I want some decaf...

I had lots of great thoughts today about my new job, what I feel like God wants me to focus on this semester complete with pictures of how I got started on the simplicity part of it, etc. I even had great connections with Colossians 1 and supremacy of God.

But then I was thinking how much I really want coffee right now and I'm done thinking for the day. It's 11pm and I'm tucked into my little nook (weird space in my room where my bed is) with candles and The Holiday soundtrack playing (I've felt kind of like Iris today). I'm teaching myself how to turn my ordinary spaces into sacred spaces. I'm mostly just thankful, but a little hot and wishing I could smell the candles better (sinuses). And I'm still thinking about coffee....I haven't had Starbucks all week which is a switch since that's usually where I end up a couple times a week to either meet someone or read. I don't necessarily prefer it. It's unfortunately a convenience issue. But, lately I've been making it to the Roasterie.Being the daughter of a small business owner, I tend to lean toward supporting local business and I just feel like I'm "sticking it to the man" by not going corporate. I recently found the Delocator that compares the locations of independent coffee shops to Starbucks. In my zip code there are 8 Starbucks vs 9 independents. A couple of the independents are lame though and possibly shouldn't have made the list, but regardless, I did find one I need to check out.

On my walk earlier (with a blue and brown stripped sky and lightning--AMAZING!) I was thinking about front porches....Starbucks is now considered the new front porch and even just finished a summer marketing promotion about porches. I decided on my walk that I will have a great front porch the first chance I get. And by front, I mean front where your neighbors have 2 choices- talk to you or consciously ignore you. I can't wait to see what they do! Which reminds me, I still haven't met enough neighbors...

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