a comfortable vacation

planning baby foods for my baby son like plannning the party

2012-02-01T06:00:00.001-08:00

　　

I’ll cook something delish for my baby son and I want him to eat much more.
So I’m plannning for it and writing down the stock of baby foods and things that I’m doing
tomorrow.
It’s like preparing for the party.
I gotta enjoy it not to push myself not to get out of breath.

I'm scared much cesium falling down but also I spent happy time.

2012-01-13T06:16:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday I took part in a playgroup for a caregiver and children in English that
Canadian friend called Amy asked me before.
We meet once a week and play and sing with children.
We use English only. But there is no English teacher. So it’s different from learning English
at school.
But it’s good not to forget English phrase. And also it was lucky to join there because
I made friends with mothers.
By the way these days I hadn’t been caring radio active materials in the air.
Last Wendesday one of mothers said “ Takeda-prof said “Much cesium is falling now. “ “
to me.
I tottally didn’t know that! And I found out much cesium has fallen since the new year.
I started to be scared since I found out it.
So I put a mask for kids on my babyson that it might not work and I wear a mask.
Then we went shopping to the grocery store.
I hung dry my laundry in.
Today I thought I didn’t need to go out and we were at home all day.
I lied on my stomach with my baby son and handed up like a plane together.
When our eyes met, he moved his face to me and pressed his forefead to me.
Way too cute!!!
I’m head over heels for him already!
Then we took a bath around at 6 and.he fell asleep after breastfeeding.
Falling asleep after taking a bath is nice, you know.
He waked up in 30 minutes and ate baby food. Then we lied on the floor.
I put a picture book at my babyson’s side and I was writing a diary about him.
The he rolled over and turned a page himself.
I know it but he really liks picture books.
I like reading books. So I’m more than willing he likes picture books!
I spent happy time today as ever.

everyday I can laugh at something!

2012-01-11T05:20:00.000-08:00

　

When you raise your baby, you can discover new things and you’re impressed every day.
For instance when I spoonfed my baby son the day before yesterday, I heard the ticking
of something from his mouth.
So I put my finger in his mouth, I found some teeth there!
I was impressed! And I found out why he crys a lot in the middle of the night!
And yesterday he suddenly started to make the sound “Bryu ryuryuu”.
And then he started to put the baby food out with the sound today.
I laughed automatically!
He removes his socks right away. But also he removed the leg-warmers when I realized!
When he pooped, I wiped his bottom and went to wash my hands to the bathroom.
Getting back there, he rolled over twice and put my camera in his mouth!
There are a lot of funny things every day!
It’s fun to think of it and I’m looking forward to seeing him and laughing tomorrow again.

Happy time has started*

2012-01-08T06:04:00.000-08:00

Time flied and the new-year-holiday was over.
But you know what, I’m a full-time-house wife now. So it doesn’t matter it’s a holiday or not.
But I’m kind of excited when the holiday comes.
Next year I’m gonna come back to work. So this holiday was the last new-year-holiday
that I’m not anxious when the holiday is almost over.
By the way I’ve been wondering it’s the best choice to come back to work or not.
But everytime I think it’s the best choice from some reasons.
I can be a full time house wife anytime.
If I thought I couldn’t do it or got exhausted, I could quit my job.
After coming back to work I don’t wanna push myself and I wanna take it easy.
Working is not suger coated.
I have to find the problems and go the distance.to change the way people work.
I might say it’s tough about it next year.
But I don’t have to think something next year now.
I made 4 Japanese special dishes called Osechi for the new year.
I cut corners and I didn’t make one dish even thought I made it last year.
I enjoyed playing our annual card games with my family.
And it was wonderful time to spend time with my nephew and my baby son in the new year.
Happy time has started!

there were many happy things in 2011.

2012-01-04T06:25:00.000-08:00

　

I was busy at the end of the year also in the new year.
Everyday time flies when I spend time with my baby son.
But of course I spend happy time every day.
Last year there was the most important thing in life.
Of course it means my babyson was born last year.
Becoming mom, I was able to experience various things and every experience was a very happy experience.
Looking back, there was no bad thing and I never felt down even once.
Happy things happened one after another.
In the hospital where my baby son was born I met an Indian friend called Remya also some mothers.
In addition I saw some friends after a few year.
Talking about a friend of them, I talked with her on the phone after being a labor.
And I got some advice to give birth easily from her.
She was more than willing to see such me and I had a baby.
Plus, when I was with her at Tully’s, my baby son pooped there.
So I went to the baby room to change the diaper.
Then I met a Canadian woman called Amy. And then I met new friends through her.
I thought why he pooped now. But I talked about it with Amy and we said “ Actually it was a lucky poop! “ to each other.
And I shouldn’t forget my family’s support.
My mother and sister supports me and give some advice me as a mother and my family.
My sister’s husband is nice to me. My husband values our baby son.
Looking back again, there was a terrible bad thing.
Not to mention, it’s about the Great East Japan Earthquake.
When there was the earthquake, I walked home from work about for 7 hours.
And then I have to be worried about the radioactive materials. And it hasn’t been over yet.
I haven’t drunk tap water at home. So I have to pay much money to keep getting much mineral
water. And I don’t get vegetables that I wanna eat. I get vegetables that grows in the south of
Japan. Because I don’t need to be worried about the radioactive materials.
So I can’t eat food that I wanna eat.
There are some worries and tough things.
I’m extremely happy after having my baby son more than some worries and others.
I met new friends through my baby son also I saw old friends after having my baby son.
My happiness loops around me on the axis of him.
It doesn’t mean he can live with my support. It means I can live because he is here.
I wanna never forget to thank everything and value meeting and communicating with
People and all that jazz this year.

Mom is the best**

2011-11-19T06:26:00.001-08:00

At the end of this month there is a exiciting farewell party of work.
They asked me there. SoI really wanted to go there and I was planning to do it.
I didn’t mean to but my baby boy doesn’t like bottlefeeding. So I can’t get someone to look after him.
If I took him there and made an appearance not to drink, I’d go to Nihonbashi of Tokyo at 6:30 at night and how I’d get home to get on the packed train with a babybuggy or holding my babyson.
Oh, it would be dangerous.
In addition the flu is going around. So it’s bad my baby son goes to the center of Tokyo because of being crowded.
I talked to my sister about it. She was finding the way I can go and said “ Why don’t you go to the station near your husband’s work and avoid the rush and go home around at 8? “
But my baby son must be tired because he usually goes to bed early.
So I didn’t have a choice.
“ I’m jealous of dad. He can get such a cute baby also go drinking with friends.”
I thought of it for a moment.
But I thought I was lucky to be mom right away.
Feeling the fetus moving, the pain during a delivery and breastfeeding is really happy things. I feel it more than others probably.
So mom is the best for me.
Sometimes it’s busy to take care of him because he starts to cry when he doesn’t find me.
But I could say “ My prince loves me very much. That’s why he starts to cry. “
Am I happy, or what ?***

Please save Fukushima's children

2011-11-16T06:16:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine posted the website named “ Save Fukushima’s children “.
Seeing this website without thinking, a photo that a child was gotten rid of the radioactive
materials caught my eyes.
I ccouldn’t stand seeing it…..
After becoming a mother, I feel aches to watch the news that children experience hard time.
I signed it right away.
I don’t want children are grown up nowadays to spend hard time in the feature because of
our failure. I wanna do something I can do.
By the way I took this picture in Fukushima several years ago.

Happy days*

2011-11-04T07:31:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we went to a large park in Tokyo.
I watched the park on TV before and I learned this park is a very good park.
It was much more wonderful than I imagined. So I wanna go there again bringing
some rice boals!
When my husband took pictures of me holding our baby son, an old man came closer
to us while saying “ I’m your granpa granpa! Oh, you’re cute! You like granpa, eh? “
And then we took pictures together.
When I go somewhere with my baby boy, it’s easier to communicate with people.
Everyday I really enjoy spending time and happy days*

clear nice autum afternoon

2011-10-29T06:07:00.000-07:00

　

Last night my husband worked through the night.
I used to be scared even when I heard small sounds at night.
But now I’m perfectly OK because I have a baby son.
You might laugh about it, I can be relaxed and feel safe sleeping while touching
a part of his body.
Who protects who?
Today we visit my husband’s friend.
He asked us to come over saying “ Why don’t you come over? We’re doing BBQ with friends
now at home ! “ all of sudden.
So we went to his house at the next station from us.
His wife is pregnunt and she’s rasing a baby son in it.
Fathers went to the same school together and baby sons are the same age by coincidence.
In the clear nice autum afternoon we spent nice time.

Dear attractive women

2011-10-27T06:25:00.000-07:00

I’m taking a break with a book from my mother’s bookshelf and coffee.
This book is entitled “ Dear attractive women “.
Today my energy is running out……
Tonight I’m in the mood to enjoy spending time for myself at night in Autum.

I'm a selfish mother but...

2011-10-18T15:27:00.001-07:00

Around at 7 at night when I breastfed my babyson, he fell asleep.
Oh, I was gonna read picture books for him. But if he slept so early, I didn’t need to do
something for me tonight. Oh, is it OK it’s that easy? You don’t need to sleep.
Mom thought of that.
Hmm? He waked up actually!
Mom was a little bit disappointed....
Oh, I'm a selfish mother.
But he was sleepy you know. And then he fell asleep being breastfed again.
My first priority is you and I really love you!
It’s True*

Sunday Afternoon*

2011-10-16T06:24:00.000-07:00

I decorated the room for Halloween because my friend enjoy doing various things
for Halloween.
Picture books that I borrowed at the library for my baby son were like Halloween
for coincidence.
Putting that aside, it was nice out and it was delightful on a Sunday afternoon.
And a friend of mine visited me with her husband to see my babyson.
My husband cooked Vietnamese salad roll and stirfried bitter gourd with Tofu.
And I made hamburger, pumpkin salad, Japanese soup and baked Mont Blanc.
It was a pleasant afternoon.
When I cooked, I said “ wait a minute! “ to my baby son many times.
I wanna take a long time for him tomorrow.
Oh, he is crying while sleeping often tonight.
I gotta go to bed next to him already!

Happy Friday*

2011-10-14T05:01:00.001-07:00

My hands are getting rough because I wash my hands a lot everyday.
I put babylotion on my hands and wear plastic gloves when I do dishes before it’s worse.
So my hands still looks goodJ
Everyday it’s hard my baby son keeping waiting for me when I take a shower before
I let him take a bath.
Tonight and last night he was able to wait for me watching “ Baby Mozart”.
But he can’t seem to be bottlefed.
I sometimes gave it up and it’s OK he can’t do it I thought. But sometimes no, no!
it’s better to do it for him I thought.
Tomorrow it’s gonna be raining.
He can’t enjoy seeing the scenery outside.
I’m wondering what I should do for him tomorrow.
For starters I’ll go to bed next to my baby son to play with him a lot tomorrow
even though it’s 9:00 at night now.
night night, everyone!
By the way I ate various vegetables from South of Japan that my sister and my friend
sent me. They are vegetables that I don’t need worry! It’s very good!

comfortable time after being nervous

2011-09-27T16:08:00.000-07:00

For the first time I took my baby son to the doctor to get vaccinated for thepneumococcus.
My heart was pounding and I was sweating a lot.
When I get a shot, I can’t see the needle inserting into my arm.
But this time I watched it because I’m mother of him.
He didn’t cry when the needle inserted into his arm. But when he was injected the medicine,
he started to cry. I was gonna cry, too.
I said “ good boy!” to him.
Leaving the hospital and started to walk home, he fell asleep.
I didn’t get a shot and of course I didn’t stand the pain of it but I had break at Tully’s.
I was relaxed with coffee at Tullys’s where has a calm vibe with jazz music.
After a while my baby son waked up.
I borrowed two picture books at the library. So I read a book entitled “ Curious Geroge “
to him there.
I used to read it when I was a child, too.
I don’t have chances to speak English these days.
So it’s good for me to read English aloud. Oh, it’s “ killing two birds with one stone.”
I watch an English educational TV program for kids with him.
Listening to English since he is a kid is good for him?
I don’t have plans to let him learn English but I want him to get used to listening to English
from TV or something!

I was lucky I was fine and I had delish dinner

2011-09-21T06:33:00.000-07:00

　

There was a terribly strong typhoon today!
To be honest, I was lucky I’m having a matanity leave now.
I went shopping to the grocery store holding my baby boy in the morning when the rain
wasn’t storng yet.
After getting home I played him a lot and saw his face when he slept in my arms.
And then I sometimes saw the strong rain and winds outsides the window.
If I didn’t need the rain is included the radio active materials, I wanted him to feel
the rain in the rain.
He can understand words. So I explain various things to him.
For instance today I told him about typhoon. And when we saw the harvest moon
few days ago, I told him about it while seeint the beautiful moon.
I talk with the little baby. So sometimes people see me strangely. Ahahaha!
This picture is dinner that I made last night.
These days I text a friend from college each other and we ask each other about dinner
that we make at the night.
This is rolled mixed minced chicken, some vegetables and some seasoning with fried Tofu.
It was very delish! I love it!

Sometimes people pull to each other

2011-09-14T00:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I texted a friend who used to work at the same company after a few year.
She was at the other division and I didn’t work with her. But I started to communicate with her since we found out that we lived close to each other and she already quit her job. She replied me and said “ What a coincidence! I’ve been thiking how Aya is doing, too.”
Oh, it’s a funny coincidence!
We have a lot of thing that we wanna talk about. So we have plans she is coming over to my house.
When I checked my email today, I got an email from a man who used to be the general manager.
It’s a coincidence! I was about to email him today.
Sometimes people pull to each other.
We might feel vibes or our senses might work.
Anyway when it happens, we’re pleased!
By the way I took this picture in Saipan last July.
When I’ve been there, I didn’t imagine I’d become a mother next year.
I’m imagining how I am next July.

I wanna get nutrition from vege that I can get.

2011-09-09T05:52:00.000-07:00

　

After the nuclear accident in Fukushima I avoid eating vegetables from the north of Japan
and around Tokyo as possible as I can.
I don’t care my health but I don’t want my baby boy to suffers from cancer when he grows up
and enjoys living in his teens.
The radioactive materials from the nuclear accident in Fukushima was as much as several tens
atomic bomb and they fell on the ground in Tokyo and around here.
So I choose vegetables from Hokkaido, the south of Japan and other countries.
I can’t help it if I can’t get vegetables that I want because there aren’t the vegetables
from the safe area. I wanna get nutrition from vegetables that I can get.
Recently I get carrots from Hokkaido and eat them often.
I make Korean marinated carrots, salad with Tuna and carrots glace from it.
You know, I wanna enjoy eating food when the problems of the nuclear hasn’t solved.

the more, the merrier!

2011-09-02T06:49:00.001-07:00

On the 49th day of my baby’s birth my sister’s family got back to hometown when They were during the summer vacation.
We spent exciting time on the weekend after a few month.
They said “ He’s becoming much bigger!” about my baby son,
It was a really muggy day but at night there was a nice wind. So we were able to spend time safe and sound even at the room where weren’t any air conditionings.
Thinking of it, we’ve been worried what we should do if the electricity went out this summer.
It was good to be able to spend time safe and sound in summer.
Probably many Japanese people think we can live without the nuclear plants.
Putting that aside, I had my shoulders and back massaged also pulled my neck by my sister on the day. It felt really good and my body got well even though it had been hurt.
Thanks to sister!
On the 50th day of my baby’s birth there is a lot of window in my parents’ house.
That’s why the wind feels so good also the living room gets a lot of sunshine.
So my baby son sleeps comfortably and he looks like he feels nice.
He hardly waked up in the middle of the night and I didn’t need breastfeeding.
So when I pumped my breast milk, I was surprised to get 100ml milk at least.
My baby son was talking a lot on the day. Probably he enjoyed spending time with his cousin and uncle.
In addition when my sister was singing, he was singing with her.
It was a wonderful weekend.
The more, the merrier!
We’ll get a lot of fun thing from now on!
By the way this picture is my baby son and I. We were playing in the hanged laundry.

sweet juice for breast feeding

2011-08-18T22:46:00.000-07:00

At hot dusk in the summer vacation
I was getting sleepy when I watched a game of high school baseball tournament
The top of the eighth inning almost finished
I asked my sister to wake me up when the top of the ninth started
And I closed my eyes for a while
When I waked up, my sister was singing to my baby son
And he was singing “ elluAUuuau---“ with her
I said “ How’s the game of high school baseball tournament? “ to her
She told me I didn’t wake up at all when she waked me up.
She gave me a glass of juice saying “ This is a juice for breastfeeding!”
It was a little bit sweet banana juice
She made this simple juice from milk with crushed banana
It was very delish and sweet juice for breastfeeding.
I wanna drink it again and tried to make it!

mother's special privilege

2011-08-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

The thing that I’ve been wanting to do is going to Tully’s and drinking rich and strong coffee.
The day before yesterday I was able to do it after going shopping with my husband.
But my baby son was starting to cry there. I was sure there wasn’t the nursing room.
I totally didn’t know it even though I live here for many years. Actually there was it on the second floor at the grocery store where I go to.
Tully’s coffee that I’ve drunk since a few months was great!
I ordered a plate of desert, too!
There is a lot of thing that I can’t do it since my baby son’s birth.
But there are many customs that got better because I have a baby son.
I don’t sleep in until over at 10 in the morning on weekends. Now I get up around 6 and have breakfast. In addition I go to bed at 9 or 10 at night. It’s a very good lifestyle.
And now it’s very hot but I take a bath not a shower everyday and I hardly don’t watch TV.
I can’t go out by myself.
Because I’m mother not father. Yes, it’s the thing that is hard.
But you can say it’s mother's special privilege.
Mother can feel that her baby’s existence in her womb and she can experience the pain and happiness when the baby comes out from her body. Also she can be breastfeeding to her baby.
I wanna enjoy doing mother’s job!

tears running....

2011-08-04T03:30:00.000-07:00

On the seventeenth day of my baby’s birth I couldn’t stop my tear running because of losing hormone balance after giving a birth.
My baby started to cry terribly from in the middle of the night more than he cried.
He cried strongly in the middle of the night. So I couldn’t sleep well and my mother worried us and got up many times.
He cried terribly in the afternoon also in the evening.
I didn’t know what should I do and I tore many times because I was worried if he became sick. My mother said “ Every mother cry with their babies. Everybody becomes mother doing
that. “ to me.
When my mother went shopping for dinner, I took a nap with my son. Then I waked up and looked for my sister and her son. I thought they were going shopping with mother automatically. And then I realized they got home and I missed them and cried.
I called my sister. Then I cried again.
When my mother came home, she realized and said “ Were you crying? “ to me.
And she said “ you’re lucky your sister got back when you had a baby! And you might not have a chance to spend such a long time together, right? “to me smiling.
By the way this picture is my son being bottlefed from my mother.

brother!

2011-07-27T04:33:00.001-07:00

Having gotten a knack for breastfeeding, my baby drank breast milk well on the fifth day of his birth.
My breast didn’t’ hurt even though I didn’t use the breast pump.
Then, I was gonna give my baby a bath for the first time.
I learned how to do it at the hospital but I couldn’t understand it well.
But I was OK. Because my sister came to my mother’s house after me having a baby and she was able to teach me the way she does it.
I was able to do it while learning how to do it from my sister.
After taking a bath I bottlefed him. He fell asleep comfortably.
At the night I didn’t realize when he started to cry at 11:30 at night for a while.
I didn’t feel tiredness but I was tired. I thought I would take a nap tomorrow.
And I put my baby on the side of me on the Futon bed.
By the way this picture is my baby and nephew.
My nephew knows baby is weak and has to take care of him by instinct.
He looked like he wanted to touch the baby but he didn’t know the way he treats it.
After few days he tried to touch the baby bit by bit.
He’s gonna become a brother for my baby.

he always looks cool and calm. that's funny!

2011-07-22T21:39:00.001-07:00

On the third day after having my baby I used the breast pump because a midwife told me to
use it. And I got much milk more than I imagined.
I heard it already but the milk looked pale milky yellow.
I made powdered milk also and he couldn’t wait for the milk and cried strongly four times
for the first time.
The loud cry came as a surprise to me!
I thought he got angry with it and it rushed me.
He looks calm and cool.
When he even poops, he keeps cool and calm like nothing happened.
It’s very funny and I like that!

I feel that it was a long time ago.

2011-07-21T17:48:00.000-07:00

About one month almost passed after having a baby.
I supposed to be with my baby at the same room on the following day of giving birth.
It was the first day when I spent time with my baby.
At the first night he didn’t stop to cry and I was wondering what to do and went to the
nurse station to get some advice.
Thinking back now, it was a long sleep.
He slept from at 3 to 6 in the morning. So I was able to sleep for 3 hours in a row.
But I was sleepy and talked with other mothers about it on the following morning.
I feel that it was a long time ago.

labor pain??? no way!

2011-06-24T05:27:00.000-07:00

Today I was gonna try to walk. The frozen drink was ready and anytime I was able to go.
But I was feeling different from usual days.
I was feeling like something that I had ever experienced.
The baby was going down and my tummy stretched too much.
And everytime I stepped, the baby went down something like that.
My tummy hurt a little.
I was just guessing was it labor pain?
No way!
Today the temperature reached 39 degrees in Kumagaya where is near Tokyo.
I left home and went to the park around at 3:30 with 3 rice balls and a frozen plastic bottled
tea and a not frozen plastic bottled tea.
But my tummy sometimes hurt. So I came back and went to the park near my house.
Because it takes an hour to go to the park where I went yesterday.
I got to the park but my tummy still hurt once a while. So I got home.
Tiding up the rooms a little bit, doing laundry and I prepared for going to the hospital.
They say “Forewarned is forearmed.”.
Yesterday I said “ I’m working for delivering you. So why don’t we work for it together!” to
my baby.. So he might start to come out.
What a good boy!
Anyway my time of pregnancy is almost over.
Thanks to everyone. It was fabulous time that I had never experienced.
Now I just ate two macarons that my colleagues got to me and kept in the fridge.
Because if I was in the hospital, I couldn’t eat them for a while.

taking a walk at the park in the next town

2011-06-23T05:34:00.000-07:00

I got a check up for the baby yesterday. The doctor who was strict was his first time to exam me and I was warned various things.
He might tell it up to me. But his words made me scary.
My baby is coming out soon. So I decided to walk for 3 hours a day.
The first day, today, I decided to go to the park in the next town.
I walked from my house there for an hour, walked in the park for an hour and walked to my house for an hour.
I left home before 11 in the morning. So I got hungry when I got to the park.
I brought three rice balls that we call “ Onigiri “.
I cooked rice with the pressure cooker in the morning and put sea weeds called Kombu that was simmered in soy sauce in the rice and wrapped it with sea weed called Nori.
The rice balls were really delish.
I sweated a lot. That’s why the salt of the sea weed was definitely the thing that I wanted.
Many people got sunpoisoning already.
So I walked in the jogging road while drinking enough water and was careful not to be too much hot.
The sound of birds singing and of leaves swinging felt so comfortable. So I didn’t need to listen to the music.
Sometimes I rubbed my tummy and said “ Mom is working for delivering you. So you try to work for it. “ to my baby.
Anyway it was too much hot in the park around at noon. I felt my temperature going up.
So I took some break while reading a book at the lobby in the public hall where I found by coincidence. And then I got home.
I left home before 11 in the morning and go home over at 4 in the afternoon.
I was tired but it felt very good. I was able to finish today comfortable.
So I’ll go to the park tomorrow again!

Super Cool Biz

2011-06-19T17:11:00.001-07:00

My husband’s company started to do “ Super Cool Biz “.
It means co-workers can work wearing an aloha shirt and chino pants not a business suit.
But nobody hasn’t done that yet.
Because they can’t visit their customers wearing that.
We have to save the electricity this summer. It’s our first priority!
So why don’t all companies start to do “ Super Cool Biz “!
I changed the tablecloth on the table for summer.
I got this cloth in New Caledonia.
I enjoy feeling like summer before summer!

world heritage, Shirakawago

2011-06-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

I went to Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa and stayed in Toyama thing in the last half of the holiday in May.
By coincidence I went to Toyama in the same holiday last year.
My husband told me that he wanted to go to eat fresh fish that took from near the fishing port called Himi.
I was satisfied to eat fresh fish when I went traveling with my family in the beginning of the holiday. So it was not that I wanted to eat it but we ended up going to the restaurant to be able to eat it.
There were men who were in the same generation as us and enjoyed drinking around there.
I guess they went to the same school.
I was surprised when I heard their conversations.
Because one of them talked about the same area as I live.
I found out he lives there and he got back there because of the holiday.
In the following day we left for Shirakawago where I really wanted to go.
Taking a walk around the town, and we got on the train.
It was crowded because of the holiday and I saw few foreigners.
We took the bus after the train for few hours. And then finally we got there.
The scenery from the high hill looked like a diorama.
Shiwakawago was a very small town more than I imagined.
There were people who live there. It means the town was not the town for the tourists.
But it was organized for the tourist.
Clean much water was running in the canal and it was like time passed slowly there.
Local children played in the unwatered rice fields.
It was looked like the scenery of 30 years ago.
There were few accommodations there but we couldn’t book there.
So we took the bus for a half hour and got to a B&B where we were able to soak in the hot spring.
There were small bathtubs like for family use and the rooms where you can hear the voice from next rooms.
The B&B was very small and meals that were served there were very simple.

one of Japan's three most beautiful gardens called Kenrokuen

2011-06-02T05:03:00.000-07:00

I wanna talk about the thing in the last half of the holiday in May.
We, Japanese, have a week holiday on the beginning of May. It would be boring if you stayed home all days.
I was 8 months pregnant. So I couldn't get on the plane and I’m a short on physical strength.
That's why I couldn't go traveling far away.
We go traveling to the north of Japan often. But that’s too bad I should avoid going there.
And I came up with going to the middle of Japan. It’s Hokuriku and Shirakawago in Gifu.
I had been thinking I wanna go there when I saw pictures that Kay took there.
But it was hard to book accommodations and trains on the day before our date of departure.
Every accommodation was fully booked. And then my husband found them for a half day.
We took high-class seats of two trains. So it was very comfortable and we were able to sleep
there. We didn’t have any plans. So we decided to go to a famous beautiful Japanese garden called Kenrokuen.
It was already over when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. But it looked very shinning in the garden in the season when the fresh greens come out.
The season when the leaves turn red or yellow is good but in the spring when various lives come out I feel like getting energies from them.
My SONY camera that my husband got for my birthday is small as a digital single-lens reflex camera. But it’s very good. So when we go to the beautiful places, my husband and I compete to take good pictures by it.
The garden was larger than I imagined and I got tired easily because my bump became bigger every single day. So I walked while being out of breath and rubbing my bump.
I heard snow covered the garden is much more beautiful but it looked very beautiful.

going over being at work

2011-05-31T09:37:00.001-07:00

Last Thursday it was the last day before my maternity leave.
Going to work after about two weeks it was a hassle actually.
I was a little bit anxious to keep standing on the train with my bump much bigger than before.
After getting pregnant I left home before 7 in the morning everyday.
8 months flied and I can’t believe I’m becoming mother after a month.
When I had a morning sickness it was hard to go to work.
When you get pregnant, you get sleepy. So I got sleepy strongly often and I got home around at 8 and I was asleep before my head hit the pillow around at 9.
And I didn’t vomit but I felt sick always. Especially when I was so hungry, it was getting worse.
So I brought a bite size of apples in a tapper wear to work.
You know you call it morning sickness but I felt sick after work worse than in the morning.
So it was hard time to got on the train after work.
I hadn’t had a big bump. Even I put a key holder of expecting mothers on my bag, I hardly took a seat also most people didn’t give me their seat.
When I got to the grocery store near my house, I sometimes wanted to sit on the floor because of feeling sick terribly.
In January I was 3 months pregnant. And I was thinking I was gonna feel sick until my baby coming out. But the morning sickness was gone without knowing in the middle of February.
My task at work was not decreasing. Instead, I was getting busy much more than before.
It was hard to work after getting pregnant. So I was glad when I started to take paid holidays two weeks ago.
And I was really happy and I enjoyed spending time after becoming a full time wife.
Because my house kept clean and I was able to do various things that I couldn’t do it after working.
So I had been thinking I couldn’t go ba ck to work anymore.
But going to work after a while, I was gonna miss being at work and it was not bad to keep working, I thought.
Every single day I have to go to work even if I’m not in the mood to go to work and sometimes
I have difficult tasks. In addition I have to study and I’m under the pressure because my boss wants me to do high level tasks more than when I was 20.
But it’s worth to do them.
You have to communicate with people who you don’t like at work. If you’re a full time house wife, you don’t need to do though.
But that’s why you can meet various attractive people and you can become friends with them because you work at the company.
You get money because you work hard. Getting paid is not easy.
But it’s worth to do it.
I go back to work after the maternity leave. So I don’t have to forget it.
And I wanna enjoy spending time as a fulltime house wife.
By the way I took this picture in Toyama last year.

Salad* of onion, Mizuna and Tomato

2011-05-24T16:51:00.000-07:00

My father-in-law sent us various vegetables that he grows at his garden.
He lives in the south of Japan. It means he lives in the safe area.
Recently I haven’t eaten spinach. This time he sent us them and other good vegetables.
So I was able to eat much good salad after a long time!

these happy days

2011-05-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

my maternity leave started.
Yesterday it was my second day being a full time housewife that is addictive.
I wake my husband up, made dinner and had it together.
Then I saw my husband out and I was relaxed while watching TV.
And then I took food on the trays in the fridge and washed the trays.
I wanna clean each place in my house in turns everyday.
I’ve wanted to do that!
Small things make me joyful and happy.
And yesterday I went to see the doctor to check my baby.
I was worried because my baby was in breech position but my baby turned around in this
two weeks and he is head down now.
I’m relieved. My baby is a very good boy. Thanks to my baby!
Many people say “ You must be looking forward to seeing your baby. Your baby is almost
coming out. “ to me. But I’m gonna missing being pregnant more than looking forward to
seeing my baby.
Probably these 8 months was the happiest time in my life.
Pregnancy is much more wonderful experience than I imagined and I didn’t feel maternity blue.
I watch news about young couples kill or abuse their babies on TV many times.
Why I was able to feel that is that I’m not in my twenties and that’s why I was able to feel that
and have space in my mind. I thought of that when my friend called me last night.
Each person has the best timing. My best timing is now probably.
The storks with batons that left from me are almost to my best friends.
I wanna say “The storks are working on it. So why don’t you keep at it. “ to them.
By the way this picture is a picture that my husband took in Toyama.

a wonderful trip

2011-05-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

The establishment where we stayed this time was a little bit expensive.
At the entrance much stuff waited for us, and they bowed all together.
This establishment was large and courtyard was beautiful.
We were able to stay at two big joinable rooms.
My nephew called U-chan was more than delighted to crawl in the large Japanese styled room more than usual.
My husband got used to take care of our nephew.
So he lifted up him when he moved to the dangerous place and he took him to various places to lift him up.
There was each small garden at the each small open air bath room.
We chose cypress bath and I soaked in it with my mother, sister and nephew.
My nephew called U-chan watched my big bump. So I said “ A boy like your brother is here. “
to him. Then he looked like understanding it and pointed himself and my sister’s stomach.
Probably he wanted to say “ I was here. “ to me.
I can’t soak in the bathtub for a long time. So I finished taking a bath soon.
At the end of the brilliant sunny day we had dinner at our room.
I wanted to drink after taking a bath but I made do with jasmine tea.
In addition I wanted to eat a ice cream but I didn’t eat it.
Evev so it was really wonderful time because I didn’t need care what to eat and I was able to enjoy going traveling with my family.
I don’t drink much tap water like I used to. So my water intake is decreasing more than before.
This time I left Tokyo and I drank water more than usual without knowing. So I waked up to go to the bathroom much more in the middle of the night.
It hasn’t been happening like that.

the first happy mother’s day*

2011-05-08T07:07:00.000-07:00

Today it's mother's day.
I do something for my mother-in-law for mother’s day but I don’t do something special
for my mother.
Mother-in-law seemed to be pleased to get orchid from my husband.
So she called his cell phone few hours ago.
My husband got a rose on the way home from the hair salon in the evening.
He handed it to me while saying “ You’re almost a mom.”
And he picked up Goya (bitter gourd) from the plastic bag and stir- fried it with some meat
and egg after checking a recipe on the net.
It was the best dish I had been eating. So I ate it while saying “ It’s very good. Very good! “.
He looked like he was happy also.
Today was the first happy mother’s day for me.

an attractive friend *

2011-04-26T07:38:00.001-07:00

I have an attractive friend at work.
It was lucky to meet him.
We met each other last August.
We enjoy talking about various things
Our characters are totally different from each other.
So there was a situation when I couldn't understand him and felt uncomfortable few times.
But basically the difference is interesting.
He likes reading books,too.
I think people who like reading books write beautiful sentence and they have various ways they describe about various things.
That's why when they text to me, I can enjoy reading it.
I like people who can describe various scenery and food beautifully and dramatically as I can imagine them even if I don't see them.
Also I want people to enjoy reading my sentences about scenery, food and such.
It's fun to text to each other with such people.
I wanna enjoy communicating with him anyway.
He is one of my valuable friends also not kind of like family.

One happy cherry blossoms-night

2011-04-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

I went to see cherry blossoms with an attractive person to Chidorigafuchi.
We enjoyed seeing them while eating a sandwich and some bread.
We shot the breeze and talking about something while taking a walk about for two hours.
I totally forgot the worry of radioactive materials.
It was one of happy night during the crisis.

Cherry blossoms, Japan, Hope*

2011-04-15T19:20:00.000-07:00

　

Cherry blossoms are more beautiful when you see them at night.
It looks like a sexy mysterious woman.
In Japan we say there is a female body under the cherry blossoms and that’s why they look
mysteriously beautiful.
Springs come, I think “ Is Japan attractive, or what? “
Coz when cherry blossoms bloom is the hottest news in springs.
Anyone know such a country around the world there is?
But this spring I hardly heard such news.
Every news program announces news about Fukushima nuclear plants.
That's too bad.
I hope things are getting well and such a terrible crisis doesn’t happen again.

Now a little bit strong earthquake is hitting here!!

Cherry blossoms*

2011-04-14T16:33:00.001-07:00

　

Few days ago I watched a news that big earthquakes happen again in a short time.
We have to be careful.
There are a lot of worries still now.
But cherry blossoms are blooming.
And it makes us happy and we can forget all worries when we see them.
I took this picture at Suitengu shrine.

The nuclear accident level raised to maximum

2011-04-12T06:01:00.000-07:00

This picture is a scenery in Fukushima. I took this picture when I went traveling there about two years ago.
Japan's nuclear safety agency has raised the crisis level of the Fukushima nuclear plant to 7 from the current 5.
Why does this have to happen to us?......

clean green vegetables after a while

2011-04-06T06:32:00.000-07:00

Tonight I ate a lot of green vegetable for dinner after a week or more.
My-father-in law sent me many vegetables that he grew at the garden.
I cut the all leaves of Daikon and fried them in the pan.
I bit some thick stems of it while frying them.
I fried all of them and put most of them in freezer. And I fried a few rice with some of them
and soy sauce.
I cut some radish on the cutting board while cooking and bit them.
Adding a drop of mineral water and broccoli in the pan and I put the cover on it.
I steamed it not boil it.
Vegetables that my father-in-law sent me are not contained radioactive materials.
So it would be waste to boil them with lightly polluted tap water.
These days I try to cook without tap water.
For instance when I make croquettes., I didn’t boil potato and steamed it in the
microwave. Plus when I cook pumpkin, I put some mineral water and pumpkin in the pan and
put the head on it. I hardly use water to cook various food.
I make some efforts to cook with only a small amount of mineral water not to be stressed out.
I kind of gave up getting used to drinking tap water contained radioactive material.

worried about radioactive materila but I wanna value precious time to be pregnant

2011-04-01T21:08:00.000-07:00

Time flies and the stork arrives in 3 months.
My bump became big and I became anemic and I managed to stand there with an umbrella.
Then I fainted suddenly without knowing.
I can run full marathon and I have confidence about stamina.
Even I faint suddenly during pregnancy, I found out having a baby in the womb is really tough for the mother again.
The trains don’t run as usual because of saving on electricity. That’s why it’s really packed in the train-cars even when I get on them between 6 o’clock to 7 o’clock.
I’m scared if my bump is pressed there.
So I save some space for my bump with my arms and protect it.
Getting to the stations, most escalators don’t work for saving on electricity and you have to go up the stairs many times.
Every time when I go up the stair, I have to stop walking not to become anemic.
Even I b I’m become anemic, I’m gonna miss being pregnant.
I’ve been thinking I gotta value this special fabulous time.
These days are different from before in Tokyo.
Most lights are off on the signs and billboards and one streetlight out of two streetlights is off.
It’s dark in the street more than before.
But I’m getting used to it and on the other hand I think it was too much bright before.
Everyday I see the notice that says “ one per person “ at the grocery store after work.
But yogurt and other various food is gone already because people got them by night.
So I can’t seem to get food that I want.
But I make some efforts to get a lot of nutrition as possible as I can.
I do it for my baby not for me.
But it means, you can say my baby protects my body.
Thinking of it, I can't stop loving my baby.
Now the amount of radioactive material is 5.63 Bq/kg in the tap water.
It's less than the moment when it was raining.
But it's more than the amount of it when a week passed after this earthquake.
The amount of it was 1.47 Bq/kg.
If it was 300 Bq/kg, you can't drink tap water.
So I think it's OK to drink it but I'm worried about it because babies are tiny.
asking mothers who have kids about it, they don't give their kids tap water.
Reading the information of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, it says “At the current moment when pregnant and breast-feeding women drink lightly polluted tap water everyday,
it’s not health damage for mother and baby. But fetus and infant could be susceptible to
radioactive material and the less they’re damaged by it, the better it is for them.
So if you could get drink instead of tap water, you should better drink it. “
I’ve been thinking I gotta get used to drinking tap water contained radioactive material.
But I can’t seem to drink it. It takes more time to enjoy drinking hot miso soup made from tap water.

there was a usual day in the west of Japan+

2011-03-28T08:01:00.000-07:00

At night on 17th of March my husband and I made a decision to take a day and a half day off
and go to see his grandmother in the hospital all of sudden.
We left Tokyo and went to Nagoya where is in the west of Japan.
Getting there, there was time as usual.
Around at 11:30 many businessmen walked to the station after going drinking
Bright lights sparkled there and people enjoyed spending time as usual.
They talked about something and shot the breeze, laughed while walking.
I was relieved in the crowd.
We got to the hotel around at midnight.
I went to the top floor to soak in hot right away spring when I got there.
I washed my hair and body and I stretched my legs in the large bathtub. And then I went to the bathtub outside.
I met a local young woman there and talked with her for a while.
She works in the railway.
And she said “ Many customers want to go to the north of Japan to find their relatives.”
to me. She talked about people in Nagoya after the earthquake.
I told her how shocked I was and the atmosphere in Tokyo. The talking soothed me
and I was gonna cry even though my house wasn’t broken by this earthquake.
Needless to say, spending simple normal usual days is really happy, I thought.
I hope we get back such a usual day as soon as possible.
My husband and I liked the north of Japan.
I’m gonna work on everybody getting back the usual days, work hard and pay tax for
our country being able to help people and Japanese economy not slowing.
I never forget the bitterness even after few years and I’ll help them as possible as I can.
By the way this picture is a picture that my husband took at Kofuku-temple in Nara.

I believe in everything going well

2011-03-21T01:23:00.000-07:00

　

I learned how to bake this tart the day before the earthquake.
This lesson was the last beginner's lesson.
These days many men are working in the front of the nuclear plants.
They risked their lives even though they have family.
I'm thinking of various things.
But now I have to live strongly not to be worried too much.
I should get my mind off of it.
I gotta work hard and save on electricity.
Don't worry about anything too much.
I believe in everything going well.

something that we have to think about

2011-03-15T00:51:00.000-07:00

　

I took this picture on Sunday two weeks ago when I took a walk with my husband.
I can’t jog after getting pregnant. So I started to walk on weekends not to be out of shape.
Looking back, it was a scene of peaceful life.
Going out while saying “ We are going where? “, and we went to the opposite side as usual route. Then we found a plum glove park near the park and found a shrine we haven’t gone to.
My husband used not to pray but after me getting pregnant he started to pray.
On the way to park we found stone-roasted sweet potatos-seller-car. And we got a middle size of potato and shared it.
It tasted sweet and it was delish.
It was not much of a subtle day but I found out that living safe and sound is a very happy thing.
I don’t need any exciting.
So on this occasion we, at least Japan, should try to find other way of energy supply instead of nuclear plants.
We must chose inconvenient not convenient and safe of our lives.
I’ve read a Japanese mystery novel connected to the nuclear plants and I was able to find out the fear of it.
Why don’t we think about the nuclear plants.
And we want our thinking to change the safe of our lives.
I heard rescue teams from US, England, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mexico, Russia and France on the news.
Not only rescue teams also many people from other countries are cheering up us.
In my case not only Maria from Austria also Maria from Belgium and Kra-chan from Canada invite me every time when I make a decision.
Pharm-san from HK told me if I need something, he’ll send anything except diamonds.
I don’t forget to thank them and return the favor.

thankfulness and anxiousness

2011-03-14T01:52:00.000-07:00

I haven’t been able to believe this is reality yet.
Last Friday I left work at 7:30 at night and walked to the office where my husband works at.
Then we walked to our house together.
I’ve never imagined I had to walk for such a long time even though I was 7 months pregnant.
We got to our house around at 2 at midnight.
I didn’t think I used it but I put my running shoes under the desk at work just in case.
But it was helpful this time.
There were women who asked us to ride their car on the road at the two stops from my station.
So I was able to drive home for a while. I really appreciated it.
Because my bump became like a balloon since it becomes like that when mother body gets tired.
That’s why my husband brought my band and I walked while holding my bump.
This earthquake was terrible big that I’ve ever experienced but I’m scared the radioactive leak
more than the earthquake.
After the earthquake foreign friends whom I met on the blog and during the trip sent me
message on the blog also facebook.
Per say, Norway, England, US, Hawaii, HK, Belgium, Greece, Austria, Taiwan, Italy, Spain and
such.
Maria from Austria told me her husband and she would be very happy if I came to us to Vienna
and you should make a decision to do that.
A friend from HK posted an article that Chinese gives thumbs up to Japanese people for how
they r being patient and discipline even earthquake has happened. They'll wait and queue up
also help others.
I’m more than delighted they care me also Japanese.
But I’m worried if my baby goes bad by the radioactivity.
But a Japanese friend whom I met on the blog was able to see that I had a boy since few years ago
and she told me my boy is a strong boy and he is fine.
I wanna believe her words.
I took this picture on the street in Tokyo last Friday when I walked home from work.

ginger is good for your throat!

2011-03-05T18:27:00.000-08:00

There is a lot of woman who works after having a baby at work.
I’d say our company is a good company since women can keep working after it.
There was news that many women got fired when they took maternity leave.
But it’s not unthinkable at our company.
Not only mothers at the same division but also mothers at the other division talk to me.
They say “ How’re you and your bump doing? “ or “ Your bump is becoming bigger. “
I’m more than delighted they’re kind and nice to me.
Time flies and I’m 7 months pregnant already.
Getting pregnant is greater than I imagined.
Also the bigger my bump becomes, the more pleasure I am and I think this moment is
valuable.
I wanna meet my baby soon but I’m gonna miss being pregnant….
I have a very strong body but I was coming down with something this week.
I had a sore throat but I couldn’t gargle with mouthwash, take a medicine and suck on a
lozenge, So I had been drinking a tea with grated ginger and apple this week.
Not only my throat soothing also getting well. It’s very good for your throat!
When your throat hurts, try to suck a slice of ginger instead of lozenges.
The spicy tasting feels very nice for you sore throat like lozenges.
Try it!
By the way I took this picture in Nikko when I went traveling last month.

Tokyo Marathon 2011*

2011-03-03T04:00:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday the fifth Tokyo marathon was held in Tokyo.
My mother ran the race fifth times and I cheered her for fifth times.
This year I’m pregnant. So I was wondering if I went there for her.
But Tokyo marathon’s system was changed and people who paid much money could
participated in the race or could entry before other people next Tokyo marathon.
So my mother might not be able to participate in it next year and I decided to go there for her.
My sister asked her husband to take care of her son and she went to Ginza with me
before at noon.
There were many people who cheered runners for there and those people has increased.
I found out that this marathon became one of famous festivals for everyone.
When we waited for mother around Kyobashi, we saw two Japanese famous celebrities.
Then mother appeared!
We cheered for her loudly and took her pictures. And then sister ran while saying “ Keep at it! “
and I just walked to near the station.
We took the train and waited for her again around in Toyosu. Then we found her again!
Sister ran and I walked along the course again.
Every year mother gets old but she can run the full marathon for 4 and a half hours.
Is our mother great, or what?
I haven’t imagined the older you get, the less the physical strength decreases.
It’s a relief my mother finished running the full marathon safe and sound.
Someday I wanna run Tokyo marathon but only cheering for my mother is fun.
I want my mother to participate in Tokyo marathon next year, too.

I feel my baby is moving!

2011-02-26T06:22:00.000-08:00

I had been thinking I could feel the fetus moving soon.
People say, “ Do you feel the fetus moving? “ to me a lot. Also I read the same thing
in a book.
I heard you feel like your intestine moving or something.
Sometimes I thought this might be the moving?! But I was not sure.
Last Thursday on 17th of February when I slept at night, I felt my baby moving!
It kind of tickled in the stomach.
Yeah, it’s true I felt like my intestine moving.
If you could feel it even once, you’d feel it often. Everybody said so. Yeah, it7s true.
Especially when I sleep at night, I feel like that how I can explain in my stomach.
It’s like fish swimming in the water.
And then I feel like it a lot a whole day.
During being at work, eating out, being on the train and watching the website of Michael
Sandel who is a professor at Harvard University.
He moved inside me to seem like being able to listen to difficult English words that
I couldn’t listen to.
He might raise his hand since he wanted to say his opinions.
I think it was really happy to be able to experience various things through pregnancy
experience.
There are many experiences and feelings that I had never imagined.
The longer pregnancy period is, the more I appreciate it.
Also I feel happy and calm.
Recently my mother, my best friend from college and some people said “ aya became pretty.”
or “ You look calm, very nice and young. “ to me.
I wanna love my baby who gives me calm happiness before he is born.

about three-day-holiday*

2011-02-22T14:58:00.000-08:00

I went to Nikko with my husband all of sudden on the three-day-holiday.
We hardly found the accommodations on the first day of the holidays and everything
was booked on the net.
I tried to call an accommodation in the tourist association by coincidence and one room
was cancelled.
So we decided to book it and pack our stuff. Then we went out.
It was snowing a lot and we had to walk with the bag. So we had to cut down stuff as
possible as we could.
I had a essay book written by Haruki Murakami that a person gave me in a bag.
I let a person borrow my book but the person bought the new same book for me and the person
keeps my book at home.
Putting that aside,
We walked to the station without umbrellas under the snowing.
It had been a long time since it was snowing a lot last time in Tokyo.
And I was pleased I was able to enjoy spending winter finally!
I like cold weather in winter.
Around at noon we got to Asakusa and there weren’t express trains. So we took a local train
to Nikko.
We imagined it was not crowded on the train but it was packed.
Everybody wanted to go traveling on three-day-holiday.
We couldn’t get lunch box. So we got only two rice balls, some snacks and two bottles of green
Tea. Then we got on the train.
We weren’t enough only to have one rice ball but we had to eat some snacks instead of lunch
Boxes.
The scenery from the window was like a monochrome drawing.
And I went traveling to Greece in the book.
When it was dark, we got to Nikko.
In Nikko there were a lot of people and it was snowing hard.

the stork that brings the happiness

2011-02-13T04:23:00.000-08:00

Last Monday it was the day when I was able to look at 4D of my baby that I had
been looking forward to.
It’s fun to see 4D that is different from looking at monochrome images of it.
An unfriendly doctor said “ lie there and take off your clothing to the waist.”
And he said “ You want to know a boy or a girl? “ right away when I lay down.
Before I finished all words he said " A boy " to me.
I was so surprised at it. And I said " Is it true? Isn't it wrong? " to him. He said " Look at this."
while pointing at it between legs of the baby.
Yeah, it's true.
There wasn't a reason but I was sure my baby was a girl.
So I was shocked. Because I hadn't imagined my baby was a boy.
I had said " My baby must be pretty like me. That' why U-chan might fall in love to her." like
that to my sister and I decided to what I name the baby.
My mother and other people told us the same thing.
I think boys are cute since my nephew is cute. So I’ve thinking it’s good my kid were boy.
I called my husband right away and he was really surprised at it, too.
After the hospital I walked to my sister’s house for twenty minutes.
My mother stopped by there and she said “ Your baby must be a good company for your
nephew. Look forward to seeing him very much.“
I was worried if my baby was gone. So I said “ Is my baby alive? “ to the doctor every time
when I went to see the doctor. In addition I couldn’t believe I’m pregnant. But seeing the
baby who is shaped human being is alive in my body, I feel happy and look forward to seeing
my baby.
The worry and the happiness and how tough pregnant women are, I didn’t see them if
I didn’t experience.
I appreciate the experience that God gave me.
I experience such a great happy thing that I can’t change something else.
The stork is getting to me in a half year.
The stork is going to my best friends to pass the baton from me.

cut down sugar and salt

2011-02-08T05:42:00.000-08:00

These days I'm putting on weight!
But I can’t jog like when I haven’t gotten pregnant. Plus I don’t have time to walk
on weekdays.
So I gotta be careful what I eat.
In addition expecting mothers have to cut down salt.
That’s why I started to write down what I eat since last night.
I wanna count calories next time.
* Today’s menu *
+ Tofu hamburger steak . Daikon steak . fried leek
+ sliced cabbage . fried burdock and carrot with sweet soy sauce
+ rice . miso-soup with various vegetables

I'm almost 6 months pregnant!

2011-02-05T19:30:00.000-08:00

We can see 4D of the baby at our hospital.
Finally I can see my baby next Monday.
When I told my husband about it, he said “ 4D? Is it wired? It means 3D plus time?
It must be 3D! “
So I said “ The first thing you say is that? ??”
On the other day I told my sister’s family about it, my sister told me her husband was the same
action as my husband.
This week I talked with a male colleague at the lunch time.
His wife is gonna having a baby soon and I told him about it.
Then he said “ 4D? This is what? Is it wired? “
Oh, are men argumentative, or what?
a half year passed without knowing since I got pregnant.
I wanna enjoy spending time as an expecting mother!
I’m almost 6 months pregnant.

reading books calmly instead of blogging

2011-01-13T05:05:00.000-08:00

It’s the third week of January without knowing after new year and starting to work.
Time flies everyday.
These days I hardly turn on my PC and I often read the book on holidays.
I’m into an author and I finish reading his novels one after another.
I requested his some works and I finished reading one novel a day.
I used to read books on the train on the way to work.
So there are a lot of attractive works of his.
I learned this author from an attractive man that I met.
Some people like reading books and some people don’t like it.
I was lucky to read books since a child because my parents like reading books.
Books that I used to read were not only easy to read but also difficult to read.
So I can enjoy reading difficult books also easy books.
You can able to expend your world through reading books, also connect with many people
through the books.
I can’t count people who connect with me through books.
I connected with the executive director also younger colleagues.
I got along with elder people also young people through books.
When I become a mother, I wanna tell my kids pleasure to read books.
By the way this picture is Galette des Rois that I got for the first time.

Happy new years*

2011-01-04T05:33:00.001-08:00

Happy new years!
I went to my parents’ house on New year’s and spent pleasant time with my sister’s family,
grand mother, mother and us.
I made 5 dishes of Japanese special dishes for new year and I ate other dishes that my
mother and my sister’s husband’s mother.
Ozoni( mochi with vegetables and chicken soup) was delish.
That’s why I’ve gained weight probably.
New year holiday passed quickly.
My tired body and heart soothed perfectly.
My nephew called U-chan was very cute when he waked up in the morning.
Why don’t we spend wonderful and happy year!

it was great pleasant year this year

2010-12-30T17:02:00.001-08:00

There are a lot of unforgettable things this year.
I met attractive people this year.
They’re important necessary people in life.
I was able to read great books and take a great seat of BONJOVI’s concert.
I wish, I’m sure it’s a great pleasant year next year*

Happy Christmas*

2010-12-24T06:03:00.001-08:00

This year I was able to see important people.
One is the one, one became my valuable friend and one is the person that I can’t imagine yet
how amazing and wonderful the person is, but I know I love the person.
Various things happened this year.
But I can’t forget this year and I’m so happy to live this year.
Thanks to God. I really appreciate it.
I wish all people a merry Christmas*
I wanna give my happiness to you*

I hope for there to be peace

2010-11-26T07:27:00.001-08:00

The two countries are on shaky ground.
When I got back from Saipan, I met an American army on the plane.
He was young and he was on the way to Korea.
He missed his family already and he looked nervous.
Because he had to be in Korea for a year.
When I talked with him, I said " I hope nothing happens. ".
of course he answered " hope so. "
He is in Korea still now.
I hope nothing happens.
I hope for there to be peace.

French toast*

2010-11-21T01:16:00.001-08:00

When I lose my appetite, the things that I wanna eat are dishes that my mother used to make.
Per say, a salad, French toast, fried lightly browned mix vegetables, Madeleine and such.
There are a lot of food that I wanna eat but when I lose my appetite, I found out that I like
Western dished more than Japanese dishes.
I wanna eat the salad that my mother make more than the salad that I make.
My mother makes dressing to sprinkle some salt to pour sour and olive oil roughly.
There are various recipes for good dressings but the dressing that she makes is the best.
This week I had been thinking that I want my mother to make that and it on my way home
from work even though I lost my appetite.
That’s why I made French toast for breakfast yesterday.
Usually I eat a piece of bread but when I made French toast I cleared two pieces of bread right
away.
It’s easy and simple to cook and that’s my favorite dish.

The thing that I was more than delighted is……

2010-11-14T05:41:00.000-08:00

My husband who’s been coming home late got something for me.
He got me a stole as a surprise present. It’s good for me when it’s getting cold.

Last Friday night I visited my sister’s house.
When I left there around at 10, my nephew called U-chan started to cry.
Because he didn’t want me to come home.
I was more than delighted even though I knew it was a kind of coincidence. He was just
mood to do it. He is just 5 months old.

Around at 5 in the evening on Saturday the phone rang.
It was from my friend called Mcchi. It’s been a while to talk with her.
I emailed her in the morning. Then she called me.
We couldn’t stop talking to each other and ended up to enjoy talking for an hour n half hours.
I was more than delighted she called me after a long time.
I wanna see her again.

On Saturday night I ate out with my mother.
An Italian restaurant where we went was closed down. So we went to another restaurant
to eat nicer restaurant than usual to eat hamburger steak.
We enjoyed eating hamburger steak, rice, miso-soup and Italian salad.
My mother asked me to stay at her house. So I decided to do it.
It was a little bit narrow on my old bed. But I was more than delighted to eat some veggie
Sandwiches that my mother made. I ate them for breakfast. And I brought them home and
ate them for lunch, too.

Pleasant weekend is almost over.
I have to get up early every morning from tomorrow.

I know it but BON JOVI is fabulous!

2010-11-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

I listen to various songs and I’m in the mood to listen to calm soothing songs like Enya
and I get powers from young female artists’ songs.
For instance I’ve been liking Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus. In addition I’ve been listening
to songs of Katy Perry.
When I jog and go to work, my body pounds and I can’t stop shaking my hands while walking.
These days I’ve been listening to songs of BON JOVI again.
I know it but they’re really fabulous.
A song that I often hum is “Captain Crush and the beauty Queen form Mars “.
There are rhyming words in the lyric and it’s easy to hum also it’s fun to sing.
I haven’t gotten a ticket of their concert on November yet but I wanna go there….
I’ve been thinking of it.
By the way I took this picture in Saipan.

＊　you tube→ “Captain Crush and the beauty Queen form Mars “　

one plate dinner

2010-10-27T16:33:00.000-07:00

When my husband comes home late, I make dinner at home or eat out because it’s a hassle.
It’s depends on my feelings.
If I can come up with something that I wanna go and eat something in some restaurant
when I wanna eat out, I eat out. But most of time, I think I wanna eat out but I can’t
eat various good food in any restaurant.
Last night I thought I wanted to eat out but I decided to have dinner at home.
I made miso soup for two days since I can cut corners tonight. And I fried sliced Japanese
egg plants with Chinese seasonings and I can make the different Chinese dish from it
to put some seasoning tonight.
I’ll come home early tonight and be relaxed with a lap blanket after taking a hot bath.

sweet mom*

2010-10-04T08:53:00.001-07:00

It passed over 2 months since my sister had the baby. But I can’t believe it yet.
I can’t imagine such a cute nephew was in my sister.
I shouldn’t say it but my nephew looks really cute.
I think of it not because of my sister’s baby because he looks cute.
I see him once a week but I always want to see him. So I often his pictures in my camera
and cell and say “ He’s really cute. “
I got happiness and a power from him many times.
When I’m with him, my stress, anger and worries go away.
I just feel happy.
My sister is a new mom and she’s been a mom in the rest of her life.
She’s a good mom, I think.
She hasn’t enough sleep since she had a baby. But she seems like she doesn’t think
it’s hard to do it and keeps at it.
In addition she seems like she enjoys raising her baby. Needles to say, she loves
her baby vary much and she is nice to him.
And I sometimes think she became mother.
For instance when the water heater at her house was broken, she had to boil water
with the kettle and put the hot water in the baby bathtub. Then she gave her baby a bath.
Suddenly he, her baby, peed in it.
My sister washed her body with the peed water.
My nephew called U-chan tells his mother. So she talks to him, he smiles and he looks
please.
My sister’s shoulders didn’t get stiff before she had a baby.
But when I massaged her back, it got stiff.
I used to getting rubbed my back by her but on the day I gave her a massage.
Holding the baby is the same as holding a bag of rice. Yeah, it’s tough to keep doing it
everyday.
Even if she has to wash her body by him peed water, he’s sometime upset.
When he is upset, he doesn’t see her eyes.
Mom takes care of him as possible as she can anytime.
Mom is great.
Of course my nephew is really cute even if he’s upset.
My sister doesn’t work but she is much busier than me.
I want her to keep at it as possible as she can.

I practiced to bake macaron!

2010-09-26T04:23:00.001-07:00

I learned the way I bake macaron the day before yesterday.
Today I practiced to bake it!
I haven’t gotten a knack for it yet but I got a hint for it.
I’ll practice it again soon!
So, why don’t you come over and try some!

three-day-holiday

2010-09-20T15:13:00.001-07:00

Three-day-holiday is over.
I worked on the first day of three-day-holiday.
On the first day and the second day I spent time with my family.
And on the last day that means today I cleaned my house and watched DVD and
I did it something like this picture.
I scrapped some happy things that I don’t wanna forget and some pleasant words from
some people.
By the way these words are words from my valuable friend called Linda.
Starting to do that, I’m absorbed in doing it.
night night, everyone. Have a happy week!

I wanna spend time in Toscan this fall

2010-09-06T08:11:00.001-07:00

I’ve enjoyed reading a paperback entitled “under the Toscan sun’’ on the way to work.
It’s fun to read it. in addition this time I check all unknown words in the dictionary.
When I read a paperback for studying. I sometimes get tired of reading it.
Because it’s too slowly to read it. So I used to read it not checking unknown words in dictionary
just imagining their meanings.
But if I don’t use the dictionary, I can’t memorize new English words also I can’t use the way
I express. That’s why it’s a little bit hassle checking them but I try to check them in the
dictionary.
For now I enjoy finding out their meaning even though I already know other words that
have the same meaning as them.
I wanna be able to use the words usually.
This fall I wanna enjoy reading the paperback slowly while sipping coffee.
By the way I took this picture at Giou-temple in Kyoto of Japan.

my colorful dinner

2010-09-01T07:54:00.001-07:00

When I eat out for few days in a row, I often rack green and yellow vegetables.
So I try to eat colorful vegetables at home.
Last night my husband came home late, too. So I ate some dishes with some bread
for dinner. Sometimes I wanna eat some bread even for dinner.
You know, most Japanese people eat rice for dinner.
I like eating a piece of bread with salad or soup.
I’ve thought it but I was not Japanese in my previous life, right?
** Today’s Menu **
+ Salad of carrot and tuna
+ Salad of pumpkin
+ croquet with corn croquette
+ boiled Komatsuna
+ bread

I like my tan skin

2010-08-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

We packed our staff on the previous day of the travel.
So I forgot T-shirt that we wear when we snorkel.
But I thought it’s not bad if we get a sun tan also we had only few hours to snorkel.
So we would be OK to use sunscreen.
But we got sun tan a little bit too much.
Of course peels started peeling after a week. Yeah, we had a tan.
It’s not bad.
This summer it’s way too hot. Women who are careful not to get cold.
might tell me off but I don’t wear socks and wear sleeveless something.
Naked legs and sleeveless shirts go with my tan skin.
Tan legs look slim also the anklet looks beautiful on tan legs.
Both arms look slim also and the skin looks beautiful, probably.
People say “ I’m jealous of your white skin. “ to me at times.
But I like this my tan skin
Then I hope I don’t get some spots.
By the way I took this picture at Kashima in the south of Japan called Shikoku.

Crazy for you *+

2010-08-22T07:51:00.001-07:00

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you

“ Crazy for you “ Madonna

fireworks in the blue sky*

2010-08-12T16:40:00.000-07:00

　

My sister’s family used to go to see the fireworks together but this year my sister
just had a baby. So they couldn’t go there.
When my husband and I got some alcohol to drink while seeing fireworks, he was
disappointed while saying “ Are you sure they can’t coming? “ many times.
By the way after counting down many fireworks set off. Every year we saw it and
I get goose bumps every year.
I like seeing the fireworks that pyrotechnician made after listening to the title of them.
Their name are written by Chinese characters and unique.
My mother said the name again and enjoyed seeing them together.
Drinking while seeing fireworks is fun.
I waited for the fireworks for 5 house this year but they finished setting off them only
for one and a half hour.
We were sitting there drinking after finishing for a while and we got back home.
We stopped by a coffee shop and this year this fun event finished.

We're incredibly happy just to live

2010-08-09T04:14:00.000-07:00

In August we, Japanese, should go over World War 2. Because August 15th is the anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.
It’s not bad we have an opportunity to go over it once a year.
I hardly listen to the story about the war from people around me.
My mother was born after the war and my grandpa used to have disease a lot. That’s why he didn’t go to the battlefields.
My mother’s family used to go to not the center of Tokyo to avoid the attack from the other countries. So they were hardly in big troubles of it.
But I wanna listen to the stories about the war when I have opportunities.
A couple of weeks ago I visited my grandma and it was a coincidence to talk to me about the story related the war.
Her younger brother used to have a weak constitution. And he couldn’t be trained something for the war. But one day he got the order to go to the battlefields.
He went to Fukuoka, the south of Japan, by train and when he was gonna leave for Philippines,he ran a high fiver and he was forced to drop off.
She said “ If he left for Philippines, he could’n’ve gotten back home. “
You’re scared when you listen to the story about the war, right?
A grandma of my associate’s at work ran to the opposite direction.
as people who ran under the bridge when the air attack started suddenly.
She thought if she had run to the same place as everybody, the enemy would’ve attacked the place. It was right and she survived.
If her grandma hadn’t thought of that and her grandma had run to under the bridge,
her mother would’n’ve been here also my associate at work would’n’ve been here.
Thinking of that, each life is valuable and many miracles happened. That’s why you live.
Before going to Saipian I told my grandmother to go to Saipan. She said “ I don’t wanna listen to the name of Saipan because I remember the war. I was thinking you were going there to pray for soldiers? “ to me.
Yeah, only about 60 years ago the Pacific War happened not only in Saipan also Okinawa,Hiroshima, Tokyo and everywhere.
Many people were bombed out even in Tokyo.
You know, we’re really happy just to live here.
So we gotta appreciate it and live as hard as we can.
Old and young, we gotta enjoy living! If we couldn’t do that, we’d feel sorry to people who died because of the war.
If they lived now, they must’ve said “ You want too much stuff. “ plus “ Even if you’re buried from someone, you got dumped and people don’t do that you want to. Don’t complain them.
You’re incredibly happy just to live. So live as hard as you can positively.”
A Japanese comedian says “ You’re really happy just to live. “
Everybody, keep it up!
By the way this picture is an old Japanese cannon in Saipan.

Our fourth day in Saipan

2010-07-31T23:38:00.001-07:00

On our fourth day in Saipan the sunshine got stronger than the previous day.
Well, today is our last day when we can enjoy doing anything in a whole day. We're going where?
We came up with going round the island or going to the other beaches.
But we were not sure there were much more fish than Managaha island.
In other way around it seemed possible that there weren't fish there.
That' why we decided to go to Managaha island again.
We went to the tent on the beach in front of the hotel.
A man of Sea Horse memorized my name and called " aya-chan " pleasantly.
This convenient handsome man was the president of Sea Horse that I knew after getting back
to Japan and his wife is Japanese.
Business needs to memorize the name also the face, you know.
That's important. Because you would be pleased when the person memorized you.
" Today Sanji isn't here? " I said it to him. Then he looked for him and got him.
until the boat picking up us we talked with Sanji whom we got along with.
I said “ Yesterday we walked to COSTCO. Do you pronounce CO-SU-CO? “” to Sanji.
He said “ No way?! I’ve never walked there. !
We said good-by to Sanji shaking hands because he told us he wasn’t here when we
got back from the island.
We got on the boat with a beach mat and a cooler box.
On the day we found clear long big fish with his long mouth like a pointed beak.
in much clear long fish called halfbeak that gathered around us when we snorkeled.
He was really big and swam slowly and elegantly. In addition he looked snob.
He totally wasn’t interested in pieces of bread that was feed for fish.
He seemed like he wanted to say “ Huh? Even I won’t eat such a weird thing “
And I’m sure he took a glace at us.
He seems like a Japanese actor “ Etsushi Toyokawa “.
I showed a local person it and the person taught me the fish’s name.
It was seerfish.
I often see a pack of cut seerfish at grocery stores. But I never imagined seerfish looked so.
I wouldn’t eat a piece of that snob seerfish anymore, maybe.

Our third day in Saipan

2010-07-31T23:35:00.000-07:00

On our third day in Saipan it was nice out since in the morning.
We were able to go to Managaha island inexpensive since Sanji talked to me and told me
his company's tour.
We borrowed a beach matt and a cooler box and we had some canned beers, plastic bottled
Japanese teas, canned mango juices that Sanji gave us in the cooler box.
The inside of it was cold because of ice cubes.
We road the boat and a chubby man steered it to the island.
This chubby man looked like my husband's best friend. So I felt like being with this friend.
If I have a chance, I wanna enjoy talking with somebody in English.
So I enjoyed talking with the chubby man in English on the boat.
The chubby man asked me and said " Is this camera OK without a cover? " to me.
I said " It's a water resistance camera. So it's fine to use it without a cover." to him.
He said " No way! " to me.
It took only five minutes to the island.
There were a lot of people there and most of them were Asian people.
We saved the place under palm trees and went to snorkel right away.
In the afternoon it’s on the ebb. But in the morning it isn’t yet. So we were able to
enjoy snorkeling.
We had plans to take part in snorkeling offshore.
There were much more fish than around the island and there was other fish also big fish.
We wanted to snorkeling there much more. But it was too bad to have to finish it only
after 20 minutes.
But you can snorkel around the island.
I recommend you the beach where life savers aren’t on not the beach where there are life savers
on. We had some bread to feed fish. So we grabbed them and gave a piece of bread to fish.
Fish gathered around us and we enjoyed feeding it but fish wanted to eat much more bread.
So they try to bite the bread in our hand. It hurt and we said “ Gah!! “ since we were surprised.
An hour flied when we snorkeled.
I often checked the watch and took some break once an hour and put sunscreen on the legs
and the face. We did it over and over.

about last weekend

2010-07-21T16:21:00.001-07:00

　

On the second day of three-day-holiday a summer festival was held near my parents’ house.
Last year we had a ball. We hadn’t imagined a person joined our family.
On the day my father-in-law sent us much vegetables, deepcooked fish or something,
and body soaps
I cooked various dishes sweating in the room not turning the air conditioning since in the
afternoon. I removed the strings of many common beans, boiled them and dressed them with
sesami. Then I made a cut in cucumbers and soaked them in the sauce.
In addition I made a cut in Nasu that is like egg plant, fried them and deepcooked them.
And I boiled a corn and my husband fried Chinese noodles with much vegetable.
It’s fun to cook for my family in the afternoon during holidays.
And then I put them in the Japanese lacquer ware that my grandmother gave me
and wrapped a cloth.
We gathered at parents’ house at 5 earlier than Japan.
My nephew called “ U-chan “ looked comfortable and smiled after taking a bath and pooping.
I shouldn’t say it about my family but he looks very cute.
His face is very cute also he smells very gooood!
Everytime I see him, I sniff him putting my face on his body.
My sister said “ You can sniff the smell only for a short time. So it would be valuable, right? “
Probably his smell will change after eating something.
On the day we ate and drunk from 5 to 9 at noon. It was a wonderful weekend and
spent fabulous time with my family.
Gathering at parents’ house with family is the best time for me. I found out it again.
I can see my nephew on weekends but when I said good bye to him, I was gonna miss him.
On this weekday I’m working while looking forward to seeing him on the weekend.

Our second day in Saipan

2010-07-18T19:30:00.000-07:00

You can see the blue water in the Grotto after getting down the steep stairs.
You have to jump from the rock to get into the blue water.
You have to keep being in the middle of the Grotto since the current is strong.
Sometimes people hurt or lose their lives when they crush to the rocks.
When you stand on the rock, the guide count to three.
You have to jump into the water when the guide says “ three “
You sink once. Then you float right away because you wear a life jacket.
Water came into my nostrils and I was coughing a little bit.
I thought I sank deeply but I hardly sank. I found out it and I watched that I was scared to jump when I watched the video.
Only for 40 minutes we were able to swim there.
I felt like floating in the Grotta Azzurra in Italy.
It’s so beautiful!
Divers were swimming under us.
We looked at a plenty of bigger fish that I usually see when I snorkel.
Sometimes turtles come there.
Sometimes big waves came into the grotto and I was scared to crush to the ceiling of rocks.
Time fried really quickly.
When you get up on the rocks, the local guide pick you up when the wave comes into the grotto.
He speaks 5 languages.
The job of the tour guide is the job that you can see many people in the various countries and it’s much more fun than my job.
“ I’m jealous of the tour guides” is one of my thinking when I go traveling somewhere.

Sky Watch Friday ***our first day in Saipan

2010-07-15T08:01:00.000-07:00

Saipan is a country where is near Japan but I got to the hotel in Saipan around at 3 in the afternoon even thought I left home at 6 in the morning.
It’s near Japan but the first day of it was over before we hadn’t done special things.
After being relaxed at the lobby while drinking coffee I called my mother by my husband’s cell phone.
My sister picked up the phone. So I said “ I left my passport at home. So I’m still in Narita.”
to her. She thought about it for a moment and said “ You lied! “
You might not believe so, I had did it a couple years ago.
About 5 years ago I brought my old passport to the airport and I couldn't get on the plane when I went to Canada to study English for a short time.
It's funny now but on the day I got disappointed very much.
Going back to the saipan story, my husband took some break at the room and I went to the beach to take a picture.
When I took a walk on the beach, a local man talked to me.
He said " Hello! When did you come to Saipan? What are you doing tomorrow? Why don't you go to Managaha island?"
I thought I hadn't believed him at first.
His name is Sangi and he works at a tour company in Saipan called sea horse.
He told me he took me to Managaha island for 15 dollars.
In addition he served some drink and let me borrow the beach mat also the cooler box.
He told me I could pay for it the day after tomorrow. So I decided to go there.
I got back to the room once and I waked my husband up and went to the beach again.
The sky turned red bit by bit. We were there for 15 minutes and left there and went shopping. when we turned around after few minutes, the sky perfectly red.
We didn’t see it coming and ran to the beach again.
I’ve never seen such a fabulous sunset! It was unbelievably beautiful. So I couldn’t say only “ unbelievable! “.
We stayed there for four nights but we couldn’t see such a beautiful sunset after the day.
We were gonna eat out but we didn’t have enough sleep.
So we wanted to sleep more than eating out. So we ate instant noodle at the room and went to bed earlier than usual.
Our first day in Saipan was over.

I'm home from a south island

2010-07-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

I spent time like a early summer vacation in a south island.
Our company gave me 100 thousand yen for a bonus of a continuous service.
But I couldn’t be allowed to go traveling only for 5 days.
So I went to an island near Japan.
Tonight I was home after 9 at night and did laundry twice.
And now I’m going to bed for working tomorrow.
Night night!

weekend that I had been looking for *

2010-07-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

Last Friday I thought that it was finally Friday.
Last week I had been extremely busy with my job.
But I didn't feel that time fried.
I can't see my sister's baby on weekends. So I counted days till the weekend.
I can't remember when was the last time I felt that.
It's the same feeling as the feeling when I looked forward to seeing a man whom I had crush on. I love my nephew more than we imagined.
So my sister and her husband are more than willing.
Thanks to our baby to give us much happiness.
In the afternoon on Saturday I baked royal milktea-chiffon cake after cleaning my house.
I went to my parents’ house with turned the cake up-side down in a doggie bag.
I got there around before 4. My mother went jogging to the side of river and my sister was nodding off.
Her baby slept well but my sister allowed me to wake him up. So I took up him in my arms right away.
I talked to him and said “ I’ve been wanting to see you. “ to him. Then my sister said“ Talkative aunt got here!” to him.
When I held him, I didn’t wanna got him back on the bed.
Probably he was thinking aya is annoying. When I held him strongly, he closed his eyes since he fell asleep or pretended to sleep.
We were sizzling beef and much vegetable on the cast-iron hot plate.
My mother served us. So we ate them one after another.
When we ate them, we glanced at the baby. He slept relaxed.
After dinner I took up him in my arms again. Then he looked around and sometimes gave something a look.
Babies can see something that grown up men can’t see.
It’s my grandfather who came to meet his grandchild from the heaven or fairy?!
After a while he was looking for his feed probably he got hungry.
He is about 2 weeks old. So he had grown up only for a week.
He hadn’t grasped my clothes but he grasped it last week.
His face changed a lot and looked like he got used to be here much more and he enjoyed his life.
If I missed it, I couldn’t see it when he’s a baby. So I don’t wanna miss it.
So everytime I couldn’t seem to go home.
Last Saturday night it smelled like milk of the baby even when I got to the station.

a phone call*

2010-06-20T07:37:00.001-07:00

Yesterday there was a phone call in the morning when I didn’t wake up.
It was from my sister.
“ You know what, I had a baby last night! “
She said it first.
I didn’t see it coming! Because about 12 hours before she was the same as usual and
She supposed to have a baby a couple of week later.
Listening to her story, I was excited very much.
I wanted to hold her baby soon but I thought I wanted my grandmother to hold her baby.
My husband who was still in bed got up listening to her phone call.
Then he went to work and I went to the hospital.
I talked with my sister’s family and mother for a while in the room of the hospital.
And then we went to see the baby to the nursery.
The room is the glassed room and you can see the newborn babies.
My sister’s baby looked small more than I imagined.
We weren’t tired of seeing the baby and said “ Is he cute, or what? “
And we said “ He already has nails. Can’t believe he was in her about 12 hours before! “
to each other.
Two friends who already have niece or nephew said “ Children of other people are cute.
But children of my family are really cute. “ to me and I thought it was true!
At the time a nurse gestured and asked my sister to want the baby.
We didn’t expect it but we were able to hold the baby!
There are not many opportunities to be able to hold the newborn baby especially
who was born on the day.
He was really really small. I was carefully to hold him and he was very sweet
And I didn’t wanna leave him. So I said “ I’m your mom. “ to him.
He looks like my sister’s husband very much and he told us that the baby’s good points
came from him.
My sister supposes to leave the hospital in a couple of day and go to parents’ house.
So I can hold the baby anytime.
He didn’t cry much and he was a very good baby.
My friend from the college loves her niece and the niece’s smile supports her.
I know how she feels and I’m feeling very happy.

An anniversary*

2010-06-18T17:24:00.000-07:00

My sister had a baby last night.
Congratulations on your newborn baby, sister!

Sky Watch Friday ** a balanced life*

2010-06-17T16:19:00.000-07:00

Last night I got home over at 8 at night after working overtime.
I wanted to watch the world cup game of Argentina VS Korea. So I turned on TV
right away.
I put dried mackerel in the fish-grill and I put sesame oil in the pan while cutting carrots into
strips quickly. Then I added seaweeds called “ Hijiki “.
I put Japanese cooking-alcohol called Mirin, Japanese bouillon cube and soy sauce in it and
I finished cooking it. Then I took Tofu from the fridge and cut it into 4 pieces and put a kind of
leek with my favorite Chinese chili oil that I got at my favorite ramen shop near work.
Then I cut cabbage into strips and dished up it with cut avocado, cucumber, seaweed and
sour soy sauce.
Dinner was ready in 15 minutes.
And then I enjoyed watching the world cup while having dinner.
Argentina played way to well and they scored in the first half.
If I were them, I must’ve given up but Korean team was not the same as me.
But Korea was great. They scored in the additional time of the first half.
I said “ wow “ aloud without knowing since I was cheering for Korea for some reason.
But Argentina was way to strong! They scored 2 points in the last half also.
Higuaín who scored a hat trick is really cute! He is #9 of Argentina.
I really like him!!
Then I enjoyed watching Greece VS Nigeria.
Every night I sat up late but it’ OK I can go to work a 10 in the morning!
Because I’ve been working overtime. Lucky me!
By the way I took this picture in Ginza of Tokyo on my way home from work.

Happy sky watch Friday

my favorite green park*

2010-06-16T09:20:00.001-07:00

Last night I got home at almost the same time with my husband.
So we ate out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant near our house.
You can eat cheap Chinese dishes. A male cook is at the kitchen and a woman serves.
Every time we go there, there are already many people.
I ate a set of Chinese and I was very full and satisfied after few weeks.
I should’ve jogged last night but I used raining as the excuse and went to bed.
This morning I got up early in the morning after a couple of week.
At 5:30 in the morning I went to the park after raining that is may favorite place.
I used to like jogging at the park after raining at night but I just knew it felt much
better when I jog at the park after raining in the morning.
The air is moist and it smells nice. In addition looking up the sky, the wet leaves
shines in the soft sunshine. So I often look up the sky.
The park after raining at night soothes me and the park after raining in the morning
gives me much power.
It was good to live in this city since there is this green park!

Go for it, Japan!

2010-06-13T15:17:00.000-07:00

　

Last night I wrote that speaking of Shibuya, I remember Linda on my blog.
Linda wrote a comment and said “ and i often think of you!!!” to me.
I’m more than delightful to read that.
Even if I haven’t seen somebody recently, the person remember me and the person
is only one who thinks of it, I’m so happy.
I can spend happy time with only this word.
By the way today it’s Japan VS Cameroon of the world cup.
I’m gonna wear a simple T-shirt for the world cup to work and make my feelings up
from in the morning!
Let’s work hard this week, too!

way to go, Nigeria!!

2010-06-12T10:30:00.001-07:00

Last night I went to the hair salon after four months.
This salon is at Shibuya where is one of popular crowded city of Tokyo.
I went there after a long time. That’s why I was thinking I was gonna go shopping.
But there were way too many people. So I was there for a short time and enjoyed
dinner at home on Friday night..
Speaking of Shibuya, I remember Linda who used to work there.
I wish she hadn’t come back to UK.
Today I went to the pastry class even in Saturday morning.
I baked Chiffon cake and made Confiture au lait.
When you eat this earl gray chiffon cake, you pour some confiture.
It’s like a condensed milk or a milk jam at ranches.
I brought it to my parents’ house and shared my family.
We turned the channel once a while but we watched games of the world cup most of
time. When we watched Korean team played, my sister’s husband said “ Japanese
team is lack the will to absolutely want to win. “
Yeah, I totally agree with him!
I want Japanese team to win like Korean team who won today.
Of course now I’m watching the game of Argentina and Nigeria.
I know it but athletes look coooool!
Firm body, athletic and they have beautiful techniques.
Nigeria is way to go even though it’s the Argentina-Nigeria.
I want Nigeria to win!
By the way this picture is my mother. I took the picture when I jogged with my mother
in spring.
Watching the football game, I really wanna jog or something!

a comfortable morning

2010-06-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

This morning I was supposed to go to work at 10. Because I worked over time a lot this month.
I got up in the morning as usual and went jogging.
I jogged through on the big street and stopped by the shrine first and went to the park
as usual.
It smelled like incredible finished raining in the park in the morning.
Many people were jogging there.
A lot of older people were excising over there.
It smelled like Japanese sweets made with cherry blossom’s leaves under the cherry blossoms.
Dogs looked enjoying running barking.
Everybody was having lovely time in the morning today at the park.
I’ve got a feeling that today is a good day!

what is good food during diet

2010-06-09T08:14:00.000-07:00

　

Satsumaimo that is Japanse sweet potato is good for diet!
These days I bring sliced steamed Satsumaimo to my work.
I cut it in half and I eat it when I’m hungry.
Then I’m satisfied and I’m not under the stress even during diet.
I can take a small amount of carbo. That’s why it’s “kill two birds with one stone”
Recently I haven’t eating rice also bread and such.
When I get tired around at 3 in the afternoon, I bite it.
Satsumaimo tastes sweet and good.
By the way what is a hassle during diet is that I have to think about menu for each meal.
What should I eat for dinner? What do I want for dinner?
I wanna take various alimentations and I wanna eat incredible food as much as possible.
By the way last night I got home after working overtime at 9 at night. And I whipped up
a Chinese dish called “ mapo tofu “ . It is a combination of tofu set in a spicy chili- and bean-based sauce for dinner.
And I ate it with much vegetable.
It tasted spicy. Because I put Japanese pepper in it. it was really good.
Well, what’s for dinner for me?
by the way this picture is Mt Fuji that is the highest and most beautiful mountain in Japan.

food that I wanna eat during diet!

2010-06-08T08:41:00.001-07:00

I’m imagining I bite crispy toast and tomato soup.

I didn’t come up with other food that I wanna eat during diet.
I seem to want to eat toast very much.
What’s your favorite food? If somebody asked me, I’ d say “ It’s toast. “ ?!

Probably now I eat meat also various vegetables and I eat them enough.
That’s why I didn’t come up with other things.
When I lose 2 kilosあと I’ll eat toast.

Well, I just done cooking tomato soup with various vegetables.
I put celery, onion, carrots, Nasu, red pepper and chicken in it.
This is for my lunch or dinner when I wanna eat it.

By the way this picture is a pan cake that I baked in 2006.
I downloaded it on my blog in 2006.
Oh, I really wanna eat a pan cake!

It's the sixth day since I started diet*

2010-06-05T06:57:00.000-07:00

　

It’s the sixth day since I started diet.
I’m careful to take various alimentations and I don’t try to lose weight quickly.
So I hadn’t lost only 0.8kg on the fifth day yesterday.
I was disappointed but today I lost 1.8kg suddenly.
I’m satisfied.
I’ve been careful to cut down on calories. So my husband might be influenced and he chose onion soup instead of corn soup at restaurant.
I hope I lose 1 kilo in a week next week.
This diet is to wear my favorite pale blue swimsuit next month.
Putting “diet “ aside, I think Twitter is like “Tanka “ and “ Haiku “. Coz you have to describe everything in 140 letters. It’s different from blog. Coz you can use a lot of letters on it.
I like Twitter to read it easier than blog.
A movie entitled “ the cove “ can’t open in movies here and the director and someone announced their comments. So I thought I’d say my opinion on Twitter.
But I couldn’t do it. Probably the words that I used weren’t allowed on it.
I wanted to say “d u know"the cove"? It's criticizin huntin dolphins.I dont eat them bt I undestand people eat them for living.it's the same as eating cows. “
By the way I let borrow tokatch-san this picture.
These cows are cute but they will be killed and we’ll eat them.

simple calm great movies

2010-06-02T06:20:00.000-07:00

Recently movies of Clint Eastwood have been on TV. So I watched few movies
of his. It’s “Absolute power”, “Million Dollar Baby “ and “Gran Torino”.
They were sad things in them but they were very good stories.
Sad things, empty and unsatisfied things happen in life and there is a destiny, fate and
all that jazz in life.
It’s not possible every day it couldn’t be happier. There are uncomfortable things and
somebody would hate you and there are people whom you can’t get along with.
Plus if you want somebody to understand, but it wouldn’t work sometimes.
Those things were in his movies but they are not sad movies.
Life is not sugar coated but there are some hopes in life.
There weren’t dynamic actions, they were not 3D and there aren’t fabulous graphics..
There were calm stories in it but there was a drama and something changed in life.
After finishing watching them there was something in mind and I’ve been thinking of
something about the movies.
I wanna his other movies!
And I hope I meet someone like Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino”.

a book that I just finished reading

2010-05-31T06:40:00.001-07:00

　

The book that I just finished reading was very interesting and entertaining historically also religiously.
The book is entitled “ life of Jesus Christ” written by Shusaku Endo.
I had known the book but I hadn't read it.
A middle aged man who is in the same generation as my mother let me borrow it.
The book turned blown color and printed words look old. But it seemed like he valued it.
What was interesting is that this story was written from the side of subdued Judea.
I had read the story from the side of conquering Roma but I hadn't read it from the side of Judea. I had known only brightness of Roma. So I had thought Roma was more than welcome by subdued countries.
But it was not exactly. I knew it for the first time.
In addition I realized something when I was reading.
It's that Jesus Christ wanted to suffer from people's pain and misery instead of them.
Even though he always tried to take on their pain holding patients’ and physically challenged people’s hands, people just wanted him only to do miracles.
They wanted him to soothe their diseases, to be able to see everything and to be able to walk.
Even if he couldn’t do miracles and people couldn’t see the sign from him, they were disappointed and started to hate him.
At the end even Apostles were disappointed at him and he died on the cross.
I realized I'm the same as the people!
When I have tough time, I pray to God to get rid of the hardness.
Then if he didn't get rid of them, I think God isn't here and I hate God.
Oh, am I really selfish, or what!
I wanna believe in something as Jesus Christ said “ People who believe in it without seeing
are happy. “

Sky Watch Friday ** an middle aged male angel

2010-05-27T07:26:00.000-07:00

A middle aged male angel appeared suddenly.
It was when I was reading a book entitled “ an angel in the sunset “.
The middle aged male angel looked thin and clean and he had glasses.
On the packed train in the morning a person who sat on the seat in front of him got off
the train. I was thinking “ oh, I wanna sit there! “ Then the middle aged man next to me
signed me. He meant he gave me the seat.
I made a small bow and sat there. I appreciated it very much.
I thought he got off the train at the next station but he didn’t get off.
Then he sat on the seat next to me when a person next to me got off.
He was reading a book still when I got off. Yeah, he didn’t get off right away.
He gave me the seat. That’s why it was very comfortable on the train and I thought
he might be an angel.
Why I thought of that is I was reading a book entitled “ an angel in the sunset”, Probably.
I wish I met the middle aged male angel who was reading calm again.
By the way I took this picture tonight when I jogged at the park.

Happy sky watch Friday

my favorite season has come

2010-05-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

My favorite rainy season has come.
I haven’t heard that people who like the rainy season.
When it’s raining, some people feel melancory and some people feel down.
Last Sunday it was raining since in the morning and last Monday it was raining out all day.
When it’s wet out, I think I hope it doesn’t stop raining until the sunset.
Because I hope there is a wet air in the park after raining when I get home.
Sometimes I think it’s hassle going jogging if it’s not after raining.
It means the air after raining at the park is fabulous.
The wet air from the wet ground, wet trunk of trees and leaves smells wonderful.
Sometimes the air looks like fog and I feel like getting rid of my badness in the fabulous air.
I take a deep breath and jog for a long time without knowing.
That’s why it’s fun when it’s raining and I think it’s lucky!
But it’s wet out for few days. Then it stops raining and the sun comes out.
It feels really nice.
I look up the bright sunshine after few days and it makes me delightful.
Two days ago I went to work at 10 in the morning. So I hanged dry my laundry under
the bright sunshine.
Usually I hang dry my laundry in the moon but it feels good I do it in the sun.
That’s why it’s fun even when it’s wet out also nice out.
I wanna enjoy spending time in the rainy season!

my new good routine

2010-05-16T07:20:00.000-07:00

　

After 5-day-holiday called “ Golden week “ I’ve been busy at work.
Everyday I think I wanna go home early but I can’t seem to do it.
It’s a good thing to be able to go to work later than usual when I work over time.
Last Friday I decided to go to work at 10 in the morning.
I got up as usual and jogged about for an hour.
The air was fresh and cold. It felt really nice I was able to make time for jogging before going to work.
When I stopped by the shrine as usual, I passed two people there and said “ morning”
to each other. When I went there, it was around at 5:30 in the morning. So nobody was there. But when it’s around 7, people stop by there.
The shrine is very small but it supports people around there.
I wanna value the God or something there.
I try not to make a wish and say “ Thank you for everything and please protect from something with a bow.
Something on my mind went away and I felt really great.
Jogging is good for losing weight and going to the shrine is good for losing my worries!
This is my new good routine.
By the way I took this picture at Daikaku-temple in Kyoto.

the trip by trains is fun:)

2010-05-12T05:59:00.001-07:00

We left the fisherman’s wharf in Himi-city quickly.
We didn’t have time not to miss the train.
Then we took a train and talk about the next place where we were gonna go to.
We decided to go to a big bridge called Notojima-Ohashi.
This bridge is between the main island to Notojima-island in Nanao-sea.
It took 2 hours to the station near the bridge by the train.
We were dozing off for a while.
And then we got there but we had only an hour to be there and we had to take express
home. So we got a taxi to the bridge and it was a thousand-yen.
The bridge extends to the other side of the island. So you can go to the other island.
But of course we couldn’t do it and walked to the middle of the bridge and got back.
I was thinking that we couldn’t make it if we had walked to the station.
But my husband started to walk with GPS of iphone and he walked to the other way
taxi went through.
The navigation took us to the ditch not to the main road.
We jumped across the ditch carefully and walked across the farm road.
Then we made the train.
We went to eat Japanese fried pork called Tonkatsu that my husband recommended for the
last meal in the middle of Japan Hokuriku.
It was very good.
We got something for my family there and took express to get back home.
We couldn’t reserve a seat but we were able to take a seat and we were relaxed with coffee
and read a book also dozed off.
We got home around 11:30 at night.
Sometimes you don’t have enough time to stay somewhere because you have to catch trains.
But you can nod off also read books whenever you want to do it.
Going traveling with the trains is easy and nice.
So, where are we gonna go next time?

I met an American woman during the trip

2010-05-09T01:22:00.000-07:00

I saw two foreign tourists who got on the bus.
I wanted her to sit next to me. Then she sat next to me!!
Good for me!! She is from where? I was wondering she came from Russia?
But they spoke English. Oh, lucky me!
I wanted to talk to her and said “ You’re from where? “ but I couldn’t seem to talk to her.
Oh, I don’t like the point of me! It’s very Japanese.
I said “ Are you gonna pass up this chance? “ to me on my mind.
Then the bus driver announced about the next busstop.
I heard she wanted to drop off there.
Oh, I don’t want her to drop off I thought of that. And they ended up not dropping off.
After a while the bus stooped passengers could see the fall from the bus.
The bus driver told us the fall in our right side but we hardly saw it.
She sat on the sub seat. That’s why she couldn’t see it I thought.
Then I said “ Can you see it? “ to her already.
And then I was able to say “ You’re from where? “ to her.
Her name was Susan and she is from Boston of US and she came to Japan with her
friend called Kitty.
She was going to Kyoto on the following day and going to Nikko and Tokyo.
She seemed to be a warm person and considerate.
She goes traveling all of the word. She’s been to Himarayas also Peru.
She said “ Are you in University? “ to me. Of course I answered “ No “.
And she said “ Are you in your twenties? “
Yeah, I was more than delighted! Hahaha!
We talked about various things on the bus and said good-bye at the station.
She hadn’t booked the hotel near Tokyo air terminal yet. So I told her my number
when she couldn’t book the hotel and we exchanged the email address each other.
I forgot to take pictures of us but I’m having a feeling to see her again!

I went to see the high 15m snow-wall

2010-05-07T21:04:00.000-07:00

It was really crowded in Murodo.
There were way too many people under the mountain. Everybody went up.
No wonder there were many people in Murodo.
I saw many Chinese tourists.
Tour guides shouted.
“ Can you guys hear my voice? Gather around! “ like that.
Many people waited in line to get on the bus for a long time and people waited for it even
on the second floor.
We went out to see “ Yuki no Otani “ that means the high wall of the snow.
It was getting a little bit hot in the holidays. So we didn’t wear much and the winds
was cold for us.
There were all snow there like ski resorts. Mountains looked like Alpine mountains
not Japanese familiar mountains and the rocks appeared among the snow.
Yeah, it’s 2450 meters in height. No wonder the mountains there looked different.
This high wall is 15 meter at the most.
You can see the snow-point on the day of December also February on the wall.
We took a walk around there and waited in line on the second floor to get the bus.
We were able to get on the bus earlier than we imagined.
Available seats were only sub seats. Then more people got on the bus.
I saw two foreign tourists there.
I was hoping they sat next to me.

go with the winds

2010-05-06T06:57:00.001-07:00

On the first day of holidays, last Saturday, my husband came home in the morning from work. So I stayed up late till 3 in the morning and it was already around noon when we waked up.
Well, it was nice out and let’s roll!
We’re doing what? We’re going where?
The best way we go traveling on the day when we decide is trains.
So we couldn’t choose the places where we have to take planes.
That’s why we had to choose some places and then we decided to go to Hokuriku where is the middle in Japan.
You know what, Hokuriku is far way from Tokyo.
We took Shinkansen-train to Nigata where is the north in Japan first and changed trains there and took a express to Hokuriku.
Most scenery from trains was the rice field.
The rice field in spring looks like the lake.
I wasn’t sure the rice field looked like that around in the beginning of May.
It took few hours from Niigata to Hokuriku.
I was reading a book. When I was sleepy,I nodded off. And then I waked up and read a book again. Finally I finished reading the book on the train.
We left home over at noon. The sky turned red bit by bit.
The sunset was beautiful and we saw it in the rice fields like the mirror.
We got to Kanazawa around at 7.
We ate a little bit expensive fried fish and Sashimi more than usual. And them we went to the hotel where we managed to make a reservation.
Most hotels were fully booked. That’s why we couldn’t help it use a single room.
We paid 7 thousands for it.
We hadn’t decided where we went yet. We just went with the winds.
This picture is the rice fields in the sunset.

Sky Watch Friday*** the red sky at night in Tokyo

2010-04-30T05:30:00.000-07:00

The day before last night I toasted two pieces of bread and I ate them with some butter after getting home from work.
There is a lot of bread that I like. But if I could only one kind of bread in life, I’d chose the toast.
After eating it I posted blog and something. Then I went jogging to the park near my house.
Always it’s hard to jog for 10 minutes since I started.
I happened to see behind and the sky looked red.
Even though I don’t live in a downtown, the sky looks red.
People say “ Tokyo doesn’t sleep. “ and it’s true.
Well, at first I jogged slowly in the park. And then I moved to the track on the ground.
I dedicated to jogging not to see the scenery.
It was bad out that’s why I hardly saw other runners. So I was able to jog as I liked.
It means I jogged while listening to Che’nell’s songs and singing the songs. In addition if I wanted to dance, I put my hands up.
I was almost out of breath when I ran while singing. But it was fun and got power to run.
That's why I was able to run fast.
When my engine got full power, 35 minutes past.
It felt soooo nice!
I ran faster than usual. So I sweated a lot. Then I ran fast for 30 minutes.
When I was satisfied, I went to the large public bath.
Bathes outside is very good. You can take a bath listening to the sounds of water running.
I was relaxed and left around 11 at night.
I walked home slowly on the wet silent residential street.
The air after raining is moist and comforting.
I took off a T-shirt because of sweating a lot and I was wearing only a training wear.
It was not cold also not hot and the comfortable air got inside them.
I ate a grapefruit after getting home and slept tight.
It was a really great night.
In Japan the rainy season is coming soon and I can enjoy running in the nice air at the park after raining.
The rainy season is one of fun season.
By the way this red sky was the sky from the park and it was dark inside the park.

Happy sky watch Friday

going traveling to the past

2010-04-27T06:47:00.001-07:00

Last week I went to movies 2 days in a row as unusual.
I saw “ Shutter island “ at Friday night and “ Alice in Wonderland “ at Saturday night.
At Friday night I might be so tired more than I imagined and I nodded off seeing the movie.
I shouldn’t see the movie at Friday night.
“Alice in Wonderland “ was almost fully booked.
So we couldn’t help sitting in the very first row seeing 3D movie.
When I saw “ Avatar”, I was in the very last row. So it was opposite this time.
The result was that I recommend you to sit in the very first row when you see 3D movies.
When I saw the preview of “Biohazard” , various things flied to me and I tilted my head to
avoid them. It had a impact very much and it was really fun.
When I saw “ Alice “, I felt like I moved fast like riding the rides at Disney land.
“Alice” reminds me the English textbook in junior high.
I remember my mother made me memorize all sentences of Alice.
I wanted to see Humpty Dumpty in this movie but I was excited like me being kids
when the rabbit with a clock appeared and I saw the bottle of “ Drink me “ in it.
Speaking of Alice, when I was in elementary school and my sister was a kid, we taped reading Alice aloud. And we found the tape at parents' house before.
I seemed like I tried to read it well and it was really funny.
My sister seemed like she couldn't pronounce well yet like saying " Alichu" not "Alice " and that's why she used to be cute.
Seeing something that I used to see when I was a child, my mind goes traveling to the past.

dinner is ready in 15 minutes

2010-04-26T07:59:00.000-07:00

Dinner that I make is something for my energy to be reborn tomorrow.
Even having dinner by myself, even coming home late, we gotta whip up something and
enjoy eating them!
Tonight I steamed pumpkin, fried salmon with Saikyo-miso with fried beansprout,
Hot Tofu with Shimeji-mushroom with Chinese sauce and rice with Natto.
But I couldn’t make up miso-soup.
Dinner was on the table in 15 minutes.
But it’s OK and it was enough for me!
By the way I only have to work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and a holiday is
coming! I’m working hard tomorrow, too!

I won't forget it*

2010-04-20T05:56:00.000-07:00

　

I know it but I realized it once again.
The happiest thing is that there is a family that I get along with.
They’re always nice to me the most and especially sister is on my side and tries to understand
me always.
I won’t forget it.