Rule 067 | Coffee Is The Best Way To Ground Your Morning Routine

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12/06/17 • 44 min

Jessie unlocks the key to manipulation by taping a magazine tear to the front of the fridge. Now the Peppers are considering a brand new brewing contraption and Gerard’s recent facial hair makes him the perfect candidate for a Chemex. Neither partner can decide on the best approach to pest control, but Jessie's recent spider run-in is causing some extra urgency.

QUICK BITES:

Jessie has chronicled her morning routine before, and you can see the full story in photos right over here.

Our current coffee set up includes a Nespresso Pixie, Jessie's electric tea kettle + a big jar of instant coffee. (She also adds monkfruit sweetener, marine collagen, peppermint essential oil + powdered coconut creamer.)

A Trader Joe’s guy gets judgey about Jessie’s lackluster brewing preferences so she decides to get a new milk frother to replace her hand-held version that keeps breaking.

If you’re ever in Long Beach, please try the americano with home made coconut milk from Rose Park Roasters.

Jessie survives a spider attack and this fuels her fear of creepy crawlers in the house. The familiar Mercy Curse from Episode 48 rears it’s ugly head, yet again.

Get the same spider repellant packets that we talk about in this episode and join the ranks of sensitive people who oppose insect genocide.

QUICK BITES:

Jessie has chronicled her morning routine before, and you can see the full story in photos right over here.

A Trader Joe’s guy gets judgey about Jessie’s lackluster brewing preferences so she decides to get a new milk frother to replace her hand-held version that keeps breaking.

If you’re ever in Long Beach, please try the americano with home made coconut milk from Rose Park Roasters.

Jessie survives a spider attack and this fuels her fear of creepy crawlers in the house. The familiar Mercy Curse from Episode 48 rears it’s ugly head, yet again.

Get the same spider repellant packets that we talk about in this episode and join the ranks of sensitive people who oppose insect genocide.

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Don’t forget that we’ll send you a letterpress print when you post a photo to social media with the tags @meetthepeppers / #marriageisfunny but just make sure to send us the screenshot before the end of 2017!

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Listen to this refresher of our Epiphany set up back in Episode 21.

Jessie makes this sugar-free version of cranberry sauce every year for Thanksgiving... There is still a large leftover vat in our fridge, but she’s somehow convinced that it was a huge hit.

If you’re curious about the house church movement that our community is following, feel free to check out the book Multiply by Francis Chan.

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This week, The Peppers try to decide which room of the house is best for watching tv, eating dinner, making love + falling asleep (in no particular order). Gerard claims that more pixels will keep him awake while they snuggle, and Jessie spins her wheels trying to decode their varying personality types.

Ps. - Want to come on vacation with us? We’re headed to Mexico with some of our favorite listeners, and you can find all the info at greatlovegetaway.com!

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Jessie wonders if watching heartfelt shows with each other can create as much as a connection as actually having heartfelt conversations

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Jessie finally concedes to Gerard in an argument for the very first time in MIF history.

We recently watched The Christmas Story and Gerard slept for almost the entire film. Jessie was annoyed, but now she finally understands all of the inside jokes about fragile leg lamps.

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