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Hey guys,

Wow debs, hope you feel better. Do you have that stinky stuff mommy uses to put on the mosquito bite? Actually do you know if it has any healing properties? cuz I thought it deters other bugs. Please tell James thanks very much for his help. I wouldn't want him to continue investing his time to look as I haven't done the thorough research myself and I'm looking to actually buy in the next few months. (I'm trying to allot myself time as I organize my finances but the car thing is on my mind more and more). I am looking at a Toyota or Honda. I do like the Toyota Corolla as I find the Camry or Honda Accord way too big for me. I am also considering the Toyota Pscion tC (but it's 2-door) and the Honda Civic. The one that's cheapest will probably win me over. I'm not too picky about the style as long as it's realiable and those two brands are best known for reliability.

Viv, the biscotti you made is pretty good. It's very sweet. Is there a lot of sugar (brown?) and butter in it? It works very well with my very bland hot chocolate (it looks like just cocoa, some milk, and mostly water) and makes the other biscotti I'm eating (from Trader Joe's) a bit tasteless. I noticed in your Seattle Pics you went into that really pretty library. Very neat. I remember taking a pic of the outside when I was there. It was probably one of my fav pics. Congrats on getting your intern Viv. Which one are you talking about? Are you going to do both then? As far as the bamboo.. maybe you can try drying the bamboo from the backyard and make a creative variation of the one in the pic. Otherwise your best bet is probably Chinatown.

Thanks in advance for the gift em. You can come visit me if you'd like. It's a typical apt set up. It's better than my old one though. I got a bigger kitchen and more functional space, less space per room (from the old one) overall though.

I'm heading to DC next week for work. I'm doing alright overall. I've decided to keep Bun-bun for a while. He sleeps funny. He just drops on his side and he does that on the couch too. I gave away Cho-cho. I was kind of sad. Alright guys, ttyl!

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Deb's I still have your house key. sorry! Would you like me to send them to you or send them back with mommy when she goes to Seattle?

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Hey guys,

Sorry I've been out. I've been trying out how to upload these pictures! How is everyone doing? Sorry to hear you got more sick Debs. How in the heck did you manage that? Also thanks for having us in Seattle. I think thats been my best trip yet. I still haven't recovered from all the food I've eaten.
I'm starting my internship June 4th! yay!

I can try to make the shishi, but does anyone know where I can get bamboo like that?

Seattle Pictures

Still sick....

hi guys,

Sorry. I forgot to blog. I've been sick. I'm more sick now, Viv. Are you doing all right?
And then yesterday, I got a mosquito bite--my hand/arm is twice its normal size and it ACHES! I can't spell right now!

Anyways, other than that I'm doing fine. We've been busy with the house. Turns out we have to take one wall one down to the lath; I was hoping to only have to take down the wallpaper. But the plaster was damaged, so...
James is taking paint off some window sills. Our retaining wall is being fixed and we're getting bids to have the outside of the house painted. And I have meetings with designer assigned to me for the new house to make sure that we get everything as we like it. It's been CRAZY BUSY! And I start full-time at work next week. Oh well, life goes on.

Em, when you are coming to visit? Have you checked out flight prices yet? It was great that you could post slide shows of your asia trip here. You'll have to show me how to do that. Thanks for the souvenirs. I'm looking forward to having them.

Serina, James has been researching car sales for you. He found a dealer in Buena Park that is selling new Toyota Corrollas for $12,900. You should look in to that if you're serious. He also looked up interest rates: 2.9% for a 3-yr loan, 3.9% for a 4-yr loan, and 4.9% for a 5-yr loan. So it's basically what I had for my 5-yr loan. James wasn't sure if you wanted the Toyota Corrolla b/c it was the one you saw on sale or if you just really liked it. You should really pick the brand/model you really like and then research it. I'm sure that James would be very happy to research it for you. We've had Toyota dealers leaving us messages for the past 3 days now!

Have you guys been looking at the pics I've posted of the new construction? How come you don't write any comments? Don't you have opinions?

Viv, can you make Debs this?

Shishi

I have a new phone. It works!

Hallelujah!