Blurbodoocery

After carefully mailing a box of pretzels, along with a book to sign, to the founder of the blog Dooce, I promptly discovered that she was on vacation....in Florida. Thanks to blogs, a person can know very detailed information about the goings on in a complete strangers life. A little scary, but comes in handy sometimes.

I then began to worry if the pretzels I had packed would melt before she even got to try them, or if she would even get the package at all. I was just about to call the Utah post office to see if the package was still there, when I received something in the mail myself.

Since it was my own handwriting on the postage paid self addressed return envelope, you'd think I would have immediately known what it was, but NO. I stared at the return address and wondered who would send me something so random all the way from Utah. Then, duh, it dawned on me that it was from Dooce!

After opening the package and finding my book, I was apprehensive to open it. Would she have just signed her name only, or would she mention the pretzels. Would there be something special stuck inside, like she teased on her blog?

Well...see for yourself..
As you can see, she did include something special...a very cute picture of her photogenic dog, Chuck, and a dooce sticker.

She wrote: "To Christy. Holy crap, those pretzels were amazing. Didn't last 10 minutes in this house. Thanks for the treat, I hope you enjoy the book. Much love, Heather B. Armstrong"

I feel slightly like a rock star and a groupie all at the same time. The only other book I've had signed by the author was the time I saw Erin Brockovich at IPFW's Tapestry event about 7 years ago.

I love how the internet has brought people together like this. I have "met" some really nice people through blogs and message boards that I would never have, if it weren't for the internet.

So, thank you internet, for allowing me to look into people's homes and sometimes their souls, without even leaving the couch. And, thank you Heather B. Armstrong and Chuck for being the coolest strangers to sign a book for me.