Awful, but awfully funny, too. Some days you just can't win. The other day I spilled two pints of blueberries all over the kitchen floor. At least coffee grounds don't roll!

I think maybe you should go back to bed for a bit and then start all over again!!

Sounds like a perfect storm. Not necessarily exclusive to seniors--recently, during the last minutes of helping me get a meal set up for a gathering of 18, my 30 year old daughter forgot the filter basket. :/ Hope your day improves!

Oh my!! I'd be swearing, LOL. Time to go for take out coffee I think.

And you haven't left the house yet! lol

try tea bags, lol...

That's quite a series of unforeseen events that are more annoying than disastrous. Taken all together worth a chuckle which seems to be your attitude. Some mornings we can't seem to get out of our own way.

Everything happens in 3's! Or in your case, maybe it's 4? At least the day can only go up from here. Thanks for the chuckle, and enjoy your sparkling clean stove and counters. :-)

I've given up on trying to use that tiny tab to get the foil seal off cans of Melitta ground coffee. I use a sharp knife to break the seal, then peel it away.

I have 'spilled the (coffee) beans' all over the counter. I have failed to cover the grinder, too -- beans flying everywhere!

The second time I used our Capresso coffee maker I warmed the carafe with hot water and put the lid on it to keep it warm. I filled the water container on the coffee maker and put the ground coffee into the Melitta filter at the top. When I came back, I set the carafe under the filter and turned on the machine. Ack! Why was hot coffee running all over the counter? (I'd forgotten to dump the warming water out of the carafe! The coffee had nowhere to go.)

I still remember when the Vitamix first came out. My mom got one and was so excited, she forgot to clamp the lid on before turning on this super-blender. Her laboriously shelled fresh green peas, cream, and broth exploded upwards! We were cleaning green smears off the ceiling, light fixture, windows, and cabinets for hours.

Even months later, we'd find little drips of dried soup we had missed.....

Ugh, what a morning. I'm glad your coffeemaker still works. I forgot the filter in mine about a month ago, coffee/water everywhere and it completely fried my coffeemaker. I even let it sit for a few days hoping it would dry out, nope, had to get a new one.

Just the way you tell your story is humorous though, haha. We are laughing WITH you to be sure.

This is why my husband makes my coffee -- I spill, overflow, ruin it all the time. (I am diabolical in achieving my plan to be pampered...;)

Now THAT'S a bad day!! :) I hope it got better!

I think I'd have gone back to bed. ;)

You didn't happen to get up on the wrong side of the bed, did you? LOL Just kidding. Hope the rest of your day went well.

What do you do on mornings you need to have downed a cup of coffee just to be able to make a cup of coffee? I'm not a coffee drinker, so I don't know. I'm sorry you had such a rough morning, but thanks for sharing your entertaining tale. Hope tomorrow is much less eventful for you.

Thanks for all the comments. I'm just about ready to fix my supper now. Under the circumstances I decided it is better to have a frozen Lean Cuisine. If I spill that it won't spread!!

Not having coffee!!!

Maybe a beer with it. Think I need a little treat!!

Have a good dinner and definitely don't spill that beer!