Too good to pass up but... | Pad Patter 26.4

I got a Keurig for $10 at a garage sale. It was our neighbors so I trusted it would work and had been cared for, so $10 seemed like a steal! Little did I know how much I'd then spend on k-cups... (to save the planet, I try to use the reuseable one and I've purchased the recycle-able cups but tbh those are a pain.) And when that machine eventually broke we of course had to buy another one.

 

Oh boy, Justine, good luck with that. And Sara, that's why I've never been tempted to buy a Keurig. Plus, it's all just too much for me to think about - all those different flavors and combinations. I just want to dump coffee into the filter and be done with it. Hahaha

I have a funny fish story. Our youngest dd won a gold fish at the school fair and they sent it home with her in a plastic bag. I found a big bowl for it to swim around in and sent her and dh to buy a fish bowl the next day. Big mistake. They came home with a large glass tank (sounds like the one you got, Justine), a filtering system, the pretty rocks and underwater figures, the works. I about croaked! Plus they bought more fish. Guess who got to take care of the little jewels????? I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count. I should have known better because he always got the kids whatever they wanted. I could just see them - they went to a pet store, of course.

 

lol... and I thought I got a great deal getting one for $60 (but mine was new) ... Christmas Tree shop and Walmart if your are not too picky about your K cup brand - they have cheap ones.

 

oh my word, that's a great story ... but dang, I would have kicked myself for not going myself. I wonder how much fish tank product sales go up around fair time of the year. I bet you are not alone there!

 

$60 for a new one is a great price! Unfortunately I'm very picky about my k-cups--not the brand necessarily but the roast. My fave is Laughing Man Ethiopian Sidama, but I have the hardest time finding it around here. Maybe I should just buy some ES beans and use the reuseable k-cup?

 

ok, yeah. you are a coffee snob ... deftly ignore me then! you'd probably gag on the K cups i drink!

 

LOL, I never meant to be a coffee snob! I started out drinking gas station coffee. I'll do my best not to hold it against you. lol!

 

teehee - I only wish I was a coffee snob, but truth be told I like light to medium roast - Dunkin Donut type coffee. It's garbage and I know it! I can't handle the strong stuff. Every once in awhile - but not as my morning joe.

 

I DID kick myself! Big mistake! I'll bet pet stores see a spike in sales around school carnival time, you're probably right about that.

 

I got stuck with the job. I was the only one who cared whether the tank smelled or not. They're a lot of work.

 

I love fish and fish tanks! We have had huge and little and huge is easier to keep clean! but...........moving them in pure torture. Check the sun rays before you decide where, cause you will have bad algae grow with it.
and sitting in the evening, watching the fish is the most calming time of our evening. I love them! Angel fish are my favorite and then get some schooling fish that go with it...oh you will love it!

 

I think men are like that. My DH is always doing stuff like that, his go to "deal" is bulk. Like we needed a few lightbulbs, okay, he goes and buys a BOX of lightbulbs ....like I have somewhere else for another box in this tiny apartment

 

I bought a battery operated, fake fish tank, nightlight for the counter in the kids bathroom a long time ago. That worked well.