This is a story about an international couple raising and home educating three young boys on a small island in Japan, half living in buses, engaged in organic, self-sufficient farming in the middle of a mountain forest while dealing with climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages are about pretty much anything and everything all guided by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes, Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our ongoing crazy adventure.

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- House Renovation. Work continued on the house as temperatures continued to be warm but mild compared to the previous year.

- Facebook Post - TYPHOON IS COMING AGAIN. Waiting for another typhoon, the third to come to Nara, Japan this year. Prepared everything outside. Tomorrow going to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

- Facebook Post - HOME IMPROVEMENT DEJA VU. Yup doing it again. This is the front yard of the newly purchased adjacent property after a couple weeks of landscaping. Planning to turn this place into a bed and breakfast, and coffee shop. Beginning to work on the interior of the house next week. Should take at least a couple months to complete.

- Facebook Post - REALLY WIPED OUT. During the last couple days made 6 trips to Konan, the local building supply store. Bought 350 kilograms of rocks, 350 kg of sand, and 800 kg of designer rocks. This amounts to over 3300 lbs of building materials. Transported everything in a little car. Crazy.

- Facebook Post - TYPHOON HAS MOVED ON OUT. Received tons of rain, lots of wind, no damage. Thank goodness for changing the drainage and adding rocks to the yards of both properties ahead of the storm. Meteorologically back to normal tomorrow.

- Facebook Event - BEGINNING OF FALL, PURCHASED ANOTHER HOUSE, WTF BBQ PARTY - Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM