Plush goodness; Francis Francis espresso maker badness.

Yes, that’s right. It is Matilda, my ‘Matilda”s name sake.  I am usually not a plush kind of gal, but this one is so beautiful!  

Even though she’s a French Bulldog, if I squint she looks like my puggy Ceccie. 

Lori Marie  totally outdid herself again. I wish I had an ounce of the creativity that she has! She also put some other pretty cool things up in her shop, so you should for sure check it out. 

The Matilda plush made my day a bit brighter yesterday after I found out that my Francis Francis X1 espresso maker is broken and it seems as if no one in the entire world is willing to fix it. And the one person I found said it would cost almost as much as I paid for it. All that is wrong is that I run way too many things at once in my kitchen and kept blowing the power which in turn blew the power switch. I am so sad because it isn’t like I can buy a new one– Francis Francis is making pod only makers now and who wants espresso from a pod? I want to pick the coffee out myself. I want to bite into the bean before i buy it. Then I want to grind it just to my liking. It is totally ruined if all I have to do it take a pod out of a box! I am so desisted about the whole thing. 

Anyone have an espresso maker that the love and can recommend? 

RIP Orange Francis Francis,  Nov. 07- July 08