So I guess I can add freelance journalist to my resume

Last weekend Mike and I went out to eat at a place we had seen a sign for while driving to work. It said American BBQ and I just knew we had to try it out. I figured we could try it out and if it was good I would send in a review for it on www.okinawahai.com in hopes to get it posted. Supposedly they will send $15 to your PayPal account if they post your article.

Well, we went and it was good. I had eaten some ribs at another place here and they tasted like they were covered in ketchup not BBQ sauce so I was hoping this place would be better. It actually tasted like BBQ in America so I decided to write up an article. I e-mailed it on Sunday and got an e-mail back today stating that my article would be up Wednesday! Once it posts I'll put a link here :)

I've tried to get a little creative over the years finding easy ways to make some extra money so hopefully we'll be able to visit more places so I can write more articles. Plus this helps us be a little more adventurous and visit new places here. It's a win-win situation!

My Okinawan Family

This week we decided to call up our family who lives here since we haven't seen them in a long time. We were invited to come over for Shunbun no Hi. It is around the same time as the Vernal Equinox. The families go back and visit the tombs to clean them, light incense and offer food and sake. Some families will actually set up and eat there but we just visited then went back to my great-uncle's house.

We got back and ate the usual holiday goodies of sushi (don't worry I ate the kind that doesn't have any fish in it), seaweed, soup, tempura, tofu, and of course mochi! We sat around and watched the boys be their silly selves for a while and then they brought their Wii downstairs and handed us controllers! We played some sort of Super Mario Brothers game but were confused half the time as to how to play it! It was very fun though. We played with the two youngest boys- Mizuki and Masaki. Even with the language barrier it was easy to understand what they were trying to tell us (like when they told us to slow down so their characters could catch up). We played Mario Kart for a little bit as well...I think Mizuki was a bit surprised when I got 1st Place in one of the rounds...maybe he's not used to a girl who can do well at video games ;) It was getting a little late and we needed to get back since we have work tomorrow so we headed out. Mizuki and my great-uncle walked us out and waved by all the way down the driveway.

It's been too long since we've visited them! The boys had grown up a lot! We offered to have them come visit us whenever they want. Hopefully it won't be such a long time before we see them again.