Sheepy Books

A few weeks ago, I received the book on the left (sheepy mystery novel) in the mail as a "treat". And, I own the book on the right (a gift from my mother--nonfiction title on HOW TO RAISE, eat, shear, feed, etc. sheep).

I awoke for one of those I-can't-sleep-middle-of-the-night-reading times and thought that I would start reading the book on the left. Soooo, I got up, turned the light on, got the book, cuddled back into the flannels, adjusted the pillow, turned on the heating pad to "medium" hotness and opened the book. I had the book on the right. Darnit. SO, I got up, went to where I thought I had put the book (again) and returned to bed. With no book. If I really wanted to sleep, I would have read the book on the right.

The next morning, when I was really awake, I found the book on the left just where it was supposed to be. Where I put it. And, I'm reading it right now. In the middle of the night, just like I wanted.

More on The Book

The other side of the box-shipping looked like this:

And when it was all unwrapped and ungifted, it looked like this:


Donna, being really busy with her bookstore duties--even with lots of bookstore stuff like this to do--she really exceeded expectations. I received the book in NO TIME and it was exactly what I wanted!

Getting Mail

Getting mail can be as easy as whipping out your credit card when the woman at the bookstore says "I have one copy left". When the book comes, it is just like a Birthday Day except that you probably know what's in the package. It might come wrapped like this:

And then inside the wrapped package part, you might find this:

It is less of a carbon footprint, I think, to re-use a simple box instead of those balloon bags and/or bubble wrap. Not that I don't like bubble wrap, but it is the re-use thing that was appealing. Very creative.