Yay!

I am generally pretty healthy, but bad backs run in my family and mine goes out on me periodically, knocking me onto the couch for a good week or two at a time. Such was the case several days ago and when that happens, I get pretty down. It's tough to be the perfect wife and mother when I can barely get into a standing position. I mean, after all, I'm not just a housewife, I'm a conversationalist; receptionist; nurse; short-order cook; maid; social secretary; gourmet chef; chauffeur; drill sergeant; negotiator; tutor; event planner; laundress; encourager; professional shopper; money manager; teacher; disciplinarian; costume designer; knee-kisser; curfew-enforcer, playmate, master scheduler, heartbeat of the home; etc...

Why do I bring this up? Welllll (deep breath), my pal, Mamarazzi, hosted this way cool thing called "Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap". Little did I know what this would mean until a big, fat envelope arrived, addressed to ME!!! And the address wasn't written by a computer. Oh no, my address was written by a PERSON! And it arrived at just the right time to lift spirits that were sorely dragging. Let me just share the wonderful things my "Swap Partner" at What's Next Girls? sent my way:


A wonderful magazine, five of her favorite winter recipes, a tube of her favorite coffee-flavored lip gloss, The Memory Keeper's Daughter (which I'm really enjoying), two CDs of her favorite Christmas music, and my favorite thing of all (and not just because she made me look so skinny on the front), a gorgeous altered notebook...

Note how she put my head on a super-skinny body! Guaranteed to warm any girl's heart!

Inside front

Inside back

Back

You should have heard the squeals and exclamations as my girls and I revealed item after item. I haven't received something so fun in the mail for as long as I remember. Thanks so much, swap partner! You know who you are!!!