I was thinking about hot drinks the other day and was wondering how I could keep my coffee piping hot in my freezing cold house during the winter. (Sorry, Lloyd.)  I didn’t want a plug-in warmer, since that goes against my eco-freakiness.  That leaves …. fire.  I searched on the internet for warmers that use tea lights as fuel and almost bought one that heats up a teapot, but then thought surely I could cobble something together myself.  As luck would have it, I saw the votive holder that Brad brought this summer. It’s called Oregano and it’s perfect for my mugs! This won’t work with my flat-bottomed mugs – they’ll slide right off.   Woo-hoo!  C’mon, winter!

*sigh*  When will we get an IKEA in Nebraska?

One of the presents was a package of three wooden magnets. We had a conference today and our staff presented on playing with items in new ways. I have decided that these, along with my sugar dispenser, will show my mood. I am tired. Good night.

(More emotions to come later.)

By the way, all your entries yesterday were right, but Mark gets the points.

Brad is a cereal eater, and since he’s a guy, his custom is to rinse off his cereal bowl and spoon and set them by the sink to use again the next day.  Since I’m a girl, I kept putting his bowl in the dishwasher every other summer.  Oops!  So this year, we’ve got the perfect solution!  Lloyd helped with it’s construction – he’s got mad Dremel skills – and made the spoon notch just right!

Brad brought me my birthday/Christmas package this trip – NOTHING in this pile cost more that a couple of bucks.  (He said that he looked through the super-clearance, in honor of my cheapness.)