Wow, everyone is canceling their Facebook accounts.

Well, not everyone.  But it gets me thinking.
Nathan and I watched a documentary called Happy (on Netflix), whose conclusion was that close relationships are ultimately what bring us true happiness.  The poor man who has sheets for the walls of his home feels rich because his neighbors, who also have sheet walls, are like family.  He works hard.  He comes home and his sons are waiting for him.  They dine with their neighbors.  They feel so blessed.  They are grateful, and they are happy.

It's not a Jesus answer, but it's not wrong either.
If Facebook pulls me away from the people sitting right in front of me, I am missing looking into their eyes while they talk to me.  I'm not even hearing them sometimes.  Somehow, I thought I'd miss something if I didn't see what everyone was doing/thinking on Facebook, or how many people like the picture I posted.  That's a little messed up.

So after Happy, we had a good talk and decided to not use our iPhones in the house, or in the car while we're driving together, or at restaurants while we're sitting together.  I can remember the first time Nathan brought home his iphone.  I was so cranky.  "I'm talking to you, look at me!"  "We're eating dinner, put that down!"
And then he bought me one for my birthday.  And together, we kept up to date on the local and national news, Facebook, and I had Pinterest at my fingertips.  How handy is that.  But I'm sure I missed a conversation I could have initiated with one of the girls, or a puzzle I could have shared with Lola.  The more we talk/think about it, the iPhone is poison to these relationships.  It occupies time that we could be purposeful with each other, rather than plopping down and checking out.

Sorry, I don't want to make up rules for everyone else.  I'm not judging the iphone lover.  I'm not better than you if you look at your iphone every hour.  I'll probably fall back into it in a week.  I totally understand needing to check out sometimes.  I really, really do.  Nathan wanted me to put away my Kindle too and I almost cried.  Joking.  But I did fight him on that one.
If you remember, even Susanna Wesley had to pull her apron over her head on occasion to have a kind of check-out from her 19 kids.  But I'm pretty sure she was praying under there.  Oh, I'm such a wuss.

Anyway...

Here's something else that makes me happy:

Banana Crepe Cake with cream cheese and greek yogurt cream and a caramel-walnut topping.

I traded in my one-cup Kurig for a superior grinder.  Grind the bean mighty fine with the burr mill (crushing rather than chopping is better, I guess).

Get yourself an AeroPress One-cup coffee/espresso maker.

It's a little more work, but pretty easy.  

Makes super great coffee.