consistent Stacy

Oh dear...so bet not a lot of you would be surprised to find that I began an online course on 12/1 and am already 3 days behind and 2 assignments overdue. ;) hee hee hee...

Whoops! But PROMISE it wasn't procrastination this time! I thought with online classes they E-MAILED you your assignments. How was I supposed to know I had to log in daily to get them.

:)

Happy Birthday Uncle Ted!

umm....so how old are you now? ;)

Oh! And happy birthday belated birthday to Uncle Jerry too! (sorry, actual facetime goes to those who i know are regular followers-unless you pay me for the spot)

Happy Birthday Daddio!

Happy Birthday Dad. (Love this picture. Wish I could have seen Mom's face when you brought Koko home. At least she was willing to take a picture despite the furry surprise.) ;)

...and for Dad, because I feel like so much has changed in so little time...here's one of your favorite quotes:

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.
-Alvin Toffler

We continue to adjust and adjust well. Love you, Dad.

remarkable lady and the tree

Quite an exciting way for Granny to bring in her 98th year!

http://www.kitv.com/news/25750407/detail.html

Interviewed by 3 news stations...and thanks to a slow Hawaii news day she was shown on EVERY station!

remarkable lady

To an absolutely remarkable lady...who's wit, spark, humor, memory, family values and life continue to amaze me everyday...

Happy 97th Birthday Granny.

Words can't express how appreciative I am of all you've taught us, all you've done for our family, and for helping to shape the person I am today.

Acupuncture

So in our newest step to help the fertility fairy Ryan and I have started acupuncture! I've gone once a week for 3 weeks now, and Rye started this past week. Along with acupuncture we've adopted this new TCM (traditional chinese medicine) diet to help my body become 'a positive open container' for our little fertilized seed once we're ready to continue with IVF. :)

There have been some serious changes in the Yashiro household. Namely in diet: no dairy, no wheat, no sugar, no rice, no raw veggies, no fruit...are the biggies.

And....we're following the acupuncturist's directions not only in changing our diet but but adding her daily TCM supplements as well.

Here's my black herb pills: 8 pills, 3 times a day!

By far the most difficult has been our Silkie (black) Chicken Soup. 3x/day. Here it is raw: (blech!) - it's actually small a little bigger than a cornish hen

We boil it for 3+ hours with scallions and ginger:

It looks even WORST after about an hour cause then the head and feet pop out!! Totally unprepared for that the first time I opened the pot. Ryan has to take over after that. I can't handle seeing the eye sockets, beak and feet. (double blech!!) But afterwards at least the soup isn't black: (and actually very tolerable with a little salt and the ginger...and yes, rye has to drink this too)

Happy Halloween

Woo Hoo!!! I'm 30 again! Boy does it feel great to get younger. :)

Rye and I both had a nice LONG weekend, he took off 2 days, and I took off 1 so with 11/2 being off for state employees we had a great birthday weekend.

Should've taken more pics from our Halloween Hoopla at Uncle Jerry's...here's one of the only ones I have this year. ;) It's the extent of my creativity for our costume.

Can you guess what we are?!