1. this book arrived yesterday. and am i ever happy it did. it's sitting there. on the side of the couch. waiting for me to leaf through it. slowly.
2. there is a little more of this left. in case you still want to help. out.
3. another 100 comments have gone by. a few posts back. cindy k. you get a $10 store credit. because i like to share. with those who share with me. thank you. again.
4. i made some piping. finally. and it turned out perfectly. on the first try. and that made me super happy. and after his inspection. h-kun was impressed. and that made me even happier. i think i am on to something here. this piping thing.
5. my age. plus h-kun's age. adds up to 66.
6. my new worker started this week. well, an old worker who has returned. to joing me in this crazy/enjoyable world of japanese goodness. and i am loving it. she is a happy gal. super effecient. and is blood type a. aka detail-oriented. and organized. she's the perfect helper. seriously. i'll blog about bloodtypes and japan later. i need to explain it. properly. which means i first need to understand it. properly.
I've been wanting that book; it keeps appearing all over blogland. And I am jealous of the perfect piping - nice job.
Posted by: martha | October 09, 2008 at 10:18 AM
i've been carrying that book around with me ever since i got it. kind of like a kid with her blanky! i hope i'm the cindy k who was the 100th commenter. if yes,lov what do i do? i'm pretty sure i know what i'd like to call my own from your lovely shop. thank you! if it's not me, congrats to the other cindy k. my blood type is o+ ;).
Posted by: cindy k | October 09, 2008 at 10:59 AM
yay for piping! it is so intimidating, yet ridiculously easy...if only more things turned out that way.
Posted by: carrie | October 09, 2008 at 01:19 PM
Just wanted to let you know that I absolutely enjoy reading your blog. I've been following a couples of month now and I love hearing about your journey in Japan. You have a reader from Florida!
Julia
Posted by: Julia | October 09, 2008 at 05:10 PM
I would love to read more about bloodtypes, this must be very interesting. :)
Posted by: Pina | October 09, 2008 at 11:54 PM
thanks so much for my parcel i got today, from japan craft journal. and thank you for your blog
i love it
Posted by: two little buttons | October 10, 2008 at 02:32 AM
Congrats on your successful piping attempt! I'm thinking about doing some of my own - fingers crossed mine will turn out as good as yours.
Posted by: Nicola | October 10, 2008 at 02:45 AM
ok stop bragging about the book! kidding. I'm really intrigued by the blood group thing...what's that all about? I'm RH O neg what does that mean?
Posted by: Zoe | October 10, 2008 at 03:11 AM
Sounds like a wonderful book. I love your pictures, always so fresh, clean and minimalist. Perfect.
Posted by: Yoli | October 10, 2008 at 09:22 PM
I haven`t heard of the book before- will need to check it out.
When you say worker- do you mean for your shop? Cool! I am A also...It took me a long time to find out but many people, before I found out would ask me "What bloodtype are you?" and when I responded with "Don`t know" there was always a shocked face followed by "I bet you are A"
Bloodtype to Japanese people is like horoscopes to Westerners!
Also, did I miss the post where you answered everybodies questions from about a month ago? Or has it not yet come...
Hope you are having a faboulous weekend!
Posted by: Lulu | October 11, 2008 at 02:08 AM
glad to hear all is well, love the piping, good job!
Posted by: Kirsten | October 11, 2008 at 01:33 PM
So is that how you do piping around a cushion Leslie? It's been on my list forever to try and search on it and you may have done the work for me. I am making some cushion covers for my mum for Christmas so may have to give it a whirl - trying to imagine how I could manage it on the zip side though????
Posted by: victoria | October 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM
So, there's a thing with different bloodtypes?
Please, enlight us!!!
Posted by: Mariana | October 13, 2008 at 06:33 AM