Friday, 5/5

It doesn't take much to make me happy. In fact, it only takes something like this--

It's been seven months since we returned from our trip to Germany, and we were starting to run out of all the goodies we brought back with us. And since we're not heading back there for the foreseeable future, we did the next best thing--

We brought Germany to us

There's a very cool online store—GermanShop24—that sells all this stuff (and lots more). I can't recommend them more highly; even though they're based in the US we placed the order last Tuesday and it arrived this Wednesday, which means that an entire basket worth of grocery stuff made its journey from a quarter of a planet away in slightly over a week.

Yes, we live in strange, weird, and occasionally dangerous times. But at least you can get a package from Germany in just eight days.

Most of what we ordered is just replacing stuff we usually get. However, if you look at the tea box sitting on top, that's something new. It's a sage-eucalyptus tea that I'm really looking forward to trying. The company that makes it (Messmer) used to make a sage-honey-vanilla concoction that may have been my favorite tea of all time. Unfortunately, like many things, it's no longer in production. But maybe this one will approach it in yumminess.

I guess I'll find out this weekend.

So there you go. Now you know what I'll be doing with part of my weekend. I hope yours is just a productive. And just as yummy!

(jim@wmqt.com)