Kate’s Quests

Getting up at 4:30am, DJ and I blearily made it to the freezing cold shower room and slowly washed and woke up. We finished packing and said goodbye to the boys and hurried down the mountain with a flashlight. I was glad that I had suggested it since it was still pitch black at 5:30 [...]

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DJ and I went to a Christmas party Saturday night. Kayo (Rina’s mom) hosted it at her house and she had a bunch of friends over. Luckily almost all of them spoke English so they were very nice and kept a lot of the conversation in English for us. At one point they asked our [...]

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While I was in class last night, the Japanese teacher that I often work with asked me what DJ and I were going to do on Christmas. I explained that we would probably just hang out at home with the kitties. We would have to be asleep fairly early because we have catch a very [...]

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I don’t know why I haven’t made a post about my boys yet. These guys are what keep me sane. I can come home crazed after a long night of trying to make my students understand English and they are always waiting at the door. Of course, Zorro is trying to get out and go [...]

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I do enjoy my wine….as you surely remember from this picture. However, I don’t really think that I would be so desperate for it that I would go to the grocery store and pick up one of these little drinkboxes. Although…I guess you never know.

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Hard Off is a store kinda like Goodwill, but seeing that sign really just makes me wonder…where’s the hard on?

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As DJ and I were leaving the base the other day, we saw a jeep in front of us that really made us laugh.  The outside circle says, “It’s an outdoor sport that has recently started to shine.  Outdoor sport is the science to raise spirits.”  Then on the inside it says, “To choose sports [...]

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As you leave the mall you have to walk past the food court and up on the wall is this sign, “It rise as clearly before my mind as if it happend yesterday.” Um…ok.

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A cookbook I saw at the store the other day. The only English in the entire book is the title, “Pork Wonderful.” Yummy.

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I love this! It says “Sweet heart. I have no idea what’s going to happen.” Well…me either, but I don’t think I’d want to announce that!

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