Working mom, thinking out loud

 Konbanwa!    So I decided to finally cook potato gratin. I've been meaning to cook it for looooooooong time but...... sometimes, it just takes me long time to do what I want to do. Why? That's a one good question that I don't have answer to. I sometimes have conversation with myself, in my head about it but I never got to conclusion. One thing I know is that.....when I actually get to it, when I'm thinking about it, it feels good. Mumm.... seems like I have some deeper issue but, that's not what I meant to talk about today. lol Yesterday afternoon, what I decided to cook first was the sweet meatballs. I am not sure what is the actual name of this dish.   And as I usually do with any recipes...... I modified it a little. It is very easy and simple recipe that had 3 ingredient which include meatball. Ingredients are; * Frozen meatballs 1LB *Grape jam 30ml *Hot chill sauce 20ml What you do is; *Throw frozen meat balls in the slow cook...

Assignment from Japanese Saturday School  Konnichiwa!' Today, I would like to talk about yesterday. No, nothing special happened, it was just the another day of quarantine. But night before, we received a call from County school system to announce that we are following Common Wealth's approach and keep schools closed for the rest of school year. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!! I mean.......I have no problem following orders. I even appreciate for Governor to make quick decision of "Stay Home Healthy". I do not want to send Cadet to school during this pandemic. And I actually like staying home without obligation to make an excuse. But, As I believe a lots of Parents are feeling the same way, I had enough of my child.     LOL Also, my child comes with all kinds of assignment.ugh He is usually on my computer all day because he receives different assignment from his teachers. (Today, I took it from him and sent him to room to practice his clarinet)...

Konbanwa! Today, I made some goooood egg sandwich. I haven't found these at store since I moved here but if you have been to Japan, you see these at almost any store that sells food. They are typically good but especially the ones from convenience stores are REALLY good. In Okinawa, until 2016, there were 3 main convenience stores. Family Mart, Lawson and HOT SPAR. They each had/has their good point and people usually have their favorite convenience store. Anyway, my favorite convenience store for sandwiches was always Lawson. To me, overall their food quality was the best out of 3 convenience stores. I've been craving for these sandwiches but I haven't been back since I left in 2016, plus, my plan to go back in May was obviously ruined due to this pandemic. The other day, when I was going through my Facebook, I found this recipe named "Best egg sandwich" if I remember correctly. My must items for the morning At this point, I am not s...

Konbanwa! Today was Sunday, even though every day feels pretty much the same lately, all day! And on Sundays, I try to cook some decent breakfast which I've been kinda failed past few Sundays. I mean.... what is the difference between Sundays and any other day of the week now?? But, I do, and Cadet (my son) and Marine (my husband) DO love breakfast so I put myself together this morning to fix us some good breakfast. Wait.  No. I take some of that back.  I mean, everything I said about how much we love breakfast is true and I did cook breakfast this morning but...... I just realized that, I cooked this hashed brown yesterday. OMG I totally got it mixed up. lol Anyway, I DID cooked breakfast this morning, Bacon, egg with spinach, spam and left over hash brown, which I believe people call it "Crack potato" or something like that. Anyway, this potato dish is very easy and yummy, and actually, Cadet brought me the recipe one day. lol Cadet and his frie...

 Konbanwa!    I am a working mom/wife who lives in KY. I've been thinking about starting my own blog, mainly because.... I really don't have close friends near by.  I am from Okinawa, Japan and moved here in 2016 since my husband is from here. Don't get me wrong, I do have friends but most of them are in different time zone, if not.... we are all moms so you know how it is. Anyway, as bad as  this COVID-19 pandemic is, I figure that I would make something good about it instead of just been stressed out, so I started my blog in Japanese a couple days ago so why not one in English, right?? Anyway, my main thing here would probably be ....... FOOD. lol Who doesn't like food?? I love food, and I like cooking. I have my days so I am not gonna say that I love it. lol Like today, I had to push myself to cook, but once I reach to the point (Not sure where it is, yet but I know when I get there), I can usually come up with something to feed my family. These...