Coffee Pots

It started out like an ordinary Monday morning - getting up and heading to the kitchen to make the coffee. I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but Roy loves his daily morning cup of coffee. So, I put in the coffee, added the water, and turned on the coffee pot. The light came on - the coffee pot sat motionless ~ no water stirring and no coffee brewing! I turned it off, unplugged the cord, looked at the pot, saw nothing wrong, replugged it, turned it back on....but still nothing happened. This made me think .... hmm, the coffee pot had decided it's given all the coffee it has to give. So, Roy drank orange juice this morning. After school I went to Kohl's to check on coffee pots. My goodness! So many elaborate kinds!! All I wanted was just a basic coffee pot - and the best price I could find was $26. Too much $. So, I went to Target and there I found it - a 12 cup, no nonsense, no frills coffee pot AND on sale for $7.99!! Now that's my kind of coffee pot. Roy was happy - it's coffee in the morning again. The conclusion?

There are coffee pots of all shapes and sizes,
With so many things that they now can do,
But the one that I choose is the one that's just basic -
All Roy needs is a cup of his favorite "brew".

February Favorites

And so, the question is, where did January go?!! Already it is February and I've decided that this is my favorite month of the year. It begins with Groundhog's Day (which also happens to be my birthday!), and continues with so many other celebrations throughout this month. There's Valentine's Day (love is in the air) and Presidents' Day (a time to be grateful that our nation had George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to lead our country - both making great personal sacrifices). But, more than anything else, I have decided that this is my favorite month because the focus is on others. On Friday our students made their Valentine bags and decorated them so that we'd be ready this week to "give and receive" our Valentines. Watching these kindergarten children decorate these little, white lunch bags was so much fun! It just doesn't take much to please these little ones - some stickers and colors and valentine stamps. Sometimes we all get too caught up in the big gifts when all we really need to do is focus on finding others to reach out to and show love to every day. Let's take a lesson from these children!

February is full of valentine's and love,
There may even be some snow coming down from above! (how about that 18 degree weather last week and beautiful snow)
There are groundhogs and birthdays and Presidents, too -
(And it helps us to know that winter's half way through..)
But the greatest of all we need to remember
Is that love's a gift that we should always continue
To show each day, with each passing mile,
For the heart that loves makes a heart that smiles!