Harry Potter and Fuzzy Slippers

Hello, all!!

It's been kind of busy around here recently. We had a good Christmas. Some friends came over and I cooked a delicious meal. We're still eating leftovers. Jared makes the best fried ham sandwiches. Santa brought me a pair of slippers, a new hand mixer, a spice rack, and 2 video games. Jared got slippers, too. And if he's not in uniform, he's wearing them.

I got kind of used to seeing my living room full of furniture with ours + the government furniture, but they came and picked it all up yesterday and now we just have one measly couch. We're looking into getting something more though. I think a sectional would work nicely in here. Jared wanted a recliner but the only place to put it would be against a wall, which is lame. We'll figure something out. The puppy is still wild, but getting bigger. We were hoping he'd be a big dog, but the internet says generally, dogs are about half of their final size at 14 weeks. He's 15 weeks now and still scrawny. But we love him anyway.

I know I'm a little late to the game, but I've decided to read all of the Harry Potters. I'd seen the first two movies, and bits and pieces of the others, abut only read the last part of the last book when I was working at the book store. Just to tell lazy customers what happens in the end. SO, I've finished the first three and watched the movies. I have a feeling I would have liked the third one better if I hadn't read the book. I was very disappointed in it. Not as disappointed as I am now though, that I've read the first chapter of the Goblet of Fire and now my e-reader won't work!! I've been online all morning trying to figure out what's wrong with it. :(

This is a long post, for not having much to say. But I'll wrap this up. I hope you had a Merry Christmas!

XOXO

Liz

SO MUCH STUFF!

Hello, dear readers!!

This is going to be a short post I just wanted to update you.

We finally got all of our household goods! I never realized how much stuff we actually have. Especially because we've gone without it for so long. What sucks, though, is that they aren't coming to pick up our government furniture until the 27th, so as of now we have 2 couches, two dining tables, 12 dining chairs, etc. It's a little cramped, but I'm most excited to have my kitchen back!! We finally get to take a trip to the commissary. I even invited a bunch of people over for Christmas dinner. However, we decided not to put our tree up this year because Christmas is in 3 days and we don't have room for it with the two sets of furniture. That won't stop me from making delicious food, though!! I'm a little overwhelmed at the amount of stuff here. I don't really know where to start unpacking...

I better get back to it. This house has to be fully functional in three days!

Love from Japan,

Liz

XOXO

Why do I have to title these posts? I can never think of anything clever.

Hey, readers!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I figured one good post every once in a while is better than a lame 2 line post every other day. So, to update you all on my life:: Last Tuesday, we finally got in our house. As I think I mentioned in an earlier post, it's ugly. It is, however, free and clean. It's full of uncomfortable ugly government furniture, but we found out today that all of our stuff is on island! (The phrase "in town" doesn't exist here. It's "on island.")We just have to schedule a delivery date and time and all that. I'm very happy about this. I'm hoping this place will feel more like home once it's full of our things.

On Saturday Jared and I went to a very dangerous place for the two of us........the animal shelter.

We got a puppy...go figure. All of his paperwork says he's a girl, but I'm fairly certain he has boy parts. His name is Yogi, and he's a 12 week old mutt. They didn't even have a guess as to what kind of dog he is. It will probably be more apparent when he's a little older.

Also, look at my hair in this picture! You see those little curls opposite my bangs?? WHEN DID THOSE HAPPEN? Jared makes fun of them constantly.

Anyway, that's all I really have to update you on for now. I'll post pictures of the house when our things are in it and tit doesn't look like a storage unit.

XOXO

Liz