tEpiphany

Last week I was scrubbing down my kitchen counters when I came to the section of counter space devoted to my tea collection.  Have I mentioned how much I love tea?  Omg - what a jumble!  There was green tea, chamomile, sleepytime tea, apple spice, my favourite English...likely a few others.  While swiping along, I realized that my coffee maker was just a dusty mess...blech.  Goes to show how much I use it, eh?  As I was putting it back in it's place it dawned on me - why the hell was I putting it there??  I mean, I RARELY make coffee and last time I did was probably last year when my sister was visiting.  It was only a moment of contemplation before I chucked to a shelf under my counter - after all, I don't *need* it out everyday.

Oh the bliss of that action!  with my newly freed counter space, I've been able to set up a much more used tea area with my tea boxes neatly stacked, sugar pot and honey jar all close by.  Even better?  My tea kettle is near where it gets used more.  It's not the nearest  spot to the sink but it works so well for me.  Because of my kitchen changes, I was happy to move my really pretty Portuguese pottery bowl to a spot where I can see it and smile...though I should perhaps tackle the crap that's accumulated in it.  You know how it goes, it's a strange sundry of garlic papers, kitty treats and coffee filters.

Wait...coffee filters!?! No, not the ones I used in my coffee pot.  The ones I use for wiping down mirrors - they don't fit my coffee pot nor the one at work.  Who can explain that - it comes with the coffee delivery and we just wind up using them on windows - very nice, lint free wipe. 

Anyhow....nicely set up tea area was a real epiphany for me.  tEpiphany in this case cause I'm cheesy like that.