I feel a lot calmer and safer now. Also: many evacuated people could return to their homes today.

Sadly, not all homes remained homes. But the situation and the mood in the town is much-much more hopeful. Not a single raindrop today! :D

Thank you all.

~~~~~~ i'll keep sending good vibes! ~~~~~~

and hugs, too. stay safe!

I'm so glad things are drying out, Y.
Frieda, you are a wealth of information. I had to google "jerrycan." :)

I would like to announce that my kid is unremittingly awesome.

Very happy to know Ysa avoided peril and sorry for those who didn't.

Oh! I hope it's not where you keep your twinkly lights stuff!

^ nah, lights are all OK - it was a hard two days of work moving everything out of the basement though, and we lost all the carpeting and I might not be able to salvage the rugs. The couches are OK and I hope we can salvage the huge beanbag.

turns out we have a seam in our foundation that the guy who built the house never bothered to fix :confused: - it looks like it weeps water maybe once every 10 or 20 years or so? the house is 71 years old. we're gonna try to fix it now :o

glad you're OK, Ysa!

New Dictionary Game word: Galliard

Yesterday I handed in my last pile of uni-drawings for the semester :eek:
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
They actually just let you go? A whole five weeks of no assignments? They're not going to pull me up and say "WAIT WAIT ACTUALLY TAKE THIS HUGE LIST OF WORK TO DO" ? I'm not going to get back on the first day and find out I was meant to do 30 oil paintings?


Finally! Time to get some drawing done!

Announcement #2: I am excited about tomorrow. Tomorrow, I am making bacon cookies.

^ swooning with curiosity and desire

please report!

vuvuzelas SUCK! :mad:

they sound like an angry swarm of bees!

I am on week 2 with a personal trainer.

I think I might be getting in shape, but oh, the pain! :p

^ congratulations! :D

oh, and we had an oil spill in Salt Lake City

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15294714

yeugh :mad: