well now, that's a bargain!

A long time ago, nye about last summer, I was browsing in the thrift store, and voila! A percolator coffee pot! It looked to be all there, in fine condition, in fact brand new-ish. $2.99, I reckon I can part with that. It's a nice one, from Vermont Country Store...here it is, ignore the water marks on it, if we don't dry things off, our nice well water decorates.

The coffee is AMAZING!


(It's $39.95!)

Well, this fine weekend we are going camping, and a tried and true method for making coffee is to bring the tea kettle, boil the water, and make pour over. But, if you're camping, you SHOULD have a REAL coffee pot, right? My parents used to make stove top coffee, and when that started perking, oh the aroma! They graduated to a fancy Polly-Perk, orange plastic, before switching to ugh, instant.

Before the days of Mr. Coffee, I suppose...we had the orange model. So fancy.

Anyway. I had to try the pot and make sure it will work. This morning we are bringing what I hope is the final load of bags to the thrift store, then going to Walmart for some camp fuel for the stove, and some odds and ends.

This afternoon the pups have to go to the vet. Isn't Sunny a clown?

Both pups are going to the vet this afternoon. You call from the parking lot, and they bring them in. Will they be good? Sunny Sunster is a 'Fraidy-Cat, she likes to hide under the chair and have the nice vet get right on the floor for the exam. Suri wags her tail and growls at the same time. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body, but when she's unsure of someone, she does that. If they just pet her, she'll be their forever friend, but shh, don't tell that to the robbers and burglers. This is Suri's first time at this vet, I hope she behaves her fat little self. Anyway, they go in without mama, and you talk to the vet on the phone during the exam, which is on my list of things I hate the most, phone conversations with people I don't know very well, awkward! Awkward is my middle name.


My view yesterday afternoon, with a cup of coffee, grilling dinner. Bone in chicken breasts were cheap at Aldi, then there were $2 off coupons on the packages, so marinated overnight in vinegar, olive oil, and Montreal chicken seasoning, then grilled for almost two hours with Stubbs bbq sauce, and a bit of Sweet Baby Ray's...I also melted butter with Frank's Hot Sauce, to top it with. We had leftover salt potatoes, steamed broccoli, and cherries for dessert.


And this is me this morning, because I'm happy, and because it's my blog, and I can selfie if I want to. Sometimes I read blogs and I have no idea who is writing, I like seeing pics of the author, so...anyway, have a very good day, and say a little prayer that the thunderstorms and rain that is forecast for our little weekend in tents, right on the shore of Ontario, is dry and fun!!! (I know it'll be fun, but storms in a tent, ugh!)