sweet melissa

I spent the afternoon on Melissa's couch, sewing up some stuffies I'm working on and resting my eyes. And she asked. "Wanna open a present?" Of course! So I opened up my present, the most darling Free People sweatshirt and I said thank you, thank you, i love it, it's too much! And she opened up my present to her, and our kids all exchanged gifts and we went on with our afternoon, drinking black tea and sitting in her living room, and being comfy. And she said, "i almost forgot! I have some stuff with Jessie written all over it"(figuratively, of course, because it would be odd for items to have the actual name Jessie written all over them)... and she led me to a box in her closet with the most spectacular treasures... and she let me have whatever I wanted!!! It seems that this box o' goodies came from a lady who used to nanny for Melissa's husband when he was a wee lad, and in her free time, she used to make dollhouses. And these were a few miniature trinkets she still had lying around 30 years later, and was preparing to throw away. Luckily, Melissa saved them from an untimely death and generously offered them to me lucky me! And so, of course I again said thank you, thank you, I'll treasure them! The only catch was that I must make her something that incorporates at least one of these items... and so it's off to work i joyfully go! Thanks again, sweet Melissa!