I am so glad that Mikey can drive. His driving is improving, still takes corners a bit to fast for my liking and he still parks as far away from other cars as possible. But we can get out and about.
Yesterday we went to Saga City to get a few things for Christmas. Got most of the pressies, need to get something for Mikey. He wants clothes so I guess I'll give him some money and he can buy what he wants!
One thing I realised yesterday is that I have to loose weight. I got so tired just going to a few stores. I don't have the stamina to keep on going for hours like I use to. Part is age but the biggest part is my weight. So I need to cut calories, easy to say but difficult to do!
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
December
So it is now December. Last month of the year. Kids are excited about Christmas, especially Hannah. Which is just as well as I have no desire to do anything about it! I just want time to stop so I don't have to face the day my hubby died. But I have no choice do I?
On to more interesting things. Hannah made miso soup for us the other day.
It was good considering it was only the second time she had made it.
I tried out curry pan. Got the recipe from a web page (which I can't find now). It was a bit fiddly but tasted good. I always make too much curry so now I have a way of using left overs!
I will try and update more often this month!!!
On to more interesting things. Hannah made miso soup for us the other day.
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| Hannah's miso soup |
I tried out curry pan. Got the recipe from a web page (which I can't find now). It was a bit fiddly but tasted good. I always make too much curry so now I have a way of using left overs!
I will try and update more often this month!!!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Upsetting Mikey
I had a great plan for today.
The plan was to get out of the house at 7:20, drop Hannah at school, go on to MIL's to drop off some boxes and then go to the mall and start some Christmas shopping.
Great plan!
Reality. Got out of the house okay, dropped Hannah off on time. Mikey says he has to put gas in the car. I told him that I didn't want to double back in heavy traffic because it would add another 20 minuets to the journey. I was confident that on the way we find a gas station.
We head off towards MILs, I am watching the fuel gauge, it was in the red, but I felt sure we would be okay. We got half way there when the car stopped, we had run out of gas. There were no gas stations, we were on the edge of an industrial area. I had no idea what to do, we didn't have our cell phones with us, there were only a few houses and a load of factories around. Mikey and David took off walking to find a gas station, I sat in the car and waited! It took 3 hours to get the gas. The first small station they came to refused to sell gas in a container. The 2nd place said that they had to go to a home center to buy a special container, another half hour walk and half hour wait for the store to open! So me not wanting to spend an extra 20 minutes cost us 3 hours. Poor Mikey was really upset. But I told him that I had a good story for the blog.
The plan was to get out of the house at 7:20, drop Hannah at school, go on to MIL's to drop off some boxes and then go to the mall and start some Christmas shopping.
Great plan!
Reality. Got out of the house okay, dropped Hannah off on time. Mikey says he has to put gas in the car. I told him that I didn't want to double back in heavy traffic because it would add another 20 minuets to the journey. I was confident that on the way we find a gas station.
We head off towards MILs, I am watching the fuel gauge, it was in the red, but I felt sure we would be okay. We got half way there when the car stopped, we had run out of gas. There were no gas stations, we were on the edge of an industrial area. I had no idea what to do, we didn't have our cell phones with us, there were only a few houses and a load of factories around. Mikey and David took off walking to find a gas station, I sat in the car and waited! It took 3 hours to get the gas. The first small station they came to refused to sell gas in a container. The 2nd place said that they had to go to a home center to buy a special container, another half hour walk and half hour wait for the store to open! So me not wanting to spend an extra 20 minutes cost us 3 hours. Poor Mikey was really upset. But I told him that I had a good story for the blog.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
What happened?
I can't believe that we are already into the first week of November! Time is just flying by! I am still in September in my mind, so every time the date comes up I do a double take!
October turned out to be rather tough. I was busy, kids also had a lot going on. Sports Day and camp for Hannah, Eiken test and Halloween stuff here, which meant everybody helping out. Then I got hit with a combination of allergies and a heavy cold. That put me in bed for two days! I am still recovering and face days of awful headaches. I think my nose is stuffy at night so I wake up with the most awful headaches. Mornings are getting cold, I am up at 5am to make breakfast and obento. Poor Christopher has to leave at 6:40, he has signed up extra class that starts at 7:35. Kind of tough but I hope it helps him with tests!
I have some photos to post, next time!
October turned out to be rather tough. I was busy, kids also had a lot going on. Sports Day and camp for Hannah, Eiken test and Halloween stuff here, which meant everybody helping out. Then I got hit with a combination of allergies and a heavy cold. That put me in bed for two days! I am still recovering and face days of awful headaches. I think my nose is stuffy at night so I wake up with the most awful headaches. Mornings are getting cold, I am up at 5am to make breakfast and obento. Poor Christopher has to leave at 6:40, he has signed up extra class that starts at 7:35. Kind of tough but I hope it helps him with tests!
I have some photos to post, next time!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Quiet
Hannah's grade has 3 day camp this week. She left yesterday morning and will get back tomorrow afternoon. It is so quiet without her. I never realised how much noise and energy she has. She is usually on YouTube watching some musical. The latest is "Cats". She trys to find it in different languages. Then of course she is bouncing around, and talking, sometimes non stop. So it is very quiet without her. I'll be glad when she gets back. I don't know what the purpose of this camp is. The kids do lots of fun things, night hike, camp fire, making curry outside and some other stuff. Not really educational so what is the purpose?
The other kids are doing okay. David got knocked off his bike by a dog, the dog then ran over him. Also this morning David was trying to cut down the hedge a bit when a pigeon attacked him. Not a good day for David and animals.
I am getting back into my schedule after a weeks holiday. It was nice to have no work for a few days. This next will be busy with Halloween. I'll make some cookies and do something for the kiddies classes. But I am not doing as much as I did last year, I really don't have the energy!
The other kids are doing okay. David got knocked off his bike by a dog, the dog then ran over him. Also this morning David was trying to cut down the hedge a bit when a pigeon attacked him. Not a good day for David and animals.
I am getting back into my schedule after a weeks holiday. It was nice to have no work for a few days. This next will be busy with Halloween. I'll make some cookies and do something for the kiddies classes. But I am not doing as much as I did last year, I really don't have the energy!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Long Overdue Update
Been really busy and just a bit out of things lately!
The first Sunday of the month was Hannah's field day. It is a long day and for me rather boring. Hannah's school is large so each child only does 4 or 5 events. each event is only a few minutes long, so watch Hannah run, sit around for an hour or so, watch Hannah do the team cheers, sit around for a few more hours and so on until about 3:30 or so. I was up at 5am to make obento so a rather exhausted day for me. But Hannah had a good time. A few photo's from that day.
In other news Mikey passed his driving test and we got a car. I am so happy. I can finally shop. Mikey has problems with parking and of course he is still nervous. That makes me nervous riding with him. I hope that with time and practice he gets better.
The first Sunday of the month was Hannah's field day. It is a long day and for me rather boring. Hannah's school is large so each child only does 4 or 5 events. each event is only a few minutes long, so watch Hannah run, sit around for an hour or so, watch Hannah do the team cheers, sit around for a few more hours and so on until about 3:30 or so. I was up at 5am to make obento so a rather exhausted day for me. But Hannah had a good time. A few photo's from that day.
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| The local football mascot came to cheer the kids on |
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| Hannah carrying one of her friends in the gymnastics display |
In other news Mikey passed his driving test and we got a car. I am so happy. I can finally shop. Mikey has problems with parking and of course he is still nervous. That makes me nervous riding with him. I hope that with time and practice he gets better.
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| Our new car, 2nd hand but new to us |
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
BUGS
I don't like any kind of bug! Any creepy crawly makes my skin crawl and reduces me to a screaming mess. Amuses the kids no end but I hate bugs.
Hubby was the gardener, every year he would spray the trees outside to stop the bugs taking over. This year I never even thought about it until we had an infestation of stink bugs. They were on the trees near the entrance so of course when we put the lights on in the evening the entrance would be full of these things. As students came in and out the bugs would follow, they would take up residence on the celling waiting for me to get sleepy then dive bomb me!! More screaming and running in circles. Finally in desperation I called hubby's friend. He came last week and sprayed the trees, we are now bug less!!!
And just to add to the screams, we had a visitor in the shape of a large spider!
Then just to keep me smiling one of my students came in this tee shirt
Hubby was the gardener, every year he would spray the trees outside to stop the bugs taking over. This year I never even thought about it until we had an infestation of stink bugs. They were on the trees near the entrance so of course when we put the lights on in the evening the entrance would be full of these things. As students came in and out the bugs would follow, they would take up residence on the celling waiting for me to get sleepy then dive bomb me!! More screaming and running in circles. Finally in desperation I called hubby's friend. He came last week and sprayed the trees, we are now bug less!!!
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| YUK |
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| massive! |
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