Hello there. It is a lazy Saturday afternoon. Kazuko is feeding the baby, and is about to take a nap. My mother-in-law is watching ice skating on television. I am sitting at the computer, enjoying a cup of coffee. It is such a nice relaxing day to stay inside and enjoy what we have. I have even been able to refresh the photographs on my website. You can take a look if you'd like. After two long days of parent-teacher conferences on Monday and Tuesday, our Thanksgiving holiday star...

Hello there. Happy after-Thanksgiving to all of you! We all went home pretty stuffed last night. It was hard to think about food until this morning came. Right after we woke up today, we brought Kenny to the doctor. He and his mother were due for their two-week check-up. Mom and baby are doing very well! It is nice to hear good news. After the appointment, we went back home to pick up grandma (Kazuko's mom,) and we had lunch at Perkins, and then we went shopping at Cub Foods. At P...

Hi all! Kazuko, Kenny, and I, my mother-in-law, and my parents just got home from grandma and grandpa's house for Thanksgiving dinner. We all came home very full! My plate was full of yummy food. We had: turkey, squash, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, wild rice, pickles, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie. It was all very yummy. The pickles that we ate at the dinner were very good. My grandmother had pickled them herself. I think that I will go to the supermarket to buy some jars, cucumb...

Tomorrow we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. It is an American holiday that is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. The holiday is related to European settlers coming to the United States. It is used to commemorate a shared feast between the Indians and the Pilgrims in the early days of settlement. (There are also some troublesome issues of perspective, but I choose not to discuss them here.) My family will get together to have a special dinner at my grandmother's house. Typ...

Hey there. I am in the middle of a long day here at the school. I have conferences all day. I am writing during the first lunch break. I can hardly wait for the day to be over because I will have a five-day Thanksgiving vacation. On Thanksgiving, we will be going to my grandmother's house. That will be Kenny's first trip out of the house. It should be exciting! Now my biggest problem for the rest of the day is: am I hungry enough to go to get lunch now, or should I wait for the din...

Well, Joe Millionaire is over. David ended up choosing Linda. Linda received a big cash prize, and David received what seems to be a pretty nice ranch. I hope that they're happy... I wonder if there will be any deep philospohical discussions in front of the fireplace... Watching the show, I was surprised that Cat didn't win. She really seemed to connect with David on camera. She'll be okay though. She's young. Since she's famous in America, (assuming that she can sing) maybe she shoul...

Hey friends! Tonight is the Joe Millionaire finale. Yay! Is it going to be Linda? Is it going to be Cat? I have no idea... Frankly, I am sad to see Petra gone because she was my favorite. If they have a special twist to the ending, I hope that it involves Petra somehow. She seemed to be the only one who cared about David more than the alleged money. Fortunately, I will be able to watch that show tonight. Parent-teacher conferences are running today from one to nine. Luckily enough...

Hello there! I just got home from taking my father-in-law to the airport. It was so nice that he was able to come to see the baby. I was sad to see him go. He is a really interesting guy. I suppose that we'll meet again when we go to Japan next summer. Driving to and from the airport was really slow and dangerous today. Going there wasn't so bad actually, but the traffic got really bad on the return trip. About five miles from my house the roads got really slippery and i...

Here is a nice little song and cartoon that I found via a friend's weblog. It is really cute! You should take a look. It is a song about a little guy who is so happy because he has some "Curry-Pan" (A Japanese curry doughnut.) The song is all in Japanese, but I think that the "cuteness" is good in any language. Just Click this link: The Curry Doughnut song

Hello there my friends! I hope that all of you are having a happy weekend. I just finished watching the day's sumo matches. Tomorrow's match between Tochiazuma and Asashoryuu will be awfully interesting. I am predicting here that Tochiazuma will win (even though I am a Asashoryuu fan.) Anyway, this is what I looked like watching sumo tonight. It was fun! Today I had an interesting day with my mother-in-law and my father-in-law. The first thing that we did was to drive to Sam's...

Hello there! Big news for us! The first thing is that we have finally gotten our computer back. I am posting pictures that I have taken of Kentaro and myself that were taken a few hours ago. As of today, Kentaro is nine days old. He is getting cuter and cuter every day. It is so surprising that as I return home from work each day, he looks like a different person. I am so happy to see that he is getting bigger and bigger. The second piece of good news is that I have gotten my new g...