What is in your cup?

[Stitchawl]

Capt. Morgan Jamaica rum


Stitchawl

[tubemonkey]

Water

[kindlekitten]

I need to start doing my green tea again

Sparkling water

[cromag]

First mug of tea for the day. Long overdue.

[CRussel]

Finishing off a mug of Anniversary Breakfast Blend tea. Probably switching to cranberry juice for the rest of the day.

[Stitchawl]

On the bank of the river
Stood Running Bear
Young Indian brave
On the other side of the river
Stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name
Such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other
So their love could never be

He couldn't swim the raging river
'Cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach the Little White Dove
Waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her
Throwing kisses 'cross the waves
Her little heart was beating faster
Waiting for her Indian brave

Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4HYVIvuJE )

Good morning, everyone! One of the great old love songs from long, long ago... Makes my heart go pitter-patter every time I hear it. Today the doctors probably call that 'Cardiac Arrhythmia.' Doctors are simply not romantic. Anyway, the rosy fingers of dawn have just grabbed the horizon (Homer really knew how to turn a phrase, didn't he?) and I have a big mug of Taylors of Harrogate's 'Yorkshire' tea to start my day. I'm in a pretty good mood today as I think my cold has finally run its course. Damn thing has lasted almost three weeks, going through a box of tissues a day. Half a dozen folks I know are going through the same thing so I guess this is the latest evolution of the Rhinovirus to make the rounds. What ever happened to the 7-day Common Cold?

KK... what was your question about Taiwan?


Stitchawl

[Justin Thyme]

Ginger ale

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'm in a pretty good mood today as I think my cold has finally run its course.

How come you didn't complain about it in the Vent and Rant Thread?

[Lin2412]

Thanks for sharing Stitchawl, and yes, doctors are simply not romantic, but from personal experience, some of them could be. Hahaha. Colds are the worst, luckily, I think I have feelers whenever it does a foreshadowing sequence straight from the medical books so I drink lots of water and a prophylactic drug as early as I can.

[Lin2412]

In line with the thread, *in a small voice* I'm actually not drinking anything yet, although I am brewing stash premium tea until I run out of it. I just bought a new china teapot set and I'm making a lot of (valid) excuses to use it as much as I can.

[Stitchawl]

Early afternoon mug of East India Company's "Assam" tea

Originally Posted by Justin Thyme

Ginger ale
How come you didn't complain about it in the Vent and Rant Thread?

A couple of reasons. The primary one is that I don't want to devote my energies to negative thoughts. I believe that if one maintains a positive mental attitude, one can have a more comfortable life... As in 'like attracts like.' I prefer to be happy rather than upset. As a very wise philosopher (Capt. Jack Sparrow) once said; "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem!" I've discovered that this is a lot truer and far more applicable than a trite saying might suggest. Everything from traffic jams to poor customer service, the weather to the cook at the restaurant! Certainly applicable to the common cold.

Secondly, just what good would complaining about a cold do? Other than make me pay more attention to it than it deserves?

Originally Posted by Lin2412

Thanks for sharing Stitchawl, and yes, doctors are simply not romantic, but from personal experience, some of them could be. Hahaha. Colds are the worst, luckily, I think I have feelers whenever it does a foreshadowing sequence straight from the medical books so I drink lots of water and a prophylactic drug as early as I can.

Rum seems to be very effective. Gin just about as good.


Stitchawl

[Lin2412]

As a very wise philosopher (Capt. Jack Sparrow) once said; "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem!"

That's a really great quote, stitchawl. I have watched the first two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie and I couldn't remember that being mentioned before (unless it was said in the sequels). But I'll have that in my great notations list!

Bland goodness of water in my cup.

[tubemonkey]

Water

[Stitchawl]

Late afternoon mug of unbranded Keemun tea. Sooo nice!

Originally Posted by Lin2412

That's a really great quote, stitchawl. I have watched the first two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie and I couldn't remember that being mentioned before (unless it was said in the sequels). But I'll have that in my great notations list!

I've discovered recently that when ever I get into a situation where my hackles begin to raise, I just repeat this quote to myself, and find that it calms me right down instantly and allows me to deal with the event in a much more comfortable manner. Works especially well for traffic jams!

Bland goodness of water in my cup.[/QUOTE]

Wanna try an interesting experiment? Try having a cup of water prepared for tea, but without the tea! Just the boiled hot water. A colleague of my at school used to drink this all the time, and we laughed at her when we saw her doing it. All she would say was 'try it...' Of course we didn't for a very long time, but one day we ran out of tea... and tried it. And was VERY, VERY surprised at how nice it was! Try it!


Stitchawl

[CRussel]

Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend tea. I'm nearly out of this, and will miss it dearly. No more to be had until April, and who knows what this year's blend will be like?

[cromag]

Second mug of tea. Yesterday was reasonably productive -- let's see about today.