Happy Halloween!

 

Had a a quiet weekend. Woke up Sunday morning with a cold, not fun but it will hopefully pass soon. We had much fewer Trick or Treaters this year than we have had the last couple of years. Hope you have a great week!

♥ Helene

Fun Saturday!

Our neighbor Chuck down the street stopped by with his Model A Ford and him & Thomas took it for a spin around the block.      

 

Afterwards drove we in to Original Parts Group in Seal Beach and picked up a few parts for the El Camino.      We had a nice lunch at Schooner or Later 

Bought a yummy Limpa at the Great Dane Baking Company 

and on our way home did we drive by our old house and street……

I’m just saying, what happened  to the Fall?!?!

Norco Farmers Market

   

Last Saturday when I enjoyed my morning coffee and reading the newspaper I saw a small notice that it was the Grand Opening of a new Farmers Market in Norco that day. Norco is small town just north of where we live so of course I have to go there and check it out.

By the time I got there was it almost time for the vendors to pack up their things but I managed to buy some fresh strawberries if nothing else.

  

I will fore sure go there again but a bit earlier next time!

♥ Helene

9/11 tribute - amazing grace

Feeling Blue?

I sure hope not, that you are feeling blue but if you do maybe a new Teapot can cheer you up?!

Blue Saxony Teapot

♥ Helene

and the winner is………

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Timestamp: 2010-09-06

Congratulations!! Nancy of Coeur d'Alene, you are the winner of the Bag of freshly roasted coffee, please email me your address and if your prefer whole bean or ground and your package will be on its way later in the week as soon as the coffee is roasted. Thank you to all of you that shared my day!

♥♥♥ Helene

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Happy Labor Day!! No Labor for three days, yeah!!

Enjoying the 3-day weekend!! We went to Costa Mesa and the Labor Day Cruise today, a lot of nice cars and the weather was great, even a cool breeze from time to time!

 

Very nice Willy’s Coupe

It’s fun to see all the sweet rides cruise around!

 

Very nice Chevy Wagon, mine will be as nice one day!!

 

We stopped at IKEA on our way home.

 

Thomas enjoys his Swedish meatballs!

We stocked up on some Swedish food, candy and cookies, yummy!!

 

Nice sunset on the drive home after a fun day out and about!

Where did the year go and Give-A-Way

I started to look for a new job this time last year and after a little while did I find a job at a local Coffee Roastery. I work in the office taking orders, talking to customers etc. My day starts with checking overnight messages and emails, printing out online orders and shipping labels.

Next thing is to make sure all orders end up on the Roast Log, so the Roaster know what to roast for the day as all the coffee we sell is roasted to order, no coffee is sitting on the shelf waiting to be sold. We sell coffee from Costa Rica, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala to mention a few.

The green coffee beans come to us in big burlap bags and we receive coffee by the pallets every week.

The first thing you have to do before start to roast is to weigh the green coffee,

after that the beans go in to the roaster and roasted a specific time normally somewhere between 12 – 16 minutes,

after that the beans drops down

on to the cooling tray to cool down

before being baged and shipped out to the customer.

Hope you enjoyed my day at work!! Leave a comment and you will be entered to win a bag of freshly roasted coffee, the winner will be announced next Sunday September 5th. Good Luck!!!

oxoxo, Helene

We have been very lucky and had below average temperatures in August up till now. Today when I left work to go home the thermometer showed 101*F/38* at 5pm, yikes! Thank goodness for AC!!