http://pogma.com/homestay About our homestay in Winnipeg, Canada Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:49:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all, Just off to pick up Jessica from school and thought that I should update this blog. Can"t upload any photos, so as soon as I ask Peter for help I will put up some new pictures. Summer passed too fast... We had more visitors this summer. Nao and ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2008/11/20/winter-is-coming/ Hi everyone. Well, just back from a week at Disneyworld in Florida. Went with me sister and daughter Cassie, and my mom and dad... and me and Peter and Jessica of course.... had a blast... weather was very very hot.. inthe 90"s everyday... but went on all the rides many ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2008/05/13/disneyworld-2008/ Hi all... A quick note... we had a cold busy winter... but managed to stay warm. On the week-end we had a couple of 20Celcius days so started cleaning up the yard and barbecued our first steaks. Went frog hunting with Jessica and the neighborhood kids.. so we think spring ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2008/04/21/spring-has-sprung/ Wow, the holidays are done... and it is 2008! Thank you everybody for the many many Christmas and New Year"s cards we received... It is so nice to keep in touch with everybody in Japan. Our Christmas was so busy... it seems like every night we had a dinner or party ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2008/01/16/happy-new-year/ I started sending this Christmas elf link to people. You can make your own greeting and send it to people..so funny!! This is one of us http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1188062176 .. be patient it takes a while to load. You can try it yourself at www.elfyourself.com Here is another one of ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/12/10/elf-yourself-and-merry-christmas/ There are a few new photos up under "Around Winnipeg" in the gallery if you want to take a look! A small Winnipeg newspaper did a little story about me also... check out http://www.canstarnews.com/page/story/the_metro/2418 Just copy it into your browser if you ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/11/12/new-photos/ Oh yeah... I almost forgot... I got a job. I am now the sales representative and instructor for a TESOL company. It seems like a good job for me. I give an information seminar once a week and teach a 5 day course. I guess ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/11/12/my-job-news/ Hi again... In September Jessica finally started her French Immersion kindergarten. Her teacher is Madame Gosselin and Jessica is thrilled with her. She attends in the afternoon from 1pm to 330. A big yellow school bus brings here home and Peter meets her at the bus stop. At ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/11/12/autumn-news/ Hi everyone! Well, it is certainly a long time since I have written on this blog.... SORRY!! I think the homepage was also down for a while and I finally got Peter to fix it.. so here I am!! Atsuko came and stayed with us for a month from ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/11/12/summer-report/ We feel a little sad today. Our first guests Chieko and Keiko have left. We had a very busy week sight-seeing around Winnipeg. The weather was hot, sunny and muggy everyday but we managed to keep cool. We enjoyed lots of barbeque parties and our guests ... http://pogma.com/homestay/2007/07/08/summer-days-and-the-living-is-easy/