June 12, 2008

The Sento.

The Sento is the public bathhouse. I LOVE the sento and so do the kids.
Thereis only one left in our little one horse town as almost everyone has their own bath now.
Inside is fabulous, all the old mosaic tiles, the ads on the walls hark back to the days of
4 or 5 digit phone [...]

June 12, 2008

Messages

Yesterday I was down at my school, and I went into the back classroom that ismostly used for storage and found this message from my sweet Doris.

June 12, 2008

Confirmations

So Doris is having a high old time in Vancouver. Yesterday, in a fetching suit she attended our friend’s daughter’s Catholic confirmation, even received a blessing from an Arch Bishop or something.
Saturday, there will be party with all the extended Italian family, so she’ll have a blast.
She has Uncle Brick’s mobile so has been [...]

June 12, 2008

Pack Rats.

The Man is such a hoarder,I can’t stand it. He just cannot part with anything.
A friend in Tokyo is gettin rid of a lovely pine table, that would be a great desk for
him, so I showed him a picture of it and mentioned what a lovely desk it would make upstairs.
He said, he has a [...]

June 12, 2008

Not Fond Of The Carpenter.

I am really not fond of the guy, can’t explain why.
The Man says it doesn’t matter, we are not paying him to be likeable.
Good point, but The Man isn’t here all day with him