Twenty Unique flavors xTwo

Twenty flavors of ice cream at the mall - Green Tea, Adzuki (bean), Sweet potato.... 

Ice cream crepes at Baskin Robbins - do they have these in America? I'd not seen them before. 20  days - anyone can do 20.....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

ANGELS ON ALERT!

Thank you JESUS for your mercy and protective grace!!!!


I nearly splatted a pedestrian on our outing today. I was driving along a rather busy road "highway like" - route 102.....about 60 kph....and on my right someone was swerving into my lane (common). I had to swerve....my focus was on THAT...and I failed to note, from my left an old gentleman had started across the street. I looked up, swerved back into the oncoming lane, and missed him.  Arielle said she saw him casually walking, wondered if I saw, saw him notice our foreign license plate and there was a moment when he panicked.....but I noted him JUST IN TIME. Shew!


So.....other than THAT.... a good day. Always fun to join together with the body of Christ.  Brunch with a deployment buddy and her sons. What am I going to do when I'm no longer a deployment widow....


We dropped Jared at home and the rest of us headed to.....

Towada Horse Park - met up with our neighbors......Before we met them, we explored the MUSEUM.....it's big.....and we found things that interested us...it was free for all under high school....and I got to try my Japanese out....all in all....FUN. 

These are STIRRUPS.....

Mother of Pear inlaid saddle....see the dragon flies....

When they all go interested in a clip I knew they didn't understand....I figured it was time to head for some outside activity. 

Michael, we can't wait to share this outing with you. Maybe the weather will hold out and we can do it when you're home. 


Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Can you spot the mistake?

I was admiring the photography when I saw it.....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Twenty-One

Josiah, 21 years old and Lord of the Flames. Josiah is majoring in Business and Marketing at  Angelo State University . He's a "super Junior" this year. He'll be a Senior by next semester and will graduate in December 2011.  We miss you son.  

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Today

Feeling a great need for an endorphin boost, I headed for the gym at 7:00 a.m. Yes, on SATURDAY.   I was getting there after an hour of sweat....but knew that a trip to Hirohata Onsen would ice the cake, so to speak.  WOW - did we have RAIN as I left the onsen. I had so much fun trying out my Japanese phrases (Good morning, Wow, rain....bad weather isn't it.....are you fine.....thank you very much"....that I stopped at our favorite bakery on the way home to try out my phrases again. LOL  Hey - I've been WAITING to be able to talk about the rain. ::snort:: 

From there I came home and we delivered a couple of baked items.  We tried out a new to us shopping spot.

Around 2:00 p.m. we realized we'd not had lunch...or some of us hadn't. We tried a restaurant that Akikosan had recommended. Unfortunately, the photo of our "rice burger" didn't turn out. It was good.

 We headed for Homac to find "stuff" for Prince Charming......yes, the frog has a name. Alas, we could find no live crickets....and I'm not sure where else to look around here....I'm not sure Japanese families keep pet frogs? The kids continue to hunt up insects. I wonder if he'd eat spiders? We have LOTS of live spiders.

I've been thinking a gold fish would ease the cravings for a pet around here....this was tempting but I wasn't sure if it was a fresh or salt water fish....is it a species or a gravely ill gold fish? 

No Crickets, but a new habitat for Prince Charming. 

I'm finding it increasingly hard to resist seeing if the old "put a frog in a pan and gradually raise the temp" thing is based in fact....but I wouldn't do that....not really....just makes one wonder when there's a frog above the kitchen sink. ::snort::

We're really, really tired. We're going to sleep early.....and we'll be ready to begin another week by Monday.

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

An Unwelcome Sight!

 Across our yard, over the fence, through the cabbage patch....see that blue speck? OUR SHED!

Arielle, Nolan, Zander and I were quite the sight for passing drivers who always seem curious to see what the Americans are up to. 

It was staked down. The plan now is to buy more stakes, stake it down again.....AND...get big bungee cords and run them over the top of the shed from one fence to the other......unless it blows to North Korea tonight. 

Choosing Joy!

©2010 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~

Living all of life before the face of God...

Twenty-Two Noisemakers

As a whole, the Japanese people are reserved, quiet and polite...but the stores are often noisy.....there were far more than 22 machines in this grocery store...but here are 22 slot machines.


Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...