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So we had a wonderful time with my dad and step mom. We really enjoyed and appreciated them. They ended up staying until Wednesday morning, so we got an extra day with them. :) They arrived Saturday evening around 6pm. When we got back to the house we had the roast and veggies I had cooked in the crock pot. It was yummy. Sunday we did all of our running around. We went to the pumpkin patch on Sauvie Island and got some goodies(pickled okra/habanero garlic/pumpkin butter/pickled beets) and pumpkins. Sascha and Fumiko both picked out their own pumpkins. It took Sascha forever to find one he liked, and it only took Fumiko a minute. :) When we were done there we headed over to Uwajimaya and got some groceries/meat/fish. From there we headed to Sushi & Maki and had dinner. They loved everything. Gosh we got some baby octopus balls, steamed gyoza, wakame salad, my special roll, indiana roll, massachusettes roll, georgia roll and another one. We also got the green tea and red bean tempura ice cream. It was soo good. :) From there we went to New Seasons and got some ribs/andouille sausages and other things for the barbecue, and some of the yummy salami. They both loved the salami. Monday I took Sascha to school came home and spent time with them. My dad and I picked Sascha up from school went to New Seasons again and bought the last of their salami. Then we went home and had yummy food. Kai did his barbecue ribs which they loved. :)
That night since Jeannie and I were still stuffed I made some miso soup and rice, which they loved so much they want the recipe! Yay I'm really happy that they liked our food. Tuesday we had teriyaki salmon from the columbia river, tonkatsu, and roast chicken. My dad wanted to show me how to use the rotisserie they got us for Christmas, so he had me season the chicken and he put it on the roast. It was pretty simple. I've never had so much food in my life. Ugh. I'm still stuffed. lol
They brought us up a giant basket of fruits and one of cookies/muffins/goodies. They also brought up a motorized scooter for Sascha and Kai, a huge big screen tv, and a 12 in 1 game table for Sascha. While here they purchased us a new washing machine to replace the one that Kai broke, a freezer, and the dinner table set Kai and I have been drooling over for a couple of years now. They also bought a bunch of groceries for us. They got Sascha a nerf gun and Fumiko this sweet little bunny that she loves. In fact Sascha liked it so much they bought him the Puppy one. Which he's been taking everywhere. It was awesome to have them here. We missed them so much. I wish they could have stayed up here. Fumiko did so well with them. Saturday she wanted nothing to do with them, but Sunday she was totally different. She let them hold her and touch her and she had fun with them. Monday and Tuesday she even let Jeannie watch her all by herself. She also let her change her diapers and give her a bath. :) And now we finally have a real dinner table! Now we don't have to use the bar and bar stools all the time. :D I only have a few pictures of their visit because I spent a lot of time doing stuff with them instead of just photographing it. But I do have a few pictures I really like.
We miss them so much though. They miss the babies too. They called twice yesterday and twice the day before. I hope they can come up again, or we can at least go see them. Jeannie said she was going to pay for us to come down for a visit. So I hope Kai gets some paid time off soon. :)
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Ahh Autumn is officially here. It's rainy, cloudy, cool, wonderful weather. I so love autumn. It just feels right. I love the rain and the sound that puddles on the road make when cars drive through them. It's lovely. My dad and step mom are arriving this weekend. Possibly tonight or tomorrow night! I can't wait. This will be their first time seeing Miss Fumi-Kitty and the 3rd time they've seen Sascha. They have a lot of catching up to do in three days. :) They are doing "Christmas" when they come up, since we haven't been able to spend a Christmas with them yet. They're getting us a freezer for the garage, and a new washing machine since Kai broke ours(I'll tell that story later), $200 for groceries/meat/fish for the freezer, as well as shopping for Sascha/Fumiko and they're bringing up two smoked turkeys. lol We're going to take them to the pumpkin patch with us and to Sushi & Maki. They want to take a day and treat us to our favourite restaurants. :) They also want me to cook our "normal" stuff for them. They can't wait to try my miso soup! I don't think it will be filling enough for them given the way they normally eat, so I'm going to make tonkatsu, miso soup and my ginger dressing/salad for them. That should hopefully be filling. They're meat & potato peoples.
Oh they're also bringing up their old giant screen tv, and a motorized scooter for Sascha and Kai. So Sascha is super excited. He's already thinking of what he wants when they take him shopping. He keeps bringing up the commercial about the remote control helicopters, so I'm thinking he's gonna try to wrangle one out of them. :) Oh Sascha also lost his second tooth! He's losing them fast now, and they're coming in just as fast. :) I'll have to take a picture. I have so many photos to resize and upload. Ahh.
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I'm so happy that Autumn is finally here. It's my favourite time of year. The leaves are finally starting to change, it's so lovely. The air smells crisp and wonderful and it's cool! Yesterday was supposed to be Sascha's school picture day. It got rescheduled however because the forecast said there was supposed to be a storm. It didn't storm. It did sprinkle a bit. But no storm. So it will be next Tuesday.
I picked up some yard the other day to make Fumiko a hat and scarf. :) We'll see how that goes. I still can't figure out the round crochet things Jamie gave me. Even after reading several tutorials online. Oh well. I'll have to wait until one of us visits so she can show me. Cause I fail. S I'm just going to knit it with the circular needles I used for Sascha.
I managed to find my old kodak camera, however I'm thinking I want a newer one. One with better movie capabilities, and one that is less bulky. I was thinking of the Canon Powershot or a Nikon Coolpix. I really like Nikon so I may stick with them. Either way I have plenty of time to decide. :)
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I've been bad at blogging. I just haven't been too interested in it. I've been posting over at boardx and playing WoW with Kai off and on when he's home. Still doing the normal take Sascha to school then Kai to work then go to work then pick Sascha up from school head home and clean/cook/etc. Corralling Fumiko has been much fun. She has her new wheely bug and has been pushing it all over. :) Kai's new pay finally kicked in a few days ago. Sadly he can't get back pay for his commissions. -.- Thanks Mr. Jerkface boss dude. *sigh* His pay should have been effective from the 31st when he took over the store. But oh well. At least his hourly pay will be retroactive. Thank goodness.
Man Fumiko really loves blackberries. o_O We just went out and I picked like 20 berries for her and she gobbled them down. She literally stuffed her little face with them. They're almost gone. I need to find some from the store. Kai just realized that when he handed in his work flash drive to Circuit City he handed in the wrong one. He gave them his personal one instead of the work one. He just found what he thought was his personal one. When he checked it he found all the work programs. :lol: So Circuit City has a flash drive with WoW movies and junk on it. :P
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So I took Sascha to school this morning, got coffee for my migraine and on the way to taking Kai to work we drive by the shop. Kai says "Does your mom have an appointment this morning?". I glance over to see someone parked in front of the shop. Just last night my mom said she was gonna stay home in the morning because she didn't have any appointments. So I say no and take Kai to work. I get back to see one of my moms bible study friends sitting outside the shop. lol Oops. Apparently last week they changed their bible study from 12 noon to 9:30am. So I called my mom and was like "So uh did you have a meeting this morning because your bible study ladies are here?" She totally forgot. So everyone is here but her and Dawn. Dawn probably forgot as well because it was on my moms calendar as 12noon. I called Dawn but got her voice mail. My mom should be on her way.
I need to learn how to make wakame salad. I crave it sooo bad. It's so good. I need to go in and ask Sushi & Maki how they make theirs. I love it. Also has anyone noticed all the signs up for sales jobs? I've seen several in shop windows today. Normally I don't even notice. Anyways. Back to work. I need to file the daily reports. Much fun.
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So the other day I found a natural organic white miso paste that is incredibly freaking yummy. I also managed to find locally made tofu! Which is surprisingly tasty. Even Kai liked it. :) It's super firm and doesn't fall apart and was just well good. I made miso soup with the new miso and tofu, and some shiitake mushrooms, green onion. It was SO good. Kai even said it was almost on par with his grandma's miso soup. Yay! I also bought a dragon fruit and some fresh trout from Uwajimaya yesterday. I've never actually cooked trout, but it looked too good to pass up and was local. I'm thinking we'll grill it. I just have to figure out what to put on it. Any ideas? We've been wanting to try dragon fruit for a long time now. It's the first time I've seen it anywhere. I shall take pictures before we try it. :)
I'm making chili today! mmmm. I'm using steak instead of ground beef since it wreaks havoc on my stomach. And will probably just use chickpeas instead of regular beans. It's the only "bean" we all like. I'm at the shop right now, waiting for my mom to get back so I can go get stuff for chili, and waiting for Kai to get off at 6:30pm. We've had people in today asking for energy pills. Which is unusual for us. I wonder if there's some new commercials on tv or something.
Also our shower is apparently leaking. When we first moved into the house we noticed some old water stains on the ceiling in the garage. Well 3 days ago my mom noticed that one of them was dripping water after we took a shower. -.- Ugh. The water is leaking from a nail and it looks like mold is growing up there on the water stain now. I checked both bathrooms. Sascha's floor by the tub is warped and bubbled up, and some of the tile near the floor are pushed up. We checked out shower and the ceiling downstairs leaks when we run water in it at all. But not from it leaking onto the floor, I think the leak is underneath connected to the pipes or something. So we have to have that looked at soon. $_$ It's going to be so expensive especially if Sascha's floor is damaged as well! Ugh ugh ugh!
For the love of all that is good, Join BoardX! Seriously it's a wonderful community. There is NO drama. :) People are respectful and friendly there. I've known a lot of the people for several years. I've known the owner for gosh, I don't even remember how long. There are really great people there who are helpful and funny and nice! It's safe to talk about anything! We have all sorts of sections, I'm sure anyone can find something to talk about there. :) The only reason the boards were ever closed was because there was an issue with the host. So it had to start over. :) But really! Go Join! You'll love us!
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So the other day I found a natural organic white miso paste that is incredibly freaking yummy. I also managed to find locally made tofu! Which is surprisingly tasty. Even Kai liked it. :) It's super firm and doesn't fall apart and was just well good. I made miso soup with the new miso and tofu, and some shiitake mushrooms, green onion. It was SO good. Kai even said it was almost on par with his grandma's miso soup. Yay! I also bought a dragon fruit and some fresh trout from Uwajimaya yesterday. I've never actually cooked trout, but it looked too good to pass up and was local. I'm thinking we'll grill it. I just have to figure out what to put on it. Any ideas? We've been wanting to try dragon fruit for a long time now. It's the first time I've seen it anywhere. I shall take pictures before we try it. :)
I'm making chili today! mmmm. I'm using steak instead of ground beef since it wreaks havoc on my stomach. And will probably just use chickpeas instead of regular beans. It's the only "bean" we all like. I'm at the shop right now, waiting for my mom to get back so I can go get stuff for chili, and waiting for Kai to get off at 6:30pm. We've had people in today asking for energy pills. Which is unusual for us. I wonder if there's some new commercials on tv or something.
Also our shower is apparently leaking. When we first moved into the house we noticed some old water stains on the ceiling in the garage. Well 3 days ago my mom noticed that one of them was dripping water after we took a shower. -.- Ugh. The water is leaking from a nail and it looks like mold is growing up there on the water stain now. I checked both bathrooms. Sascha's floor by the tub is warped and bubbled up, and some of the tile near the floor are pushed up. We checked out shower and the ceiling downstairs leaks when we run water in it at all. But not from it leaking onto the floor, I think the leak is underneath connected to the pipes or something. So we have to have that looked at soon. $_$ It's going to be so expensive especially if Sascha's floor is damaged as well! Ugh ugh ugh!
Also:
For the love of all that is good, Join BoardX! Seriously it's a wonderful community. There is NO drama. :) People are respectful and friendly there. I've known a lot of the people for several years. I've known the owner for gosh, I don't even remember how long. There are really great people there who are helpful and funny and nice! It's safe to talk about anything! We have all sorts of sections, I'm sure anyone can find something to talk about there. :) The only reason the boards were ever closed was because there was an issue with the host. So it had to start over. :) But really! Go Join! You'll love us!
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BoardX has reopened after having host trouble and starting over from scratch! Re-join and get to posting! ^___^
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Sascha is almost all better, Fumiko is still coughing a little and has a bit of a runny nose. But they're both doing better. Kai's raise/commissions still haven't kicked in. -.- Hai we can't survive on $500 paychecks thank you. Kai's going to talk to his boss when he gets back from vacation to see about getting his raise back from the 31st when he took over the store. We sure need it.
Things are normal. Busy life, tired life, childrens are growing. I need to get Fumiko a push thinger. She's trying to use unsafe objects to walk with and still won't stay in her walker. She climbs out of it. I'm gonna have to get some long term life insurance on her before she kills herself. Sascha is doing good in school. His teacher was able to get him an extra eurythmy class a week. It takes up part of his German lessons one day a week so that isn't bad.
I so want to go to the pumpkin patch. I can't wait! I'm going to try baking pumpkin pies this year. Hopefully they turn out as good as my apple pie. Anyways, back to working.
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Sascha started school on Wednesday. He had a good day. :) He's been doing well so far, no calls from the teacher. He did however manage to get sick on Friday. So now he and Fumiko both are sick. :( It's been working out good with Kai's new position. He's able to schedule his own hours. So I take Sascha to school then drop him off at work after. My mom picks him up after the shop is closed to bring him home. No extra trips and no staying at the shop all day for me and the childrens. :) Woo! Sascha's birthday is getting closer little by little, he asks about it almost every day. He's counting on the fact that David and Dianna will be able to come out for it. :) And hoping his school friends can come. We're going to do a barbecue so everyone can eat. So many of his schoolmates have allergies or different diets. I'm at a loss though for entertainment. We've never held a kids birthday party before. Usually it's just family. So we'll see.
The one thing I wish our house had was another room we could use for an office. Then we could move all the office furniture out of the front room. It's a pain having two computer desks/chairs/bookcases/etc in the front room. But oh well.
So I still have tons of photos to upload. Boo. Also the other day one of my mom's friends called us to let us know that a high end kids boutique that she frequents is going to be doing a clothing catalogue in a couple of weeks and she told them they had to see Fumiko. So I called them and left a message saying she had recommended us. :) Hopefully we get a call back. It would be nice to have a little more money coming in right now.
