Saturday, July 09, 2011

Sweltering Sunday

We still have rolling black outs in Japan. 


We have air conditioning in our living room and master bedroom (BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LIVE ON BASE - SEE THERE ARE ALWAYS REASONS FOR THESE THINGS::snort::);  we've not used it as it seems only right to be tough in solidarity with my sweltering peeps and to do our part to conserve electricity at this time in Japan. We hang our laundry. We burn two lights at a time in the house...those sorts of things. We've been tough. 


The heat here isn't the hottest I've survived; but the humidity makes it FEEL HOTTER. Really. In the a.m. you wake up and the sweat is rolling down your back. The highlight of yesterday is Michael came home from chapel and turned on the AC. YES. It could have had something to do with my Facebook status which mentioned lying nekkid under a fan and not wanting to get up for anything...even chapel. Now I know which chapel attendees read my Facebook. LOL 


We had plans for Bre's last afternoon....however, I think the AC enticed us to stay inside, or maybe approaching goodbyes made us lethargic....though we're fairly good TCKs and deal with goodbyes by living to the fullest in denial until we pull up at the airport. ::snort::

I took a loverly nap. I needed it. I'm a "certain age" and have been told to take a nap if I need to; so there. ::grin::

Everyone played games....we play more games when the older kids are home. Why don't we play games when its the younger ones? I must explore this a bit.

The day passed...and tomorrow is sure to come.


Choosing Joy!
©2011 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Girls Day Out

Year's ago Michael and the boys had a "boys weekend". They snow machined into a cabin in the middle of nowhere and went ice fishing.  The girls went to Seattle during our PCS (though we had Zander and Nolan). Bre is proposing a Girls' Weekend in December. 


ANYWAY today we decided on a "Girls Day Out". I wanted Bre to have a pedicure while she was here in Japan. I knew she'd enjoy it more than the onsen...which she bravely endures with me. ::snort:: 

I got them drinks of their choice, they picked the colors and got ready to relax......

This was Arielle's first pedicure...she agrees with Bre's thoughts on pedicures vs onsens. LOL 

They didn't have enough chairs for Stacia to get a pedicure (a fact which she is not totally at peace with as they told her they'd do her nails if I brought her back this week), she did settle down with the ipad and enjoyed herself. 

We did a "bit more" shopping for Bre... and I bought each of the girls a Kokechi doll to remember the day....Krista, you'll love the one I'm sending with Bre. We missed you. 

Our next stop was an authentic Ramen shop - where Bre chose Yakisoba...but she DID use chopsticks. 

Arielle's Ramen

Mike called to say he and the boys were heading our way. They had packed some snacks and we were heading to the BEACH...with our new nails....we took a photo in case dire things happened to our soft and shiny feet.

We went to a new beach - Takasegawa River....



Lots of fishermen

We tried to find another beach to shoot off fireworks, but all the beaches were roped off. Love roads like this. 




Choosing Joy!
©2011 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Real vs FAKE

THIS is Ramen

This is NOT!
Loving the good life in Misawa, Japan. 


Choosing Joy!
©2011 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...