今日、あきらめかけていた家の建築許可がおりました。 アーロンの実家は、スプリングフィールドの北東隣りにあるストラッフォード市なんだけど、そこのルールのせいでお父さんからいただいた土地に家を建てることができないでいたのです。 その許可をもらうのも、なんだかコネとかお金とかがあるかないかで判断されて、2年ほど弁護士を通して、あーでもないこーでもないとやっていたわけですよ。
So the variance problem that kept us from building our house on the land we were given from Aaron's dad has finally come to an end! We've been dealing with this for about 2 years now and now it's behind us. We can build our own house:)...once we have money...ha!
まぁ、コネも金もないうちらは真正面から「お願いします！」って言うしかないわよねぇ。 やっとこうして許可が下りました。 3人目を生む前には新居に越したいものですねぇ…とアーロンと夢見ております。We hope we can build our house before we have third child. I was making my dream floor plan the other day and showed it to Aaron. Of course my floor plan was too big and expnsive to build and Aaron had to modify it greatly. I know I don't want a huge house because I hate cleaning... I don't want to spend too much time on cleaning and miss other things but some things are just super necessary such as full basement for storm and nice size laundry room... yeah I know I'm more and more americanized. But I swear we won't build a huge house with lots of waste spaces.
この前、間取り図を描いてアーロンに見せたら、「こんな大きな家建てられるわけねぇだろ！」と怒られちまいました笑。 今の家でもお掃除するの大変なので、あんまり大きいのはいやだけど、希望のアイテム(フルベースメント、大きなランドリールーム等など)入れていったらとんでもないことになってしまったのです。 夢と現実を見極めて、良い家が建てられるといいなぁ。
ドラゴンボールに出てきたカプセルハウス覚えてる人います？ あの丸い構造は、竜巻対策にはもってこいだそうでそれもいいなぁと考えております。
あぁ、また自分の鶏が育てられるかと思うと早く家を建てたい思いでいっぱいになります。鶏飼って、ヤギ飼って～…と夢は膨らみますな。 どうせ田舎に引っ越すならばとことんグリーンになりたいと思います。 まず、虫嫌いを克服せねば ！！
I just can't wait to have my own chikens again! This time I will have ones for eggs and the otheres to actually eat (so that I don't need to eat hormon enjected chickens from the store). Can't wait to have my own garden and stuff . But first of all, I need to overcome the fear of BUGS!!
2009年6月11日木曜日
2009年6月5日金曜日
Loving the weather and Farmer's Market
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ここ数日、とぉ～ってもいいお天気が続いております。 カラッと暑く、30度近くまで上がり雷もなく一日ずーっと晴れててすっごく気持ちいい。
先週 金、土とアーロンママの家に通い、せいちゃんを見てもらいながら私は、お昼寝したりピアノひいたり、Twilightシリーズを読み返してみたり…と贅沢な時間を過ごさせていただきました。 しかも夕飯付き！
土曜の朝は毎週モールの駐車場で開かれているファーマーズ・マーケットに行くのが習慣になっていて、そこで新鮮な野菜、ケミカルフリーの豚肉、焼きたてのパイやパンを買います。他にも植物や、手作りせっけん、アクセサリー等を売るテントが並んで、見るだけで楽しくなります。 私が欠かさず買うのは、アーミッシュの人たちが作るミニピーカンパイなんだけどこれがとっておいしいのですよ。
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ミナナイトの人たちのブースでハーブチーズパンも買いました。この夏は、ここで買う新鮮なお野菜を使って、せいちゃんにたくさんご飯を作ってあげようと思ってはいるのですが…。
さて、悩み事なのです。 せいちゃんが急にライスシリアルを食べるのを嫌がるようになってしまいました。前はパクパク食べてたのに、いきなり嫌がって、口に入れると今にもゲロはくんじゃないかってほど目に涙をためてオエッてします どうしたもんでしょうかねぇ？？ 根気で続けていくしかないんでしょうかね？？ 先輩ママさん、何かTipがあったら教えてください。 今日は、にんじんのペーストに初挑戦させたのですが、同じ反応に終わりました。
今日、教会でせいちゃんより一月後に生まれた子のママと話してたんだけど、離乳食の手作りなんてしないで買って食べさせているということでした。 なんか、私は手作りにこだわりたいなぁ、と思っていたんだけど、そんなことしなくても子供は普通に育つんじゃないのか？とか思ったら手間かけて食べてくれるかどうかもわからないモノを作るのも面倒くさいなとか、思い始めてしまいました。 面倒だし大変なイメージがあるから、離乳食についてとてもスローになっている私…。 あんまり急いで食べさせてもそこまで利点はないらしいので、のんびりしているんだけど…。 はぁ…考えるだけで嫌になっちゃいます、はい 。
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おばあちゃんと遊ぶの大好きでうす。
2009年4月17日金曜日
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2009年4月8日水曜日
My Vision
A few nights ago in my church class, we talked about our vision as Christians. We all know what God wants us to do but sometimes we don't know how. We sometimes are not sure how we could serve him.
I thought I knew my gift was and that was to teach Bible to non Christians. When we were in Japan, people I worked with, most of my friends and my family were non belivers. Every person I met had chance to be saved and I just didn't want to miss the opportunities to tell them about Good News. I was never shy about sharing my faith with people. During the three years in Japan, Aaron and I taught Bible in English every Sunday afternoon. I also went to a friend's house during the week to study Bible with her. She is my sister, now:) We became good friends with those that came to Mito Church's outreach program; EBC and it was wonderful to see some of them change to become Christians. I felt this is what I am goot at for God.
Then we came back to US. Suddenly I didn't know what to do. I have lived in US before once but anytime moving to a new place is just hard whether to a next town or another country. Adjusting to new life and new church took some time. I can speak English fine but still it is sometimes hard becuase I am not a native. How people interact with each other is very different. So, on the way home from church I often say to myself like 'shoot, I could have said this instead of that' or 'I didn't express well what I wanted to say as well as I wished...' I was often discouraged by not being able to do what I used to do no problem.
I knew if I let those negative feelings control myself, I would have another depression like I had when I came to US first time. That's when i learned how selfish I had been and realized that I really needed Him in my life. I was somewhat more prepared this time because of that experience. I need to shift my focus from myself to God. That's what I prayed a lot since I came here. I'm trying to do anything that I think I can to serve Him. I may not look like I'm doing much but God will know that I'm at least trying.
I'm going to Japan this summer and praying that Aaron and I could lead my parents and anyone we see closer to God so that we all can go to Heaven.God has reason for me to be in US. I don't know all of them but I know that I just need to trust Him and do whatever I can to serve Him. Izu, Ganbare~!!
I thought I knew my gift was and that was to teach Bible to non Christians. When we were in Japan, people I worked with, most of my friends and my family were non belivers. Every person I met had chance to be saved and I just didn't want to miss the opportunities to tell them about Good News. I was never shy about sharing my faith with people. During the three years in Japan, Aaron and I taught Bible in English every Sunday afternoon. I also went to a friend's house during the week to study Bible with her. She is my sister, now:) We became good friends with those that came to Mito Church's outreach program; EBC and it was wonderful to see some of them change to become Christians. I felt this is what I am goot at for God.
Then we came back to US. Suddenly I didn't know what to do. I have lived in US before once but anytime moving to a new place is just hard whether to a next town or another country. Adjusting to new life and new church took some time. I can speak English fine but still it is sometimes hard becuase I am not a native. How people interact with each other is very different. So, on the way home from church I often say to myself like 'shoot, I could have said this instead of that' or 'I didn't express well what I wanted to say as well as I wished...' I was often discouraged by not being able to do what I used to do no problem.
I knew if I let those negative feelings control myself, I would have another depression like I had when I came to US first time. That's when i learned how selfish I had been and realized that I really needed Him in my life. I was somewhat more prepared this time because of that experience. I need to shift my focus from myself to God. That's what I prayed a lot since I came here. I'm trying to do anything that I think I can to serve Him. I may not look like I'm doing much but God will know that I'm at least trying.
I'm going to Japan this summer and praying that Aaron and I could lead my parents and anyone we see closer to God so that we all can go to Heaven.God has reason for me to be in US. I don't know all of them but I know that I just need to trust Him and do whatever I can to serve Him. Izu, Ganbare~!!
2009年3月31日火曜日
My wrists are better!
手首注射をやって2週間が経過。 だいぶ調子がいいです。 前はフライパンも持てなかったのに、今は大丈夫。 やっぱ効くのねぇ。 とっても半信半疑だったのでかなりうれしい。 あまり無理せず、大事にしましょ。 また痛くなったら嫌だもんね。
It’s been two weeks since I got cortisone shots on both of my hands. My pain is completely gone and I can pretty much do anything! I’m amazed. I didn’t really think it would work this good, so I’m happy with the result.
I played the piano the day before yesterday for a shot time. It was great.
I will try not to use my wrists too much and enjoy everyday life.
It’s been two weeks since I got cortisone shots on both of my hands. My pain is completely gone and I can pretty much do anything! I’m amazed. I didn’t really think it would work this good, so I’m happy with the result.
I played the piano the day before yesterday for a shot time. It was great.
I will try not to use my wrists too much and enjoy everyday life.
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