This weekly meme has been inspired by Michelle at The True Book Addict and Lisa at Lit and Life--Life: It Goes On...but I wanted to tweak it a bit for myself since I am living in Japan for the next year (2014-2015).
I can never stay on top of this meme! Lots of things over the last month or two with Halloween and now Thanksgiving and seeing beautiful places in Japan.
Books I'm Reading:
- Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz (almost done!)
- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Ticker by Lisa Mantchev
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Paper Towns by John Green
Being back home for Christmas! Devoted hubby has to stay in Japan, unfortunately so Gabe and I are headed back home to spend Christmas with friends and family! There are many things I can't get here in Japan so I'll be stocking up on when I get there. Have my bags almost packed and plans to be enacted!
Making:
Thanksgiving dinner not on Thanksgiving but on Saturday the 29th. It won't be crazy since it's just us three and I don't actually make much for Thanksgiving since we always go to my sister's house. Then we have a friend Thanksgiving the day after for more games and ham and goodies! But here it'll be roast chicken from Costco, instant potatoes and gravy, sweet mashed yams, salad, mulled wine, and an attempt at making rolls! Wish me luck!
Watching:
Gilmore Girls on Netflix (this inspired me to add every single book mentioned in the series to my goodreads list under the tag gilmore girls list!), Phryne Fisher's Murder Mysteries, this is the best murder mystery series on TV from Australia. I can't enough of it. The Bletchley Circle, also a great crime mystery series from BBC, a team of all-women decoding geniuses setting up shop in the 50s after World War 2. Gracepoint, a mini series on a murder in a small town in California. Based off of another British series with the same actor but with an American accent now...(Harry Potter's Barty Crouch!)
If you haven't seen The Sapphires with Chris O'Dowd you are truly missing a great movie. It's on Netflix and it's funny and inspiring all at the same time. I love those pleasant surprises.
Things I Did This Week in Japan:
Last week we walked around the Hiroshima Castle and had a picnic and enjoyed the Fall leaves and collected leaves. Then we went hiking up to a waterfall and took more fabulous pictures.Hubster has been working nights the last 3 weeks and it's been pretty rough on all of us. We haven't gotten out as much as we've wanted. But I'm happy to say he's done with that for a bit! Yay!
Hiroshima has put up their winter lights by the Peace Memorial park. We are heading to it this weekend and will throw up some pics then. I hear it's beautiful!
Grateful For:
For another day on Earth. It's a beautiful place to be and I'm truly lucky to be alive!
I'll bet you're excited to get back to the States; too bad A can't be with you. I'll bet you'll be tempted to travel back to Japan with suitcases filled with all of the goodies you can't get here and no clothes!
ReplyDeleteYou're living in Japan? That's such a wonderful opportunity. Living abroad for a short while is something I want to do more often.
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about The Sapphires since I like Chris O'Dowd.
I like this feature and learning about your bits in Japan. So cool that you are there. I've added The Sapphires to my Netflix. Thanks for your recommendations :-)
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