Recently i read blog postings by Roxgirl and Suzoates about having the great fortune of getting something for nothing.  The only incident I could think of was sitting in the drive through at Tim Hortons and after approaching the window, I was told by the lady that the gentlman in front of me had already paid for my Iced Cap and Muffin.  It simply blew my socks off.  I'm not used to getting something for nothing.  That was probably 3 years ago and it always sticks out in my mind.  Today something very pleasant happened to me and I'm going to go through a convoluted path to tell you about it.
a couple weeks ago I asked Mr. Island for a new coffee pot, after this baby arrives i will be wanting some Good quality coffee, and LOTS of it.  I had seen advertisments on TV (and read some blogs too) about the new 'pressure brew' coffee makers that used 'pods' and brew one cup at a time.  They claim it's like having a coffee house in your kitchen or something like that.
So you see, in this house, All a person need do is mention these things to my husband and not too long after you'll have the afore mentioned item in-hand.  He went out for a cup and came home with the entire pot.  Black and decker to be exact.  We preped the machine, tried it, tried it again, changed some things, and tried it again.  The coffee was HORRIBLE.  It was worse than horrible actually.  It was weak, and had absolutely no aroma to speak of, not to mention the plastic/styrofoam aftertaste it left in my mouth.  NOT IMPRESSED, we returned the machine. 
I hopped on the net and started searching out coffee pots to find out if those pressure pots are really all they are cracked up to be.  After reading several reviews (coffeegeek.com & coffeecrew.com) I found out that the preferred method of home brewing is actually the vacuum pot.  I did more research and found out that I can order the pot at several websites but they would only ship to the states.  Frustrated, I emailed Colin- one of the reviewers of the Bodum Vac pot for Coffeecrew.com to ask him where I could purchase the pot in Canada.  He emailed me back with a few names of retailers that I could look into.  I thanked him and set off on my quest.  This is where my story comes to the 'Random act of kindness' Point. 
This morning he emailed me again and offerred me his test pot, that he has used ONCE, for FREE.  Can you believe it?? 
It turns out that the guy actually lives on the island, somewhere nearby and was willing to meet me somewhere to give me the machine!!  This is an expensive machine so I offered him 50 dollars just so I wouldn't feel like such a shlep.   I am pinching myself at my good fortune.


Good things Do happen to good people.


~jen