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Alright, so we didn't really do anything "relaxing" this weekend...since Josh seems to be in "project mode"...but we did enjoy a nice weekend of beautiful weather and had the chance to make some great progress with things around the house!
On Friday night we went out to dinner with my former students at Yokosuka City Office. They were very excited to see my "ever-expanding" stomach and it was fun to enjoy a meal out with people who could speak Japanese and take care of ordering everything at the restaurant!! (incidentally, Josh and I are becoming increasingly embarrassed about our weak Japanese skills...so I'm looking into some language classes on base to give us the boost we need) We enjoyed some delicious food and lots of laughs during our conversations (though, admittedly, Josh and I didn't always know what we were laughing about!) It was, however, the start to their Golden Week holiday and a Friday night too...so everyone was in good spirits!
After dinner we returned home and started building! We put together the dresser and crib that we had purchased earlier in the week...ta-da.....
On Saturday, I had visions of a picnic lunch at the Imperial Gardens (in Tokyo)...but Josh had visions of completing tasks for the baby's room (this is usually the case with us....he likes to work until the job is COMPLETE and then have fun and I like to have fun and work sometimes and complete the job when I get annoyed with myself for not having it completed yet...oh well!) So, we decided to postpone the picnic lunch for another day and we headed to Homes (the Japanese version of Home Depot) to get all the gear we needed to build picture frames. (not an easy feat when everything is in Japanese!)
Well, our pictures won't be up for auction at Sotheby's anytime soon...but we did put a lot of time and t.l.c. into making the frames and they don't look too bad (unless you get up really close!)
We did finish our framing project in time to spend a bit of time outside on Sunday afternoon. Josh is getting ready for his upcoming fitness test, so he ran and I biked beside him! We didn't really have a destination in mind, but we ended up stumbling upon the Hiyama Arts Festival...which was certainly an interesting cultural experience. It was taking place at a nearby beach and seemed to have the mood of a Japanese-style hippie festival - complete with Japanese Bluegrass Music??? (interesting!)...sorry we didn't have a camera to capture the intrigue!
On Friday night we went out to dinner with my former students at Yokosuka City Office. They were very excited to see my "ever-expanding" stomach and it was fun to enjoy a meal out with people who could speak Japanese and take care of ordering everything at the restaurant!! (incidentally, Josh and I are becoming increasingly embarrassed about our weak Japanese skills...so I'm looking into some language classes on base to give us the boost we need) We enjoyed some delicious food and lots of laughs during our conversations (though, admittedly, Josh and I didn't always know what we were laughing about!) It was, however, the start to their Golden Week holiday and a Friday night too...so everyone was in good spirits!
After dinner we returned home and started building! We put together the dresser and crib that we had purchased earlier in the week...ta-da.....
On Saturday, I had visions of a picnic lunch at the Imperial Gardens (in Tokyo)...but Josh had visions of completing tasks for the baby's room (this is usually the case with us....he likes to work until the job is COMPLETE and then have fun and I like to have fun and work sometimes and complete the job when I get annoyed with myself for not having it completed yet...oh well!) So, we decided to postpone the picnic lunch for another day and we headed to Homes (the Japanese version of Home Depot) to get all the gear we needed to build picture frames. (not an easy feat when everything is in Japanese!)
Well, our pictures won't be up for auction at Sotheby's anytime soon...but we did put a lot of time and t.l.c. into making the frames and they don't look too bad (unless you get up really close!)
We did finish our framing project in time to spend a bit of time outside on Sunday afternoon. Josh is getting ready for his upcoming fitness test, so he ran and I biked beside him! We didn't really have a destination in mind, but we ended up stumbling upon the Hiyama Arts Festival...which was certainly an interesting cultural experience. It was taking place at a nearby beach and seemed to have the mood of a Japanese-style hippie festival - complete with Japanese Bluegrass Music??? (interesting!)...sorry we didn't have a camera to capture the intrigue!
posted by Josh and Rebecca Arthur at Monday, April 30, 2007
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