Good intentions? - Tuesday a.m.

Good intentions have weakened as the days seem to come and go more quickly than before. Here it is Tuesday a.m. and I realize I haven't written since Friday. Sorry about that.

Margaret continues to improve. Yesterday was her first day without a mid-day nap. She also has an "improving" outlook that she is actually beating this thing. The decision to stay put for several days is also helping. Even though we have been busy "running around", it is less stressfuly than being out on the highway, wondering where we'll stay the next night.

The problem with not writing every day is you tend to forget what you did two days ago. I used to think this was my aging brain (and maybe it is), but lots of folks seem to have the same problem. So I'll recall what I can and leave the rest for Margaret to think of!

Sunday a.m. we went to the Olympia Farmer's Market. (Photo above) Not sure if it is the "largest" of anything, but it's quite nice with a large assortment of veggies, fruits, seafood, meat plus the usual flowers and "made" stuff. It's always a lot of fun with lots to see and sample. Unfortunately we only have so much room in the motor home to store perishables.

The annual sandcastle competition was held next to the farmer's market. Rather than do it on a beach (which isn't close or convenient), they bring in truck-loads of sand for folks to work with. They also creat large sand-boxes for the kids to play in - which I thought was pretty nice, since the kids had just seen the "real" sand art. I took several photos of the better sand-castles and may post those later.

Monday a.m. we drove up to Camping World store in Fife (where?) just north of Tacoma. Always a fun place to shop for RV'ers - although we didn't think this one had as much stuff as the one we visited in Tampa earlier this year. After picking up a few supplies (mostly toilet treatment chemicals), we headed further north to visit the local Trader Joes. For those of you that haven't had the opportunity to visit a Trader Joes, let's just say it is a religious experience in food shopping. They have things you didn't know you needed, much less knew they existed. But alas, we were forced to stick to the non-perishables since our refrigerator is so small (and already full). I was able to lay in a supply of Two-Buck-Chuck wine. (Had the Chardonnay with halibut last night at Harold and Connie's - great stuff for $2.99!)

Got to run - another busy day