Monday, October 31, 2022

Good morning 1031

 

A new Monday has started.

In the morning I am going to a public pension office to get some advice. From next year I will start receiving pension.


Today it is actual Halloween, though it is a weekday. 

In the evening my friend and I will online live talk event. I hope someone will join us. But if anyone doesn’t join, it is all right. Because for us we will hold the event. At least Yuki has to watch it  as a checker of our video. So tonight three of us will have dinner outside.

Sunday, October 30, 2022

lunch diary 1030 


Monday
I was cooking a block of pork with pressure cooker. I simmered apples and onions together as its sauce. I learnt this recipe on the newspaper.
However, I heated it  a little too long, and it burned. The meat was fine, but washing the burnt pot was a little difficult.
Recently, We've been looking for some parts to repair my husband's gadget .We've been going around second-hand stores.

Tuesday
The expiration date of the Thai souvenir "Massan curry" is approaching.
It's sweet potato season. Sweet potatoes are necessary to cook it.  I bought coconut milk and made it. But was coconut milk so expensive? I really understood the current increasing prices.
I didn't have coriander, so I used Mitsuba instead.

Wednesday
I had lunch at café Karaku  alone. I read the magazine to relax myself. Yuki played golf. I had an invitation ticket, so I went to the art museum.

Thursday
We had autumn salmon. They are expensive to buy for ourselves. Lucky us!
On this day, I deep-fried horse mackerel at night, So we could take  the standard value of "saturated fatty acids".

Friday
We got lots of Taro yam from my neighbor. So I asked her  to cook taro dumplings together. We were  still cooking while wearing a mask, but when we go in and out of each other's house, we are finally not afraid of the eyes around us.

Friday, October 28, 2022

Good morning 1028

 

Yesterday, it was a fish day. For our lunch we had grilled salmon , and  for our dinner we had deep-fried horse mackerel.

Seeing my nutrition analysis table I took saturated fatty acid within standard value. 

The inside of today’s hot sandwiches are the rest of deep-fried horse mackerel.


Today I will stay home while my private library is open all the day. I also open zoom screen. For visitors. I hope someone will come.  

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Good morning 1027

 

Though it is A very cold morning, it is sunny. Today I will also go out to a place instead going to the gym 

Yesterday I talked a friend who has big rice fields and vegetable fields. It is the harvest season, so she asked me come.

Well. I’ll have been to the gym less than five times in this month. 

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Good morning 1026

 

The inside of these hot sandwiches is curry which is yesterday’s leftover.
It is sunny, though it is cold early morning. 

Yuki has already left to play golf.

I have a complimentary ticket to an art museum, so I am going to go there, then I will drop in at  cafe Karaku to have lunch.

At night I am going to attend a zoom meeting. It is a kindness of mindfulness session meeting. It is the first time to attend such a meeting for me. 

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Good morning 1025

 

Finally one project was done. 

We constantly organize our house and put away 10 things e eyewear. Nowadays Yuki also works on. And suddenly he took out old speakers  from the closet, and instead of discarding tried to regenerate it. On our schedule the speakers will be too heavy to move when we get much older, so they will be going to be discarded when we part with this house.

The speakers were my late father’s. When we dropped by at an old cafe, the same one was working. So he started a project to reverse our speakers. And we (sometimes only Yuki) often went to used shops to correct some parts. 

Finally the speakers have started to work in his room. 

He bought old audio products to let trueness work. And he discarded many things and organized his room to put the speakers in his room. 

Well, for a while the fun of visiting used stores  is put aside.



Monday, October 24, 2022

Good morning 1024

 

It is raining. Yesterday it was sunny and a warm day. 

Yesterday we went to a private library& cafe.

And I also got a member of them. I rent a bookshelf for three months, and put some of my books there. 

I also put my book club cards. So I hope if someone visit my private home library.














Saturday, October 22, 2022

lunch diary 1022


Monday,  we went to the library and went to a Chinese restaurant  that is popular for "MABO Tofu" .  but I had "Sour and Hot Soup Noodles. I hadn't had it for a long time. It was delicious. I got some energy. In the evening, I went to the hospital to take my medicine.

Tuesday,  though it is in fall, but it was very cold like winter. 
I called the city's "Mental Counseling Room". Because I got a little bit depressed. I wanted someone to listen to me. For me the department in the city is very helpful. Of course it is free.

Wednesday, I tried making the applesauce of ruby apples looking at the recipe in the newspaper. I used Red Onion. However, On the recipe the ingredient  was purple cabbage. I didn't mind. I also grilled the thick loin and put it in a pressure cooker.

Thursday, in a single pat,  both main and side dishes were cooked.  Did I cut corners?
Pen calligraphy, which I continued to do while taking a break, finished the second workbook,  and then proceeded to the next one. I wonder if  my writing would get better.

Friday, I put a bunch of green peppers in a pan, and cooked them with pork. 
I joined a Haiku meeting in the morning. I lost my confidence. But it was all right.  I got everyone to fix my Haikus.
I am the youngest of the members. The seniors are kind, but very strict.  Well now, I wonder if I would continue the activity.

Friday, October 21, 2022

Good morning 0921

 

I have a Haiku meeting in the morning today. Yesterday I was at desk and was reconsidering my Haikus.

At the meeting I am the youngest. And members come in a little better clothes ( I think).

It means their outfits are different from ones when they go to supermarkets. 

These days I don’t care about my outfits except going toperform at Karaku cafe. So it is a good opportunity to make me a little bit sophisticated lady. 


Thursday, October 20, 2022

Good morning 1020

It is sunny again. When I went to the gym yesterday, I found it was the second time to go there  this month. It was a lucky day. A gym friend was there, and she had waited for my coming. And finally we met, she had wanted to give me sweets. I got it. On the other hand Yuki got lots of vegetables his tennis mates grew. 

It was a harvest day for us.








Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Good morning 1019

 

The sky is bright. It seems to be sunny. Appearing such sky might be for the first time in a week. 

Yesterday I hold a zoom meeting. The members who joined were only two including me. Unfortunately the other member stopped to join it. Before corona pandemic the members  of our picture club were five. Now there are two. And she can join a zoom meeting but she can’t do volunteer activity at the library because of her family situation. It is difficult to be out half of the day for her. 

Anyway, today I will go to the gym. It is for the first time in 10 days.


Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Good morning 1018

 

Yesterday we went to a library. There I met a old man. Naturally he asked me “what author’s book a will you borrow?” 

I answered “nothing special, today I will borrow some books which are published in last few years from these books of this aisle.”

It is difficult to find out the latest books from the shelves. They are constantly borrowed by someone. When we want to borrow such one, we need to book it.

He says his favorite authors. 

Coincidentally, one of them was also my favorite. So, I said “if you like her, probably this book is interesting to you. It is published in 2019. In the library world, it is included in the later published books”.


He borrowed it.   I was really happy to have such conversation time.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Good morning 1017

 

A busy week has finished. Probably until winter we will spend usual days, though Yuki is going to join a concert in two weeks.


Today’s mission is to go to the library.  Our nearby library is closed today. So we are going to go to a little bit far library. The street in front of the library is famous for ginkgo trees. But they don’t change the color yet, probably. 

I like to pick some ginkgo fruits there, though the smell is bad.

Sunday, October 16, 2022

lunch diary 1016


Monday; both two of us stayed home all the day. The lunch was Stir-fried lettuce and beef. My husband was organizing his room, and I was rewriting my Haiku.

Tuesday,  the lunch was  Neapolitan; Ketchup-based spaghetti . I seldom cook it. As a matter of fact, I won a lottery at the supermarket. One of them was Neapolitan sauce.

On Wednesday, I went to the head office that had been taking care of my business. Finally  went through the non-renewal procedures. On my way home I bought a lunch box. I thought I did my best for 20 years. The lunch box was "KATSU DON"
Though Katsu is pork cutlet, the sound KATSU means "win".

Thursday; What about this stiff?・Yuzu buns which I failed to cook a little. The taste was good. The volume was enough and they were very useful for us. These were the end of stock. I'm going to make ones again when I can get yuzu citron. Nest time I won't make  a mistake in the amount.

Friday; We left here for visiting our mothers at 6:30 in the morning.  It was a long day and we got home before 10:00 PM, but we were satisfied because we met our mothers  for the first time in a half of year.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Good morning 1013

 

It is cloudy. I hope it won’t rain, because Yuki play golf today. He has already left home.

I stay home today to do some paperwork. 


Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Good morning 1012

 

Yesterday it was the day of Karaku; my performance day. Regular customers came. We had a good time.

Today I go to the head office of my branch English school not to renew contract of my class. Probably it is the last day to go officially there, (I will go there again next spring to say thanks and bye )


Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Good morning 1011

 

It is sunny, though the heater in the kitchen is still on. 

Today it is the day of Karaku, my performance day. Lucky me. It is sunny. Rainy days make me depressed. 

Yesterday one senior neighbor lady visit here and look at some books. 

It was a short visit, we had a good time. 

Monday, October 10, 2022

Good morning 1010

 

It is Monday.  A new week has started. However today it is holiday.

It is raining, we have no schedule. So we are going to stay home all the day. 

Yesterday we went to orchards, and got Japanese pears and appease at each place. We are really familiar with them, so other things like flowers, vegetables were shared from each orchard. 

Probably Yuki will organize his room. 

I reconsider my Haiku to submit to online Haiku club, and a magazine. 














Saturday, October 08, 2022

lunch diary 1008


Monday
Using pre-cooked SUKIYAKI-bowl I added plenty of Chinese leek and adjusted the taste.
In the afternoon, we went to a bookstore & café.  It is a "bookstore", so we are not allowed to  drink while browsing books. Obviously it is all right to read a book, if we buy it.

Tuesday
We went to Mt.Shirane on Gunma prefecture side. 
At lunch time , We went back to Utsunomiya and had fresh seafood rice bowl. It was a hot day, so the lunch suited the temperature.

Wednesday
Suddenly it got cold, colder than we expected. There would be only warm udon then. 
It was a gardener's day, but it start raining in the afternoon and he canceled his work halfway.

Thursday
Early in the  morning, the gardener came again. He also repaired the parking lot. The three of us were busy, so we had Bentou (delicatessen) for lunch. 
There was no such thing as "Sundubu" in the past. Oh, and there was even no Korean style grilled meat.

Friday
In the morning, this time  we went to another " private library." Cold. And our lunch is beef udon at Marugame Seimen restaurant.
Having a bowl of this easily exceeds our salt intake for the day.

Friday, October 07, 2022

Good morning 1007



It is very cold like in early December.

We put the carpet in the living room. 

Our elder daughter has come back to her home. An exhibition has started in Kumamoto.

If you have friends in Kumamoto, please tell this exhibition. (Finally small advertisement in English is up on the HP).








Thursday, October 06, 2022

Good morning 1006

 

Today it is very cold. Th weather forecast was right. Them temperature is like in November. Of corse the heater is on, though kerosene  price worries us.  We use kerosene heaters. 

I seem to twist  my back. My back sore. I go and get a massage at a chiropractic.

Unfortunately yesterday it got rain, so the gardener couldn’t finish his work.  It is almost the time he comes again. 

Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Good morning 1005

 

Yesterday, it was a half-day trip day.  We left here before 7 AM, and about 2 PM came home. 

Then, I spent lazy evening. Yuki went his band practicing  at night.


Today according  to the weather report it is cloudy. Our  regular gardener has already come and he is working. y. However the clouds are thick. I hope not to come rain.


Monday, October 03, 2022

Good morning 1003

 

October has already started. Yuki has already left for playing golf. Until tomorrow, it seems to keep fine days according to the weather report. 

Today I am going to a book cafe, after the gym.


Sunday, October 02, 2022

lunch diary 1001


Monday
In the morning, We went downtown to do some errands, and had lunch outside. Coincidently a friend joined us.  I forgot to take the photo of our lunch.
A melon which is time to eat arrived. Each of us  ate 1/4 each luxuriously . The leftover was our  breakfast the next day.

Tuesday
I stir-fired meat and vegetables. The taste is by commercial sauce for grilled meat. I also made grated daikon radish.
I went to the gym and Yuki went to play tennis in the morning as usual. In the afternoon we were relaxing as usual. I bought the stored water for emergency online.

Wednesday
I often make Chinese-style marinated cucumber and chicken recently.
I bought  new lace curtains. Some old ones were disposed but the others were washed and replaced.

Thursday
It was hot and I felt a little sluggish. Each of us went to exercise, but I bought lunchboxes on the way home. We shared them with two of us.
After sorting out our shoes, we went to ABC Mart shoe store to buy new shoes for the fall. My old ones  already had holes in the soles.

Friday
After sorting out our shoes, we went to ABC Mart shoe store to buy new shoes for the fall. My old ones  already had holes in the soles.
There were so many. So after  I steamed them, wrapped them one by one and froze them. I ran out of frozen yuzu.

Tochigi national festival has started!

Tochigi national sports festival




Saturday, October 01, 2022

Halloween month has come

 



We have no plan for Halloween. I enjoy my decoration on the shelf.