we're baaack

i left my camera in japan. casey is sending it to me, but until then i can't post any pictures. so sad.

we had a great time in japan. eating way too much food, but it was so yummy. i think a gained a hundred pounds.

the wedding was beautiful, the kareoke was lots of fun, i didn't sing and i cant get the "barbie girl" song out of my head. still.... it's been over a week..... a couple of casey's friends (males) sang it and it was a riot.

chieko's parents are lovely. they served us tea and lots of traditional japanese food. the most unusual, (to me anyway) was something that looked like custard, was the consistancy of custard, but it had shrimp and mushrooms in it. i am used to custard being sweet, desserty, so it seemed a little odd to me. and chrysanthemums, did i spell that right? unusual, but not unpleasant. a spicyish flavor. and so many other things, miso soup, fruit, vegetables, sweet bean desserty things, i cant remember if i took a picture of the food, but i am sure someone did.

jesse and devin spent the night at chieko's parents' and also had a traditional japanese breakfast, which chieko's mom had told them, she could guarantee would be good quality, but she could not guarantee they would like it. again, i cant remember exactly what they had, i think fish, rice..... devin told me chiekos mom also had yogurt and bananas on hand, which she always has when casey comes for a visit.

and it snowed in niigata, where chieko's parents live, while we were there.

i will wait for my camera to arrive so that i can have pictures to go with stories of our action packed days and nights.

packing

this is pile of stuff to be packed and taken to japan. it IS all going into that red suitcase, (not the chair). i am hoping there will still be room for my clothes.

jesse is a junior firefighter

and he looks kinda creepy. he is such a good sport to let me take goofy pictures of him. he knows they are going to be posted.

cheryl and i went to the dennis fire station to be tested as bone marrow donors, they were giving our firehats. got one for jesse.




there is ice on the bog this morning. it is mighty cold right now. and it was probably a little to dark for this picture, but what can i do???

harvest time

dad took a couple of pictures of the flooded bog. they harvested the cranberries yesterday. there is still a big truck parked across the street (full of cranberries), but all of the other equipment is gone.





now this is, what i thought, a very funny bumper sticker. ok ....now think about it. IT IS NOT A REFERENCE TO TOTO!!!!!!!



HELL....HELL....
going to hell in a handbasket
now laugh!
hahahahahah
hahahahahahha
ok

who is that ???

it's jesse..
and his lunch.
chicken on a bulky roll (again, he has requested tuna more often)
pickles
cucumbers with italian dressing
vanilla yogurt
boiled eggs (2)
pears
cheetos
doritos
chocolate covered cream puffs (4)
reese's peanut butter cups (last ones from halloween, now he must eat kit kats or plain hersheys)
water
orange gatorade

that's a lotta food

buy 3 get 9.....i said 9....free

guess what we are bringing to everyone in japan??




yup...sweatshirts (not made in the u.s.a....oops), but they say cape cod!!

november 6th

today in jesse's lunch box....barbecued chicken on a bulky roll, salad, grapes, vanilla yogurt, crackers and cheese, cheetos, chips, (he has requested more snacks, he has usually eaten most everything by lunchtime and has nothing for an afternoon snack), boiled egg, peanut butter cups, water and gatorade....oh and i added a banana after i took this picture.



a lovely square serving plate from sydenstricker for the in laws.



and a flower that mostly survived all the wind from noel

gramma got a flu shot

...and a fine bruise

after the storm

so here are some pictures taken this morning,
our driveway covered with leaves.



the screened porch (minus the screens) took the screens out so they wouldn't get damaged.. more leaves




poor little gnome with her foot broken off




and this is one of those windchimes made from silverware..



this is the knife from the windchime, at least in landed in the porch and didn't go flying around killing anyone. crazy stuff happens...watch csi

storm

i tried to to take some storm pictures..... but i am just no good. it was rainy and windy and it was just too icky (for me anyway) to be outside.
we did take a ride to sandy neck when the power went out (around 2:45)
you really cant see the water in the picture, but



look at me. this from just rolling down the window. sand in my hair, my eyes, not to mention the car.

babies, babies

4 baby showers since august... and 3 of them, within the last 6 weeks. only one baby so far though. a girl....kaela

this is one of the little sweaters i have been making and part of the blanky. i have run out of yarn for the second time since starting all these little projects. second time the yarn is not available locally since it has been discontinued. now i wait and wait for mr. u.p.s. to bring me more from the "knitting wharehouse", which, so far, has been able to send me what i need.