'While I was sleeping'

I had a weird dream that Our whole family was going to the US for only one day just for Mia's B'day. If that were only so... While I was uploading the icons for this post, Mia looked out the window, and started getting mad at our cat Pippin. So I asked her why she was scolding him, and she said that "Pippin is eating himself! He's licking his leg!" When I was refilling the kerosene tank for our heater, I threw one of my mom's jackets on, since it was right there. Noah was beside me putting his coat on before we went outside. Noah suddenly realised that I was wearing a jacket. He got all excited and started patting ny stomach as though he thought since I had Mom's coat on, maybe I had a baby in my tum. I had to take him on the train to meet my dad to get medical check-ups for his Visa. He was very cute until we had to go home. It was right when he was supposed to be taking his nap, so he didn't feel like he should have to walk, and I should have to carry my bag, the diaper bag-full of stuff for him- And Noah. We had a big fight when we were almost home, and he was crying 'cause I wouldn't carry him. I finally had to throw one of the bags down, pick him up, and get the bag later. People I knew where looking and everything. And now, I have change an extremely stinky diaper because it made Mom throw up. At least he called me nice afterwards. On Saturday we had a before-Youth-Conference-meeting. It was so boring. The leaders planned it, and made us play this 'game' that adults like to enforce apon children at school & church even though no one likes it. Everyone has to go aroundd introducing themselves to eachother, and make notes on a piece of paper. This time, there was 16 squares, and the leaders would draw a name, and if you had written that person down, you mark it. So it was bingo. If you got a bingo you earned your group for Y.C. points, and since our group only had 3 people(everyone else left), we didn't get ANY points. People made fun of us. Is it some kind of curse I have to never end up in the group with the energetic, talkative, fun people? They always seem to be grouped together. Are the leaders plotting against us? What has become of the Youth? it's turned into the leadersdo what they want. They plan what activities they want, when they want. And, the Youth go alongwith it. If I make a suggestion, I'm always outvoted. The leaders only ask "what;s in it for us?" They come to the pilaties activity they planned, but when it comes to Y.C., they make the parents drive. And they force the parents into it weeks in advance, asking you over, and over if you'll go, till you finally say yes. Once again I say "What has become of the youth?" Enough depressing talk.

The sakura are starting to bloom. Only the white ones. I picked

one off, and plan to press it in rememberence as the first sakura

of the year.

'Oops I did it again'

I ate too much sugar, and my stomach is now

regreting it. Our kind bishop went to Cozy

Corner and got us cakes for White Day. This

is the first time the men of Kasai returned

Valentines treats to the women. There were

cheese cakes, chocolate cakes, cream puffs,

custard tarts, ann tarts, crepes, swiss rolls,

and eclaires. OMG! And then, Daddy gave

us each a Tolberone bar. yay! I got my

Personal Progress completion certificate in

sacrament meeting! I'm finally done! When

we got home, we got to eat my daddy's chicken

soup for lunch. After reading, sewing, and

sudokuing, Noah helped me make peach

cobbler. He's turning into quite a cook. He

knows each cooking utensile-ware, and can tell

the difference between pies, cakes, cookies,

muffins, and cobler. After it had cooked and

cooled Noah helped me, yet again, to make

ice cream. It was quite yummy. I found my

five year old camera the other day, and have

been trying to download pictures, but my hard

work has so far been in vain. I'm gonna try on

a different computer, so we'll see how that

works.

Lot's of stuff

Em is here! and, we've been eating junk food everyday! Scary!....Couple days later, Em is gone, and I'm going on a diet! Not. I resolved things with my misguided YW leaders, and I don't have to do my Personal Progress over again. Yea me! I just have to write my testimony, and Bishop Kawaminami will give me my certificate thingy next Sunday! Yea! Me, Lexi, and Pops are going to immogrations in 2 minutes. Gotta go.
5 hours later... We had a wonderful fieldtrip today. We took the train Kamamatsucho during rush hour. And got to breath in toxic fumes while gazing the beautiful scenery of buildings that looked like they somehow survived the WWII bombing. Then we waited for about an hour or so till it was our turn to go to the counter. Daddy bought us Fanta & Pockys. Yea Daddy. I have a strange rash on my face, so I put calendula on it this morning. The walk back to the station was super windy, and dirt kept hitting my face. It hurt. When me & lex got on the train, she looked closely at me and said "What happened to your face? There's little black things all over it". I looked at my face in the mirror, and I had specks of dirt all over my face! I couldn't get them all off! Not to mention the wind had blown my hair everywhere!

Happy Valentines Day

Hello folks, and Happy Valentines Day to peoples in America, and belated Happy V-Day to those in Japan. Last night, instead of our parents going on a romantical date, they stayed home, and the 4 'big' people partyed with chocolate fondue, apple pie, cheese cake, cinnamon crisps, and Cheaper by The Dozen 2. Yes, we hadn't seen it til now. Mom got Dominos pizza for dinner. How surprising & mezurashii. Since there'ss Parent Teacher Conference, Mia's been getting out at 2:00 the past 3 days. Around noon today, Sister Kawaminami just said "ojamashimasu!" and walked in to our house. It was for a good deed, she was giving us some gyouza that she had made at Enrichment Mtg. to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and Mom hadn't been able to go yesterday, because she wasn't feeling well, but it was still really weird. It's not the first time it's happened though. I'm going over to the Welch's soon to babysit because S. Welch is going to school to watch her daughter study. I need moola so I agreed. I bought some cute pants off of American Eagle, and and I owe Mom 3, 791 yen. I was $31.27, but with exchage rate, it's more expensive. When I checked today it was higher. It was sent to Em, and she'll bring it with her when she comes on Monday hopefully. I haven't mentioned them to her yet.

Survey from Lexi

I am a " winter person"

I own over 10 pairs of shoes

My favorite color is something dark

My favorite show is on MTV

I am currently in high school

I have my drivers license

I have at least one ' x ' in my screen name

I have to straighten my hair every day

I need to go shopping

I own over 20 disney movies

I spend over an hour in the morning getting ready

I've seen a live play before

I've been to a concert

I've read all the Harry Potter books

I've seen all Lord of the Rings movies

I like watching non-fiction movies

I think golf is the wussiest sport

I like getting comments on my xanga

I haven't missed an episode of The O.C.

I have at least 3 siblings, not including myself

I have a job

I have owned over 50 Beanie Babies

I was more of a Barbie child

I was born in the month of September, or later

I've lived in over 5 houses during my life

I was born somewhere outside of the United States

I sleep with a stuffed animal

I own a cell phone

I have my own computer

I collect something rather out of the ordinary

I love someone outside my family - MAIKA!

I own tickets to some kind of seasonal event (sports, etc.)

Surveys really do cure my boredom

I hate when people misspell things

I'm a health freak

I love taking pictures

I love reading

I love eating

I have more than 5 posters on my walls

I like playing board games

I play basketball or softball or baseball

I play hockey or football

I play no sports

Math is my worst subject

I have been baptized

I like water more than pop

I'm obsessed with my mirror

I hate feet

I love Laguna Beach

I'd rather watch the Real World or Road Rules

I browse Xanga when I'm bored I love Oreos I am a dork

I have 3 pets

I overuse the word like

I miss the backstreetboys

I wish I was still 4

I have a boyfriend

I am single

I never made out with someone

I never broke anything on my body

I don't take crap from people

I like to take pictures

I have wings

I have been to a concert

I have a name with 11 letters in it

I have a nickname that begins with the letter K

I watch Mad Tv

I have no bedtime

I have 7 phones

I have 3 computers

I like to wear spikes

I like to sing

My favorite color is yellow

I am origional

I like to chew ABC gum

I can dance as good as spiderman can fly

I spell you "yoOh"

I am polish

I consider myself good looking

I read at least 20 books a year

I like to blare music

I have more than 2 cell phones

I have never flunked a grade before

I like the smell of permanent marker

I am scared of the dark

I have had 10 or more detentions

I have a crush on the Math teacher

My I.Q. is 120 or higher

I don't label people

I go to church

I would rather burn than drown

I would rather drown than burn

I read the book Computers for Dummies

I don't like country music

I cried to the "Concrete Angel" music video

I wear orange eyeshadow

I have blue lipstick

I have more than 20 purses

I like the snow

I walk in the rain

I could never hurt anyone

I have 7 screen names

EFY

I'm not sure what went wrong with that posting down there. The words disappeared, so I deleted the posting, but it still appeared there. Weird. Did you know that coming back into The States from Central, and South America you'll be needing a passport from now on. Scary. Our dad registered us for EFY at BYU for the end of July, early August. We might not get in because our parents registered us on the last day possible, while we were sleeping. They woke me up to me ask for my social security number. That would be fun if we could go. I wish Maika could go. Our parents are going on vacation just the 2 of them for the first time in 13 years. They're going to Guam in exactly 1 week. Our Auntie Em is coming on Monday to babysit us. Can't wait.

What we'll be doing this week...

As Lexi told you, we went to see Eragon on Friday. I really liked it. Maika wants to see it with us on Wednesday(Ladies day), but I have no money! I only have $60 people! Happy Birthday Bradey. It's Bradey's birthday today or tomorrow depending on where you are. Have a great B'day! Instead of mutual on Thursday, we're doing baptisms for the dead on Friday. Me, Lexi and Anna are going early to eat at Baskin Robins, and help Anna with her Personal Progress. I'm almost done with mine! I'm trying to finish it before my birthday. We're going to the Tokyo Quilt Show on Saturday! Lexi and I didn't enter anything, and my mom's didn't get excepted. but, we can shop for fabric, and other quilting do-dads.

Mia's first day of school

Mia went back to school today! Hallejuyah! I can do my school work in quietness now! I went over to the Free's house yesterday to play. They each had a friend over, and I was Anna's friend. Erika had a girl from school named Ella over, who's from England. Kent's friend was Japanese, but goes to K International School too, and can speak English. This morning, when I was telling Noah he couldn't do something, he asked me "Why not?" I didn't even know he could say that! And 2 days ago, when I was to pointing to letters, and asking him what they were, he knew them all from O~Y. He could even pronounce W. Sudden intelligence. He's a cute little monster. I'm felling very overwhelmed. I want to finish my Personal Progress by my birthday, I need to finish 2 lessons of school work by the end of the month(including 6 hours of service), hopefully be able to take my 4 exams this month,plus make time for working on my quilt, reading, and my other hobbies. Mia's calling... goodbye.

Goodbye Christmas!

We took our Christmas decorations down today. I really want to go somewhere today with some people besides my family, but everyone's in a different country, or they're busy celebrating New Years. I got the test scores for the finals test I took the other week, and I got an A-, and an A- over all in Eastern Civilizations. Yea me! I've been doing lots of sudoku and kakuro lately. Do you like sudoku? I like sudoku. I don't like kakuro, I have to keep taking occasional peeks at the answers. I'm naughty. Tonight's gonna be a full moon! Throw a party! People are leaving me to go shopping! Abandonment and woe. Surprised the store's open..I'm gonna go do some more sudoku.