I have the best Santas. Seriously. For the Simple Pleasures exchange, I had been rather random on the questionnaire because random things make me happy. However, I had mentioned cats and writing and glowing things. And Santa came through in a big way.

Since I’ve had feedback on occasion that walls of words are unpleasant, I will

Break

Things

Up.

Ok, maybe not THAT much, but a heavy Amazon box came in the mail today. It wasn’t HUGE and heavy, it was compact and dense. I shook it (which can be dangerous) and heard things rattle. Not a “broken” rattle, more of a “lots of little pieces” rattle. And the noises came from both sides of the box in different pitches.

When I got home, I sliced open the box. It didn’t scream, so I’m hoping it wasn’t a sentient box. But it could have been screaming on the inside. Wait….what?

Inside the now quiet box, I found the source of one of the rattles: a cute kitty Post-It note holder. I’d been seeing them posted occasionally as a received gift in the exchanges and kept thinking, “I should get one of those.” Now I don’t have to. Thank you! You read my mind. By the way, the rattle was from what I’m assuming are beads inside used as a ballast.

The second item in the box was a tape dispenser that matches the Post-It holder. Now I can get rid of the old third hand one that has to be bribed to slice a piece of tape. Again, HOW DID SANTA KNOW?!?!

There was a third smaller box inside. It rattled the most. Nimbus was interested in the sticker holding it closed, so I let her play with it. And, she opened the box and was thrilled to find a box glow in the dark plastic rocks. I was thrilled too, but she loved to play with anything and everything. I wish I’d filmed her opening it, but she did it too fast. I did get a few shots (as you can see). And yes, Santa, I can use these for a ton of different projects besides a cat toy. But watching cats play is definitely a Simple Pleasure. I attached a picture to show the rocks DO glow.

Thank you, Santa. I hope your Santa treated you as well.