preparing for my lesson

I stayed at home all day. I made a text book for my hand-sewing lesson. Then I prepared for the lesson. I traced many parts on some pieces of cloth with several patterns and I cut them out. While watching TV I prepared for the lesson. Then I packed those which I cut out and many gold  beads into a plastic bag for each of my students.

a sample

I stayed at home all day. I did the housework in the morning. After lunch, I made a sample for my hand-sewing lesson. The sample is a Christmas tree. While making it I watched TV. I finished making it in the evening. It took 4 days to make. I took a picture of it, and  I sent an e-mail attached picture to my students. I hope they will like the Christmas tree.

cute dolls

My husband and I went to the used book festival in Kanda in the afternoon. I'm looking forward to the festival every year, so I go to the event every time. There were many people, so it was hard to walk. I stopped by at a stationary shop and I found some cute wooden dolls. I bought two dolls impulsively. Then we enjoyed shopping and window-shopping for a while. I was really tired of walking, so we took a rest at a cafe.

My lesson

I gave a lesson on aromatherapy and herbal lesson in the afternoon. I taught my students about a Lavender Tea-tree. The plant is one of Australia's plants, and the fragrance is similar to Lavender. Then I taught them how to make a clay facial mask. They enjoyed making it. After the lesson, I served them a cup of herbal tea and some sweets as usual. We enjoyed talking for a while.

a cooking lesson

I took a cooking lesson from my friend in the morning. The menus of the lesson were "Boiled beef, tofu, onion and green onion with mirin, soy sauce, sugar and soup", "Mixed cucumber and pork with miso vinegar mustard" and "earthen teapot boiled matsutake". After her students and me cooked them, we took pictures of them as usual. We enjoyed eating and talking all the time. We had a wonderful time together.

Gonta

I had lunch at my favorite cafe, and then I went to my father's home. I did the housework and I cooked food for Gonta as usual. It was cooler than recently, so Gonta was really fine. I walked him, and I played with him more than usual. When I went back home, he was almost sleeping.He seemed to be laughing, so I took a picture of him.