Sunday, January 9, 2011

still at it


My daughter's renewed interested in working on her stamp collection continues, much to my relief and happiness.

Today is a national holiday and tomorrow it is finally back to work for real. I had a few light days last week, but things get busy as usual from tomorrow.

We got quite a lot of stamp work done over the long holidays. But as usual, I find myself wishing for just one more day.

日本語 hints:
renewed - something started again. This is an easy word to recognize when reading, but not to use as output in conversation.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

starting again



After a several-month hiatus, my daughter has decided she wants to work on her stamp collection again.

Of course, she has been gathering stamps all along (pilfering from among my new arrivals). But now we are going back to the beginning and re-organizing her album, complete with new artwork and categories.

日本語 hints:

hiatus = a period of no activity, 交渉、仕事などの中断、休止

pilfer = steal, ちょろまかす、くすねる

Most definitions taken or altered from my Canon wordtank v90