Category Archives: Books
A growing list…
I have a growing list. It grows and grows and grows. It is a list of books I want for my boys. The list has more than 100 books on it and I think the boys probably have close to … Continue reading
Books for an 18 month old…
We love books. We have a ton- I have a ton, the boys have a ton and we read everyday. I get such joy from watching Noah flick through books himself and even point things out to show me but … Continue reading
June 101 update and more…
Am late getting this posted. Whenever Noah goes down for a nap I think “I should blog” or once he is asleep at night but I just don`t. I guess my blogging mojo has gone down hill a little bit … Continue reading
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101 things in 1001 days update April…
I am late with this update- probably because I can`t cross anything off. Just continued with a couple of things like updating each month, maintaining the weight loss and also we applied for credit cards but that was only a … Continue reading
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101 things update Mar 2010…
Am so behind in doing my update for Mar 2010 in the 101 things in 1001 day challenge but here goes… 5. Go to at least two of the following places: Hokkaido, Nara, Hakone or Nagasaki. Well I went to … Continue reading
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101 things up date for Feb 2010…
I actually have managed to cross a couple things during the last month from my list- although I know there will be things left over at the end of the time I am at peace with that but still determined … Continue reading
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101 things update Jan 2010 and books read…
Okay I didn`t manage to cross anything off the list completely but I have furthered the following: 2. Read a Japanese newspaper or magazine and understand it Started working on this today! Obviously not finished yet but have started at … Continue reading
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Children`s books…
A couple months back Suzy wrote about Little Golden Books and I commented that I had already picked up a couple for goma-chan but was still looking for more- especially ones that I had read when I was younger. I … Continue reading
888 reading challenge complete…
Near the end of last year I signed up for the 888 challenge- which challenged participants to choose 8 books in 8 categories for 2008. 8 overlaps were allowed meaning a total of at least 56 individual titles needed to … Continue reading
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888…
Ages and ages and ages ago I signed up for reading challenge here which involved reading eight books in eight different categories during 2008 (with an allowance of up to 8 crossovers). Anybody that knows me in real life knows … Continue reading
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
