I hope you are keeping warm with a hot cup of coffee this season...It seems my coffee pot never gets a break!  I had the privilege of getting a new coffee pot from the Roes for a wedding gift...thank you Roes!  This is my first time using a pot with an insulated carafe and it's amazing!  I even take it with me on my long drive to work and it doesn't tip over!  I absolutely love it!

This month, Blarney's blog isn't going to feature a coffee shop, but rather something that is not as tangible, yet one could possibly experience something more profound and lasting...through gratitude. Though gratitude is a noun, this season I want to spur the thought that you might consider making this a verb through your thoughts and actions on daily basis.

 I can say for myself that I have a deep sense of gratitude this season when I sit and think all I am truly blessed with.  As the new year approaches quickly I urge you to consider to THINK GRATIUDE on a daily basis naming one thing you are truly grateful for each day of the new year.  I wonder for some if this could be a whole new way of thinking...more positive and outward focused, for others a reminder that you're alive...

Wherever you are as you read this, I invite you to celebrate the season with me and share your thoughts on gratitude and how you are moved this season or upcoming year...


This December I am grateful for warmth through His many blessings, my home, friends and family, and coffee!...Happy Holidays!

Courtney

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...

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...