Jun 30, 2010

tool/ favor

we are completing one task at a time. and are not so stressed out so far :) even though we have only 37days.

last night I was preparing our paper fans. our wedding is outside in August, you know what it's gonna be like :) we hope these paper fans help our guests to cool down a little bit.

I stamped on all of fans front&back.
we got green & yellow fans from here. good deal :)



真夏の炎天下に結婚式なので、みんなに扇子を用意してあります。あ、ちなみにこれfavorを兼ねてありますね。表裏にハンコを押して出来上がりです。黄色とグリーン用意してあるので好きなほうを取っちゃってください!


Jun 28, 2010

lucky~

As I posted before, we were supporsed to go back to the Junk yard on the weekend.
At the morning we went to take our trash to the back, and Alex found these perfect woods in the trash bin. We took out all of them from the bin to make our wedding signs.

yay!


serious face

by Alex

by Kaori
haha-. We are so pround of ourselves!! All we spent is just paint color which is just 59 cent each!
All wood panels and sticks are free~~~. And we think we did really good job!!

もう、ホントに時間がなくなってきたので週末は一生懸命準備しております。プラスワールドカップもあるもんでバタバタですよー。
ってことで、土曜日はこの前ポストしたジャンクヤードに行って木を買って・・・ということだったんだけど、その日の朝にゴミ出しに出たらアレックスがちょうどいい木がトラッシュビンに突っ込まれてるのを見つけた!そそくさと、ゴミ箱から全て取り出し、オフィスに行ってせっせと作成しました。おぉぉぉ、上出来!!絵の具代を使っただけで後はタダ~~。仕上がりも良いんではないでしょうか??(自画自賛)




Jun 20, 2010

Junk idea

We have now less than 7 weeks. We gotta work our ass off, seriously.

A lot of signs will be needed for the ceremony and reception. Of course we will DIY those.

I like this old window idea!! cute~
lots of windows~
We went to this architecture material junk(?) place in Silver Lake. It was fun!!! If my place is bigger, I definitely buy the antique doors... We need to go back this place next week and start making signs.

残り50日を切って本気で準備をしなければ・・・アレックスは今、ペーパーグッズをデザイン中。私は細々とテーブルセッティングのアイデアをまとめたり。
土曜日はセレモニーロケーションへ行って、サイン作成のためにジャンク屋さんに行ってきました。おぉ、いっぱいある~。かわいい・・・大きな家に住んでたらアンティークのドアとか買いたい~。今日はチェックまでで、また来週戻って購入・作成します。





Yay to us...almost there!

Hello, hello - Alex here: I'm finally back from my brief Germany trip (got another visa granted for the next three years in America, hooray), and now Kaori and I are officially in the HOTTEST phase of our wedding planning! We got a lot of things already covered, while other details still request immediate attention. Kaori has done a more than wonderful job so far, so I'd like to ask for a big round of applause for her tireless efforts so far!

*insert applaus and cheers here*

We have 48 more days to go until the big day, and we are more excited than ever to have the events of our wedding day become a wonderful premiere of what is about to follow after for the rest of our life. Stay tuned!

Love, Alex

Jun 9, 2010

Happy Birthday to me!

June 9th is my birthday. I turned 35! wow!
When I was a little girl, I thought 35 was super old. I mean MATURE.
Now, I am the 35, and I haven't changed at all inside since then.
I am still inmature and childish and selfish. sometime, or you could say most of the time.
Thanks, my baby. Thank you for always always understanding me.
Even though you are not with me in this year's my BD, I still appreciate you :)
In the next my Birthday, we will be a married couple! yahoo!




6月9日は私の誕生日♪ (♪ってほど喜ばしいわけでもないけど)
35歳ですよ、私。もーーーーービックリー。
だって、うちのおかんが35の時は私は既に12歳!姉は17歳!二人の子を立派(か、どうかはわからんが)に、育ててたのに・・・
私はと言えば、自分ひとり育てるのに精一杯です。
でも、やっとやっと結婚できる(しみじみ)から、ここからまた人生の新しい一歩なんでしょう。
今年はアレックスはいつもののんびりのせいで、私の誕生日に帰ってくることが出来なかったけどその分、素敵なプレゼントを持ってドイツから帰ってくるでしょう・・・・(?)

Jun 6, 2010

My vow

While Alex is out of town, I have done lots of things.
Last night, I was writing my vow. and was crying as well.
Just writing vow made me soooo emotional, what's gonna happen in the day??
I hope I can complete reading without tears :p

I've been thinking to have some "funny" or "witty" kinda vow, then had been seaching and searching. But nothing made me really excited.
So, I went back to "traditional" vow, and the words made me cry!
I kept saying that our wedding is nothing traditional, but I totally go with it!
Since my first language is not English, it's hard to "feel" the words deep in my heart. "Traditional" vows came into my heart directly and I loved it!
I'm still working on it. Hopefully Alex will feel it as much as I do.



誓いの言葉ってのを、考えなければ。。。と思って長いのですが、Alexともいろいろ話し合わないといけないし、Pastorとも話さないといけないしと伸ばし伸ばしにしておりましたが、Alexが今いないので一人でゆっくりと考えてみました。
普通のウェディングじゃないから、誓いの言葉も何かおもしろいものを・・・とか、ちょっと人と違うものを・・・って考えてたんだけど、あんまりコレって言うのがなくて、時間ばかりが進んでおりました。で、トラディショナルな誓いの言葉をサーチしてたら・・・読んでただけで、涙がはらはらと流れてきて、コレだ!!と思ったのです。
英語があまり得意じゃない(オイ!)から、英語で自分の気持ちを一生の誓いをすることにちょっと不安を覚えていたんですが、やっぱりトラディショナルなのはダイレクトに入ってきました。ちょっとそれをちょこちょこと変えたりして、まだ完成はしてないんですが、アレックスがこれを聞いて私と同じように感じ取ってくれればいいなぁ。。。

Jun 4, 2010

sucks...

This is what I paid for last one week...

$ 188.80 (+$60)
- visiting a doctor's office for my ankle (after 80% covered by my insurance, they still charge me this much. oh, America's medicare system has to be changed!!!)

$ 42.50 - parking ticket (oh, city of Pasadena!! they said my car was double-parked. hell yeah, b/c the huge SUV right next to mine was parked at "Compact car only" space!)

$ 216.40 - T-mobile bill ( yes, I made a phone call to Japan to get a reserv. for the cheap flight. ahhh the flight was cheaper but the tel. bill costs more.... hmm?)

$ 198 - brake pad (oh, my baby civic needs to replace brake pads every 9 months! maybe I drive too fast and step on the brake too often)

and more to come.... Car insurance renew, car registration ($216) etc...
I'm trying to cut my spending, but things happen when you least expect it (?)
This is why we need to keep our budget low :)
hmmmm, when can we move into new place.... ?? don't know yet.


(These pics are nothing to do with today's post. Just wanted to put at least great pictures here :)


Anyway, I am going out with my girls tonight!!! yay! Love drinking, eating and chatting with friends. That's the best remedy for this grumpy feeling :) hehe


もー、何で出費って重なるんでしょーかねー。。。
次から次へと、billが送られてきて、もう辛いーーーー。。。 はー。 一歩進んで二歩下がる。人生はワンツーパンチ...ってか、まぁ自分で使ったやつはいいんですけどー、電話代とか。駐禁って!納得いかん。となりのでかい車が線越えて(SUVのくせにコンパクトカーのとこに停めてた!)停めてたおかげで、私も線越えて停めてたからって45ドルって!!!一つ空けて停めればよかったのかー。ついてなさすぎ!!(いつものごとく2度の抗議の手紙は送ったんですが。City of LAなら許してくれたのに・・・)
あと、医療費!言うまでもなく。 などなど、いろいろありますな。ってことで、やっぱりウェディングにはあんまりお金使いたくないのです。