We’re not big coffee drinkers; in fact, Craig isn’t a coffee drinker at all, and I’m still in process (I consider myself to be a social (coffee) drinker). So we have the free Gevalia pot for when we have company or when I do something unusual and get up really early (and incidentally, I always, always, always have to look up the measurement on the Internet; I have no idea why I can’t remember how much coffee to put in to make a pot). In short, the pot wasn’t getting used very much.

Enter the tea idea. I figured if you could make coffee in a coffee pot, why not tea? I fill the coffee thing with water, take a bag of my favorite tea and put it in the (what’s that called – pot? pitcher?) glass part that pours, and push the “on” button.

The tea steeps as it goes and one bag makes a whole pot of tea. What’s more, my two oldest kids know how to make tea in the coffee pot, so when they want some (and we are raising them to be hot tea drinkers), they just go in there and make it happen.

Sure, I may be the last one on the planet to think to do this, but that’s okay. I’m posting it anyway.

I had three pseudo-goals for tonight: 1) to begin writing something I need to write, 2) to make candles for a friend’s upcoming wedding, and 3) to cut out the girls’ Easter dresses.

I began with the dresses. I got out the pattern and cut out the appropriate pieces and then remembered that that pattern did not come in the correct sizes when I bought it last week, so I have to resize it which means measuring the girls first. And they are in bed. Strike one.

I moved on to the candles. I haven’t made any candles since we moved off-campus over a year ago, so I’d lost track of my supplies. I’m missing an important ingredient and need to go to Hobby Lobby to get it. Hobby Lobby, of course, is not open at 9:45 at night. Strike two.

Then I took another look at the writing assignment which I received last Friday and was given two weeks to do. I need more clarification before I begin and didn’t realize that until just now. Strike three.

I don’t know, guess I’ll go to bed or something like the rest of my family. Sigh.

Our oldest daughter got her first pair of glasses about this time last year. One year later, her eyes have gotten worse and she needs an upgrade. I was thinking it would make more sense, both financially as well as just in terms of unnecessary waste, to simply have her lenses upgraded. The couple of places I’ve called, though, are telling me it’s cheaper to buy a whole new pair of glasses.

Why is this? And is it true? Do any of you know of any places that will do a lens upgrade for less than an entire new pair? I’m a bit frustrated. We all really like the way her current glasses look on her and would just like to keep the same frames. But I’m not exactly willing to pay more for less in this case either. Thoughts?