After a fail day at the gym, the girls and i decided to go to "tropical island", the code word we use for "beach" because apparently every time we say "let's go to the beach" the sun hears us and when we get there it's always cloudy/windy. We've been trying to get our tan on for the past few weeks but Okinawa weather is bipolar. Yesterday and today were b[...]
8.5x11 poster by littlelifehandmades The little piece of advice i want to share is "Bloom Where You Are Planted". If there's one thing i've learned from living abroad, away from all our friends and family, is that you have to try and be happy wherever you are and no matter what's happening around you. Life doesn't always turn out how we hoped it would, b[...]
Yesterday's topic was "What do You do?" ... Well jobs here in Okinawa are bad and hard to come by, so for the past couple of months i've been nesting, making our apartment feel like a home little by little. We came here with nothing but a comfortable mattress and since September we have gotten rid of most of our government furniture. We got a nice, big[...]
This is Isabella, the blogger friend i will publicly profess my love to, on this post :) We got to know each other through Tumblr a couple of years ago. We are both military spouses and Tumblr has a big community of us that like to help each other out. She's German/Brazilian ... what a combination right?! She speaks German, English, Portuguese,[...]
“Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite m[...]
(1) Getting picked up and swinged around in circles annoys me so much, i hate feeling dizzy and not in control. (2) Talking about my blog. (3) When things are not done my way. I have a bit of OCD, especially with stuff around the house like folding laundry and how to organize the dishes in the dishwasher. (4) Talking about the future, esp[...]