My Coffee Maker Died!!

To top off a rather long sad week my Keurig decided to call it quits last night during dessert. T and the girls went out to test their 22 rifles and their friend K came over for dinner afterward. We were all settling in to have dessert and watch "The Big Bang Theory" when my coffee maker stopped working. I tried unplugging it, filling and refilling the water vessel - nothing worked. 
I had considered reverting back to by beloved french press but I have come accustomed to the ease of pressing one button for coffee.

So early this morning, without coffee in my system I went out in search of a new Keurig Machine.  The first store was completely sold out. I thought I might have to wait a week to have coffee in my home until a friend told me another store had them on sale. While they had a few brewers in stock the model I have grown to love was not on special. $225.00 later I brought home a brand new Keurig Platinum!

Wow! What a difference a new machine makes!!! The coffee brewer makes coffee quicker and quieter!

Now for a much needed coffee break!

It's been a long week.

Life has been a little rough around here this week. T hurt his shoulder at his Sunday workout causing very little sleep for the both of us. He is constantly tossing and turning and when he does sleep he snores like a freight train. That is turn prevents me from getting any sleep. I've tried sleeping in O's bed but it really hasn't helped at all and now shoulder is sore. :(

Earlier this week the community was rocked when a well known dad, husband and hockey coach suddenly passed away. He was in his mid 40s and died of a heart attack. Although, I did not know him well I did know his children as they were in E's class at school. My heart aches for this poor family, especially for the mom who now will have to raise her 4 kids without their dad. Life can be so hard.

This sad news and lack of sleep has really put me into a funk this week. I've tried to brush it off and continue my normal routines but I am finding it hard to get motivated to do anything beside drink coffee and eat way too many cookies. I skipped 2 of my runs, one day I did a in home leg workout, today I convinced myself that hauling pails was enough. But with the Red Lake Road Run coming up this Sunday I am afraid that I will be totally unprepared for my 10K I have planned.


I am hoping that a long weekend with my own chicklets will help pull me out of this funk, but for tonight a few salty snacks and a yummy drink are just what the Dr. ordered.

A new beginning

This is the start of a new beginning for the Szaflik Family. Our lives, like many, were starting to slip out of control into a crazy chaotic mess. We were constantly rushing around, fighting and overwhelmed. I put a stop to this madness, quit my job and am now focussed on bringing peace to our family.
 I am starting this blog to "journal" our lives to help us remember later the joys and the challenges that we face together as a family.

Hold on its going to be a bumpy ride :)