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A New Motorcycle Trip

The weekend before Memorial Day my friends and I took a long motorcycle trip to Eastern Washington.  We stayed at a campground in Leavenworth, a Bavarian themed town, visited the sights there and then rode on farther east the next day.  One way the trip was a little over 300 miles.  Our destination was Electric City, which is very near the Grand Coulee Dam.  We participate in a big Blues Festival there twice a year.  We saw some amazing Blues artists.  My all-time favorite band is called Junkyard Jane.  They are special friends of ours.  They have a website www.junkyardjane.com.  Another favorite for me this year was John Nemeth.

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家具をゆずりました

 家を売りに出したと同時に、次の棲み家(すみか)をみつける作業に着手しました。

 当初は、一軒家と2軒家 (duplex) を見て回ったのですが、これまで、「家を所有すると改造せずにはいられなかった」 ことに気が付き、この癖を治すため、借り家をすることにしました。

 今回の家を売る過程で、常に、買い手の都合に合わせて家を公開するなどの気苦労にうんざりしたことも、借り家に決めた理由の一つです。

 さて、気に入った棲み家はみつかりましたが、上下2階の今の家の半分の大きさで、持っている家具類を入れると、人間が入れない! それでは、家具類を始末する他ない、ということになりました。予想外にも、大工のダグさん (写真)、それに、家の買い手 (写真) からも、ぜひ家具類をゆずってほしいとの申し出があり、大きなソファー、テーブルはもとより、園芸用具類も始末できました。 Continue reading →

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Getting older…

When I was in high school I’d stay up until 4 or 5 a.m.  almost every weekend.  It was also not uncommon for me to sleep until one or two in the afternoon.  However, now that I’ve gotten a little older my concept of time has drastically changed.  The other night I looked at the clock and realized it was almost midnight and my first thought was "What am I doing up so late?"  haha.  What’s more is if I’m not up by eight in the morning I feel like I’ve wasted the whole day.  Kind of strange how much your perception of things can change in ten years.

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Michiko thinks I am crazy

I am up to about 10 tattoos now. I went last Sunday and got two new spiders on my back to accompany the snakes and one frog that are there already. There will be two more frogs added to complete the backscape and then I am going to move to my feet and legs.. From there Who Knows????  …….. What would you do? Continue reading →

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Fun in the sun


We had a great day at the Kaneohe Bay Sandbar. Friends and family made it a great day. We took the boat out in the morning and just hung around for a few hours. We will be planning a BBQ for next time! See you there. Continue reading →

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my sad cooking skillz

 
私が調理する数少ないレパートリーの一つは缶詰サーモンです。これはかんたんだから。。。

    月。 缶詰サーモンを買います。
    火。 殆ど汁をそそいで、捨てます。それから、おわんにサーモンを入れます。
    水。 1/4 カップ油をマイクロウエーブして、サーモンの上に油をそそぎます。
    木。 全部の上にお醤油をそそぎます。
    金。 きざみねぎをふりかけます。
    土。 ご飯と一緒に食べます。

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幸せおすそわけ

同期の友達が結婚したので,みんなで集っておめでとう会を開く。
見ていて,仲が良さそうで良い夫婦だなーと思った。
2人のキスシーンも撮ったのだが,興奮しすぎて,ブレブレのわけがわからない写真になってしまった。
幸せを分けてもらった気分。

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History in the making on Maui

Aloha All,

History is in the making on the island of Maui.  Many firsts are/have happened or will soon.  God has been doing a mighty work and continues to do so!

1)   The Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus will graduate their first class on May 27, 2006.

2)  Maui has it’s first Honolulu Symphony Scholarship winner.  Cellist Risa Yarborough, Jr. at Kamehameha Schools Maui and student of Lifen Anthony (member of the Honolulu Symphony) won a scholarship for private study. 

3)  The Maui Youth Philharmonic was formed this past year.  There has never been a Youth Orchestra outside of Honolulu in the State of Hawaii.  There were 48 students from 12 schools on Maui that made up this orchestra. Their Inaugural performance took place on April 26, 2006.

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古い!

 
このドイリーを数年間作っています。私のお母さんの母の日のプレゼントのために、済ませるつもりでした。(両親は今イタリアに旅行していますので、帰った後私達はお祝いします。)でも、ドイリーは古すぎます。。。ふちは茶色になりました! :P もはや済ませたくない。

I’ve been working on this doily on and off for years, and yesterday I thought I’d try to finish it up to give to my mom for Mother’s Day.  (My parents are in Italy right now, so we’re going to celebrate when she gets back.)  But I pulled it out, and it’s so old that the edges have turned a little brown!  :P:P:P  I don’t want to finish it anymore. Continue reading →

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写真を見つけた!

また、仕事の旅行の小話。。。:> ところで、この写真は訓練の初日です。その日、名札を付けましたが、週の残りに怠け者から、付けませんでした。私は最後の列に座りたかったのですが、同僚達は責任者ですので、もっと前のほうに座りたかった。

I’m still talking about my work trip… :>  Anyhoodle, this was the first day of training — I wore my nametag that day, but was too lazy to wear it later on in the week.  I would’ve chosen to sit in the last row, but my coworkers are very good and wanted to sit closer to the front. Continue reading →

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