all's well...

 1.  The doctor's appointment went well, for all except my pride.  Oh being poked and prodded while in my best granny panties and heavy duty underwire bra, that poor dr probably thought for a minute there, that he was kneading bread dough.  He is a professional, of course, so he didn't utter what he was probably thinking.  The important thing was that there are no concerns of any skin cancer.

2.  Jonathan made it to Portland, about 18 hours after arriving at the first airport.  He landed in Chicago at 1:58, with his connecting flight boarding at 1:50, and Chicago is a very big airport.  An airline employee helped him, accompanied him, to his gate, made sure he got there in time.  He then had to go to San Francisco, had plenty of time there to make his flight to Portland.  Kathryn said he was quite tired by the time he got to their place.

3.  I went to Walmart yesterday, all by my lonesome, but don't feel sorry for me, it was so relaxing.  I wandered, meandered, pondered, and dilly-dallied.  I looked at clearance racks, and bought some things for the grandkids.  I bought candy for our Valentine's party, and not too much else.  

4.  Sonja K. works at the college, and knew I was going to be in the city, so she suggested I bring her a coffee.  It was a really good idea.

Say what you will about them, but they make a darned good coffee, and they'll put heavy cream in it, too.

5.  Molly and Lydia, and little Ophelia are coming over today for a visit, yay!

6.  I wandered into the kitchen today to make cinnamon rolls...the ones from scratch.  Then I decided not to, why torture myself?  I considered making bread, but same thing.  We have those crescent rolls in the fridge, in the little cardboard tube, those are much easier to not partake of.  I did put some frozen chicken in the crockpot, chicken soup sounds good for dinner.

7.  We are heading into a cold snap this weekend...

That's a high of -7c on Saturday.  It's much colder in Canada, and in the midwest, but still, brrrr!

Snow, snow, snow, we've had snow on the ground for days and weeks!  It's pretty.  I'm not complaining.  It's just that around this time of year, you get those little inklings of spring fever starting in...

Here's something that is NOT included in the "all's well" category.  One of my Facebook/blogger friends...Holly L....her family is devastated and heartbroken today, their little girl died in her sleep.  Rachel was special needs, their "forever baby girl", a beautiful child.  I do not know them in real life, but have known Holly for years and years in blog-land, and on Facebook.  Their family could use prayers in these days, so if you are a praying person...

I think it's a blessing to live in these days, when we can connect online.  We can encourage each other, and uplift each other.  The internet can obviously be used for horrible things, but it can also be used for the good.  

Now off I go to mop the floor quick...