When I was a coffee drinker, there was nothing like fresh ground!  Especially Dunkin Donuts!  Alas, now that I am off Caffeine, I only drink coffee when I go out to breakfast - or to an expensive hotel!

Did you have to quit because of health reasons?  I know people with heart conditions that had to quit caffeine.  I would be a very sad lady without my coffee

There's a study that says coffee can help prevent type II diabetes and I believe it.  I got my coffee drinking "skills" from my dad.  He drinks more coffee than anyone I know.  He is the only one out of 6 sibs that doesn't have diabetes.  So I'm drinking FOR my health

Coffee grinder broke?  Why are you here blogging about it rather than out getting a new one????  LOL

I gave up coffee for awhile.  I then decided that life wasn't worth it without it.  I have so few "bad" things I can do that I need to keep one.

Yeah, I don't know what's up with the death thing.  There seems to be a lot of things that die this time of year.  I really hate Fall anymore.  I now have two dogs that died in the Fall.  Grandpa dies in the Fall.  My husband's Grandma died in the Fall.  An Aunt (Eileen) died in the fall.  I just don't like Fall anymore.

With your teeth, you probably have a swollen gum that is extended between your teeth.  I suggest taking an anti-inflammatory (like Motrin or Aleve) and see if it helps.  Probably got some food jammed up there that made it swell up as you slept. 

No - laziness and (well it might be health) I just could not take the caffeine any longer (I was getting too jittery).  Actually, I think it helped (the caffeine - pure speculation on my part) as 8 months after I quit, I was diagnosed with Hypertension.  It is very much under control now (my latest numbers were better than good!).  But I dont do caffeine any longer.  Bummer too!

For all the bad news, they always seem to find some good news too!  Fortunately Diabetes does not run in my family (but then neither does hypertension).  But this sure tempts me to drink a cup now and then - just for the pleasure of it.

Coffee is very good for you however cream and sugar are not. I switched too decaf coffee a few years back but drink around 5 cups of caffeineted white tea every day and I swear by it as a wonder drug. I started drinking it 12 years ago and I haven't caught a single cold since.

I was recently witness to deaths efficiency when my Grandmother died last month. I went to CA for the funeral and the day before we called my aunt to make arrangements to pick her up and she said she'd be ready. When we got there she had gotten dressed, then sat down and died. She was less than a year short of a centurion but she was still pretty much taking care of herself. My cousins 9 year old boy got upset and said "but it's not Aunt Alice's funeral it's mema's funeral". I guess it's no secret whom he liked better.