You know it’s a small town when…

I always forget what a “small world” living on base can be. Not that I’m complaining. I’ve lived in big cities and very small towns, and small towns offer the comfort of people knowing and caring about us.
Last Friday, I was stopped by a mom of FG’s classmate as I was doing my usual three-times-a-week walk. Kim mentioned she saw [...]

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High Tide Adventures

We decided to head back to Haputo Beach, which is, once again, my favorite beach outing here on Guam. It ended up being quite a “nature” adventure. On the way down, besides seeing all the big spiders, FG saw this monitor lizard in the thick brush:  

I know it’s not a great photo (it sort of looks like those [...]

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A Summer Birthday Party in January

This year, I had a couple different ideas for FG’s birthday party but I couldn’t resisit having the party at a local waterpark called Tarza, since in the past, we always had to do indoor events. FM and FG have gone there several times but this was my first visit. It was a lot of fun. My [...]

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Yoga for the flexibly impaired

I took my first ever yoga class today. My friend, Yukari, has been asking me to go with her since I met her last May and I finally ran out of excuses today. I almost cancelled AGAIN about an hour before the class but since I couldn’t reach Yukari by phone, I felt compelled to attend. 
I [...]

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Dragon’s Triangle

OK, so our island paradise has a few pitfalls which include earthquakes, tsunami warnings and typhoons. Tarague beach, located here on Andersen, had to be evacuated a couple weeks ago due to the 8.2 earthquake which hit Japan. Thankfully, our house is located on high ground and I was able to calm FG down when they announced [...]

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My Favorite Girl is NINE!

It’s hard for me to believe FG’s already nine! She’s been the joy of my life since I found out we were having her. And I couldn’t have asked for a better daughter if I had gone to the “children store” and picked her out myself.

This is how the German Kindergarten in Neunkirchen treated the children [...]

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For Guam Residents

Guam Animals in Need (G.A.I.N.) is sponsoring a low-cost spay/neuter clinic the first week of February. Veterinarians flying in from the mainland will be donating their time and expertise for this clinic. Due to the cost of sponsoring such an endeavor, GAIN may not be able to afford to do this again next year so [...]

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Feel Good Shopping

For the last seven years, I’ve used the site IGIVE to shop on-line. It’s a great way to shop AND earn money for a chosen charity. My charity is ’Guam Animals in Need’.  It works like this: you go into the IGIVE site, click on ‘The Mall’ for a listing of all the stores on the site, [...]

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Flashback Friday ~ A Year Ago

A year ago, I was spending the day with my friends, Ann and Mindy, who came to Würzburg for a visit. As always, I had a fun time with them. Ann and I worked closely together when I lived in Grafenwöhr and, no matter how busy or stressful things got, she always kept her wicked sense of humor. I’ve been [...]

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Happy Birthday to…

…Heidi, Christy and my mother-in-law, Phyllis.
Since I know three people celebrating their birthday today, I looked up some trivia about 19 January:
Others born on 19 January: Robert Palmer, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert E. Lee.
Historic events on 19 January:

1903      First trans-atlantic radio broadcast between the U.S. and England
1937      Howard Hughes set a new air record by flying [...]

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