Back to school and somewhat NORMALCY

Well things should be getting back to somewhat normal I suppose with school starting on Monday . Although we have boxes and boxes stacked everywhere you look in this house , so I guess normal isn't quite the word I should be using! Or stuff finally arrived on island this week. It has been tough trying to get it all organized and put away in this house. so much smaller than what we are used too and well I couldn't bare to put much of our stuff into storage for 3 years. So needless to say the closets aren't the only thing bursting at the hinges, we have wall to wall furniture too.

Today was open house at Austins new school and that went well. Pretty big school compared to what he is used to and for the 1st time he has a male teacher. Mr. Horton , he seems like a fun yet lets get down to business kind of teacher. Austin liked his name and teased with him saying Mr. HORTON HEARS A WHO... which Mr. Horton thought was really funny. He wasn't so sure at first when he knew he had a male teacher , but after meeting him and hanging in the class for a bit , I think all is well.

It is still hotter than heck here , the humidity is just brutal. We have been trying to do some fun stuff on the weekends with our friends Joanne and Bernard and there kids . We did make it to Kokusai St (lots of shopping) and were lucky enough to go on a festival weekend. Which meant lots of Eisa dancers and Taiko drummers. the kids loved it. I was able to find a small drum for my nephew that day , just like the ones the little taiko boys play. Boy my sister is just gonna love me isn't she!





Look what I found at the end of the street! it was fun to go in , but they wouldn't let you touch anything , they all had on gloves ..so funny. I still think it will be way cheaper and more practical to order from them online!



And I have some other news to share! We are expecting a new ANDERSON on March 5th! I was definately surprised and a bit shocked at first. We had talked on and off for more than 2 years about me not being a spring chicken (34 years young haha) anymore and if we were going to have one we better decide soon. So as the saying goes god works in mysterious ways . We are all pretty excited now but at the same time I have been a bit depressed being so far away from all my family and friends . i had my first ultra sound this week and would love to share the wee wittle ones photo ONLY my scanner is in 1 of the 100 unpacked boxes around here...lol
Now if I could just get past this morning/day sickness maybe i could get some unpacking done!!!

i have been ordering new craft supplies so hopefully within the month my house will be in order and I can craft with all you divas, who I MISS!!!

hugs to you all!

Still alive...

(photo taken at a roller slide park, do we look HOT OR WHAT???)

Yes I am finally posting since getting here to Okinawa.`Thanks to everyone for all the emails!
We have been busy trying to adjust to our new way of life, making new friends and learning lots of new things! It has been a task just to get our internet to work. I logged on for days and all I could see was Japanese text!

I am not quite sure how I feel about it yet. I am TRYING to keep an open mind!
The humidity here is unreal! I am used to the 115 degree temps of the Arizona desert...PIECE O CAKE! This 88 degree 80 % humidity is a bit unpleasant! I spent the first week feeling quite dizzy and dehydrated I am sure.

I do need to attempt to get behind the wheel of the car again. I have only tried it once!`It was pretty scary being on the opposite side of the road and car!



My friend Joanne from high school and her family got here this past weekend. Pretty neat after all this time and we have boys the same age.

All in all I would say I am still NOT USE to it and its going to take a while, but I am gonna stay positive..haha!

I will leave you with some random photos I have taken for now..( FOR SOME REASON BLOGGER WONT UPLOAD MY PICS , I WILL TRY AGAIN LATER)


( HUGE slide made of all rollers , you use cardboard to come down on it)

(Austin coming down the roller slide)


( A GIGANTIC DROP slide , Austin only did it once!)


(sign in the entrance to the park , I HAD to take a pic, even though we arent sure what it means)
ANY IDEA ???



ARAHA BEACH




(very cool pirate ship for the kids on Araha Beach)

Hugs to you all ,I miss everyone! I feel so far away ... gee probably because I am right??LOL

Oh and I almost forgot ....
I experienced my first earthquake,lets just say not fun thinking about a 6.2 quake while living on an island!

Headed to the other side of the world

Well the time has come, we have been here in LA over the weekend and fly out to Seattle early in the morning and stay the night there before we journey to Okinawa! Just wanted to drop in and say Hi to you all!
Miss reading everyones blogs and of course chatting with you all!

See you soon!

He's home !!!

So my hubby came home to us for good, from Korea a week ago today. WE couldn't be happier!

Austin hasn't wanted anything to do with me since his daddy stepped off the plane but I understand. Its been non stop fun with dad! Between playing the Wii , Tech Deck stuff and all his new speed racer cars they went out and bought . Austin doesn't think there are enough hours in the day! We have also been going to the baseball field in the evenings when it cools off a bit. I am trying to keep him hyped up about our move to Japan (he is a bit sad ) Baseball starts a few days before we get there and I intend to get him playing right away , so he makes new friends soon after we arrive.




I have been busy with all the moving details and I think after a few phone calls to update our new address all will be done...finally. The movers get here on the 10th of June and should have everything packed and gone on the 13th . Its all happening rather quickly!


I am excited for our little trip to LA before we leave , with our great FRIENDS the RODARTES .
I am not sure how I would have ever survived this past year without Maria or her hubby !
We will be spending Fathers Day out on the SANTA MONICA PIER with the kids






Then we are going to take them to the TAR PITS
and other touristy stuff that's fun for kids. Hopefully Maria and I will have enough free time to stop in to Sweetpeas&Snapshots !

We will say our goodbyes in California and head up to Seattle to see my mother in law and her 2 sons before flying over to Okinawa. I will have the laptop and be checking in on the blogs from time to time and maybe making a few quick posts.



Tonight us girls are doing dinner and going to see the much anticipated SEX AND THE CITY which I have to admit ... I have never watched a single episode! Cant pass up hanging out with the girls though!

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Busy , Busy

Wow the days sure are flying bye! I have had so much to do with getting ready for this move, that I barely feel like I have sat down. I did get a break this afternoon , I sat home and waited on the storage and moving companies to come out and do there estimates. So I decided to make a new banner and footer(scroll all the way to the bottom to see the footer) for my blog. Hey at least it was something creative! I don't know when the next time I will get to craft will be , I will have to live through all you crafting DIVAS for now!

So since I have nothing of my own to share . I thought I would post a few fun ETSY finds...

(photo from littleprettystudio)
Check out these awesome hoop.dee.do bulletin boards
Jennifer Pebbles of PaperandInk
makes these hip bulletin boards in all sorts of fun patterns

This shop EveryJotandTitle is filled with fun tags for all your projects

(photos from Everyjotandtitle)

I would love to order one of everything from this fun shop!

Digital Paperie

So many pretty designs and images on their paper products.

(photo from Digital Paperie)

This cute shop has FAST SHIPPING and a lot of fun PHOTO cards to choose from

Creative Apples

(photo from Creative Apples)

and last but not least check out this cool store with lots of fun DECALS for your walls

Elephannie

Well I suppose it's time to go throw something together for dinner. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make this yummy thing.....

Pioneer Womans Carrot Cake

Wish me luck!

P.S. Hubby is home on friday!!!!

Great friends

Hope everyone had a fabulous mothers day. Mine was good, lunch with Austin and then of course we did something he wanted to do ...lol so we went and watched SPEED RACER. Pretty cool movie for little boys I suppose. I would prefer to watch P.S. I LOVE YOU with Hillary Swank again , very sweet movie I rented this week.

Still no birthday pictures to share ,my friend who has them is a work aholic and promises I will have them soon. I still haven't had time this week to take a photo of my wonderful birthday surprise from Maria. But I was able to find a photo online to share....So she makes me this beautiful card and hands me a box at dinner , not just any box a COACH box. That's another thing we have in common as best friends , our love of COACH purses. So I start reading the card and TEARS start to fall , it was the sweetest ever!

here's a snippet form the card.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!

For four years you have been my best friend.

You have been there through the good and the bad.

This is a little token of my friendship. I have a matching one.

So where ever we may be in the world , when we wear them we

will remember our friendship.

See I told ya it was the sweetest ever! Now I haven't even opened the box yet. because I couldn't stop crying and thinking about how MUCH I am GOING TO MISS THIS GIRL!!!!

So I finally get the box open and see this beauty inside.......

• I can hardly believe in a month I will be leaving AZ and on my way to Japan. We have everything pretty much ready to go , movers scheduled, flights arranged and we went in and got lots of shots (OH WHAT FUN) but better safe than sorry. My wonderful hubby will be home soon (11 days)and I am so ready to have him back for good! A year is a very long time....


• Oh musnt forget that the sweet hubby that he is sent me gorgeous red roses
  
• I think then I will be able to get excited about our new adventures to come!
• For now I am too busy separating what we need to take and what needs to stay in storage, not a very fun task !
• Oh and on a side note if anyone is looking for a new summery scent , I was given MARC JACOBS PEAR from another great friend and let me tell you , its SO YUMMY!

Well that's all for now. I guess I should get washing the laundry that wont wash itself, oh that would be a WONDERFUL MOTHERS DAY PRESENT ...lol!

Night everyone!

Still here

Wow its been a while since I have even been able to sit down and read any blogs or post on my own. I know I owe a few emails as well , didn't forget you all. I just had a rather busy ON THE GO kind of week.

I turned the big 34 last week . Eww ..haha!
It was a wonderful week though, lots of shopping and lunches with friends. A wonderful birthday night out including a fabulous dinner at a Italian restaurant , put together by my wonderful amazing friend MARIA. I cant tell you how much fun that was ! I will have to post about the most wonderful thoughtful gift she gave me as soon as I take photos or get all the photos emailed to me from the other night. Needless to say just reading the CARD I CRIED!!!! I love you girl!!!!
Then we all headed out to the SANDBAR for some drinks and dancing. Thanks again to all of my wonderful friends for such a great night!!! I love you all :)


I received my JUNQUE SWAP from BRITT and have yet to take any pics, but that's on the list of must does this week too..haha!
Short post for today though, I am supposed to be getting ready for my girls day lounging by the pool. Lots of yummy food and relaxing with friends for CINCO DE MAYO!

Be back soon!!

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