Christmas Came Early

My in-laws are here right now and last night we had Christmas with them, early I know, eh? However we are not going to be able to make it the Maritmes before Easter weekend so since they were coming here anyways we decided to celebrate Christmas in October. I was lucky enough to receive a nice holder for my cookbooks so that when I am making things my hands don't make my book all dirty and I won't have to prop it open with cans or anything else that will hold the pages down. I also received:

I am so excited to start making things from it!