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to Whom It May Concern New Mattress
2009.07.24 (Fri)
Sakura: "What is this?"
It's the old mattress that we've been sleeping on, Sakura-chan. We are replacing it with a new mattress. Sakura: "Is this the new mattress?" Louie: "This mattress ... feels a little funny, doesn't it?" Sakura: "Yeah, I'm sinking, I can feel it!" Don't worry, it's supposed to do that. It's made from Tempur-Pedic material that is supposed to distribute your weight evenly so that you lie flat on the bed. It was developed by NASA to protect astronauts from G-force. Cool, huh? Louie: "Sounds good, mommy. I'm sure this will do just fine." Sakura: "Yes, this will do!" Finally bought Tempur-Pedic mattress after years of yearning because there was a factory sale (apparently first ever) that made all products 40% off! Yoohoo! Trip to Spain
2009.07.20 (Mon)
It's been more than a month since our return, but we went to Spain for the first time.
The purpose of the trip was to go to elBulli, the world's best restaurant by a wizard of chef Ferran Adrià. The reason why we were able to get in was solely due to the efforts made by our friends who won the reservation because they were willing to fly all the way from Hong Kong to celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary. It was our honor to accompany them on this very special occasion. This is after-dinner coffee time in the restaurant's lovely courtyard with the sound of waves as the background music. It's well past-midnight; the dinner took 5 hours with 36 course menus + 1 bottle of champaign and 2 bottles of red wine. What an experience! (There are lots more photos in my Japanese blog in case anyone is interested.) With *the* main event over, we took time to tour the Catalan area. Scenic Costa Brava. Impressive Santa Maria de Montserrat, an 11th century Benedictine abbey atop sacred mountain of Catalan. And finally Barcelona! Magnificent Sagrada Familia. As the first timers in Barcelona, we of course had to do Gaudi. It was Gaudi-o-rama, in fact. Casa Vicens Gaudi's first work of importance that has been in the same family for 3 generations (after the initial family Gaudi built it for). It is now for sale for 30 million euros! Casa Mila - Gaudi's last civil work. Casa Batllò - Gaudi's best civil work Park Güell - Gaudi's most spectacular work of art. We were able to enjoy our trip to Spain without worrying about the animals because a friend from Washington DC came to take care of them. Actually we put cats in a cattery due to their bad behaviors (despite the sitter's willingness to cope with the delinquents), but the Kerries were able to lead their normal life during our absence. This is a friend I knew over 10 years ago from a dog park in DC, reunited by another dog friend in the area. Viva, dog connections! Louie is 4!
2009.07.07 (Tue)
Louie turned 4 years old on July 7. Louie had a roller-coster of early life, but he's been the idol of this household ever since he came to live with us 2 1/2 years ago. Everyday we cannot believe our good luck that we found each other. We must celebrate our special boy's special day with a special meat cake. It's just beef, turkey and lamb meat mixed together. "So when am I allowed to eat this special cake?"
Wait wait, I have to take a few more photos. You cannot have another 4-year-old birthday, we have to keep the record of it! OK, enough photos. Go ahead, make your birthday!
Sakura the dyson girl basically inhaled her cake.
This is a gift from daddy. He thought it looked like Louie. Hmm, maybe. Unfortunately it rained on and off all day today -- at one point it even hailed! Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day and we can go to the park again, Louie. |