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2004年08月の記事
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What's going on?
I just realized that I can just type the diary and look at picture gallary.Oh, well, at least I can do that. I quit getting frustrated.Money is tight, but I get blessings everyday somehow.My old friend from Seattle just left me message, saying Omedetou.But unfortunately, I can't read the message...Please if you are reading this, give me direct e-mail to me Tenderheart0618@aol.comRight now, Melody is awake and sitting next to me, watching me type.I get so stressed about putting them all 3 kids in bed on their bed time.But it's rarely successful, and usually somebody wakes up screaming ormissing mommy from the bed and can't go back to sleep by themselves.When I fight with Wadee, it's about house chores.I know staying home with kids is a lot of work.It is a neverending, tiring work.Only thing getting me going is the break I get from my children's trusting eyes,sweet smiles and funny things they do.But Wadee may think otherwise, and says he wonders why I can't do what othermoms all over the country are managing to do with no problem....I get soooo furious when he starts with that crap, because he has never stayed homewith the kids 24/7.Even when I was in the hospital with newborn Maxwell, he "cheated" by goingover to his mom's and ate her food and didn't have to do any chores.These days though, I think he sees me everyday, every minute what I have to dojust to run the family smoothly. I skip breakfast, just to iron and dress all 3 of them, and if I'm lucky, I would beout of my pajamas, too.All that while, Wadee would be taking shower, ironing and getting dressed.But recently, more and more he helps me out, because he would be home with meeveryday.I think he is getting to see how hard stayhome mom with children under 7 is.I still barely have enough time to put on sunscreen on my face and comb my hair,but we are getting used to the ritual of "getting out of the door".We don't waste any time, and we are like partners of raising children now.I am very proud of him, since when I first had Melody, he didn't and couldn't watch her even for 2 hours without me.Now I even leave the baby with him, if I prepare bottles for him....I went to visit my girlfriend last night after I put my kids in bed, it was great.After about 2 hours, I started to worry about them since the phone had never rang during my stay.She is having a hard time, coming from the Phillipines and have 3 boys, 6,3 and 11months old.We talked and talked, because we related with a lot of things.His oldest son's dad is Japanese, for example.I feel blessed I got to meet her in this mainly White/Black community.Well Melody is rushing me to go to sleep with her, so I am going now.
2004年08月29日
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Olympics in Athens...
Every night, we are watching the Olympics.Our favorites are swimming, Gymnastics and Track & Field etc....Lots of drama in the world of sports, I must say.They train every day of their life, for hours and hours.That is a lot of dedication, and thus, they surely deserve to be heros.Melody doesn't seem like interested in any sports, even though we try to ask her if she wants to try some new sports.Maybe she's not an athletic type...?Nile likes water sports or trampoline, because he tells me "Go there, go there".He is a Piece, so he would be good in water.Melody is more like for running.I don't know, it's just a parent's imagination her kids....My quote is "Never get back up from mistakes without learning anything".meaning, if you make mistakes in your life, don't get depressed, but learnfrom that mistake.Those American gymnasts showed me how you can still come back up after some major mistakes.I also like seeing those athletic men's excellent body shapes. They are really like Greek sculptures.If I work out hard, probably my body would be great shape like those femaleathletes, but I just can't stick with any excercise regimen too long.Baby is getting 4 immunization shots on Monday.I feel bad.Here, doctor give kids 4 shots in a row.That really shocked me first with Melody.Melody has finished half of her immunization shots in Japan, but since theirschedule and kinds of shots are different from the States, she ended up re-doing some shots again.Nile hates shots, too, and now he is old enough to know what doctor doesto him in the office.He screams and starts crying as soon as we get to the room.I feel really bad, but over here, we give them children's pain killer to soften thepain for later.I guess that's better than nothing, and they HAVE TO get them no matter what fortheir own good.Sunday is Wadee's mommy's birthday.We will have some surprise party for her.Have a lot of things to plan, so I'd better go to bed....P.S. Maxwell is starting to smile and coo. He looks at people's face for a long time, and open his mouth, tries to smile and talk(?) or coo.Only two months and he has grown so fast. Well, that's how baby are I guess....
2004年08月20日
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Food trend shows U.S.'s immigration history
I luv cooking...that's a fact.I luuuuv eatin', too.I eat soulfood almost everyday, kind of because Wadee don't care fortoo much exotic food.He prefers simple stuff, like mashed potatoes, string beans and some meatloaf. A lot of pork fat, I must say.I happened to read French cooking teacher Ms. Julia Child's credits, and simply, before her show, was American food's Dark Age.Around here in PA, that simple stuff is most popular.Little bit of Chinese food or Italian, but no "new-Asian cuisine" in this town.We see Amish people sometimes, and I can see big influence with the food I see here everyday.Dutch cooking is I guess what Amish people do, or Eastern Europian influence ( like "Pigs in a blanket", or meatball stuffed in layers of cabbage, or Japanese Rolled cabbage).That stuff is very fattening and sometimes I just crave for light Asian food.There are Pierogies, or Europian gyoza, stuffed flour dough, stuffed inside with mashed potato and swimming in butter....I think all over America, Asian food is accepted very well now.Honestly, I think soy sauce is very yummy and marinaded meat very well. Thus non-Japanese can enjoy, too.Pretty much by now, you can eat any kind of ethnic food if you go to a big city.Americans are not so Aji-onchi anymore, I suppose.But seriously, everytime I think how smart the Chinese people are and get astonished.And with their cooking technique it shows very much.They get away with simply using wok to steam and fry food....Americans like a lot of gadgets to clutter up their biiig kitchens.I don't like having too much stuff cause it takes much more effort to clean up there.Any city you go in the States, you are likely to run into some Chinese restaurants, too.In my neck of the wood, I have eaten at Mall's food court.One store calls itself "Tokyo" and offers menus saying "Hibachi Teriyaki ", but all the stuff thereis Chinese of other Asian people.When they seeme they ask me if I'm Chinese.They make me feel like saying yes because I feel very close to her even though I don't even know her name.I suppose I get mistaken for Korean or Chinese sometimes.Very Mongolian face I have, I must say.Tonight's menu:Baked Pork chops on Stuffin'Buttered corn
2004年08月16日
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I am back (can't type or read Japanese...)
Hey, whomever was worried about me and read this, and understand...My computer (actually, it's Wadee's) iMac has been completely screwed upwhen Wadee was trying to install OSX...We are still trying to fix problems, but since I don't know anything about fixing computers, I am planning to buy another computer for myself.My baby was born on June 24th.His name is Maxwell. He is a good baby, sleeps well and don't give me too muchfuss...He is gonna be 2 months old on the 24th this month.He looks more like American baby than Asian.He's getting dark everyday. Can't wait to upload his pics in the future...I had the baby with epidural ( no pain medication) so my labor was super-easy!!I didn't even feel any pain and I had to ask nurse if my contraction is coming by lookingat monitor.I pushed about 5 times and he came out.Whomever wants to contact me can write to me in English or Romaji-uchi...Sorry for the inconvenience, y'all.Also, if somebody who knows a lot about Apple/Mac and explain stuff in English for Wadee, please contact me too...Help!!
2004年08月15日
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