I love my CoffeeHound

Feeling really grateful for my wonderful husband!  He is my rock through all of this craziness.  He is always there for me with a listening ear and most importantly, he always finds a way to make me laugh and feel better!

The perfect sized coffee mug for Skott

Anyone who knows us, knows we absolutely DESPISE Starbucks and how it has bastardized coffee. We always said we would rather go without if it meant having to drink Starbucks (and that's saying a lot!).  Normally, restaurants like to flaunt the fact that they serve Starbucks crap so we are aware.  When we were up in Duluth a couple months ago we had breakfast at a super nice restaurant.  I thought something was "up" with the coffee- it tasted dry and burnt.  We joked that it tasted as bad as Starbucks.  We decided to just choke down our cups and find espresso later.  About halfway through our cups, we heard the waitress tell the table next to us that they serve Starbucks.  I had to capture Skott's reaction....

 

One more funny picture.  Same Duluth trip.  (On a side note:  I am sure glad that we can make our own fun cuz there's not too much you can do in Duluth in the middle of December!)  Way back last summer I went to the cities after work with some friends and we went to a park and had some beer that was so amazing.  I kept telling Skott how excited I was to have him try it.  We never could quite justify the price tag when we were in the area.  While in Duluth, we came across some and decided to go for it.  We blew $20+ on eight cans (2 different flavors).  I don't think there are words to describe the flavor of this one (obviously NOT what I had tried during the summer).  The initial flavor was like licking a pine tree, or better yet, one of those nasty fake pine smelling trees for your car.  This was followed by grapefruit.  And then dry heaves.  Yes, it was THAT bad!  We kept one can.  It will make a great white elephant present.