I should come as no surprise that I have multiple ways of making coffee. After the failure of the primary coffee maker, I could go to one of two secondary electric coffee makers or two different kinds of coffee press. I also keep a bag of preground coffee in case the power is off and I can't use the coffee grinder.

What? Me without coffee = Sleepy, Dopey and Grumpy.

I do have Folgers coffee bags for emergencies like this, but I was so out of it that I forgot about them!

vw wins, although it's entirely too hot for that here in PA.

I have canceled all my appointments for today on the off chance I actually have strep and am contagious, since throat does not seem to be getting better.

Am discouraged.

I hope you feel better soon, d.

t passes coffee and throat lozenges around Bitches

Go get antibiotics, if it's strep, d!! Otherwise it'll just get worse and icky.

you know, my mother always swore that Effie was a lesbian who married Marion for the money/power

How had I never heard this rumor? I feel so out of it!

you know, my mother always swore that Effie was a lesbian who married Marion for the money/power

A number of older women in the neighborhood (and a few of my clients) have espoused this theory though I've never run across anyone with upclose and personal experience to verify it.

meara, I plan to. Dr appointment is at 2 today.

I'm so self-involved today. Sorry. Hope the coffee and back-to-work blues ease soon for those so afflicted.

It is actually pretty cold here today. I'm actually a bit thankful for that, since it was SO FREAKING HOT on Saturday. I thought I was gonna die on the non-air conditioned island.

I will never be competing on Survivor. That's for sure!

d, feel better!

meara, nice tattoo! vw, glad to hear that coffee has been achieved. It's too hot here for autumny anything ... although it's supposed to cool off by the end of the week. Kristin, I couldn't see the pictures of your kitten, but I'm sure he's cute. I'd heard th Effie Barry rumor ... perhaps she merely looked but didn't touch (like in the many museums in town). Teppy, sorry about the back, but glad to hear the boy is taking care of you.

And, for cross dressers of the world, please try to use some taste in choosing your clothing! something that fits, is clean, and doesn't allow me to check out your gender on the escalator would be appreciated!

d, hope you can get to the doctor and get what you need to get over this nasty sore throat soon.

Teppy, how's your back doing? Better, I hope.

Nora, I know just what you mean about missing the man when you have to go back to work after a vacation.

Harvey and Sammie were obviously neither sulking at us yesterday, nor desperate and clingy when we got back from the weekend with Daniel's family. But Harvey for darn sure needed to get under the covers with me this morning, and he's all over me now, too. Sammie even slept curled up right next to me for a while, when she usually sleeps next to the giant stuffed tiger on the head of the bed - a vantage point very handy to the window as well as tiger snuggles and the occasional petting.