Hello to all of you coffee drinkers!  I hope you are staying warm as we approach the holidays and season change!  I will admit that I really do enjoy the season change though...gotta love that about the Midwest. 

As you might have noticed my blog entries have lessened these past months and I do apologize for that.  I wanted to share with you a bit about where I've been since my last blog in June.  I had a very busy summer as I got engaged in July to a man who I fell in love with two years ago.  I said "yes" on July 3rd underneath the Winona Lake Fireworks on our new Ski Nautique.  

We soon began planning for our October 17th outdoor wedding.  Unfortunately after planning to wed outside, ride up on a horse, and nice warm weather, my plans changed when the Midwest temperatures failed me and it presented to be a very cold day, and the horse literally went crazy and would have been substituted with a mule or a small pony.  For those of you who know me, you are probably laughing, saying, "only Courtney". 

So today I sit...finally without flowers or cakes to order, a dress to have altered, a song list to give to the DJ, or vows to write, but only the realization that I have a husband to come home to that loves me for who I am and amazing relationships with people who I feel closer to than ever before. 

Through the entirety of my wedding process, I had the great privilege of seeing how many people truly love me, and this is something I can't say that I've ever felt so powerfully before.  This experience called me to such a higher standard of living, loving, and the truth of relationships.  This experience for me was a small picture of the love that God has for me...mostly through the people He put so near in my life through this process, but also in the way He orchestrated everything…so smoothly.  May I never forget what I've learned through this process about loving, serving, and the meaning of it all.  My wedding did not just feel like another day but an entire process that taught me the essence of life...I am truly humbled and in awe and forever changed because of this day. 

Coffee has been ever so constant through this entire process; we even had a Blarney Stone Coffee hour at the receptionJ.  Now that life has settled down and I, Courtney Carroll am domesticated…I am proud to say I can put more time into maintaining my website. 

As of tomorrow our NEW FLAVORS will be available and until December 31^st we will be offering FREE SHIPPING with the purchase of three or more pounds of coffee!  Happy Sipping to you!


 

If you haven't figured it out yet, I am building my site to incorporate coffee and travel.  During the month of June I chose to feature a coffee shop that I had the privilege to visit back in 2003.  My friends and I were on a road trip out west and randomly came across a random coffee shop.  Being coffee lovers, we were thrilled at such a perfect treat in an amazing location. 

This coffee shop is unique for several reasons.  Kiva Koffee House is located at The Escalante Grand Staircase Nati...

Over the weekend I traveled to Cincinnati to run the 
Famous Flying Pig 5k.  While I was there I searched out several coffee shops, one of which I decided to visit and write about. I found this coffee shop to be unique not only for it’s location but its excellent product.