Chasing Kanji - 感情を追って

An American's travel traumas
アメリカ人の旅行の外傷

Hello Spring!  



"Saturday, March 20, at approximately midnight is the official first day of spring for 2010 in the Northern Hemisphere (Vernal Equinox)." So why was I able to take the above picture this morning? Very crazy weather here; his past week it was high 60s and gorgeous. Now.... snow. At least our dog, Renn, had a very fun time bouncing around in the snow like a bunny rabbit this morning. He enjoys running through snow drifts, sticking his nose all the way down to the grass while little snow-cicles stick to his face, and generally becoming one with the snow while I laugh on the other side of the leash.

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Food Critic  

I often let coupons guide my buying decisions at the grocery store. Lately, I've let certain commercials/plugs guide that as well. I love Kroger for groceries, by the way. And, if you have a Kroger plus card, you can create an account online at their website. By doing so, you have access to bi-weekly/monthly rotating coupons that you can load on your plus card. The coupons will be taken off your bill automatically at checkout. I've done it. It works. The one downside is they generally don't have a lot of coupons on things that I use. But I have found one or two that were helpful to me.

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Sayonara Cable Man  

When Christopher and I moved into our current apartment, we really wanted to lower our total monthly expenses and enjoy our apartment to its fullest. So far, so good. One bill we decided we could certainly live without was our cable bill. At our previous apartment, we paid for a bundle package (phone, TV, internet). As we rarely used our home phone compared to our cell phones and the TV packages included more than we needed, we decided it could go.

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