Life in Thia's World Part 2: December 2018

It has been more than three months since my last entry.

I began these blogs to share about both Japan and the U.S., as we continue to travel between the two countries.

It used to be for work too, but now it's all about family.

I want to make a promise to you as well as to us, that I make an entry at least at the change of every season.

Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter

Although today is the change of the year ;)

I'd like you to know, this is not easy doing this. I aim to print out photos for our family photo albums at home too, yet here, for this blog, I wish to share photos not in our albums.

I will publish this blog as a blog-to-book

(which is what I've made two of already from our first blog.)

Keeping track of which photos go where has been a challenge.

Not to mention. For these years, I've been working on my memoir. If I had a publisher lined up, I don't know what I'd do, cause as it is, I'm lax about getting the memoir written. And, I spend time babysitting our granddaughter Kieahla sometimes. And though I don't mean to make our garden a priority, it is a place where plants thrive with attention, but where weeds will overtake seedlings I wish to see flourish, if I let them. Also, I do my best to make good meals for dear hubby Taka. I'm ever grateful that he has been happy to have me at home these years, doing as I am.

Oh, and a little time to exercise (play tennis). A little more I hope for 2019, since Taka's getting lots more now as a club member!

Sheon and David went visiting Montana. I so love my Mom and Frank got to hang out with those dear two!

This was taken by Sayoko. Ischin and Halle were ready to drive Taka and me to the airport to leave Japan. It was back in September.

September, Taka and I took a sudden trip to Japan. Zen had to go in for surgery on his knee. He had an ACL tear that would end up keeping him from playing the whole 2018-2019 season.