Coffee Queen

In the past couple of years or so I have built what I call my "corner." It has my coffee pot, my coffee canisters my mom gave me, my very first (years ago, and ONLY) oil pastel canvas, and a couple of other things that make me very happy in it. It has the Starbucks French press Uncle Steve bought me in Oxford that has saved me so many times. It has a couple of things that Tamar has given me that are very "me" so had to be in the "me" corner... a canvas that says "Be careful or you will end up in my novel." and a little plaque that has various little cute things on it but also a quote she found by Dave Matthews (HELLO!) that says "you lean on me and i'll lean on you and we'll be ok" which is very true for me and Mar. And also in my corner is a funny canvas that Emily painted me that says "mama mama mama" she said she painted because that's all I hear! I also have a hilarious piece of "Delta art" that is a cross made out of beer caps bought at Cat Head studios (is that right Tamar or Anna??) I had to have it... A recent inclusion is the monstrosity of a bread box that had awful avocados all over it I found at Bits and Pieces for a steal that William spray painted black and now its fabulous. I keep extra coffee in there, biscotti, creamer, splenda, etc, etc.
Well, fast forward to Valentine's Day and William gives me the MackDaddy of all coffee pots as a gift. So I have to figure out how to fit this bad boy into my lovely coffee corner. I think I'm gonna have to put it by the wall. I really need to find a place for my atrociously large bread box since my kitchen is the size of one in a pop up camper. But man, this coffee pot is AMAZING. I can keep 1/2 lb. of fresh beans in the top. Then I can push buttons to say how many cups I want to make, how strong I want it, etc, etc. IT CAME WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL DVD. Yeah right. As William and Joshy are showing, we didn't watch some dvd. I feel like I live in a shack and have a Hummer parked out front with this coffee maker in my kitchen!! HA!!! But it has seriously been an adventure getting it figured out. I think I about have it all straightened out, and my morning coffee has just been luscious. :)
Now get out of my tiny kitchen and you get to all the recent talk of me being the "Coffee Queen" for those of you that heard it. Our church just finshed some major renovations and they are awesome. Part of the renovation is a welcome center and coffee bar. I was named "Minister of Coffee" by Grant which Jay Burrell turned around and decided should actually be "Coffee Queen." I got to 'decorate' and get the coffee makers, coffee, organize, etc ...everything to go with the coffee bar. It was like a dream come true! Still waiting on my crown... :) kidding. I love the smell when I walk in the door now. I know it's not the Taj Mahal, and now that I look at the pictures I think, "well, it's not nearly as cute as I thought it was..." but it is still a really nice hang out on Sunday mornings. I need to get some artwork up. So anyway I took some pics of Calvary's new coffee bar! I noticed today we added several coffee cups to our rack this morning... looks so cute. Tamar and I are currently working with a couple of other ladies to finish off decorating the rest of the Welcome Center... I'm so ready to get it finished!!!