Friday, September 04, 2009

Speed?

OK - the plain one loaded in 10 seconds flat...this one in 10 - 30 seconds on my laptop.....is this better? Less than a minute? Maybe 30 seconds? I really don't like plain, but maybe I'll have to do that....

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~ Coram Deo ~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Hachinohe Botanical Gardens & Children's Land

It's 3:44 a.m. and I'm barely coherent...I thought I'd cheat and find a website for you to read all about the gardens....Misawa Life has some info. I decided to go with this as you can read the directions and see that I'm NOT exaggerating about the fact that there are no STREET SIGNS down here. LOL

After the pottery class we followed another family out to the Hachinohe Botanical Gardens and Children's Land....it was well worth the drive. From our home, it will be about 25 - 30 min, I think. I plan to make this a trip we take again. The entrance is FREE. There are acres of gardens (which we ran out of time to really explore), amusement park type rides, go carts, monkeys and static displays. All, except the rides, are free. This was a field trip with Misawa Home Educators.


I couldn't resist. ::snort:: Jared continues to adjust.... (honestly, they are so considerate here...these sinks are for children)
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We enjoyed the view of the park/city from the ferris wheel
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Arielle is a sport and took Stacia on the dolphin ride so that I didn't have to!
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Ah, baby monkeys
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LOVE the vending machines....
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Obligatory tourist shot
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This stone slide is great fun for the KIDS....a bit rough....but a great way to get down to the go-carts. We did check and it IS a slide.
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Notice the KNEES for Mike and Jared....
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Jared thought I was taking a photo of him and a Kanji sign because he's our Kanji expert...but I took a photo with the alarming statue instead. ::snort::
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These are pedal powered...Stacia and I got in the first one and I realized she couldn't reach the pedals. The pedals were cramped for me and were downright torture for Mike and Jared. LOL
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Why is Nolan drinking while they hold up the ship? ::snort::
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I believe this will be a favorite outing, one which will be easy to repeat.

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~ Coram Deo ~
Living all of life before the face of God...

1st week of school

Whew...a week of school done! Text books are starting to come in...next week will be a bit easier for me to plan - lesson wise. LOGISTICALLY to, come to think of it. ::snort::

Day 2 - Another Day of School at the Weasel's Den...it rained all day and the den was LOUD...the library was closed at Jared couldn't escape. LOL


PE in the fitness room at the TLF - no signs saying they couldn't use the equipment
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Valiantly trying to study Samurais in the Weasel Den
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Math Games
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I diligently studied these signs trying to teach myself to read Japanese
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Computer Room at TLF
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Day 3 - PARKS....the day was bright and sunny. We headed to a park/playgound in the housing area to study. Jared stayed at the TLF - I knew he wouldn't wake up Mike.

Spelling, Creative Writing, Dictation

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Recess
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After 4 1/2 weeks in the TLF, I FINALLY figured out how to easily haul groceries up to our floor. LOL
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I realized on this day, that I need to be properly prepared with prayer and worship before going to the commissary. It depresses me. Soon we'll live up the road from a wonderful, year round, farmer's market. I ended up paying $7.40 for local milk at the commissary...didn't realize it was that much as it was sold in a smaller container...organic milk may be nearly the same price. ::snort::

Day 4 - Exercise is over. We did school at home and Mike went to work at sane hours.

Day 5 - Mike is off work until Tuesday. Arielle, Nolan and Zander attended a homeschool pottery class. The class was FULL and I'm praying it's the start of making lots of new friends. We headed off to Hachinohe on a field trip with the Misawa Home Educators after the class. We had a blast and were blessed that Mike was able to attend with us.

All in all a good first week of school.


Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~ Coram Deo ~
Living all of life before the face of God...