Busily Behind

I know it has been a few months since my last update. A few weeks back my home pc became quite ill. So my time at home has been focused on trying to catch up on quilting projects rather then pc time. Hopefully it will be fixed by next week and I can add pictures to this lengthy post.

In May I got an orchid for Mothers Day. My back went south again. We went on a camping trip up to Southern Idaho with Akahiges family over Memorial Day weekend. We enjoyed their company but not that of our inconsiderate neighbors. Gave Akahige and I a new distaste for ATV owners. We also had a BBQ with my siblings after they attended a Dave Ramsey show in SLC. We hope that they were all able to gain some knowledge from him about finances, since it was a topic not taught well at our home growing up.

Work has been quite unbalanced this month. I am tired of procrastinators trying to cram their lack of caring into my busy schedule. I have been telling many people that I am not really feeling like a nice therapist at the current moment. If you have a gift certificate for 6 months and fail to use it until last minute and can't get in because I am booked for 3 weeks in advance do not demand that I extend your certificate. Work becomes a little unbalanced when I take time off anyways, but it is something I have to do for me from time to time.

This month has been crazy in the personal front too. We had a fun weekend watching my 5 nephews while my oneesan and her husband took the baby and went to a mission reunion. We set up our tent in our living room and piled the blankets, pillows, and stuffed teddy bears high. We enjoyed hot dogs for dinner and watched the pirate Backyard Agains. About bedtime the youngest came to realize that he was actually sleeping over and not just having a fun play date. He found comfort in the teddy bears bigger then him and soon feel asleep. The second to oldest was really intrigued by the game our friends brought to play and was bummed out the next morning to find that they took it home with them. Sunday morning they were all up bright and early so I started on a Pancake breakfast. We got them all cleaned up and ready for church. We went and visited our old ward, because they had an earlier meeting schedule and I had a VT appointment that day, that I needed to make it too. The youngest was pretty exhausted and not feeling the best so he slept in my arms with a big teddy during Relief Society. Overall I think everyone had a good time, but they were glad to be going home. Not too scary for their first time having a sleep over without mom and dad. Akahige and I survived the sudden increase of 5 boys in our family as well.


Our next adventure takes us to Boise. We had a marvelous time, and I did enjoy our fabulous hotel. Akahige and I attended our first Iaido National Seminar. It was wonderful. Our instructors for the 3 days were 70+year old men from Japan. We learned so much and look forward to being able to apply it in our Iaido. We also became acquainted with many of the fellow practitioners around the USA and even some from other countries. Akahige also competed in the tournament. He won his first match and his iai was magnificent. He lost his second match to the fellow who ended up placing 2nd in our rank. We all think he did great, and he can hardly wait to compete again. He thrives well in competition when I usually shut down.

We celebrated our son's 5th birthday with a nice dinner at Goodwood BBQ. The last 5 years have been life changing and I hope for our eternal family's sake, Akahige and I are improving ourselves to be able to see our son and be with him again one day.

July is suppose to be my 10 year class reunion. Prices for tickets where announced last week and we are still trying to decide if it is an even that we want to spend $90 on. Especially since the people I really want to see are not going. July will also bring one of my dear friends Kelly, her husband, and her daughter in for a visit. They are staying at our place for a night. I can barely wait to see them. Hopefully they will bring in som e of that nice Washington rain with them, since July gets so blasted hot.

Well time to get back to the gind.