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Once in a while I feel lonely, even though I have a great family and friends whom I can fully trust. In the daily life, I run into some people who speak different language from mine. With this expression, I am not focusing on the physical language. Yes, they speak English and my mother tongueContinue reading “Still searching for my tribe 12/4/2018”

The trash collection regulation is different between in Japan and America. I needed to adjust myself to the new regulation when I moved to America. Back in Japan, the regulation was much stricter than that of America. I needed to separate trash into seven different types. Every time when I was about to trash something,Continue reading “Trash collection regulation 12/3/2018”

Today was my daughter’s birthday. Our day started from the early morning; 6 am. It was cold morning so that we urgently needed to go bathroom. After we came back to bed, we spent almost three hours in bed, cuddling each other and watching funny videos together. It is our ritual way to spend ourContinue reading “Celebrating my daughter’s birthday 12/2/2018”

On my last acupuncture treatment visit, my acupuncturist mentioned about Chinese life cycles. As per the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we start a new cycle on every certain years. Women mark a new cycle in every seven years, while men mark a new cycle in every eight years, as it says “Women sevenContinue reading “Chinese life cycles 12/1/2018”

Last night I stayed up late to finish sewing a Santa dress for my daughter. My daughter happily went to school with the new dress. She brought 24 cupcakes to school and celebrated her birthday in advance with her classmates. She received lots of birthday wishes and hugs from her classmates. She found out herContinue reading “Pre-birthday 11/30/2018”

Every Thursdays my daughter attends the art club after school. Our husband and I walk to school to pick her up, and three of us walk back home. We enjoy this walk every Thursday evening. After the club, the art teacher personally gave me some information. It was the information about the upcoming art drawingContinue reading “Precious moments 11/29/2018”

I have been working on making a Santa dress for my daughter. I could have worked much faster if I didn’t have watery running nose. For these couple of days, I have been suffering from sore throat and running nose. At first I thought I caught a cold. But some of my local friends toldContinue reading “Allergy to cottonwood 11/28/2018”

I had an acupuncture treatment six times so far. As for the first three treatments, my body reacted great. The improvements were obvious in my glucose numbers as well as in my emotional uplifting. As for the latter three treatments, however, I did not see any obvious improvements. I discussed about it with my acupuncturist.Continue reading “My seventh acupuncture treatment 11/27/2018”

This evening I talked with my Japanese friend with LINE. Although I’ve heard about this application and its great benefits, I never used it. I am an old school type of person when it comes to SNS. New application always comes with some fear. My Japanese friends told me the majority people use LINE toContinue reading “Finally joined in LINE 11/26/2018”

My daughter asked me to sew a new Santa dress for her. With her request, we went to the craft store and got some materials and fabrics. I normally don’t use a pattern when making outfits for my daughter or myself. Instead, I start with creating an image in my head. My daughter already hadContinue reading “Making Santa dress 11/25/2018”