YES.....

I said at the beginning of the season that I wasn't going to watch Idol this year. NOPE....it was a waste of my time. Well that lasted a couple weeks and then I was hooked AGAIN!!! Kris was my favorite from the very beginning! Week after week.....he made it! Week after week...Tracy and I had a little show down on Wednesday mornings since she was an Adam fan from the beginning! I was nervous last night...and it's only American Idol for goodness sake!!! And remember I wasn't going to watch it? Soooooooooooooo glad I did and so glad of the outcome! But I'm not watching it next season!!!

I'm NO trader.....

I recently flew out to see the kids for a quick four days and was presented a challenge...I guess we shall call it! I think the way the challenge was worded was to just "TRY" Peets coffee!! Something to the effect of I owe it to myself after drinking that STARBUCKS stuff? Come to think of it....was it referred to as "stuff" or something else? Any way....I was up for the challenge! I told Michael and Courtney that I HAD to have Peets while I was there... at least once!!! I googled Peets and there are as many Peets in California as there are Starbucks! Geeze! Maybe even MORE!!! Well come to find out THE original PEETS is in Berkeley and it was just a hop and a skip away from the kids!!! Only problem was that it had been closed down for renovation! Oh no!! Well it was re-opened when I got there. WHEW!!!!!!! and not only was it re-opened but it had been renovated into a museum.....shall we call it? We went to brunch for an early Mothers Day and then headed over for me to fulfill my challenge!! Michael and Courtney have always been great sports for the Starbucks photo's because of my Starbucks book!!! Now I'm asking them to pose in a PEETS of all places?

As you can tell...Michael wasn't too sure about this one! Should he really be doing this? But I assured him that it was ok....I needed the "proof" that we were there! I bellied up to the counter and ordered and for a minute I felt like a trader but I got over it!!! After all...I just needed the proof!! I didn't have to like it and it didn't have to make the switch!! I knew I could do it!

OK...I didn't travel all this way for the challenge and then not complete my mission! I took my first sip as the kids watched on!! OK....OK.....it was good!!! It was good!!! So good in fact that I decided that it even warranted a new mug to go with my Starbucks collection!!! Once again...here's PROOF!!!

I'll admit that it was a good change!! I had accomplished my challenge! I had the prooof! Only problem was that as I was wating to fly out from the Oakland airport...guess what! No Peets in sight!!! BUT..there was my good ole' familiar green logo....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Starbucks at last!! I'm no trader!!!