We've had lots of peonies in our yard, and a co-worker of Mark's sent many home with him for several days. Quite pretty and aromatic.
So, what's been going on....
Our next door neighbor invited me for a walk on June 15. It was fun, only my body decided to actually develop lymphedema in my arm while we were out. So, now I'm being treated for that with a big, bulky sleeve-thing I have to wear at night. It's getting better, so that's good.
We went to a great high school graduation party for our friends' Jon & Julie's daughter. Lots and lots of good grilled stuff and fruits and veggies. Of course there was lots of imbibing of spirits, too. It was lots of fun; met new people, including some of the neighbors.
Our friends Des & Judy came over for the weekend and we had a good time, as always. Des & Mark played golf with a friend of Des, Galen, and Galen's friend, Ken. They played at the country club where Galen is a member. It poured down rain on them all day until they had finished, and then the sun came out and the rest of the day was gorgeous. Judy and I went to the Farmer's Market while it rained and then we drove around to scope out a couple of the local parks. For the late afternoon and evening we all gathered at Galen & Rondi's house for bbq and spirits. There were lots of folks there, too -- forestry friends of Galen. A beautiful house and a terrific evening.
After Des & Judy left on Sunday we called our nephew who just moved to Seattle and asked him to come down for dinner. He and Mark went out to Cabela's and had a good time. Then we grilled some steaks that were really good. It was nice to have Kristian down for a visit.
Other than these fun things, life has been pretty much the usual -- errands, working Weight Watchers, going to Weight Watchers, getting the dryer fixed. Mark and I went to a presentation at St. Peter's hospital on living with cancer.
Once again/as always/it never ends, I need to focus on 'finding' my office this week. I got the bills paid today, but there are papers laying around everywhere that need to be filed. And, I have another WW on-line class I have to do this week. So, I kind of plan on hunkering down inside at the end of the week (tomorrow is going to be too nice to be inside) and get some of this stuff done.
Now I need to go start preparing some veggies for snacking on and figuring out what we're going to eat for dinner.
So, that's it for now.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Life is moving along well
I'm having a good time here. Yea! So, what's been going on...
June 6 was Ty's second birthday. We had puppy-food birthday cake for him and Brenna that night after dinner, which they loved. Here's his birthday picture:
He is such a funny dog. We really enjoy him a lot.
This is a picture of him and Brenna on his birthday (he looks like he wants to go to sleep):
I'm still going to my yoga class on Tuesdays (about every other week, though) and enjoying it. The people in the class are really nice, and I like the after-class lunches with them.
Last Saturday our friends from Portland, Jon and Joyce, came to visit us and introduced us to their friends here in Olympia, Cleve and Marty. We had a great time together. We all met for breakfast at Budd Bay Cafe, walked around the farmer's market for a while, and got a Chilly-Goat at Batdorf & Bronson. Yum. After that we went to Cleve & Marty's house (on the water) and had birthday cake (belated for Joyce's 60th that got snowed out in January) and laughed and laughed. Great day. Fun was had by all.
Sunday was awesome, too. Our cousin who lives here, Julie, took us for a walk at Chambers Bay Golf Course. It was a really nice walk. The course is on the Sound, so we got to go down to the water. We took the puppies with us, and afterwards we ate lunch at Steamers (good fish and chips) and sat on the waterside.
I worked my Drop In Hours at Weight Watchers on Monday, but no one came in. Oh well. At least I made $15.00 for my two-hour effort! Whoo-hoo!
Last night I went to a girls' dinner as a guest of my friend Julie. It was a new combination of two cancer groups that Julie had participated in. I really, really enjoyed it. Lots of nice women, all with different diagnoses and in various stages of treatment/recovery. It was a nice, warm, welcoming connection, and I am looking forward to next month's dinner. Afterwards, Julie came in for a while and she and Mark and I had a good evening together with lots more stories and laughter. (There seems to be more laughter in my life here. Yea!)
Weather report -- the weather does not seem to be bothering me like most folks thought it would. I think it has to do with the fact that our family room/kitchen/my office, which are the rooms the puppies and I are always in, has limited 'exposure' to what's going on outside. Therefore, my light exposure is pretty much at a constant, so I don't get the highs and lows of sun and gray. And when I do go out and it's raining or drizzly or gray, it doesn't bother me because it's pretty much what I expect. So, I'm feeling pretty good about dealing with being here on the Wet Side. I'll be interested to see how I feel about it 20 years from now though....
And, that's about it for now. There are fun things coming up this weekend, so I'll write about them later.
That's it for now.
June 6 was Ty's second birthday. We had puppy-food birthday cake for him and Brenna that night after dinner, which they loved. Here's his birthday picture:
He is such a funny dog. We really enjoy him a lot. This is a picture of him and Brenna on his birthday (he looks like he wants to go to sleep):
I'm still going to my yoga class on Tuesdays (about every other week, though) and enjoying it. The people in the class are really nice, and I like the after-class lunches with them.
Last Saturday our friends from Portland, Jon and Joyce, came to visit us and introduced us to their friends here in Olympia, Cleve and Marty. We had a great time together. We all met for breakfast at Budd Bay Cafe, walked around the farmer's market for a while, and got a Chilly-Goat at Batdorf & Bronson. Yum. After that we went to Cleve & Marty's house (on the water) and had birthday cake (belated for Joyce's 60th that got snowed out in January) and laughed and laughed. Great day. Fun was had by all.
Sunday was awesome, too. Our cousin who lives here, Julie, took us for a walk at Chambers Bay Golf Course. It was a really nice walk. The course is on the Sound, so we got to go down to the water. We took the puppies with us, and afterwards we ate lunch at Steamers (good fish and chips) and sat on the waterside.
I worked my Drop In Hours at Weight Watchers on Monday, but no one came in. Oh well. At least I made $15.00 for my two-hour effort! Whoo-hoo!
Last night I went to a girls' dinner as a guest of my friend Julie. It was a new combination of two cancer groups that Julie had participated in. I really, really enjoyed it. Lots of nice women, all with different diagnoses and in various stages of treatment/recovery. It was a nice, warm, welcoming connection, and I am looking forward to next month's dinner. Afterwards, Julie came in for a while and she and Mark and I had a good evening together with lots more stories and laughter. (There seems to be more laughter in my life here. Yea!)
Weather report -- the weather does not seem to be bothering me like most folks thought it would. I think it has to do with the fact that our family room/kitchen/my office, which are the rooms the puppies and I are always in, has limited 'exposure' to what's going on outside. Therefore, my light exposure is pretty much at a constant, so I don't get the highs and lows of sun and gray. And when I do go out and it's raining or drizzly or gray, it doesn't bother me because it's pretty much what I expect. So, I'm feeling pretty good about dealing with being here on the Wet Side. I'll be interested to see how I feel about it 20 years from now though....
And, that's about it for now. There are fun things coming up this weekend, so I'll write about them later.
That's it for now.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Having a good time in Olympia
Life is good, and busy, really, sort of. I am lucky to not have to work for a living, thanks to my most wonderful husband, but for some reason, I don't seem to do anything yet I stay incredibly busy! I was busy this last week with working on stuff in my office (I was able to see the floor and the desk top for a while, but no longer). I did some Weight Watchers training so that I can work Drop In Hours. I started walking this week, and roundtrip from our house through the neighborhood is one mile. Yea me! I attended a Cancer Survivors Celebration as the guest of my friend Julie on Saturday. It was lots of fun. Then that night we went to Susan and Brian's for a bbq -- again, lots of fun! Sunday Mark and I played golf at Capitol City and had a really good time. Today I worked my first Drop In Hours and actually had a person show up and join! I made arrangements/plans today to join a support group in July to help me address some of the post-cancer issues I have been struggling with, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm also looking forward to Wednesday when I don't have anything on my calendar "To Do" so that I can once again/continually clean up my office! Sheesh. I have no idea how or why it becomes so crazy in here so fast so all the time. I thought computers and old age were supposed to make paperwork easier! Oh well.
Anyway, that's it for tonight.
Anyway, that's it for tonight.
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