2017/01/27
Old Navy
今日はYMCAのクラスの後でOld Navyに行きました☆ (日本からOld Navy撤退するとか。)
After YMCA class, William and I went to Old Navy.
ウィリアムの4歳用の洋服が小さくなってきたので5歳用のをゲットしに行きました。
William is growing out of 4T, so needed some 5T shirts.
セールでウィリアムのTシャツ3枚と靴下4足組,あと自分用のTシャツ1枚買って約21ドル(2000円ちょい)♪安売りばんざーい🙌
I found 3 t-shirts, 4 pairs of socks, and a t-shirt for myself which were all on sale and just cost me about $21! Score!
そして今晩の夕飯は,またピザ。ウィリアムがピザを食べるようになってから1枚じゃあ足りない感じがするので(ちなみに1枚の大きさはたぶん直径40センチくらい),今日は容器で作れるブレッドスティックも作りました。
And we had pizza and bread sticks in the pan for dinner tonight. Since William started eating pizza, one pizza doesn't seem enough, so I baked bread sticks as well.
2017/01/23
また雪 Snow Again
先日こっちこちに凍った駐車場の氷を苦労して削ったばかりと思ったら,今度はまた雪!午前中ずーっと降って,結構また積もりました。もう今年はこれで雪は勘弁してほしいな。
I thought I just scraped our icy driveway, but we had another snow storm this morning. It snowed all morning, so there was a quite bit of snow to shovel. :( I hope this will be the last snowfall for this winter.
2017/01/22
大統領就任式 Inauguration
先週は毎晩ウィリアムを寝かしつけながら寝てしまったりしてブログをアップできませんでした。
Last week, I fell asleep as I put William to bed most of the night and couldn't update my blog.
先週起こった出来事の中でいちばん大きな出来事と言えば,アメリカ大統領就任式が20日にあり,ドナルド・トランプ大統領が45代目の大統領に就任しました。
The highlight of the week was of course inauguration of President Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.
これまでの大統領就任式と比べて参加者数がかなり少なかったようですが,講義運動に集まった人たちの数はものすごく多かった様子(50万人とか)。就任時点で40パーセントの支持率しかない大統領って一体。これからどうなるか。。。
Compared to the previous inaugurations, there are much fewer people who attended. However, there were quite a few people (like 50,0000 people). What kind of President has only 40 percent approval rating at the time he becomes the President?! I wonder how he will do.
ほかにもいろいろあったけれど,あと二つだけ。昨日の夜ウィリアムの髪を切りました。ちょっと急いで切ったので不揃いだけど,一応さっぱり。
There were other things happened last week, but I'll talk about two more things. One is that I cut William's hair. yesterday I was trying to hurry so didn't do all that good, but he looks a lot better.
それから今日は,大量のクッキーを作りました。ピーナツバターオートミールチョコレートチップクッキー♪なかなかおいしかったです。
And I baked some cookies today. Peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. They were yummy!
2017/01/20
路面凍結 Icy roads
おとといまた午後からたくさん雪が降って,3週間続けて夜予定していた教会の「活動の日」の活動も中止。気温が高めだったので雪はみぞれに変わり,昨日の朝起きたら家の前の駐車場はカチコチに凍っていました。駐車場は斜めに傾いているのでブライアンはつるつるすべってトラックまでたどり着けず💦塩をまいてなんとかトラックに乗り込みました。
We had another snow storm two days ago. It started snowing in the afternoon and snowed hard for a while and turned into icy rain. The roads were dangerous to drive and all the church meetings that evening were cancelled. When we woke up in the morning yesterday, our driveway was completely icy and Brian couldn't get to his truck door because our driveway is not flat and he would keep sliding down. We had enough salt to around his truck and that helped him get in.
ブライアンが出かけてしばらくしてから2時間かけて分厚い氷の板をシャベルを使って取り除きました。
It was a hard work! But now it's safe for Brian to come home and everyone to walk on.
かなり腕が疲れたけどこれでブライアンも無事に家に帰ってこれるし,自分も郵便物取りに行けるし,みんな安全に歩けます。
After he left, I spent two hours scraping the thick plate of ice with a shovel.
路面が凍結して危険な状態なのでまたもや学校はお休み。よってウィリアムもプリスクールお休みでした。一日家にいたけれど,あちこちでサイレンの音がなってました。事故が多かったようです。
The roads were treacherous to drive, so schools were closed. So, there was no preschool for William either. We stayed home all day, but we heard sirens throughout the day. There must have been many accidents.
今日は気温が高めだったので(プラス気温)明日は少しよくなるといいけど外出時は要注意です。
The temperature went up today and some of the snow/ice melted, so hopefully the roads get better tomorrow, but we still need to be careful when we go out.
2017/01/17
新しい音楽のクラス Blue Bugs Started
今年になって初めての音楽のクラスがありました。先週始まる予定が雪がひどくて一周遅れの始まりに。去年までのクラス(Red Baloon)は終わりで新しいクラス(Blue Bugs)が始まりました。少し内容が難しくなってきた感じ。今までどおり楽しんでクラスに行ってくれるといいです。
William had his first Let's Play Music class for the year today. It was supposed to start last week but was postponed due to a snow storm. The first semester (called Red Balloons) ended at the end of last year, and this semester's program is called Blue Bugs. It is a little more difficult than the last one, but I hope William continue to enjoy going to the class.
ところで今日は昼間のうちにできるだけの買い物を済ませてきました。今晩からまた吹雪になるようなので。こんどはどれだけ降るかな。。。
By the way, I went grocery shopping and did other shopping as much as I could during the day today since we are supposed to have another snow storm from tonight. I wonder how much snow we have this time...
2017/01/16
ボタンできた~! He can do/undo Buttons!
ウィリアムが突然ボタンできるようになりました!ボタンのある洋服がほとんどないのでやることなかったのだけれど,パジャマのボタン付きのやつで突然ボタンを練習するようになったというか練習もせずにできるようになりました👍👍👍
William can now do/undo buttons! He doesn't really have shirts with buttons, so he had never practiced to button up/undo buttons before, but all the sudden without much practice, he became pro at it. Way to go William!
がんばれ~~~! Almost!!
できたっ!!! Yaaay! He did it!
2017/01/12
はまった! Got Stuck!!!
今日は恐れていたことが起こった~❗❗❗スノー・デーのためずっと休みだったウィリアムのプリスクール,新年初のクラスだったのに,迎えに行こうと思ってガレージから車でバックで出てきたところ,がっつり雪にはまって身動き取れなくなってしまった💦💦
I got stuck in front of our house (in the court) this morning!! I was on my way to pick up William from preschool and this happened.
たまたま近所の女の人が空回りしているタイヤの音を聞いてスコップ持って助けにきてくれたものの,車はうんともすんとも言わず😢プリスクールの先生には,事情を話してウィリアムを見ていてもらうことに。
One of our neighbors who happened to be home and heard my car spinning came out with a shovel and started helping me, but we couldn't get the car get going. I called William's preschool teacher to let her know what had happened and had her take care of him until I came.
何も起こらないまま45分経過したところに配達やさん(FedEx)のトラックがやってきて,トラックもはまったー!でも少ししてトラックは無事に脱出成功🙌運転手さんが出てきて車を押してくれて,我が車も自由に🚗💨💨助けてくれた近所の方とFedExの運転手さんにほんと感謝!
We tried but 45 minutes passed without having success. Then a FedEx truck came by and guess what?! It got stuck in the court too!! But it managed to get out the mess after a while, and driver came out and helped pushing my car, then my car finally moved! I'm so grateful for my neighbor lady and the FedEx driver!
FedExに助けてもらった後。
After my car got free!
家の前の雪 The snow in front of our house (in the court)
家の前の道。Courtを抜け出せばそんなにひどくない。
Our street. Not bad once we get out of the court.
明日もウィリアムのYMCAのクラスがあるけれど,またはまったら。。。と思うと,家の前の雪がなくなるまではどこにも出かけたくな~い!
There is William's YMCA class tomorrow, but I'm worried that I might get stuck again. I don't want to go anywhere until the snow in the court is gone!
I cooked a Chinese dish for dinner tonight. I used one of the iron chef's recipe. It was pretty good. :)
ウィリアムはおにぎり。ほっぺの傷見えるかな?ウィリアムは傷や血を見るのが大嫌いで,おにぎり食べたくなさそうにしていたけれど,食べれば治ると言ったら全部食べました。笑
William doesn't eat what we eat, so he had a rice ball. Do you see a scratch on his face? He hates seeing scratches and blood and stuff, so I told him if he ate his rice ball, it will heal his scratch, then he ate the whole rice ball. Mom wins. 💪
2017/01/11
冬ごもり Hibernation
今日は気温が上がり,久しぶりにスノー・デーではありませんでした。が,我が家の前は雪が深くてうちの車でははまってしまいそうなので外出できず。ウィリアムのYMCAのクラス休みました。夜予定していた教会の「活動の日」の活動もキャンセルしました。もうほんとこのところどこにも行ってない💦まさに冬ごもり。
It was a lot warmer today. School was open for the first time in 6 days. But, William and I did not go anywhere because there's still a ton of snow in front of our house (in the court) and we can't make it through with our Stratus. So, we didn't go to William's YMCA Early Learning Readiness class. I also canceled Activity Days tonight just to be safe. I didn't want to get stuck in the court.
明日はウィリアムのプリスクールが久しぶりにあるのでどうしても行かなければならいので憂鬱😨
今晩から気温がすごく下がるみたいから今度は解けた雪が凍り付いて滑りやすくなるので要注意。
William has preschool tomorrow, so we have to go out. Hopefully we won't get stuck. It's supposed to be super cold starting tonight, so the roads might be slick. I have to be careful.
今日はウィリアムがおもちゃのヘリコプターをトーマスに出てくるハロルドに見立てて一人で結構遊んでいてくれたような。
Today, William was playing with his toy helicopter a lot, pretending like it was Harold in Thomas and Friends, so that helped.
There was this pumpkin (green one, looks like a Japanese pumpkin) I was given back in November and had been sitting in the kitchen since. I finally made a pumpkin pie and a Japanese pumpkin dish out of it. Both turned out pretty good. Glad I could use it before it got rotten!
And I baked some rolls and ham rolls too (I cut one of the ham roll dough wrong). I put some grind oats in the dough for William's health because he is such a picky eater and only eats a few of the same things everyday. I didn't tell William, but after taking the first bite, he told me it smells different. Ha ha.
今朝はなぜか6時前に目が覚めてしまってそのまま起きたので今すごい眠い(現在10時45分)。これ書いたら寝ます。
I woke up before 6 this morning, so I'm super sleepy right now (It's 10:45 pm now). I'm ready to go to bed after I finish writing this.
2017/01/10
まさかのまた雪 Snow Again?!!
When I woke up this morning, it had snowed overnight and we had another 4 inches of snow to shovel! The snow pile in our driveway is getting so high and it doesn't seem like we can afford to have more snow.
ということで今日もスノー・デーで学校お休み。5日連続。ウィリアムは今年始まってまだ一度もプリスクール行ってません。長い冬休みです。今日年始初めの音楽のクラスも予定されていたけれどそれもキャンセル。ウィリアムもわたしも一日中毎日家にいるのが苦しくなってきた感じ。でも家の前に雪がありすぎて我が家の車ではどこにも行けないし困りもんです。
Anyway, it was ANOTHER snow day! (5 days!!) No preschool or music class for William. It's getting hard for both William and I to be home everyday all day, but there's just so much snow in front of our house that our car will get stuck if we try to go anywhere.
真ん中あたりの白いところ,一応道です。まったく見えませんが。
(手前の黒いところは我が家のガレージの前の駐車場)
The court is covered with snow.
今日もウィリアムといろいろなことをして遊んだけれど,シュガークッキー(フロスティングなし)を一緒に作りました。ウィリアムが材料入れたりして手伝うのが好きなのでこういう活動は時間もつぶせるしウィリアムも喜んでやってくれるし一石二鳥。もちろんクッキーも食べれるし。
One of the things William and I did today was to bake sugar cookies (without frosting). William loves to help me in the kitchen, and of course we got to eat the cookies, so it was a great activity. :)
今日はウィリアムがトーマスのDVDを見ているかひとりで遊んでいるかしている間に,作り置きの食べ物を4つ作りました。最近ほんとに食べ過ぎてかなり体重が増えたので,お菓子とかの完食をする代わりに健康的なものをおやつ代わりにしたり,夕飯として食べようかと思って。これで少しは食欲を抑えたり体重減少につながるといいけど。
While he was watching Thomas DVD or doing something else by himself today, I made some Japanese side dishes that have less calories. I have been eating so much and have put so much weight recently, so I decided to eat those things as snacks or dinner instead of other unhealthy snacks or high calorie dinner. I hope this will help me control my appetite and lose some weight.
今晩の夕飯にはクロックポットで作ったスモーキー・チポトレ・カスレーという名前のスープ。豆と野菜と鶏肉が入っていて健康的で自分好みのスパイシーな味。大好きなスープの一つです。
We had smoky chipotle cassoulet for dinner. I love this soup. It's got beans, veggies and chicken. Healthy and spicy. :) One of my favorite soups.
今晩も雨か雪の予報だから明日またスノー・デーになるかな,ならないかな。
We'll see if we have another snow day tomorrow or not.
2017/01/09
大雪の後 After the Snow Storm
昨日までの大雪は一応おさまりました。昨日はこの辺一帯の教会
は大雪と道路の状況が悪いためにお休みでした。そんなことはこれまで一度もなかったようです。
Snow storm is over. All the church meetings in the Valley were cancelled yesterday because of the snow and the bad road condition. I heard it has never happened before.
ところで,雪はやんだけれど気温が上昇して今度は雨に変わり,これまで積もった大量の雪が解けて今度は洪水の被害が💦💦
Now the temperature is higher and instead of snow, we have had some rain. Quite a bit of snow has melted and that has caused floods.
ブライアンの事務所の入っている建物の半分(幸いにもブライアンの事務所と反対側の半分)も屋根から水漏れして洪水被害を受けたようです。それからブライアンの事務所があるナンパ市の市役所も洪水被害に😨(下のリンク参照↓↓↓)
One side of the building Brian's firm is in got flooded too. Luckily, it was not the side his firm was in, so they didn't have any damages. Brian told me that Nampa (the city Brian's firm is) city hall got flooded too.
http://kboi2.com/news/local/major-flooding-nampa-city-hall-office-space
我が家は大丈夫だけれど,家の前が水浸し。明日は出かけなくてはならないけど車通れるかなあ~。明日と明後日またみぞれ混じりの雨が降る予報なのでまた水量が増えそうで心配💦それに解けた雪が凍ってすべりやすくなるからそれも危ないし。
Our house is okay, but there is a ton of snow melted water everywhere in the court (in front of our house). I have to go out tomorrow, but I wonder if our car can get through. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so the water level will probably get higher. The road will be slick and hard to drive as well.
その前にこの間から喉やられてて鼻も詰まってちょっと苦しいです。ウィリアムも鼻水出たりせき込んでるからひどくならないといいけれど。新年早々こんなんだけど,こんなんだから今後は運気アップしかないと期待します。
By the way, I have been kind of sick with cough and stuffy nose. William has been having runny nose and cough as well. I hope he doesn't get worse. We definitely had a rough start this year, but it can only get better right? I hope so.
2017/01/07
準備の日 Preparation Day
今日は午後から大雪注意警報が出ていました。
There was a winter storm warning today.
午前中まだ雪が降り始める前にブライアンがトラックでスーパーに買い物に行ってくれました。我が家の車では家の前の道,雪が深くて行けないと思うのでね。
It was supposed to start snowing this afternoon, so Brian went grocery shopping this morning before it started snowing. He went in his truck because snow in front of our street is so deep that our car wouldn't make it through.
大雪注意警報どおり,午後から雪が降り始め,3,4時間降ったのかなあ。いったんやんだので,夕方5時ころに雪かきに外に出てみると,すでに10センチもの雪が積もっていました。もう笑っちゃうくらいの雪の量!
As predicted, it started snowing this afternoon and kept snowing for a few hours. After it stopped snowing, we went outside and shoveled. There was already 4 inches of snow.
ところで,この大雪はまたやってくる予報で(明け方に),電気が数日間使えなくなるかもしれないということで,みんな大あわて。缶詰食品や暖房品などを買うためにお店もかなり込み合っていたようです。
It hasn't been snowing since, but it's supposed to snow again in the morning and there is a chance of losing electricity for a few days! I think everybody was freaked out and trying to get ready for the worst case. I heard there were a ton of people at stores and shelves were empty.
I was at home trying to get ready for the worst situation. I decided to cook rice and bake rolls while I had electricity.
I baked banana bread as well.
I also cooked Thai curry for dinner ahead of time. I'm glad we still have electricity.
浴槽には水が使えなくなったときのために水をためておきました。
And I filled up our bathtub with water too.
While I was being busy, I realized our dishwasher had stopped moving. I tried to push buttons but nothing happened. I can't believe it died on me today! Why today for real?!! I'll have to hand wash for a while which I don't mind that much since I grew up with no dishwasher.
壊れたのが暖房じゃなくてよかった~。もし明日電気が通じなくなったら暖房も止まってしまうけど,考えただけでも恐ろしい~😱暖房入っていても窓の近くに座っているとひんやりと冷たい空気が伝わってくるのに。。。どうか電気がずーっと使えますように。。。
I'm just glad it wasn't the heater that broke down. If we lose electricity tomorrow, we won't have the heater though. I can't imagine having no heat in this freaking cold weather. I hope we won't lose electricity tomorrow.
William is not worried about anything. Can you tell?
2017/01/05
寒波 Extremely Cold Weather
ここのところ毎日ほんと寒いけど,今日はめっちゃくちゃ寒くて朝からマイナス20度以下💦はんぱなーい!今日は一度だけ郵便物を取りに外に出ただけ。顔が凍り付くかと思った。
It has been very cold, but today it was extremely cold! It started out with -4 degrees. Unbelievable! I only went outside when I went to check the mail. I thought my face would get frozen.
昨日寒い中でのかまくら作りの影響で,今日は喉の痛みと頭痛で一日が始まり,ひどくならなかったけど一日不調な感じでした。今日もスノー・デーで学校はお休みなのでウィリアムと一緒に一日過ごしました。
I woke up with a sore throat and headache this morning. I was so stupid to be outside for freaking two hours to make the igloo thing yesterday. I didn't get worse during the day, but wasn't feeling all that great today. It was another snow day today, so William and I spend time together all day inside.
今日したことと言えば,夕飯のピザを作ったことくらいかな。
One of the only things I did today was to make pizza for dinner.
最近ほんとうに体重がやばいことになっていて,ちょっと真剣にダイエットしないと,と思っています。でも食べるのやめられないんだよね。
I have put so much weight over the holidays and seriously need to be on a diet! But I can't stop eating! Help!
そういえば,昨日新しいだるまを出しました。古いだるまに二つ目の目を入れて。。。
By the way, we got out a new daruma yesterday. We put the second eye in the old one, and...
新しいだるまの片目を入れました。
and put one eye for the new one. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll)
今年も良い一年にできるといいな。
I hope we will make this year a great year.
昨日寒い中でのかまくら作りの影響で,今日は喉の痛みと頭痛で一日が始まり,ひどくならなかったけど一日不調な感じでした。今日もスノー・デーで学校はお休みなのでウィリアムと一緒に一日過ごしました。
I woke up with a sore throat and headache this morning. I was so stupid to be outside for freaking two hours to make the igloo thing yesterday. I didn't get worse during the day, but wasn't feeling all that great today. It was another snow day today, so William and I spend time together all day inside.
今日したことと言えば,夕飯のピザを作ったことくらいかな。
One of the only things I did today was to make pizza for dinner.
最近ほんとうに体重がやばいことになっていて,ちょっと真剣にダイエットしないと,と思っています。でも食べるのやめられないんだよね。
I have put so much weight over the holidays and seriously need to be on a diet! But I can't stop eating! Help!
そういえば,昨日新しいだるまを出しました。古いだるまに二つ目の目を入れて。。。
By the way, we got out a new daruma yesterday. We put the second eye in the old one, and...
新しいだるまの片目を入れました。
and put one eye for the new one. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll)
今年も良い一年にできるといいな。
I hope we will make this year a great year.
かまくら Snow Fort
雪がひどいため,今日もスノー・デーで学校はお休み。
Another snow day!
朝また雪かきをしました。とても寒くて,ブライアンのトラックの扉が開かず(笑)やかんにお湯いれてドアにかけてやっと開いた~!
We shoveled again this morning. It was very cold and Brian's truck doors wouldn't open. He had to pour hot water to open them.
今日は気温がだいぶ下がる予定だったけれど昼間はそれほどでもなく良い天気だったので,午後からウィリアムと雪だるまを作ることに☃
It was going to get very cold, but it didn't seem that cold during the day and sun was shining, so William and I decided to go out in the afternoon to make a snowman.
寒くないって言ってももちろんマイナス。裏庭に出る戸口の上には大きなつららが。ウィリアムは怖がってました(笑)
I said it wasn't so cold, but it was like 23, cold enough. There were huge icicles hanging from the roof just right outside the door to the backyard. William got scared of them. lol
雪だるまを作り出したものの,いざ作り始めたらうまくできな~い💦大きな塊になっただけ。。。
We (well, I) started making a snowman, but it did not work. I could only make a big lump.
ということでそのまま塊を大きく大きく大きくして人生初のかまくら作りに変更💪まあやったのは自分だけで,ウィリアムは寒いので家の中に戻りたいと言ってトーマスのDVDを見てましたが。
So, I decided to make the lump bigger and bigger to make an igloo (snow fort). While I worked on that, William wanted to go inside and watch Thomas DVDs since it was super cold.
そして2時間かかってやっと完成🙌ウィリアムに中に入ってもらって写真撮影📷
And after freaking two hours of working in the cold, I finished making it! I made William sit inside it and took some pictures.
朝からちょっとのどが痛かったのが,寒い中ずっと外にいたのでもっと痛くなってしまった。😣バカと呼んでください。でもやり出したからには途中では終われなかったのであ~る。初めてにしては上出来で自己満足♪
My throat was hurting a little bit this morning, but after being outside for two hours, it got worse. Call me an idiot. Once I started making it, I just couldn't stop. I'm glad it turned out pretty good for the first time and felt very accomplished.
今晩は,寒い日の夕飯にぴったりの豚汁。友達にもらったごぼうを使っておいしくいただきました。あとは鶏の照り焼きと,ごぼうと人参とひじきの和え物。こういう和の食事,たまには落ち着いていいな。
I made some Japanese meal for dinner. Tonjiru (a type of miso soup) was perfect for the cold weather. It's nice to have Japanese meal like this sometimes.
現在午後10時半で外気温マイナス15.5度以下。今晩はもっと気温が下がる予報です😱
It's 10:30 pm and about 4 degrees outside. It's going to get below zero tonight.
それでは今日は疲れているのでもうすぐ寝ます。💤
Well, I better get to bed soon. So tired.👋
2017/01/04
スノー・デー Snow Day
It started snowing last night and there was at least 4 inches of snow in the morning. So, my day started out with shoveling.
雪がひどいので今日はどこもスノー・デー(学校休み)でした。どこにも行けないので,ウィリアムと一日家の中でゆっくりと過ごしました。トーマスのDVDを見たり,トーマスの電車で遊んだり,トーマスの本を読んだり,トーマスづくしの一日でした。
Due to the heavy snow, we had a snow day today, so William and I spent all day watching Thomas and friends DVDs, playing with the train tracks, reading a Thomas book. It was literally Thomas day.
今日はブライアンが朝ごはんに持っていけるようにと思って(自分も食べたいのもあったけど)クリームパン🍞に挑戦。形と味は微妙ですが,作ったっていうことで自己満足。
In the afternoon, I baked cream bread so that Brian could take them to work for breakfast (Most of the time he takes English muffins). They don't look all that great and tasted a little different from the cream bread you can buy at the bakery in Japan, but I'm just satisfied that the fact I baked them. :)
It snowed all day and I went out to shovel for the second time around 5 pm. There was so much snow (it was worse than this morning) and our snow piles have been higher and higher that I have a hard time finding a place to put all the snow. Our nice neighbor came and helped shovel our driveway and moved the pile of snow so that we would have more room to put more snow. I was very grateful for him.
家の前の道はとても雪が深くなってきて,ブライアンのトラックでも家の前の道を通るのは困難だったようです。明日も学校は休みのようなのでウィリアムとまた家で一日過ごします。何をしようか。。。
The snow is getting so deep in front of our house (court de sac) and even Brian's truck has a hard time going through the street. It looks like tomorrow is another snow day. I wonder what William and I would do tomorrow all day.
ちなみに,明日の最高気温はマイナス11度,最低気温はマイナス21度だそうです😱
By the way, tomorrow's high will be 12 degrees and low will be -6 degrees...
2017/01/03
正月3日目 3rd Day of the Year
今日は新年3日目。2日目までが微妙な感じだったので今日はどうかなと思っていたけれどやっぱり大変でした。
The 3rd day of the year was tough as the first two days.
まず,昨日詰まったトイレのつまりが直らず。。。ひたすらスッポンを使って直そうと試み。それでも直らないからネットで調べて,重曹1/2カップとお酢1カップをお湯を便器に投入して1時間ほど放置してスッポンでつまりを取るというのを試みて。。。
We still had a clogged toilet from last night. I tried to unclog it with a plunger many many times, but it wouldn't work!!! So, I did some research online and found a way to unclog the toilet. You put 1/2 cup of baking soda, 1 cup of vinegar, and warm water (can't be hot water) in the toilet, and let it sit there for like an hour, then try to unclog with a plunger.
待っている間にシャワーを浴びたら今度は浴槽の水はけも悪くなっていて,ガーン😨水道管がきっとつながっているかもしれないから,もしかしたら浴槽の方のやつを直したらトイレも流れるかもとか勝手に憶測して,まず浴槽の水はけをよくする作業に取り掛かることに。
While waiting for an hour, I took shower and now our bathtub got a drainage problem!!! I thought may be the two pipes were connected somewhere down there, and thought if I fix the bathtub problem first (which was easier to fix), I could get the toilet unclogged. So, I worked on the bathtub and fixed the problem.
それが終わってからトイレをまた挑戦したら流れたー!!(*´▽`*) 午後一時のことでした。朝からほんと疲れました。でも業者さん呼んで直してもらう必要なくてよかった~。
Then I tried to unclog the toiled with the plunger and this time it worked!!! It was 1 pm. Hours of hard work was payed off. I'm glad that I didn't have to call a plumber to fix it.
今日も寒い一日。夜はベイクドポテトスープにしました。ポテトベイクしないのにこの名前。なんでだろ。おいしいから別にどうでもいいけどね。
It was another cold day here, and was a perfect day to have a baked potato soup for dinner. I like how it's called baked potato soup when you don't bake potatoes. lol It's so yummy so I don't care about the name much.
今晩から明日の夜にかけて雪嵐の警報が出ている模様。明日出かける予定があるけどたぶん行かないだろうな。学校とかも休みになると思う,っていうか,なってほしいです。
There is a snow storm warning from tonight to tomorrow night. I hope Boise school district will have a snow day so I don't have to go to William's YMCA class in the snow. Even if we don't have a snow day, I will probably stay home...
正月2日目 2nd Day of the Year
My exercise program started. I had a break for over a year, and I figured I was totally out of shape and it would be hard to do the same exercise I used to do, so I just did some what's called radio exercise in Japanese. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS92XkVKM0Q
And I did some more easy ones afterwards.
ブライアンが仕事休みだったので,みんなでクリスマスのものを片付けました。ツリーも部屋の飾りもなくなりました。ウィリアムがツリーのオーナメントをツリーから外して箱にしまうのを手伝ってくれました。
Since Brian was off today, we put our Christmas stuff away. No more tree or decorations. William helped take the ornaments off the tree and put them in the box.
Brian went out to cut the tree in half so that the garbage collecting people could take them tomorrow morning.
ブライアンはツリーを外に運んで明日ごみ収集の人が来た時に持って行ってもらえるように半分に切る作業をしました。
今年二日目のハイライトの一つは磯部巻き♪朝と昼で大きいのを4つも食べました。おいしすぎて食べるのやめられない。
One of today's highlights was that I had mochi again. This time isobemaki. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177962622749606330/ I love them!
もう一つのハイライトはウィリアムがトイレを詰まらせたこと!昨日はパンツにう〇ちをしり,今日はう〇ちでトイレを詰まらせる。。。今年すばらしい年になること間違いなし!!
Another highlight of the day was that William clogged the toilet. (*_*) Yesterday, he pooed in his underwear, and today he clogged the toilet. PERFECT!! It's definitely going to be a great year!
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