Okay. I’ll use what I wrote. Thanks!!

In size, ease of care….? This is for central NC, about two hours from southern VA border. Something that doesn’t get big? Like a dwarf nandina? I have no idea what else is out there to consider. We want to avoid huge, overgrown shrubs in years to come.

Thanks, Kassia.

I recently tracked an order that was “out for delivery “ by the US mail. The mail came and went but no package. The next morning, I woke up and checked my email. It was then available to be picked up at my local post office annex. So I drove to town to get it, and the guy behind the counter said it had been scheduled for delivery to my house that day. I drive home and waited for it. Finally, it got delivered that day. Weird. 🤷‍♀️

I decided I want to send a Sur La Table gift card to my nephew who will be going off to culinary school soon. I ordered one and a card to go with it. I want to encourage him, support him, and let him know we are proud. I think I could do a decent job, but I know it could be much better worded by the hive, as I’m not great at it. We still will send a graduation gift, but I think a little something now would mean so much. The card amount isn’t a lot, but it’s just a little something to encourage him now. I was thinking: “John, Just a little something for you as you begin this new chapter in your life. We hope your time at culinary school is an exciting and rewarding experience! We hope you can find something with this card that will be useful to you as you get started. Work hard and hang in there! We are proud of you! Love, xxx and xxx” How is this? Could it be improved? Thanks!

“It’s all about the beans!” 🫘 😁

I have been guilty of not checking, too. Then I find the package at my door and think, this came already? And at the same time I realize it was delivered in the dark with no porch light on. I’m trying to be mindful of that now. Seems more of them are delivered at these times. Sometimes it’s a female driver, and I really worry for their safety. Also I wonder what percentage of in the dark deliveries are made without lighting, loose dogs in the yard, etc. It just seems unsafe to me. I have no idea what precautions Amazon is taking for driver safety.

Is there anything good there that is dairy and caffeine free… that is still a sweet and tasty splurge? Without chocolate? Anything? Anything at all?

I am really curious what the ugly thing looks like…. 👀

I’m going to delete the op now, but I wanted to say that there is more to his story than I could post here. That’s why I’m so happy for him now. I let him know that we hope his culinary school experience is great and that we are very happy for him.

Yes. That would work. We have a lot of time until then, so between then and now we will work out something.

These are the ones I use. I have never tried the ones that hook to the one toe. Some spacers are more substantial than others. These work ok for me. https://www.amazon.com/Povihome-Separators-Corrector-Orthotics-Overlapping/dp/B0734KRL5N/ref=mp_s_a_1_3_pp?crid=18ADPCMR76TYE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nWJiDmcSgsymVkLAA7sDEE2OMUjJKjuwsC-l1fHDkSqp05l8WOaibxE_-Nrgzie8pp1Ag9m758a1_fB8_scULyWb32_UVG4lW8LGMLeyzv7yw5mSaJp3ti-FgjCXCE9PtL39qB7ll8VHUX6czGf9UKZhgg9138lLG3chuntEsY-hZVbMcHjFrZYn5lKK_l90S6lMF4g9tzGIdwhwBuVsDw.G_lHCScGwegh2xMw7DYFp2ZOBWiZeRl1B0PEHOxhX3o&dib_tag=se&keywords=povihome+toe+spacers&qid=1713134630&sprefix=povi+home+toe+spacers%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-3

I wonder what type of chef’s knives you start out with in culinary school…..🤔 Edit: Ha!! I just looked at one source. Victorinox! I knew it. I knew it. 😁

Oh! Well I need to think about that. I will come back here when the time comes to buy some, but we can talk about that now, too. I agree that he will probably already have some good knives, so maybe one special knife that he can just enjoy anyway and ….something else super special. I’ll have to get a link for the mat and start a list of ideas.

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