Still enjoying it here

Yes, I am still enjoying living in Olympia.  We were told summers here are wonderful, and that has indeed been the truth.  Too bad summer didn't show up until almost the end of July...  But, it really has been nice.

I'm still going to my Thursday evening cancer support group and really liking the people in the group.  I'm still dealing with the lymphedema in my arm, but my compression sleeve helps, and it's comfy.  The gum grafts I had done earlier this month are doing very well.  Yea!

Mark and I tried using Smart Phones for two weeks, but decided that we really aren't 21st century sort of people, so we returned them.  However, during the short time we had them, Mark became completely addicted to playing Angry Birds.  He even downloaded it onto his lap top so that he can play without a phone.

Our friends from Ephrata came over and spent a couple of days.  As always, we had a really good time.  Dan even stayed an extra day so that he and Mark could get in an extra round of golf.

I met with a new doctor and really like him, so I think I will be comfortable now with a primary care physician.

Our friends Susan and Brian brought back crabs from their cabin on Lopez Island and we went to their house and ate our fill.  It was delicious.  Plus we were joined by friends Connie and Paul.  Lots of laughter and fun.

Mark went to Butte for his annual guys golf trip with Jason and The Other Mark.  Mark met up with Jason in Spokane and they drove to Butte.  The Other Mark drove over from Wyoming.  They had a lot of good golf and steaks at Barclay's in Anaconda.  I had a very productive four days of getting my office files organized and other puttery stuff around the house.  I also got 'trained' to work at the new Weight Watchers store that opened on August 27.

I am managing to get to yoga about every other week.  I need to be really much better about going each week.  It feels so good when I do it, and I really enjoy spending time with the other folks in the class and having fun lunhces together.

One of Mark's co-workers from the Spokane office is here doing at detail, so we had him over for dinner last week.  We grilled some Sonnenberg's sausages that were really tasty.

I worked a couple of days at the WW store doing data input.  That was kind of fun.  Hadn't really done that kind of work in a long time, and there were others there, so we got to yak and laugh.

Mark and I worked in the yard most of this past weekend.  He cut down several broken branches from our neighbor's tree that were laying on our trees.  Then we cleaned out the gutters.  Real exciting stuff.

This pretty much is a run-down of my day-to-day life so that I can look back and try to remember what I was doing at any given time during this year.  Lots of other stuff goes on, I just don't remember it because it all happens so fast and all the time.  I play with the dogs, run errands, try to read (but that's still difficult for me, so I get frustrated and stop).  I think about really cleaning the house and cooking good meals, though most of the time neither happens.

I'm getting a hair cut tomorrow, and then working at the WW store on Thursday and Friday mornings.  We're having a Labor Day Luau on Sunday, and Mark and I are going to play golf together on Monday.

And then, it's pretty much September, and Fall.  Wow.

Well, that's it for now.