HaPpY mAiL!

“Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.” - Charles Dickens

I got home today after working at the museum, running errands, celebrating a friend's birthday with some delicious pumpkin dessert only to open my mailbox to this:

HaPpY mAiL!

what fun!

Awhile back I won a little gift pack from Leslie at the Words of Me Project and it came today. Today, this cold, cold day...I was able to check the mailbox and be warmly surprised with her generosity.

Over the summer I participated in her 31 Days Creativity Challenge. It was so much fun and a little note inside my fun-filled envelope said she's hosting it again in January! What a great way to start off the new year. I will be there!

I chose today's quote for Leslie. Her blog is full of creativity, of inspiration, of positiveness yet also very real. She lets people know it's not all rainbows and butterflies (she loves a good butterfly) but keeps her head up when things are going south and she does it with very little fuss (I am not a big fan of fuss!). 

Thanks Leslie for the gift pack! LOVIN' the butterflies and the new notebook is going straight in my purse! And thanks for giving of yourself so generously via your blog! Looking forward to January (but hoping for a slow December to savor the moments).

“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” —Scott Adams

HAPPY MAIL! I love opening the mailbox and getting a super fantastic treat (as opposed to bills and junk!). Our lovely friend from the south, Katrina and her family, sent us cookies! Snickerdoodles. They are so good. So. Good. Really.

And to my great surprise and delight there was kid art in the box from sweet little M & E. I love kid art and as we don't have a little one anymore the art is far more rare! Our fridge and cupboards and Archer's door are all decorated with art from these two amazing kids!

So, a HUGE thanks to Katrina and the fam for the happy mail. We are blessed to call you friend!