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It was very cold day. What made it worse was its strong wind. While I was in the backyard hanging washed clothes, I heard something landed with a thud. It was very close to the place where I was standing. It was a roof shingle. The total of four shingles were blown off from theContinue reading “My thirteenth acupuncture treatment 3/13/2019”

Since last night, we had a cold and heavy rain. The rain continued in the morning and the day time. The temperature dropped down to -1 centigrade. I needed to pull the electric heater out from the closet, which I had already put away. I received an email from my Japanese friend. She told meContinue reading “Very cold day again 3/12/2019”

Since the beginning of this school year, my family has been discussing about my daughter’s school. She doesn’t fully enjoy her school life. Thus we have been considering about changing my daughter’s school. Homeschooling is another option for us. There is one girl who has been my daughter’s friend for the past two years. TheyContinue reading “Wishes naturally came true 3/11/2019”

Last week we had warm days. But since this morning it started getting cold. The weather report says we will have rainy and windy days with low temperature during the entire week this week. Maybe this is why the maintenance guy had not contacted me yet. I had been waiting for his contact to scheduleContinue reading “Sharing happiness 3/10/2019”

Today was my birthday. When I woke up in the morning, the first voice I heard was my daughter’s voice. She said “Happy birthday mom. I love you so much” and gave me a nice hug. My husband followed my daughter’s lead and gave me the same thing. After the breakfast, my daughter made meContinue reading “Birthday 3/9/2019”

My family wanted to celebrate my birthday with something special such as eating out at a restaurant. I seldom eat out at restaurants because of many unpleasant experiences at restaurants in this area. I wanted to spend my birthday, which is tomorrow, without going anywhere. So, we made a compromised deal. We decided to celebrateContinue reading “Pre-Birthday Celebration 3/8/2019”

It has been very warm this week. I spotted many cherry trees with cute pink flowers here and there. People have their cherry tree in their front yard or back yard, but they usually have only one. As far as I remember, in Japan they usually have their cherry trees as a group, not asContinue reading “Cherry blossom 3/7/2019”

Today almost all the day time, our Internet service was out. We used to use the different provider, but their Internet service frequently became unavailable. In those days my husband dealt with the online university classes. Everything was done online. The frequent Internet disconnection was stressful for him. Due to the disconnection, he sometimes couldContinue reading “No Internet 3/6/2019”