to that special somebody who sent me the most wonderful valentine via USPS....and you know who you are.....

thank you, thank you, thank you....

i know, you're all saying "it's me, it's me...."

and that's fine, as long as you know just how much i appreciate the thought and the time that went into getting that adorable and oh so deceptive package together....and to actually have something that size really be in the mail and arrive, wowsers! i had an amazing valentine's day....and the week leading up to it was kind of stellar and this entire week and weekend to date are outliving and outpacing any expectations i may have previously had for a late february winter weekend home alone in east harlem.


let me just say when i dug into that box of treasure, saw what was actually nestled in that subtle and understated wrapping...you can only imagine my sheer and unadulterated pleasure, not only did i smile from ear to ear but i laughed right out loud (it was 4am and snowing when i walked outside to take pictures, grabbed the mail and opened it in the barrage of flakes...)

i couldn't smell it at first (as i was sure it was fancy hardmilled soaps)....then i almost broke a tooth on it, (because i decided it was some fancy handmade candy shipped all the way from you to me via that deceptively japanese inspired box the size of a jar of eye moisturizer)....you can't even know how loved and special i felt when i was finally safely on the subway, heading for the east village and a dog walking job that morning, as i opened the box and all it's pieces again to find it was the worlds classiest, most special (and smallest, if not, most tastefully appropriate), box of rocks!

every single one of those buggers has a really special heart embedded in it....i particulary loved the smooth river-rock like white quartz stone with the red heard so clearly embedded inside of it...what a miracle that stone is....

i'll have you know, aside from all the cards and flowers i got....ok, the chocolates and phone bills, and cable bill and rent bills i got, these special stones are also gracing my desk next to the computer and i am carrying the white quartz with red heart center stone in my coin pocket for extra love and sunshine.....

i loved the chococlates too mom....they're gone they were so good.....

mona, you sure do know how to pack a wallop in a care package of dynamic proportions and unretrained emotional contents! oops, for anyone who didn't guess or self-erradicate on this one, yes, it was miss mona from wheatland, wyoming who sent me a 2" x 2" box of sunshine and love ....a.k.a. a box of rocks....and for once, no one could dare say anything about the stupidity of this box of rocks...it's pure unfettered genius!

stay tuned...the pictures from the blizzard are coming with more tales of wo' and ho' possibly tomorrow.

xo xo
wadeo