January 21, 2026

Wednesday - Cold and a bit snowy

I woke up this morning when F started moaning that his leg was cramping. He was up, getting ready for work and he got a bad cramp. He decided not to go to work today. I went downstairs and then came back to bed and went back to sleep. I slept a bit late and went downstairs. I slept on a bit, but did get up a bit earlier than usual. 

F and his mother were eating in the living room and watching TV. I have no problems with that. I decided that I’d fill up the kerosene tank, which I did. After I brought it back upstairs, I went back downstairs to get my yogurt for upstairs. I was eating my breakfast when F came back upstairs and asked if I wanted to go out for lunch. I told him I didn’t, I was just eating my breakfast! I did ask if HE wanted to go out, but he said he didn’t. 

I had a pretty quiet day. F spent a lot of the day downstairs and then when he did come back upstairs, he went to bed. He was complaining about the cold. Fair enough, our bed area is far from the heater and it takes a while to heat up. 

I grabbed my lunch around 2:30 and brought it upstairs. I ate and watched Project Runway Season 21. To be honest, I’m not loving this season at all. They don’t announce who is “Auf’d” until the next show and the designers aren’t all that. I miss Tim Gunn! Heidi is back, and she’s okay, but the new judge…that stylist guy just seems bitchy at the moment!

I went downstairs around 6pm and got started on dinner. I washed dishes and then I began to do the prepwork. I cut up some cabbage for a side dish, and a little bit of the main dish, plus the chikuwa for the main dish. I also had to slice the meat into bite size pieces. After all of that, I started to cook. I made a stir-fry with konbu and pork and chikuwa. We had that with a steamed cabbage dish, potato salad, salad and rice. 

I got it on the table a few minutes after 7pm. It was nice. F actually said that it was a good dinner and I didn’t have to ask him if he was enjoying it! Yay for me!

I did the dishes after dinner and while I was listening to my podcasts on my little speaker, the speaker’s battery ran down. Darn! I listened on my phone after that. 

I did up the garbage and then did a bit of cleaning in the sink as well. I got F to help me put K’s garbage in the bag and then I closed the bag and put it in the genkan. I went upstairs after that. 

I changed into my pyjamas upstairs and then relaxed with a few YouTube videos. Around 10:20 I started to get ready to go downstairs to take a shower. I talked to F and all of a sudden he gave me a weird look and said that he’d already turned off the water. What? It was only a bit after 10pm. And I wanted to take a shower. It’s cold here right now so he had turned the water off so it wouldn’t freeze. He didn’t think that I might want a shower. 

I turned the water back on and took my shower. It was a bit chilly getting out of the shower though. After my shower, I did turn the water back off. I don’t want to worry about the water freezing overnight. 

I came back upstairs and watched Wild Cards. It was obviously the last episode of the second season. I hope there’ll be more. It’s a silly show, but the leads are cute and it’s filmed in Vancouver, so what else could you ask for?

I had a quiet evening with some more YouTube videos. F went to sleep a while ago. I can hear the snowploughs out and about tonight. I hope that they don’t block our entry way too much or F will have a hard time getting out of the house to go to work. I hope he goes to work tomorrow!

Well, that’s it for me for today. Tomorrow I hope to work on a craft project, maybe have a look at my latest column that I need to start soon and who knows

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

January 20, 2026

Tuesday - Snowy and cold

I woke up this morning before 7 am. F had already left so I’m not sure why I woke up! I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed, after I turned off F’s alarm! I left some of my alarms and I woke up a couple of hours later. I made another trip downstairs and then went back to bed again for a little bit. Silly me.

I got up, dressed and went downstairs. I checked the mail and received a lovely birthday card from my bestie. My birthday is next month, she’s just very well organized! I made my breakfast and then made up a couple of dishes for our dinner. I marinated the Coro-Coro steak and set up for an onion boil. I put both in the fridge for later.

I did a couple of loads of laundry and then hung them up in my room afterwards. I finished around 3 pm. I went outside for a bit and did a bit of snow shovelling. It was cold outside. The snow wasn’t deep, but parts were icy so I tried to get rid of the ice. 

I went back into the house and then made my lunch. I took it upstairs and ate. I didn’t have time to watch anything unfortunately. I watched the news and tried not to pay attention to some of it. 

F called at his usual time and said that he was going to run some errands before coming back to the house. That was fine. I went down to the kitchen around 6 and got started on my work. I turned on the heater in the living room, it was about 6 degrees in there. Brr. 

Tonight’s dinner was good. I did heat up my sister-in-law’s curry for us, and we had that with the onion boil, salad, and the coro-coro steak. It was really nice. I did the dishes after we ate and listened to my podcasts which I enjoyed.

I got changed and then F and I headed to the grocery store to pick up something for dinner for the next couple of days. I also got things that are good for the rest of the week. I came back to the car and we came back to the house.

I put away the groceries and then headed upstairs. I spent time on my computer and F made some onigiri for us. It was nice of him but I didn’t need it! I did eat it though. 

I watched tonight’s episode of FBI: Most Wanted. It’s just about finished, the show I mean. I think there’s only one more episode or something. 

And that’s about it for my day. Tomorrow I’ll probably have to go and shovel some snow. The weather is going to be very nasty over the next few days. They are advising people not to go out unless absolutely necessary. Boo!

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

January 19, 2026

Monday - Rainy, sunny and warmish

I woke up this morning around 6 am and had to go downstairs. F was still asleep but I almost tripped over some of his stuff and I woke him up. Sigh. I went downstairs, then came back and tripped over his bottle of water again. He woke up and I don’t think he got back to sleep again. I went back to sleep and mostly slept through him leaving for work and then my alarms. I got up a bit later and went downstairs, then came back to bed!

I got up later and dressed, then went downstairs. F’s sister was there. Sigh. She did say hi but I didn’t go in to see her. I don’t like it when she just shows up and basically lets herself in. I can’t say anything because she’s visiting her mother and I don’t want her to not visit her. Does that make sense?

I took my breakfast upstairs and ate. I had a quiet time. I also did a small load of laundry. I needed to wash my usual pants and house sweater as I’ve been wearing them non-stop for weeks! 

Later on I made my lunch and came back upstairs to eat that. I watched an episode of Elspeth and it had Eric McCormack on it. It’s always nice to see Canadians on shows! I watched the news when it finished and wonder again at how some people live with themselves.

F called me at his usual time, but told me he was still working. His boss was in a meeting and he had to wait until they were done. He said he’d call me when he was finished.

I went downstairs to get dinner started, I did the dishes and I decided that since we had bought new milk yesterday I would throw out the old milk. It was from the beginning of December. Don’t blame me…I don’t drink milk and rarely cook with it. Well, I looked in the carton and it was practically yogurt or cottage cheese. I poured it out, keeping the solids in my corner basket in the sink! YUCK. I wanted to throw it out before but anytime I mention that to F he says that he’ll drink it. I don’t think he did. 

F finally around close to 7 pm and said that his sister had been by and left some food for us. She’d made some kabocha curry or something. Well, it didn’t fit into my meal plan and since everything else was just about ready I didn’t want to heat it up tonight. F got quite pouty at that. I did offer to do it, but he whined a bit and then whined more that he wanted some of the pickles that she’d provided too. I put them out on the table but didn’t have any.

F was very pouty all through dinner. He helped himself to extra rice and I thought that he probably wouldn’t want any dessert. Since we had fresh milk I planned to make a dessert. He said he would like dessert so I cleared the table and made up the dessert in the kitchen. It was just a packet that I mix with milk, but it was nice. We all enjoyed the peach dessert and K even said it was delicious! I guess she needs more desserts?!

I did the dishes and then when I was finished said goodnight to K and F and went upstairs. I relaxed for a while and then went downstairs after 10:30 to take a shower. 

When I got back to the room I watched the next episode of Pluribus. It was good and left us on a big cliffhanger. F fell asleep so I turned off his light. 

Since midnight I have been working on my online stuff and now I’m about done! Tomorrow I plan to do more laundry and I have to prepare for dinner as well. The dinner I’m planning needs some prep. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

January 18, 2026

Sunday - Clear and sunny, warmish

I dragged myself out of bed around noon today. I got dressed and then made a quick trip downstairs. A little later, F came upstairs and asked if I’d like some of his chicken rice dish. He’d made it early in the day and it smelled gorgeous. I took some of his rice and it was okay. The add-ins were great, but the rice felt a bit mushy in my opinion. 

After we ate and had a nice hot drink, we decided to go out. We went for lunch to Gusto because both restaurants are close to a Yamaya. I wanted to pick up some tea and F said it was okay. We went over to the Shinsai-Machi Gusto and were seated right away. I had a burger and shared some fries with F. He had their kara-age set meal and said it was okay. 

We had a nice time there and enjoyed our meal. When we left, I used my points to reduce the price of our meal so it was a tiny bit cheaper for us. Yay.

We went over to Yamaya and I got a couple of boxes of rooibos tea. I got a caramel one and an organic one. F picked up quite a few things, mostly noodle based!

Next up we went to PAL shopping area and did the shopping. F needed stuff for the dinner he was making and I needed stuff for the next two night’s of dinners plus some breakfast and lunch foods. F came in with me and didn’t annoy me too much. He did do a bit of Walkabout but it was fine!

We came back to the house where he did get a bit annoying. He keeps unpacking the shopping bag and putting things all over the kitchen. I wish he’d just leave everything IN the shopping bag. My preference is to put the bag down near the fridge and put things straight in, but he doesn’t do that! I thought I had finished putting things away, but he’d put the meat for tomorrow’s dinner over by the sink. Why? Anyway, I put it away. 

I went upstairs and I think F came up soon after. I watched some YouTube and F told me that dinner would be ready around 7pm. He was a tad early. I decided that I wouldn’t really help him tonight. So, he put dinner on the table, Japanese style with a million plates. Oh well, I wasn’t washing dishes tonight. He also forgot to put drinks out for us, but I didn’t say anything! He had bought some tuna sashimi for tonight and had forgotten to put it out so I did remind him about that. He put it out quickly.

When the meal was over I did give him a tiny bit of help, I opened the door for him and carried a couple of things to the kitchen. Then, I left to go upstairs!Tee hee! 

F came upstairs around 9pm. I was watching some YouTube but I decided I’d watch a movie off the DVR tonight. I did invite F to watch with me but he begged off. I finally decided I’d watch Beetlejuice and it was a hoot. It’s been a while since I saw the original movie. 

During the movie, I unpicked a bit more of my blanket and wound the yarn into balls for myself. I’m not sure how much of it I’m going to take down!

After the movie, I went downstairs and then came back up to the room. F has gone to bed but I’m not sure if he’s asleep or not yet. He’s back at work tomorrow.

I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. I might do a bit of laundry because I need things to dry before I go out on Tuesday night! 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

 

January 17, 2026

Sunday - Rainy, Windy and warmish.

I woke up this morning after 9. I went downstairs. F was back from dropping off K, but I didn’t say hi. I went back upstairs and went back to bed. I snoozed for a while and then F came in and asked if I wanted to go for yakiniku. I was okay with that so I got up and dressed. We left a few minutes later.

We drove over to Sakata and went to the Yakiniku place we like. We were seated right away and ordered a few minutes later too. We had a good meal there and left around 3pm. 

We drove back to Tsuruoka but stopped at a post office to mail my Postcrossings. F took the long way round as usual. He always does this, he turns too soon and then we can’t go where we want to go, we had to go around the block and try again. I roll my eyes at him but he was trying to help! And, of course I did get the cards in the mail box. 

Back at the house, I helped clear the table and strongly suggested that F turn on the heater and prepare for something to drink. K was coming back in half and hour and then the Day Service Manager was coming over a while later. 

I went upstairs and relaxed for a while, but came downstairs before 5 pm. We had the meeting and it was fine. She wants K to go to the Day Service more often but we don’t think that K wants that. She’s very deaf and finds it hard to make friends there. 

After the next meeting was set up and the Manager left, I went upstairs again and F decided to wait a bit and then make K some dinner.

After he did that, F asked me about our dinner. F then suggested going for Udon to the local chain restaurant. I was okay with that, I just wanted to change my shirt. Noodles and nice shirts do not go together!

We drove over to the Udon restaurant and were seated right away. We ordered our food and it came very quickly. I had a udon nabe that was very good and very filling, F had tempura and a small udon. 

After we finished eating we spent a few extra minutes in the restaurant and then left. F wanted to go to the grocery store. He’s planning to make dinner for us tomorrow night and needed ingredients. I’m a bit nervous about the whole thing! We did our shopping and then we came back to the house. I came upstairs and F followed soon after.

Tonight, F went to bed fairly early. I’m glad as he stayed up very late last night. I watched an episode of The Big Door Prize and it was good tonight. It was also a bit strange, but it often is!

I followed up with tonight’s episode of Criminal Minds. I think it was the last one of the season. It’s been an odd show if I’m honest. I’ll look forward to the next season of it.

Since midnight I’ve been watching some YouTube and doing my end of day stuff. Oh, and while I was watching Criminal Minds, I started ripping down a huge blanket I made a couple of years ago. Why? It’s too heavy and too big. And, I want to use the yarn for something else maybe! I do plan to keep part of the blanket. I’ll either use it as a lap blanket or for the back seat of the car, if F agrees. 

So, that’s my day. It was quite good. F and I got on well and we had a couple of nice meals. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

January 16, 2026

Friday - Warmish but cloudy

I woke up a little early this morning, but not as early as I did yesterday! I woke up before my alarm so I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted my laundry and then I put some cream on my feet and put my socks back on. Then, bed again.

I slept fairly late but not terribly if that makes any sense. I got up, dressed and took my laundry and the kerosene tank from the heater downstairs. I started the laundry in the washing machine and then filled up my kerosene tank. Nice person that I sometimes am, I filled up K’s heater’s kerosene tank too.

I took my yogurt and the scales upstairs to prepare my breakfast but the laundry was supposed to be finished before I could eat. I went downstairs but there was still a bit of time on the machine. 

I had a quiet afternoon today. I wrote up a couple of Postcrossing cards, scanned them and stamped them. I’ll try to mail them tomorrow.

Over lunch I had a problem getting the WOWOW on Demand to work, so I ended up watching an episode of Lie To Me from Prime. I watched the news too and that was the same as usual. 

I knew that F was going to be late tonight so I was a little late going downstairs. I went, did the dishes of the day and then worked on getting ready for dinner. Tonight was Pasta Night so I heated up the water, sliced the roast duck, and put the plates in the living room to warm up. F called me around 6:30 and said he was on his way back. 

F arrived a bit after 7 pm and I got cooking in earnest. I cooked the pasta, mixed it with the sauce (garlic-mayo tonight) and got it on the table. F came downstairs and we ate. All the food basically disappeared! There was a little bit of duck leftover but that was it. 

I did the dishes and then went to talk to F. I told him about the problem that I had with WOWOW on Demand today so I tried to get him to sign into his email for later. Unfortunately, he didn’t know his password and his computer broke a few weeks ago.  It took a while but we got him into his email account. 

Upstairs, I asked F to help me sign into WOD…and it was different tonight and I could do it myself. We spent ages getting him into his email account. Oh well, at least he’s in it again. 

I watched some YouTube and then went downstairs and took a shower. Afterwards, I came upstairs and watched an episode of The Good Fight and I really enjoyed it. 

Since the show finished I’ve been watching YouTube again and doing my end of day things. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. We have a meeting with K’s Day Service Manager and of course K has her Day Service thing. Although there is a movie playing at the Mall that I’ve heard is good, I’m not really moved to see it, so we’ll probably stay in tomorrow night. 

That’s about it for me for today. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

January 15, 2025

Thursday - Warmish, rainy at night

I woke up this morning at 7:05am. How did I know that? That’s when F’s alarm went off. Where was F? Not in the room! I got up and went downstairs, but F came back to the room before I did. He did have the grace to apologize for not turning off his alarm!

I waited until F left before I went back to bed. I turned off my early alarms and watched a few videos before just falling asleep. I woke up fairly late, but no worries. I got dressed and then went downstairs. I did notice that F’s sister was in the house. Okay then. I used the ‘loo and then went upstairs again. I waited a while and then went downstairs and made my breakfast. I ate upstairs and then got ready to join a video meeting.

I joined a Book Club meeting and it was interesting. I hadn’t read the featured books but we talked about some of the books other people are reading and the one I’m trying again. I’ve got two on the go at the moment, one’s a modern romance (I think, I just started it) and 1984. I tried to read it a few years ago on my computer but I couldn’t get into it and I didn’t really like reading on my computer. My phone, I can get behind that! I do have a paperback version of the novel, but I always have my phone around so….

I left the meeting around 3:30. It was supposed to go until then, I needed to have my lunch and I needed the washroom.  I went downstairs and made my lunch, brought it back up to the room. Oh, yeah, when I was making my lunch, I saw K so I offered to heat up her lunch for her. She said yes and I think she ate it all. That’s good. 

It was after 4 when I came back to the room so I just watched the news, as much as I could handle of it. I ate and then worked on my favourite game site. F called me after 5:15 and said he was on the way back to the house. 

I went downstairs around 6 pm and got busy in the kitchen. Today I made hamburgers from scratch, air-fried some French Fries, steamed some veggies and served it all with a salad. Dinner was good and almost everything disappeared. After dinner, I cleared the table and washed the dishes. 

I finished around 9pm and let F know I was heading upstairs. He finished in the living room too and came up a couple of minutes later. We had a quiet time in the room. We were both watching videos on our devices! After 10pm I put on the next episode of Pluribus and it was quite good. After that, I watched an episode of The Studio which I enjoyed a bit. I know it’s a popular show, but sometimes I just don’t feel I’m in on the joke of that show. 

That’s about it for me. F was a bit late going to bed but I think he’s sleeping finally. I’m tired so I’m going to try and get to bed soon. 

Tomorrow I think I’ll try and do a load or two of laundry and then we’ll see what else I can get up to! Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….