I am a delicious apple :D

Delicious apple in Japanese is : onishii ringo desu.

 I carefully threaded the leather straps through the two metal rings and then folded the strap pushing it back through the first ring and  cinched it tight. 3 more Straps I fastened this way, tugging hard to make certain they'd hold the front and back of the hardened leather chest piece in place. Lovingly I smoothed down the wrinkles of the maroon under tunic beneath the leather.  Patiently biting my lower lip I worked the laces of  the matching deep brown vambraces. Pulling the thin strips of leather loose, then tight, then tighter, working my way from wrists  half way to the elbow. With a smile I  fold my legs beneath me to kneel and  wrap the sandals above the knee, ending some where above the tunic line. I stand again and hold out the mask of beautiful  dark brown leather tinged with red. It is my favorite piece because etched with in the mask, in great detail is a magnificant tree.. the world tree, Yggdrasil. Then goes the huge imposing helm made of  gleaming metal, coated with oil and rounded in the back.  In front the nose guard decends but the mouth and eyes still can be seen. Dark eyes that match the leather. The horsetail of Rome crowns the healm valoriously.  I place in one hand my tiny pink digital camera, and in the other his luch box, and see my husband off to work on the morning of Halloween.

Jer & my first house plant is a mint. It smells so sweet ♥ I have some trepidation remembering how I killed a bunch of cacti last year, but Jer has promised to guide me so mayhap it will make it.

Saturday we went to the aquareum first and there was such a huge crowed of people there that I did not get to take as many pictures as I wanted to, however I did get some other-worldly jelly fish shots and some scenic pics of the city. Had fun petting  the sharks in the touch pool inspite of my husbands frequent admonitions of "Don't touch the dorsal fin!!!" ( You were cautioned against touching the sharks on the dorsal fin because they were sharp and you could get cut, but I  was pretty confident that if I didn't spook them  they wouldn't move with the velocity neccisary to cut me. The fin of a shark is  made of cartalage anyway.)  While hanging out near the Japanese Spider crabs I was pleased to note that my Rosetta Stone lessons are apparently working as I completely under stood the conversation of a little boy and his dad in Japanese. (Lol my  Japanese vocab is at the level of a 6 yr. old and I am bragging :D)

After spending a few hours in the aquarium  we headed next door to the Coca cola museum. I did not enjoy the 4D movie too much, but I have to admit it was a neat experience.  It took me a few minutes to give up on trying to fold my 4D glasses around my prescription glasses, but in the end I gave up and stuck my glasses on my shirt The seats jolted up and down. That was okay. You got spritzed with waster and blasted with jets of air whenever the wind blew or something got wet. the water was annoying but still fun. There was one part of the movie where the seats actually punched you in the back. That kinda hurted. It was worth it though, because we got to try 62 different flavors of Coke products from around the world. My two favorites were an apple flavored cola that had a sharp burning after taste from Japan, and Inca Cola from Mexico. The one flavor that I thoght was the worst was from Zimbabwe because it tasted just like beer. After one sip I was glad that they chose a little red headed girl from Africa to feed the Rays at the aquareum because all she had for soda was that beer flavored cola...wicked thoght though it was!

My morning began at 8 a.m when I scooted out of bed and walked into a wall. I yelp-shreaked in surprise which brought Jer running from the kitchen at top speed. The wall scared both of us this morning! I am not the most mobile of individuals in the AM, nor am I consciously aware of the goings on around me.. it would not be an inaccurate assessment to say that I am not even completely coherent until at least 8 bites of breakfast later!  Usually I am perfectly capable of navigating the apartment with my eyes closed..after all a person's brain is supposed to be able to memorise their familiar surroundings... I think what happened was my brain told me that I was walking through the bedroom doorway when in fact I was too far to the left of the doorway and thus I collided with the wall pretty hard!

w hen I go to my favorite bookstore I feel like a goddess. There is a seemingly endless supply of different worlds, to be reached with a touch of the finger on a page. There is a coffee shop inside who's workers recognize us and know we want 2 strawberry milkshakes  by heart. I just stand beside my husband, holding his hand and my eyes speak happiness. When we leave, he holds the door for me and compares our milkshakes. He always tells me they give me the best one :D

When it comes to taking pictures I can be a bit extreme ! I like to edit and it is not unusual for me to take  a little over 400 pictures in an hour :D    A few weeks ago Jer came across this XKCD comic and told me that it reminded him of me. 

I am looking to another  great photo opportunity this weekend, Jer and I have plans to visit the Coca Cola Museum and the aquarium.

My favorite billboard near my house is a Nestle Quick add that says " You can't buy happiness, but you can drink it!"

 

Jer makes ribs so jucy the meat falls off the bone. I am a spoiled wife!

I made a pumkin pie for the first time....it smells sweet but I have not tasted it yet :D

Today I learned to say "black and white"in Japanese: kuro to shiro.

2 sentences I can say about myself in japanse: 

1) Watashi wa kanojo to shogakusai wa nihonjin imasu. " I am (a) female and(a) student of japanese."

2) Watashi wa shiro onna no hito to watshi wa koi kuro otoko no hito desu. " I am a white woman and I love (a) black man."

 

"Red apple." is " Ringo aka desu."