I'm a Japanese housewife living in Japan. I'm in my 60's. I want to know daily lives in the world, so at first I'll tell my daily. What is your daily life?
Power shortage advisory in the afternoon is also issued today. It is going to be 38 degree Celsius here in Utsunomiya. It is announced you should avoid going out as much as possible.
It's really hot. Yuki cooked Udon noodles. The noodle was dry noodle which was preserved. However the main is grated radish, isn't it ?
Tuesday
It's a quick stir-fried vegetable. In the morning I had a zoom meeting and my husband played golf all day.
It was a fulfilling day for me as I had a phone call in the afternoon and my friends visited me.
Wednesday
I enjoyed the corn which my friend sent. I frozen them , and share them with some of my friends.
I thought I was going to cook a homemade corn-coup, but it was troublesome and I ended up with corn rice.
Thursday
My husband's tennis was suddenly canceled, so "Thursday". We went to an 800 yen Chinese lunch at a hotel in the city, which we listed it as one we wanted to go.
As it is, we finished all the errands we were trying to do in the afternoon, such as going to the library and supermarket.
Friday
It's hot. Is this the end of the rainy season? It seems to be hot until the beginning of July. It's curry used the rest of yesterday's whole cabbage soup.
We got a whole large cabbage. First, we cut it into half. Then I I stir-fried it with beef and tasted it with Tenmenjan paste.
In the afternoon, we went to a library a little far away, then borrowed some books. In the afternoon I talked with my mother on the video phone, .It was a calm day.
Tuesday
I used boiled frozen cutlet for our lunch. It was the day of my performance at Karaku cafe.
I was anxious about dizziness, so Yuki took me to and from there. Thanks Yuki.
Wednesday
There is a restaurant with a good view It is on the 8th floor of a hotel. We had omelet lunch. It cost 600 yen. I had heard its good reputation. Actually it was amazing. Yuki was really happy because he got another topic to tell his tennis mates.
Thursday
Dice pork cutlet? kind of. I tried to make it, but I made a mistake in the temperature and it burned, though I didn't care.
I finally organized the closet (oshiire) in our Tatami room. I reduced the number of items so that the wind could reach the back.
Friday
You might not accept , but it was omelet. Inside is the rest of bibimbap rice of yesterday's supper. In the afternoon, we went to see a dentist to prevent periodontal disease.
Today it is the day of face to face haiku meeting at our local community center nearby.
It is totally a study meeting. The level is very high. I don’t decide whether I continue to attend or not yet. Anyway today I will go with my four original haiku,
It seems to be sunny, though it is still cloudy and cold.
As soon as Yuki finished his breakfast he started 10 minute trimming trees in our garden. Today it is a garbage day, so before coming garbage collecting car, he did.
Why only 10 ministers?
Hi is not used to hold big trimming seizures. Last summer, he hurt his shoulder because he trimmed trees very hard in one day with the seizures.
So, this summer we decided that 10 minute trimming, and weeding while counting 100 hundred
Monday has started. Now it is sunny. However according to the weather report it will rain in the afternoon. So as soon as we got up we aired out our futon on the railing of the balcony.
I’m not so bad, this morning. So I will go to a library a little bit far to borrow some books, and probably take a walk near the library.
It was a very cold day. But I went to the gym to do 30 minute workout. Yuki drove me to and from the gym. During my exercise , he was at a nearby supermarket to get our lunch.
Tuesday
I got a phone call from my daughter in the morning. It was a good excuse for me not to go to the gym. I cooed Boiled cutlet using frozen cutlet. I feel suffering Meteoropathy.
Wednesday
I boiled broccoli and cauliflower at the same time, then stir-fried them with meat. It was a rough dish with only one pan.
The word of "meteoropathy" has appeared. but in this season trouble of this symptom is as usual. Anyway unfortunately I'm not so good.
Thursday
Stir-fried cabbage and sausages. I tasted it with only caraway seeds. No salt and pepper. In the evening, I walked slowly to a nearby supermarket . I did only1500 step walking exercise.
Friday
I cooked frozen stir-fired udon noodle. It is really useful. It is delicious as long as you add some vegetables and plenty of dried bonito flakes. At night, it was Mapo-tofu using ready-made sauce of " Marumiya no Mabo-chan".
It is June 6th. Many businessmen are supposed to receive a bonus today. Of course we don’t. Though it doesn’t rain, it is cloudy. How should I enjoy rainy season? It might be easy to do walking exercise but unfortunately, these days I sometimes feel dizzy. So, yesterday I did yoga at home in the morning. Probably today I will do, and spend lazily in the afternoon.
We went downtown in the morning and did some errands. We also went to a city bank. Then we went to the library without going back home. So we bought lunchboxes at the supermarket and ate them in our car. I bought "Wappa rice." Wappa is a kind of traditional wooden box.
Tuesday
I had Daikon with leaves and cooked the leaves first. It was Stir-fried daikon leaves and beef. Beef has a high amount of saturated fatty acids, it may make my LDL higher. Is it OK?
Wednesday
I cooked a whole lettuce with minced chicken to make Chinese soup. I also boiled yesterday's Daikon with soy sauce.
Thursday
I cooked a whole cabbage with pork and stir-fried with Chinese paste. I didn't need to use the cabbage all at once, though.
The lowest drawer of the refrigerator, there were many pots of barley tea and spots drink. They were easy to tip over. So we bought rearranging boxes for 100 yen.
Friday
In the morning, I overserved a haiku meeting held at the community center. I went back at the same time Yuki got home. We decided to go to a Soba noodle restaurant that Yuki was introduced from his friend. It seemed that it was a great deal to eat "KANZARASHI noodle". ・ ・ we didn't know what "KANZARASHI noodle" was. Kanzarashi noodle means the noodle which uses Soba grain exposed to the cold during cold weather for a while.
Today I go to observe a haiku club which is held at a community center in my residential area.
Probably it is the first time in ten years to attend a new activity meeting. And it is the first time in three years to attend a face to face meeting except my Karaku performance and business meetings.
And it is first time to attend such a hobby activity meeting without volunteer activities, English activities. Now I am in my 60’s.
Today’s breakfast is yesterday’s leftover. to looks good, I served the vegetable fried rice in diameter shape.
Yesterday I knew that most of member who I saw at the gym did walking exercise. Some people loves it, some people do as a their regular thing like brushing their teeth, and the others do it without a choice while they try to enjoy like me.
Actually when I do walking exercise, I sometimes see some of them. And seeing them and chatting a while make me happy and cheerful.
Why I am writing it, because it is sunny, but I don’t do walking today very much.
June has started. Rainy season is just around the corner. Anyway we hope it won’t rain this Saturday. Yuki joins a outside concert under a roof, I have to go to a work meeting.
Price of every thing is getting higher little by little. Our Plan to use our savings must be revised?? How?? I “ hope” Yuki smokes less.
This month, my friend will read two picture books at Karaku. I want to use the books at my English picture book club, so I am translating them in English. These days I study English harder than usual.
My husband Yuki and I live in a regional city. Our retirement life has state since 2020. Though Something good, exciting, worried or bad often happens, we try to focus the current situation and spend enjoyable days while living offf our savings little by little carefully.