Today's Weather Report

It's *cold*. *Again*. As in below-zero wind chills, thought it seems that the worst of it is farther to the east. ::hugs all sibs east of here and sends them hot drinks and soup du jour:: But it's still nasty cold here, and the pattern could shift and decide to take us in anyway. Ugh.

So today I went and snagged a little more grocery-wise and got the mail; beyond that, I doubt if I go out at all tomorrow. I made a *big* batch of chili and tomorrow I will bake a little; brownies and a new applesauce cake recipe [I already have all the ingredients on hand, so why not eh?] and probably some cornbread. No cookies though because I am in the middle of rearranging my cupboards and there is no more counter space to cool cookies. Maybe Friday, if the weather doesn't warm up.

Part of my groceries included vanilla ice cream since my little dog has been pouting for the last two days due to "no evening dessert after supper" because I ran out of ice cream and wasn't going to buy any more until I found a good sale. Of course, that was before the little diva decided to pout. ::eye roll:: Oh yes, she has me well trained. First I had to buy more cones because the teaspoon I left in the bowl for her isn't good enough anymore. Oh no, not for the fur princess! She just looked at me and walked away, nose definitely out of joint, clearly saying: "What kinda joint is this? No cones? Puh-leeez." in her best thirties film star attitude. Well, at least said attitude lasted until the cat tried to eat it and then she was back in a flash; the cat sailed across my laptop and she gobbled down the ice cream. But it wasn't to her liking; no, not by any means and she made sure I understood it. Lesson learned.

No other news for now. Niters all.

ETA: Tomorrow's high is to be 3 above zero (F).

Yet Another Reason I Hate January

I just learned that one of my XF sibs, sharonmarais died. Ironically enough, she was in health care, and worked at a hospital. She hadn't been feeling well -- to quote from candygramme:

"She had the bug that all of us have been fighting off. Felt a little better and returned to work (in a hospital no less) and then felt really horrid on Thursday night. She went to the docs, who told her it was just a virus and to go home and rest.

It was meningitis, and it killed her. She died yesterday (10 Jan?) at 2:15pm UK time in the hospital at Cambridge."

I didn't know her well, but she seemed to be a super person and one of those that is a credit to fandom. She will be missed by a lot of people. :'(