Thursday, August 28, 2025
Good morning 0828
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Good morning 0827
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Good morning 0826
Monday, August 25, 2025
lunch diary 0823 and good morning 0825
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Good morning 0823
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Good morning 0821
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Good morning 0820
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Good morning 0819
Monday, August 18, 2025
Good morning 0818
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Good morning 0817 & lunch diary 0816
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Good morning 0816
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Good morning 0813
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Good morning 0812
Yesterday I suddenly fell ill in the afternoon, though in the morning I felt dizzy. From the afternoon I was lying down the rest of the day. What happened to me? It seemed a kind of heat stroke, though it was not so hot but very humid.
My condition is uneven, and Yuki’s side effect also comes in waves.
Well, anyway today, it is the day of KARAKU. I hope I will be able to go there. Yuki is going to participate in his band practice tonight.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Good morning 0811 & lunch diary 0809
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Good morning 0810
Thankfully a viewer gave me the answers to my questions about an English picture book. Yesterday I read it up. I also organized some books about Mother goose. I used to hold a workshop about Mother goose sometimes, winky with songs. I thought if I had read up this book, the workshop would have been more fulfilling, and fun. I try to introduce this book on a zoom meeting.
Saturday, August 09, 2025
Good morning 0809
I have started taking my kimono apart. Most of my kimonos were taken apart and made over into casual dresses by my friend. But I still keep some kimono, which are mainly formal kimono.
But I decided to give them a makeover into dresses.
Kimono of late my mother in-law were discarded mostly. Probably mine will follow the same path. My daughters can’t put on kimono by themselves.
Additionally I am able to put on kimono, but if I need to put a formal one, I will go to a beauty saloon.
Friday, August 08, 2025
Good morning 0808
Thursday, August 07, 2025
The topic is "brain"
Yesterday I participated in an online English coversation meeting. There were four Japanese ladies.
After the meeting , I organized my thoughts.
◆Do you think that you have a healthy brain? Why or why not?
It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? what is the definision of "a healthy brain"? My brain is appropriate for my age. It means I often feel my age. The older we get, the easier we loose our memoryies.
◆Do you usually make decisions with your brain or with your heart?
It depends on the situation. At first I think my physical strength. It means I make my decisions mainly with my brain. When I was young I used to follow my intution and my feeling.
◆What animals do you think are highly intelligent?
Dolphins, monkeys, dogs, and so on. Sorry if you are a cat parson -- I don't add cats on my list. Additionally we used to have a cat.
◆If you could get a brain implant to make you smarter, would you do it?
I wouldn’t do it. Because if I were smarter than now, I would like to be much smarter. It’s endless.
However if we could get a brain implant to stop dementia, I might do it. I would keep myself.
◆What does your brain spend the most time thinking about?
Nowadays, my brain is full of "meals". what should I cook for our lunch and dinner? It is a usual thing.
But it 's too hot to have enough appetite, So what do "I" want to eat?
And the other day I suffered from sever heat fatigue. At that time I was thinking what I could eat.
Probably my brain doesn’t work so hard, I do what I can do now.
◆How do you think sleep affects the brain?
Good and enough sleep is the most important to keep our health and a healthy brain.
When I can’t take enough sleep, I am out of it on the day.
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
questions -- a book from "Mary had a little jam and other silly rhymes
I read this book little by little.
Q1
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Good morning 0805
Monday, August 04, 2025
Good morning 0804
Sunday, August 03, 2025
Good morning 0803 and lunch diary 0802
Saturday, August 02, 2025
Good morning 0802
Friday, August 01, 2025
Good morning 0801
August has started.
We leave in one hour for the hospital. I hope he won’t need to be hospitalized by pneumonia and resume the chemotherapy .Anyway while he takes blood check and X ray, I am going to stay at Starbucks. It is my luxurious time.
It must become a long day, today. Where and when do we (or I) have lunch?
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Good morning 0731
Though Yuki is coughing is getting better, tomorrow we have to go to the hospital.
Yesterday, he we went to a hot spring with full of radon gas where it takes about one hour by car.
He seemed to find another hobby? mission. This time didn’t go with him. Next time I might go with him. I don’t like “hot” hot spring very much.
I organized our family photo book in 2025. Sine I started annal photo book 11 years have passed. Why July?
Our grand daughter was born in July. To celebrate her birthday I started to make our family photo every year. She grew up, so she doesn’t visit us so often. It might be the last photo album.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Good morning 0729
Monday, July 28, 2025
Good morning 0728
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Good morning 0727 & lunch diary 0726
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Good morning 0726
Friday, July 25, 2025
Good morning 0725
Monday, July 21, 2025
Good morning 0721& lunch diary 0719
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Good morning 0720
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Good morning 0719
Yuki’s new medicine seems to work, but unfortunately he got a fever on Thursday. Now he has a slight fever and is getting better. So the medicine was stopped for a while.
The way to take this medicine is taking it three or four weekends every day and stopping two weeks. This is the first cycle. He can take this way ??? cycles. Anyway for two weeks he doesn’t take anticancer drug, though he takes the other medicine.
To tell the truth when he got a fever I got upset and panicked. Now we are all right.
Without noticing some food is past its expiration day. I have to organize foot stock shelf. It is a usual weekend to let go off 10 things.
Friday, July 18, 2025
Good morning 0718
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Good morning 0717
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Good morning 0716
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Good morning 0715
Monday, July 14, 2025
Good morning 0714 & lunch diary 0713
A new week has started. At first I have to go an orthopedic doctor. I will leave in one hour.
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Good morning 0713
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Good morning 0712
Friday, July 11, 2025
Good morning 0711
Yesterday afternoon, we had a thunderstorm. The thunder was really loud. Then itwas a comfortable night, we could sleep without air conditioner. This morning it is also cool.
The issue , we think, is being settled, though it seems to take for a while to solve it perfectly.
Another small problem occurred. Yuki seemed to take medicine mistakenly more than a fixed amount of times. So a shortage of medicine occurred. We have to go to the hospital in the morning. Everyday something happens. What do we eat our lunch today “outside” ?
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Good morning 0710
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Good morning 0709
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Good morning 0708
I could have light breakfast. In the morning I stay quietly in my room.
Monday, July 07, 2025
Good morning 0707
Sunday, July 06, 2025
Good morning 0706
Saturday, July 05, 2025
Good morning 0705
Today be for noon I am going to meet a mother to give some my English books. She is Asian, but not Japanese.
Friday, July 04, 2025
Good morning 0704
It is Friday. Tomorrow probably we talk with our lawyer.
Anyway we “survive” this hot weather.
Additionally last night we had heavy . It caused flooding on the nearby road. According to the weather report, the wet season on this area will finish on next Monday.
Thursday, July 03, 2025
Good morning 0703
This weekend a Chinese mother will come to take some of my English books. Next week a friend visit my home library. I am really happy to welcome some guests.
Yesterday I bought two new glasses. I used bifocal grasses. It seems to be burden for my eyes. I made grasses to see far, and to see around me. (Progressive lenses). Of course I have reading glasses. Now I am wearing reading grasses to write this blog.
It is good for my eyes.
The bad point is the bag I go out is full of gadgets: grasses, smart hone, sunscreen, arm and warm covers protecting myself from air condition, salt candy, etc.
P.S I used the word "bifocal grasses". What differences are there between bifocal grasses and progressive grasses. There is no line between upper and loweer, so my grasses are porgressive grasses???
Wednesday, July 02, 2025
Good morning 0702
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Good morning 0701
The end of month I will do volunteer reading at the library because kids’ summer vacation will start.
Today, we go to the hospital. But just to see the doctor. In the afternoon Yuki is going to join jam session at a jazz cafe. I am going to the gym to do one circuit exercise.
Well, this weekend, I organized a Japanese room. Finally the “tokonoma” appeared again, where was used as a storage place.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Good morning & lunch diary 0629
At night I am going to review the account book of this month. I feel headache. But keeping our household account book is “kind of” my hobby.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Good morning 0629
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Good morning 0628
Friday, June 27, 2025
Good morning 0627
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Good morning 0626
We'll leave home in an hour. It is COSTCO day, it menas I take CBT(cognitions behaivor threapy). On the way home from Costco, we stop by at some friend's house to deliver some thing they asked us.
It is fun!
One complaint is that; I tired of having the hotdog. I don't mind to have Mac hamburger. A Mcdonard is in front of the Costoco. Additionally there is a Starbacks next to the Costco.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Good morning 0625
Yesterday one boy dropped by at my home library. It is the second time for him to come here. His friend came to get him, and he started playing outside. Talking with him was fun.
In the evening I walked around my house. Coincidentally I met a friend. It was the first time for us to see her in several years. Both of us were walking. Of course we started chatting. Probably chatting time was longer than walking time. It was fun.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Good morning 0624
Monday, June 23, 2025
Good morning 0623
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Good morning 0622
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Good morning 0621
Friday, June 20, 2025
Good morning 0620
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Good morning 0619
“Thankfully” yesterday I was presented seasonal vegetables : summer bamboo and Japanese pepper berries. To tell the truth these days hot and humid days continue, so I didn’t want to cook. Actually I bought delicatessen for our dinner.
But I couldn’t waste it. And I know it is very important to cook as fast as we possible when we dig or pick them.
I cooked.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Good morning 0618
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Good morning 0617
Monday, June 16, 2025
Good morning 0616
A new week has started.
My first mission of this week is going to an orthopedic clinic to get a physical therapy. Additionally in he morning Yuki has no schedule (usually on Mondays he has no tennis meeting.) he said “I will take you to the clinic. While you get it, I will be at Uniqlo clothes shop.”
On the other hand if the doctor permit to one circuit exercise which doesn’t include ones for waist and back, I want to go to one circuit exercise in the afternoon while Yuki goes to the supermarket which has alcohol, and inexpensive clothes. (It means the clothes are cheaper thanUniqlo’s.)
Anyway today’s his condition is not so bad. I am relieved.