New Favorite Tool

And it ain’t for clay either….

The aerolatte milk frother

Makes perfect cappucinos

After spending 6 days in Paris, I came home ‘jonesen’ for a fancy coffee drink that I didn’t have to pay nearly $4- a pop for at my local coffee shop.  When one day last week, I got lucky while perusing the kitchen section at Crate and Barrel and I found the aerolatte.  For a mere $19.95, I purchased the gizmo after the sales lady told me how much she likes hers and gave me a quick tutorial on usage.   It’s already paid for itself because I treat myself to a frothy coffee nearly 3 times a day.  I poured about 1/3 cup of 1% milk in a mug, microwave it for 1 minute on high and then froth the heck out of the milk.  I top the froth off with brewed French roast coffee and sprinkle a little cinnamon/sugar mixture on top et voilà!  I’m drinking a fancy coffee drink in a cool handmade mug – this one happens to be by Ginny Cash, a fellow Colorado Potters Guild member.  If you like lattes, cappucinos and other milk heavy drinks, I highly recommend this tool.   I thought this might make a nice light post after my sort of heavy confession the other day – working yet?

Meanwhile on Sunday, my husband and I signed the contract with our contractor, Jim Wilkinson, who has begun work on our remodel project.  He did an excellent job doing a complete gut job on our current home, which incidentally was chosen to be on the West Wash Park Home Tour in 2007.  The current remodel is not a huge project, but will make the house much more livable – including 240 amp for kiln in an insulated and dry walled garagio.   In the interest of time, we’ll only be doing some of the more decorative work such as painting and landscaping, but that’s about it.  I really wish we were more handy, but with my husband working full time we have all we can do to maintain our home.  We should be able to move into the new house (which we have rented out since 1997) in late August just in time for school to start for both me and my daughter – though technically we start the third week in August (but we all know that nothing important really happens those first few weeks anyway).  New beginings all around.  We have taken some before photos – and will post them here and there.    Demolition on the bathroom should have started on Monday…eek we’re going from two bathrooms to one.  Good thing that there is only 3 of us!

Cynthia

P.S.  I was drooling at the Apple Store again yesterday -  pretty soon I think they’re just going to give me a new MacBook Pro to keep me away.