Winter vacation and Christmas season are officially finished now! Usually I prefer traveling to staying at home but because of Corona I had a very lazy vacation.

Before break, I bought nostalgic Christmas snacks like Walker’s Chocolate Orange, shortbread cookies and Toblerone. I ended up getting more cookies and chocolate as a gift so I had so many sweets to eat!! The positive thing is that by the end of vacation, I got a little tired of sugary things. Now I have started skipping dessert or snacks often. Maybe I have accidentally started a diet!

あけましておめでとうございます。

本年もよろしくお願いいたします。

今年が始まってまだ数日ですが

首都圏では再び緊急事態宣言へ…

という報道がされていますね。

コロナが終息し

良い年になることを願うばかりです。

みなさん、あけましておめでとうございます！！

もう2021年ですね！2020年は激動の一年だったと思います。今年は良い意味で激動の一年になると良いですね。

今年こそは海外に行きたいです！！去年は一度も国外に出ませんでした。数えてみたらびっくり、およそ10年ぶりに日本国内だけで過ごしました。それだけ当たり前のように海外に行けていました。せっかく英語を勉強しているのですから、使ってナンボですよね！これからは海外に行けるのがまた当たり前になって欲しいです！今年こそは海外に行くぞ！！！

Usually, I’m at home in America for Christmas and use one of our many, many stockings for the season. However, since I’m in Japan this year, I didn’t have access to those particular family heirlooms. So, I decided to make one myself!

I’ve never made a stocking myself before. For all of my previous stockings, my mother did all of the actual labor to make them. She has access to a wide range of fabrics and accessories, in addition to many more years of sewing skills, so her stockings are pretty amazing. The one I’m making definitely pales in comparison, but it a labor of love, so I appreciate it regardless of its lower quality.

To give it some variety, I used a bunch of different plaid fabrics. It could do with some additional decoration – embroidery or beading, perhaps a future project – but overall, I like the design. I’m kind of terrible at documenting my projects, so here’s a picture of a WIP before I added the lining or sewed down the top piece. It feels rustic ^^ I like it.

みなさん、明けましておめでとうございます。

昨年中は大変お世話になりました。

皆様にとって今年が良い一年になることを心より願っております。