The Friday Five for Aug 26 and Other News
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supernutjapan1) What are you wearing right now?
An ivy green sleeveless knit shirt and navy culottes with a white sunflower or merrygold print all over the culottes are very light cotton, long and easily mistaken for a skirt. I also have some ankle socks on.
2) What would you rather be wearing right now?
I am not unhappy with what I am wearing, but I wouldn't mind just being in my shorts and tank. It is so hot and muggy. Also, I really need some more tops that fit my present stature more. All my clothes are so baggy.
3) What is your favorite outfit of clothing that you currently own and wear?
A long pencil style cotton brown skirt that flares down at my ankles. I bought it in Canada before my wedding and I have gone on and off wearing it due to my changing weight, but I can wear it again and I am enjoying it.
4) What is your favorite outfit of clothing that you have ever worn?
I don't really think this is a realistic question. I have been alive for more than 50 years. 50 years LOL But, I can give several outfits throughout my life that made a lasting impression and I loved to wear.
1. 3 - 5 years old a woolen blue and pink striped skirt with crisscrossing suspenders in the front.
Wollen white and yellow poncho and Winnie the Pooh one-piece pajamas.
2. 6 - 8 years old, a blue plaid skirt and vest
3. 18 - 20 a blue/green plad wrap skirt
(I don't have a picture of this one, unfortunately. I really like plaid I guess LOL)
I hated most of my clothes in highschool and university. At least, I hated myself in them. I was so big! I was looking through all the old photos and I can't even recognize myself in some of them. What happened was that I went on a diet in my junior or senior year and lost a lot of weight, then the stress got to me and I overate, gained it all back plus more. I think I went over 70 kg. I finally lost it again at 25 and kept it off (except for pregnancies) that really gave me the confidence I needed in myself along with becoming a mother - that helped too.
5) What was the last new or new-to-you garment you bought or acquired?
My choir dress, I guess. I haven't bought many new clothes recently. I get too tired and never find anything I really like. Clothes that people wear now-a-days (in Japan anyway) seem to all be drab, big, hiding the figure. Nice for people who have a complex about their figure, whether that be too thin or too big - but not really geared toward people who are confident in themselves imo.
Nothing exciting happened this week that I can remember, except I finished a book called the "Startup Wife" which my facebook book club was reading. I enjoyed it and it made me think a lot about social media, relationships and discrimination toward women in the workplace. Audrey is on a diet for just around 10 days until she goes back to school. I am making her food from my program and eating the same menu. I don't know if she is going to stress eat afterwards - she might but I hope not. I like the food but she is not particularly fond of the menus. She gets tired of smoothies, she is picky about what to put in her salads.... OMG. From personal experience, she should probably wait until she can find a program she likes a little later in life instead of stoicly doing mine when she doesn't enjoy it. But she wanted to do it, and I thought showing her that she could do something and get results from her hard work might make it easier for her to believe in herself with regard to studying as well. ... I just talked with her and she told me she is just dietting so she can binge eat and not gain more than before LOL Oh the young. As long as she doesn't go too crazy it should be ok...???
I registered with a recruiting firm online for translators and interpreters. I'm tired of hubby telling me we are broke and not being able to do anything about it. If I can just get 2000 dollars more a month... or even 1000... it would help things a lot. Also, I want some job that is not tied with our business. Hubby has always insisted that we should start our own translation service, recruiting others to work for us instead of registering with other companies and them taking away more than half of the income. But, I can't do that. If we are going to do a business like that, we need someone else to head it - I head the English School and do everything for that. I can't do it for translation services too! And Hubby is supposed to be in charge of the business aspect, but he can't set it up. So we are stalled. Anyway, hoping I can get something to help with the costs and get us out of this downward spiral. I've rewritten my resume in English and Japanese and done a translation trial. I will be sending it in, and getting an interview online so they can start introducing me some jobs that would fit me. At present, I am not telling hubby about this. I know he will start all the stuff above and I can't deal with it.
This is our last weekend before Audrey goes back to school. Julian has until mid September. Alex, of course is free until next year April. He's planning a trip with his friends in September. Iiiiiinaaaaa! I am so jealous.
An ivy green sleeveless knit shirt and navy culottes with a white sunflower or merrygold print all over the culottes are very light cotton, long and easily mistaken for a skirt. I also have some ankle socks on.
2) What would you rather be wearing right now?
I am not unhappy with what I am wearing, but I wouldn't mind just being in my shorts and tank. It is so hot and muggy. Also, I really need some more tops that fit my present stature more. All my clothes are so baggy.
3) What is your favorite outfit of clothing that you currently own and wear?
A long pencil style cotton brown skirt that flares down at my ankles. I bought it in Canada before my wedding and I have gone on and off wearing it due to my changing weight, but I can wear it again and I am enjoying it.
4) What is your favorite outfit of clothing that you have ever worn?
I don't really think this is a realistic question. I have been alive for more than 50 years. 50 years LOL But, I can give several outfits throughout my life that made a lasting impression and I loved to wear.
1. 3 - 5 years old a woolen blue and pink striped skirt with crisscrossing suspenders in the front.
Wollen white and yellow poncho and Winnie the Pooh one-piece pajamas.
2. 6 - 8 years old, a blue plaid skirt and vest
3. 18 - 20 a blue/green plad wrap skirt
(I don't have a picture of this one, unfortunately. I really like plaid I guess LOL)
I hated most of my clothes in highschool and university. At least, I hated myself in them. I was so big! I was looking through all the old photos and I can't even recognize myself in some of them. What happened was that I went on a diet in my junior or senior year and lost a lot of weight, then the stress got to me and I overate, gained it all back plus more. I think I went over 70 kg. I finally lost it again at 25 and kept it off (except for pregnancies) that really gave me the confidence I needed in myself along with becoming a mother - that helped too.
5) What was the last new or new-to-you garment you bought or acquired?
My choir dress, I guess. I haven't bought many new clothes recently. I get too tired and never find anything I really like. Clothes that people wear now-a-days (in Japan anyway) seem to all be drab, big, hiding the figure. Nice for people who have a complex about their figure, whether that be too thin or too big - but not really geared toward people who are confident in themselves imo.
Nothing exciting happened this week that I can remember, except I finished a book called the "Startup Wife" which my facebook book club was reading. I enjoyed it and it made me think a lot about social media, relationships and discrimination toward women in the workplace. Audrey is on a diet for just around 10 days until she goes back to school. I am making her food from my program and eating the same menu. I don't know if she is going to stress eat afterwards - she might but I hope not. I like the food but she is not particularly fond of the menus. She gets tired of smoothies, she is picky about what to put in her salads.... OMG. From personal experience, she should probably wait until she can find a program she likes a little later in life instead of stoicly doing mine when she doesn't enjoy it. But she wanted to do it, and I thought showing her that she could do something and get results from her hard work might make it easier for her to believe in herself with regard to studying as well. ... I just talked with her and she told me she is just dietting so she can binge eat and not gain more than before LOL Oh the young. As long as she doesn't go too crazy it should be ok...???
I registered with a recruiting firm online for translators and interpreters. I'm tired of hubby telling me we are broke and not being able to do anything about it. If I can just get 2000 dollars more a month... or even 1000... it would help things a lot. Also, I want some job that is not tied with our business. Hubby has always insisted that we should start our own translation service, recruiting others to work for us instead of registering with other companies and them taking away more than half of the income. But, I can't do that. If we are going to do a business like that, we need someone else to head it - I head the English School and do everything for that. I can't do it for translation services too! And Hubby is supposed to be in charge of the business aspect, but he can't set it up. So we are stalled. Anyway, hoping I can get something to help with the costs and get us out of this downward spiral. I've rewritten my resume in English and Japanese and done a translation trial. I will be sending it in, and getting an interview online so they can start introducing me some jobs that would fit me. At present, I am not telling hubby about this. I know he will start all the stuff above and I can't deal with it.
This is our last weekend before Audrey goes back to school. Julian has until mid September. Alex, of course is free until next year April. He's planning a trip with his friends in September. Iiiiiinaaaaa! I am so jealous.