After an early fitness class at the gym, the girls and i decided it was a perfect day to go to the beach and tan! We headed towards 'Uken Beach' which is literally a 5 minute drive from the base we live in, which means we'll be seeing more of this beach during the next hot months. The Okinawan's still consider 70 degree weather as "cold", because you[...]
Okinawa is known to have many Flower Festivals, for example: Sunflower Festival, Lily Festival, Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival, as well as an International Orquid Show, all occurring during the first months of the year. Thanks to the island's warm subtropical climate, it's blessed with vividly colored flowers that bloom throughout the year. Durin[...]
One of my lovely readers, Southern Roots & Combat Boots, a fellow instagramer and Marine Significant Other, left me a comment yesterday letting me know that she nominated me and my blog for a Liebster Award!! I read the word "award" and my reaction was "WHAT?!", "ME?!". Now you may be asking yourself "what the heck is a Liebster Award?" and don'[...]
When having blogger's block (sorta like writer's block) you use the internet as your inspiration and well since everybody's been doing these types of posts, i guess i'll join in as well. Here are the 10 things i always keep in my purse! (this bag is courtesy of Valeria my Best Friend/Maid of Honor, who kindly lend me hers when my only purse brok[...]
Husband had a 5-day weekend and after spending his Sunday at home while i was out with the girls he decided that on Monday we were going to go out and explore one of the sights we've been dying to check out; the Shurijo Castle Park. Thankfully we were blessed with some warm and sunny days this weekend, which meant it was perfect for exploring! The S[...]
The night before Valentine's Day i got the idea to find a creative way to ask him to be my valentine's and then i remembered the Magnetic Chalkboard i bought at the 100 yen store (dollar store) and decided it would be cute to leave it in the refrigerator for him to see when he woke up for work. This is what i came up with, it ended up looking so cute wi[...]