bloggers.
bloggers are good people.
no, scratch that, bloggers are great people!
i consider several of my fellow bloggers my very best friends.
sure, we may live miles and miles and miles apart (okay, not all of us live too far apart)—but regardless of the distance, i still feel so close to many wonderful bloggers.
one of the perks to having long distance best friends is there is always fun mail to send and receive. i usually do not and will not blog about the mail i receive because i feel like it comes off as braggy—like, “oh! look what so-and-so sent me! lucky meee!” you know? so i just write a thank you card (okay, most of the time i write a thank you card.. please ignore the fact that our wedding thank you cards never went out..) and enjoy my special delivery.
but yesterday was extra special and i decided it couldn’t go un-blogged.
i came home after a super rough day. comcast was already wearing on my nerves. there were two packages waiting for me. goody!
i knew who the first one was from right away. i can spot danica’s handwriting from a mile away. she has been sending random, fun mail to me for over two years now. (hey, D, i owe you a package or two!)
i opened it up to find the coolest lunch box EVER—sorry jessica, emily and brandi, the lunch boxes you gave me for my birthday are amazing and i use them regularly.. but this one puts them all to shame:
the lunch box, which danica and her husband (jay) cleverly named “hootie”, even came with a matching ice pack! if you know my love for owls AND mini things, you can surely imagine the squeals coming from my mouth. penny and randy wondered what the hell was going on.
i saw that a thank you card came with hootie. this was puzzling, since i technically owe THEM a thank you card—well, TWO thank you cards.. one for my wedding gift and one for my birthday gift (i fail at life).. so i wondered what they could possibly be thanking me for. the very last line of the card clarified:
OH! you are certainly welcome, hootie, you can be my lunch box any old day!
so—that is the “they’ll make you laugh” part of the title. i definitely laughed so hard. thank you, danica and jay! and hootie!
package #2 is what made me cry.
it was from spabettie and i knew she was mailing me some of her awesome salt scrub that she auctioned off in the great fundraising act (which smells phenomenal, by the way!!)
but i had no idea that the package would include a little something more…
kristina and stephanie got together, secretly asked marshall what spa was good here in salt lake city, purchased a gift certificate for a massage from said spa, apparently had it sent to one of them and then mailed it to me!
WHAT?! that brought tears to my eyes! SO DANG THOUGHTFUL! they were thanking me for putting together TGFA—but really, i should be thanking all of you. i am floored by their generosity, especially since they both had already donated so generously to the auction and fundraiser!
also, they had this hilarious note, which made me laugh while i was crying:
it’s even more funny because i despise the words “amazeballs” and “awesomesauce”—although “gihugeic” is something i could latch onto!
that’s all i really have to say right now.
a little friday afternoon loving from me to all my friends in blog land.
thank you a million times over, your friendship means the world to me!!
i may not know many of you in “real life”, but you are my real friends.. for life.
now can we just purchase a tropical island and move there already?!
Qs~
1. what is the last thing that made you cry happy tears?
2. what is the last fun piece of mail you received? (and no bills are not fun, but magazines are. and i know i owe you some mail, mcintosh!)
bonus Q: how many blog friends have you met in person?
xo. janetha g.
p.s. i can’t wait to expand my bloggers-i-have-met-in-person database in two weeks at the healthy living summit! i also hope to meet some west coast blog friends in LA and san diego in october and november (respectively).. i will be around.
p.s.s. you have a few more days to enter to win some warrior crunch granola!
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Sweetest of the sweet defines the friends I’ve made in blogland! I cried happy tears of relief over getting an old job that I loved back and being able to leave the insurance business this week. And the best piece of mail… hmmm… oh, I was stoked when my acne medicine arrived this week because I was out! ;) Happy weekend, doll! xo
That is the SWEETEST thing ever! <3 Love blogger friends!
And Hootie! I squealed! (Yes, squeal)
SO sweet!!!!!
Love the lunchbox and How sweet for the massage gift certificate! Blog friends are the Best Friends! Love you and you are a wonderful and close friend to me! I cant wait to meet you at HLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aww don’t be so surprised! it’s people like you who take time out of their day to care about someone else that make the blog world inspiring and worth all the effort! i’ll make sure to say hi at HLS! :) i’ll be wearing an insanely bright yellow dress…like big bird only shorter :)
Yay for meeting people at HLS! I hope I run into you there! :)
The last thing to make me cry happy tears? Oh it’s been a while… probably when my son graduated Kindergarten this June!
The last piece of fun mail I got was… coupons from General Mills. How lame am I? :)
The only blogger friends I’ve met in real life are Lindsey (mrspeeksday.blogspot.com) and Tara (taralynn98.blogspot.com). But I’ve known them for YEARS. Otherwise, none yet! I use to email a couple I didn’t know in person regularly, but then I fell off the blogger wagon for a while. I’m back though, and scouting for new blogger friends!
awwww this about made me melt! We have such a fabulous and supportive community =) Love it! and you totally deserve a little HOOTenany and some R&R <3
well, THIS POST is the last thing that made me cry happy tears! :D
and I’m so glad the words made you laugh, PLEASE use gihugeic as often as you like, it is my go to. ;)
XXO
you are pure awesome.
Sigh, I adore bloggers :)
you’re right :) that lunch box rules!
i love blogger friends!
awwwwwww!!! you totally deserve all that and 10x more. you have such a beautiful, beautiful spirit.
and you better hit me up when you’re in LA!!!
how sweet!! and you totally deserve that and more
and part of me wants to drive up to Philly just to hang out with you when you are at HLS, so wish I was going. Would love for you to meet Lori.
xoxo
Michelle
That lunchbox is the cutest thing EVER. Where did she find it?
You are super sweet and super awesome and completely deserve all those sweet letters and gifts and more! Seriously!
AWw, this touches my heart. You truly do deserve these things my friend. You’re simply amazing and deserve to be celebrated. :)
It is wonderful having supportive friends near and far!
I have met three blogger friends in person but that was either before I knew they had a blog or before they started blogging :)
1. I can’t think of anything, though I did tear up a little today when my dad called to tell me he broke his collarbone two weeks ago & didn’t tell me because I was stressed with work, but then told me because he hates to keep secrets from me. Not happy things, but still tear-y things. I will cry happy tears when I get to see my Daddo and puppy in less than THREE WEEKS, though.
2. Uhhh, books. School books and for-fun reading books.
3. The only blogger I’ve ever met is Healthy Ashley, though when I get back to New England, I’m determined to change that and NEXT year, I’m totally going to go to one of the blog festivals.
awww that is so sweet!
I teared up happy tears thanking my husband for something sweet he did for me the other day (I am a crier. That is an understatement. Hah).
Met hungryrunnergirl at church!
I dont want to make you cry.
so I’ll just fart in your direction. :)
What a sweet gift! Enjoy that massage – you deserve it!
Aww that was a super sweet post!! Can’t wait to meet ya in November! :D
Wow! So much kindness…that’s so neat! What you’ve done for Susan is incredible too – it’s neat how people recognized it and blessed you because of it. :)
I just won a ticket to the HLS after hearing it was sold out! I’m stoked, although a little nervous because I’ve never met anyone before and am not sure what to expect…now comes securing the travel, hotel, etc, but despite the nerves I can’t WAIT! Hope to meet you there – in person. :D
surprise gifts are the BEST and i love how the surprises you received are SO YOU!! enjoy, j! and thanks for sharing!
i am not easily moved to tears of joy. probably the last time was when i picked my bro, SIL, and two nieces up at the airport last year after they had been gone for 2 months.
i have two blogger friends in person and would LOVE to meet more!
j, we just have to find a way to get you into canada!! (smuggling you in an option?!)
aww i love my bloggy friends too!! Great post Janetha :)
You deserve all of it and more. You don’t fail at life silly. You totally win. I must admit I’m a little bit jealous of the lunch box as I am a lunchbox whore and my hello kitty one sucks in comparison.
Happy tears? Hmm. PRobably a sappy movie. Sad tears- ask Ace’s urethra.
OMG how cute is that lunch box! I always feel bad when i dont post what others send…but i do also feel like it comes off as look at me/this. Bloggers rock! Ive met at least 10 bloggers in person
I *love* that lunchbox! So cute.
Bloggers really are great people. I have met only a couple in real life and it was neat because it was like we had known each other for ever.
What amazing packages. (heh) That lunch box is perfect for you, Janetha!! Go Danica!
You totally deserve that spa gift!!!! Enjoy every minute!
Have a great weekend :)
I am so new to this blogging thingy – I haven’t met anyone in person – however I do live on an island –visitors welcome! xoxo I love mail but now that I live in Trinidad — I’m really not expecting any fun packages any time soon! It’s ok though! That Owl lunch box is SO cute! xoxo
How sweet! :) Massages are the best! The last thing that made me cry happy tears was looking at an old piece of paper the manfriend had used to write out a list of things that remind him of me. I haven’t really received any fun mail that I can think of lately! lol. It was probably a birthday card back in May! I have also never met any bloggers in person! Hopefully that will change!
I just posted about all the blog friends I met…LAST NIGHT!
So many people are in San Diego for BlogHer. Although I am not signed up for any sessions, it’s been fun to see people here. And read their blog posts about San Diego.
Happy tears…when I read about Erica/Itzy having her baby :)
You deserve all those fun packages and gifts because you are extremely thoughtful and have touched our hearts! people love to give back to you and continue to spread the love!
;)
I would say happy tears when i realized our new home is actually ours to keep! And hmmm fun mail, probably a new mac battery since i fried my other one, lol boring but true :)
Sweet ladies :)
I hope I get to meet some amazing bloggers someday! That is so awesome that they sent you packages! I love getting things in the mail- I should start doing that for some of my friends :).
my heart is mushhhhh. You are so deserving of all these gifts, all the love, all of the friendship, and so much more J. Blogworld is such a warm and compassionate place BECAUSE of bloggers like you!
ooh i love the blogworld :) we just get each other!
you deserve ALL of those things Janetha, you put so much time and effort into The Great Fundraising Act! i agree with jenny’s comment above mine.. it’s because of bloggers like you that the community is so supportive!
I may not have been a blogger for long but I have already learned how amazing this community of people is. I feel so lucky to have been welcomed with open arms and am always so honored to be able to communicate with people who I would never know otherwise. :D You definitely deserve all of the things that come to you and more, because you have truly made a difference in the world! 3 cheers for Janetha!!
That is so sweet! You definitely deserve the massage after all of your hard work!
gihugeic…trademark that one fast!
Last happy tears: this morning at the 5k, a good friend told me she’s expecting (after having 3 miscarriages).
Fun mail: A teeny tiny box of Honey Nut Cheerios that the company sent me.
Haven’t had a chance to meet any bloggers…yet. Would love too! Maybe Travis and I can come ski in the SLC ;)
The last thing that made me cry happy tears was when Craig proposed about a month ago. We were both crying happy tears! I have yet to meet a blogger, I live in a small town but I have reached two bloggers who live in a local city next to me!
Awwww, you have some super friends that love you VERY MUCH! I love all the lovin’ that goes around this here healthy world :)
You deserve it!!
Hmmm I cry all the time….watching movie, reading comments, feeling inspired and free under the sun, but I cried last night looking at my vision board seeing my life fall into place :)
Keep inspiring girl!
xxoo
Before I started my own blog in March, I had been reading other blogs for almost a year. I never participated or commented but I could still see how much support that community provided. I am so glad I have created my own and now follow countless others. This amazing community has helped ME on road to recovery from disordered eating… and in so many ways. I am thankful for being a part of this whole experience :)
You deserve it! Have an amazing time at the spa while eating out of your adorable lunchbox :)
Wow…my 15 minutes of fame…almost missed my name in this!
Yeh. I never get mail unless it’s from my sister forwarding my old mail or stuff from the previous tenants. Think IKEA catalog and old Washington Post bills ):
But you don’t OWE me any mail. Just reading your posts can make my day sometimes. I think you totally deserve all the “love” from your fellow bloggers (and your pups, Marshall, family, etc).
Enjoy that massage though I probably didn’t need to tell you that.
And I’m so envious of your hootie lunch box/bag (: Can’t wait to see what you pack it with.
How sweet and thoughtful! Both gifts – WOW – I want that lunchbox BTW – Hootie – SO CUTE!
i am new to the blog world and that is one thing i am SO excited about is getting to know people, becoming best friends, and the relationships to come. i think its great!
it makes me happy to read posts like this and to see the friendliness. it makes you realize there is good in the world.
im all smiles now. haha. thank you. ♥
lady, you DESERVE that massage and all of those goodies! :)
i’ve only met one fellow blogger in person before – but i really want to me so many others! attending hls next summer is high on my list of goals!
PS: the “amazeballs” and “awesomesauce” were intentional. ;)
SO GLAD you were happy! XO
Aww totally hootie stole the show!! He or she’s a cutie.
The auction made me cry happy tears and get goose bumps!!
I came home to cute shoes AND 2 of my auction items…..I love getting mail!
I also love you xo!
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