Mayday Bunny

World Cup 2010

2010-06-24T07:05:00.000-07:00

Went to a Sports Bar the other day with husband, Lee, and Steve to watch Spain vs Swiss. Was fun to watch the game on a big screen with a beer in hand and others shouting and cheering on their favorite team. Too bad Spain lost. Was disappointed but otherwise it was a fun night. It was also fun to watch two foreigners going around and talking to all the girls they could. They went home alone that night.

Our new baby

2010-06-18T03:31:00.000-07:00

This is our new baby. I've been wanting a basil plant since October of last year, but all the stores didn't sell them and I was told it would only be sold in spring. So as soon as twitterpating season arrived I got myself a baby plant, which was surprisingly pricey. We transferred it to a nice pot and relegated it to it's spot on the window sill where it patiently awaits our move to our new home, and it's new bedroom on the patio we will be making for it.
Husband made me promise to take good care of it as the last one had an untimely demise due to too much sun and too little water. Time to prove that I don't have a black thumb. I'm already dreaming of a healthy basil cluster growing on the patio of our new house, and that pasta with fresh basil, tomatoes and olive oil. Aah.. I love fresh herbs and spices. If all goes well a sister rosemary, and brothers lavender and peppermint will be joining it in it's patio crib.

Going nutty

2010-04-30T05:03:00.001-07:00

This is my new snack craze.
Started when I was visiting my parents in Kobe and after hearing a lot from my mom on healthy foods she was going for, and homemade beauty products she was using, I decided to follow her wise counsel and picked up a pack of these while out with my sister.
I'd just read about it's benefits for the heart, blood pressure, it's high protein and antioxidant properties, and it's prevention of gallstones. I admit that what sold me the most was it's claim to healthy, beautiful skin and hair. Yes, vanity is a strong motivator.
Almonds, and any nut besides peanuts, are pricey little buggers, so it's not often, but whenever I get a chip or quick snack crave, these are what I'm going to now. Here's a website on all it's perks for those interested.
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=20

Thought of the day

2010-04-26T02:42:00.000-07:00

"A moment spent angry is a moment of happiness wasted." So true but so hard to do. It's like what they say about MSG. You know it's bad, but darn, it tastes good. I know have a temper and so living this motto is hardly going to be a picnic, but must give it a good shot. Actually, better gun it down to make sure I hit something right.

Or perhaps an alternate solution: haha

Happy New Year 2010!

2010-01-24T03:42:00.000-08:00

Before we start partying.

Busted!

Volleyball at 6 or 7 in the morning after the party.

Boys and their toys

2010-01-24T03:30:00.000-08:00

I thought this was funny. The guys playing with (and fighting over) the baby's toys during word time.

Braai and volleyball

2010-01-24T03:24:00.000-08:00

Steve and Philipe doing a beer ad.

I miss the beer...

Akira rode on the back on the way home. On the way it started pouring rain and a group of cows (pictured below) weren't too happy with us passing through either. One of the bulls mooed menacingly at Akira, who was wearing a red shirt, but thankfully didn't feel the urge to charge.

A month in SA

2010-01-23T02:39:00.000-08:00

We spent one of the best months of our lives in SA. The Silva's kindly allowed us to join their family reunion so we went down in December for a month of fun and fellowship. The connection was insanely slow so we decided to post all about it once we got back. So here it is! I'll try to put things in chronological order as much as possible, but there's so much fun to post about that it may end in a jumble. Prepare for lots of mushy photos. It was our honeymoon after all.

Here we are at Monte Casino, a cute copy of an Italian city.
While waiting for a movie we decided to try our luck at the casino and bet all of 20 rand (roughly 250 yen) on the slot machine and were oh so happy when we made twice the amount. We were grinning so big that any passerby probably thought we'd won a few thousand. We decided to stop while we were ahead and splurge our winnings on a smoothie. Woohoo!

Our match

2009-11-13T22:26:00.000-08:00

SUN SAGITTARIUS-TAURUS

While SAGITTARIUS thrives on variety, travel, socializing, and exploring, TAURUS is often content to plug away at the same thing day after day, until it nearly drives SAGITTARIUS crazy! In some ways, you are the "odd couple" with opposite traits. Although it is nice to think that your opposite natures can complement each other, the truth is that you may also need to do many things separately in order to be happy with each other, because SAGITTARIUS is likely to become bored by TAURUS's routine and TAURUS is likely to feel very distracted and unsettled from SAGITTARIUS's wide-ranging interests. If you can appreciate and understand each other, you can help add balance to your lives.

Not bad... quite true quite true. Although I don't like the same thing day after day and I love going out.

Things I would like to do in the near future

2009-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Just for fun, here are a few things I really want to do. Some are major, others not, but its fun just having a wishlist.

-Hang gliding
-Go to Italy (especially Venice!), Brazil, Spain and Okinawa.
-Spend a lazy weekend just reading.
-Go clubbing, drink and dance the whole night (never have)
-Have a whole bottle of Madeira wine (the best!) just for myself..nyahaha.. I'm feeling selfish
-Horseback riding
-A real dress up masquerade ball/party. Call me dorky, but that would be so awesome.
-Going on a cruise
-Stay at a hotel for the weekend with husband. (never have)
-Go to a big hanabi taikai for the fun of it in a yukata. never worn one.
-Indulge in a big bowlful of nashi, American cherries, kyoho grapes and mangoes
-Eat a whole tub of icecream while have a movie marathon.
-Have a massive barbecue, pool party
-Bounce on a massive trampoline
-Swim in one of those deep pools that you can't reach the bottom of.

I'm so tired. I can't think past food or creature comforts anymore. Right now I just want my nice, big, comfy bed and some strong arms around me...Goodnight

For the record

2009-08-19T00:16:00.000-07:00

I hate "Dora the Explorer". Bunch of nonsense. Why do you think kids are so dumb nowadays?
Case closed.

Good memories of 2008

2009-07-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

Blowfish

2009-07-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

Just to update..