Been going to the pool as much as I can and then having withdrawals when I am not going.
Also my back hurts like a million times more when I have not been to the pool.
Pretty pleased with my effort on Saturday...an 1 1/2 hours swimming! (well pretty pleased with my effort full stop ;) ...)

I have started the Michelle Bridges 12WBT and I am not sure if I am loving it or not right now...
Weighing day today...so I am sure that will also be a deciding factor for me.
I keep seeing her video's where she says...hunger is normally thirst....but I am pretty sure I am hungry and not thirsty, because water is not having the same effect as a cheese and onion sandwich ...but I am drinking a LOT of water...and I do mean a lot....wish it tasted like cola!!!
Started my new blog like it suggested. I will try not to be sarcastic in that blog
http://welshwendys12wbtchallenge.blogspot.jp/

On Monday I Kind of took out the left side of my car....
I was taking J to school and a car was coming in the opposite direction (not allowed until 9am and it was before 9am)
The car was coming along a bit quick and I moved over to the left...a little bit too much!
I thought I have just hit my mirror into next week....but no...the front wheel arch looked like a giant with a big head had head butted it. The passenger door never opened properly, the back door was also no longer flush...I mean what is my car made of?....the same stuff as a coke can?
I wont even get started on what happened next...Except when the guy comes out to collect the car...I ask how long...he tells me he order a new mirror...hummm okay...but how long to fix the car...oh I just get new mirror...like I said. Arrrggghhh, don't get me started!!!!


On Sunday we were at the Dragon boat races....
This year seen the team beat their time by 16 seconds and the 2nd race by 20+ plus seconds....
I had had enough by this time and ready to move on!


Woken this morning with a gentle swaying from the 6 point something earthquake.
So I got up and headed to the pool....I really am impressing myself!

Just after 6AM I was at the pool this morning..... I get there and there was a couple of people already there. They had not actually gotten into the pool at that stage.....I was like ARRGGHHHH this is MY time....I did think of turning around and getting back in my car....I mean 4 guys there doing their morning swim and then me and my 'Driving Miss Daisy' level of swimming...VERY different!....But I walked into the pool area....and put my towel on a chair and headed into the pool. So...here I am think..."oh no...PLEASE DON"T BE FREEZING, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE" Cause I did not want to look like I could not handle the cold water... So I get in the pool...and was like hummmm WHERE HAS MY ARCTIC POOL gone.... hummmm...REALLY no longer Arctic.... Off I swim.... my swimming was nothing compared to the guys ...I actually think the guy in the next lane to me did 3 lengths to my 3/4 of a length, actually he might have actually done 4 lengths, but who's counting? (well me actually...well I would if I could keep up with)...But I carried on...and after I did my 30 minutes...I left and came home. Laundry was done, changed the beds, did another load of laundry...decided to tell the world Via facebook what a good mood I was in and what I had done before 7.30......(well I have been in an awful mood lately. So bad in fact that I did not even want to be around me!)

I have no idea where the time is going....I started typing this up last week sometime... Right now I am double booking myself...I have no idea where the time is going....I thought my putting EVERYTHING in my calendar I would be fine....well I would be if I was putting everything in the SAME calendar...I had book club last week...I remember 10 minutes before I was due to be there, that I was meant to be out for a birthday lunch....I mean come on Wend!!! We went to Disney last week for J's birthday with a few of his friends....ONCE AGAIN I WILL SAY....MAGIC OF DISNEY MY BACKSIDE!!!! (would really like to say something else...but I won't) I will say...the weather was great, the kids were great...I was in a good mood (REALLY I was) But then there was.... Closed Rides...AGAIN! Closed toilets...I NEEDED the THEN, not in an hour....not that they opened at all that day! We even got to see a broken down ride where the water needed to be drained (all 2 inches of it) then plastic bags to be put over shoes, then somebody came over to each ride and walked in front of them and brushed the water away...only in Japan! I also think everyone in Japan happened to be there on the day we had chosen to go. J had a day off school so this worked out great....I guess EVERYONE must have had a day off!!! I was surprised not to have seen any little dogs....because they Japanese take their little dogs EVERYWHERE...including into some restaurants...Even feeding their dogs from their folks...REALLY...but don't get me started on that! We also took J to to the movies and for a meal....Went and seen Dark Shadows...wish we had waited to see it on the plane!!!! We also went for lunch to an Indonesian restaurant, hummm Well I picked the wrong dish...G's was nicer! So I have been going to the pool, I actually went into the pool, not as Arctic it could have been. I climb in, walk along the little wall and then keep saying come on wend! Then I just start swimming and think, that was easy! ......also burnt my back while I was there reading my magazine after. (I was also moving my legs so that also counts as exercise...right?) On Wednesday while I was there I looked across the sky and seen the 'Simpson' clouds...seriously...I was just waiting for the theme tune to come out of the speakers. There is also a crow there (at the pool) and I am sure he is mocking me!!! REALLY...as soon as I appear at the pool this crow starts squawking...not a little squawk, but an annoying ear piercing screech...ARGGHHHH it is doing my head in. I want it to fly off and squawk else where...like NOW!!!! We had a potluck lunch last week (think it was last week...it could have been the week before) and the theme was food on a stick...It was great and everyone really joined in. I wanted to try something really cool like but a chicken salad on a stick....my vision was to have a Iceberg lettuce leaf filled with the salad filling and then a stick threaded through the leaf kind of sealing/sewing the leaf and holding the filling inside....Well no such luck...I ended up with crab filled mushroom which were not the nicest tasting...because I was rushing and I never bought the ice burg lettuce nor did I make the chicken salad!!!! REALLY, ANY NEED?!?!?!? Last weekend while out with friends, I can honestly say I have not laughed so much in a long time. for some reasons were started talking about face's...stern face, naughty face's etc...So this week I have realized that I can actually use this in a form of exercises for the face...REALLY!!! I just have to make sure I am not doing this while in company! Then this week (might have actually been last week...) I was out for Mrs.H birthday... We went to the Dolphin restaurant. It was a French restaurant...with a view all over yokohama water...well I think that was what the view was...but with all the rain and mist could not see ANYTHING! Dolphin restaurant...don't sound very french does it? I am going to a comedy show this friday, then Men in Black 3 if I can and then Sunday we have the Dragon boat race....you know that that alone will take a whole blog session!!!!

Happy Mother's day world….Not actually MY mother's day as I am WELSH (we celebrate in March, but we won't go there!) Anyhow…..here I am AGAIN! Well….went out last night…..I had to make a few calls this morning to apologize….I should make a few more calls…but I don't have the energy! So….last night I went out…..I headed to Bubbles and texted SHOT GLASSES! I took my home flavor vodka with me. I get to Bubbles…she had out the bubbles and the shot glasses….My vodka…which was in a glass jar from the $ store (EALLY the 100 Yen store but 1, I can't find the Yen sign 2, I am still working on $$$$ and I don't see that changing anytime soon!) So I pour the LARGE vodka shoots (not just for me, might i add!!!)….and knock it back…then this was repeated a time or two more…… ……….I do believe we then left for dinner….. not to much memory of what happened until after 10pm (when the world became less fuzzy!)…..All I can say my teeth were numb….now I hear you asking how do you get numb teeth….I have no idea,…REALLY I don't, but this has happened to me before. Only once mind….all I can say is, last night I could have fallen from the top of the train station steps to the bottom and I would not have noticed the pain I don't think I even realized I was even on a train…and those of you who know me…I don't do trains…well at least without me telling EVERYONE how much I DONT DO TRAINS!!!!!! I did see prove of how bad I was….it was shocking…I never even had enough control to stop my glass of water over flowing (I was pour ing the water into my glass)…..I have a vague memory of this….I seen the proof! Normally I would say….Oh the shame……now I will be saying make sure nobody is filming!!!!! So while everyone was else was relaxing and laughing and joking…..I sobered up! REALLY…The one upside to this is that I did not wake up with a headache…Next morning that is, not while I was out for dinner… Also you might hear people say ….I have no recollection of getting in a taxi at the end of the night…..It is very rare you will hear somebody tell you I have no recollection of arrive at dinner!!! So today with the warm weather and beautiful blue skies, I laid down and watched the world go by…plus a frisbee or two…. Today when I came home I poured all the home flavored vodka down the sink….NEVER again will I drink home made concoctions, NEVER I tell you!!!! So….again there is a advert/info commercial on TV….Looks American, but dubbed…There is this women pulling the strangest faces…..I am not sure if it is because of the way they chef is dressed…or because he has a lamb chop, piece of fish and scallops in the same pan…..I am sure it is because of the latter….So this guy has challenged her to cook scrambled eggs in a 'NORMAL' frying pan and he is cooking them in a super duper pan ( ceramic I think) Well his scrambled eggs look perfect!…hers don't….what a surprise….So now we see the fish and the meat in the same pan…I am gathering by her raised arms she is saying something like….oh no fish and meat in the pan…. and he is saying, (and I am only guess mind you) is saying something like…..Oh no worries, the lamb chop won't be fishy…….well he is WRONG…..He is using the same tongs for EVERYTHING in the pan…..that lamb chop now has scollop juice on it…..I mean come on, ANY NEED…Change the tongs!!

Good morning world….. Well I have been awake since before 5 am, G was like like you know its only 5 o'clock??? Well I did know….and since I have been downstairs I have finished a craft, started a craft and looking to start another…..and I have CLEANED the tops of all the door frames….no idea why I suddenly thought….Ohhhh the tops of the door frames need a wipe…..I mean REALLY. Starbucks…..Well the time has arrived that we have to pay to park there….I mean REALLY? There actually are meters in front of Starbucks…..but NOBODY has pained for years…. So here is my suggestion….as we need to use less electric in Japan…TURN OFF the meters. REALLY….I only need the parking space for a very long 1/2 hour…REALLY that is all. …This week while in Starbucks, I decided that there should be sign…."PLEASE DON"T BEND OVER IF YOUR SKIRT IS SHORTER THAN A CURTAIN PELMET, OR IF YOU THINK YOUR SWEATER IS A DRESS AND IT IS NOT!!!!…And I will tell you why. A young women was at the counter being served….She could not decide what she wanted to eat and she must have thought that whatever was on the bottom shelf looked nice and decided to take a closer look….Well I got the pleasure of seeing tomorrows washing!!!! If she had been in an English speaking country I would have said to her…..sweetie while he might like to see your stocking and your knickers…it's not something I want to see over my mango frappe!….I mean ANY NEED? The pool was supposed to open today…BUT it's not, it will open next week. While the pool was filling this week, I was at the club and thought hummmm wonder if thats cold….so I went in and sat in the shallow end…It was not that cold! ……..Yesterday while I was at the club, the team J had played against in soccer walked past us and 2 of our team were standing there….The away team where awesome…the first kid past shook hands and said thank you to two of our team players that were with us….how awesome is that. While I am typing this there is another advert/info commercial on….They are trying to sell a chair…that clicks into the position you want….and you can even lay down with it…I am thinking hummmm that does not look very long…(it also has no legs so it is basically a cushion with hard bits inside and joints) so the lady on TV makes the chair flat and then….sits on it and pulls something from the end up….making it looking like a bar on a theme park ride and she starts doing exercises….REALLY…it come in bright pink, navy or black…..oh my! I wish I could understand what they are saying in some of these adverts….. Right think it is late enough to start banging around the house…. Everyone has to get up as sometime right and if I am up so should they be!

Oh my it's been awhile….and you know what I just can't remember what I have been up to…REALLY I can't. Well I can remember some bits but not lots…and no not because I was drunk and blacked out….. ….But I have found karaoke…I don't think the people at the bar were too impressed that I had found karaoke. The way the one guy had his head in his hand and shaking his head gave me my first clue. ….And….the club is getting it's own karaoke system, where I have informed them I will require my own microphone. Not because of germs, but because I WANT MY OWN ONE!!!! I am not good at sharing!!!! I WANT TO SING… well not what I do is actually singing….even I know that…but I don't care!!! It is amazing what alcohol can do…REALLY it is…I even manage to get on trains without have a panic attack…REALLY gotta love vodka! Also I have found that i like some champagne..REALLY I do…it does not all taste like corned beef! only some of it. Bubbles…I thank you…not so sure G will…but oh well! So there is a load of kids outside in the park everyday except weekends with their mums….there is a man there who seems to run this group….I used to see him with what i would gather were his 3 children and he would be wearing a hat that was a cross between JR's stetson and a park rangers hat….well he would be carrying a big rucksack/backpack and so would his children who did not older than may be 8. They always looked as if they were on a trekking holiday…not sure where the vacation spot is here in Yokohama…may be in the park across the road???? …Well away way this guy like I said seems to be running the group….The mum's park their car along the road…(which is illegal by the way!…just thought i would throw that in!!!) You can hear him running the group…I think he is trying to teach them English along the way….I have heard the birthday song once or twice… It is lovely to hear the kids laughing and their squeals of delight…REALLY it is……BUT…yes there is a but….There seems to be one kid that is a pain….So mostly I hear this kids name being called….REALLY….I mean come on people sort this kid out….or start calling him by a different name….it's doing my head in! It is a Bit like the kid playing the same notes on their instrument for months!!!!! Every afternoon…..have not heard it for a while…may be they have stopped playing, or have gone to a different house to annoy the neighbors…but I am thinking it's more likely because it has been so cold and all windows have closed that I have kept my sanity…but I am sure now it has warmed up I will be hearing something soon…..I am surprised the kids parents have not stopped the noise themselves…because I am telling you this I would have sacked the teacher by now!!! REALLY I would have! Been looking around at what to do while on our holiday. G found that the theme park close to where we are staying is opening the biggest ride in Canada…so guess were we will be heading…oh well I will have my kindle with me!!! Started to pretty much have come together. The holiday…not the ride…I am hoping the ride is totally put together. We had the school family fun day….the problem was there was a used book stall…. Well I had made a promise to myself and to G, that I would not bring anymore books home….Well I broke that promise….and I don't think G was impressed that I stayed awake until 4.30am reading…oh well…I stayed awake the following day, no nap needed, maybe because I never got up until 11~ish. Last weekend myself and a few other fantastic ladies cooked a dinner which was a silent auction prize and the money went to Tohoku The winners were asked what they don't eat ( no not so we would serve them that…REALLY)….They had no idea of what was on the menu. We went to one of the winners home and cooked them their surprise dinner. Which went down REALLY well!…cleaned plates…Fantastic. Then when i was talking to one of the winners this week, she told me that while she had said her husband did not eat a specific food she had forgotten to say he did not eat salmon. …but he cleared his plate. So a triumph there I think! Oh my that guy is blowing his whistle now….They are stood around you for goodness sake….You shout constantly…Carry on you might lose your voice….We can but hope! Not sure If I mentioned that I had planted some seeds and some seedlings. Well all except the parsnips everything is growing fantastic …REALLY Well I think I might have ONE parsnip in a couple of months…I did planet a lot of parsnips seeds but until last week NOTHING…now there are two little green leaves both very different looking. I am assuming the one that looks like the carrot leaves is my ONE and ONLY parsnip….well a parsnip is only a white carrot…right…or is that a carrot is only an orange parsnip??? The beets seem to have had a growth spurt this week, I have only managed to produce ONE strawberry. J was NOT impressed by it either!!!! …..but when I looked this morning, I noticed my first snow peas….REALLY….YAYYYYY My broccolini seems to have decided that it has given up on me picking it and now looks like a weed sprouting yellow flowers…..Which may be how it meant to be…I am doubting it…but well… The coriander/cilantro finally has decided to perked up…about time…properly won't get a meal out of it... While I have been typing this I found a movie in English that has not been dubbed…(seems they want to dub all movies here now on TV…REALLY, there is NO NEED!!!!) Well it was an old move…'OK Corral' Well if they wild west was like that I am mover there….serious I always thought it was meant to be hard work and stink!!!! Seems not…I was sensing a New York loft feel….lovely china dinner set…Bet they hand bubble wrap in those days…they must have cause there is no way those bumpy roads would not have broken all that china…..While I know it was use a movie….they are meant to get it sort of correct right????? Oh my that guy has the kids singing now….hummmm I know I come from the land of male voice choirs…and I except to hear group music pretty much in tune….but come on mate…take them all in doors to sing! REALLY you need to…I wonder if the rain will stop them singing???? We can only hope!

I planned on going to the gym this morning.....I managed to get to Starbucks!
I planned on doing chores.....Well I managed to shop online...does that count?

I have the windows wide open....no idea why...because I am freezing!
when I get up and lose the windows and doors...does that count as exercise??? Ok, ok ...just thought I would ask!

So....I was thinking...yes it happens sometimes!
I am 40 next year....so I think I will celebrate it this year.....Well if I don't all the people I like will be gone next year....Cause I don't like everyone!!! REALLY I don't.
Thinking a girls trip to Hawaii....Well it's close and we will arrive there we wont have even left Japan...if you get my meaning.....With the time difference.
...AND if we do go, we might see Dog the Bounty Hunter...I am mean how cool would that be?
Ok I hold my hands up...I love that show....