no snow but still cold

Things are going well here. I think we are all over our colds. Naoko is the only one still taking medicine. Last night Naoko's mom came over and reminded me of my mom in that she not only cleaned up a lot of our place but also rearranged and organised our kitchen, hallway and entrance. She really saved us.

On a side note. Noah is talking more but has taken to calling everyone "sensei" or teacher. He calls me, Naoko, and Naoko's mom all sensei. But he calls our Australian friend downstairs by his name 'Shaun.' When I point to myself and say "daddy" he points to himself and says "daddy." I don't know what I am going to do. A couple days ago I had parent teacher confrence at Noah's daycare. It went well and they said Noah is doing great and is progressing and discovering his own personality/identity. He is also getting ready to start potty training so we will start that after our trip.

Speaking of trip we are no where near ready but are looking forward to seeing everyone next week. Naoko is tired so she will need to rest while she is on our trip but I suspect once we are over there she will perk up and want to do many things.

Well take care. I will post more later. Time for dinner.

let it snow let it snow let it snow

Well today it is snowing. It just started about a half hour ago so hopefully it won't be a lot. It has been getting colder and colder here and two days ago we had a really strong wind storm. I thought our windows were going to break. Since Dec. 1st all the schools have their heaters going. At one of my schools the heater is next to my metal desk which makes my desk itself hot but that is better than being cold I guess. The teachers already told me not to put any chocolate in my desk since it would melt. Two of my school use blower heaters but my small school still used stoves since it is so old. Either way I am just happy to have heat in the schools.

Last night we ate pizza since it was the start of Pizza Huts half price pizza sale. Every month 8th, 9th, and 10th Pizza Hut has a sale of six of their pizzas. So instead of paying over $20 for a medium pizza i only pay $10. Considering this is Japan that is not a bad deal. Only bad thing is they don't have Hawaiian and the only Pizza Hut is about a 30min drive from my place.

Noah is doing well and is really happy now.

I'll write more later.

The days are getting colder

Sorry it has been a while since I have blogged. Lately we have been busy here. Every weekend we have had something going on. This last weekend I took an End of the Year trip with my BOE to an island off the west coast of Japan. This island is called Sado Island. It has a lot of history but is mostly known for its gold mining industry. On the island we had a chance to pan for gold ourselves. Unfortualty it was really panning but panning from a troft (sp?). At any rate i was able to get 7 flakes. Over all the trip was good and I ate the best tasting squid i had ever eaten.

Today noah has his first play at daycare. he was a mouse and a frog in two different performances. Suffice it to say he was the cutest of them all. Last today we are all going out to celebrate our friends wedding.

Here is a pic of our dryer with is coming in handy these days.