Cool things

What a great day! Cool things that happened today:

1.) Found the stroller I've been drooling over (no joke, right brand AND color!) on Craigs List for $40! Had a heart attack, called the owner, and they hadn't sold it yet! They said it's mine, but they live on the other side of Anchorage. Turns out that one of my nephews had a soccer game out there tonight, so my sister gamely picked it up for me today. Proof that it was meant to be. I am now the proud owner of a lightly used Jeep Double Umbrella Stroller. SO EXCITED.

2.) My neighbor Jane offered me her raspberries. Megan and I went over with my friend Helen and picked about six cups of fresh raspberries...they smell so good, and the bowl was all sun warmed...it was picturesque and very Laura Ingalls Wilder-ish. I am going to go wash them off in a little while, then we're making fresh jam in the morning. PLUS Jane has about a million more that just aren't ripe yet, and I am allowed (and encouraged!!) to keep picking them. We're going back for more in a couple days. Yay!

3.) The weather was fan-freaking-tastic today. Ended up in the high seventies in the late afternoon. Megan helped me haul rocks and we worked in the flower bed for awhile...almost done with that rock border! I can only get in a few minutes at a time, but the way I'm chipping away at it, the flower bed will be done by the end of the summer. Just in time to look killer next year! Betsy is giving me some Himilayan Poppies from the church gardens (Google them if you don't know what they are--such an awesome flower!), and they'll go in the middle of this bed with my irises and wild geraniums. Also planning on planting tulip and daffodil bulbs this fall.

4.) My sister got her dream job, and is currently on a forestry fire crew up North. She got to fly in a Black Hawk helicopter today, and will be working for the next two weeks straight putting out fires north of Fairbanks. She'll be living in a tent and eating military rations, and is completely out of communication until she gets back. It sounds like Dante's third circle of hell to me, but she is so stinking excited, and I am happy for her.

5.) Got lots of compliments on my new pants. :)