Busted imac

Busted imac
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Unless my ancient imac has a secret "inverted black-and-white" mode, methinks it be busted.

EDIT: No, it's not really busted. My youngest somehow managed to randomly bang on the keyboard and put it simultaneously into both "inverted" and "black-and-white" mode.
But it IS an ancient machine!

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat!
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Making Halloween necklace

Making Halloween necklace
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Halloween

Halloween
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Heart catch puricure Marin and skeleton boy!

Watching pingu on youtube

Watching pingu on youtube
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The only thing that keeps him quite and in one place.

Making a milk carton ball

Making a milk carton ball
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At appi.

Kids' dentist

Kids' dentist
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Best, most fun dentist evar. And all the staff are cuties!

Knife work

Knife work
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Chopping spinach for dinner.

Krispy kreme

Krispy kreme
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In yurakucho

Silly face

Silly face
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no fever

I am winning this week-long battle against being sick! Many around me have succumbed to fever; first little Mo, then my secretary at work, my boss, HIS boss...every morning I have gone to the pharmacy and got my combination genki drink + over-the-counter cold medicine + vitamins. May be entirely placebo effect but I think it helped. The nightly shot of Nyquil certainly helped me sleep, too.
Hit rock bottom on Wednesday night; kind of felt like I was wrapped in a thick cotton towel. Everything felt fuzzy and soft, especially the inside of my head. But I've been feeling better since then and have managed to get through the week without breaking a fever.
If I can survive through the weekend I think I will be 100% by Monday!

Grillin

Grillin
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nap time

A bit sleepy coming home from shopping.

Yoga

Yoga
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Morning exercise

Morning tv

Morning tv
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onsen weekend

For P's birthday, went with her and the grommets and jiji and baba to Myojinkan in Nagano. Raining on Saturday when we got up there, but didn't matter since we spent the afternoon lounging in the baths and eating.
Sunday the weather was perfect (hot actually) and we checked out Matsumoto Castle and the Annual Soba Festival held every year on the castle grounds.
Back to the onsen for another killer dinner and more bathing, then came home on Monday.
Highlights: view from the top of the castle, Nagano apples, Mookun walking around in slippers, grapes, apples, oyaki...food in general!
Some photos.

Grasshopper!

Grasshopper!
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Yummy

3-day weekend!

Off to an onsen in Nagano for this rainy 3-day weekend. Jiji and Baba coming with so that will help with the grommets.
Also we'll see how my new Android phone does...battery maintenance is still a challenge. Lots of settings and customizations in process; having fun geeking out but I REALLY need to upgrade to the 2.x OS (coming in November according to the dude at the Docomo shop.)
We'll see how it goes for 6 months, and then I either go iPhone, upgrade to a new Android machine (supposedly a bunch more coming out early next year in Japan...FINALLY), or go iPod touch + pocket WiFi (not a bad option, actually, given how little I actually make phone calls.)
Also supposedly next year (once we go Outlook) work will support good.com software, which means I can dump the blackberry and just access work email, etc. via my smartphone of choice...dreams of single-device happiness finally coming closer to reality...supposedly...

Compost!

Compost!
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My new save the planet composter!

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