Time to relax....

We had a fun morning at the Ennis farmers' market. The picture above shows one of the stands that had beautiful olives, hummus varieties, cheeses and more. After loading up with yummy looking goodies and stopping at the big grocery store, we checked out of our hotel and headed for our first house in Mountshannon. We made it with no problems (Tom is really getting the hang of this driving thing). The middle photo (if this works right) is the view from our house and the other picture is of Lough Derg, a stunning lake that is about a quarter of a mile away. Our host, James, is very nice and the cottage is just right. I am looking forward to relaxing for a week, taking some day trips in the area and hearing about Tom's future rounds of golf that hopefully the weather will allow him to play.

By the way, today was actually sunny and almost dry. Tomorrow is supposed to be the same but then they say more rain is on the way. I think that is just how it is going to be. I don't even care any more. I'm happy to be here and am looking forward to the next week. I may even make it to a Weight Watcher's meeting.

I've heard from a few of you and I can't tell you how much I appreciate the e-mails and the blog comments. I'm glad you are enjoying this blog and I hope you continue to do so. I may not be writing every day as I think this next week is going to be fairly low key but most likely I'll jot something down or at least post some photographs.

I have a little travel tip, especially if you are winging it like we are for parts of this trip. Make sure to keep the name and phone number of the hotels or b&b's you are staying in. It will help if you realize several days later that you might have left something somewhere. Yes, I am speaking from experience. I left one of my "jumpers" (sweaters -- actually a hoodie) and a hat in the hotel in Gort. With a little digging, I was able to figure it out and they have them and I'm figuring out how to get them back. I guess I haven't been as cold lately, otherwise I would have realized this earlier. Oh well.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.