Favourite Things Friday

Ooh it's Friday again and it's time to link up with Shay at Quilting In My Pyjamas for FTF.  This week has gone slowly for a change, especially watching Cyclone Yasi in northern Queensland, fortunately there has been just one death and at this stage only two people missing, in a category 5 that is amazing, we have been so very lucky and also very prepared this time. It was great to see that all the government agencies were working together so cohesively to try and minimise the loss of life. Now they have to show that they can co-ordinate the clean up and repair.

I think Anna Bligh is doing a fabulous job and I almost chose the Queensland Government as my favourite this week, but that would probably mean that hell has frozen over, so rather than having that dilemma I have chosen my coffee machine as my favourite instead. 

I bought this machine, a De Longhi Nespresso, last year as I do enjoy a coffee but I don't always like to drink the same type, quite often I like milder coffees or decaf (I know, shock horror and it's probably something I shouldn't admit to in public). It's either decaf or I'm awake all night. I used to buy beans, grind them and then store them in the freezer to last, but they would disappear to the back never to be seen again, and I also don't drink that much coffee and it would take f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to use them.
This is where this little baby comes into it's own. Most of my friends drink strong coffee so now I can have a variety of coffees on hand to suit most people, I don't have to worry about making a perfect coffee it makes it for me, the coffee doesn't deteriorate, AND I'm not wasting it, AND it makes a great cappuccino.

 Buying this machine had nothing to do with * George......snort!

* George :}