SoCS# - 26/10/24 - Mugs!

Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda.  You can find all the details on how to take part here.  Today's prompt is Mug.

Well I haven't done one of these posts for a while and I'm probably breaking a few rules because there's been a teeny bit (yeah ok quite a big bit) of planning in my post.  But, as my blogging has been a bit sporadic over the last few months a blog post that doesn't quite toe the line is better than no blog post at all.

Especially when that's what I usually look like in the morning before my first cup of tea.  Although I'm actually writing this in the evening, taking advantage of the fact that we get an extra hour of sleep tonight as our clocks go back to mark the end of British Summer Time.  Of course you only get that extra hour of sleep if you're tucked up in bed sleeping which clearly I am not.

But back to the morning.  I'm not a morning person and certainly not before my first cup of tea.  Or to be more precise my first mug of tea.  I don't drink cups.  Cups require saucers and cause twice the washing up.  In fact they cause washing up because often nice, pretty cups and saucers don't do well in the dishwasher.

Once you own a dishwasher you should only buy items that can be dishwashed.  

Unless they're mugs like these:

I love receiving mugs with pics of the grandkids on them, and I do use them BUT they are NOT dishwasher safe.  Don't believe the labels.  The dishwasher will eat the pictures and a grandchild minus their head is not a sight you want to see.  Actually it also says Mr Grumpy can go in the dishwasher.  Not sure Mr Grumpy would agree.  He was bought for my Hubby and he's actually hardly been used.  Hubby likes a china mug.  He also likes a mug that keeps the liquid reasonably hot.  Mr Grumpy fails on both counts.

My favourite mug is probably this one: (or one of the other 3 that came with it as a set of four and yes I can tell the difference - the other 3 are different colours and have different patterns on them but essentially they're the same.)

Especially when it contains a nice fresh cup of tea.  Fairly strong, not too much milk and 2 sugars  although no sugar since I was diagnosed as pre diabetic, sweeteners all the way now.  I can drink it black if I have to but it does have to be sweet.  It wasn't that surprising that I edged up into the pre diabetic range but thankfully I've worked my way back into the normal range but sugar is still avoided wherever possible.  So hard when a mug of tea just shouts out for a biscuit.  I compromise by having digestive biscuits with chocolate chips in them.  Got to be better than ones coated in chocolate right?

Now you'd think that I'd like a tea bag that's called cholate digestive wouldn't you?  Not at all.  It was horrible.  No fruit flavoured teas for me either, or camomile or anything that isn't just a Builder's tea as we would say here in the UK.

Oh and for anyone wondering, I don't do coffee.  Not in any shape or form.  Actually that's not true as regular readers are probably shouting "what about chocolates?" at their screens right now.  Yes I am partial to coffee flavoured food items, sweets, cakes, desserts etc just don't put coffee in my mug.  And do not commit the sin of stirring my tea with the spoon you used to stir your coffee.  I WILL KNOW!