Groundhog Day 2012

I juet love the "ping" and "pop" of jar lids sealing . . . I this morning I finally made the cranberry applesauce I have been planning to do for the last few weeks (months maybe?). Time seems to really be getting away from me these days! I am still trying to get last year's photos and annual letters out (maybe this week).

They have cut hours at work, which is hard on the budget, but good because I think I need to take a break and just breathe a bit. Maybe I can even catch up on some long-delayed projects.

Last week there were several big emotional stressors for me - I got an upsetting email from someone that I could not respond to for clarification until much later in the week (it had me quite worried), a couple of days later, a friend's 18 YO son was involved in a major car accident (he remains on life support), the day after the accident I was at work and called to help with a 1 week old baby who wasn't breathing. Two of those issues have resolved with very good outcomes, and I wasn't really "directly involved" other than emotional support for others in these crisis, but it still seemed a lot for me to process all at once. We continue praying for my friend and her family.

The swans are still in town and I snapped this picture last week as we drove past their field. I hope to get a few better pictures of them before they head back to the tundra.

Ron and I are planning a trip to the Temple on Saturday and we will get see our grand-daughters then too. I'm not even sure they will recognize us . . . We don't see them very often because everyone leads such busy lives and our schedules don't seem to mesh very often.

Hope all is well where you are.