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A Spring Day at Tokyo Disneyland!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I suppose this entry should have come before my Big Nate entry, but oh well! I don’t teach Fridays, and Dan took the day off so we could have a fun spring Disney day. Here at Tokyo Disneyland, they celebrate Easter until June, so we wanted to see the Easter decorations before they got taken […]

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The BIG News…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’m an aunt to a brand new baby nephew! Welcome to the world Nathan Lee! Nathan (or as I like to call him, Big Nate!) was incredibly impatient and wanted out! He kept psyching my sister and brother in law out for a week or so, and then made his grand appearance in the wee […]

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Quite a Day!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »

What a day it’s been! I really wanted to give you all an update before I went to bed, and share some pictures and news, but I’m just too tired! Dan and I had an amazing day at Tokyo Disneyland! I’ll do a full update tomorrow but until then, here’s a quick pic or two […]

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Runs and Pictures

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve received emails about my runs, so I thought I’d take a screen shot of my Nike+ program on my iPod when I go for a run, so people can see how I do! I’m making good progress at getting back to my pre-vacation distance. Before I left, I was running 7.5 miles. Today I […]

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Running and New Toys!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Alternate working title- Running: How Laurel Got Her Groove Back I’m elated to be writing this blog entry after a FANTASTIC run. As you all have read over the past week or so, I’ve been whining and moaning about just not feeling it when I go out for runs. I lost muscle and endurance on […]

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A Sunday at Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine… with Penny!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Neither Dan nor I worked today, and we had nice weather, so we decided to have some fun! First I had brunch with a good friend I met while volunteering in Ishinomaki last summer. I’m so glad I’ve been able to keep in touch with so many volunteer friends! She took me to a fun […]

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Life Back to Normal in Tokyo

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been home for a little over 2 weeks now, and so much has changed! The biggest change is I finally start teaching part time at night. It’s nice to have something to do and people to talk with! I practice English with a few people at a time and get to learn about daily […]

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Snippets of Fun in Portland

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I went to upload some pictures from Dan’s and my trip to the Ghibli Museum today, and I realized I didn’t upload all my Portland pictures! I don’t have too many but still some fun highlights to share 🙂 The first thing I came home to when I landed in Portland was a face full […]

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Lauren’s Super Shower

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on April 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »

This is a long overdue post! I know several people have been patiently waiting for me to blog about the baby shower I threw for my sister, and with the craziness of coming back from vacation, starting a new job, spring cleaning and managing a headcold I’m back on top of things! On Sunday March […]

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Happy Birthday Brita!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

A few hours late, but I wanted to say happy 27th birthday to my oldest friend Brita! We’ve been friends since we were 12 years old, in 7th grade! I was able to stay with her for a night while in Seattle where we did the usual fun tourist things. Brita and I in downtown […]

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