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Story of a Day in Two Parts–Part I: Bad Day

I was already slightly depressed when I woke up yesterday because Hubby was out of town on Business. Then I looked out the window and it was snowing. It hardly ever snows here in Tokyo. However, snow it did, all day long. This is the first time it has snowed while we have been living […]

A is for…

I have decided to participate in the 2008 ABC-Along on Ravelry. This entails posting a photo every two weeks to correspond with a letter of the alphabet. The photos should be a reflection of me and things that are meaninful to me. What a fun way to spend the year! Here is the schedule for […]

Comfort Chicken

Squirrel brought home a bug from the States and has been sick ever since. After 4 days of cleaning up baby barf I thought I had escaped getting sick. WRONG! Yesterday when my head felt like Mt. Vesuvius just waiting to blow I had to admit that my immune system wasn’t as great as I […]

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Based on my review of 2007’s “first posts” I think I need to work on my opening lines! Just a little bit boring, don’t you think? We are finally back from the US. Although we had a wonderful visit, I am so happy to be back in my own bed. The cats were very happy […]

2007 in Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe that it’s already 2008? I thought that since this is my first post of 2008, and also my 100th post, it might be fun to review my first posts of each month in 2007. Here are the titles and first lines of 2007! January– No posts this month! This […]

Merry Christmas from Sunny Southern California

The whole Fuji Mama clan is now in Southern California visiting my parents. Out of 18 hours of total traveling time, Squirrel slept a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes. That being said, she was completely happy the entire time. However, despite the wonderful fact that she was happy the entire time, we had […]

Boroichi Finds & Holiday Swapping

This past Saturday I went out to the Setagaya Boroichi street market with Ms. M. This market is held every December 15th and 16th and January 15th and 16th. The market is a tradition that is now over 400 years old. We had such a good time, and had some great finds. I was most […]

Birthdays and Travelling

Squirrel turned the big #1 on Sunday! She thoroughly enjoyed the experience of eating chocolate and birthday icecream cake for the first time. She was a little frightened by all of the attention she was receiving when we sang Happy Birthday to her, but she got over it quickly with that first taste of chocolate […]

Good Friday

No, not that Good Friday! Today is “Good Friday” because it is filled with “good things”. I read a quote yesterday, by Sōetsu Yanagi, who said, “Most of us today have grown so commonplace that we cannot see the extraordinary save in the exceptional.” I think it is important to look for the extraordinary in […]

Gingerbread Memories

There are so many recipes that hold so many memories for me during the Christmas season. During the past couple of days I have been craving gingerbread cookies. Out of the recipes that I have tried to date, this one is my favorite. I haven't made them yet this year, and I didn't end up […]

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