The Perfect Cup for Coffee

I think I need a bigger coffee cup.  Can you still hear me over the sound of my family laughing?  Yes?  Ok, good. 

Here's the thing... 

I'm willing to admit that the coffee cups I use on a regular basis are of decent size.  Some might even consider them more as small soup tureens rather than coffee cups.  I like a little weight to my mug. 

And yet, the darn things still seem to get empty far too quickly.  And if they aren't drained at a rapid speed, then the coffee gets cold. 

So what I really need is a nice large mug.  I'm thinking about the size of half the coffee pot.  I think that should do it.  That's about the amount I probably drink each morning anyway.

And I need one that keeps the coffee at a nice steady temperature - not hot enough to burn the mouth, but put sufficiently warm enough not to be well... bleh! 

You coffee drinkers know what I'm talking about, right?

A Cold Day

It's a cold day. 

One of those first cold days of autumn to remind me that winter isn't far behind. 

The kind of day when gray clouds drift across the blue background of the sky.  The wind whistles past the windows, and sends the autumn leaves dancing through the air. 

A good day to have a mug of soup for lunch.

Or curl up with a cup of hot tea and a good book.   

Or maybe some coffee and something on the Netflix. 

Or some warm mulled cider and a crochet project.

The type of day that leaves me looking forward to the cold evening to come.  Some warm pj's, my favorite fluffy robe, and snuggling up to The Man of the House.