surprise, surprise!

a few weeks ago, to my delight, on this cute blog, i won these! i never win anything, so this was a very fun surprise for me....i went away and yesterday when i received my mail i got my darling gift...so thanks so much gabi....i'm thrilled to have won in you blog-versary give-away....

good mail!!!

i've had some really fun mail the last few days...today, i got a really fun "good mail" package from this girl...it's more special, since she's my daughter...but, i received a cute red mail box filled with treats...there were her darling fortune cookies that she made, a box of conversation hearts and some delicious truffle kisses...what a fun gift to open and perfect for valentines day...

travel swap

i participated in Kelly's travel swap...and in doing so i met a new friend...if you want to read her blog click it...she is a very talented artist and it's been fun to find out about her...for my blog swap she sent me a beautiful picture of 2 nuns walking by a graffitti wall at the sistine chapel..she thought at the time that they were 2 beautiful ladies living "in" the world, but not "of" the world...she painted this picture after observing it in italy...i also received some note cards that she painted...she's very artistic, i tell you...they are of mosques in turkey...that thrills me because we went there last summer...then a cute journal for travels, a little photo wallet...for pics of my grandbabies...and a great book with info on 100 different cities, which will be fun to read...this was all wrapped up in darling map paper, tied with a string and old stamps...so all in all...it was a very fun gift to open...so, thank you so much to my travel swapper...kelley....