The term roast can have many meanings. I liked using it when referring to “roasting” someone-poking fun at them. That is, until  I just looked up the word and a roast is much more harsh and severe than that, “to ridicule or criticize severely”. Yikes. So, none of that kind of roasting for me-just a little of a differnt kind, roasting some coffee beans. Brandon and I had never done it before, and it was pretty fun. Turns out it’s much easier than I thought, though I am told there are many different ways to do it. I guess we went with a more simple and traditional method, and it turned out pretty good. A guy visiting, Craig, bought the beans and showed us how to do it. I was pretty fascinated by the whole process, as was Brandon who is very much a purist addicted coffee lover! I will say, the coffee wasn’t as good as I had hoped.. it was pretty ‘earthly’ and ‘grassy’ made me feel like it was the true definition of organic. Hmmm. We won’t give up though, we could totally get into this!

Ya, ya ya. It’s a Hallmark Holiday, created to sucker guys into feeling guilty so they spend money on the women they love. I’ve never been a freak about it (at least I don’t believe that I have!) but I do enjoy a day where it’s the norm to be gushy, cheesy, and lovey dovey. It was even better too, cause sweet mom stone sent some fun Valentines items too: sparkly streamers, heart table cloth, heart candy dish and candies, cute plates and bowls.. it was so fun!! As a side note, I have to say it was fun teasing our Haitian friends about their Valentines. They asked if in the States, girls got boys anything, or if it was just the boys getting girls stuff. I said mostly boys have to woo their ladies this day, but girls can do something little and thoughtful too. They seemed to like the fact that they weren’t the only ones being suckered into all the nonsense! When I asked each one what they were doing/getting for their Valentine, they all said chocolate..all of them! Which cracks me up cause I can’t find chocolate ever in this country-and yet the past two weeks you can find chocolates in most market stalls!!

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