My Week

Well, this has been quite a week.

Last weekend, a very good friend of mine, Jennifer, and her older son, Cam, came up Saturday evening.  We did pizza, visited 'til all hours, and then had to get up just before dawn cracked for church the next morning.  After church a group of us went to breakfast and when we got home she and I visited for another hour or so while Cameron took care of some chores for me (my Christmas decoration tubs were still waiting to be taken down to the shed and he's young and strong).  We had a great, if short, visit.  I love when she, and they, come up, especially when we do sleepovers.

The weather was wonderful all week.  While Fresno was buried in the fog for their second week, we were in the 60's and even hit 70 and enjoyed beautiful sunshine all week.  Okay, our nights are still cold (30's) but I'm under a down-filled comforter at night so that's okay.

This weekend members from my former church were up here for a Retreat.  A small handful in the group were friends from when I attended there so I called a couple of the gals and invited them to stop off on their way up.  Cyndy and Betty were here Friday afternoon, bringing a pastor friend with them.  When they got here (up above the fog) I had the house wide open (showing off just a little?) and, while playing catch up, we walked around and took in the warmth and beauty of  my little piece of Heaven.  It was another really fun visit.

Yesterday afternoon the sun went into hiding preparing for rain.  This morning the weather had done a complete 180 degrees.  It was raining when I left for church and we had a couple of dustings of snow while I was there.  You suppose those people from down below brought this turn in the weather?  The first day or two of changes in barometric pressure tends to trigger or tweak my anxiety disorder and leaves me feeling uncomfortable at best, so I left early and came home.  Midday, another friend who was at the Retreat stopped by on his way home.  It's always good to see him and his wife.  They were good friends when we lived in the valley and he and my husband had become close.  He still honors that friendship by staying in touch and offering me help when I need.  Unfortunately, his wife didn't make it up this trip so the two of us sat and talked about old times and new.  I look forward to seeing them both back up here soon.

Those who read "Beauty and Bread" know that my friend Judi has made an offer on a house just up the road, she's now in escrow.  Inspection is next week and we're both very excited at the prospect of becoming neighbors.  My sister and I had a nice "chat" visit a couple of nights ago, Katie and I did her therapy dog visiting Tuesday and stopped and saw friends on our way home, and an old friend who now lives back east called this evening.  Hopefully, the sun'll come out again tomorrow (shades of 'Annie') and I can chase Igor, the anxiety troll, back under his bridge.  All in all, it's been a very good week!