Teeth = Teeth - 4

I finally got around to extracting my four lower front teeth. Now, I'm in a world of hurt. Just took some pain killers, waiting for it to hit me, then I'm going back to bed.

ARGH

Uncle

Email from Mum in Paris...

Jo has given birth to Lucas Thieriot, at 10.52 am on 26.06.06 weighing 3.21 kg. Sweet little white skinned baby, with black/dark brown hair all round the head, a tiny really sweet littl ,outh and a high bridged nose

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

UPDATE:
Videos of Lucas chilling out and tossing and turning

Moving to SF - The Saga Continues

Dennis and I spent the last two weekends running up and down the bay area, from the south bay, all the way up to the city and back, looking for apartments. We saw some gorgeous apartments that made us drool, and some that made us want to walk right out, but ultimately it came down to a price versus luxury decision.

We made a decision that would allow us a good balance of luxury and price. We decided on a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment at the BayCrest (off Harrison Sreet). The living room and one of the bedrooms have a view of the pool, while the other bedroom has a view of the Bay Bridge and the waterfront. Very nice layout, although not quite as jaw dropping as some of the other places we saw. We will be sending in our application tomorrow (Monday) and anticipate moving in mid July.

Can't wait!!!!

23 years ago

Alwyn just reminded me of what was quite possibly the best vacation I've ever had in my life. Spent a month in Europe touring in a little van.

Picking cherries from a cherry tree and then having a picnic on Ah Ma's birthday. I don't remember much, but I do remember sitting on a bench in the shade, and looking at a basketful of cherries, freshly picked off the tree. I remember feeling very happy.

We went to some playground. There was a flying fox. I remember Alwyn went on it, and for some reason, I guess he didn't hold tight enough, and at the end of the ride, he just fell off, fell on his chest, and got the living crap knocked out of him. I remember laughing at him, but Uncle Warren told me to stop laughing cos Alwyn didn't like people to laugh at him. I think Alwyn just picked himself up, whined a little and was back to normal even though we left the playground soon after.

And then there's the part where Alwyn was talking to his friends in German. I asked him what he said and he said that he told them that I was a karate expert and I would beat them up. I don't really remember what he really said to them though. Not that it matters.

I vaguely remember the Parisian traffic, and being somewhat nervous cos all the cars were all banged up. And then we stopped somewhere in the middle of Paris, and dad went to try to change some US dollars (or was it UK pounds?) to francs and didn't really get very far cos nobody wanted to change money.

I remember playing a (badly conceived) prank on Judith. We were jumping on a pillow, and when Judith jumped, for some stupid reason, I pulled the pillow away from under her, and she landed on the hard floor. OUCH! Sorry Judith. But I swear it seemed like a fun idea at that time! :)

And there was that small incident where I was playing in Auntie Annie's garden and somehow managed to break a branch off Auntie Annie's precious rose bushes. I think I got away with hiding the broken branch behind another rose bush. Or maybe she just didn't make a big deal out of it.

Patricia... Ka Ka Bum... She liked apples... I don't even remember how the nickname came about. But I do remember her liking apples. I wonder Pat, do you still like apples?

Good times... Great memories...