Just when you think life is humming along, it throws something surprising your way. This is what I found on my desk this morning. It's a piggy bank, or rather a hippo bank. It was made by one of the guys that works in our hardware department. The card reads "Carrie, For you and your little one."

Here's the kicker: it was made by someone who can best be described as a 'grumpy old man'. A curmudgeon. One who could easily be imagined shaking his cane at the kids riding their bikes over his lawn. (The cane is real...)