This is how I start my morning every morning – coffee.  I know, know…super unique.  But what makes me feel like everything is going to be OK and hear the birds chirping more is my coffee mugs.  Emma Bridgewater.  I just think that Emma and I would be friends.  On very special mornings when I have remembered to run the dishwasher the night before I use the queen of all the Emma Bridgewater mugs –

Now I’m going to blow you’re mind with a story.  I bought this mug for my friend Lora.  After I left the shop (Country Garden Antiques – my friend’s shop in Yakima) I thought that I should have bought another one for my friend Amy because I knew she would love it.  It was October and I already had Amy’s Christmas present so her June birthday wasn’t top of mind but I made a mental note to get one.   Guess what I got from Amy for MY birthday?!  Yup.  The very same mug!  Is your mind absolutely blown?!  (These are the kind of stories I tell and then my brothers make fun of me!)

Anyway, this is how my morning started today.  It’s got to be a good day.