Today, I received a package from my mom and dad in Sweden. After visiting our new kitchen earlier this year, they decided there were some essential equipment lacking. So, I am now the proud owner of 6 long stemmed coffee measures, 6 long stemmed spoons, and 3 tubes of Kalles Kaviar.
Nothing mysterious about any of that, right? Well, one might wonder why they sent 6 measures, but if you knew that my dad retired from a coffee company, you’d understand that this is just a way for him to unload some of the freebies he still has laying around. The spoons are also from that stash, but originated after the company was bought by Kraft General Foods and our family started enjoying all kinds of new food-related free stuff.
The kaviar? Oh, that’s because my mommy and daddy really loves me and know it is my favorite, and that the IKEA version doesn’t taste as good as Kalles.
Here’s part one of the mystery: The package didn’t have a letter, or even the little notecards that mom usually includes. (Did she think the Kaviar spoke enough of her love?)
But what really baffles me is that inside the package, I found a Custom’s Declaration and Dispatch Note stamped in Post Falls, Idaho (I live in Spokane, WA) intended for a package going to Lithuania. The form is from the US and has a US stamp on it dated June 14.
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Also on the form: a pink sticky note with a check list written in what I assume to be Lithuanian. And a stamp in that same language dated July 4th.
Next weird thing in the package: Another form in Lithuanian(?), dated August 8, with a list of what seems to be duty amounts.
My suspicion is that something went really wrong at the US customs office, but I also like the idea of my package from Sweden taking a a detour before getting to me.
I’d also like to see the face of the customs official when, after searching for the forms for the Lithuanian package for several hours, realize that they must have put it in one of the packages going elsewhere. He/she probably stands there with a little notecard in their hands. Trying to decipher the Swedish text of a mom writing to her daughter. A note that hopefully explains what the heck the daughter is supposed to do with six coffee measures.
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Hi Virginia,
Mom told me the package has a pre-paid postage up to 2 kg, so she put extra coffee measures in since Mike broke the last one we had. That way we’ll have extras if/when he breaks another one. 🙂
She also explained that the spoons are serving spoons and I might serve more than one thing at a gathering.
And, there never was a note. She meant to put it in, but got distracted and sealed up the package without it.
I love your Dad’s odd gifts. It’s always the thought that counts, right? Sounds like he thought of you often and with humor.
Hej Gulliga Mamma!
Du kunde ha skyllt allting på tullaren och ingen hade vetat någonting. ?
Kaffe måtten blir nog bra att ha. Mike är bra på att bli av med saker eller att ha i sönder dem, så jag sparar de extra i en låda. Skedarna blir alltid bra, specielt till Sammisens jordnötsmör som han har på sina vitaminer. Jag använde en av dem i morse för att få tag på smöret på botten av burken. Första gången på länge som jag inte hade kletiga fingrar på morgonen.
Det tog slut med kaviar för två veckor sedan, så det blev perfect med alla tuberna som kom.
Dude, first you must translate the post from your Ma…the curiosity is killing me! My dad used to buy my sister and I odd things out of the blue. A heavy iron skillet. A subscription to Tennis Magazine (neither one of us plays tennis) crazy stuff. My sister once sent me a postcard with an ink drawing of two men and a giraffe wearing a blindfold. The caption said :A blind giraffe? Gee, Dad,thanks. I LOVED it. Somebody else had a dad who gave odd gifts 🙂
Hej stumpan. Tyvärr glömde jag att stoppa i mitt lilla kort så det är ingen lapp på avvägar. Jag hade klistrat igen paketet för fort. Tänkte e-maila men så hände saker och jag glömde det också. Paketet var betalt för 2 kg så jag tänkte att Mike kunde få alla måtten ifall han bryter fler. Detsamma gäller skedarna d v s ni kan stoppa i flera långa burkar vid wn och samma servering.
love
Ma
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