Evening Folks,

It has been a good day for me. I slept not too bad last night which is a plus. I am feeling more like my old self today. Energy is good, which is good as I have loads keep me busy.

We pick up our friend Jude and headed off with the two oldest boys to the Kildare Village shopping outlet. When we arrived there it look like we were back in Oregon and in the Woodburn outlet. It had the same type of buildings but a third of the Woodburn site. Mind you we were a bit disappointed with the selection of shops and the price of goods. Price is the main gripe and is the main difference from Woodburn where goods were priced at bargain basement prices. Kildare village prices were like sale prices. Mind you the best shop of them is the Nike shop..but then the two boys were not interested in buying anything. Which was a bonus. The two ladies bought very little as well. Jude informed us that an American company was behind the financing and building of this Kildare Village. So maybe that is were the similarity stems from.

Mind you on the way to the Kildare Village outlet we pass by a new shopping centre that had maybe largest Smyths toy store in Ireland. But we never had time to visit. We might go there tomorrow.

Here a question for the chemists out there. Green tea when brew is green…So the tea bag is left in the pot or cup or in my case a flask..why does it turn brown??

Later Folks,

Sai