Today Ken gave me a lucky coin that he said he especially wanted me to have. When I asked him why, he said simply that he thought I needed the luck. So I shrugged, tucking away that interesting nugget of information, and opened my package.… Read More
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Limbo
This is basically my view when I get off work in our home office. Miyu watches TV pretty much all day, 90% of the time. Sometimes I manage to make some activities for her like painting or drawing. But usually it’s like this. Today, during… Read More
Dustin’ it off
I finally decided to breakout my sewing machine today. I’m getting tired of the anxiety I get every time I pull out a disposable mask from our waning supply. Lord help me because it’s been years since I’ve sewn, and I was only ever really… Read More
Groceries in, trash out.
I decided to use our nifty MacWagon tonight and I’m glad I did because we had a lot of trash to throw away. It was so much easier to put all the junk in the wagon instead of putting a bag on each arthritic finger… Read More
Typical mornings and the coveted boiled egg maker
I’ve always wanted to blog about our little boiled egg maker so this morning I thought why not? We bought this thing many years ago and I don’t know what I’d do without it. Basically you just add water to the bottom dish (below the… Read More
Our new oil heater!
We got it this past Sunday at Yodobashi. It wasn’t in stock so they had it delivered to us today. Original price was ¥32,868 ($302.65). We got it on sale for ¥28,540 ($262.80). We’ve been using our trusted gas heater (handed down to us by Ken’s… Read More
A rainy morning with coffee
As expected, Miyu is worse this morning. She’s coughing, sneezing with phlegm, and her forehead is getting warmer by the hour. I decided to call in sick today and will most likely do some work from home. We just finished eating breakfast and I made… Read More