Comments on: Chastized http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/ Wed, 23 May 2012 13:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gina http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/comment-page-1/#comment-69288 Gina Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:29:51 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/#comment-69288 Stay warm you guys! It's freezing here in Chiba, Japan, as well. And we got hit with snow last week. And we are expecting snow here tonight as well. Highs today? In my area it was a high of 37 degrees F. And lows are like *way* below 32 F. Really downright cold, I'd guess around 0 degrees honestly. And with the humidity it feels even worse! Feels even more cold. Feels like -40, ha ha ha. Seriously though! : ) Stay warm. And we will try too. We have floor heating set on like 80 degrees. And our house is warm with the central heating, which surprisingly most homes in Japan don't have. So we will just stay in and stay warm. Brrr just thinking about outside. : ) PS, we had many a blizzards in Denver, when I grew up. Blizzard of 82, is what I remember. And we had to same thing as you mentioned, buy tons of groceries before a big storm and stock up. I have an American mentality and always buy a weekly set of groceries anyway. But in Japan, they buy their groceries on a daily basis. Meaning they will ride their bike and get groceries every single day for that particular day. Meanwhile, here I am in my Mazda MPV, minivan with a whole weeks worth. So, I hear ya on the stocking up groceries thing. Yesterday at the store, and expecting to be slammed with the weather today. I bought 2 things of milk and 2 cartons of eggs and 2 loafs of bread. Plus my regular meats and veg and stuff. But, yeah, you made me laugh and smile, because it's true what you said. We do always buy the milk and bread, don't we? : ) PS, we always have small family birthday parties at home too. : ) Stay warm you guys! It’s freezing here in Chiba, Japan, as well. And we got hit with snow last week. And we are expecting snow here tonight as well. Highs today? In my area it was a high of 37 degrees F. And lows are like *way* below 32 F. Really downright cold, I’d guess around 0 degrees honestly. And with the humidity it feels even worse! Feels even more cold. Feels like -40, ha ha ha. Seriously though! : ) Stay warm. And we will try too. We have floor heating set on like 80 degrees. And our house is warm with the central heating, which surprisingly most homes in Japan don’t have. So we will just stay in and stay warm. Brrr just thinking about outside. : )

PS, we had many a blizzards in Denver, when I grew up. Blizzard of 82, is what I remember. And we had to same thing as you mentioned, buy tons of groceries before a big storm and stock up. I have an American mentality and always buy a weekly set of groceries anyway. But in Japan, they buy their groceries on a daily basis. Meaning they will ride their bike and get groceries every single day for that particular day. Meanwhile, here I am in my Mazda MPV, minivan with a whole weeks worth.
So, I hear ya on the stocking up groceries thing. Yesterday at the store, and expecting to be slammed with the weather today. I bought 2 things of milk and 2 cartons of eggs and 2 loafs of bread. Plus my regular meats and veg and stuff. But, yeah, you made me laugh and smile, because it’s true what you said. We do always buy the milk and bread, don’t we? : )

PS, we always have small family birthday parties at home too. : )

]]> By: KT http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/comment-page-1/#comment-69009 KT Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:47:59 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/#comment-69009 Hey - happy snow storm. It's only rain over here... I'd love to hear how you celebrate Chinese New Year's... we've been doing the Chinese school celebration and, in past years, have gone into our daughter's class for presentations/parties. At home we decorate (I let the Chinese husband do the cleaning for good luck thing) and have a family dinner. This year we are opening the doors to several families for a Lantern Festival party at the end of the celebration. OK so that's when it fit in our calendars - we are having chinese food/dim sum - the kids'll paint lanterns put glowsticks in them and parade around. It is interesting to note that Chinese husband, while growing up in the mid west, has no memories of CNY other than going to a restaurant w/ other families... Hey – happy snow storm. It’s only rain over here… I’d love to hear how you celebrate Chinese New Year’s… we’ve been doing the Chinese school celebration and, in past years, have gone into our daughter’s class for presentations/parties. At home we decorate (I let the Chinese husband do the cleaning for good luck thing) and have a family dinner. This year we are opening the doors to several families for a Lantern Festival party at the end of the celebration. OK so that’s when it fit in our calendars – we are having chinese food/dim sum – the kids’ll paint lanterns put glowsticks in them and parade around. It is interesting to note that Chinese husband, while growing up in the mid west, has no memories of CNY other than going to a restaurant w/ other families…

]]> By: shumei http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/comment-page-1/#comment-69004 shumei Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:00:21 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/#comment-69004 Everything was shit down - tee hee... that about describes what it looks like outside today....I am also in upstate NY.....schools all closed for the ice storm. I'm a teacher, so no work because driving isn't safe, but the girls and I went to the Party store to buy stuff for our CNY party. And this year, cultures collide since New Year's Eve is also Ash Wed. What's a girl to do? Everything was shit down – tee hee…
that about describes what it looks like outside today….I am also in upstate NY…..schools all closed for the ice storm.
I’m a teacher, so no work because driving isn’t safe, but the girls and I went to the Party store to buy stuff for our CNY party. And this year, cultures collide since New Year’s Eve is also Ash Wed. What’s a girl to do?

]]> By: Michelle http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/comment-page-1/#comment-69000 Michelle Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:39:42 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/#comment-69000 I grew up in Ohio. When I was single and living alone, I never had milk and bread in the my apartment but as soon as a big storm was predicted, I would find myself at the store with everyone else buying them. I don't know why - back then I would have been happier with some smokes, frozen pizza, doritos and some videos. But it was ingrained in me to buy milk and bread. I grew up in Ohio. When I was single and living alone, I never had milk and bread in the my apartment but as soon as a big storm was predicted, I would find myself at the store with everyone else buying them. I don’t know why – back then I would have been happier with some smokes, frozen pizza, doritos and some videos. But it was ingrained in me to buy milk and bread.

]]> By: Martha-Lynn http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/comment-page-1/#comment-68977 Martha-Lynn Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:58:36 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/01/chastized/#comment-68977 I was all over the Clintonville Kroger yesterday, and now look. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE GROUND. Grrrr. I was all over the Clintonville Kroger yesterday, and now look. THERE’S NOTHING ON THE GROUND. Grrrr.

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