お誕生日 Birthday

一つ歳をとりました。 I got one year older.


いつも私が写真を撮る人なので、いつも写真の中に入っていないのですが、お誕生日の日くらい皆と一緒に撮りたかったので、セルフタイマーで。。。

I am the one always taking photos for the family and seldom get to be in one. So, I decided to use self-timer function today since today is my birthday and wanted to be in the photo definitely!!!!


とてもクリエイティブなケビンがカードとギフトをくれました。。ハートのボックスカードの中にはお手紙。そして、ケビンマッサージ会社からの無料マッサージ券。とても嬉しいギフトです。

Very creative son, Kevin gave me a card and a gift. A letter was inside this heart shape box. And there was a free massage coupon from the Kevin's Massage Company. What a wonderful gift!!

始めました Just started

最近友達と週に一回テニスをしています。ボールがあちこちへ飛ぶので二人でコートの隅々まで走りまくっています。１週目はそのあとずっと筋肉痛で苦しみました。でも、２週目はオッケー。テニスは本当に激しい運動ですね。１０分もしたら汗が沢山出てきます。現実は。。心はやる気満々で走っているのですが、足がなかなかボールに追いつきません．．．．トホホ．．．

I started playing tennis with a friend once a week lately. Balls go everywhere and force us to run every corner of the court. I suffered from muscle aches the first week, but the second week was OK. Tennis really gives us vigorous exercise. After the ten minutes of play, sweat starts to drip. The reality is..... our hearts are so willing to run after the balls, but our legs are struggling to catch up with the balls. sigh.....

読書 Reading books

私は子供の頃からあまり本を読むのが好きではないのですが。。。大人になったらちょっと変わったかな。。最近読んだのがこの本「エジソン」。小学生向けの本なのでわかりやすくあっという間に読めました！エジソンて本当にすごい。感銘を受けました。彼の名言を読むとやる気が出てきます。子供達に読ませたい本ですね。私もこれを子供の頃に読んでおくべきだったか．．．？？！！
I don't like reading books so much since I was a child... but now have changed a bit. Recently, I read this book, "Thomas Alva Edison." It was a book for elementary kids, so it was very easy to read and understand. Edison is truly amazing. I am SO impressed. His quotes are very inspiring. Children should read this book. ....I should have read this book when I was a kid......!!?? Then....

筋トレ Weight training

昨日はガスレンジ周りの掃除をした。たまっていた汚れをおとすのは本当に疲れた。これはジムで腕の筋力を鍛える機械を数時間使ったのと同じだよ〜。あ〜〜肩が痛い！！大家さんが喜ぶよなぁ〜〜。

I worked on cleaning the gas range yesterday. It was so tiring to clean all those tough old stains. This is definitely equal to couple hours of weight training in a gym. My shoulders and arms are aching! The landlord will be so happy.

チョコバナナ2ちゃん Choco & Banana2

チョコもバナナ2も本当に大きくなって美しくなってきました。誕生してから３ヶ月。そろそろ卵を生んでくれるかな？

Choco and Banana2 are really maturing and look beautiful. It's been three months since they were hatched. Is it almost time to lay some eggs??

久しぶりに Been a while since...

久しぶりに手仕事をいたしました。特にビーズは久しぶり。何を感じたかって．．．いかに老眼がすすんでいたかということ！！でもすごく楽しかった。出来た作品も可愛いし、やっぱりクラフト大好きですね。ただちょっともっと良い老眼鏡が必要かなって．．．

It's been a while since the last time I crafted. Especially, I haven't done beading for a long time. How did it go? Well, I learned that my eyes are aging which I knew, but it's getting much worse than it was a couple months ago. So what....I had fun making them and they are so cute. I love crafting indeed. Just need better reading glasses.

どうして？! Why?!

今朝外に出てみると、雨！！！ギャオォオおおお、久しぶりの雨に超興奮！最後に雨が降ったのは確か２月くらいのこと．．．８ヶ月ぶりの雨。。。
でもどうして今？おととい、この車を買ってから初めて車にワックスかけてピカピカにしてもらったばかりなのに！！

I went outside this morning and it was raining!! WOWoooooo, I got SO excited about the rain!! The last time we had rain was probably in February. It's been over 8 months.
BUT, why now?? I just had my car waxed and polished to shine the day before yesterday for the first time since we bought this car!