A White Christmas!

We had a white Christmas this year!

It is kinda nice. However, I could do without the ice on the INSIDE of our windows upstairs. Single pane windows are apparently the way to go in Japan. sigh.

Anyway...here is a pic of the snow outside our house. =)

Thanks Wes!

I kinda forgot about this blog about our time in Japan. Matt and I were talking to Matt's brother Wes on Skype, when he mentioned the blog. Oops! I forgot!

So now I figured I would give everyone an update. We have pets!! Temporarily. Our two ALT neighbors are going away during winter break and needed someone to take care of their animals. So now we have a turtle, 3 fish, and a hamster. They are cute and fun to have around. However, Matt is completely in charge of them, he is the one responsible if anything where to happen to the pets. =P

I have now also been informed that I need more pics on this blog. Sadly, I haven't taken very many. But, what I do have I will share now.


Did you know you can buy fake chest hair at the 100 yen store? Well...you can. Japan is a bit strange eh?

My 12oz of Skippy peanut butter (costs 398yen=$4) beside a anime figurine on top of my Nintendo DS....how much more Japanese can you get! =P

No bake cookies Matt and I made a few weeks ago. It is pretty expensive to make, seeing as 4 cups of oats is about $4. But when you need some treats that remind you of home, it can be worth it. We also don't have any wax paper. I don't know what it is called here, but I assume they have some...I hope Japan has wax paper.

Two of the fish we are taking care of.

The turtle named Kazu we are taking care of. The turtle is the most interesting of the animals in my opinion. =)

Okay. I will try and take more pictures now that some people seem to really like them. Until next time....have a Merry Christmas!!