T Stands For bEARTHday and more gifts from wonderful friends

This is a very long post, even for me.

I'll begin with gifts.  Could you guess this is from my dear friend Erika, who always seems to surprise me with her gifts of love and kindness.

Look at all these goodies.

Stamps, stencils, napkins, paper tape, images,

washi papers, a fun statistic,

and a big red heart doily were among the wonderful gifts she sent.

She also made this incredible card.  It's unbelievable and I love it.  Words can't express how grateful I am for these wonderful and thoughtful gifts and beautiful card.  Thank you, thank you, Erika.

As I was putting my gifts away, I also put all my Easter goodies away, too.  I found the perfect place for my new Rocking Horse sent me by RO!

It goes so well where the sun can shine through it.

These are from my foodie friend Sally.  The only reason I'm showing these is because I will use the shells in my art.  Her judge friend she visits volunteers at a Maritime Museum in MA (Massachusetts) and she picked them up there for me.

She also gave me this wonderful gripper I've been admiring on TV.  It apparently does several things, but if it grips and holds/locks without me having to continuously grip it, it will be a lifesaver and will add height to my 4'11"!

I also got this wonderful birthday card from Sharon (aka Foxy Stamping Sharon).

She admitted it wasn't a rocking horse, but Unicorns are magical and they ARE cousins to rocking horses!  Thank you for this incredible and gorgeous card, dear Sharon.  I would LOVE to know how you made it.

I know many of you saw this on my other blog last week.

You get a FREE GRAND SLAM on your birthday. 

I got a "build my own" Grand Slam.

Poor Sally was such a trooper.  She really was still quite sick and it took all her strength to make it through the meal.

Sally ordered two regular pancakes, two scrambled eggs, two link sausages, and two slices of bacon for her grand slam.

I ordered two sunny side up eggs, hash browns, oatmeal, and buckwheat pancakes for my grand slam  We both had water, and mine had a ton of lemon, too.

As the waitress was removing our plates, she told me she was amazed I had eaten everything.  I told her I left a few buckwheat seeds on the plate.  Yes, I ate everything.  I had been looking forward to this meal.  Even Sally felt better after she ate.

T Tuesday links will only be open through Wednesday this week, because I will be using Mr. Linky links for Second on the 2nd this month.  That's also a not-so-subtle reminder to have your second look ready for Thursday this week.  It can be any post, any length, any genre, as long as it's one you have published in the past.

It's now time for you to share your own drink related post.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.