{Virtual Coffee}

Good morning friends. Happy Tuesday.

Another chilly day here calls for a nice, hot cup of coffee this morning. Well, actually it's not nearly as cold as it has been...the temperature this morning is a balmy 33*. Don't be jealous.

I do love a hot mug of coffee in my hands on a cold day though, don't you?

So if we were really meeting for coffee today....

I would come in and you would immediately look at me and ask;
"What in the *&%$ happened to you, Amy?"

And since we're really friends and you don't mind my complaining and whining, then I would tell you...
That yesterday was not the best day. Here's what happened.
I had a dentist appointment yesterday morning at 10:30 (or so I thought) and had checked with my sister-in-law the day before to see if she could watch the kids while I was at my appointment.
Thank goodness for family close by.
So I wake up in the night and the whole right side of my face is swollen up. I have a root canal scheduled on a tooth that was/is infected for next Wednesday. I have already been on antibiotics twice for it and was hoping to make it to that appointment with no more problems.
No such luck.
But back to my appt. I get a call from the dentist office at nearly 8:00 a.m. telling me my appt.
 is actually at 8:30 that morning....in thirty minutes.
No time for baths or showers for anyone, we throw clothes on, call my SIL and thankfully
 she says to still bring the kids over. Whew.
I walk in the office only about 5 minutes late looking a hot mess. Hair looking like a rat's nest,
 a little make-up was thrown on but the cutest thing of all was that my shirt was buttoned
wrong and when I took my coat off there was a big gap where my stomach was showing.
So attractive. There were looks of sympathy all around for this mama with the swollen face that appeared to have just rolled out of bed. Like literally. Just rolled out of bed.
So, back on the antibiotics now but the swelling has gotten worse. It goes from up under my eye all the way down to my neck now.I'm hoping it all starts feeling better today.
Oh- and the icing on this little piece of cake called life? No dental insurance.

It was one of those days where you want to go home, crawl under the covers and not come out or talk to anyone all day. Maybe wake up the next day and get a fresh start. There would probably be lots of crying and feeling sorry for myself, too. Well, not probably, there definitely would be.
But alas, there are kids to take care of and meals to prepare and dishes to do.

Enough of that though.
Let's talk about these babies.

  Let me tell you, I was so excited and proud of myself that these turned out.  I used this recipe from the The Pioneer Woman. It was easy to follow and I love the way she explains everything.We had cheese soup and these rolls and it was a good meal that everyone loved. It feels so good to make something from scratch that actually turns out. A perfect Winter meal. We had so many left-overs that Charlotte and I took soup and rolls to Eric's grandparents the next morning. Now I'm thinking I might need to get
one of her cookbooks.

Well, thank you for meeting me for coffee and for listening to me whine talk this morning and being a good friend. Thank goodness we can laugh at ourselves, otherwise things could be really depressing, huh?  Right now I need to get going so I can get an ice pack back on my face.
Remember, the coffee link is up all week.
Happy Tuesday everyone, hope your week is off to a better start than mine!