Back to Reality

Well, the Olympics are finally over. They were a delightful 16 days of excitement and late nights, it will be a true relief to be able to go to sleep at 10pm again. But it does seem that the world is starting to get back to us with a vengence now. I am getting drips in my livingroom windows. That means that our ice dams are backing up under our shingles and ruining not only my roof but my walls. The worst of it is that I can't do anything about it until Tuesday. So I'm hoping that since we're going to be above freezing for the next couple of days (during the day only, of course), that it may clear itself up during the day. At least I can hope.

Just LOVE the Canadian Olympic clothing. The sweater and knitted hat are wonderful!

And there was another major earthquake. This time in Chile, South America. The quake was huge - over 8.0 on the scale. But even though there is serious damage, the death toll is much less because this is a nation that understands earthquakes and builds accordingly. So, instead of the devestation and huge death toll that Haiti had last month, we have a relatively low death toll and devastation because buildings used rebar and were built to withstand these forces of nature. I fully admit that even a single death is one too many, but 1000's is far better than 10's of 1000's. I hope that you have a non-catastrophic day today, even though it is a Monday!