ChanomiTalk

We have been busy preparing for home schooling. Bought some storage carts with plastic drawers to put our school supplies in. This way we can roll it into another room after school and in the mornings we roll it out to the dining room table for school. Without my organized storage last year we would have to go in one room for extra pencils, another for a calculator, spend time hunting for erasers, etc. Hope to start teaching tomorrow or Wed.

Aleria and I went to the children’s museum today.  We had lots of fun.  She got to play around in the tots room.  They had balls, puzzles, sand, and lots of other cool toys.  She ran around chasing a little boy then ran away from another different boy.  There was a large screen on the floor that had a picture of water.  When she stepped on it, the water began to move and make noise.  It was cool, and Aleria loved it.  She kept stepping on it to make the water move.  She also climbed a lot of stairs in a small castle.  Later, there was a story time event in the early afternoon, and Aleria got to shake a toy with bells attached while she listened to stories and heard music.  She danced too.  The museum had another room with blocks, stuff animals, and many books.  We played in there for a little while then we wandered around the rest of the museum before heading home.

Last night we were able to have some family time after our teenager got off work from her job at the grocery store. We went to Joplin, MO to do some shopping. We are thankful that some of the stores are built back since the terrible tornado from May of 2011. We ate at Olive Garden then went to buy Jeans for our daughter at J.C. Penney’s then on to Academy Sports (recently built back) for shoes for her to work in. It was a relaxing evening. This morning we had a good church service then after someone treating us to lunch, my husband went to nursing home to sing hymns and play his guitar for them. Our Sun. afternoon nap is coming soon.

Jena

I had to wake up very early for a bus to pick me up at 4:45 A.M.. When I arrived at the airport, I found out that I would be the only person on the tour for the whole day. I was really surprised. Fortunately, the guide was really nice, full of information, and willing to drive me around by myself all day. The scenery on Maui is very beautiful with lots of nice beaches, old volcanic craters, green mountains, and even waterfalls. The old whaling town of Lahaina was also quite quaint and an enjoyable stop. I think I would be willing to return some day.

Right now Kansas is in a drought. Got a couple of short rains but rivers are drying up. We have been extra busy helping a homeless couple that came 2 weeks ago.

Better go for now.
Be blessed.
Jena

Why do I love Rock music? It’s actually difficult to say really. I love all genres of music, nothing is off limits. If I had to narrow it down to one thing about rock, okay maybe two things I like about it. One, is a common answer for most people, I love the way it makes me feel. And Two, I love when guitarist rip into awesome solos. In my opinion you can’t have an awesome rock song without one.

A wise woman once told me that is important for me to understand the heart of the speaker. Well, I can honestly say I am bit confused. Though I have learned that the proper way to say I is to say 私、in Japanese I have also discovered there are other ways to say I, which I guess can sound less polite I guess. But in the interactions that I have seen and enough Japanese movies it is difficult to tell. Initially I had thought 俺 was someone who may be very arrogant, like a favorite character of mine on one of my old favorite Cartoons Vegeta, he always would use 俺。 and he was quite arrogant, but recently in other movies I have watched calm characters used 俺、they spoke softly and what seemed to be nice to others. What’s most interesting is I attend a Japanese Church and even the pastor used 俺、 Of course I could not understand him completely, but found it strange as I have been advised not to use it. My final two strong observations I made in movies at least is that it seems “hip” younger guys tend to use 僕 and men with strong voices tend to use 私、 normally villians as well. Anyway, I hope I didn’t confuse anyone else, but I’m sure in time I’ll have a better understanding about the Three “I”s . And if you all wont mind, I will now briefly blog about why I love Rock. 🙂