A Mysterious Package

When I got home from work this afternoon, there were 2 boxes on the kitchen table. One contained the books I ordered from amazon.com (and now, having a field guide to North American birds, I can finally identify that a Mountain Chickadee has been visiting my feeder).

The other was sent from someplace called Cannon's Country Gourmet and was addressed to our friend Rich. With his address on it.

I was scratching my head. Why did we have a package for Rich in our house? Was Lance keeping it for him? Was it a surprise for his wife or something?

Anyway, Lance came home (he was out at Home Depot or Lowes or wherever) and I asked him why we had a package for Rich on the table. "It's not a package for Rich," he said, "it's a package for you."

Hmmmmmm. Intriguing.

So I opened it.

Wanna see what was inside?



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Awesome! This has totally made my day.

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup

Ohio was hit very hard with the remnants of Hurricane Ike yesterday. The entire city of Columbus (my parents included) is without power...they don't expect to have it up for another week. My parents' phone is dead. Luckily, my mom has a cellphone. They had a lot of debris. They had tropical storm force winds - twice as high as what was predicted. My grandma had a lot of damage at her house too, but fortunately her power stayed on.

So...not as bad as what Texas got, and aside from all the food spoiling in the fridge and freezer, my parents are good. They can live without the electricity. They have running water. And they recently restocked their pantry, but as they can get to the store without any problems anyway, that doesn't matter much. They can cook, since they have a gas range. And the giant limb that fell on the house didn't do as much damage as it very easily could have.

Things will ease up a bit at work this week, after the difficult time I had last week. Friday, we're having a farewell get-together after work for one of my co-workers, who is relocating to the corporate office. I'll miss her. She's a lot of fun. I'll go for maybe an hour or so. I think it's just partaking of Happy Hour at a bar down the street from work.

Next Monday, we'll have a breakfast potluck for the guy who is transferring in from Salt Lake City. He's replacing the girl who is leaving. He's already trained and everything...he just needs to learn how things work in the Seattle office, but otherwise, he's ready to go.

Anyway, I'm bringing scones in, methinks. Anyone got a decent scone recipe? I got a few scone recipes in one of my baking cookbooks, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm tempted just to get a mix.

I bought the Across the Universe soundtrack yesterday, and it's now in heavy rotation in my car. I've always been a Beatles fan, but these songs touch me on an entirely different level.