Make My Life Easier Thursday: Single Serve Coffee Maker
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I’m more of a tea drinker, but post-kids, I’ve come to appreciate the virtues of a strong cup of coffee. Pre-pandemic, my morning routine included either a stop at the office kitchen for some hot water, or if I was up late (or really early), a stop at the coffee shop across the street.
When I first return to the office, I may want to shut myself in the office and avoid communal spaces. However, I’ll still need my caffeine fix. Perhaps as a welcome-back-to-the-office treat for myself, I’ll get Keurig’s K-Mini Plus Single Serve Coffee Maker. It comes in a range of colors (I’m leaning towards gray, which happens to be one of Pantone’s colors of the year!) and would fit perfectly on my desk.
It also features a strong brew option (perfect for those days when I’ve been up both late and early), is travel mug friendly, and is compatible with the My K-Cup universal reusable coffee filter (better for the Earth, but alas, sold separately).
The coffee maker is available at Keurig.com and Amazon for $99.99, as well as other retailers. Target has the basic single serve model on sale for $59.99. Single Serve Coffee Maker
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Hi All. I need to bounce something off of you. Kiddo (5) and I have been diligently making holiday cookies and candy the last several weeks and storing them in the freezer. Our goal is to deliver little boxes of cookies/candy early next week to some friends and organizations we’re involved with in the community. We’re being careful, so the intention was a doorstep delivery in all possible cases, which is also fun becuase we want it to be a surprise, too!
Anyway, I just got the call today to pick up kiddo because of a possible Covid exposure at school. The date of her last exposure was Tuesday, 12/15. Here is my question: would you still feel comfortable doing contactless drop off of the cookies provided we’re all feeling well? We haven’t yet decided whether to test her next week. We’re not planning to see people outside our household until after her 10 days would be up, so it seems a bit unnecessary if she doesn’t have symptoms.
I got some really exciting news today and wanted to share– I’ve really been struggling with work this year, due to the general 2020 bull$%&^/ work from home/ kid in online school/ worst never-ending tax season ever.
WELL I just found out that one of my favorite coworkers from my previous job is coming to work where I work in a few weeks. And they’re putting her in the office next to me! And all of a sudden I’m so much more excited about work. 2021 is already turning things around!
Have any of you had anything positive or exciting happen lately? I would love to hear about it.
bike helmet recs? just realized my kid’s helmet is way too small. not comfortable going to a store with my toddler right now to try them on.
Daycare has gently informed us we need to potty train DD over the school break. I think they’re right that now is the time – she’s almost 3 and this is the longest stretch of time we’ll have at home together for a long time. Any suggestions for the best way to do this? She currently likes using the potty and pees there pretty frequently but is not staying dry in diapers and has never pooped in the potty. She’s extremely stubborn and strong-willed but she can be very compliant when she decides a rule make sense, and so far she seems very enthusiastic about getting potty trained and wearing underwear.I really want to avoid the 3 day method because it seems so messy and gross to me but if that’s the best way I will suck it up and do it.
in need of a new tv show for a 2.5 year old. we have watched every episode of daniel tiger more times than i can count. we only do 1-2 episodes per day and only started this 6 months ago, but there just aren’t enough episodes of that show. we tried sesame street once, kiddo wasn’t that into it- at what age did your kids start liking that? we tried doc mcstuffins, but i didn’t really like that. i do feel like kiddo has actually learned a lot from DT, so another show that teaches something would be good. any recs?
Our babysitter/nanny has informed us that she’s flying to Florida for the holiday break to stay in a rented house with her immediate family. (She’s 20, so with her two parents and 22 yo brother.) She says that she’s going to be very safe and hang out at the house or on the open beach. She’s planning to drive back from Florida with her family to avoid needing to quarantine, but this takes longer than flying so she says she’ll be missing a day of work, i.e., the first Monday in January. Do we just let her come back to work on Tuesday without a quarantine or testing? If we do ask her to quarantine and test, do we pay her for that week? She’ll already be getting two weeks off for the holiday, all paid, plus a holiday bonus. Arg.
Hello:
This is a long shot, but here goes. My DD is slowly gaining weight, working to conquer an eating disorder stemming from pandemic isolation and anxiety.
She wears leggings that — to my mind — are already very snug, and I anticipate she’ll need to move up a size. I’m worried that that will set off anxieties about being “fat.”
Has anyone been through this and have any advice? Thank you!
For those of you with nannies; how much time are you giving them off for the holidays?
A while ago I posted being concerned about using pull-ups with a potty training kiddo because I had fallen so hard for the ‘Oh Cr@p’ style of ‘pull-ups are diapers. once you do the Weekend, only nap and bedtime.’ and was afraid I was going to somehow hold my kiddo back.
WELL. During 2 weeks of quarantine, we went to the potty 47 times a day. And somehow, just like that she’s this agreeable little happily going on the potty kiddo. Daycare even commented in their notes that she is getting REALLY good about telling them if she needs to go and is SO happy with herself every time she has a successful visit. I don’t know why I was so afraid that somehow she would be still in diapers at 4 if I didn’t do the ‘cold turkey’ underpants method… but I appreciate all of your reassurance that it would be fine!!
All these references to going back to the office make me jealous. I’m permanently remote now and not happy about it. I hope it will be better when things are safe enough for me to go work at a public library or something like that, because being at home is terrible for both my productivity and my waistline.