Okay, Mother Nature, you've made your point!
The other night I was just about to drift off to sleep, all nestled snugly under my down-filled quilt, when a loud crack startled me. (You know the sound, the one where you swear the entire house is going to come down on your head at any moment.) I knew the frightfully cold temperature that night was responsible for that shotgun snap, but this particular one was louder and sharper than any I had ever heard in the past. I silently wondered if our house and its beams could with