I still have not received a call from Susan, although I know she is in Belgium now.  The little turd is probably having too much fun to call!  I'm just excited to hear what neat things she has seen.

Today she was to go to Brussels and learn the secrets behind Belgium's chocolates.  I hope she brings some of those secrets home for me!

She will also be visiting the Grand Place.  She will get to view the Manneken Pi's, the symbol of the city of Brussels.  I have never heard of this before.  Anyone know about this?

To change the subject, the hard work of all the sandbagging has payed off for our little town.  The water pumps appear to be safe-barring any unforeseen event.  Something that is sad, however, is that two of the old cement silos down by the grain elevator burst open.  The estimated loss of grain is around $700,000.  They think that too much moisture gathered at the base of the silos, the grain expanded and basically exploded.  They are hoping to save the other two.

There is a levee just south of town that is starting to show some wear and tear.  Much of the effort has been focused on that area.  I sent Paul with some more baked goods to City Hall and they turned it down.  They said they had too much food.  The forty pounds of pulled BBQ pork that I made yesterday vanished, however.  Paul was down by the river today and a couple of the guys said that it was really good.  I'm glad I was able to help feed some of the workers food that they actually enjoyed eating!  It was the very least I could do considering I can't get down there with a baby and two young children.