52 Books in 2014: 4/52

4/52 Books

Hurray!  I took a little detour in my reading this week and didn't accomplish the book I was planning on reading.  I switched gears and read the play Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill.  I am currently designing costumes for the show and since I've been busy with that as well as a few other things, I decided I could count this.  After all, I did read it.  Plays count too!

It's a pretty strange play.  Including witch accusations and hangings set in the 17th century.  So that's my current costume endeavor!

For this coming week I will continue to read The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory.

 Here are the books I've read so far this year:

The Constant Princess

by Philippa Gregory

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory

The Boleyn Inheritance

by Philippa Gregory

Vinegar Tom
by Caryl Churchill

52 Books in 2014: 3/52

3/52 Books
I'm proud of myself for staying on track so far!  Three books in three weeks :D

I've been reading The Tudor Court Novels which is a book series written by Philippa Gregory about the Tudor Court.  You know, Henry XIII with his 6 different wives - that time period.  So this week was the third book of the series - The Boleyn Inheritance.  And it was another fantastic book!  I love Philippa Gregory's writing style.

This book is written from the perspective of three different women in King Henry XIII's court.  Gregory splits each chapter into a perspective from one of them.  The three women being Anne of Cleves (Henry's fourth wife), Katherine Howard (Henry's fifth wife), and Lady Jane Rochford (George Boleyn's widow).  Sometimes I found myself getting confused when I would start a new chapter, thinking I was continuing with the same woman.  But I just had to remind myself to read the title at the start of the chapter which told me which woman I was reading about.

Now I'm on to the next book of the series!

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory

 Here are the books I've read so far this year:

The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory

The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory

The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory

Tassimo Storage

When I went home for Thanksgiving, my Grandma gifted me her Tassimo coffee maker :)

I was so excited to have it!  So my roommate and I have had it for a couple of weeks now and I had no idea what to do with the boxes of Tassimo pods.  They are bulky and take up a lot of space.  And for Christmas I was gifted some Chai Tea Latte pods!  Definitely needed a storage solution.

Tassimo does sell their own storage carousel for about $15.  But I wanted to see if there was something I could do for less and without taking up more counter space.  So I did some Pinterest research! 

Some people used old pringle cans, and others used baskets.  So I decided to take a trip to my trusty Dollar Tree to see what I could find.  And I found the perfect solution!

I spotted these little storage bins in the section of, go figure, storage bins!  Haha.  Since I didn't have a Tassimo pod with me and wasn't 100% positive they would fit, I bought one set.  Which handily came in a pack of 3!  So it went in my shopping basket and then off to my apartment we went!

Here were just some of the Tassimo pod boxes we had sitting on our counter.  When my grandma gave us the Tassimo, she also gave us the Tassimo pods she had.  Plus my new Chai Tea Latte pods!  Lots of boxes.  So I tested one of the pods in the storage basket and guess what?!  Perfect fit!!  How lucky is that?!

Look at how beautiful they all look housed in their new baskets :)  The Tassimo machine is on the counter above the spice drawer (right next to the oven).  And, luckily, there is plenty of room in that drawer from when the spice drawer makeover.  So in the drawer they went.

Since I only bought one pack of 3 baskets, not all of the pods fit.  But that's perfectly fine!  The three baskets fit perfectly next to the spice jars.  So what to do with the extra pod boxes?  They fit snuggly behind the baskets.

Now there isn't the clutter of the Tassimo pod boxes on the counter but they are still organized and easily accessible.

Any of you have a Tassimo or Keurig at home?  How do you organize your pods or k cups?  I'd love to hear about it!