Night Elf Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I get home from work sort of late and enjoy a cup of coffee. However, it has to be decaf at that time of night. So I made a cup of regular coffee and didn't realize it until I sat down with it prepared and ready to drink. So got up, dumped it out, and started a new pot of decaf. I had to turn the machine off while I refilled it and turn it on again. Well, nothing happened. The machine wasn't working. So I figure maybe it was still too hot from the first run so I turned it off and let it sit for 5 minutes then turned it back on again. Still nothing happened. I told DH he was going to have to go to Walmart right then and get me a new coffee maker, not that he would have. I felt so disappointed because I really love my coffee at certain times of the day. So I opened the machine and looked inside. Dumb me had forgotten to put the water in!! No wonder it wasn't working! So I filled it with water, turned it back on, and voila! Got coffee. Yay! Oh, and the dinner DH prepared was yummy, but the coffee caps it off so my dinner didn't feel complete without the coffee. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I have similar mild panic moments when I realize I've run out of my favorite tea. It's an evening ritual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 And this illustrates why we need coffee in the first place, LOL. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Does it need to be in a particular mug too? I have special mugs for each of my coffees of the day. To mix that up would just be WRONG. 😄 The handle broke on my morning coffee mug (the most important coffee of the day, no less) last week, but I'm still using it, handle stumps and all, because that's my morning mug. My husband tried to file down the sharp edges of the stumps for me 🙂 My mug lives on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Our last coffeemaker died on New Year's day a few years ago. No stores were open!! We were traumatized but thankfully had a french press that we were able to use until we were able to buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, tbog said: Lol...been there. The thought of no way to make coffee in our house is terrifying. Dh is VERY much one of those people who is NOT human without his coffee in the mornings. One of my adult daughters has a t-shirt that says 'Instant Human - Just Add Coffee' 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 I've got a tshirt that says "But First ... Coffee" I wear it to work and usually get a favorable comment or two each time. 🙂 I learned how to make coffee with the power out. I boil water on my gas stove and pour it over the grounds in the coffee maker. It drips just like it does when it has electricity. I remember the first time I thought about that, I was ecstatic. I didn't even mind the power was out. I had coffee and my Kindle. Yay! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 17 hours ago, chocolate-chip chooky said: Does it need to be in a particular mug too? I have special mugs for each of my coffees of the day. To mix that up would just be WRONG. 😄 The handle broke on my morning coffee mug (the most important coffee of the day, no less) last week, but I'm still using it, handle stumps and all, because that's my morning mug. My husband tried to file down the sharp edges of the stumps for me 🙂 My mug lives on! Oh my goodness, I thought that was just something I did. And my kids really messed me up on Mother’s Day because they got me three new coffee mugs. And they said specifically one was for my breakfast coffee (it says Coffee & Jesus on it, Mommy, because you drink coffee when you do your devotions) and the other is for my afternoon coffee (it is a Marvel comics mug that changes color when something hot is in it) and a travel mug that has an automated stirrer. Fortunately, they are good mugs (big and heavy), but it kind of threw me for a loop there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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