well, it wasn't promising to be a great birthday, but it turned out really nice. this morning i woke up and asked yoshi what the plan was today. he said that he wanted to give me time this morning to go to a movie, but beyond that he hadn't really thought about it. then he said that he wanted to get a bread machine, so maybe we could go in the afternoon after i got back. but oh! we have the birthday coupon to royal host, so maybe...
well, i didn't go to a movie after all, but that's ok. i don't even know what's playing in the theaters! we went to a couple of denkiya-sans, and got a bread machine. woo hoo!
i actually don't mind making bread by hand, but this will certainly save a lot of time. and if we want fresh warm bread in the morning, i don't have to wake up at 4 am to make it. very nice.
while we were there, i wanted to check out the cameras, because i have been lusting after a DSLR for some time. well, wonders will never cease because we got one! and not just a camera, but a kit that came with two lenses. i am over the moon! yay!
a really good beginner's SLR, i think i read on the internet. hopefully i'll be able to learn how to use it and take amazing pictures!
our plan was to go to kagoshima for the holiday, but as life gives you new twists, we are not going. the holiday is tuesday and yoshi got monday off, so what to do...we are going to oita! yay, that fun prefecture to the east. well, we are going to yuufuin, to the youth hostel.
we haven't been there in nearly a year, and i think it will be nice to go when it's not bitterly cold (because it's a bit in the mountains). i am really looking forward to some onsen time! we will leave tomorrow morning after yoshi does neighborhood cleaning, so expect some keitai posts soon!
p.s. you may have noticed my blogroll is gone. ack! i was trying on templates and i guess the darn thing got erased. i saved the original template, but who knows where i put it....i'll try to get that fixed soon.
12 comments:
Happy birthday to you!!
Sounds like you had a great day! Hope the weekend is good too in Oita!!
Happy birthday to you!
I am so jealous over the cake (looks yummy!) and your DSLR camera since I have been lusting over one for awhile but we decided to wait until we return to Japan to buy one. Can`t wait to see how you go trying yours out. Very exciting!
Would be nice to see some bread posts too! Japanese bread is a little too sweet for me so a bread maker might be a good investment for the future.
Enjoy your trip! Be sure you use your new camera on your mini trip
Happpppy Birthday!
I agree that cake looks yummmmmy! How was the taste?
Sounds like you had a fun day with lots of fun gadgets!! Woo hoo!
I've noticed but you guys (you and kids) all have B-days right in the Sept. Oct. area! Must be pretty crazy!!
happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
Wow! Awesome on the bread maker (love mine) and the camera ... I have a canon but they are really really so awesome to play with :)
thanks for all the birthday congrats!
i am a olympus girl myself so we'll see how i'll do with the nikon. the olympus camera we were looking at yesterday was less expensive, and yoshi doesn't like canon much (dunno why) so he got this one. good luck to me!
oh, and the cake was ok, the frosting was great! it was actually a butter cream and not whipped cream, a nice difference.
Looks like you had a great birthday and so well-deserved:) And now off to Yuufuin...haven't been in years but love it.Have a wonderful time!
I hope you had a fantastic birthday - a cake, bread maker and a camera sounds great!! And are enjoying Yufuin - I always used to enjoy the little lake there(kinrinko, is it called? I can't remember). Have you ever tried the swiss-roll cake from a cake shop called B-speak? It located sort of between the station area and the little lake/shops area. They are one of those places that people used to line up for the cake, as they only baked a limited number 2 or 3 times a day....it was pretty yummy though!!
I'm so sorry my birthday congratulations are late! What great gifts! I hope you had some great onsen time on your trip!
I am a little late but I wanted to say, Happy Birthday and what wonderful gifts! : )
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