Pumpkins-2009
Fri, 2009-11-20 10:49 | by Erin
Pumpkins
Here is a picture of the Halloween Pumpkins we carved. Eric and some of his friends carved these pumpkins the night before Halloween. We also had some tricker treaters come to the door. It was a first for us in Japan.
Here is a picture of the Halloween Pumpkins we carved. Eric and some of his friends carved these pumpkins the night before Halloween. We also had some tricker treaters come to the door. It was a first for us in Japan.
Do not sign up
Fri, 2009-11-06 21:31 | by Erin
Please do not sign up
If you do not want to go, don't sign up, do not take the governments money to get your education, do not stand in line every step of the way, then go shoot your comrades.
Make your stand now, and leave, and do not come back, spare us the loss of our friends.
You chose to bite the hand that feed you, kept you fat and happy so many years. Leave those who wish to honour their commitments to do so.
If you do not want to go, don't sign up, do not take the governments money to get your education, do not stand in line every step of the way, then go shoot your comrades.
Make your stand now, and leave, and do not come back, spare us the loss of our friends.
You chose to bite the hand that feed you, kept you fat and happy so many years. Leave those who wish to honour their commitments to do so.
Engrih in Daikanyama
Thu, 2009-10-22 13:00 | by Erin
I work at a data center in up scale Daikanyama in Tokyo. The area is know as a holly land of shopping and high priced fashion. The irony is that you can walk into this store and purchase a coat that elsewhere is probably 100 to 200 dollars less, and they cant pay some one to print sentences that make sense on the window.
Last month they showed everyone that they "Love Do Do!"
This month "I am coat mania!"
Last month they showed everyone that they "Love Do Do!"
This month "I am coat mania!"
I can sleep
Wed, 2009-10-21 13:00 | by Erin
I have been really tired, I rested most of the day Saturday and Sunday but still felt really tired. I had a brutal late rugby game under the lights on Sunday which resulted in multiple bruises and a slightly strained neck. Still I did not sleep well, that night or Monday night.
I read a little bit about sleeping better and I found the trick that seems to work for me.
In Japan we take a hot bath almost every night except in during the summer months. A hot bath is usually pretty relaxing but when your bouncing a 10 month old baby and her louder almost 8 year old brother is yelling his A, B C's it can be hard to relax.
I read about taking a ice bath to sooth sore muscles and help speed recovery and increase your ability to fall asleep. Draining the tub to refill it with cold water every night is not really a option either. So my solution was after passing the baby off to Mom and kicking out the 8 soon to be year old I did the following:
I read a little bit about sleeping better and I found the trick that seems to work for me.
In Japan we take a hot bath almost every night except in during the summer months. A hot bath is usually pretty relaxing but when your bouncing a 10 month old baby and her louder almost 8 year old brother is yelling his A, B C's it can be hard to relax.
I read about taking a ice bath to sooth sore muscles and help speed recovery and increase your ability to fall asleep. Draining the tub to refill it with cold water every night is not really a option either. So my solution was after passing the baby off to Mom and kicking out the 8 soon to be year old I did the following:
- Returned to the hot bath and relaxed for a short time, maybe 3 - 5 minutes.
