明けたら、腰はかなりよし！（嬉）
デイサービスの送迎スタッフの方にお花見に行かれたんですってね。すごく綺麗だったのよーとお母様嬉しそうでした！と言われた。早速自慢した模様。
昨日通った沼川の桜もほぼ満開かな。
月別: 2018年3月
義母
痛いけれど歩くのには支障なし。寝ているところから起き上がったり、屈んだりすると痛いけれど大丈夫。ずいぶん前に義母からもらった骨盤ベルトのおかげで思ったよりも楽だった。朝職場前の神社でストレッチがてら散歩。昼前は観光客で賑わっているけれど朝はまだ出店も終い中で静かで良い。
義母とは会おうとするとどちらかの家族や自身が風邪やインフルエンザに罹り、ぜんぜん会えないでいて、電話やラインではチョコチョコ話したのだけど、下山してからあっという間に3ヶ月が過ぎてしまい、申し訳なく思っていた。今週ちょっと時間ができたので、今から会いに行ってもいいですか？！と突撃したところ、大歓迎よ！と言ってもらってようやく会えた。義母もお花見ドライブに連れて行こうと考えていたのだが、ああ桜ね、桜は私はもう十分見て来たからいいわ（人生で）。とのことで^^、それより一緒に美味しいお肉を食べてたくさん話しましょう！とお昼焼肉ランチ。もう私もそんなにお肉を食べられる年齢ではないのだが、義母にとってはあなたは若いんだからもっとたくさん食べなきゃダメよと言う感じらしい。。お会計も家人と母にお弁当のお土産までももらって、義母にはしてもらうばかりである。そう言うと、あら、いいのよ。だってあなたはずっと人の世話ばかりなんだから。あなたを世話する人が家族が１人くらいいてもいいでしょ。サラっと言われて、このレスポンスの速さと方向が家人と同じで親子だなとつくづく思う。そしていつまでたってもダメな次男夫婦を気にかけて世話するのも私がいなくちゃと義母の張り合いなるかもしれない。そう思うことにしよう。ずいぶん勝手な思いだけれども。義母がお山に帰る前になんとか家人を母に合わせようと毎日あれこれ家人を突っついているのだけれど、空回り中。
義母から家人へのお土産の焼肉弁当！
と海老フライ。その他も色々。
いててて
やっぱり。座ってても痛い。。やっちゃったか。今日は職場の片付けがあるのだが戦力外になりそうだ。（涙）
脳外科デー
が桜満開の日でついでに天気も良くて暖かいとは珍しいことだ。少し早めに家を出発し病院に行く前に回り道をして桜トンネルが有名な道を通ると母が横でわぁ♪と喜んでいた。ので！桜トンネル2往復。ここは毎年連れて来ているけれど、満開より早かったり、あるいは少し遅かったりしていたのだけれど、今年はドンピシャで私も嬉しくなった。
診察も順調に終わりせっかくの桜日和なのでもっと満開の桜を見せてあげようと隣町の職場近くの神社にも寄ることにした。神社の隣接の駐車場は満車で待ち行列ができていたけれど我らは徒歩30秒の職場の駐車場にサクッと止められるのでラッキーだ。母はびっくりしていた。しかし母の車椅子をエッサえっさと押しての境内巡回は砂利や階段段差や凸凹で予想外に苦戦だった。凸凹で方向転換をするときに腰をひねって軽くギクッとなった。（今も痛い)。それでも苦戦していると必ず誰かが「お手伝いします」と車椅子の移動を助けてくれてありがたかった。そして母は
昔来たことあるけど、覚えていたよりもずっと綺麗だったんだ！明日ディサービスでみんなに教えてあげよう！と喜んでいた。よかったよかった。今日満開で晴れにしてくれた神様ありがとう！
お昼には母リクエストにより某回転寿司屋さんに行って春限定ハマグリラーメン（ディサービスの他の利用者さんに美味しいから食べに行ってごらんと薦められたので行きたいと言い出した^^）と真鯛と筍の茶碗蒸しを食べ、盛りだくさんの半日が終了！
今日は幸せだったわぁと夜寝る前に言っていた。ぎっくり腰になった甲斐があった！
4月まで
あと一週間とか。。
日曜朝、１人産直に行くのに今日は桜がどのくらい咲いてるか市内をグルンとしながら行こうと車を走らせていて、いつもお世話になっている魚屋さんの前を通るとちょうど奥様が開店の支度で外に出ててそして私の車を発見したようで大きく手を降っているので私も車内から振り返したら、すぐにここに止めてと大きくジェスチャーするので魚屋さんの前に止めて降りておはようございます！と言うと、「ちょうどまさごちゃんに電話しようと思ってたんだよ。なんて以心伝心！」と言うので何かしら？と思ったら、「美味しいパンをもらったから分けようと思ってね。」と奥からずっしりとした食事パンを持って来てくれた。魚屋さんの近くに新しくできたイタリアンの石窯で焼いたパンなのだそう。「これはお兄ちゃん達の分ね」と甥っ子たちの分まで頂いてしまった。美味しいパンだったのでこのイタリアンにも行ってみなければ！
甥っ子達も大学生と高校生になる。この前生まれたばかりなのにさ。２人とも新しい場所で楽しい学生生活を過ごしてもらいたい。
地元を離れている友人が好きでよく散歩していた桜道にも寄ってみた。まだ３部咲きくらいかな。去年はここを一緒に散歩して花筏を眺めた。次にまた一緒に見られる日を楽しみにしておこう。
友人のワンコの手術も無事終わったとの報告。よかった。
Mar 24th, 2018
先週土曜日の英会話は先生が体調不良のためお休み。珍しい。余程のことだったのだろう。今週は無事復活。よかった。
1) The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday decided to pursue a constitutional amendment plan proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to recognize Japan’s defense forces in the war-renouncing Article 9, despite objections from some of its lawmakers.
2) President Donald Trump spelled out in new detail several steps he favors to fight a U.S. epidemic of opioid abuse, including the execution of drug dealers, a proposal that has gained little support from drug abuse and judicial experts.
3) The government spent about 90 percent of its “secret funds” under a category that requires no receipts and lets the chief Cabinet secretary decide where the money goes, a civic group said March 20.
The government’s so-called secret funds may have been used to buy souvenirs, gauge public opinion ahead of elections and even further enrich royal family members overseas, according to people once in charge of the money.
4) A key figure in the Moritomo land sale scandal that is rocking Japan’s Diet has reportedly confirmed that he kept the prime minister’s wife informed about the deal.
5) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have lunch with former US President Barack Obama in Tokyo on Sunday.
Obama is due to arrive on Saturday for a 2-day visit to attend an international conference in Tokyo sponsored by a private organization. This will be his first visit to Japan since he left office in January of last year.
6) Thirteen men and women, who were unable to leave a mountain trail in western Tokyo due to heavy snow, have been found after an overnight search.
All 13 are said to be conscious, but one person was seriously injured in a fall. Authorities say 6 of the climbers were able to walk by themselves. They were taken to a hospital. Police say the remaining 7 were rescued by helicopter and then taken to a hospital.
7) North Korea’s state media says momentum toward change is emerging in the country’s relations with the United States.
The Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday carried a commentary on the North’s prospective talks with the US and South Korea.
It says measures led by North Korea have created an atmosphere of reconciliation between the 2 Koreas, as well as a momentum toward change in North Korea-US relations.
8) Rising Japanese tennis star, Naomi Osaka, has defeated 23-time Grand Slam champion, Serena Williams, in the first round of the Miami Open.
Osaka is coming off her first career title at Indian Wells on Sunday. Williams returned to the court earlier this month after maternity leave.
9) Thousands of rebels have reportedly pulled out of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, which is under siege by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Government troops began bombarding the area, near the capital Damascus, last month. It has been a stronghold of 3 rebel groups.
10) One of Japan’s biggest solar power plants has gone into operation near Tokyo. What makes it different is that it is on the reservoir of a dam.
More than 50,000 solar panels cover about 18 hectares of a lake behind a dam in Chiba Prefecture.
The operator claims it’s the biggest solar power plant on water in Japan.
Annual output is projected at more than 16 million kilowatt hours. That’s equivalent to the power consumed by about 5,000 households in one year.
11) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that “mistakes” were made in the company’s handling of user data. He pledged to step up measures to protect personal information.
Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappeared on Friday,
12) China’s commerce ministry says it’s preparing to take countermeasures to the US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
It will target 128 US products including dry fruit, wine and stainless-steel pipes. Those imports were worth about 3 billion dollars last year.
13) The European Union is proposing to tax IT giants based on their revenues instead of their profits.
The European Commission unveiled its proposals on Wednesday, seeking fair solutions to the digital activity tax.
Under the plan, EU member countries will be able to tax companies that do business within the bloc, even if they are not physically present there.
14) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has declared a ruling on a white-hot issue, announcing that hot dogs are indeed sandwiches.
The octogenarian made her decision on the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on March 21.
15) The Communist Party of China announced this week a consolidation of state-run media, part of a broader push by President Xi Jinping to tighten supervision over broad swaths of Chinese public life, or what he calls “unity in thought” among officials and citizens.
Movies, television, books and radio programs will now be under the direct control of the Communist Party. The announcement comes weeks after China voted to end a two-term limit on the presidency.
確認
母の心臓外科と皮膚科検診と私の歯科と車の一年点検と確認ウィーク。
車の点検の間友人に朝食兼昼食を付き合ってもらう。正解のフレンチトーストを食べて我が家のレベルを修正確認しようと思ったがそもそもパンが高級だった。バターもたっぷりだし、これを食べるためにはまずパンから修正が必要ということか。
歯科
友人の愛犬が歯科手術をすることになり、以前竜が歯科手術をした動物病院に行ったそうで、その時のことを話しているうちにあのとき竜可哀想だったなと思い出して涙がでた。麻酔から冷めた後、家族を探してニャーニャー一晩中鳴いてましたよ！と翌日迎えに行くとドクターに言われたっけ。私を診察室で見た瞬間、ゴロゴロゴロの喜びパーリング音がすごかった^^。目が覚めて知らない場所で、他の入院患者さん(?)の声や気配や匂いで不安だったろう。友人の心配ぶりもよく分かる。従姉妹のレトリバーが避妊手術の麻酔でそのまま目が覚めず亡くなったことがあるので、麻酔も怖いイメージがある。ほんと心配だろうな。無事終わりますように。
文旦
友人から頂いた文旦もいよいよ食べ終わってしまった。ピカピカプリプリで美味しかった。普段、柑橘類を剥いてあげても「ああ、いらない」と食べない家人もおかわりを要求するくらいの美味しさであった。母はもちろん大好物である。ご飯を残してもデザートの文旦は食べるほどである。ごちそうさまでした。
文旦の皮でピールを作ろうと思ったけれど、今年はヨーグルトを毎晩食べているので、家人の希望で文旦マーマレードにすることにした。美味しい文旦は皮も美味しい。ピールを作るときみたいにワタを少し残そうかと思ったけれど、ネットのお菓子屋さんのレシピページを見ていたら「残しても良いけれど、うちではワタも綺麗に全部取り作ります」ということだったのでワタ抜きにしてみた。
ぴっかぴっか。きび砂糖で作ったので茶色くなってしまったけれど（本当はもっと綺麗な黄色なのに失敗したなと後悔。。。）。
これでしばらくまた食後の楽しみが続きます！！
＊マーマレードを煮ていたら、姉から興奮の電話が来て、吉報を知る。^^よかった！
March 10th, 2018
トランプ大統領が北の人と会談するんだねぇ。良い方に向かうかなぁ。と言ったら、Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. だそう。
1) White House officials confirm US President Donald Trump accepts the idea of meeting with North Korea’s leader by May.
Trump is tweeting “great progress” is being made.
South Korean delegates made the initial announcement at the White House after they hand-delivered a letter from Kim Jong Un to Trump.
2) A group of researchers in the United States has found that fake news on Twitter spreads faster and farther than the truth.
The researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at more than 4.5 million tweets on true and false news stories distributed between 2006 and 2017. They published the results in the journal Science
3) Women around the world took to the streets on International Women’s Day on Thursday, demanding equal rights.
In the Spanish capital of Madrid, women marchers held pots and spoons, demanding equal pay with men and an end to domestic violence. They said housekeeping and childrearing are not only women’s work.
4) Britain’s top counter terrorism officer says a nerve agent was used on two people who were found unconscious on the weekend.
Mark Rowley of London Metropolitan Police said, “This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent. As you know, these two people remain critically ill in hospital. ”
5) A finance ministry official who was involved in the sale of state-owned land to a school operator has died.
Investigative sources say the official from the ministry’s local branch in western Japan was found hanging in his residence in Kobe City on Wednesday. He later died. Police say he left what appears to be a suicide note at his home.
6) NHK has learned that the head of the National Tax Agency intends to step down after coming under fire for his answers to questions in the Diet over the sale of state-owned land to a school operator.
7) The mayor of Nagasaki has sent a letter to Barack Obama asking the former US president to visit the atomic-bombed city during his planned trip to Japan.
Obama is arranging a visit in late March at the invitation of a private organization.
8) Criticism is spreading over a footage showing an orangutan puffing on a cigarette in a zoo in Indonesia.
The video was taken on Sunday and posted online by a visitor to the zoo in Bandung.
The footage shows the orangutan puffing on a half-smoked cigarette which was thrown into the animal’s enclosure by another visitor.
9) Major Asian nations reacted sharply on Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, warning of damage to relations amid industry calls for retaliation.
Japan said the move would have a “big impact” on the countries’ close bilateral ties, while China said it was “resolutely opposed” to the decision and South Korea said it may file a complaint to the World Trade Organization.
10) Trade ministers of 11 countries will sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Thursday.
The group does not include the world’s biggest economy, as Trump pulled the US out of the free-trade deal soon after he was elected president.
The ministers will adopt a statement before putting their signatures on the agreement in Santiago, Chile.
ニトリのクッション
近所のニトリをブラッとしたらクッションのバリエーションが豊富であることを発見。
動物たち！
だろうが何かわからない子がいる。
フクロウと？？？
うさぎ。。。でもちょっと怖い。
しろくま。。細い隙間にいた。窮屈そう。
パンたち！！！
切り株！
切り株！！
切り株！！！
切り株、人気なのかな？
ラクレット
カルディにフライパンで溶かして使えるラクレットチーズが売ってたので購入し、一度食べてみたいと言っていた家人が喜ぶだろうと早速夕飯に。野菜は家にある野菜。本当は塊ベーコンが良かったけど家にあったのが薄いベーコンだったのでそれを使用することにした。ソーセージよりそれっぽいかなと。
フランスパンも買い忘れたので、カルディで買ったスーパーフードのお煎餅を代用してそれをオンしてチーズをかけるとこんな感じ。
チーズ、かなり濃厚なので夕飯これだけで大満足でした。追チーズしたので結局全部使い切ってしまった。また食べたい！というのでそのうちまた買いに行かねば！
カルディ
マニケを求めて友人とカルディへ。久しぶりのカルディナのでテンション上がりあれこれ買ってしまった。カルディは隣市のショッピングモールに入っているのだが、もう少し近いどこかのショッピングモールに入ってくれればいいのになぁ。パンダ杏仁豆腐を買い忘れた。
お昼ご飯はこれ。スフレオムレツ。
中はこんな。
ふわふわ、ボリューミーでした。
マニケは見つからなかったけれど大満足。
March 3rd, 2018
先生のスカイプの画像がネコのおひなさまにしてあった。可愛いねー。と喜ぶと、子供の生徒さんが喜ぶからね。と。おっと喜んじゃったよ。
1) The Japanese government says the unemployment rate for January stood at a seasonally adjusted 2.4 percent. That’s down 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, and is the lowest since April 1993.
More than 65 million people had jobs, up 920,000 from a year earlier. Employment has been expanding for more than 5 years.
2) Major food and beverage makers across Japan are to raise prices due to the higher costs of labor and raw materials.
Breweries are hiking prices of bottled and draft beer. They say driver shortages and other factors are making distribution more costly, so bottled beer will go up by around 10 percent.
Prices of domestic and imported wines will also increase by 3 to 6 percent, due to the rising costs of grapes.
Consumers in Japan can expect to pay more for rice, frozen items and dairy products.
3) A Japanese university will set up a research institute to study legal issues related to self-driving cars and make recommendations to the government.
The Japanese government is aiming to put self-driving technology into practical use by around 2020. It envisions making use of level 3 of the 5-degree scale of autonomous driving. At that level, driving is basically fully automated except in emergencies.
4) China has warned the United States not to resort to protectionism, after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters on Friday that the steel and aluminum industries are facing global challenges and that countries should cooperate to tackle them.
Hua suggested that no country should resort to unilateral trade restrictions to protect its own interests.
5) The Reuters news agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father, Kim Jong Il, obtained fake Brazilian passports under false names in the 1990s.
The younger Kim is known to have made multiple secret visits to Japan around 1991, when he was a child, using a fake passport. He is also known to have traveled to Japan using a fake Brazilian passport in May of 1991.
6) A senior official of Japan’s Finance Ministry says it will look into allegations of altering internal documents on the sale of state-owned land to a private school operator.
The land in Osaka Prefecture was sold to Moritomo Gakuen in June 2016 for about 7.5 million dollars less than its market value.
The ministry disclosed its internal documents related to the sale after the issue was made public in February last year and taken up at the Diet.
But media say the documents were not those created when a local branch of the ministry concluded a contract for the sale.
7) Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova, who took gold in women’s singles figure skating in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, says she hankers after an Akita dog. The breed originates from the prefecture of the same name in northern Japan.
8) Japan’s Meteorological Agency says a volcano in the country’s southwest appears to have erupted.
The agency says volcanic tremors began on Mount Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, bordering Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, at around 8:15 AM Thursday, Japan time.
Volcanic ash was reported falling at the foot of the mountain at around 11:00 AM. Shinmoe last erupted in October.
9) A letter that was opened at a US military base near Washington caused 11 people to fall ill.
The US Marine Corps says the incident happened at a base in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday. 3 of the sick were taken to a hospital.
10) —Statistics show pigs are hogging the market in Europe as the largest livestock category and outnumber people in Denmark by more than two-to-one.
European statistical agency Eurostat said Thursday that with a population of about 150 million in the European Union, pigs far outnumber cattle and other bovines, the second-largest livestock category with 89 million head.
11) —A New York economic development agency report meant to show the state’s growth was illustrated with an 8-year-old photo showing construction craneas in South Africa.
The Associated Press discovered the photo in this month’s report from Empire State Development.
12) KFC says about 470 of the fried chicken chain’s 900 U.K. restaurants remained closed Tuesday because of a chicken shortage. The company says the disruption started last week, when it changed its delivery provider to DHL.
ミーティング
ミーティングしましょう！ということでココに集合。久しぶりに来たので3度くらい道に迷った^^