There is nothing like a box of goodies to brighten the week.  Angelina sent me this wonderful selection of fun stuff last week.  Tiny notebooks, bath bombs, Soak, cutie keychains, stripey fabric, and a frame-worthy card ... enough to put a girl in heaven.

But then she went ...

... too ...

... far ...

She found this SEALED cross stitch kit at some sort of sale and picked it up for me.  Can you believe it?!  Of course I had to open this baby up and marvel at the pre-sorted embroidery floss, gold beads, sparkly thread, and creamy cross stitch cloth.

I'm going to love doing this cross stitch kit!  There are a bunch of projects in line first, but I love the anticipation.  I get the same kind of joy out of doing a cross stitch kit as I do from putting together a huge puzzle, making a latch hook rug, or completing a paint-by-number.  They soothe me.  They really do.

If you haven't ventured over to Angelina's blog, Dustpan Alley, you really should.  She talks about a lot of great stuff, like canning, gardening, and keeping chickens.  On top of the urban homesteader stuff, she gives readers a heaping helping of Angelina-thoughts which never fail to get me thinking, too.

I don't always agree with her 100%, which makes her blog utterly interesting.  It's great fun to follow the comments and see who falls on what side of a given issue.  Even something as benign as underpants can become a hotly debated topic in Angelina's comment threads.

The best part is that Angelina has a big heart and can be fiercely supportive of her friends, among which I'm happy to say, I number.