Taking Some Time Off

Dear friends, If you have noticed I haven't been commenting lately. My brother volunteered to go to Guantanamo Bay being part of Homeland Security. He several days before leaving purchased a house. Where he bought the property was called the Tughill area known for horrible winter storms of 4 to five feet of snow sometimes taking place in several days. New York had a horrible winter this year and the later part of last year. Well when he left three days later to Cuba to guard Ruthless Gangs from different nations. New York got hit with severe storms of continuous snow and where he bought his home was devastated. Nine homes in his region had their roofs collapsed, from the incredible snow load. So there is good news and there is bad news. The bad news is that he pretty much lost his home to the devastating weather but the good news is, that if he did not go on this military mission he would have probably been killed from the roof collapsing on him. I wish you can see the pictures it was like a Tornado hit the house. He lives four hours from me. So I take off and work several days at a time to help him build his house back. I thank God that I have build a lot of homes for Habitat for Humanity and learned how to do just about everything in house building. So pretty much him and I are working to make things right. I will be taking time off from the Soup instead of writing to everyone individually I thought it would be easier to do it this way. I will miss you guys and gals and I will definitely catch up when I am finished with building his home back. Stay safe out there, thank God everyday you are alive, and enjoy writing away. God bless you all and Asta La Vista my dear friends... Michael