January 18th 2010

I'm going to try this out for awhile and see how I like it. A friend of mine got me started on journaling every day even just a little bit. I love the idea and want to continue to do it. I also realized that I like to email my mom and grandma everyday because I miss and love them. So what if I combine the two and even save time?!!?!?!?!?!?

Let's see how this works out.

Today was in the low 70s. Sunny and beautiful
Worked all morning and went to the commissary in the afternoon. I graded a bunch of papers (luckily I only have 32 students now instead of 40) I also was available for them to ask me any questions.

The kids didn't have school today since it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was so nice to get an extra day with them. Jeff is drying some of the super hot Japanese peppers. The dehumidifier is in the laundry with the door shut... It was getting a bit "pepper sprayish" in there. LOL Cleaned up and organized my desk.

No flights to Guam for the next 72 hours. It's looking like it's a no go. Can't say I didn't try.

Tomorrow is bible study, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sun Dogs

Paco saw a Sun Dog in Nebraska!!! BEAUTIFUL!

Typically seen to the left and right of a low-lying sun, sun dogs, or parhelia, can take a number of forms—from slightly brighter segments of a solar halo to rainbow-hued horizontal streaks to blinding spots nearly indistinguishable from the sun itself.
Despite Nebraska's subzero temperatures, sun dogs don't require cold ground temperatures. The atmospheric phenomena can be seen globally in any season. (from nationalgeographic.com)

Perhaps...

I find cool things all the time on the internet. I usually try to print them off or send them to everyone. I think I am going to start just posting the info here on my blog. So lets give it a try.

Want to make chocolate spoons? Check out Alpha Mom's post!

Halloween

Halloween was hot, humid and raining. Alli was the queen of fairies and Jason was spiderman. They had fun. We got home and they wanted to sit on the porch and hand out candy.

Okinawa Zoo

We were invited to tag along to the Okinawa Zoo on Columbus Day. I must admit that going to the zoo was a lot more exciting than staying home.
Jason insisted that I take a picture of his dolphin in the bat setup.

The Ryuku flying fox are the size of full grown cats, with wings. NO KIDDING! I tried to get a picture of the real bats but the cage kept distorting my pics. I'll try when we go again some time.
This monkey looked like his mask was fake, plastic.
There was another Japanese sign for the poo throwing monkey but I didn't get a pic. It was hot, I was hot. I'll do better next time. This one was for the tigers' cages.
I took these 2 pics while the kids were on the merry go round.


Of course those 2 kids sat on opposite sides of the merry go round and couldn't see each other. Kinda silly.
This was the highlight for the kids. I think they could have stayed there all day. Next time we go we'll hit the Wonder Museum (inside the Zoo) first before it gets too crowded.

Some fun pics.




This one I had to pry Alli away from. She danced in it constantly watching herself on the screen.
So that was our Zoo adventure. I'll list the animals they had and will do better the next time we go.

tigers
monkeys
bats
some birds
racoons
snakes
alligators
turtles
giraffes
ant eater
horses
lion
wild boar
Huge banana spider that was right in the middle of the path, though I highly doubt it was supposed to be there. ICKY!
elephants
kangaroos
fish
little petting zoo
that's about all I can think of. :-)

Kelly dresses up

Alli decided to play dress up with Kelly. It was cute until she wanted to put something else on her, then Kelly was hiding from Alli. :-)

Pinata

In Jason's class last week, he made a pinata. I was even able to volunteer those days to help out. The kids had so much fun hitting it. Luckily it held together for a long time. Yes, that is a wooden spoon, we have no trees in our yard. :-)