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I caved, people. I totally caved. I just could not do it. Staying away from coffee is too hard. I got up this morning and my head was killing me and it was really chilly in here and I just wanted to get back under the covers. There was only ONE way I was staying up and doing my ‘mama get the kids up and out the door’ thing.

And that was coffee.

It’s five in the morning and I’m giving in, thinking, ‘Ah, to heck with it! I can’t do it!’ And then I realized that all of the other times I’ve given up coffee – I never went cold turkey. Oh, the stupidity. Of course not, you fool! *smack self in head*

See, I’m a two-pots-a-day gal, so the wise and friendlier-to-my-head way to handle this whole thing is to just have the first pot and not the second. (And I might also add that hubby drinks one or two cups of that first pot. So that won’t be too bad at all, really, drinking that first pot.)

So that is my rearranged goal now. Do NOT make that second pot! Do NOT make that second pot! Do NOT make that second pot! Okay, okay! I think I’ve got it already!


It’s so funny, and sad, really – I think I might just feel like someone close to me is dying or something. I’ve been kind of mopey ever since I made the decision yesterday to excommunicate the evil bean from my life. I’ve only noticed this from my moods and mopey actions. I actually texted hubby yesterday and asked him, ‘When are you coming home? I miss you.’ If you know us, you know that sappy only comes on birthdays and holidays. Not on just regular Wednesdays.

I also asked him to get me some more diet Cokes, to make sure I had some on hand. There was no way he could go yesterday, so I went this morning before work/school. I was walking through the store thinking of what I could buy to ‘pamper’ myself and take care of myself and make sure that I felt taken care of and all other kinds of goofy BS! Then I realized – “Geez, Lisa! You think somebody died, don’t you?!” *shakes head*

I decided, well hey, let’s just go with this. If this is what it takes to get OFF of the evil bean and get me feeling better. So I went and bought myself some Gerbera daisies!

Pretty, aren’t they? And besides that – there is a shoulder bag that I am just dying to buy myself that has a Gerbera daisy on it, but, I’ve been spending too much money lately! I want to hold off on that, even though it is very reasonably priced at only $21! I’ll try to remember it and get it in a few months or something. The site is so gorgeous – you will fall in love with the things there, if you are a big flower person! Check it out – the one I want is the orange Gerbera from the Harold Feinstein collection. Very pretty!