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Golden Week
May. 7th, 2022 04:52 pmJapan has a lot of national holidays. May is a month when we have a concentration of them. Actually, it all starts on April 29th (Showa Day - I think it was the Showa Emperor's birthday), then we have May 3rd (Constitution Memorial Day), May 4th (Green Day), and May 5th (Children/Boy's Day). So those lucky workers who can get holidays on Monday and Friday have 9 days off this year. This "week" of holidays is called Golden Week. Everything is crowded on Golden Week, so we usually stay home except for going to a nearby lake to see the carp decorations or some other nearby activity.
This year, I went to sing karaoke with my kids on Tuesday. I was going to go shopping with Julian to buy him some clothes, but Alex started talking with Audrey about going to karaoke and I thought Julian would like that too, so we combined the trip and I went along too so I could pay for it and make it an outing. This was a karaoke box shop where you could rent a room as a group. It was fun to go out with the kids and spend some time with them. Afterwards, we still had time to go shopping and I bought clothes for all the kids.
On Wednesday and Thursday, I stayed at home, but we made takoyaki together for dinner on Wednesday, and I bought the kids sushi for Thursday night. For the takoyaki, we use a flour based "pancake" type mix, but I didn't want flour in mine so I made mine with just egg and a bit of baking powder. The sauce and mayo were the same so it tasted exactly the same as the real thing.
I have started rewatching Once Upon a Time since finishing my rewatch of Agents of Shield.
I’d watched it several times previously but when I found it on Disney+ I had to do another. I love the romantic interests this show chooses for Emma. First the Sheriff, played by Jamie Dornan (50 Shades), who dies way too fast,
then Hook, played by Colin O'Donoghue (There was another in between which I was not keen on… glad he dies LOL). I have finally gotten to mid Season 2 and am now enjoying Hook, who thankfully ends up staying till the end of the series.
It was fun to recognize a main character from The Good Doctor as Snow White’s father here as well.
I remember really enjoying the whole series, and I am having a blast watching. However, I only see 2 seasons mentioned here on Disney+ and I know there is much more. I have the sinking feeling I will have to look for the rest somewhere else. When I watched it before, I watched on Netflix USA using VPN. Is it still there? I couldn’t find it, and am guessing it is now Disney exclusive… And not all available in Japan by the looks of it. I could be wrong, but I don’t even want to confirm, I feel so disappointed if true. There are even videos out and it can even be bought on Prime. Why would it not be available on Disney? It doesn’t make sense. I am hoping it is just a glitch and Season 3 will magically appear when I am ready for it. I can’t watch using VPN on my TV or tablet so I would have to find a different way. Buy it on Prime maybe, since I will probably want to watch it again in the future.
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I am thinking of making a pomegranate and cranberry tart to celebrate. I also bought some flowers to be delivered to my mom. I don’t do it every year, … actually only once before to test it out… but I miss her a lot and needed to do something. I am hoping maybe we can visit hubby’s mom also and share the tart. I also have choir practice tomorrow and am getting my very expensive order made choir dress. I will have to pay over 500 dollars for it. Choir is costing a lot of money now that we only have 11 members due to covid and we have to save up money to prepare for our concert next year. Our teacher will be working overseas after our concert and it will be the last concert with her. We also have a church concert planned for July of this year, where we will be able to wear the new dresses as well. I wish I could just quit, with all the extra costs, but with the new dresses just made, I can’t. LOL It would be a waste of money, and I can’t exactly say I don’t want the dress.
My birthday is next Thursday, and I don’t want anything except a food processor - I want one that can do spirals and make nut butter without overheating. My present food processor is good enough for a half cup of butter, but if I want to make more, or even mix in other ingredients for energy balls or something, I need a bigger one. I feel bad for asking my kids for it after they got me the knives for Christmas. It would cost around 200 - 300 dollars.
I couldn’t take Hana for walks this week because her stomach wasn’t doing well. Usually, she does some poo at home before I take her out, but since we ran out of dog food, I had been giving her sasami (chicken breast) instead for a couple of days. She stopped doing her regular poo since Thursday night up to this morning. I asked Julian to take her for a walk anyway while I had class because I didn’t want her getting sick, and she seems to have safely done some poo on her walk. I am so relieved. I now have some regular food, so she should be ok. Sorry for the overshare, but this is one of the important ways I can tell if she is healthy, and something I was really worried about.
Here are some pictures -
( See pics )
This year, I went to sing karaoke with my kids on Tuesday. I was going to go shopping with Julian to buy him some clothes, but Alex started talking with Audrey about going to karaoke and I thought Julian would like that too, so we combined the trip and I went along too so I could pay for it and make it an outing. This was a karaoke box shop where you could rent a room as a group. It was fun to go out with the kids and spend some time with them. Afterwards, we still had time to go shopping and I bought clothes for all the kids.
On Wednesday and Thursday, I stayed at home, but we made takoyaki together for dinner on Wednesday, and I bought the kids sushi for Thursday night. For the takoyaki, we use a flour based "pancake" type mix, but I didn't want flour in mine so I made mine with just egg and a bit of baking powder. The sauce and mayo were the same so it tasted exactly the same as the real thing.
I have started rewatching Once Upon a Time since finishing my rewatch of Agents of Shield.
I’d watched it several times previously but when I found it on Disney+ I had to do another. I love the romantic interests this show chooses for Emma. First the Sheriff, played by Jamie Dornan (50 Shades), who dies way too fast,
then Hook, played by Colin O'Donoghue (There was another in between which I was not keen on… glad he dies LOL). I have finally gotten to mid Season 2 and am now enjoying Hook, who thankfully ends up staying till the end of the series.
It was fun to recognize a main character from The Good Doctor as Snow White’s father here as well.
I remember really enjoying the whole series, and I am having a blast watching. However, I only see 2 seasons mentioned here on Disney+ and I know there is much more. I have the sinking feeling I will have to look for the rest somewhere else. When I watched it before, I watched on Netflix USA using VPN. Is it still there? I couldn’t find it, and am guessing it is now Disney exclusive… And not all available in Japan by the looks of it. I could be wrong, but I don’t even want to confirm, I feel so disappointed if true. There are even videos out and it can even be bought on Prime. Why would it not be available on Disney? It doesn’t make sense. I am hoping it is just a glitch and Season 3 will magically appear when I am ready for it. I can’t watch using VPN on my TV or tablet so I would have to find a different way. Buy it on Prime maybe, since I will probably want to watch it again in the future.
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I am thinking of making a pomegranate and cranberry tart to celebrate. I also bought some flowers to be delivered to my mom. I don’t do it every year, … actually only once before to test it out… but I miss her a lot and needed to do something. I am hoping maybe we can visit hubby’s mom also and share the tart. I also have choir practice tomorrow and am getting my very expensive order made choir dress. I will have to pay over 500 dollars for it. Choir is costing a lot of money now that we only have 11 members due to covid and we have to save up money to prepare for our concert next year. Our teacher will be working overseas after our concert and it will be the last concert with her. We also have a church concert planned for July of this year, where we will be able to wear the new dresses as well. I wish I could just quit, with all the extra costs, but with the new dresses just made, I can’t. LOL It would be a waste of money, and I can’t exactly say I don’t want the dress.
My birthday is next Thursday, and I don’t want anything except a food processor - I want one that can do spirals and make nut butter without overheating. My present food processor is good enough for a half cup of butter, but if I want to make more, or even mix in other ingredients for energy balls or something, I need a bigger one. I feel bad for asking my kids for it after they got me the knives for Christmas. It would cost around 200 - 300 dollars.
I couldn’t take Hana for walks this week because her stomach wasn’t doing well. Usually, she does some poo at home before I take her out, but since we ran out of dog food, I had been giving her sasami (chicken breast) instead for a couple of days. She stopped doing her regular poo since Thursday night up to this morning. I asked Julian to take her for a walk anyway while I had class because I didn’t want her getting sick, and she seems to have safely done some poo on her walk. I am so relieved. I now have some regular food, so she should be ok. Sorry for the overshare, but this is one of the important ways I can tell if she is healthy, and something I was really worried about.
Here are some pictures -
( See pics )
