The boy passed the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
His certificate came in the mail yesterday. Now I'll have to find a frame to fit it!
And Happy Leap Day!!!
Expat mom leaves Japan after nearly 4 yrs. to begin a new adventure living in New Jersey, then moves to NYC 7 yrs later. But then moves to Chicago.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
past snow pics and Oscar night
When I plugged the camera in to get the Oscar night photos, I saw these from our last snowy day. The back yard really looked pretty.
The boy made his triumphant return from the Philadelphia Model United Nations conference on Sunday afternoon. He didn't win any awards but got all his resolutions passed and had a fun time while there. And I'm so happy to be back in the land of Oscar, I had a little party yesterday. Not as fun as the ones we used to have back in Indy, since we didn't have any guests. But it was a good review for next year! We had a dish for each nominated movie, the official ballot to fill out and an Oscar bingo game. The boy was the big winner in bingo and walked off with a cash prize of $4.00!!!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Lyme Disease
Took the little Beauty to the vet to get his rabies shot, so he could get licensed. Asked about the lyme disease vaccine so he got tested for lyme and heart worm, prior to getting the shot. Well its seems he was positive for anaplasma, a tick borne disease. He's on a month of antibiotics and should have a complete recovery. (fingers crossed) He didn't show any symptoms so hopefully we caught it early.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Beets! Who knew?
Had a roasted beet salad at a restaurant the other day and liked it, so I decided to get some beets at the grocery and try making them for myself. I roasted them, chopped up the greens and cooked those with some onion and garlic. Whipped up a little balsamic vinegar sauce, topped it with feta cheese and voila!
Who knew that beets could actually be delicious!
Vassar
Drove up to Vassar over the President's Day holiday, just to check it out, as the counselor had it on the boy's list of possible schools. He did not like it one bit. Took Gil along for the ride. He didn't mind it.
Hiking Group
Snow!!
I had some trouble getting photos onto my new computer and thus let the blog slide for awhile. I think I've got it figured out and am now trying to catch up. Some weeks ago we finally had some snow. Gil loved it. It took him awhile to remember about snow and how much he used to love it. Once he finally remembered he ran around like a crazy man, having so much fun. The other photo is from when he and I went for a walk on one of our numerous, nearly 50 degrees F, days!!If all New Jersey winters are like this one, I won't complain a bit!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
NYU
Took the boy into the City to check out NYU. He didn't especially like the "no campus" aspect of it. But it was a lovely day for an adventure and we had a nice lunch. For some reason I can't get the photos on the new computer.
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