Years ago Yumi had a blog even before I knew what a blog was. At the time we were living with my parents who had cats; five cats actually.* Yumi loved cats. So her site was called Neko Nikki (cat diary).

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While in Japan she had cat everything (cat stationary, cat photo books, cat shirts, and even a real cat too!) and totally disliked dogs. Naturally when we came to the States, I decided we needed to fix that problem and went to the pound to get A dog (singular). There were these two cute puppies who introduced themselves as follows:

こんにちは！わしはテビエです！ (even as a puppy, Tevye looked like an おじいさん)

こんにちは！あたしはハナというんです！あたしって、かわいいでしょう！さあ、なでてちょうだい！ (Then and now, Hana sees a human and knowing the world revolves around her, gives them the honor of petting her while she licks their faces)

Impressed they could speak Japanese, we just had to get both of them.

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Anyway, after several years of a non-updated Nekonikki.com, I installed Wordpress for her yesterday. She already has a few posts.

Nekonikki.com

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* Five cats, but a few of them were rather large. I suppose by weight they would be close to six cats.

Vocabulary

こんにちは！わしはテビエです！
konnichi wa! washi wa tebie desu!
Howdy! I’m Tevye. (わし means ‘I’ but has the impression of an old man)

おじいさん
ojiisan
old man

あたしはハナというんです！
atashi wa hana to iun desu!
I’m called Hana!

あたしって、かわいいでしょう！
atashitte, kawaii deshou!
I’m just cute as a button, don’t you think?

さあ、なでてちょうだい！
saa, nadete choudai!
Well then, let the petting begin!