Bits and pieces...

Golden Week is coming to a close and it is back to work tomorrow. Actually I should say back to the office tomororw. As I have basically been working most of Golden Week on Moji Magic translations. A few days before Golden Week started, I got a request for two huge translations. One of them alone would have been constant work for a whole month, and the other one is at a slightly higher rate for constant work for 2 months, so I declined the first one, and have taken on the large 2-month job. It is huge and not very exciting content, but when I break it down it is basically half a page a day in order to meet my deadline which leaves me some time to take in other small jobs and also do the Nuthouse work. The big job will bring in about $6000-$7000, so I shouldnt complain. It sure is keeping me busy though... Over GW, while I wasnt working we have been doing things around the house. I have done some more gardening, and we went for a drive one day and also shopping to the house and garden store. And on Monday we went to Costco to pick up some things, and ended up spending about $600 on supplies! It all adds up so quickly. I bought laundry detergent, fabric softner, and all the toiletries like body soap and shampoos etc, and they add up. But, I wont have to buy any for the next 6 months or more, so when you think about that it is worth it! There were so many people there it was insane and both Mr. Nemo and I were so glad to get out of there. We had dinner with his mum that night and had a roast chicken from Costco and some other stuff his mum prepared. It was nice not to have to make dinner.
While at Costco I picked up some lovely flowers for the house. I love having flowers in the house, cos they make the house smell so lovely and just bring a smile to my face everytime I look at them. These are just stunning and were so cheap! I think 500 yen for the whole bunch. What a bargain!

On the 2nd, we went to the family plot to bury Mr. Nemo's aunt and uncles beloved family dog. It died over New Year's but they have only recently been able to think about burying him (burrying his ashes that is... he was cremated the day after he died). They dont have kids and he was like their little baby, so it took them some time to get over his dealth. It was a nice family day out though, and afterwards we went to the aunt and uncle's place for lunch. Aunty is an amazing cook, and the lunch was jsut devine. We even got some left overs to take home, which was great cos I didnt feel much like cooking when we got back. I wasnt hungry after the big lunch, so the Mr. had leftovers for dinner, which was great for us both!

This is Mr. Nemo's mum when we were out at the family plot. She is so tiny, and I think is only 138cms tall. She used to be 140, but has shrunk 2cms in recent years. She turned 66 this year.

When I was fiddling with the camera today I found some photos of our anniversary lunch, that we had forgotten that we took. This is me at lunch, excited about the great buffet!!!

Here is Mr. Nemo looking a bit sleepy but excited about his smoked salmon! He isnt a big fish guy, but looooovessss his salmon!

The place we went to put together a lovely surprise for us and decorated our desert plates with chocolate. It was really sweet of them and totally made our anniversary lunch date! I told them it was our anniversary when I booked and asked for a window table with a view. They not only gaveg us a great table, but came out at the end of the meal with these gorgeous little dishes of desert. And took our photo for us, but unfortunately the Mr. had his eyes closed, so not allowed to post it on here!!! HAHAA!

The Mr.'s plate of yummies!