Impure thoughts about me in England? Gah! Wakana may want to meet those girls when we get to England. Did I tell you she used to practice kendo? Are your friends conversant in the language of swords?

Thanks for the kind compliments. Sins, I have always been available as a boy toy. Wakana, being Japanese, SAYS it's natural for a man to look for such opportunities. I really don't believe she would be able live up to that philosophy and I am certainly not dumb enough to put it to the test.

We have been landscaping. We now have a border around the base of the first corner of the house up and around the entrance. I would like to get a large Japanese stone lantern to place outside of the door. They seem to be rather difficult to find here. They have some stone lanterns at the Chamorro Village but they are actually Chinese design and rather crudely made, and expensive.

We are trying to figure out how to make a marriage between a Japanese and a United Statesian. In Japan the marriage process is separate from the ceremony. It is easy but... First I need to go to the American Embassy in Tokyo to get a Single Affadavit For Marriage signed and sealed. We then take that to her home town hall and get married. Then the real fun starts and I don't mean the honeymoon.

For her to emigrate to the U.S. I need to fill out an I-130. That is an application to apply for an immigrant visa. We need to provide proof of our relationship including, according to the embassy website, photos, emails, letters, phone bills, and any other proof that you have a relationship. Note, that a marriage certificate is NOT part of that list.

Sigh, back into the halls of bureaucracy.