So I have a story to tell, but I’m not exactly sure how to tell it. So please bear with me.
I recently received an email from a man.
Dear Mavis,
My wife is a big fan of your blog. Would it be possible to
purchase an autographed picture or product for her for Christmas?
Wait. What? Go back and read that again.
Now, I’m not sure why someone would think I have a big stack of glossy 8×10’s of myself on my desk and a sharpie nearby to sign them with, or Mavis Butterfield bobble heads for that matter, but okay, moving along…
So I re-read the email {like 20 million times} to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating, then called out to the Handsome Husband.
Mavis : Turn down the television, I want to read you something.
Handsome Husband : Oh My G..
Mavis : What am I suppose to do?
Handsome Husband : I don’t know, send him some seeds or something.
Mavis : But I don’t own a SEED COMPANY!
So I did the only thing I could think of. I walked around the house and tried to find some loot to send this lady for Christmas.
So if you wake up on Christmas morning to find a brand spankin’ new {as in I bought it for myself, didn’t get a chance to read it yet, but hey, Merry Christmas I hope you like it} copy of the book Kitchen Seasons: Easy Recipes for Seasonal Organic Food, 4 packets of Botanical Interest Seeds : Toy Choy, Gourmet Beets, Lizzano Tomato, and Lauren’s Poppy, plus a 10 year old Angel ornament off my Christmas tree, well HO HO HO, Merry Christmas!
Your husbands email was sweet, and most importantly, it made me smile. I hope you enjoy your present. I had more fun putting it together than you will ever know.
May your Christmas be merry & bright,
Love, Mavis
Peace Out Girl Scouts, Life is good!
P.S. I did not take his money. LOL. Instead he made a donation to someplace cool.
Jen says
Wish it was my husband but he’s not THAT sweet! 🙂 I bet if I go ask him what your name is he won’t even remember 🙁 LOL
Roo says
That is awesome! And I would have fun putting that together, too. If I were the one getting that (I’m not) I would love the angel the most! I love other people’s things. It’s amazing I’m not a clepto.
Julie2 says
Oh wow, I hate to get my hopes up, but I talk about you nonstop. Because of you, I had a productive garden and shelves of home canning (and he knows its because I follow your site).
As always, thanks for all you do.
Carol says
Mavis, you are a really fantastic person! I only hope now you won’t be deluged with other requests….maybe you should get a few of those glossy photos ready!
Happy Holidays!!!
Kathy says
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Carol says
Right?!?
Mary Ann says
I was, too!
Mavis, you are awesome to do that for him. 🙂
Bummer it’s not my husband! lol
Emily says
That is too sweet. And an AMAZING gift. I deff wouldn’t mind seeing something like that 🙂 Adorable
Ashley says
That’s so sweet of him and you! And I love how you kept Ernesto safe w/bubble wrap!
Susan says
And a seatbelt! 🙂
Desi says
Love it! Mavis you are tooo Awesome! That woman is going to love her present.
I’m thinking instead of a glossy photo you should go with a t-shirt. Just like your I love coupons shirt it could say I love One Hundred Dollars a Month with a picture of you in your garden or with a chicken. You’re such a rock star!
Mary Ann says
I agree. You should have a T-shirt available to purchase!
carrie says
Oh, Now I want a t-shirt.
Stephanie says
Mavis you’re the cutest thing EVER!! Here I sit, drunk after doing a shi ton of Christmas baking (thanks to your inspiration) and sitting in Fox Nick and Nora Footie PJ’s (shipped to me by my lovely parentals who have an American mailing address and personally brought this shi to Canada since Target won’t exist here til 2013!!) all influenced by YOU!! The greatest thing you taught me was to ask for WAAAAY more than you actually want, then you get what you want (asked the old boyfriend for chickens, he totally broke down and said I could have a lil greenhouse which was out of the question before the greenhouse suggestion). You. Are. Awesome! And HH is one lucky guy!
michelle guilmet-buck says
Milk money, woman. What were you thinking?! :p
Mavis says
Where were you this morning when I put this together?? Milk Money… geez, now you mention it.
michelle guilmet-buck says
Sleeping in– snow day! 😀
Jules says
That is SO cool! 🙂 You’re famous – who knew?! I love the idea someone mentioned of you on a T-shirt – then your readers would know who else out there loves you.
Deanna says
T-shirts that say…. “Im a friend of Mavis Butterfield”. 19.95 + S/H. Id buy it!!!
Annabel Lee says
Or a bumper sticker…I follow a TV show fan list and one of the members had bumper stickers made with quotes from the show. Ran into another fan that way on vacation.
CathyB says
Ooh! You could make your own Mavis bobbleheads! You could be wearing a black shirt and holding a chicken. Man would the HH get a kick out of that!
JustD says
You make my heart happy. 🙂
LaToya says
That’s awesome.
Whoever it is, I expect a full report here in the comments when you open it on Christmas!
Monica says
That is so awesome and that lady is a lucky one!
Peggy says
What an Awesome gift. One more vote for the T-shirt with you and a chicken. I would totally buy it.
sandra says
that story & THAT husband made me happy! thanks for sharing!
happy holidays!
Susie says
I agree with LaToya! Hope we hear the whole follow-up story from the lucky lady!
Lissa says
That was awesome! You are so thoughtful. Order the glossies and get ready for the floodgates to open. I vote for a t-shirt too! I was driving through a small Idaho town the other day and saw a woman who looked like you cross the street (it was the glasses). I almost caused a wreck just straining my neck to see if it was you. It wasn’t. Then I wondered what I would have done if it WAS you? I felt like a silly teenager. You are a rockstar!
Julya Brown says
Dear Mavis-Yes you are a rockstar. Greetings from Long Island New York (no chickens/reclaimed food/double store coupons/acre gardens allowed).However I just pretend we are BFF’s and am on your website twice a day-it’s good for my soul Since I creatively apply your mantra to my unconventional lifestyle I am happy and save $$$ Sardonic wit aside-you have made that woman happy and her husband godlike in her eyes come Christmas morning I am a photographer so when I save enough money Mavis style-I will give you 8×10 glossy photos and a Tee-shirt design cause the world needs more Peace and Love (we can Barter! LOL).Thanks Have a Cool Yule yourself!
Mavis says
LOVE IT!!!! Back at you lady, have a cool yule yourself. 🙂
Helen in Meridian says
Does Ernesto have a hankering to cut hair? On the ad for Ancestry.com, he finds his grandfather , Ernesto and 3 other relatives all of whom are Barbers. Beware mad elves who might trim MonkeyBoys hair. Maybe he is Ernesto Scissorhand.
Mavis says
Awesome Helen. I didn’t know this. 🙂
Dianna says
I got it!!! It was my husband that sent the email to Mavis! I had even read this post to him, but I had no idea that it was MY husband I was reading about! Like all of you, I look forward to reading this blog every day. Imagine my shock when I opened that present this Christmas morning. It left me both laughing and crying. Mavis, you went above and beyond to make our holiday joyous and memorable. If ever you decide to sell some Mavis t-shirts, I’d like to place the first order.
Preppy Pink Crocodile says
Aw- this was awesome! Such a cute blog story.
KK
saralie says
Mavis you are a trooper! I look forwar to all the crazy ideas you come up with. My husband asks me every few days what Mavis is up too….your craziness normalizes mine. 🙂
Athena says
Ooh, you should totally make Mavis t-shirts! I don’t know what exactly you should put on them but i would buy one in a heart beat!