Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 10:52AM | Post a Comment 
Happy birthday, Mama!
Anyone who has the pleasure of seeing my Mama on November 25, please give her a big hug for me and wish her a very happy big five-oh!!! Sorry we can't be there to celebrate with her in person, but Mama, we love you, we miss you, and if you were here...
---Arielle
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:54AM | Post a Comment Long story short we had a clogged bathtub drain and I decide to see if I could take care of it myself. Thanks to the below website:
http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2009/06/natural-homemade-drain-o-or-how-to-unclog-without-chemicals/
I was able to unclog the drain without running to the store for drain-o. Below are the same instructions you will find on the website:
Drain De-Clogger Recipe:
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:55AM | Post a Comment 
Close-up of large, brown, furry, thick-legged, spider found indoors.
Today's Japanese word for today is "kumo," meaning spider. ("Kumo" also means cloud, but for this posting, we're talking about spiders.) While "kumo" is the generic word for spider, in this case we are referring to a large, brown and black, furry, thick-legged spider we found guarding our elevator a few nights ago. Lovely surprise, I might add. :) This one wasn't as big as the black and yellow spider we saw hanging out at the Okinawa Zoo, but including the legs, it was the size of my palm. I tried to get Brandon to hold his hand up next to it in the photo, but for some reason, he refused.
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:59AM | Post a Comment 
Pumpkin-shaped sour cream cutout cookies.
My wonderful husband doesn't like pumpkin (I KNOW - I couldn't believe it either!), so I compromised. I made pumpkin-shaped (thank you for the cookie cutter, Daddy!) Gramma's Sour Cream Cutout Cookies and tinted the frosting orange. Happy early Thanksgiving, everyone!
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:58AM | Post a Comment 
Okinawa Ramen at our favorite ramen restaurant in American Village.
I promised a few posts ago (okay, it's been a while) that I'd explain a bit of the difference between our Okinawa ramen and the slightly scary ramen noodles I may, or may not, have lived off during my college years. :)
