Flooding in January

Last month we had some flooding in the area. All the melting snow, and some rain too made for a very high Maas. We went downtown one afternoon, and I filmed this.

That sound is the water rushing by, and some wind too. It was really windy!

Normally it is MUCH slower and lower. It was fun to see an event like this, but it was also scary. I can't imagine if someone had fallen in! Yikes!

How's everyone doing these days? All is good, hopefully! Nothing much new is going on here. I heard that Punxsutawny Phil did not see his shadow last week. Whoopie! Let's hope his weather forecasting reaches all the way over here. I'm ready for some spring by now, too.

We watched the Superbowl on Sunday. Stayed up until 4:30am just to see the Pittsburgh Steelers lose.

*cancels order for 100 Terrible Towels to hand out to everyone she knows in The Netherlands*

There's always next year, I suppose! They have won it 6 times already too. No harm in letting someone else have it right? I'm a fan, but I don't live and die by the score of their games. Besides, I was too tired to care too much. And the commercials this year weren't fabulous. Am I the only one who thought this? There were a few that were good (Little Darth Vadar), but for the most part... meh. Everyone used to so look forward to the ads. Have they gone downhill, do you think?

It's not like I could do better, though.


xxx

Finally Friday

This felt like a really long week to me. Maybe because I was not very busy at work (for a switch!). Maybe because we have an appointment next Monday that I'm really excited about. Maybe because I knew it was going to get hot again at the end of the week. Whatever the reason, Friday took forever to get here. I'm very much looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Too bad it's going to be really hot again, and so it won't be a very comfortable sleep. But sleeping in is always good, no matter what.

Also something else to look forward to this weekend is the World Cup finals on Sunday (20:30 here, but check your local listings!). The Dutch team is in it! I was a little surprised that they won the last one, so if they win THIS one, then I'll be surprised again. I am wondering how much partying there will be if they win, too.  Wishing we had a garage to park the car in... On Wednesday, after the Spain-Germany game someone nearby set of a whole bunch of fireworks. It must have been someone from Spain, since they won! Will you be watching, and rooting for my adopted country's team?

Another thing this weekend is Ludi's sister's birthday. Everyone wish her a happy birthday!!!

Sounds like I'm really busy, doesn't it?

It feels strange to not have a picture in a post, so I'll show this one.

new stash

I ordered some yarn online from a Dutch hobby shop a while ago. It's been kind of too hot to do any hooking though, so I'm not sure when I'll finish this project and get to show you. I'll try to do it soon, though!


Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Stay cool!


xxx