Happy Halloween

So we decided that we would stay home for Halloween. On Friday Cesario had asked me to buy a couple bags of candy to give out, so I did. He gets home from work that evening with beer and 5 more bags of candy. Where was the miscommunication??? We carved our pumpkin, I had our 4' pumpkin stacker outside, we lit all our candles and played Halloween music. We made fajitas out on the grill and I even managed to make a homemade apple pie. Ok, it wasn't completely homemade, I bought the crust. I did cut all the apples and put it all together. Our dinner was great and so was the apple pie. We had lots of undressed, Japanese trick-or-treaters but we got rid of the candy which was our goal because we had LOTS. Granted Cesario felt the need to give it out by the handful and towards the end we were sweating it as the kids kept coming. We decided to finish off our Halloween by watching Scream but both feel asleep through it. Over all we had a great time.

Gina's Visit

It's been a few weeks since I have posted anything but lots has gone on. My sister, Gina came to visit for about a week. She arrived on 23 October and stayed until 29 October. We didn't do a whole lot as she came to see us the last time we were stationed here. It didn't help that it rained the first 3 days she was here. I did fulfill some of her request. She had to go to Tan Tan Man for ramen which we did. I would have liked to have taken her a few more times but it just didn't happen. We also went to her favorite place the 100 yen store. She could spend hours in there buying stuff she doesn't need but fun to buy because it is 100 yen. Over all it was great to see her. I am glad she took the time out of her busy work schedule to come and see us.

Maggie's Mishap

Gina and I had just returned from being out. I have been trying to teach the girls how to do their business on our patio for those days it is raining. I haven't had much luck but happened to meet someone that had given me an idea. I had grabbed some treats and was trying to get the girls out to the patio. McKenzie had a biscuit in her mouth she'd been carrying around and I grabbed it from her mouth. Maggie came running by and I all can think is that McKenzie though Maggie was going for the treat. Next thing I know I see two balls of fur going at. When I finally got them apart Maggie walked off limping. Next thing I know there is blood running down her leg, ugh. I grab a napkin and put pressure. I cleaned it up and called the vet who suggested we take her to avoid infection. Once they shave her leg she had 6 wounds total. They cleaned her up, gave her an antibiotic shot, and some oral antibiotics. She limped for the first day or so but I an sure her little leg was sore. She is much better now and the hair on her leg is growing back.

The Goods!

So here are the bowls and little jar I bought along with a picture of Jocelyn and I before coming home.

Pottery at Gala

So I went out to the Pottery Sale at Gala. My friend Jocelyn was heading out to check it out in the late afternoon and she invited me to tag along. I went just to get out of the house and be social. I really had no intentions of buying anything but thought it would be cool to go check out what was going on. Come to find out I had never been to this area which is not to far from our house. So I was really glad I went. I ended up buying some beautiful Okinawan soup bowls. We have been looking for large soup bowls but I am glad I bought these gorgeous hand made bowls. I also got a cool little jar which Jocelyn gave me the idea to use as a toothpick holder. Never thought I would say this but the toothpicks look great in this cute hand crafted pottery jar. I also got a cool incense holder for my dad which I hope he will love. I am not sure he wanted one as nice as the one I got him but it is beautiful. After our shopping adventure we sat and had a ice, cold Orion to complete our afternoon out and the sunset was amazing. I am from Arizona where we have some GREAT sunsets but sometimes the ones we get here can be breath taking.

Loser!

So I realized today that I had set up this blog prior to us moving to Okinawa but was a little confused on how to use it. I saw my friend Christine's blog and decided to give it a whirl!!! Really how hard can it be???? And after reading bits and pieces from hers she made sense. Not everyone uses Facebook or MySpace. This is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. So here it goes in a nutshell. So here goes a quick run down of the last 17 months give or take.

I have lots to do this morning as I decided to host a Scentsy party. The funny thing is I am a Partylite consultant but really love this Scentsy stuff. I have about a 10 friends coming over this afternoon so it should be a fun time!

I recently lost my job. Our contract expired on 30 September. I was out of work for about 4 days when the contract was finally awarded. I went back to work on 6 October and some company decided to protest the contract so we were told to stop work on 8 October until the situation can be resolved. I am also waiting on a job I was offered several months ago. There has been some issues with that so lets see which one happens first.

Cesario is still in command and should be done with that in December.....Thank Goodness!!! He has done an awesome job and I am really proud of all that he has accomplished in the last 11 months he has been in that position.

Our munchkins McKenzie and Maggie Mae are awesome. McKenzie came with us when we left Tucson and we rescued Maggie Mae here in Okinawa. Long story short her owner, which he'd had her as a puppy, died leaving her an orphan as the rescue agency put it. She was alone for almost 2 weeks before the housing agency found her and turned her over to the local police. She spent a couple nights there before they took her to the local pound. She was due to be put down the day OAARS (Okinawa American Animal Rescue Society) picked her up. She stayed with a foster family for about a week before coming to us. I knew we had to adopt her as no one wants and 11.5 year old dog. She will be 13 in January and McKenzie just turned 9. We realized we run an old folks home for dogs, LOL!! They have both been a blessing in disguise. Life with them is extremely eventful and we can't imagine life without them.

I will try and keep up so you all know what is going on with us!!!