bread baking, breakfast and a package

i baked fresh bread this morning . . 

which we had with buttered eggs and tea.

and my friend lizette sent beautiful orange day lilies in memory of my father. it was so sweet and thoughtful of her.

packing morgana's box and a myriad of other things

today was the final day for getting morgana's box together. it's been sitting on the window seat for over a month, stuck in "i don't want to spend the money to send this package overseas" limbo. it was rescued by stefan, who is traveling to austria on saturday, and offered to take it in an empty suitcase. i believe once he dumps the box with morgana, he will be filling the suitcase with ski equipment and then returning home. a fair exchange!

 chanda and i made a run to the chocolate bar for chocolate gifts to spread throughout the box, as if it needed any extra filler . . ! along the way we ran past the newly erected christmas tree stand, which smelled wonderfully piney.

 picking out the goodies . . 

 it was a rainy and slushy day. a noreaster was blowing through but we didn't get much snow on this side of the river.

after packing up the box and watching greg leave with it to bring to stefan at his office (i can't believe it's finally on it's way) i met janet at chocolate bar for a hot chocolate . .

since it was so crowded in the cafe, we took them back to her house and sat and knitted on our projects for awhile.

janet's been studying fibonacci numbers with her two youngest boys and enjoyed showing me the spiral in her brussel sprout plant . . it starts small but gets bigger and bigger as it spirals out.

back at home i began making creamed celery; my contribution to tomorrow's thanksgiving meal at my sister's house.

 who is this consulting her phone amidst a busy countertop of cooking utensils and food?

ahhh! it's morgana . . busy very late at night in austria, making pumpkin pie for her american thanksgiving meal tomorrow. good luck, morgana! i look forward to hearing about it when we skype. (it looks as if she has also put together an apple pie, and i see a nice looking hand mixer.)

the parcel . . continued . .

when i first opened the parcel, i thought my friend had mixed up the items from another parcel she was sending. but that was not the case. what seems to have happened is that the parcel broke while being shipped and not everything was put back. i ended up with a stamp pad meant for someone else. or someone actually took the items and replaced it with the stamp pad. for me the substitution of the yarn and chocolate with the stamp pad is just too amusing. so while christine may feel very upset that her lovely gifts did not make it into my hands, and while i may sorely miss working with the lovely yarn she picked out for me, and eating the delicious chocolate, the hilarity that ensued from the mix-up is priceless. honestly, i still can't stop laughing about it. that stamp pad is just too funny. i wonder if this lee royen person is going to miss her stamp pad!

i just looked up this CHV company and composed an email to them. however, i think i will try calling them tomorrow and ask for "lee royen." maybe it will be best to speak with lee royen personally. maybe she (or he) received my yarn and chocolates in a package? i hope they didn't eat them . . yet!

the parcel!

my parcel from denmark arrived! in it was a lovely little yellow chick candle, earrings, and haribo candies. but the best part was:

a stamper!!! i was a bit astounded. i didn't think i needed one, but chanda has assured me that we do. she is all ready to play library and stamp all our books (AHHHH!). however, the stamper does say "please send to lee royen. thanks." i would love to help out with this . . but i'm not sure who lee royen is. does anyone out there know?