The Hackworths

And I don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon. A brief recap in photos…

We went on vacation to Tokyo:

We went to a Hiroshima Carps baseball game:

I cooked without burning the house down (and it was good!):

I visited a Buddhist priest with a friend:

We gave up brushing our hair for the summer:

We watched fireworks:

We (and when I say we, I mean Justin) Sumo’ed with the neighbors:

We (this time when I say we, I mean I) harassed the dog:

Fun things we’ve done without photographic evidence include lots of movies at the theater, lots of playing outside, and lots of flower planting. I’ll actually take photos of that when my solar lights get here. Can’t let the opportunity to catch the flowers still alive pass me by.

Things still left to do this month…

1. Meet Nikki and her gang when they move out here to be close to me. (Okay, really the military is moving them out here, but whatever…)
2. My mom comes for a visit! Yay!
3. Celebrate Lauren’s 8th Birthday
4. Lots of sightseeing with mom

It’s been a busy sort of week here at Hackworth Headquarters. Since the tooth fairy was so busy last week, the girls and I decided to head out to the Â¥100 store (aka Daiso or The Hundred Yen Store which is the equivalent of a dollar store in the US) to spend her yen.

While we were out, we also decided to hit Tokai (the craft store) and generally just have ourselves a girls day out. I got lost. Twice. But then I realized I wasn’t really lost, which was a huge relief, let me tell you. In reality, I found a quicker and easier way to get to that side of town. It was so nice because I am the Queen of Lost. I grew up in a city laid out on a grid. I went to college in a town laid out in much the same way. Super simple to navigate, and still I would occasionally get lost.

Then we move to Pensacola, FL. I seldom drove. Not only was I about 20 months pregnant in the middle of July and barely able to fit behind the steering wheel, but it was just easier letting Justin chauffeur me around. Fast forward three months to us moving to Jacksonville, NC where there is absolutely nothing grid-like about their streets. I got lost our first night in town looking for the Wal-Mart. See? Queen of Lost.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to call Justin from a pay phone or gas station and ask him to find me on Google Maps.

The point of all of this? Yeah, I’m not sure. Except I have no pictures of the kiddos for you since we’ve been so swamped this week. But I got that cute little bucket at Daiso for (you guessed it) Â¥100 and the pretty purple flowers the next day at You Me Town for Â¥398. All in all a cheap ($4.29) way to make me happy and give me something other than my kids to show you.

Today is my sister’s 21st birthday. We’re going to the Bricktown Brewery to celebrate. I’ll have no kiddos, she’ll have no kiddos, who knows what kind of wild party will ensue.

I hate poop. Apparently Little Miss ate some beads. I didn’t know this until this morning. I was changing her diaper, and lo and behold, a bright pink bead and a green bead had somehow made its way through her digestive tract. Can we say nas-tay?