I'm now going to share the brief version of the story of how I met the resplendent Casey.
Are you ready?
Many moons ago (4 years?) we were both posting on an iVillage message board called the "20-Something Hangout" There were some real characters on that board [cue Dwayne and his melonball] and some really, really cool chicas. After about a year or so of daily posting and getting to know one another, about 20 of us migrated over to our own little Yahoo! Group, so we could continue our own message board and not have to deal with a revolving door of new people or a bunch of trolls. That group is still going strong and we've become a pretty close group of friends.
3 years ago, we started to do a Secret Santa and this year my Santa was Casey! Lucky me! She sent me a really cool book of incredible holiday cake decorating ideas and promised that something else would be coming in the mail. It came while I was in Ohio, so I just opened it last night. Her brother-in-law made this wooden sign that was red (my favorite color) and said "Never Trust a Skinny Cook" on it. Heh. Absolutely perfect for me. I've already got a spot in the kitchen picked out for it.
Thanks, Casey.