tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31340414561726016182024-03-14T04:50:45.290+09:00Butter Beanz... Becoming Domesticated"If you can't say anything nice, then sit next to me. I am sure we will be best friends!"Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-62504375021995774022011-02-02T15:55:00.002+09:002011-02-02T20:27:37.818+09:00Pet Lost In JapanWe recently had our hearts ripped out our chest... & put back in, when our precious Molly went missing... in JAPAN! We were so lost with the language & cultural barriers (which is our fault) that I was just certain that we had lost Molly forever. She did find her a nice older single lady who did keep her safe & returned her home! The postman accidentally, in a hurry, left our gate Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-857811538131721202010-04-30T15:39:00.007+09:002010-04-30T20:11:35.138+09:00Sagami-gawa River Koi Nobori FestivalThis is an adventure! If you are not able to travel past your comfort levels, it is not recommended. The Koi Nobori Festival held annually at the Sagami-gawa River in Sagami is a local festival that is gradually gaining popularity throughout the region...into globally. (Kanagawa being the region & Yokosuka being the not so local.)They string about 1,200 carp fish flags over the river in Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-53607042297636936742010-04-25T15:33:00.005+09:002010-04-25T15:44:27.836+09:00Camera ArmorOK, I am the biggest klutz. An expensive camera is truly the last thing I should be allowed to carry, yet I have a nice one... add the lenses & I have an overly retarded expensive one! The other day I had to toss my camera down to catch my infant son who was falling from a rock into some rocks (he just learned he could semi-crawl that morning)! I was certain it was all over. The camera was Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-16570844603625503872010-04-22T15:45:00.006+09:002010-04-27T16:12:57.431+09:00Ofunakannon-ji TempleA newer temple devoted to the events of the Atomic Bomb, nestled away in Ofuna, Kamakura, Japan, right outside the Ofuna Train Station. This beautiful white lady Buddha is made from concrete completely poured by hand... no trucks. Some of the stones are remains from Hiroshima & Nagasaki. An eternal flame continues to burn here, just as it does in Hiroshima, until all nuclear war weapons are Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-14231511921902623862009-11-13T08:13:00.004+09:002009-11-13T08:22:40.631+09:00Just in Time for Christmas!Thanks to my wonderful friend Missy, I have found a new site that I am too addicted to! Thanks! Like I really needed more help in the shopping department or in the "Oh, I can make that" hobby world. LOL!!Etsy is an online shopping mall for all of these wonderfully talented individuals who make their own products. It is all homemade. Everything! And I do mean everything; from purses & bags to Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-57666107984791309702009-09-14T10:57:00.003+09:002009-09-14T11:40:31.716+09:00No Twinkies?!!I am curious...who was the moronic person (i.e. doctor, nutritionalist, etc) that came out & said that in order to eat healthy you have to also cut out all of the "good crap"? Someone explain to me how a "healthy" diet excludes all psychology, common sense, & rationale? Sure we all think of eating healthy as the green stuff, along with a good portion of lean protein. Cut out the sugars, Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-13444615156995810882009-09-09T18:10:00.005+09:002009-09-09T18:19:36.721+09:00Proof You Can Learn Anything On YouTube!Being stationed in Japan comes with its many advantages, but it also comes with many drawbacks...like finding a good dog groomer. I wasn't about to submit my little Molly back to that on base kennel lady, even if for just a day! Plus apparently, she does a poodle shave/cut on any & all dogs. Gross!Finding one in the area that I live has proven even harder since I can't read half the signs &Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-73836711622243832272009-08-29T22:26:00.006+09:002009-09-02T21:28:56.134+09:00The Unspoken Discrimination WithinI am so sick & tired of the unspoken discrimination within the military. Not that of the activity duty discrimination. No. Not the gay v. straight discrimination. No. Not even the discrimination amongst ranks. No. I'm talking about the discrimination the military gives spouses. I'm so sick of hearing "no" just because I'm not a foreign national. Yes, I'm a born & breed American. Yes I'm Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-8700980424938841832009-08-21T21:04:00.002+09:002009-08-21T21:06:38.520+09:00And It Keeps Getting Better! NOT!!!Do I really need to say more? So who still wants government ran healthcare? Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-87533716251734359082009-08-19T20:40:00.003+09:002009-08-19T20:46:44.233+09:00Universal Insurance PlansOf course this sounds like a great idea & plan. You get to buy an insurance plan in one state, while using it in another, all while you live in another. That would be awesome right? The question: "Why can't private insurance companies fight for my business like any other service?" Has one person stopped to think about the reason why instead of just asking? Because each state regulates health Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-11624668098892600202009-08-16T22:32:00.003+09:002009-08-16T22:47:25.072+09:00It's NASCAR, Get Some Balls Back!Anyone who has been following NASCAR or my recent posts on Facebook, know that everyone is hatin' on Kyle Bush. Why? That is what I want to know!Yes, Kyle has some bad sportsmanship skills like blaming everyone & everything but himself for not winning a race. But seriously, you have to be a little crazy & unstable to be doing 200 MPH in a car with hardly any body on the frame, spinning Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-86559707833746646812009-08-15T14:28:00.001+09:002009-08-16T22:51:18.069+09:00Living Under Constant ScrutinyThe other day, while I was in a deep coma with my "love seat therapy" session, the doorbell rings...again. Everyday for a week now at about 10 AM, that thing is being pushed by someone. So I was ignoring it & hushing the dog quietly. I had drool down one side of my face along with indentations from the pillows & hand, and was still in my P.J.'s. "It" didn't go away, like others. NO!, Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-11806316502870025522009-08-14T13:13:00.009+09:002009-08-14T14:25:44.713+09:00Amazon Boycott!Once I learned of Amazon's new APO/FPO shipping policies & also learned that it is strictly Amazon.com with the issue, I started to do some work-a-rounds. For Example: I wanted a Microplane Cheese Grater (the best on the market!) but Amazon.com could not ship it to me for whatever category it fell into...gourmet cooking items? So I thought, let's see if this is Amazon or Microplane. I went toButter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-1787772618766893362009-08-13T15:37:00.004+09:002009-08-13T15:42:46.436+09:00Health Care Reform...that is actually Reform!A friend sent me another link. Apparently I am slow at finding my own links...LOL! But this time it was definitely something of great interest. If you were not a Whole Foods fan before now, you might very well be now:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.htmlFinally spoken with common sense & actual plans that equal solutions instead of some mambo jambo Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-56943042554490039882009-08-12T15:20:00.006+09:002009-08-12T15:39:35.298+09:00Mix The What With The Huh?I am not sure why exactly Women's Lib had to go as far as it did. I am positive that I still need a "Prep School" for wifery-hood!I have been blessed with a husband, though at times truly didn't get the whole picture, has over all been very supportive me being a stay at home wife; just a wife, no children for 6 years! He has let me adventure in a number of interests, all of which have ended up Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-827414920352951442009-08-09T22:38:00.005+09:002009-08-11T23:00:19.348+09:00I'm Not A Racist!I'm not a racist, I genuinely don't like you!I am so Obama'ed out! He is on every bloody channel telling us more craziness than we can keep up with. Then you add the media hype & suddenly we are looking at the 1950's all over again! I'm a racist, you're a racist, we're a racist three!I don't have a problem with a black man being president. Heck, paint him purple & call him Barney; as longButter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-66257978923488279312009-08-06T15:48:00.001+09:002009-08-06T15:49:31.221+09:00How Patriotism Died & Where It Begins!Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-64411854057089317152009-08-06T15:11:00.006+09:002009-08-06T15:40:42.954+09:00Green = NO New babies?So a friend of mine sent me this obscure article, that has more than one issue of interest in it, but the point was clear:If we crazy Americans will stop having babies we can save the world! Really? That is news to me, or is it? I have to say once I read the article it was eluding to some rather important facts, however, facts that were completely misinterpreted & misconstrued. Yes, Fact #1: Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-61880726893587747272009-08-05T16:03:00.010+09:002009-08-14T14:26:20.678+09:00The Once Prestigious Amazon.com Now Letting Down Those Who Serve!I have been on a online shopping warpath! I can't get what I need or want here in Japan on the economy, I can't get it at the NEX online or here on base, & I now can't get it with Amazon!? What kind of horse-poo is that? The once prestigious Amazon.com that promised many overseas Americans a way of getting what they need & want has limited their shipping policies to very limited goods. Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-56889977583083632782009-08-05T14:45:00.005+09:002009-08-05T14:54:01.948+09:00Combi Hero Highchair - ChiliSo we bought this highchair with a medium star review. It was just released on the market back in March/April when we purchased it before our big move to Japan. We were really excited. Then we finally got here & got it all assembled...which was easier than we made it out to be. (Amazing what reading or even looking at the pictures in the directions can do for you!) The base of this high chairButter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-84855868224693269392009-08-02T21:38:00.003+09:002009-08-02T21:53:07.441+09:00Government Cheese Anyone?So I was thinking...which really should not be allowed, but I was doing it....Back when I was younger, poor as hell, we used to get the government cheese, dry milk, beans, peanut butter, honey, the occasional ham in a tin, etc. Sometimes what you got depended on what the government had on overstock, but we always got cheese! It was the best cheese ever! And we never ran out of peanut butter or Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-78032349261865358252009-08-02T21:22:00.006+09:002009-08-02T21:38:17.940+09:00OK I Am A LIttle Confused!Not that that is really anything new, but I am a little confused. 5 years ago, when B was stationed here in Yokosuka, Japan I was in awe of their technology, cool gadgets, & amazing odd & ends that you couldn't find in the States. I was particularly happy with my 100 yen phone (which was about $0.95 minus the actual connection fees, etc.) then that still did more than any phone on the Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-74325473751959458322009-07-29T15:41:00.004+09:002009-07-29T15:52:00.942+09:00Please, "Hitting" Is Not the Path to ViolenceI am a part of a group on Facebook called "Circle of Moms". A great group that allows a lot of moms to get together & share various ideas, beliefs, & most importantly, advice. I have rather enjoyed discussing issues with other moms, most backing up some of the ideologies & beliefs that I hold for me & my family. Every once in a while there is an individual that tries to skew Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-86296085720928008352009-07-28T21:44:00.004+09:002009-07-28T21:58:36.910+09:00Universal Health Care In A Nutshell!Yes, I am totally reposting another's blog, but you can't miss this: We Already Have Government Regulated Health CareFINALLY! HEALTH CARE FOR ALL YOU DREAMERS! HOW TRICARE (A.K.A. Government Health Care) WORKS OH SO WELL!This is exactly what I have been trying to say about Tricare & the government provided health care system that is already in effect. Yes, VA (Veterans' Affairs) is the same Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134041456172601618.post-31866841108214230982009-07-27T21:54:00.005+09:002009-07-27T22:04:06.376+09:00Japanese "Gomi" Broken Down in Plain English!It is the number one complaint about Americans living in town in Japan: They just can't get the trash right! Heck, some of the Japanese still can't get it right either! When you have so many separation categories & are constantly having to change the regulations due to the change in new packaging concepts...it is amazing that they even get the trash sorted! So for those of you who have heard Butter Beanzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230426069089057918noreply@blogger.com0