May Photo A Day - 5/2/13

"Morning Ritual"
 

Our mornings just wouldn't be the same without "Miss Silvia", our espresso machine!

30 day photo challenge: days 28, 29, & 30

And a drumroll, please . . . thank you, thank you very much!  I've finally finished with my 30 day photo challenge, albeit taking much longer than 30 days and improvising here and there.  But, it has been fun and defnitely kept my blogging from getting rut.  So, here are the last 3 days.

day 28  -  daily routine
It is hard to remember a time when I wasn't doing this activity on a daily basis.  Once you have kids and they are small, changing diapers is just part of the daily routine, like it or not (pretty much not liking it).  Now that the baby of our family is 1 1/2, I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I'm definitely not anxious for her to grow up and quicker, but I certainly won't be sorry to see the diaper duties go "bye-bye".  

Little D happy with a clean diaper.

  day 29  -  purchased

This actually is another of my daily routines, too.  A must-have!

 Recently, we purchased a new cappuccino maker and, wow, does that ever make my mornings 10X better! 

day 30  -  in motion

Me, taken out hiking w/my hubby recently.

 

Coffee at Home

As much fun as it is to go out for a cup of coffee, I really rather enjoy making myself a fancy cup of joe at home.  Nine years ago, Augustus and I stopped by our favorite thrift store, the first year that we were married.  We found a Krups cappuccino maker for $3 - and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.  It isn't one of these new-fangled ones where you can have the espresso coming out and the milk brewing at the same time, but it works well and is still growing strong 9 years later on its second life.  Three cheers for my cappuccino maker! 

A delicious hazelnut cappuccino.  Yum!