Bryan's House

I finally get to do some editing on my pictures!! And not just ANY editing.... editing on Bryan's computer!!!
We had a long day today with the boys soccer games at 12:00 and 1:00 then lunch, and errands! So we came over to Bryan's tonight and had a little mini dinner at his house. He lives off base which means he has a Japanese kitchen so... no oven! The Japanese use a different kind of micro wave than we do. There's has different settings so it's used as a microwave, oven and grill. There is no way I could figure it out though because it's all in Japanese! The other day I tried to make the boys some popcorn in it and realized it was on the oven setting because it just got really hot, but didn't pop. There electricity is different off base so you have to use a transformer for anything we bring from America (like a microwave) and they are not cheap! Each transformer cost from $100- $150! It's more than the microwave costs!! And he already had to buy one for the computer and TV so the microwave has to share one. So we made hot dogs and mac & cheese since we could use the stove for it. The boys loved it because they got to eat hot dogs and mac&cheese for dinner, but they got to sit on the floor at the little table to eat. Traditional Japanese dinning! We all love hanging out at Bryan's house every chance we get!! His house is beautiful first of all! But he also has optical Internet (Which Chad would kill for!) Our internet on base is about the same as dial up, and off base the optical internet is faster than we could even dream of in the states! So Chad is always begging to come over! But my reason for Loving this house... Bryan's desk top computer!!! Chad and Bryan both have there lap top computers so they leave me alone with the desk top! His desk top is the top of the line! And runs circles around my little lap top! The monitor is huge and the Computer is SUPER fast! I can't even explain it, but I LOVE it!!! And Bryan being the amazing friend that he is... put my photo shop programs on his computer and even gave me my own folder to keep my pictures on! This computer has like 4 tetra bytes on it!! Which make my 300gig hard drive look puny! Anyway, Bryan gave the boys their own room so they have toys and movies and games here! so they are always entertained here plus he got the Japanese cable so the boys could get their English cartoons over here too! And... he has his pantry stocked with snacks and sippy cups!
Needless to say, we've all been a little spoiled by Bryan!!! Which is why his nick name is "Big Daddy"!! We Love him! Not to mention the fact that he moved all the way to Japan just to hang out with us! So we get to be spoiled AND hang out with our best buddy! It has helped Japan feel a little more like home now that he's here!
Well...
I'm going to finish editing some pictures so I can hopefully post some on here tonight!