1. Well, the store was out of my canned tomatoes, so I could not get more of them. I have 2 cans left, so for a while I'll be eating the bean mix with no tomatoes and dry like this. Not nearly as good, but of well. At least I got some nice fresh veggies to munch on yesterday (should have taken a phot, but did not). It looks so boring, and is, but it's good for you and there are next to no carbs in it and no salt at all. 2. Since the Moka pot died, I've been using this crappy French press. The coffee is not even close to as good as it is with the Moka pot. A friend ordered one off my wish list, and it should be showing up today. I'll be very happy to have a Moka pot again. The coffee from them is just 100X better. 3. It's all ready to go. My favorite mug is waiting for the black gold to be put in it. BTW the mug says, "I enjoy a good spanking". I've had some interesting reactions from it in the past LOL. I've also got one that says, "I'm no