Rain dance

Tonight was the opening of the Alfaz fiestas which means we get Mon, Tues and Wed off work to party....but what rain we had on the opening night! Cats and dogs, the streets were running with torrents. Over in time for the fireworks but the damp start hasn't helped the launch. Mind you, it'll be mainly in the small hours that the drinking and singing is done.

I'm looking into getting video from my analogue camera onto DVD. Has anyone done this yet? Canopus ADVC 110 looks like the kit. It'll do the anologue to digital with no fuss, but then I'm a little short of processing space to do the editing. I'll need a DVD burner in time anyway, so I'm wondering which way to go. Perhaps I need an iMac to really get the job done properly. Any ideas anyone? Is an external DVD drive/burner an option?

As for Jess, she's okay but will have to lose three teeth over the next month prior to the braces being fitted to reshuffle her pearly whites. Unfortunately her 'bad' teeth (with not much enamel) are highly important, so three good teeth will have to be sacrificed. Typical. Dentist says we can pay to fix the ones without enamel later. Great. In the meantime it's a case of saving for December (£500) followed by a monthly £60 for the next couple of years. Fortunately, Bethany looks to be luckier at this stage. Also on the bright side, at least I didn't get my teeth knocked out last week. They have bedded back nicely and the stitches (8 of them) came out yesterday to reveal fairly minimal scaring. I still have my 'looks', only with a little more character added. You'd hardly notice form the outside but it certainly feels different...and I can't whistle properly anymore either....

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