Misc Picture Updates

Before Paul left, we went to the Kokusai St. Eisa festival.

It was really neat. (considering I was really hungover)

Then we walked fifty hundred miles trying to get home because we wanted to leave early before our bus. We couldn't figure out what city bus we were supposed to be on, and we kept missing them, and we couldn't get a cab. So we walked. And walked. And walked. Along the way I found a machine made special for my favorite tea!

I also dyed my hair pink!

And got a pretty dress from my mom.

Renji got neutered in early August.

he was very sad

and he yelled at me for taking his balls

But Aiko still loved me.

Aiko also had her birthday September 11th and she got a pretty purple collar.

And Renji has since forgiven me for the balls thing.

for Aiko's birthday him and her got harnesses and leashes, his is blue, hers is pink.

and he makes kissy faces all the time.

(i really wish the picture wasn't blurry)

Hemlock Ring Blanket

A few weeks ago I finished knitting not only my first lace project, but my first project in over a year. The Hemlock Ring Blanket (ravelry link) Brooklyntweed I think first published it as a blanket, and TheRaineySisters have a corrected version of the pattern and chart in PDF file

The pictures don't do it justice.

Since then I've started a Noro Striped Scarf, but It's still a WIP

Noro Striped Scarf (Rav Link)

Good luck on the horizon

So I'm a little supersticious and some things get to me more than others. Black cats don't mean anything to me, but these guys, Praying Mantis? They are awesome, I'm not sure where it comes from but they are good luck. Good things will happen. Hopefully the luck holds out for a few months, to get us to Montana.

She is so pretty. I've seen quite a few around the house over the last year or so. This one wasn't the biggest but it was really neatly marked on the arms.

PCS News

I may do more than one post today so bear with me.

Paul left for recruiters school a few weeks ago, today we got our assignment,

RSS- Salt Lake City, Ut

RS- Great Falls, Mt

PSC- Helena, Mt

It may change, but as of right now we are going to Helena, Montana!

I'm very excited, but I just found this:

http://www.montanapictures.net/helena_montana_winter_tour_two.htm

That's a picture taken in the middle of winter. SNOW! GAH! I'm a little scared.

Then I saw this:

Go To Link

Breathtaking. Hard to believe that will be my view in 3 months.

Typhoon Tuesday

21 days ago we had a weak ass tropical storm roll through. Today we have a typhoon.

Typhoon Kompasu is blowing through as I type. Right at the top of hte storm if you look close you can see some green, that's land, that's Okinawa.

This one is better, but it's just wind speeds I think. This one is current as of 45 min ago I think.

My pictures don't show much. But the morning started out gorgeous and partly sunny, but now it's completely cloudy and grey, and pouring rain.

I need to do a real update, I've got some stuff going on. I'll try to type it up today or tomorrow.

Today was a day

This morning Paul left for San Diego for Recruiters School. It was a long day, he almost missed his flight. Then I ran a lot of errands because we have a typhoon coming. Yeah, first typhoon ever and Paul leaves the day before it hits. So i've spent the evening drinking bloody mary's and watching Rom-Com's.

I'm a quitter.

It hasn't even been a week and I'm already giving up on the low carb thing. It just isn't for me. I've tried it before and it's hard for someone who love starchy carbs like I do. I live for sammiches and potatoes, I love Mac and Cheese and pasta. Pizza is my favorite take out. It's just too hard for me. I feel like crap because I am stuck in a low-carb fog.

I am going to continue to watch my carbs, and keep them in check, but I am not going to restrict myself to the point I have been, and make myself cry because I can't have pizza because I am already too fat. I know it's not all calories in calories out in weight loss, but that's a fair part of it. My plan is to exercise (or at least walk) every day. EVERY DAY! and keep my calories low, carbs in check, protein high and sugars (besides fruit) low. No Mt. Dew! No Cokes! No Cherry Pepsi! except one and a while. I also need to curb my beer/wine drinking. Lately I havn't been drinking a lot, but I've been drinking often, and once a week or so I'll over do it. Cool thing I did learn with low carb is my hangover which I get from just smelling wine, has been missing. But it's not an even trade off, I'll live with the occasional hangover if I can have bread.

Monday Paul and I tried to start Primal blueprint but I broke and we had sushi and rice for dinner. Officially we started Tuesday. Today is day 3 and I feel sort of shitty (see second to last link) but I am down 3.7 pounds.

These are the links that I found most helpful, They make the most sense to me in this order:

Basic Idea

Why it works

Guide

Why a calorie isn't a calorie i.e. 100 calorie banana isn't the same as 100 calories of bacon

Booze is okay!! (YAY!!)

You may feel like shit at first, but it passes

FAQ & Primal Blueprint 101 (and all other useful links)

Pictures and Update

Not too much going on here, The dogs are doing good.

Renji and Aiko, still love each other (most of the time)

Okinawa has elephant shaped clouds

And really pretty regular clouds

Sunabe Gyro, has the best Gyros this side of Greece

And Paul and I have started a new diet. Primal Blueprint, I'll post more about it later, it's so far way better than Atkins. So far (3 days) I've not seen too much progress but we'll see.

So part of the new me, I was riding my bike Monday, and I stopped to try to meditate (per doctors orders) though meditation failed miserably, I did see a cute snail giving another cute snail a piggy back ride.

A bit of me (friday)

{one} how would you describe your style?

Jeans and a tee shirt, all they way. I wear tank-tops a lot and flip flops. Shorts every day I can. Living in Okinawa, those days are frequent. I'm very laid back. As much as I love dressing up, for me putting on tinted moisturizer is a big deal.

{two} what would your perfect day look like?

Early morning hike in the woods, like Yellowstone. Afternoon picnic lunch on the forrest floor with Paul and maybe my family. Dinner at the campfire with everyone I love. And a night under the stars.

{three} what would be the best workplace perk?

I get naps.

{four} if you could have the starring role in one movie, which would it be?

Something that films on location, Roman Holiday would be cool, but I'd want to be Audrey Hepburn

{five} what tv show do you wish would go off the air for good?

Reality Shows, except the cool nature ones. Survivor is not in that category, it can go, Amazing Race, it can stay.

{six} chocolate or vanilla?

Vanilla!

{seven} if you could date any celebrity, who would it be?

So many to choose from! I think Brad Pitt cleanly shaven is my choice.

{eight} if you could have been the author of any book, which would it have been?

7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I bet that guy is pretty well off, and highly effective. I've been feeling like a bump on a log lately.

{nine} what's your favorite type of flower?

Hibiscus.

{ten} what do you think is your most attractive feature?

I have a nice rack.