special delivery

the doorbell rang today while i was brushing my teeth.  i thought it was jonboy, so i did a bad brush job and ran downstairs to get the door.

dad was home too, and he opened the door first.  it wasn't jonathan, it was someone else.

UPS.  weird.  then i started thinking - i just ordered some dried wheat off ebay for our centerpieces - it must be that.  that's what you guys generally think the ups man is bringing too right?

well i went outside to get the box, and it was small.  i was a little concerned.  the mason jars are a certain size, so we cant have small wheat, and it better not be folded up.

then i saw the box.  amazon.  hmm...must be for daniel, my brother, because he and dad are the only ones in the family that like to read.  

then i saw my name was on it.  what in the world.  so i opened it.  to find a VERY forgotten surprise i had pre-ordered for myself.  

that's right - black heels to tractor wheels by ree drummond.  she is the pioneer woman.  if you haven't read her blog, go now.  she just is wonderful.  she cooks.  she lives on a massive ranch with her cowboy husband and four darling children who wear wranglers and cowboy boots and herd cattle by horseback.  and she wrote her love story on her blog.  and i was obsessed with it.  i was late to work and class and all other planned things for the weeks that i discovered her blog.  and now she wrote a book, WITH ADDED CHAPTERS.  yes.  i'm stoked.  

the end.