Happy Christmas to you as they say in these parts. Are you all enjoying the 45 days of Christmas back there in Ohio? Christmas eve and Christmas day were very peaceful for us this year, though i had to work the whole week, it was no hustle and bustle, no stress and we enjoyed both evenings.
We would like to send a big fat congrats to our daughter Myka who on Friday received her acceptance letter into the UT Nursing program. We are so proud of her!!!!
Saturday night Heather and some of the other ladies got together for dinner, drinks, karaoke, and other fun. Here i present what looks to be evidence of woman dancing on tables. Probably be a few more of the photos show up in the flickr folder when I get time to upload them. :)
Last Wednesday for Miya Kids our theme was Christmas, the kids decorated a tree and made wreaths. Here is a few pictures. Thanks to the Moms who prepared everything, it was very much appreciated!
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Heather and some friends took a cooking class at LaLa square. It was cakes and I must say Heathers Strawberry roll cake turned out looking and tasting pretty good.
Friday night we had a bit delayed Thanksgiving feast with a few of our friends. We threw down the usual Turkey, Potatoes n Gravy, Noodles, Stuffing, Green Bean Casarole, and other many goodies brought by our guests. Of course it was all washed down with plenty of cold beverages and a few rounds of darts until Saturday morning was well upon us. It was also our neighbors son Tora's 2nd birthday and we even managed a chorus of Happy Birthday for him. There are a few more pics in the Flickr folder.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8953511@N05/sets/72157610350759181/
Our time here is sweeping by very quickly. November was a month filled with the usual fare of work, birthday and sayonara parties, cookouts, Thursday Night Darts, and we managed to catch The Who concert in Omiya at the Saitama Super Arena(yes those fossils are still rockin). Today puts us at 6 months before we return to home unless i receive some form of extension request from the company, its both sad and unbelievable that within 60 days we will begin making shipping and travel arrangements. We still have quite a bit to do both at work and on a personal level so stay tuned as we try to squeeze in a few more interesting events and trips to blog about. There is is a folder of random pics from the month of November in Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8953511@N05/sets/72157610349472809/
Last night while passing through the Eki we noticed the Gyoza had been repaired and placed in its new home on the West side. It was dark out but the seam was clearly visible where it had been "epoxied" back together. This is a low quality picture at night time from a cell phone but you can still see the crack. As famous as the Gyoza is and as much play as the doofuses breaking it got we felt they could have done a better job of fixing it or just given it a proper burial instead.
This years event hosted by the Quebec contingent was held at Bar Penni Rain, It was really a great time and once again several of the 140+ people in attendance really went all out on thier costumes. More pictures in the Flickr Folders.
