37 Weeks

Another week has gone by and now the clock is definitely ticking since I am now in what is considered the full term range but since 1)I don`t think the baby has dropped any 2)am still not really all that uncomfortable (besides the random aches and pains in the evening 3)I`m not doing the pregnancy waddle and 4)I`m not having what would be considered any sort of signs (mucus plug, bloody show, etc) I think she will be staying put for awhile longer and so long as I consider feeling the way I am at the moment thats perfectly fine by me.

In other news, there really isn`t anything going on at all.  MIL is now addicted to my Wii fit, in fact we both did an hour on it yesterday (not all at one time though, I can do short 20-30 min sessions but not a whole hour at one time).  Other than that my day consists of me quilting (which I am almost finished with), playing on the computer, watching TV (luckily they have cable here, 1 channel has nothing but foreign movies, another foreign TV show usually in English, and the other foreign Tv shows dubbed in Japanese), and re-reading the baby/labor books I have.

I think FIL wants to take me out for pizza for lunch today which would be awesome since I am kind of tired of eating nothing but Japanese style food.  I would love to make something for dinner but MIL can`t seem to eat chicken (as it makes her feel yucky afterwards) and she doesn`t like cheese (and I kind of wanted to make a lasagna) which definitely limits what I can cook.  I did figure out her oven (first person to ever use the oven function of it) and made a cheesecake on Sat. which the ILs loved (and yes cheesecake=cheese which she was fine with).

Surrendering Sovereignty with the Jawbone of an Ass

Obama fancies himself as a character of Biblical proportions.  The mOssiah darn sure isn’t the Messiah, and he’s not Samson either.  However, like Samson he is using the “jawbone of an ass” to surrender our sovereignty and diminish our nation every time he opens his Marxist mouth.  If he doesn’t shut up, he will give away what’s left of our country to the muslims and other vultures around the world circling to pick at our carcass.

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http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dmorris/2009/dm_1002p.shtml

Surrendering Sovereignty

By Dick Morris
October 2, 2009

While all eyes were on the rantings of Ahmadinejad at the United Nations, the United States — under President Barack Obama — was surrendering its economic sovereignty at the G-20 summit. The result of this conclave, which France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed as “revolutionary,” was that all the nations agreed to coordinate their economic policies and programs and to submit them to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for comment and approval. While the G-20 nations and the IMF are, for now, only going to use “moral suasion” on those nations found not to be in compliance, talk of sanctions looms on the horizon.

(read complete article HERE)

BoA- Bump Bump! feat Verbal from M-flo

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We all know BoA. We all LOVE BoA. You must BUY BoA’s English deluxe Album.

That being said, I didn’t know BoA would be bouncing back to Japan so fast for a new single. This single is HOT!

Everything that Verbal touches is great and I loved “The Love Bug” which was one of BoA’s and M-flo’s previous collaborations.

Boa’s has got the sickest dance moves in this video and a killer new haircut to boot.

Check out BoA’s japanese site at avex. You can see that her single “Bump Bump!” is dropping on October 28th (which is an awesome day as it’s my birthday!)

What else can I say… it is only a matter of time before BoA takes over the world. Check out the new video from avex below:

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Siphon coffee in the mornings

Siphon coffee: what a luxury. When I have enough time, I love making it at home. Usually, as the title of this blog suggests, it happens on the weekends because it’s such a messy, labour-intensive way to make coffee. But it’s also the nicest-looking way that I’ve ever seen coffee made, and it yields such a sweet, delicate drink that it’s totally worth the hassle. It reminds me of Clover coffee, but with a lighter body and more interesting high notes. I love it.

It’s starting to catch on in North America, but I would  be surprised if it ever goes beyond the grass-roots stage. Siphon coffee is too messy and time-consuming for most of the larger coffee shops, although there are some curious exceptions. Here in Japan, it used to be the preferred method and is still quite popular. There’s even a siphon competition at the Japanese Barista Championships.

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Slow Going on the Linen

When it rains, it pours. How true! These past couple of weeks I did a marathon at work and during that time I had a few work-related stresses. Though I would love to be one of those lucky few who make the “Quit Your Day Job” series by MaryMary on Etsy, I do need to hang on to my job until I make a decent number of sales per month to justify quitting, or cutting down on my days. To do that, I know I know, I need to open a shop. Before that even, I need a product!  And mine is not finished yet.  Nope- not yet.

Besides the work related rain, I have the kitty to worry about too.  Seems like she had a much worse time than me these days.  First the lack of appetite, the dislocated leg, general dirtiness of stray cats, the stay with the dogs at the vet, surgery (at which time the doc found two rocks in her stomach in the x-ray), the stress of being held indoors causing diarrhea and violent ear mites, back to the vet for some meds, and now, I think rock #2 has reached the end of the digestive road and will not come out- and she is straining to get anything past it.  I was in tears yesterday wanting to take her in to the vet again but, its “meiwaku” for the doc.  That means, he’d rather not see a feral kitty every day and we should wait until maybe Sunday.  All this compounded by the fact that IF she recovers, we can’t keep her. And I am starting to want to.

Its been hard to relax and just do my own thing in spite of these situations. Today I have a huge gap between bookings at work, so I am going to bring my pajamas. What I have managed in the way of progress is cutting the applique pieces and preparing them for attachment.  I have already started too. I am using an oval shaped hoop from Hardwicke Manor that I purchased from Hedgehog Handworks (at right). It fits up the leg of the pajamas nicely and allows a big enough space to work on.  I even bound the inner rings of both of my hoops with bias tape. I found a tutorial on that at www.needleandthread.com.  What a great site for people who need a little guidance.

The beginning of the end!

I have a few things to do- I few more design ideas requires some different linen and threads. I asked a coworker to photograph for me in trade, so I have a special design in mind for her that maybe I can recreate if she’ll model it for me.  My husband is asking where his is, so that will be a men’s line.  Ideas are plentiful but time and energy these days are seriously wanting! Well that’s where I am at.  I hope to have better news next week.  For more on the kitty see the previous post with its comments.

Hi ho, hi ho….