Yep, got tagged by the Luangraths...these are fun, I like them a lot...I'll need to go to bed
Jobs I've had:
1. Handicapped School English Teacher
2. English School Conversation Teacher
3. Web Designer
4. Bookstore salesperson
5. Smoothie Maker
Movies I can watch over and over:
1. Pride and Prejudice (BBC, Mormon Version, Bride and Prejudice, just not the new one...oy!)
2. Disney anything
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. Whatever MAsaki picks
5.
Places I've lived:
1.Mt. Home, ID
2. San Diego, CA
3. Cupertino, CA
4. Heisdorf, Luxembourg
5. Zama, Japan
Favorite TV shows (past and present):
1.The Office
2. The Simpsons
3. Futurama
4. (sorry blank, not that big a fan of TV, give me a book any time)
5.
Last 5 places I've been on vacation:
1. Chiba, Japan
2. Okinawa, Japan (remember the burning China Air plane?)
3. Sunset, UT
4. Colorado Springs, CO
5. San Diego, CA
Favorite dishes:
1. (In no particular order) Homemade wheat crust hawaiian pizza
2. sushi(horse-mackerel is the BEST)
3. taco rice
4. wheat spaghetti with a zucchini tofu marinara sauce
5. gazpacho soup
Websites I visit: (I'm too tired to put up the links, google it!)
1. BBC News
2. CNN news
3. Making Noise! (Pam's blog under the family area)
4. Everyone's blog on the side bar
5. All recipes.com
Places I'd rather be:
1. San Diego
2. Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
3. Luxembourg
4. Frankfurt
5. Dublin
People I'm tagging next:
1. Anyone
2. who
3. wants
4. to
5. !
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Take that mosquitoes!
Time for another installment of Japan Cool!
Today we'll talk about bicycles and mosquito thingies.
I LOVE my bicycle here. It is a one-speed with a cart and stuff on the front. I forgot to take a picture before it got dark. I'll try to post one tomorrow(along with the tag from Mari!), but for now you get an advertisement picture. I have a seat for the baby, a basket and a bell. What more could you ask for? Luckily stores are really close here, so we just hop on, ride for a few minutes, buy a butt load of stuff and ride back. I love the exercise, sunshine, and Clark likes to ring the giraffe squeeker bell.
(Ok like I promised, a picture of my bike! YEAH!...sorry the baby seat isn't on it, but that bar that looks like it'll perform seppuku on my is actually the bar that holds the baby bike seat, we take it in at night so it won't get stollen...jeez bike theft in Japan! don't get me started)
The second thing that is DANG sweet about Japan are these mosquito thingies. They are about 4 inches high, you put a bottle of the liquid in the middle and plug that bad boy in and it kills mosquitoes, but it doesn't stink. I am used to having them now, but when I first got here I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. While Japan doesn't have any mosquito borne viruses they just itch, so they know how to get rid of them in the house (without central cooling, we open the windows a LOT, especially at night). Funny thing is Clark doesn't itch his mosquito bites.
Gotta go, talking to Masaki about his trip to Hokkaido (you know Sapporo....where they make beer and ramen).
Today we'll talk about bicycles and mosquito thingies.
I LOVE my bicycle here. It is a one-speed with a cart and stuff on the front. I forgot to take a picture before it got dark. I'll try to post one tomorrow(along with the tag from Mari!), but for now you get an advertisement picture. I have a seat for the baby, a basket and a bell. What more could you ask for? Luckily stores are really close here, so we just hop on, ride for a few minutes, buy a butt load of stuff and ride back. I love the exercise, sunshine, and Clark likes to ring the giraffe squeeker bell.
(Ok like I promised, a picture of my bike! YEAH!...sorry the baby seat isn't on it, but that bar that looks like it'll perform seppuku on my is actually the bar that holds the baby bike seat, we take it in at night so it won't get stollen...jeez bike theft in Japan! don't get me started)
The second thing that is DANG sweet about Japan are these mosquito thingies. They are about 4 inches high, you put a bottle of the liquid in the middle and plug that bad boy in and it kills mosquitoes, but it doesn't stink. I am used to having them now, but when I first got here I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. While Japan doesn't have any mosquito borne viruses they just itch, so they know how to get rid of them in the house (without central cooling, we open the windows a LOT, especially at night). Funny thing is Clark doesn't itch his mosquito bites.
Gotta go, talking to Masaki about his trip to Hokkaido (you know Sapporo....where they make beer and ramen).
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Cash in on the Sun!
My dad used to have a shirt that said that because he was trying to promote solar power back in the early 80's, who knew?
It just seemed like a good title for this post because, while I don't have solar panels(oh how I covet them though!) I do cash in on the sun almost daily. Here is the hug your earth tip of the week. Why spend extra money paying the electricity bill to power your dryer when the sun will do it for you for free. Try hanging your clothes to dry on a line or pole outside. Admittedly we have these fancy hanger thingies in Japan, but I see plenty of people use regular plastic hangers and clothes clips to keep them on the pole. Besides reducing your 'footprint' ,to use the new buzz phrase, here are some other benefits:
The sun kills bacteria in your clothes! yeah!
It is free!
You don't have to use heavily perfumed fabric softener to get that nice fresh smell, and then you don't have those harsh chemicals on your skin either
Your clothes are already hung up
You don't need to iron as much(the wind gets a lot of the wrinkles out)
They don't fade as much(yeah sounds counter intuitive, but my blacks stay blacker than when I use a dryer...but if you are worried about it, turn the clothes inside out when hanging them)
So give it a try! Let the sun work for you!
quick note too, check out the new picture page on our website, Masaki has added a lot more pictures!
...oh and yes, I am quickly becoming a tree hugging hippy, and I LIKE IT!
It just seemed like a good title for this post because, while I don't have solar panels(oh how I covet them though!) I do cash in on the sun almost daily. Here is the hug your earth tip of the week. Why spend extra money paying the electricity bill to power your dryer when the sun will do it for you for free. Try hanging your clothes to dry on a line or pole outside. Admittedly we have these fancy hanger thingies in Japan, but I see plenty of people use regular plastic hangers and clothes clips to keep them on the pole. Besides reducing your 'footprint' ,to use the new buzz phrase, here are some other benefits:
The sun kills bacteria in your clothes! yeah!
It is free!
You don't have to use heavily perfumed fabric softener to get that nice fresh smell, and then you don't have those harsh chemicals on your skin either
Your clothes are already hung up
You don't need to iron as much(the wind gets a lot of the wrinkles out)
They don't fade as much(yeah sounds counter intuitive, but my blacks stay blacker than when I use a dryer...but if you are worried about it, turn the clothes inside out when hanging them)
So give it a try! Let the sun work for you!
quick note too, check out the new picture page on our website, Masaki has added a lot more pictures!
...oh and yes, I am quickly becoming a tree hugging hippy, and I LIKE IT!
Monday, August 27, 2007
A crafty day
Today ending up being a day full of crafts despite a nice big headache. First, this afternoon I mde book covers for the Book of Mormon(since it was leaving marks on my desk...dang weird hardcover Japanese books!)
Then we ended up doing tie-dye for family home evening(with some yummy mango ice cream on the side...they were $2 off at the store today so I bought 4...eek!)
I'll try to post a love the earth post tomorrow when I should be feeling better...in the mean time enjoy the pictures of our day.
Then we ended up doing tie-dye for family home evening(with some yummy mango ice cream on the side...they were $2 off at the store today so I bought 4...eek!)
I'll try to post a love the earth post tomorrow when I should be feeling better...in the mean time enjoy the pictures of our day.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The CRAZIEST THING EVER!
So it is late, I'm tired, and it is past bed time, but I have to share this.
We were going to meet up with some of our friend's at Outback Steak House, and on the way from the car to the restaurant I saw someone putting their medium sized pet dog into a ......
SLING!
Yeah so think this
but with a dog in it instead!!! I mean I've seen the doggie strollers...but this is INSANE!
Ok, good night, I'll post more tomorrow.
...and no it wasn't an exceptionally hairy child.
We were going to meet up with some of our friend's at Outback Steak House, and on the way from the car to the restaurant I saw someone putting their medium sized pet dog into a ......
SLING!
Yeah so think this
but with a dog in it instead!!! I mean I've seen the doggie strollers...but this is INSANE!
Ok, good night, I'll post more tomorrow.
...and no it wasn't an exceptionally hairy child.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Clarkstravaganza!
So I've been thinking about starting a weekly Clark-update. I mean, I show the pictures, and give tid bits, but I was thinking about doing a concrete 'what has happened this week' thing. Maybe I am just excited because it has been a busy week.
Accomplishments : learned a new word, baba...see yesterday's post, has become accomplished at standing on his own, willfully goes to other people BESIDES mama, fed himself for half a meal instead of making only one out of 5 spoonfuls to the mouth. We had consistency people!
Current likes: fish - to eat and to see, dogs, bunnies, green peppers, throwing bath toys from the baby bath into the BIG tub, seeing other kids, reading to himself.
Dislikes - going inside, not being taken outside.
New Foods - barley oat crackers, red/yellow/orange peppers(with only mediocre results), gold fish(which we had to stop because of his skin's reaction...he remembers them though..he was just so excited to try them despite the wheat in them).
Ok so now that I'm done with the lists, here are a few pictures of what we did today!
The family down the street inherited a pool from someone else, so we got to go swimming for a bit today. It was a lot of fun until we slipped and fell in the water, then it was time to get out. We have some very fun neighborhood kids.
Accomplishments : learned a new word, baba...see yesterday's post, has become accomplished at standing on his own, willfully goes to other people BESIDES mama, fed himself for half a meal instead of making only one out of 5 spoonfuls to the mouth. We had consistency people!
Current likes: fish - to eat and to see, dogs, bunnies, green peppers, throwing bath toys from the baby bath into the BIG tub, seeing other kids, reading to himself.
Dislikes - going inside, not being taken outside.
New Foods - barley oat crackers, red/yellow/orange peppers(with only mediocre results), gold fish(which we had to stop because of his skin's reaction...he remembers them though..he was just so excited to try them despite the wheat in them).
Ok so now that I'm done with the lists, here are a few pictures of what we did today!
The family down the street inherited a pool from someone else, so we got to go swimming for a bit today. It was a lot of fun until we slipped and fell in the water, then it was time to get out. We have some very fun neighborhood kids.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Ok, last post for the day.
This speaks for itself....oh and his vocabulary has doubled.
He knows dada(Masaki) and now can say baba(happa-Japanese word for leaf)...he likes plants...and now the main attraction(which incidentally is up on the video page of kaimori.com).
He knows dada(Masaki) and now can say baba(happa-Japanese word for leaf)...he likes plants...and now the main attraction(which incidentally is up on the video page of kaimori.com).
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