A Rainy Day . . .

We left Portland in the rain this morning about 6:30 and drove up to NE Seattle for a memorial service for our good friend who passed away from early onset Alzheimers. It was a three and a half hour drive in pouring rain alternating with snow and way too much traffic for these "country kids" from Montana. The service was filled with love and lots of friends. We are so glad that we were able to go and share in this time for the healing to begin.

We left the church about 2 and started out again for Portland - three and a half hours of rain, mixed with snow, and lots of traffic. I said it would be so nice to have a button on the steering wheel that I could just push to make the windshield wipers go extra fast when the big trucks go by and splash you all over.

We had supper tonight at Roy's. He is a great cook and made Shepherd's Pie with a wonderful green salad and olive bread. It was a perfect meal after a long day.

We had looked and looked for a special Barbie doll for Meagan. I should have bought it before Christmas, but I wasn't sure which one it was so I bought something else and said we would find it when we were here. Well, it was the Holiday Barbie and it is not easy to find, but tonight we stopped to get some nose spray as we are both down with a cold, and there it was - on sale even.

My friend, Ronda, is home from the hospital and it sounds like she had really bad bone spurs that they removed. I am sure she will enjoy many years without the awful pain in her shoulder. If you visit her blog, send her "get well quickly" wishes.

Today was filled with blessings of all kinds.