Happy Easter!

We had a pretty good Easter this year. Had dim sum with Uncle Glenn and his family while they visited from Lousiana. I'm looking forward to having more family around. We didn't do any Easter egg hunts this year or egg dying. It's really funny to me because it really makes me wonder how the resurrection of Christ somehow led to an Easter bunny as an icon for the holiday. I understand how Santa Claus came about with St. Nicholas. That makes sense to me, but what happened with Easter? It's not like the Bible has any story about Jesus with bunnies or eggs. You've got the parable of the water into wine or the fish and bread multiplying, but I don't think there's any reference to candy or anything that is commercially "Easter" related. So then how does a holiday morph into a day that celebrates bunnies, dying eggs, and overdosing on jelly beans and peeps?

So we also started looking at a few places in the peninsula. We started looking at Foster City and saw a few 3 bedroom 2 bath condos. It was encouraging to see things in our price range in an area that has good schools, but the condos were a bit older (1970's) and not as charming as we would like. We like older Victorian places that have a lot of original architecture or were really made of solid wood, but I don't think that anyone can really say that buildings built in the 70's were either made well or look that great. Still, the area is very pretty and quiet along the water, but unfortunately, it is built on landfill. However, I think most of the places that we can afford are going to be on landfill which is not exactly the best place to be if you're in an area that is prone to earthquakes. Though I have to say that in all the years that I have lived here, I have never had any bad earthquakes where even 1 thing broke. Most of the time, it just kinda feels like vertigo- you just kinda lose your balance for a second. Sometimes I think that a truck is passing by outside or that the upstairs neighbors are walking loudly or dropped something. But it is never like what you see in the movies. But you never know if there's gonna be another Loma Prieta earthquake like there was in 1989. So what's another option? Move away from the Bay Area? Let's hope not!