Genghis Khan

Everyone was up around the normal times, Yasuko and Koby were off to school while Evan and I did our normal routine. Evan and myself ate breakfast and then I quickly went outside to uncover the plants a bit and let them breathe. The day started off sunny and warm but later after lunch started to get windy and cold. Yasuko came home at lunch and we had to go to town hall and the dollar store to run some errands.

When we got back I closed the plastic on the plants and we decided to have a semi-BBQ in our house with the new hot-plate that we purchased the other day. We had cabbage, onions, bean sprouts, shitake mushrooms and lamb marinated in a sugar soy base. The local Hokkaido people like to refer to the lamb meat as Genghis Khan. The dinner was great and I even took a short video of it, that I will try and put up for everyone to see.

In the mail today was a surprise that I have been waiting for, it's the new Flip Video Digital Camcorder. The camera we had, battery decided to die and would not keep a charge, we checked out how much a new battery would be and it was going to cost us over $100 dollars... WOW!! My new camera only cost $140, and that is exactly why I got it.

It is very easy to use and runs off of 2 double AA batteries, and uses no tapes, it is all solid state and downloads straight to your computer, no fuss. Thanks Dad for ensuring it got to me quickly.

The rest of the day was unremarkable and nothing to mention, I miss all of my family and friends, but we are doing great and loving living here.

Temp: High - 64
Low - 39