a beautiful new....

 

Isn't it beautiful!  I just had to have it!  Emmalunga Symphonie...

Okay, April Fool's.  I didn't buy this.  I found it online, and fell head over heels.  I had one very similar, a lavender Simo Pram, brought it to the mall and to stores and to the zoo...it was fantastic.  It was parked in my room, and all my babies, from #6 (Aaron) right down to #16 (Camille) slept in it from birth to around four months old.  I had several Emmaljungas too, but not quite as pretty as this one.  Isn't it so lovely?

I really DID buy this though:

A  dark room tent.  It's isn't as lovely or exciting as that baby carriage, but I am so very excited about it.  Once I decided we really need a better tent, if we're not getting a camper this year, I stumbled upon this concept of dark room:  it supposedly doesn't heat up in the sun as much, and stays nice and dark inside, like a dark cave...sounds nice to me.  It's big enough for Paul and I and the two dum-dums, as when we camp without the kids, we'll have both of them in our tent.  I like my queen sized air mattress, and felt bad taking up all the room in the old tent.  Anyway, it was $198 on Walmart, but I found one on Marketplace for $115...I offered $100, she agreed, and I picked it up, easy peasy.  

I get some strange satisfaction from buying things on Marketplace.  A person to person transaction, no tax involved, it is just freeing.  

Today, I'm being a good girl and going to the pool...then I'm going to the small city to pick up some freshly roasted coffee beans...from a little coffee place right near the prison...did you know that I live near the only prison in the whole country that's inside the city limits?  

Off I go to swim!