Pristine

I’m sure that each of you at one time or another have received an anonymous gift left at your doorstep. You know what I’m talking about: Someone will leave a gift, ring the doorbell then run and hide.

The items will be varied and far ranging. At this time and season they mostly run the gamut of some type of home made confectionary item.

In the past, we have even had a bottle of Wash ‘n Curl shampoo left on the doorstep.

But the all time winner, was this past week when we opened the door to find two giant empty cardboard boxes stacked upon one another with a sign attached stating: Pristine Cardboard.

cs’ reputation as a connoisseur of cardboard construction runs far and wide. (One man’s junk is another woman’s treasure.) She hasn’t met a box that she didn’t like. Refrigerator boxes are the crème de la crème. [Another French word for you, FSIL II.]

These were left by the same person that used to leave her empty Costco milk boxes (that held two one gallons of milk) on our porch, because cs happened to mention that they were just the right size to hold her folder files. (The person must have had a penchant for taking milk baths — judging from the amount and frequency that the boxes were left on our porch.)

I’m hoping that cs’ creative juices start to flow and that she comes up with a cardboard masterpiece — because I know where our friends live and I plan on returning the favor!