An explosion of peonies

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.