For weeks I have been pining away to my cyberspace amigos about our lack of taco makings and -STOP THE PRESS- no Ranch Dressing, (yes I spell it with a capital R). We have adjusted, we are acclimating, we eat lamb, I still won't do Vegemite- but come on civilized people have needs! Alas, a celebration was on the horizon.
Last week I turned forty...in a new country...really missing my old pals back home. I received so many wonderful emails, texts and facebook messages it made me miss the US like hell and really think about how lucky I am to have people around me, new and old, that I adore and cherish. Thanks for all the love, it made my day.
From those brave enough to face the offices of the US Postal Service, I also received a few packages...spicy, tangy, Texas treasure trove type parcels that had the mailman sniffling and sneezing on his delivery scooter.
All told my loot included 8 packets of Taco Seasoning, 2 2-Alarm Chili kits, moose shaped salad tossers a la Steamboat, 2 packets Knox soup mix, one jar of Caldo Polo, a Dillard's gift card, 2 packets of chili powder, 5 packets Hidden Valley Ranch, cumin, one Tunderado CD, temporary tattoos, birthday candles and a packet of press on mustaches. Plunder in hand, it was a wild and crazy night at El Rancho de Atkinson...WOWZA! With all the mustaches and chili power coating our house it was a fabulous, albeit farty, fortieth.
You may think we are overstocked- that my BFF's went too far. Not so, the way I see it 8 packets of taco seasoning puts us into mid November. Throw in a few chili nights and maybe some tortilla soup and we are a week out from Christmas Break- Ole!
So you see, to get birthday packages full of all the things I've mentioned wanting and missing from friends reaffinrmed what I already know. I have great friends and cheesy as it sounds, that is the greatest gift of all.
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