No more guilt trips

So this has been the first week staying home being a housewife.  I'm not desperate like the women I watch on TV though, I am really liking it.  I know some women cant imagine staying home and having 'no purpose' other than to keep a nice home and keep the hubby happy.  I however find it is very enjoyable and I love the feeling of having a routine that includes seeing Dave and also spend time doing things that I like.  Of course because Dave works nights our day is not ideal but we get to see each other and spend time together.  And I am so looking forward to this Saturday and Sunday, when we will get to spend time together doing enjoyable things instead of laundry and cleaning like we have for the past eight months or so.  We can have fun instead of arguing over who has to do the worst chore.  LOL

Well, everyday this week Dave has asked me, "Did you take Wendy for a walk?".  I didn't have time the first three days of the week because I was busting ass to catch up on the housework.  So today with everything finished for the day and time before dinner I took Wendy for a walk.  Yesterday we got some snow. Actually it was a good amount of snow,  but today when I woke up it looked worse than it was because it was blowing around like crazy.  When I went to check outside before I left with Wendy for the walk, the wind seemed to have settled down.  Well, that was a very temporary break in the wind.  After  we made our first turn we were whipped in the face with blowing snow, and it was really big gusts of wind.  It was cold!!  Of course Wendy didn't mind a bit she just kept on darting all over looking for the best scent to follow.  When I did manage to lift my head up and look I couldn't  see anything in front of me.   My legs were freezing  but for a only a little while, then the beginning stages of frostbite began and they were numb. ( You know that feeling after hours of sledding where your legs are hot, cold, tingly and numb, and you just know they are red and blotchy)  Well, after a couple other turns we finally weren't getting the wind in the face so it was better.   I actually couldn't stop laughing out loud at Wendy.  While walking down the sidewalk the shuttle stopped right next to where we were walking to let  some passengers off.  She started howling and barking, and kept being noisy  even after it had driven away.  Every time a car drove by she would climbed up the snow pile between the sidewalk and road and trudged through the deep snow watching the cars drive by.  It was really funny and I am sure she looked just as hilarious to the people in the passing cars.   She is a pretty small dog compared to the big pile of snow she was running through.   

Anyways, the moral of the story is i am not going to do anything because I don't want disappoint Dave.  He had been pressing me to take Wendy for a walk and I love taking her, but I'm not going to let myself freeze like that just so the dog can go for a walk.   I wont feel guilty saying, 'nope didn't take her cause the weather looked like it might get nasty.'  I think "it looked like it might" is a perfectly reasonable decision maker or breaker. Right?

Poor Dave was hurt

This picture sure does make Dave's condition look grim.  He was hurt at work this week as I mentioned in my last blog.  He suffered a minor burn while jumping an intake.  Second degree the confused woman at the ER told him.  He said thank goodness he wasn't really hurt badly as she was a total airhead.  I saw his hand today,  isn't pretty but it isn't as bad as the stuff you see on the show ER . LOL  He is on limited duty this week.  Just filling out forms and other paperwork for the poor injured guy.  HaHa.  He will be fine and he is milking it for everything he can.  No trash duty, no shoveling duty, and  no driving off base.  That's all he has tried so far I'm sure he will come up with new things this week.  LOL. 

new housewife here

Today was my last day of work.  I really liked working at the frame shop but I need to see Dave more often.  Today was a prime example of why i am quitting.  Today Dave didn't come home from work.  I woke up and he wasn't home yet.  After freaking out , I called his work to find out that he has to go to the ER and then went back to work and he was just finishing up paper work and would be home in a jiffy. I had to go to work and didn't get to see him before I left.  So I spent all day wondering how badly he was hurt.  So today i am very glad to know this is my last day of being out of touch with what is going on with my husband. 

I am glad that i will be able to have time to do everything that doesnt get done during the week.  Hopefully this will free up our weekends so we can start exploring Japan. 

SURF

This picture is of our truck .  The good ol Toyota Surf.  It has been broken since last Monday and in the shop since Friday.  We get to pick it up on Wed.  Hopefully it wont cost and arm and a leg.  A brake line was leaking fluid and needed to be replace.  Anyone have any idea how much that could cost?  Well, anyways only three more days of bumming rides and not getting things done.  WE are depending on our one car the Mode  which is our only mode of transportation. (haha) It really stinks because it is really tough to start and only Dave can get it going and sometimes he has a really difficult time.  So, since I cant drive it he has to drive me around everywhere I need to go. WOOF!!!

I finished my scrapbooking cupboard last night.  Now it is all organized and pretty.  Ill take and post a pic sometime this week for anyone who cares.  LOL

This is my last week of working.  I am looking forward to cleaning the house up and keeping on top of the duties I have been to busy to do.  I finally finished the book Icy Sparks.  It was really good.  It took me forever though!

end of a long weekend

I was just adding pictures to an album and thought I would blog a bit too while I'm here.  Dave had a long weekend, four days!!!  I had to work Friday and sat though.  But lucky him. 

We went to the 100 yen store this weekend a few time so I could get these cool containers and jars and such, so I could organize my scrap cabinet.  I posted a picture, but please know that the bottom shelf isn't done.  I need to make at least one more trip to the store.  LOL 

We hopefully will be able to get out truck fixed this week.  Found out today we need a new brake line.    woof. Hope it wont cost too much.  Dave thinks he can do it himself.

Well, the last load of laundry of the seven i have done this weekend is done and needs to be put away.  I Better hurry so I can hit the hay!

Winter update

Well, this is a picture of Northern Japan.  Everyone keeps asking, do you guys have snow?  The answer is YES  and it sucks.  It usually snows off and on during the day then we get an early evening snow.  During the day around noon it usually warms up enough to have some melting action.  Then at night the wet roads freeze and it becomes nearly impossible to keep from sliding all over the road.  It makes for a white knuckle drive home every night.   

Well, I have put my notice in at my job.  I will be working two more weeks then that's it for me.  Dave and I decided that we really need to see each other more. You know since we are married and all.  LOL  So, I am going to stay home and this means lots of good things.  We will see each other during the week, and on the weekends we will have the time to actually go do things.  Right now we work all week and on the weekends we stay home cleaning and doing laundry.  So, now that I will be home the housework will be done laundry caught up on and we can spend sat and sun doing fun things like exploring Japan perhaps.  We have lived here for nearly a year and we haven't seen anything.  The truth is that we only have had just the two days a week to see each other so we usually feel like lounging around catching up on everything. 

I am really excited because this means i will have time do do everything,  quilting, scrapbooking, and knitting.   Maybe even take the stained glass and pottery classes I have been wanting to do.  The family support center has cooking classes once a week also.  I went to two of them  when we first got here before I started working.  I really had fun.  I took a German cooking class and we learned how to make Pork Schnitzel(one of our favs now)  And the Japanese cooking class I took we make this egg and chicken dish.  It was good but I haven't attempted it at home yet.  It was kinda complicated.  LOL  I hope to keep myself busy while Dave is at work.  Plus it seems I never have enough time to chat with Melissa online.(every night)  LOL

Well, just wanted to say hello.  Take care everyone!

this is my OKJ for my WIP

Only my second day! Not bad HUH!!!!!!!