Dear Redditgifts,

As I write this entry a flower is blossoming in my tea pot. Yes you heard me right, blooming flowers in my bloomin' tea pot. But before we get to how that magic came to be, I have to tell you the horrible news.

After coming in from wrangling goats this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my UPS man had already been to my house and left me a lovely brown box. I was extremely excited and had to track down my camera before I began setting up for my photo shoot. I mean come on you have to take pictures of your wonderful gift opening. After setting everything up, before I opened my present mind you. The brown box sitting on the edge of a wing backed chair taunting me, the tape just begging to be ripped off. Saucy little box I tell you.

It was upon the commencement of opening my gift that my reality came crashing to a full stop... my camera was broken. BROKEN! It turned on and made me think all was going to go well, until it started beeping at me and wouldn't stop. You know the way machines make noises, a sound that reminds one of a younger sibling poking you over and over and over and over again until you finally snap and flick them in the face; you know THAT sound. I tried fiddling with it, then I gave it to my husband so he could actually try to fix it, but alas no luck and he doesn't have time to preform camera surgery right now. Geeeeezzz just because the chickens need food and water I can't have camera surgery, rude. I finally resigned myself to opening the gift without taking pictures and was so happy to find a Numi organic flowering tea gift set, TEA! And even better than just tea it comes with an adorable glass tea pot, perfect desk size for my morning cupa.

As soon as I managed to unstick the paper covering the lovely bamboo box. It took me whole minutes, stupid sticky stuff. I opened up the box and dug my treasures out and immediately began boiling water. So as I sat down to begin writing this, my tea was just starting to bloom and now as I finish this post I am enjoying my first cup, Golden Jasmine yum. What a wonderful gift from a thoughtful SS and because my SS is wonderful as I mentioned moments ago, I have located some pictures online to help me tell the story of my lovely gift. Thanks to my Secret Santa whoever you may be.