Trip to Marshall

After lunch today we headed to Marshall, the nearest larger city, to do our laundry and some shopping. We did our laundry at this laundromat on Elysian Fields Ave. Everyone here was friendly and helpful, but it was crowded and many machines were out of order. Unfortunately, all the other laundromat phone numbers we tried were out of service.

Laundry done, we stopped at Lowe's for a new container of Roebic, the bacterial drain and trap cleaner that we use to treat our black tank (thanks for that great tip, Tom and Nanci!). Then we stopped for groceries, mostly fresh produce and soymilk, and then we were on our way home. We don't want to do this very often--it's 25 miles each way, and time stolen from our peaceful retreat by Lake 'O the Pines.

I got a call from my cousin, Jan. She celebrates her birthday the day after Ken's, but is still a young'un--she's two years younger than we are. She sent a photo of the wall near her bistro tables that she redesigned. I love how it expresses her personality and approach to life.

For dinner we had some really large salads, overflowing our salad bowls. When I commented, Ken (who is the salad maker) said, "These bowls must be too small!" Actually, we always use quite large salad bowls, but sometimes the salad maker finds more and more things to add. I fixed some apple chicken sausage coins with peppers and onions, baked sweet potato, and mixed veggies. For dessert, we had fresh blackberries that I intended to warm up in the microwave but actually cooked, over angel food cake with whipped cream.