the past couple of days...

Before I left Hawaii, my Aunty M1 made some delicious scones. Some to try while I was still in Hawaii and some to bring home with me. The ones that she made for me to take home were lavender scones! They are so flavorful and fragrant. We enjoyed them on my first morning back from Hawaii (Thank you!!)

Sunday, it rained ALL day long. I "semi-"planned ahead and decided to do all of my grocery shopping ahead of time. I said "semi-"planned ahead because as I was about to make my veggie soup, I realized that I had forgotten to buy carrots, so I had to go out into the rain. :(

I did get to try out my new Crocs, though. I have no idea where I heard about this shoe, but they are great. I think I did see someone walking in the rain here(Japan) once before and with the rains in Hawaii, they are all the rage! They have their own little kiosk at the Ala Moana Shopping Center, but I got mine at Down to Earth. They are easy to walk in and the water goes right through. Just rinse and dry your feet off when you get back. Nice!

My lunch yesterday was smoked salmon with thinly sliced cucumber on raisin toast with the leftover tarragon sauce from the other day, and vegetable barley soup.

Changing the subject, the technology of cellular phones still amazes me.

Satoshi left for a business trip on Saturday. He is managing a tour to Ayers Rock, Australia. This tour was a charter, so all the passengers on the flight were only from this tour. At first, the tour wasn't selling and Satoshi thought that I may have to fill a seat, since they were going to fly the plane at full capacity or not, this meant I had to come back from Hawaii a bit earlier than planned, but it turns out that the tour filled with no cancels...oh, well, I guess he'll just have to take me one day :)

I thought he had to be the tour guide for this trip (he did too), but since he's a manager, he's just there to make sure everything goes smoothly.

This morning, the phone rang at about 8:30am...you could hear very strong wind in the background...I said, "Hello"in English....no answer..."Moshi-moshi"in Japanese...still no answer...finally, I could hear Satoshi...he was calling from the TOP of Ayers Rock! (I've noticed that a lot of Japanese do this, call people from the TOP of some mountain and say, "guess where I am...the top of---".) I wonder if it is some kind of trend?...although, he and his group of baseball friends often after getting drunk, call other baseball friends and say, "guess who I'm drinking with...---" and then they pass the phone around to talk to each other.

Well, today is a sunny day, so you know what day it is....laundry day!

Enjoy your week!