Turning my Family Active

I think I just have too much excitement that Brian and I ran together. I was inviting him 6 years ago. I was running on and off- there is no proper motivation. I was a mountain climber before I got married. I maintain my weight. When I see myself that I am gaining weight and I know I will end up of having diabetes. It runs in my family and if I am not careful then I can't escape with it. Today, I bought pairs of running shoes for Ben and Mary and also a wicking outfit. The kids were excited with their new outfit. I even bought Ben's outfit with a green hint cause he likes green. Mary always likes pink. On Sunday, we will do our long run. We will run as long as we want. It was really great that we joined the the 4 mi for the 4th Fun Run. Brian finished around 36 minutes and I did finished about 48 minutes. This month, there is 5k run and we will run again. That is after we climb Mt Fuji. So happy... I am an outgoing person and love nature. This is it. This is what I want to my family getting involve with an outdoor activities. I am so thankful for that.

Joining the 4 of the 4th Yokosuka Base Japan

Brian and I started to train for marathon, there is no specific when we gonna join the marathon but we are determine to join as soon as there is one. I was looking for runners group and found one in Gig Harbor, not too far to drive from Belfair. I am so excited to come home in the states. Brian is being motivated during the event here in the base- "The wounded warrior". He thought that he does not want to leave his family early. He has high cholesterol and even taking a blood pressure medicine. I invited him before, that was six years ago. Myself, I have no interest of running in a fun run or a marathon but I just wanna run just to keep myself healthy. Honestly, I ran on and off. It is not continued, I just don't have any motivation. I saw a few of my friends running 5k or even 10k and saw their bib number hanging on their shirt. I always have a thought "It should be I have that kind of number too". When this thing gonna be happening. My first try is to join the 4-4th Fun Run, it is 4 miles running here inside the base which is sponsored by the Navy Fitness. When I was running with Brian during my training. I run 1.5 miles without walking, that impressed me. I finished line with 47 minutes and 48 seconds. Believed me! I am so proud with it. I was so happy that I made a little accomplishment.

Western States Endurance Run 100 miles

David Riddle is one of the entrants in WS100- western States 100 miles Endurance Run. A very inspring post for a Vegan marathoner

Habit of waking UP

My eyes are getting used to wake up with my husband at 430. He run at 500 but I run before him though. Target weight 105 lbs and am 119 lbs right now. I need 6200 calories per week to burn and eat 1200 calories per day. I just use webMD to calculate everything and no more sweets and extra snacks in the next 7 weeks. Liquid to drink; only water and of course my soy milk in every morning and evening.

Kids swim lessons

Ben and Mary wanted to have swim lessons. This is the down part of my attitude. I really need to be serious with my kids sports. I am looking in the future that they will be joining in any sports events.

Ben as always loves water

3rd day on Running training

Distance: 1.26 mi Duration: 00:17 Pace: 13:23 :( it says I burned 139 calories 3rd day says: run/walk but it does not says how far and how long. So I came up my own distance. I run/walk with Kai today. Of course there is couple stops for him to mark our route. Kai was a runner, he run as fast as he could (if I let him to). The breeze of the air feels so good while the sun hitting my face. I love to see the sun first thing in the morning. I actually recorded two rounds in my maptracks, i forgot to press the start button, Kai was just so excited to run. I did not feel tired after all. But my legs are sore and I am determine to continue running. I kept asking my husband before to run with me and I have no motivation after all. I should of do it. :( Oh well, here I am again and am looking forward to climb Mt Fuji this summer for the second time, I gotta plan this. Well, I gotta get off in my computer and do errands at home- class as well..

2nd Day Run schedule

Location: CFAY Japan Run: 1.5 mi Duration: 00:15:00 Pace: 10:00 2nd day on the training schedule. First day is at rest lol. I woke up 435 and dressed up my running outfit. Came out 449 and came back 506. Took out Kai and run with him and of course with all his stops for 0.41 mile. The marking of the roads LOL. The breeze of the air felt so cold slapping in my face. It helps draining out my sweats. It was a lovely morning. Love it. I dunno if I have sore muscles it yet. I will find out tomorrow. Since, our car was impounded and there are two ways to go to Ikego by train and or carpool with someone else. Since, I am too stubborn not to call one of my friends then we choose to ride a train. I was looking at the bus schedule 935 and we are ready to go out at 9:15.. oh well I should wait the bus but instead we walk 1.6 mile from the quarters going to the train station lol.....and now I felt that am very tired.

Planting Raspberries

I really like to eat this fruit and having a few in the yard. Must be awesome. Overbearing species which is very good.... In my area, plant it to a raise flower bed 4 to 6 feet in between rows.;....trellis is good for them to climb and not going anywhere....

Creating Hummingbird Paradise

The oldest historical mention of hummingbirds likely dates back to the Taino Native Americans, who were reportedly the first humans to greet Columbus when he landed in America. The Taino believe that hummingbirds are the spreaders of life on Earth, and their warriors were known as Colibir, or Hummingbird warriors, because they are a peaceful bird that will defend their territory with the heart of an eagle. How long they have been in America is unknown, but they have delighted bird watchers for many years, with their quick dashes into the garden, and the shine of the sun on brilliant feathers. While there actually are duller colored birds, the ruby-throated hummingbird is the most commonly recognized for its iridescent feathering, and dazzling ruby-red throat. The color though, is not all it seems. Hummingbirds get their unusual coloring from the fact that not all feathers are pigmented, or colored. In the duller colors, including the Rufous Hummingbird, the brown hue is actual pigment in the feather structure. In the ruby-throated variety, light refracting through the feather segments, breaking it up much like a prism would. Only certain levels of color will be seen by the human eye, and that color will change with every movement of the feather, or angle of the light striking it. This is one of the features that makes them so charming to watch as they flit around a garden or feeder. Hummingbirds are very fast, traveling at an average 25 miles per hour, with wing beats of anywhere from 10-15 per second in the Giant Hummingbird, up to 80 per minute by the Amethyst Woodstar. The ruby-throated hummer falls into the middle range, at about 53 beats per second. To sustain such rapid and prolonged activity, the hummingbird’s heart must beat accordingly. For birds that are hot, or sleepy, that can be as low as 50-180 beats per minute, but a heart rate of an amazing 1360 beat per minute has been recorded in a Blue-Throated Hummingbird. All this activity requires a humming bird to eat almost continually, to fuel the activity that will maintain its 105-109F body heat. That means dining as many as 15 times an hour, on high-energy food. In volume, they consume up to eight times their body weight a day. But reduce the nectar to a solid by eliminating the water, and it would amount to their own bodyweight. A hummingbird can starve to death in as little as two hours, if still active. That makes rescue of birds trapped in garages or other enclosed areas, imperative within a short time. At night, their “thermal generators” shut down as they rest, and allow their body temperature to drop, so that less energy is used up while they sleep. If you enjoy watching these delightful little birds, and are also an enthusiastic gardener, why not plant clumps of flowers or bushes, to bring them into your yard? Hummingbirds are creatures of habit, and will develop their own paths to food, checking them frequently and on a daily basis. Once they find out you have goodies, they’ll return over and over. Other hummers will follow, and you may then get to see hummingbird behavior at its worst, as they dive at each other to protect their food sources. Good choices of food producing plants for hummingbirds includes such trees or bushes as Azaleas, Mimosa, Weigela, Cape Honeysuckle and Flowering Quince. Another semi-permanent attraction is a perennial bed with Bee Balm, Columbine, Lupine, Coral Bells and Canna. You can also plant a wide range of annuals like Fuschia, Impatiens, Petunias and Firespike, but consider growing some of your own plants from seed, as many flowers that are nursery grown, tend not to have as much nectar. Hummers will be overjoyed to discover this bonanza of blooms, and the tiny bugs that constitute the protein source of their diet. To make sure you enjoy these little feathered friends for the whole season, hang some hummingbird feeders around your patio or gardens. But make sure there is a bit of distance between them, to avoid the squabbles, which can be quite a sight! Because hummers are attracted to red flowers, you’ll find many of the hummingbird feeders available, are also colored red. This isn’t an absolute necessity, but it can be a bright spot in your garden. And the feeders come in all kinds of charming shapes from a hanging bunch of grapes, to a giant strawberry. Commercial powdered “food” formula is available, but you can easily make your own by combining one part sugar to four parts water, and boiling it for two minutes, then cooling and storing in the fridge. Never use honey, which can ferment, or red dye, which can be harmful to the birds. Only fill your hummingbird feeders to the one-third or halfway mark, as it would take many birds to empty the contents, and the feeders will need cleaning every few days to prevent the occurrence of mold. Wash in mild dish detergent, with no more than 10% bleach, and rinse several times. If you have mold inside the feeder, and can’t reach it with a bottle brush, put some sand in with the water, and swish that back and forth, until the mold is rubbed off. Hummingbird Trivia The hummingbird is so small, that an insect, the Praying Mantis is its natural enemy. They are the only bird that can hover, and fly backwards as well as straight up or down Hummingbirds can’t walk The average life of a hummingbird is 3-4 years, although one specimen was caught in 1976 in Colorado, banded, and captured again in 1987

Jan-May 2012 Battle report

A Sunny Sabbath Day

Every 3rd Sabbath of the month, the YEC has a special class for the little children. The class is consist of Japanese children and Americans kids, they learn together the Lord.

Psalm 139:1
Oh Lord, you have searched me and known me.

God knows everything about me/us even the my hairs.

God loves me all the time even sometimes we are grumpy and not nice but God wanted us to be nice and good all the time.

Who knows what I am gonna say?

My kitty Misty

I am so sad to think that after having Misty for 6 months here at home. I developed a bad allergies and am taking medicine for more than 2 months now. She is our first family pet. I feel so sad that I will ask someone to adopt her or even giving it back to PAWS. My daughter really loves her, you can see it in the photo. We love to play with her. If any of the visitors on this page like her and wanted to give her a new home. Pls let me know. All the stuff we bought, all will go with her. We have a cat tree and she loves to be up there and looking down to us.

Our cat and life of a homeschool family

I decided that I only seen or having get together with friends once a week. I can call myself "busy beauty" :)), Being a homeschool family, I can't compare myself with other Moms that stayed at home while their children went to school. Oh I just missed those times that my house is spotty clean. This time, I really need to talk to my kids and race up who can clean our bedroom first. ---- and get the rewards.

Life of a mother, we are busy taking care of our children. If they went to school then you gotta help them with homework and other related school stuff. Feeding them and taking care of our kids if they are sick- so we became like a nurse. When kids is at school or home, mothers are busy cleaning after their mess and so we became like a maidservant. Well, what about if your kids are homeschool. Life is a little bit difficult than those mothers that their kids are at regular school. Can you ever think? I find everything is so hard and needs lots of sacrifices. For me, I can say. I salute to those families that they are homeschooling their children. Aside that they are willing to sacrifice their time in teaching their kids- they are also sacrificing their other hobbies. But I like my kids to learn the stuff that I learn.

As of this moment, I think I got stressed out with my allergies and plus we are catching up with our lessons. I got paranoid right now, I even vacuum walls..... We tried to take Misty back to PAWS but they wont take it if there is no doctor's note. So, I went ahead and made an appointment and got a note. I even asked my doctor that I wanted to have a diabetes test. I am afraid that I have- it runs in my family at my mother's side.

We tried to put Misty at Japanbase.com and even in yokosuka4sale.com. We are looking for a new home for her- if you knew anyone that wanted to adopt her. Please let me know. We will pay for her vaccination on June and all the stuff we bought for her - ALL will go with her. I feel bad, after that she is comfortable with us--- THERE! I got paranoid because of allergies :((. Mary is so sad but I dont wanna take medicine the whole time of my life that we have a cat.

Our Sabbath service here at Yokosuka base in Japan

We are having a service here, it's 2nd Sabbath of the month.

Chaplain Mills lead in getting prayers request and praises. My husband really like the way he did on the prayers that he did not repeated the request because God already heard it. I mean God heard it when we were talking that this is our request to God. The reason I know, God is omnipotent, he is everywhere.

Behavior at church: Mary is talking while Chaplain Mills deliver his message.

Children story by Chaplain Bob Mills

Chaplain Mills continued his story about Harley, a 9 year old that live in Bethsaida. He wanted to see Jesus. At this time, Jesus is at the temple and saw that people sells many stuff like animals and many more. Jesus was angry and let all the animals go, people were running away from temple. Children did not go anywhere but Jesus gathered them and tell. Temple is not a place of making money but a place of learning and grow about God.

Chaplain Mills is giving his message for the divine service.

Look for John 4:7

The Samaritan is formerly brother to Jewish people. It turns out that they are unfriendly to each other.

Interesting character: a woman came at noon and even not in a normal time of drawing water from the well. She saw Jesus there.

John 4:13,14 - Jesus is not talking about the literal water, as in h2o.

V. 15

V23

V25

If you are reading the story about the Samaritan woman drawing water from the well. Now, you can understand what is the message Jesus wanted for us to learn. In Evangelism, it is not only by word we deliver but also through in our actions and how we deal with our children and other people.

1. met somebody and start a relationship

2. Living without Jesus is empty - there is no satisfaction even how high you are in the society

3. Share what Jesus done to you. How you change your life.

4. Answer the objection biblically. Some people are very critical and wanted to find answers. Try to look answers Biblically. If you can't handle it, find a minister. "It's not what they give up!"

5. Ask Lord for guidance. Especially when God recreated their lives

Then disciples v39 says nothing at all. When they saw Jesus is talking to that Samaritan woman.

A true worship is not limited thru this mountain but in spirit and it's truth. This is what Jesus wanted us to do "I want you to worship me in spirit and it's truth". We are giving our hearts and the minds fully to him. We have so many questions on how.

The service is over, everyone is invited for a pot luck. Everybody is preparing. :))

Let's eat!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth.

At our mess hall- where we ate.

Yum! Food!

Cake with richy yummy toppings

Happy Sabbath everyone and pray for everyone safety as they are going home.

Our cat Misty

My daughter, Mary wanted to have a pet cat because she loves it. I never been associated to cats longer before. We cat sit for 3 weeks but I was thinking that I am fine with it. No allergic reactions.

We have Misty for about 6 months now. On her first night here at home, she slept at my daughter's bed which made my daughter so happy. As what we understand her behavior, she is not used to male and or maybe those male that like dogs, which my husband really loves dog. In the last couple months, she started to sleep in my bedroom and even I heard her purring while looking for a good spot to lie down on the foot side of my bed.

Misty tolerated the behavior of my kids, she always got a lots of hugs and it is ok with her that she is carried all the time. My daughter loves to carry her.

But she likes to climb up closets and even closet door. She is a climber cat.. well cat likes that way.

As for her food, she ate dry and wet food. Brand for her dry is IAMS and she likes fancy feast grilled only. I gave her a can in the morning and evening and she is snacking for dry food. She does not really fun of treats, we bought different kinds of treats for her but she won't eat it, maybe because it is a bit hard. I dunno LOL. But she ate dogs treats. There is dog treats which is 90 cents at the commisary, she likes that. She also likes salmon treats.

Misty has a cat tree- a simple cat tree where she can climb up and look down to us. The bottom part was broken but hubby is going to fix it later today. All the stuff that she has here at home. I like to send it with her. She is a very cute cat and it is hard for me to let her go :((.

I am taking allergy medicine for more than 2 months because my eyes are so itchy and watery. I got paranoid now of vacuuming the house even walls. But still I am itching and sneezing. I even asked my husband to take Misty back to PAWS because we got her there and they won't take it because they needed a doctor's note. I can't find myself taking allergy medicine the whole time that we have a cat at home. So, I force myself to get an appointment and got test done. Yeah, am allergic :((. So sad to think.

At the inner part of my brain, I don't want to let go Misty but when I forgot to take my medicine and got late of taking it for 3 hours. I find myself itching and my eyes are getting red. I always washed my face to take off the allergens. It helps but my allegra medicine helps much.

Attending Yokosuka Service

The Yokosuka Seventh Day Adventist meet at the chapel inside the military installation. Our chaplain is giving a children story to the kids about Harley an that he could not walk and he attended the

The Yokosuka SDA group meet up here at 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sabbath of the month. But some of members goes to YEC Yokohama English Church every 3rd Sabbath and attended children service. They have special service for kids and kids joined the adult during meal time/potluck.If the month has 5 Sabbaths, we are attendm
Genesis 39:1-6
He is talking about how we deal if troubles coming in in our lives. Remembering the March 11 disaster in Japan.

Man-made disaster when Joseph was being sold by his own family to Ismaelites and then Potiphar bought him and made him as
- falsely accused of mistreating master's wife.

1. Maintaining his faith
2. He work hard

Genesis
Famine in Egypt - is a natural disaster.

But today famine is so impossible to be happened because we can preserve food by refrigeration.

Joseph he prepared 20% , 1. he build grain cities in preparation

2. Act in a calm manner. 1/5 of the crops they put it away. He was not panicking

3. Trusting the divine providence

Sometimes God allow Christians to die in natural disaster because allow it and he is only in control. We don't know! We does not have a guarantee for tomorroe.

Joshua 1:9
Revelation
Ephesians 6:1
Psalms 46

Looks like am getting sick

I feel so bad when I woke up this morning but even I feel that way. I went ahead and taking a bath and clean up myself.

Atsugi base worship this Sabbath

Matthew 24 :8

We re talking about calamities in Haiti and Chile 2010 earthquake and japan march 2011

Prophecy what will happen to the end during King Nabuchadnezzar times
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Focus: second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 1:9-11

Jesus will come and every eyes shall see him

Our hope and desire to see the cloud wil be opened and Jesus will come. Jesus foot won't come down to earth and we will meet him in the clouds

What will we do in order to meet him?
-a true prophet accept the commandments of God

Accept the death of Christ: if you love me keep my commandments. Jesus is the key to heaven by obeying Him and the comandment He gave to us. He made it for us

keeping the law of God is not a checklist but be obedient to the law of God.

John 3:16

Psalm 85:10


Heaven to those who obey God
Hell to those who are disobedient

Christ is in me I can do anything.

Jesus does not care if you are slaves or free... All He wants is to make it to the kingdom of God.

Our forefathers telling us, the discples that Jesus is coming soon.

We only choose the heaven and or hell. Others may say that let us meet at the middle. But it says we can't serve two masters at one time.

The only Jesus care is for you to accept the salvation he offered to us, as our personal Lord and Saviour. And that we are ready to meet Him in the clouds during His second coming! What a glory that will be and it is our victory for us a Jesus Christ believer.

Cheaper way to do easy bake

My husband and I bought an Easy Bake oven for my daughter's birthday present and we found out that cake mixes are too pricy. So we tried to use a muffin mix that we can buy in a regular store and tried it; yay! It's working: But make it sure to find the muffin mix is only adding water.
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp of muffin mix
Heaping Tbsp of water

Mix it

Use they same instruction in the manual. Preheat for 15 minutes and then bake it for 12 minutes. Cool it down and ready to eat.