Today was another day of catching up on things after the travel. It wasn't just boring obligations; we did some fun things too. I spent a lot of time cleaning up my journal, turning sloppy writing on the trip into something presentable. There's more of that to do, but if anyone still reads my journal, some of it's there to read. And if not, it's ( Read more... )

Today we spent quite a bit of time unpacking and starting to organize things we brought home from the trip.
We also went to the post office to pick up our vacation hold mail, and to two different UPS locations to try to pick up something that turned out not to be there, in spite of what a sticker on our door said.
We got just a few groceries - ( Read more... )

Today "J" and I did water aerobics. They were fairly fun, and I can feel the work-out now.
Afterwards, we treated ourselves to lunch at our favorite diner, since we didn't do brunch yesterday. Yum!
We took our dog to the vet. She was in really good shape, for her age.
In the evening, we binge-watched about half of the first season of Six Feet ( Read more... )

This morning, "J" and I had some more of her delicious banana bread for breakfast. Another food treat was the last of our home-grown tomatoes, which we sliced and sprinkled with celery salt.
In the afternoon we had a few small errands, but our main activity was preparing our house for the house-sitter who will take care of the dog while we are ( Read more... )

Today I woke up early, and after trying for a while to get back to sleep, I gave up to get some work done. "J" woke about an hour later, and was pleasantly surprised to find me doing something productive, even though I was hogging her computer.
Later in the morning, we went to a mall so I could get new glasses. As it turned out, we got there ( Read more... )

The worst of the moving hassle - packing boxes, loading them into the trailer, and unloading them - is behind us, but "J" and I still have a lot of boxes to unpack.
But we had another project to keep us busy today: preparing for travel. The most complicated part of the preparations involved J's dog. We had already arranged for someone to feed, ( Read more... )

Today is our national holiday, and "J" and I spent a lot of it relaxing, still somewhat exhausted from the exertion of the moving. Still, we got a few things done.
Chocolate

One excursion out of the house was an errand to a Fedex Office store to send a large box of chocolates (hand made by one of our Sunday brunch friends) to J's parents. We had ( Read more... )

Since "J" and I unloaded the trailer last night we got on the road right after breakfast. However, we should have spent a little bit less time eating.
Instead of going straight to the old house we took a detour to our favorite big box hardware store. There we picked up a few things for J's dog: a pet door, a stairway gate, and lumber for an ( Read more... )

We were on the Olympic Peninsula again today, and headed home, arrive home just before midnight.
I'm too sleepy to write much, but I have a lot of notes.
Continuing later:
The next morning, we slept late. We went to the Forks Coffee Shop again; prices were again very inexpensive, and the portions were more generous than yesterday's meal. Behind ( Read more... )

After yesterday's misadventure with the gardening supplies, "J" and I went back to return my parents' van and retrieve the Corolla. My father invited us up for lunch, which was a tasty soup my mother had made. Shortly before we left, my mother awoke from her nap, so we were able to thank her for the soup. It was a nice little visit.
We also ( Read more... )