our Sun was shining this morning, too, ’til Joey came out here, glared at it, and pronounced “I hate sunshine in the morning.” I think he’s frightened it away!! But at least it’s not snowing! :o) !! hugs, Weesprite

April 18, 2007

If you end up with two books from Amazon, you can sell the other one on eBay! *wink* Hooray for sunshine! Pretty soon you’ll be complaining of the heat. If it’s anything like around here, we wake up freezing in the morning and roasting in the afternoon. LOL!

I’ve never had a problem with Amazon. They’ve been great so far.

April 18, 2007

Perhaps the problem with your coffeepot is buildup of … I don’t exactly know what that white stuff is – but you can clean it up by running a batch of white vinegar through it. I do this regularly for my coffee maker and my teapot.

April 18, 2007

Yes, I was going to mention the vinegar trick, but was beat to the punch. That’s crazy, though, still, about Amazon and ‘media mail’.

I use vinegar to clean my coffee pot also. It’s a good idea having a spare pot.

Shi
April 18, 2007

Ummm never used bleach in my coffee pot, but have used a vinegar solution to clean out the mineral deposits.

Vinegar works well I hear but I think others have mentioned it.

April 18, 2007

RYN: The tea and toast is just out of shot.

Pat
April 18, 2007

I’m glad that Amazon is making it up to you. I love shopping through Amazon, but I guess they can mess up every now and then, too! I do the white vinegar to clean my coffeemaker also.

April 18, 2007
April 18, 2007

run vinegar through the coffee maker. It will help with the stuff that builds up. I do that with mine every 2 months or so.

April 18, 2007

I swear by a product called dip-it which is, if you’re lucky, you can find in the coffee products section or at Aubuchon’s. I think tea brewed in a machine used any previous time for coffee is useless but this product will clean all the old bean oils and minerals out. I prefer the powder version of this product vs the liquid. I’ve even brewed this and soaked the filter basket and it cleans allthat gunk out.

A good day, then.

April 18, 2007

The sun is out here too, but it is still rather chilly. The neighbor is still flooded, and lots of the folks around here now have ‘water features’ on their property.