Weekly update

So was everyone safe when the typhoon came? For us, it was rather mild around our area in Japan, not sure how it was in other areas but our area did get mild to medium winds and rains, they happened Sunday evening versus Monday, but really really tame around here. Anyway, this is a "what I did" for the past 7 days, starting from last Monday and all the way up until yesterday morning. So a full 7 days of what we were up to in our neck of the woods. Last Monday, as soon as the boys were safely at school. I started in on the kitchen. I cleaned the patio windows with window cleaner. I had the laundry hung outside on the left side of the patio already and on this side of the patio I put the kitchen chairs outside, so I could vacuum and mop the kitchen floors.

I dusted the ceiling fan and blinds and lights first, then I brought out the vacuum.

I had music going in the kitchen and jammed to the music and cleaned up a storm I went.

Hot soapy sudsy water and a hot scrub of the kitchen floor and the genkan floor/tiles also.

See the soap bubbles on the red part. I scrubbed the floors, went over them twice with hot soapy water and a lot of elbow grease. And then I drained the water and then put in fresh hot water and I rinsed twice and called it done!

By the time the washer beeped, I had finished the mopping. Ran outside and hung the kitchen mats on the fence, second load of laundry of the day.

Same day Monday of last week, had a full load of jean shorts hanging also, first load of the day. At 10:30am, last Monday I was done with the kitchen. I quickly vacuumed the living room and toilet room. Swooshed the downstairs toilet and I left!

I got a note on the Friday before, that, that Branden needed rain boots for Tuesday because it was time to harvest the schools rice field. The rice Branden and his class planted and have cared for all this time! I kept putting off running to look for them. Because I didn't need to leave my town for a while. But, I knew I had only last Monday, so I better hurry up. I also knew I didn't want to spend a lot of money. These will most likely be used for fishing, and for playing in the rice fields, so no name brand, brand x is more then fine. I ran to a local DIY and for 950 yen picked these up. Then I decided since I was already in the car might as well make the trek to Cainz. It's a bit of a drive from where we live. So from DIY to Cainz, I went last Monday.

I usually buy a few cases of jasmine tea and they only had 5 singles 2liter bottles, no cases at all. Oh that just figures! I drive all that way! grrr! So, I took the 5 and threw them into my cart, was lucky to get the 5. Anyway, bought citrus toilet cleaner plus a refill for the price of the bottle, so that was a great deal and I love the way this smells. Toilet tabs for the upstairs and downstairs toilet. And shower room cleaning supplies, that yellow bottled one, works amazing. I love that bathroom cleaner a lot.

Like, I said, we ran out of our shampoo purchased in Guam. We do love Japanese shampoo, it's just the cost, I'm not so crazy about. But, I was glad to get Dove on sale. And the Biore refill body wash smells good and is a fair price. Went and checked out at Besia and drove all the way home unpacked quickly and then ran and picked up Noah last Monday. We drove home, he had time to go to the restroom real super fast, wash his hands and then grab their keitei (cell) and 2 Kumon bags 1 for him and his brother each. And then we rushed back tot he plaza to get Branden from school at 3;45pm and we headed directly to Kumon. I did however have a bakery baguette 1 each and sliced it and put butter on it so they each ate something before heading off to Kumon. I meanwhile made dinner. And swung back and picked them up and brought them home.

Tuesday found me, hanging the laundry after sending the boys to school. Vacuuming both the downstairs and upstairs. dusting the bedrooms upstairs. And I left the house once again. This time to head to Hanamasa. Their teacher said a typhoon might be coming and that made me think...roasted chicken. I guess I thought if we were going to be riding out a typhoon, comfort food might be nice. Frozen veggies.Corn, green beans and broccoli are pretty cheap at Hanamasa. I buy fresh veg form my closer store.

Two whole chickens, first plan was to have roasted chicken Saturday, but we ended up having it Sunday. We just had a lot of curry, so we had leftover curry last Saturday.

Fried pork chop night.

These two very long good sized pork roasts for 320 yen and 420 yen or something. One was used for niku jaga and the other ones still in the freezer, it can become pork curry, you know...it can be turned into anything and I am glad this one pork loin is still in the freezer.This came from Besia the day before actually which is why I froze it.

98 yen or 100 yen a bag. These bags of pasta are good sizes. The top ones can be used to have with meatballs and sauce type meal and the bottom ones can be turned into homemade mac and cheese baked in the oven or American goulash everyone has their own recipe for this, I use ground beef, a little corn, a little colby or red cheddar and a bit of pasta sauce but not too much. ; )

Pepper also from Hanamasa.

This picture should have been up with the Cainz/Beisa pictures above. Totally out of American cereals which is fine because this is a family favorite it tastes so good.

These are what I hung out Wednesday, not much. I was just caught up with the laundry. Branden's inside comforter, his comforter cover/duvet and sheets and pillow cases were in the dryer upstairs. But his white inside comforter was so fat and fluffy from hanging outside all day.

Branden brought us a few pieces of rice so we could see it. It's heavy, in case you've never felt one before. : )

Wednesday nights dinner. Niku jaga, I used the 420 yen pork loin the amount of pork was so much, an onion I had in the fridge, plus a 67 yen pack of potatoes and a 1/3 of the pack of frozen green beans I had. A pretty economical dinner. And very filling for everyone.  Thursday, there are no pictures because I gave myself a free day. My friend, Noriko emailed me on Wednesday asking if I'd like to get together for lunch the next day! I emailed her right back and said for sure. And so we went the next day, last Thursday. We met at Saizeriya at 11am. So, I did, have a nice hot cup of coffee Thursday morning. And I did do 1 load of laundry and put it into the dryer. I also scrubbed the sink upstairs and wiped the laundry room/sink room floor down really good and vacuumed the upstairs. That didn't take me very long at all, 10-15 minutes really. The laundry did itself. Since it was in the dryer, I just folded it when I came home (towels). ; ) I then sat on the couch with a yogurt and watched TV.  And at 10am, I went upstairs to get myself ready for lunch with my friend. I did my hair, put on my makeup. And threw on a pair of shorts and ballet flats before leaving the house. We met. When I got into the shopette, Noriko was chit chatting with 2 other yochien mom's, one had a child who graduated 1 year before Noah and she was one of the few awesome mom's who held signs saying...congratulations!!!! On Noah's graduation day! : ) The other one, I couldn't put a name to her face for the life of me, but she knew me. So, I smiled and greeted them and we then parted and Noriko and I left to Saizeriya. We stayed at Saizeriya from 11am until 1:45pm? Somewhere around there. We chitted and we chatted, then we chittered and we chattered, we laughed and we laughed some more. She's a mom of 2 lovely daughters. And I like catching up and hearing how her daughters are doing at school, what are they up to? Did they have undokai? Her older daughter is starting junior high next year and even though it's a different junior high, I asked her to give me all the info, she learns, that way I can get a heads up for when it's Branden's turn. She's just such a smart mother, great lady, kind friend. During our lunch, a mother from Branden's class walks in with her husband. She lives in the same housing community we live in. When I picked up all the recycle stuff in the MPV with Genki's mom last Spring she was the head for our area for that. Anyway, she was actually seated in our same row at Saizeriya. I did greet her as they walked in and I good byed them when they left. I think she thought my friend and I were having blast : )  we really were. ; ) Noriko and I have a movie plan this week with the Jogo-san. we are all getting together sometime this week to go to the movies. A morning movie, I can't wait. Okay so that was last Thursday. Lunch date with my friend. Oh yeah after we left Saizeriya, we walked around Kaldi together and then we parted ways and I went to the meat store, picked up a roast beef and miso pork. We had miso pork for dinner last Thursday. Because of my timing at this point, no chance to swing home before I do my afternoon pick ups....so me, the roast beef and the miso pork went directly to pick up both Branden and Noah from school, they get out at the same time on Thursdays 3pm. I dropped them off at Kumon. And I went home, put the beef in the fridge for Friday's curry. The rice I had set earlier was done, went upstairs to fold the towels, checked my email and went to pick up the boys from Kumon and then I fried up the miso pork and steamed some veggie and we had miso pork, rice and veggie Thursday. Friday we had beef curry. I washed all Noah's bedding in the washer and then into the dryer they went Friday. I also baked an easy cake mix, yellow cake. Easy dessert for Friday evening.

Friday after school. Noah went swimming, he's swimming Friday's now.

Yellow cake and chocolate frosting, yumm. Perfect for last Friday night.

Saturday morning, I made french toast. I did a load of laundry threw it into the dryer. And we left, the whole family, went to Nishimatsuya first and then to get some things for lunch. This place sells chicken cutlets called, "healthy cutlets" not sure if they're healthy really (don't think so), but they are all white meat with no fat. they are also sprinkled with some salt and pepper mixture on top, these are excellent and cheaper then buying 1 Mc D's combo/set. So all 3 of us can eat lunch with 2 packs of these. Noboru grabbed take out sushi for Saturdays lunch. The kids and I had chicken cutlet sandwiches.

With chips.

Saturdays easy but delicious lunch. There was so much curry leftover we had that for dinner Saturday.

Nishimatsuya run from Saturday, we went back Sunday also.

Simple basic cords in a pretty basic easy to go with anything color. For Noah for 958 yen or something like that, under 1000 yen though for sure.

These jeans are perfect for Noah they are a slimmer fit, the shade is great and the price was the best!

The basic long sleeve shirts in 130cm, the plain long sleeve tees were 349 yen or something like that. And the striped one was 530 yen or something around there. But still a great price.

And 1 pair of sweatpants for Noah. I'll get him another pair of sweats in a few weeks but this is a great start for Noah, so with the 2 pair of jeans from before, plus the cords and the 1 jeans from Nishimatsuya from Saturday 4 pair of bottoms/pants, 3 jeans and 1 cords, are a great start. 5 is preferable but 4 is not so bad either.  There is now no need or feelings to rush. If the weather suddenly dropped, I wouldn't worry now. They have something for the cooler weather now. Also important to note, there was a huge sign at the front door that said....140cm...blah blah blah. I asked Noboru about it. He said that from right now, they will be only selling 140cm and under sizes. They used to sell 160cm and under sizes, which helped with cheap affordable things for *both* boys. But now...@_@ They decided no more 150cm stuff and no more 160cm things. They are selling all quantity and getting rid of all things in those sizes for super cheap! All Saturday, I kept thinking...you know, I know we went to Nishimatsuya for the sole purpose of getting some pants for Noah. However considering the cheap deals on 160cm. Hmmm. Perhaps these shouldn't be passed up! So, Sunday, we went back to Nishimatsuya. However.....first things first....I had to get the laundry out Sunday/ two days ago. Pictured below.

The typhoon was now expected to hit us Sunday night versus Monday, see how things change. However if you see this pic, not a drop of rain Sunday day. I washed both Branden and Noah's gym uniforms. Branden's lunch outfit.

White inside shoes for both Branden and Noah and orange sneakers for Noah. We all had yogurt or cereal because we had community street cleaning Sunday morning at 9am. We cleaned the street with our neighbors. Then we came in and I made lunch. And we left back to Nishimatsuya after lunch. This time, long sleeves for Branden was the focus.

2 more white long sleeves for Noah in 130 cm. Cherokee/Target brand, same store and brand that comes from the US. These basic white color go under polo type tops and everything!

See the price? 179 yen. Cherokee brand.

They shrink up some if you use a dryer. And we use a dryer full time in Winter.

This was my favorite long sleeve Branden got Sunday at Nishimatsuya. I think you can see the Cherokee tag at the right sleeve. And for 179 yen?  I am glad we went back. He can wear this shirt to school.

Let's play football. We love football, Denver Broncos fans here.

Turquoise and orange with pirate picture. Branden can cruise this to school and again for 179 yen.

Noah has this same exact color long sleeve he got at Nishimatsuya last year. Branden can wear this under a sweatshirt or whatever. For 179 yen it'll work. ; )

All Cherokee.

All 179 yen. If your son or daughter is a 150cm or 160 cm and you happen to have a Nishimatsuya close by, you might want to pop in and take a look. They are getting rid of all 150cm and 160cm clothes. And the prices are really good, they had Cherokee jeans in 150 and 160 for 779 yen or around there. Anyway just a FYI. Hope this info can be of help to someone. : )

Not a bad assortment. And to be honest, I am toying with the idea of cruising to 2 other farther Nishimatsuya's and having a look see for some 160cm things for Branden. Since they are closing out the stock. Hmm.  Anyway....what else happened this past week?

Oh yeah so, I was given this safety flag, last Thursday, when I picked up the boys after my lunch date with my good friend. It is/was for Monday/yesterday. October 1st. And Friday Branden brought a note saying if the typhoon should come Monday the "Monday greeting" of the kids would be cancelled not postponed but cancelled! Well, the typhoon came Sunday night, so the Monday greeting was still on. That was yesterday from 6:50am to 7:30am. : )

There was so much beef curry left over from Friday, we had half for Saturday, like i already mentioned, so we had beef curry and a salad for Saturday nights supper. So, that's why the roasted chicken dinner was pushed back to Sunday. We had roasted chicken, homemade mashed potatoes, stuffing and green beans. And we still have 1/3 of the green beans still in the freezer. : ) 1 bag of green beans can go into 3 meals. Ha ha ha. : )  So that was Sunday night family dinner at our house. We had this with Fanta orange soda. We don't drink soda all too much so it was a treat. The rains started around dinner time. We had the windows opened and got some lovely nice cool breezes and then the rain started and then we all ran around and closed the windows. Branden and Noah closed all the windows upstairs and shut the blinds. Noboru closed the two patio windows though we kept the blinds open. And I closed all the other downstairs windows. And then we finished dinner looking out the big patio window watching the rains. We have double paned anti shatter proof windows so we like to look out our windows.  During typhoons and we don't have to worry about breaking glass since they're not glass and they're super durable.

Noah wiped down the table and put away the mats. Branden started transferring food into smaller containers... putting mashed potatoes in a smaller container, stuffing in smaller container and wrapping with plastic wrap. I started wiping the stove down and Noboru loaded the dish washer. We were done so fast since we all pitched in and then we all played Uno. Noboru's suggestion. We played 2 rounds and I won both times, I was honestly just lucky. : )

Noah got a very good haircut this past week also. Hmm, do you have a colored green card Noah? Or can you match that number?

My cards.

Whoops, Noah didn't have that color or number, draw a new card Noah! : ) Anyway that was last night. After Uno, the 3 of them took a shower. And I then took a shower alone. Which is fine, I washed my hair and face and body. Rinsed up and then came down stairs.  We watched TV. The boys went to sleep after a while. Noboru and I stayed up. He rubbed my feet as we both sat on the couch. : ) It was a nice night. Nice weekend, Good week really. I got to have a wonderful lunch date with one of my really good friends. We have a movie date with all 3 of us this coming week. I can't wait! And onto a new week! : )

First picture of October 1st, 2012, yesterday! The wreath change. Good bye Hydrangea wreath. See you in January! : )

Hello Mr. And Mrs. Scarecrow, respectively of course! ; ) This is your time to shine! This is your month! Seeing you every time we enter our front door, will give us smile all month!

Happy Fall! : )

So this week is a bit busy. But then, I am often out and about. I mean, I don't just sit here at home twiddling my thumbs most days, I like to be out and about, having lunch with friends or going to a morning movie or whatever. This week, in no particular order, we have "a day at Disney" and we will spend the night at the hotel afterwards. I also have that movie date with my gal pals this week too. I also had the street greet for the elementary kids, that was yesterday. And I also have Fall, parent observation day this week also. : ) And if you add in, weekly grinds like laundry, house cleaning, grocery run, dinner prep, Kumon runs, and homework checks. But it's okay. A little busy hasn't hurt me yet. Anyway, that's all for now. : )  Have a great week everyone and happy October! ; )

 

Getting ready for Fall



So when did I order this raincoat? End of August or beginning of September or something like that, I recall I posted a tiny blurb about it and the 30% off we got on it at the time. But it arrived to us in Japan and we love this. Both Branden and Noah have this now in their sizes. And I like that it's lined.

This came also, and I liked the orange writing on this. Both of the boys got this one also.

For whatever reason both Branden and Noah love wearing vests, and the color on this Gap vest is fantastic and it is the "warmest puffy/puffer vest" so like the name says, it is very warm.

I'm lucky in that my dad will forward any Gap/Old Navy packages I have or sometimes he'll save them at his condo if he knows I am coming. We were unsure if I was coming at the start of September (for October) so he sent them on to the boys. Thanks dad! These are Branden's. In this pic is Branden's yellow puffy vest, Branden's yellow rain coat, the light blue long sleeve with gray sleeves and orange writing. A pretty blue stripey shirt and a long sleeved yellow shirt with cool skulls on the sleeves.

These are Noah's things for his leap into the Fall and cooler weather. 1 yellow Gap puffy vest, 1 Gap rain coat, though his stripe yellow and orange one which he *loves* still fits with room to spare, but Noah's Gap raincoat that is pictured is in size 8, so he"ll get usage from this in the future. A long sleeve yellow and navy striped shirt. I liked this so much I went and ordered this shirt in Branden's size, so Branden also now has this same shirt also. The same light blue top with orange writing. And the yellow tee with cool skulls on the sleeves, Noah got this one also. At least 3 long sleeves were a start in the right direction.

When I ordered Branden the striped yellow long sleeve, same as Noah had, I went and ordered this tee for Noah, it's bright and orange and the sleeves and cute.  This already got here too. So 4 long sleeves for Noah so far.

This is the yellow tee they both have from Gap with the skulls on the sleeves.

They each have this one and it goes perfect with the yellow puffer vest! This plus the vest and a pair of jeans will look great this Fall.

Old Navy was selling really great sweaters at the start of September. This one in particular ladies commented most in the comments section at Old Navy. They said it fit great. Yadayada however everyone said this was very close to the one they were selling at J Crew but the J Crew one was for like $90! Or something really expensive. This was like $20 plus the 30% off coupon I used. So, I jumped on it. And I am so glad I did, because they're all sold out now but I am glad I have mine. This will look great with a great pair of jeans and maybe my navy blue New Balance sneakers. Perhaps this will be what I wear to Disney. Who knows. But I love this sweater, it's very current for right now. I think I'll be wearing this a lot this Fall and Winter.

You know, I am a mom, mornings are less hectic now that both Branden and Noah are in the same school. But, I'm still busy in the day, and throwing this on with a pair of yoga pants in the morning so I can take them to school. Or on a lazy weekend throwing this on with a pair of jeans and maybe us all heading to the movies or to Hanamasa or to lunch or whatnot. Also, most sweatshirts always have hoods for women, I don't mind hoods for the boys. But I was happy to get a ladies sweatshirt minus the hood.

And I bought the same sweatshirt in navy.

The coral Gap sweatshirt and the heart sweater, they look so much cuter not wrapped in the plastic. ; )

Gap boxes. Yay!

I saw these polka dot shoes and I knew they had to be mine. Love these shoes!

Black leather ballet flats from Gap, this leather is so soft.

These shoes are so awesome.

These will go with, leggings, jeggings, skirts and jeans. I can't wait.

Noah's long sleeve orange shirt. Pictured above someplace.

And 1 preppy striped fleece for Branden. Fall, I'm just about ready for you! And remember before the 2nd semester started we went and bought them both socks. And we also bought them some jeans already, Branden got 3 pair so far and Noah 2 pair so far. So, I am starting to be Fall ready clothes wise.

Every Fall they get new sneakers. Last weekend we drove to Chiba New Town/Inzai and picked up some new sneakers for the boys.

They both ended up with Adidas. Plus Noah's orange Asics still fit with room to spare and he has a brand new never worn yellow pair of Asics still hiding in the shoe closet still. Noah's had 2 or 3 pair of orange Asics so far, lol.  Anyway....

I cut the tags off all the long sleeves and I washed them all up on a quick wash before they wear them for the first time.

And then I hung them in their closets and so we have been getting prepared for Fall.

Okay sorry about this lady giving us her sexy pose.; ) Anyway, I have had long hair for the past 10 years, just like this pic.... choppy face framing layers and everything. At home I throw it into a pony tail, but outside I leave it long and down. I have had a few "the Rachel" cuts mixed in from time to time, from Friends which is shoulder length with lots of choppy layers. During these past 10 years but for the most part, it is just really long and pin straight with face framing layers.

Was it 3 or 4 years ago, I saw Katie Holmes new bob and I said well that's different. And I had mine all chopped, this was right before Noah started yochien so this was years ago. It of course grew out. Well derr 4 years it obviously did. : ) Plus my hair grows like a weed anyway. However, my last hair cut was June 2012? Somewhere around there. And I once again had face framing layers and hair straightening. All summer it grew even *more* And fall, is when I usually get my new hair cut, albeit same haircut and same hair straightening. However about 8-10 days before Branden and Noah's undokai, I really started to think...."should I get the same ol' same ol" Or should I chop it all off! That was the question, I had. However flash back to when I was in the 10th grade and I thought, "I should get bangs" instead of thinking it through being so impulsive and young like that and not even going to the salon, I took out the scissors at home and whack! Huge mistake....huge huge! Not only did I not cut them right at all! I decided I look 100% times better *without* bangs! Isn't that so enlightening *after the fact* @_@ Ha! But such is youth. And so, cute little barrettes and pull and stretch my bangs to one side or just headbands galore. I wore headbands or 1 rhinestone barrette to the side to cover the bang butcher job for about 6 months! What did I learn? Think things through, don't be impulsive when it comes to your hair or anything really. So, now I have the good sense I clearly didn't have in the 10th grade when it comes to my hair. And so I said to myself, give it 1 week and if I still want to chop my hair off, then I guess I really do! But no hasty snap decisions! So 8 days before undokai, I wanted to cut my hair. No action just thought it out. 7 days before, still wanted to cut my hair, no action taken. 6 days before the boys undokai and yep still wanted to cut my hair still no action taken. At this point I lightly mention to Noboru, "btw honey I am considering cutting my hair" Day 5, start thinking about length....do I want Katie Holmes bob type short? No. But I do want a change. A sorta big one. I have a hair styles 2012 book, I bought at Tsutaya in January of this year, I forget when exactly. Anyway....I didn't find a single hair cut in the magazine I wanted, figures. : ) Anyway I have been getting our whole family into Fall with clothes and whatnot. Right, so there I was flipping though a ladies clothing catalog here in Japan looking for Fall clothes for myself. And I found the hair cut. Pictured below.

I bought this sweatshirt in navy blue btw, I love it! And it seems in Japan this Fall, "big slouchy" side pockets are "very in" right now. I see them all over at the mall and in different catalogs and you know, I know everyone's different but I persoanlly really like the funky new slouchy side pockets. And the polka dots on this made it very femenine, so anyway I ordered the navy blue polka dot one  and it arrived at my house already with 1 other cute wintery top, sorry the topic is my hair and not the sweatshirt, moving on..... But her hair was exactly what I was looking for....Mine is straight, dead straight like the Katie Holmes pic up above, but the length is longer then Katie's and the length and cut is exactly this but straight like Katie's. And no bangs like Katie Holmes either. It's this ladies hair exactly except mine is straight. So after waiting a good enough time to know I wasn't making a rush decision about my hair, the day after Branden and Noah's undokai, Sunday, I got up, got myself dressed and I drove to the small shopping mall in the city Noah used to go to yochien in, told Noboru and the boys, I'll be back in about an hour or so with a new haircut. I brought this picture talked to the hairstylist in Japanese, he did my hair last June. And he said, alrighty, that is going to be a big change but it's going to turn out great. And so, I opened my book, the John Edwards mistress one...."What Really Happened" By Rielle Hunter.  And I went in for just a basic cut, they shampooed my hair twice once when I arrived and after the cut took place to take any hair bits off from the cut, then he gave me a full blow out and flat ironed it and everything and I paid my 4200 yen and thanked him and left!  Everyone loves my new haircut but everyone is also shocked by how different my hair is, since it used to be pretty long. lol. Noboru said, "wow it's like I have a totally different wife now"" and he laughed. When I talk with my "mom friends" at the shogakko, everyone said, I love it, but wow it is so totally different.  Also, I was used to using a certain amount of shampoo and now I have to use half of the amount I used to use. Anyway, I think I'll keep my hair this length until January and then who knows maybe I'll let it grow out who knows.  But yeah, I got my Fall hair cut. I might go and get a hair straightening in November if I need it, but for now I don't.  And Wednesday of this week, Noboru took the boys to the barber and they both have new hair cuts also. Nice new fresh haircuts. And with "Fall observation day" coming this coming week, as well as Disney also, it is nice everyone has new haircuts.  Hmm, maybe I can wear this navy blue sweatshirt with cute slouchy pockets with jean capris and low top black converse to Disney. Hmm, the outfit to Disney is still totally undecided ; ) but either way I know I'll be going to Disney comfortable, with sneakers on, what sneakers? I don't know, New Balance or low top converse, but comfort is my #1. : )  Anyway Fall we are ready for you now! : )

Last week it was still so hot, short sleeves and shorts was all you needed. However this week, the weather has cooled down some. The boys have gone to school all week, this week with long sleeve tops and shorts. So still warm but no longer is it "hot". When will the boys be shifting into pants and jeans? Who knows. But for now they have switched to long sleeves. So weatherwise it is for surely switching. I am thinking about heading to Nishimatsuya this afternoon to look for some jeans for Noah, maybe pick up a pair of jeans for him.

Typhoon coming to Japan? Depending on where you live it might have already passed you. Or maybe isn't coming where you live. Tuesday of this week, both Branden and Noah came home saying their teachers mentioned to the class that a typhoon was coming and should be here this coming Saturday? The heads up was appreciated for me. I mentioned to Noboru, but he says it won't be hitting our area. So maybe we will not be affected tomorrow at all, or I am unsure. Either way, the pantry and fridge is fully stocked, so either way we are okay. Tonight I am making beef curry, the beef is boiling on the stove as I type and tomorrow/Saturday I am baking 2 whole chickens, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and veggie. I am also thinking about either baking a cake or homemade chocolate chip cookies for this weekend. So we will be fine here either way. Anyway, if the typhoon does come, please stay safe everyone. : )