Ekiden

This Sunday, I'll be running on a foreigners team in aichi ekiden. I just got my uniform. It's pretty fun! I may be on tv - so if you are in japan- be sure to tune in on Saturday on tokai tv channel!





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Holiday season!

Yesterday, a few of us went to thanksgiving dinner at a friends house. on saturday! I completely forgot on thursday that it was thanksgiving.....

but it was a great time to spend with friends. I really am thankful for so many things this year! 2010 will be a year that i will never forget!

today, Jenny, rach, gabe and felicia and i went to see hiro in his christmas carol play. It had a texas theme. Hiro played a homeless man and a man. He was really good! after the show, jenny and rach came over, along with another friend. we ate dinner and decorated the christmas tree! it makes me so happy to have the decorations up. It really feels like christmas now!

On another note, hiro and i became an aunt and uncle! My stepsister and her husband had a baby saturday morning! yay! I can't wait to meet him the next time we go back!

well im in need of a nice relaxing sunday night.... just gonna call the parents soon, then head to bed. 18 more working days, 24 more days till winter break! I CAN NOT WAIT!

Pictures Pictures Pictures

This year has been a year of pictures. Printing them, sending them to friends and family, and including them in thank you notes for wedding guests.

I want/wanted to make something special for this year's christmas/new year cards. It's Hiro and my first christmas as a married couple, so it's time to make a special card for this year's holiday season. After searching online for the perfect cards, I found shutterfly holiday cards I am really looking forward to making a great christmas card.

Also, after looking around for the perfect way to print out the wedding pictures, I think shutterfly will also be the place to make a great wedding wall calendar! check it out!

There are so many options for the holiday season, from invitations to ornaments

So why don't you head over to shutterfly.com to check out the options and get inspired to make some special christmas cards this year!

Marathon number 9.

I finished my 9th full marathon yesterday. Ibigawa marathon. It was my 3rd time running this mountainy course. full of hills, full of pain, full of challenge. i felt good up till the last 10km. i slowed waaaayyyy down but managed to finish in 4 hours 18 minutes. my previous course times were 4:17 (2 times)

i am happy to have been able to finish despite the nagging pain in my hip and knee.

marathon number 10....i am coming... i just need a little time to forget about the pain!

wake up!

Its been a long time since i last posted!!!!! AHHHHHH I have be meaning to update it, but life has been busy. But i think itll calm down a bit after my marathon this sunday.

Life has been good.

work: we had halloween parties a few weeks back. I was alice in wonderland. it was fun. the students seemed to enjoy it we played some fun games and the kids got lots of candy!

marathon; the marathon is this sunday! wow! that came up quickly! i know i will finish, i just hope i will do well. i ran a half marathon a few weeks ago and got a PR of 1:49 coming in 11 place out of 93. That made me happy. half marathons are long enough to be a challenge but short enough to be fun. but this sunday will be my 9th full marathon. wow!

yoga- i joined gold's gym here in japan and its been really great. there are lots of yoga and pilates classes. I've been doing yoga at least 2 times a week. its been really relaxing. my favorite part is the last 5 minutes when we just lie on our backs and relax. love it.

pushups- ive been doing push ups and crunches almost everyday. 5 or 6 times a week. getting stronger!

hiro and i are great. its a little hard with opposite schedules, but we do get to see each other in the mornings and a little at night. married life has been good and we are almost finished with all the final wedding thank yous and picture printing. its about time!

im about to head out for my 2nd to last run before the marathon. an easy 5 or 6 miles. then off to the grocery store. every day is a busy day. i fall asleep the moment my head hits the pillow. (and on the nice warm train to work)