plastic ring with yellow, purple and green on it that I assume means something...
Hee! That is a wee plastic king cake. I suggest you hide it in a giant cake shaped like a baby.
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it, and sorry it was a little late! I had a helper elf, but I will let that person decide whether or not to stay anonymous.
which totally cracked me up because one of the callers on Wait, Wait, Don't tell Me this week was a member of the Thoth crew and Peter Sagal had so much trouble with the concept that it became a running joke for the rest of the show!
Oh, too funny!
I would love to do another exchange, but just can't swing it right now. But I think it's an awesome idea!
I wondered if it was a king cake. I like your idea about hiding it inside a giant baby cake.
it was all lovely, smonster. I was thrown by the return address being North Carolina, you really had me fooled!
I suggest you hide it in a giant cake shaped like a baby.
That would be awesome and I want pictures. . .
Lee - I flaked out last night. maybe tonight.
That package road tripped with me from NOLA to NC - I had hoped to mail it earlier but things were just too hectic.
It was worth waiting for.
So--my wrapup. 2012 was a year where:
- I spent as much on medical care as I got paid in my first post-university job. As a programmer (I am going to be challenging some stuff--I need a msbelle, I think). Rating: :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂
- My mother went into remission from cancer (sweet protector of all things tiny, so she did--she's better now, clearly, on the Christmas 6 months after her all clear than she was 10 months before her diagnosis. She's even seeing a physical therapist top help her general posture and strength, because she was drawing in on herself when she was ill, and physically as well as mentally. Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
- My family came together--for different things. My mother's illness, my sister's 40th. Just, in gneneral. Rating: ♥♥♥
- My head still hurts and I'm faced with experimental surgery not even explicitly targeting the headaches, and it's invasive and scary and I don't want to hasten the singularity this way. Rating: :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂ :∧⊂
- My job: I cannot have complained and exulted more about it. No, I have idea how to work the things that aren't in my job description, but they're letting me do more and more stuff, and every time I get yelled at, I go back in with a conciliatory business-related plan of some sort to make that not happen again. It's draining, but it's rewarding. Rating: ♥♥
- The closest around me seem on an even keel for love, jobs, and health. Rating: ♥♥♥
When I got home from work yesterday, there was a notice on my door that there was a package waiting for me at the Post Office. I just picked it up, and it was from my Secret Santa, Shir! Yay!
I got a lovely shawl (perfect for me, who is always freezing in my office), an adorable silver charm bracelet, a cookbook all about cuisine from Jerusalem (can't wait to try some of the recipes!), some coffee-flavored swirled halva, and some delicious-looking chocolates. Thank you so much, Shir!!!!
I'm a little worried about my Secret Santa package. I mailed it before Christmas, over three weeks ago, now. At the risk of outing myself, it did have a ways to travel, but I hope it's just in transit, and not Lost Forever. Giftee, I hope it gets to you, soon!
