Awarded!

We drove in to Union City today to pick up our mail and do a little shopping. Despite its name, Union City isn't a city--it's a village. That makes it very easy to find you way around in. We dropped by the post office first and picked up our General Delivery mail.

Our next stop was the Methodist Church Thrift Shop. Ken knew it had moved from the location indicated on the little map of the town that the park handed out, but not where the new location was. We asked the lady at the post office and she directed us around the corner to where it was easy to see the rack of clothing on the sidewalk outside the shop. A thorough search led to only one find, a 25 cent granny fork. It's not an actual Foley Fork, which is what I've been searching for, but a close approximation. Yay!

Next we went to the Discount Grocery, an interesting mix of fresh produce from a nearby farm and various dented/outdated/leftover grocery items. We got some fresh green beans and beefsteak tomatoes and zucchinis and a yellow squash. We also found some organic corn chips that looked pretty good.

When we got home and opened our mail, we discovered that each of us had received the President's Volunteer Service award from Escapees CARE where we volunteered last October. What a surprise. We added our new lapel pins to our hats.

This morning I joined an exercise group at the clubhouse. Three women were there, and it was clear that they'd been exercising together for some time and were in good shape. They used an exercise DVD and was pretty fast paced, so I was glad I could keep up. Until the core exercises started. I stuck it out through some of the ab work, but finally rolled up my towel. Maybe next week I'll do more. What I need is an exercise mat. The towel just didn't cushion my back enough to do crunches.