This week's theme is, "I feel ... when I ......"
Well, I feel FAST when I wear my special sailing hat. It's a Tilley hat, made in Canada by Tilley Endurables Inc.
It has a lifetime guarantee so they will replace it for me if it's in bad condition.
When I wear this hat, I feel confident and I think that makes me faster on the race course as I sail my Laser around the marks. It's also a very useful hat because it keeps the sun off my neck when it's hot, and it's waterproof, so I stay dry when it rains.

Here's a picture of a future Tilley hat owner. I'll get him one when he gets bigger!

I love my Tilley hat!

I feel happy

Hi, I'm rie3.
I feel happy when I got present from children because my birthday comeing soon.
They buy a lot of flowers for me every year.
I like their feeling and looking at flowers.

A busy but good holiday

Tadaima! Yes, I'm back from my holiday to Minnesota and refreshed to start work again. Well, maybe.
People ask me, "How was your holiday?" The standard answer is, "Busy, but good." I and my family had a lot of time together to talk and Tyler had a great time exploring all around Grandpa and Grandma's house. He was crawling around, standing, and drooling on everything!
I had a chance to meet a few old friends at my class reunion at Concordia. I was a little disappointed because none of my close friends attended, but I did have a chance to watch the football team win so that was good!
We did some shopping and got a lot of good bargains on clothes and things for Tyler and work clothes for me. Yuki especially enjoyed the Mall of America in Minneapolis.
I did have a chance to eat some really good food. My mother is a great cook and we had some excellent lasagna and also a roasted turkey with all the fixings. It was all really good. I especially enjoyed drinking my favorite American beer again!
Yuki and I also saw one movie, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." It was pretty funny and interesting. I like Johnny Depp- he's very talented.
Well, it was a great holiday, but now I suppose it's time to get back to work!