Fireworks

Another beautiful day in Shibinai this morning, clear blue skies and warm temperatures. The forecast looks great for the next 3 days, and I hope it continues on through the weekend. Everyone is praying for good weather for sports festival.

Evan ate cereal this morning and is watching kids shows on TV, while I had my normal coffee and toast. Yasuko should be home around lunch today, but will have to go back for one hour afterwards. I went outside and weeded the garden for a while and Yasuko came home and hung up the clothes to dry, she stayed for about 45 minutes and then had to go back. She will return again around lunchtime.

When Yasuko returned at lunch she said that she did not need to go back today, we all ate Ramen for lunch and Yasuko made an appointment at the beauty parlor to get her haircut, while Yasuko was getting her haircut Evan and myself went to a nearby park and played on the slides and swings for a while, then we went to a Park Golf course near the river and watched people play Park Golf and threw rocks in the river.

After about an hour we went back to pick Yasuko up and then take a trip to Bestom to get a few things. I had to get gas in the car and the price has just went up to $6.88 per gallon, it cost me $68 dollars to fill up the car.... WOW! Some things are more expensive here in Hokkaido, while other things like land, rent and electricity are cheaper.

We used our hot plate at dinner tonight and had shrimp and vegetables with rice, it was really good, in the middle of dinner the doorbell rang and it was Sumi-san, and her two children Keito (6) and Reeko (3), they had bought some fireworks and wanted to do them with Koby and Evan.

We set outside and watched the kids shoot fireworks until about 8:30 pm, after that the kids got ready for bed and brushed their teeth. While Yasuko and I looked around on the Internet a bit.

Temp: High - 73
Low - 46