Day of Delirium #49 - I have a friend in Serbia

So my doorbell rang at 9:30 this morning. I have since come to learn that it is usually our postal carrier with an item to sign for, so of course I go running down the steps from our bedroom (we were just getting up on a Saturday). I was right, it was the postal carrier.

He hands me the regular mail and then says "And I have something for you to sign for from Serbia." and I responded "Yea!! It is my present from my friend in Serbia." The carrier said "I don't even know where Serbia is but it sounds cold." I said "Serbia is different from Siberia and it is actually very pretty. And I can't believe I have a friend from Serbia." He seemed surprised and then said "Well I know you are excited but you have to sign and print your name here." I of course was practically jumping out of my skin to get my package inside and open it. So I signed, thanked him and ran inside.

It was my package from Jelena (Jelly-Babes) in Serbia. She had mentioned she sent me something and was worried about the time it was taking to get to me. I told her it took about 2 weeks for her package to get to her so we were still ok and apparently I was correct :)

Here is what was in my package. I hope Jelena will explain the flower items. They remind me of lace doilies that we would use under vases or plants here in the US.

The card was lovely and part of it is a bookmark which is very appropriate. 

Jelena wrote wonderfully beautiful things about little ol' me. 

She is just too sweet and I love her. 

These are the lovely flower items that I believe are like doilies, please let us know Jelena. They are made of a burlap material and they are just gorgeous.

One of the things she told me in my card was that she was sending me a heart for my collection:

This is actually a cookie and on the back of the packaging it states that it is a souvenir. The bright section in the picture is a mirror and the icing work is amazing. I am very curious what this souvenir means in Serbia. I absolutely love it.

It is also very funny that Jelena would send me a cookie that 1) I can't eat - gluten allergy and 2) I won't eat - too pretty and too much meaning. In 1986 I went to England with my high school marching band and when I got home my sister gave me a huge, cute teddy bear cookie as a welcome home gift. She knew I would love it and thought about how good it would taste.

Well fast forward to 2010... I still have the cookie. I couldn't eat it because the bear was too cute and it was so sweet that my sister gave it to me. So it seems to make sense that I would keep this heart cookie from my sister in Serbia forever.

I am also in awe of the packaging for my gift. I always enjoy seeing the postage from other countries and Serbia has beautiful rose stamps. I will have to give one to my niece who collects stamps, just like I did at her age, and I guess I still do to some extent :)

So never in my lifetime did I think I would have a friend in Serbia. Like the postal carrier I hardly know where Serbia is. But what I do know? Because of Twilight I now have not only a friend but a sister in Serbia and I couldn't be happier.

Thank you Jelena. I love you my friend, my sister.

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