We saw the P90X informercial several weeks ago and I decided to get it. I love the fact that you get to do a different set of exercises everyday. There are 12 dvd’s with all sorts of exciting workouts. There is even a Yoga dvd – I used to do a similar power yoga for [...]
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P90X – Aug 3rd 2009
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June 25th 2009 – Gardening Bug
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My first blog since returning to the USA from Japan/Germany!
Dave was home for five weeks but we were not resting on our behinds – instead we were replacing our roof! We complted 65% of it before he had to return to Germany. That will be another blog…
However, for the last four or five weeks, I [...]
Feb 17th 2009 – Emergency Hospital Trip in Dresden Germany
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I had abit of a problem and needed antibiotics but it was night time and in a foreign country – so I called the front desk of the hotel we were staying and he told me that a doctor will come calling. Well, there was a kncok at the door and three German paramedics plus [...]
Feb 14th 2009 – Austrian Airlines
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The packers came Feb 10th to pack and ship our stuff back to the US. The real estate people came for a final walk through on Feb 13th and made a bee line for the small hole in the wood floor that I made when I dropped the iron one day. They may want to [...]
Sayonara Aizu! Jan 2009
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Two weeks after we returned from our Christmas Holidays, we found out that Spansion – the company that Dave was contracted to – was going to have a further month of shutdown. The worsening world economy has hit the factory. Dave was told to start work on a solar panel factory in Dresden, Germany! He [...]
Fish Eating Dead Skin off my feet. Nov 9th 2008
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Firstly, my friends and I had a nice lunch at a Japanese restaurant: tempura dipped in soy sauce and grated daikon, pickles, white rice, noodly seaweed, egg custard and miso soup with tiny mussels. Then, we went to a local spa to have our feet dipped in a fish tank to allow these tiny fish [...]
Viewing Fall Colors Oct 19, 2008
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Today must have been a good day for viewing fall colors because there were throngs of cars and motor bikes snaking up the mountain road to Mount Bandai area. We had to fight our way to a parking lot and on the trail we were with hundreds of people walking down to the river.
The senior citizens [...]
Karakoram maps and Miyamori Tsuneo Oct 18 2008
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I went to the gym today. It was a cool and beautiful autumn day. Dave is better after a bout of tumminess the last three days. He had Malay chicken soup, leftover from last night’s dinner, for lunch. I decided to have a tuna sandwich and managed to slice my thumb opening the can. I was [...]
Mochi Making activity Oct. 17 2008
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My friend Junko took me to a kinder activity at a local elementary school. There must have been about 60 kids whose ages range from about 4 to 5 years old. They were all seated on a turquoise colored tarpaulin, in their turquoise colored uniforms and little tiny turquoise colored shoes were all arranged on the edges [...]
Oct 9 2008 – Back in Aizu
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The sun was out for a short while but I really missed the bright blue skies of Truckee. No place can compare to Truckee when it comes to blue skies and beautiful views and weather! If anyone reading this would love to know more about my bit of paradise go to my good friend’s website: [...]
