Maybe Spring Has........Sprung !!

    What ????? Seventy -eight degrees by next Wednesday ?  Daylight savings, daffodils, lazy dogs in the sun.......sounds like Spring to me !  I'm headed down to the used book store to pick up a few.......good weather for sitting in the sun with a so-so book in hand.
  This past week Jim and I were "touring" Northern California hunting for a deal on Craigslist for a used tent trailer.  Two days on the road......nothing panned out......and then......we remembered a little one we'd looked at in Loomis about a month ago at a dealer.  After a quick call to make sure it was still available we drove from Napa to Loomis and bought ourselves a 1995 Rockwood Freedom tent trailer !! We pick it up next Friday ......just in time for our anniversary!  It'll be a great little "overnighter" and a wonderful guest house while parked on the driveway.  Well, you'll see.......photos coming next week !
     Most current "news" around here is that Amanda was accepted into the UC Santa Barbara PHD program and she and Seth will be moving down there around the middle of August.  So proud of Amanda and thrilled for their new adventure.   Seth just called for a visit and he was telling me he thought he would join AmeriCorps for a year down there.   They pay a modest salary, health and dental insurance, plus will pretty much pay off his student loan.  As I understand it he'll be working with disadvantaged students......great experience since he's considering getting his teaching certificate.   Exciting times !!

   Waffle morning tomorrow......Matt and Molly probably joining us.....maybe a little exploration trip to some obscure nearby place...and then a kickoff Spring rib barbecue.......soundin' good !