Really?

I sent out an email to find a replacement English teacher and this one of the responses I got...

hi ms kelly,
i am very interested to have a communication class with her and at the same time i can make friends with japanese people :) i am living near sagamino station, and i can meet her up at hon atsugi station, please give me info and contact no. thank you so much

k****

Sent from my iPhone

 

Really? You want me to suggest you as an English teacher with that email? I'm not saying I don't have grammar mistakes and spelling errors, but I'm not requesting an ENGLISH class. I'm pretty sure iPhones have a shift button. :)

Mochi Party Date

We attended the annual JMSDF (J Navy) Mochi Pounding Party last Thursday. Mochi is a soft dough like food made from (traditionally) pounding cooked rice with a mallet. It is chewy and gooey and not for everyone, but this fresh mochi that they were making was the best I've had. Cover it with some peanut powder or other condiments and it's a yummy snack.  I don't get the chance to see Glenn in his SDB's (Standard Dress Blues) very often and it's probably one of my favorite uniforms. Although, what uniform doesn't look good. A fun night of drinking, eating and hanging out with our friends!

A good sign...

North Korea offers no retaliation

You won't see this at the mall

Santa coming in on the E-2C Hawkeye! Merry Christmas to everyone!

Merry Machida Christmas

This is a picture from my Wednesday afternoon class' Christmas party. A Japanese party wouldn't be a Japanese party if everything wasn't planned and scheduled. First we played Bingo, then we ate and I talked about Christmas. Then we exchanged presents. This class is the more advanced class and we did the whole thing over again for the second class. With different decorations and food of course. They are such a fun group and I've enjoyed teaching them for the last year and a half. This is my second Christmas with them. I made mini loaves of banana, cranberry, ginger and pumpkin bread for all of them. They were big fans! I can't believe Christmas is only a few days away now!

Run Bambi!

I took a picture of this advertisement in Yokohama station last weekend. I couldn't help but smile. Does it not look like the forest is on fire and the deer are running for their lives? Just me?

Christmas Time in the City

My hot Christmas date came home last Saturday! It's finally starting to feel a little like Christmas around here. Since Glenn is home for awhile this time, we decided to go out and celebrate in Yokohama for dinner on Sunday night. We went to Queen's Square to check out the Christmas lights and trees.

Then we went to a restaurant called Daidaiya (which my student translated as Little Orange House...?). The food was delicious, the wine was excellent and my date was the best.

We did the 7 course set menu and it was excellent. We even had a perfect view without any reservation.

 

Welcome home, Mr. Why don't you stay for awhile? :)

Wordless Wednesday: Ann

OSSG Progressive Dinner Christmas Party

A few weekends ago, before the hubbies came home (!) our Officer Spouses' Support Group (aka Wives club + Mike) decided to have a Progressive Dinner. We decided on appetizer at one house, dinner at my house and desserts at a third house.

I've never been a part of a progressive dinner before, but it was so much fun! And much less work and money than hosting a dinner party by yourself. We split in to groups of 3 or 4 people for each course.

For the appetizer course, we had a large assortment of goodies and appletinis too!

At my house we made pork roast with a cherry sauce, apple stuffing and a yummy salad. Since there were 12 people, it was a good thing that I got a new table because we had to use the old table too.

A few people had to use some pillow to sit on because the couch is much lower than a regular chair.  We each drew numbers from a bowl to see where we would be sitting. We put numbers at each place setting as well.

Desserts, hot buttered rum and mulled wine were at the last house. What a fun Christmas party! A good way to get in the Christmas mood!

Happy Birthday Connor!

My nephew turns 5 today! Where has time gone!?

Every man looks good in a tux!

(We're watching the monkeys)

Love you, buddy! We can't wait to see you!