Travel Notice: Japan and China

Right, so I know that I still haven’t gotten around to actually updating about Ann & Erik’s wedding in Minnesota, but I promise I will post, at least pictures, when I get back. In almost 3 weeks. ‘Cuz I’m going to Japan and China for work. Yay!
The schedule:
June 11: on a plane to Japan
June 12-13: [...]

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This is getting old

Perhaps just because we are entering tournament season, or perhaps because the Talented Trio hadn’t been in class for nearly 2 months, (they do have their own dojo where they teach, but they have been away from Sensei’s watchful perfectionist eye,) Sensei has become very enthusiastic about exhausting drills this week, as if he had [...]

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Shocking Rudeness

A very bizarre conversation happened last night after karate class ended. The subject of my upcoming trip to Japan and China had come up, (since I’ll be missing the next 3 weeks of classes, but also because people were interested and jealous, neener, neener,) and the conversation took a turn that went like this:
Nearly College-Aged [...]

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Temari Ball: Spinning Fire

While I’m sitting here waiting for the plumber to come take the stubborn washer hose off the spigot, I decided to put my time to good use by getting all the pictures I’ve taken recently off my camera so I can begin catching up on my blogging. The plumber is now half an hour late, [...]

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Progress and Otherwise

Well, the triumphal installation of the new washer & dryer in the house was not to be this Saturday, although we did at least get the cable & internet up and running. Technically, really, the dryer is actually installed. The installation guy even turned it on to do a short cycle just to prove it [...]

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