Being from the South, I grew up on hot tea in the morning, and iced tea the rest of the day. Though Grandpa and Grandma had Folgers at the ready for their friends when they played canasta (or hot tea again if they preferred).
When I moved to the Midwest, I had to get used to coffee so that I could begin to fit in. I needed a LOT of cream, and some sugar, but it did take hold. These days, that IS the beverage that wakes me up from my dreamy dreams. Hot tea is for sometimes in the afternoon, and I like hibiscus tea if I can find it.
You know, it took me 20+ years to even begin to get used to how it is up here. I guess that why Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents” song fits me just right. I do everything with a Southern accent. Try not to hold it against me. ;)
That media center sounds lovely. I love handmade things above all others. ;)
Just wanted to bump this to let you know I’ve been a coffee drinker since age 4. My Grandma always had ‘the perk’ on the stove and she drank it black and straight outta the boiling pot. I come from a VERY German family.
My sister introduced me to Hibiscus Tea. Have you ever been to this tea-related site? I get their catalog:
https://www.republicoftea.com/all-teas/c/all_teas/
That same year Dad & Grandpa started to ‘let’ me play Cribbage with them. If I could hold a hand properly and not drop any of my cards, and do ‘the math’ myself, I was old enough to play.
Me: *Sniveling over some perceived Cribbage injustice.*
Dad: “There’s NO crying in Cribbage! I’m just trying to make you a better player!”
Beau and I are cutthroat Cribbage players and play at least once a day. I smoked him for many months, but he’s a quick study and has been paying me back in spades - literally, LOL!
In my ‘career’ I’ve had both a PERFECT 29 hand - against my Dad no less; my Crowning Cribbage Achievement - and a few weeks back I got a 28 hand against Beau.
Boy! Our conversations go everywhere! Now, back to our Regularly Scheduled Gardening Program, LOL!