Enter Joanna, godsend of the mail. Carrying a LARGE package.
"It's for you," she said cheerfully (well, she's cheerful all the time, in contrast to say, me, who hasn't been cheerful since that whole scandal about my client being chained to a burning lake.)
I listen carefully, but no ticking so I'm thinking it might not be a bomb.
No sulphur, so probably not a flaming bag of dog poop.
No glitter.
No unicorns.
Ok, safe to open.
Here's what I found
A very nice wooden box with a bow. I pull the bow carefully (no snap of a grenade being engaged). I open it.
oh my
oh my
oh my
It's chock a block full of delicious choccies. Get this. The box came with its own ice pack to keep it cool! What a treasure trove.
And just when you think it couldn't be any more fun, get a load of this:
That is a candy mouse. With a tail.
I'm here to tell you I was actually cheerful the rest of the day.
I earned bonus points by sharing around the office but I hi-tailed it home damn quick after that with my treasure trove so I can keep it all for me me me.
I have fabulous clients.
There's just no two ways about it.
They write so well it makes my heart sing to read their work.
And they have exquisite taste in treats.
I love this job, I do!
Unicorns? You're still getting stuff wrapped in scented unicorn paper?
ReplyDeleteJust in case I need to know for the future, what kind of Scotch do you like?
ReplyDeletewhat kind of Scotch do you like?
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall 12-year-old McCallan.
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That's so sweet! I'm happy for you, and for myself as presently I'm devouring a tray of turtle bars. Here's to chocolate!
ReplyDeleteI'm very curious about the lake of fire deal. Janet, I'll buy you dinner and let you do all the talking- next time your south of Dallas. If that ever happens, holler.
ReplyDeleteOh! And the mouse is cute. What's it made out of?
The mouse was made of white chocolate. Yum!
ReplyDeleteGads, that is wonderful. You really do have nice clients
ReplyDeleteSolid white chocolate or was their a truffle filling of some kind?
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at the picture trying to guess how hard it would be to make these with some friends for goodies at a potluck.
Have a happy Memorial Day weekend!
Hmm. Making note to self: Janet may have an early degree of Gemini rising on her ascendant, where Venus, bestower of gifts has just appeared. Most things come in threes, but while in Gemini, they come in pairs. Let's see, what can I bet? If you receive another gift by say, Wednesday, you must send me an ARC of Mindy's book. If you don't, you can name your prize.
ReplyDeleteThis one is so cool! It came in pretty wrapping, too. How nice of your client.
"Bunnies get their own chocolate, and now mice do. Why doesn't someone make goat-shaped chocolate?" -- William E. Goat, III, esq.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at the picture trying to guess how hard it would be to make these with some friends for goodies at a potluck.~
ReplyDeleteIf filled you could "paint" the white chocolate in a teardrop candy mold. Let it set, fill and seal with more chocolate. Solid, just pour the the mold.
Ears could be done with a pastry tube, like making flower petals, I would think. Let them chill until firm and glue them on with more white chocolate.
Mindy's book...ahhh!!
ReplyDeleteI love that book.
Almost as much as I adore Mindy herself.
And no more giftage this week, since I will be gone gone gone to LA to drink scotch and visit my relations at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Another reason to feel warm and fuzzy - your blog was chosen as one of the top agent sites in Writers Digest:
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Ack! It's a big url - I hope it works.
That is the cutest mouse ever.
ReplyDeleteAnd whoever sent it is practical as well as generous. Ice pack... I must keep that in mind for the future.
That looks yummy =) Not a fan of white chocolate myself, but I'd totally eat some if it came in a rat shape. Weird but true.
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The cool thing about La Brea is that they have tame paleontologists behind glass, so you can watch them at work.
ReplyDelete"And no more giftage this week, since I will be gone gone gone to LA to drink scotch and visit my relations at the La Brea Tar Pits."
ReplyDeleteHey, now. I'm betting you'll get something, and you're telling everyone not to send anything. That's not fair.
The cool thing about La Brea is that they have tame paleontologists behind glass, so you can watch them at work.~
ReplyDeleteThat would be fascinating.
Wonder if they accept slave labor.
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ReplyDeleteI once went to a dinner party where the overachieving hostess made chocolate mice. SO cute, and I loved biting their little heads off.
Recipe here
Laughingwolf posts this on his blogs and it just tickles me. I, obviously, am easily amused.
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