Friday, January 5, 2018

At mid-day the temperature was about 16 degrees; tonight it was about 10 degrees and was heading down to about 7.  However, the wind chill put the temps at about 0 and we felt cold to the bone all day long. 

Glade’s sinus issue was much better today so we ventured to Safeway to get a gallon of milk and a few sundries.  I was layered with my thermal pajama top, a long-sleeve sweater, a sweatshirt with a hood, my winter coat, a scarf, and gloves.  After 15 minutes of shopping my left-hand index finger had a Raynaud's Syndrome episode!  My fingers, even though I was in the store and wearing gloves, were freezing and all of a sudden, my poor finger started to burn and sting and I knew what was going to happen.  There was only one warm place for my hand, so I took off the glove and reached down my neck inside my clothes and tucked my hand under my arm.  It took about ten minutes before there was finally some relief and the poor withered white finger started to pink up a little and recover.  It’s kind of scary!  It was not warm in the grocery store, but it didn’t seem cold enough to cause that to happen again.

A stake from Columbia had a meeting on the seventh floor in the Priesthood room tonight; and in spite of the cold, they filled the temple for a while performing ordinances before and after their stake meeting upstairs.  There was a Spanish session tonight, too, that was very well attended, so things were very busy and it felt great!  I was hostess in the Celestial from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. tonight and the room was just full of people—more than I have ever seen.  It looked like what we might imagine Heaven to be—full of friends and family and lots of love.

Good night.  Love and hugs to everyone—especially Kim on her birthday!