Trying to harness the blur

Alright, we're just about moved into our house; won't have internet for a while though. Here is some pics of the packers coming. Their truck was automatic and the whole side just opened up. Pretty cool.






We've had tons of adventures since we've been in our house. We've had a typhoon, an earthquake, I climbed to the top of a volcano and rode a ski lift way up in the mountains....I've done somersaults at the Japanese shopping stores....Mom and I parked in the middle of a road on accident, we just had a huge airshow, we've gone to Swan park...farming markets...so much and little time!

We have been really busy moving in. I have learned to put bookshelves and whatnot together without instructions as most of them are in Japanese....I still have no idea how to set my alarm clock...hmmm.

While at Sanwado (the Japanese Wal-mart) I was having a lot of fun running up and down the isles with a very fast and sporty shopping cart. It was all good until the cart got a little bit to much on one end and flipped forward, taking me out at the knees. I was right in the main entrance when I did my fancy little trick so everyone in that part of the store saw the American go head-over-heels. Not cool. A kindly Japanese gentleman rushed to pull me out of the desks and bookshelves, he told me something in Japanese. I thanked him and loaded the cart up and headed out again. In retrospect I think he was saying, "don't put that stuff back on the cart, it will flip again." But I don't speak Japanese and so I did it again in the parking lot. I think my ego was hurt way worse than my legs, but I did tear up from the pain the second time!

Can you hear me now?

Hey y'all! I'm sitting in the car, with a coat over my head so I can see the computer screen and trying to look natural as I use someones unsecured network.

We are moved into our house...we still do not have internet, and it is looking like it could be a few more weeks before we do have internet at the house. grrr. We've had a lot of exciting things happening...a typhoon, earthquake, getting settled, I hiked to the top of a volcano, and so much more! I'll fully update in a few hours, if I can make it to the base, if not then just know we're not dead or anything unnatural!

Quick Update

Alright, we are in the house. No pics yet. I'm writing this really fast, so excuse poor grammar!

We don't have Internet out there, so I'll update as I'm able. I probably won't have much time to read anybodies blog for however long we don't have Internet. We could have Internet at the end of a week, or 4, it's up in the air.

We love the house; our hold baggage arrived this morning. The point of the hold baggage was so it would be here while we didn't have the rest of our stuff. But seeing as the rest of our stuff doesn't arrive till tomorrow...it didn't really matter! Oh well! It's really great to be out of the TLF!

Guess what...

....is just a mile or so down the road from where we'll be living????

The big blue!

This is a re-cap of the last 3 days! We've gone to the ocean every day, so it's a hit! The house is finished and so it is just a matter of time; hopefully by Wed or Thursday, we should be moving in. I can't wait to get out of the TLF's! I can't help but laugh at the people who complain about being in them for a week and a half. I'm like, "lady, I've been here 7 to 8 weeks. I'm really not the person to be complaining around!"

There's these shipwrecks up on the beach. If look down the coast you can see Hachinohe.

Apparently people comb the beaches in search of glass floaty things. I don't know why. I found this, it didn't make the cut though!

umm....I guess we went to the house sometime during the weekend

You can't swim on this part of the coast, because you'll probably die. And most people try to avoid that.

We all love the coast for different reasons...I have a special reason to like it because it has a basketball hoop. These are the first ones I've seen off base so far. I want to play the Japanese some time, but first I need to learn how to ask, "Can I play basketball with you?" lol

Cheese Roll

Guess Where???


You guessed it, a ramen house! Mom and I had been wanting to try another Japanese restaurant. We had heard some good things about this place, but also that a cockroach was spotted recently. The cockroach didn't bug me to much, just don't think of insects while you eat!

I was surprised to see a TX licence plate on the wall, along with a lot of other state plates. Apparently when Americans leave Misawa they write a note on the licence plate and leave it at this restaurant.

The Ramen Bowls were huge!!! So big, they made us put on life jackets before they would serve us our bowls!

A restaurant on the bottom, and a house on top. Is that common Mrs. Kim?

Also, is it the polite thing to drink the broth when the noodles are all eaten? That's what I thought, but nobody else was doing it.

Pacific Fishing Trip

The other day Day and I went a Pacific Fishing Trip. It was fun. On the drive to to Hachinohe our Japanese driver was sort of speeding...like 110 clicks in a 70 click speed zone!

The view on the water was very pretty. I can't think of anything prettier than watching that sunrise. It was breath-taking, so much so I forgot to take a picture!

The boat was a little bit smaller than expected, and our fellow Americans were throwing a fit. I couldn't believe how jerky they were being to the Japanese. Sad.

This was my least favorite job....baiting the hook!

The boat behind me is the one we thought we were going to be on, but instead we went to a smaller one!

I had a lot of fun. I was also very glad I didn't get sea sick. I wasn't looking forward to being sick, but had prepared myself psychologically; running Facebook status' through my head "Jared is a sick-sea dog." But I didn't get sick, so life is good!

I know it looks like I'm eating my thumb, but that it is really beef jerky

This is the SMALLEST fish that we caught, I know there has been rumors that they weren't big, but they were so big that the whole boat nearly sunk. Oh yeah. I had to cut the line to save every ones life. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!


After we would catch a fish, it would be thrown onto ice. After we had docked we found out that the sea people don't clean the fish for you, that you have to do it yourself. I had my knife that I bought in California so Dad and I headed off to clean the fish. We stopped off at the Chapel office so Dad could work on something for a minute. I sat in the car with our supposedly dead fish. To my surprise I started to hear flapping in the back. Perplexed, I go and check it out. To my horror the sea bass had gotten out of the bag and was striking out on his own across the floor of the van. The little rascal took a bit of effort to catch. He almost got under the seat before I could nab him!

Inside the House

Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been pretty busy! Please forgive the grammar and whatnot, I'm in a hurry!

We got to go into our house on Friday. It looks really nice. It should be finished before to long and very soon we should be moving in!

Exploring the closets

Already doing handy jobs around the house!

All of us in the kitchen

The sink is a little bit low....and there is no dish washer...I may need to get a chair for doing dishes!

The command seat


The inside is very pretty and I can't wait to be in it. I'm sure there will be many more pics to come as we are able to move in, I'll try to get some more on here tomorow. And now, I'm really tired and want to go to bed!