Thursday, January 27, 2011

Come Love on My Hotness (Blogfest Entry)

This is my entry in the Simply Hot Blogfest hosted by Erica and Christy at their self-titled blog.  The rules of this blogfest are simple, share a photo of your favorite mug, the one with sentimental value, or the pithy sayings, or just general awesomeness.  The one that you reach for every time you grab a cup of coffee.  The one you’ll actually wash just so you can use it.  The rules are simple, but I can’t follow them.  Because that mug is currently sitting in pieces somewhere in a landfill.

That coffee cup was decorated with colorful (both verbally and physically) loved-themed Shakespeare quotes.  It was one of the first gifts my wife gave me when we started dating.  I loved that cup, both for what it was and for what it meant.  Then my teenage son got a hold it.  It’s not the first cup or beer mug or other dish that I treasured for whatever reason that he or his brother destroyed out of carelessness.   I’m trying to make sure it’s the last.

Oh well, just a cup, right?

042Anyway, these four generally share the role of drinking-coffee-while-writing cup these days.  The Henry VIII cup was a gift from an ex-girlfriend, so not much sentimental value there; it’s just an awesome cup.  The wives “disappear” when you put hot liquid in the cup.

The Ohio cup is from my wife and my first road trip together.  The Van Gogh cup is from the Art Institute of Chicago.  She took me there on my birthday.

The Lincoln mug (the Gettysburg Address is on the back) is from a save-my-sanity getaway trip to Springfield my wife made me take during a particularly stressful week.  I’m a big fan of Lincoln, and that was a fun day soaking up history.  It also reminds how much my wife looks out for me.

That’s it.  Hope you enjoyed.  Check out others here.

19 comments:

  1. That's great! I love how each one has a significant memory attached. :)

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  2. What a great assortment of mugs and memories :o)

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  3. wonderful mugs Dan- She is sweet to know what you like and help you.

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  4. Great collection, Dan.

    That's what it's all about. Family and memories.

    Michael

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  5. I can actually see the Henry 8th in the blog header. The wives actually fade away? Nice trick!

    The others are nice too and I love that thay have a memory behind each.

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  6. nice little history and your fantastic journeys.
    I just got mugged, great sharing story...
    Jeremy
    [iZombie]

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  7. the wives dissappear when you pour coffee into the mug? Seriously? I need to google that mug and see if I can find one. That's fantastic!

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  8. Great mugs and wonderful to read how important they are to you!

    My Mug

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  9. That Henry VIII cup is fantastic! My best friend would kill for something like that.

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  10. Wow, I like all of those! At first glance I thought Henry VIII was my favourite, but after looking again, it's hard to choose! I can see why you posted them all. :)

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  11. Love the Henry VIII mug :)

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  12. Very nice mug collection!!!

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  13. Sooo sorry about your favorite mug. It's amazing how mugs can hold such sentimental value. This is the second mug today that had an image that could disappear. I WANT ONE! Thanks VERY much for participating in the blogfest!

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  14. I know I'd KILL my fiaby if he ever breaks my mug! But the Henry VIII one is mega awesome! Disappearing wives, LOL!

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  15. Wait, the wives disappear? That's CRAZY AWESOME!

    :D

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  16. Thanks, everyone for the comments. I had tried starting a collection, but the boys kept breaking them, so I gave up.

    I don't have any idea where my ex got the Henry VIII cup, or else I'd put up a link to it.

    Dan

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  17. Sorry I'm late! Great mugs. I'm partial to Henry VIII.
    Glad to "meet" you!

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