Honest Pizza in the Sky
Posted on May 20, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
About a month ago, Jason’s co-workers put together a Saturday outing that involved a trip to a Japanese restaurant called Pizza in the Sky. Around 5 families joined together and caravaned to a northern peninsula of the island to the restaurant high above sea level. The restaurant is situated on top of a mountain, […]
Read More..>>Cars for sale, love and never surrendering
Posted on May 17, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
When we arrived on the island, one of our first purchases was a car. Most cars here are used and around 10 years old. While buying an ten year old car in the states seems unheard of, it’s the norm here. In fact, if you buy a new car on the island you stand to […]
Read More..>>Toilets, what the…???
Posted on May 15, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
As new residents of the island, our curiosity of what’s here has sent us out to local parks, stores and tourist destinations. As a part of life and leaving the home it is inevitable that someone would have to use the bathroom while we are out. That first someone was Maggie. On our first trip […]
Read More..>>Drinks, Drinks, Drinks …everywhere!
Posted on May 13, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
I love to drink. No not alcoholic drinks, but coffee and soda. Fortunately for me, the Okinawans do too! On almost ever corner (not exaggerating) there is a vending machine. Drink machines are everywhere, on street corners, in the front of stores, and even on the side of the road where there is nothing but […]
Read More..>>The Okinawa Wave
Posted on May 12, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
After 36 hours of eating, sleeping and sitting in airports and airplanes we finally landed in Okinawa, Japan. Strangely, for me at least, everything looked the same as the country we left until I got into a car. My friend D, who I met through Maggie’s friendship with her daughter, moved to […]
Read More..>>Posted on May 11, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
(Written by J in April)
What a busy month! First we settled in to Okinawa (arrival, pet issues, getting cars, finding housing, getting Maggie registered for kindergarten, etc., etc.). All along the long and varied process, we were preparing for me to leave for almost three weeks on a work trip to Alaska. I was told […]
Here and good
Posted on March 19, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Good news: We are in place safe and sound. The trip was VERY long but went alot better than I or Erin had expected. The kids and parents held up very well. We are, of course, suffering the effect of jet lag, Wyatt especially. His sleep schedule is way off. Wilson and Charley also seem […]
Read More..>>Everything’s on schedule
Posted on March 15, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
We have gotten a lot of phone calls, etc. from folks wondering what’s going on with us because of all the stuff happening in Japan. The good news is, all is still in place. Okinawa is far enough south that it really wasn’t effected by the earthquake or tsunami. As far as us, we are […]
Read More..>>The death of an old person is like the burning of a library (supposedly an African proverb)
Posted on February 28, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I really like driving, especially if I am traveling in an area I haven’t seen before. Chalk it up to the wanderlust in my nature. One of the reasons I like to drive is that it gives me time to think (assuming I am alone…there’s no thinking when kids are around). I drove to Baltimore […]
Read More..>>A story worth remembering
Posted on February 22, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Erin told me a story yesterday that is definitely worth writing about. (I am going to hijack it because she has such little time to write.) The kids were napping in their room. Erin heard Wyatt talking; though he does sometimes talk in his sleep, this is usually a good sign that he is awake […]
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