Happy New Year!!!

I know that I still have a lot of catching up to do as far as blogging goes, which means that these are all going to be out of order, but as they say in the Japanese world, Shoganai (oh well). We had a nice New Year's Eve together. We went out to our favorite local 'gaijin' bar and enjoyed the company of a couple of our friends, Vicky and Kyousuke. The bar was hoppin and we danced and drank corona's and had a nice countdown!!! It was a lot of fun, and it didn't cost $300-$400, like going into Tokyo would have ended up getting out of us.

2008 had a lot of ups and downs.
*Getting to know Jeremy more and more and loving him more and more every day.
*Aunt Christy coming to visit us!!!
*Jack Johnson at Akarenga Park in Yokohama, AND at Columbia Meadows in St. Helens
*Getting a new job, and LOVING it!
*Figuring out that Japan ain't so bad to live in (and I can speak a little)
*Meeting boyfriends and husbands of friends that I miss dearly.
*Births / Pregnancy's of some of my closest and dearest friends.
*The death of my beloved Grandmother (the lowest of all lowest points for sure)
*Learning how to Snowboard
*Seeing my class from last year
*Missing out on Thailand
*Spending my Birthday at HOME!!!
*Meeting my baby brother's love.
*Going to Hokkaido, Kyoto and Nara

All in all, I must say that I am ready for what 2009 has to offer and grateful for what I experienced in 2008. (All except for the Grandma thing) I'm waiting for my courage and strength to grow more so that I may be able to write her blog someday. It's been hard so far, SO hard, and with her Birthday rapidly approaching, I think I still have a few emotional battles to get through. However (I know I'm on a tangent), her death has helped me to realize how alive she is. She is so alive in me and I have so much to think back on and remember, things that will live with me until the day I die and live on through our children and theirs as well. .... the rest for another day ...


Happy New Year to everyone! May 2009 bring you happiness, good health, and lots and lots of love from lots and lots of people!!!!

Our love,
Sarah and Jeremy