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President Trump announced all federal employees will have an extra paid holiday on Christmas Eve, December 24th 2018. Unfortunately it applies only to the federal employees. For the other workers, this day is still the normal work day. My husband is one of them. He will need to go to work. The numbers of NationalContinue reading “The two sides of a same coin 12/20/2018”

This morning my daughter took an extra time to leave the house. She was slower than usual in putting her shoes and tying her shoelaces. We left the house by 4 minutes later than normal. We didn’t worry, because it was still much earlier than the bus arrival time. We knew we would make it.Continue reading “Happy accident 12/19/2018”

My daughter’s school had the annual Christmas concert this afternoon. Every year I look forward to this concert. I enjoy the kids’ songs and dances there. In previous years, I could not hold my tears back because the kids’ voices were beautiful and holy. I felt embarrassed about my shedding tears among the huge audience.Continue reading “Christmas concert 12/18/2018”

Today IKEA announced the finalists in their homepage. You can see the winners in this page. I personally wanted my daughter’s artwork to win and a bit disappointed at the fact hers didn’t win. My daughter reacted different from me. She was excited and happy for the winners. She praised all the winner’s artworks fromContinue reading “IKEA soft toy contest finalists announcement 12/17/2018”

Our trip to Japan is coming closer and closer. My daughter and I are so excited about it. My daughter often talks about our last trip to Japan. It was October in 2017. My last trip to Japan was very emotional for me, because I had not seen my parents for the previous seven years.Continue reading “Changing my reaction 12/16/2018”

Today my family and I finally took out our Christmas tree from the garage and decorated it. In previous years we used to prepare for Christmas right after Thanksgiving Day. In some years even before Thanksgiving Day. This year though, we had been so occupied with other chores that we didn’t have time to doContinue reading “Getting ready for Christmas 12/15/2018”