July 6, 2026

Monday - Hot and muggy

When I went to bed last night it was about 27 degrees in my corner of the room. When I got up this morning it still 27 degrees. Sigh. I dislike this time of year intensely.

I woke up this morning while F was getting ready for work but I did manage to go back to sleep until my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I went back to bed and watched a few videos on my phone. I snoozed a lot too.

I got up and dressed, then went downstairs to get my breakfast. I also got a postcard in the mail today! Yay. 

I had a quiet afternoon. I didn’t turn on the AC which was a mistake in a way because I didn’t do anything of note today. I had wanted to get a couple of things done, but I didn’t. 

I went downstairs before 3 to make my lunch and I brought it upstairs to the room to eat. Today I watched another episode of Breaking Bad. I feel sorry for the characters, but then I remember that they are drug makers and I decide they deserve what happens to them. 

F had told me last night that he would be late tonight, but he really wasn’t. He called me around 5:30 to say that he was on his way back. A few minutes later I went downstairs to get dinner started. 

As usual, I had a mess in the kitchen to deal with. F boils things on the stove and boils things over to check if they are boiling. He also doesn’t wipe the stove. What the heck? K contributed to the mess too. Her favourite trick is to sweep the floor and put the dust into the plastic garbage. Today it was in the plastic bottles bag. I’m sure she does it on purpose. She also put a tin that she had opened into the plastic garbage. Sigh. I had to fish it out and wash it. 

Tonight I did roasted potatoes, toaster oven chicken, mini-tomatoes for the other two, salad and cooked cabbage. It mostly turned out well. The roasted potatoes were lovely. Oh, yeah, we had some kabocha soup as well, I served it cold from the carton. 

Dinner was nice and I enjoyed it. I had to do the clean up afterwards of course and I was quite hot and sweaty in the kitchen. During the cooking I had to turn off the AC, but afterwards I turned it back on. It was too hot for me. 

After 9 pm I went upstairs and started to relax. I didn’t turn on the AC upstairs, hopefully it’ll be cooler overnight. I watched some YouTube, and then went downstairs and took a shower. 

When I came back upstairs I watched an episode of Sugar. It had a real cliffhanger ending tonight so I should try and watch the next part soon. 

F went to bed quite early. I think the heat is making him tired too. He’s sleeping now. 

So, that’s about it for me for today. Tomorrow I should be doing some laundry and I also have to cook dinner again. Come back later if you like and hear if I get anything done. 

Until tomorrow….

July 5, 2026

Sunday - Hot and Sunny

This morning I woke up around 9:30 I think. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. F came back from downstairs and he went back to bed too.  We snoozed and were slugabeds for hours. 

We finally dragged ourselves out of bed and then talked about lunch. F suggested Arpeggio and I was fine with that. We got dressed and then drove over. For a change we were able to get right in and both of us had a nice meal of chicken tenders. We talked about ordering coffee there, but decided not to do that. F suggested going to Aomoriya, the fruit tart place near the station. 

We drove over to Aomoriya but had to wait a little for a table. We both had some fruit tart…I had a mixed fruit but sadly it had banana in it. F had the caramelized banana tart and coffee. I had a pot of Darjeeling Second Flush tea. Yum. We had a nice relaxing time eating and drinking and spending too much time on our phones. I’m reading a novel on my phone at the moment and it’s rather fun so I would prefer to read it at the moment!

From Aomoriya we decided to do some of the shopping that we’ve been putting off for the last two weeks! First up, F passed the drugstore I wanted to go to. Sigh. Then, we tried another one and they didn’t have the toilet paper that I wanted. I don’t want perfume on it, and I can’t use recycled paper so….I’m picky. We ended up going back to the original drugstore that I wanted to go to!

We picked up some shopping, got our TP and paid, then we came back to the house.  It was close to 5 pm when we arrived. After a bit, F made dinner for his mother. Before he went downstairs, he asked me to think about dinner places so I did.

When he came back up, I suggested a place just across the park. However, when we got there, it was closed. I don’t know if we were too late or if they just didn’t open tonight. My second suggestion was the Taiwanese restaurant. We went there instead. 

When we were there, we decided we’d have a cold noodle dish, they offer them for summer. You can have the cold noodles with fried rice and fried chicken or with fried chicken and gyoza. F had the fried chicken and gyoza, I had the other one. F didn’t eat all of his stuff and wanted me to eat the rest of it. I was rather annoyed. I don’t mind eating a little extra, but not all of it!

After dinner, we went to the grocery store and did our shopping. Tomorrow I’m going to do toaster oven chicken with some roasted potatoes I think. 

Back at the house, I put away the groceries and then came upstairs. I relaxed for a while and then realized I had just enough time to watch a movie. For tonight’s viewing pleasure I decided to watch Renfield, a comedy horror with Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult. I thought it was quite fun, but it was a bit gory so definitely not for everyone. 

I turned off the TV when the movie was over and got started on my end of day things. I’m about done now and then I’ll get off to bed. 

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, so come back and find out! Until tomorrow…. 

July 4, 2026

Saturday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up a little early this morning, but went back to sleep. Then, my alarm went off at 9 am but F and K hadn’t left yet! I got up and went downstairs then came back to the room and sorted out my clothes. I started to get dressed and then F came back into the room. I was getting ready to go and finished. A little while later, F and I left the house and drove over to Cocos. 

We had a lovely (mine) and grudgingly okay (his) breakfast at Cocos. It was good. I had waffles, scrambled eggs, salad, bacon and a sausage and hash browns for breakfast. It was very nice.

 

We left and then started driving out towards Mt. Chokai.  On the way there, F started saying that his shoes were broken and he should get a new pair. Hmm. I suggested going back to the house and changing them out, but instead we ended up at the Mall in Mikawa. F got himself a pair of summer sandals/shoes and after I bought us something to drink, we were on our way again. 

We stopped at a Michi-no-Eki to have a washroom break and to buy a treat at a bakery, then we went further on our way. We ended up most of the way up Mt. Chokai. We stopped to take pictures in a couple of places. I was getting a bit nervous about the time. We’d taken a while to drive out to the mountain and we had to be back at the house by 4:30. F said we could do it. 

We drove back and part of the way used the highway. We stopped into the udon chain restaurant in Tsuruoka so we could get something for our very late lunch. We got take-out and ate it back at the house. 

I headed upstairs to relax and F stayed downstairs to wait for his mother to return. After she came back, he came upstairs and took a nap. 

Around 6 F made dinner for his mother and then we left to have ours. We went to Misono, it was F’s idea and it was fine with me. We ate and I liked mine, F well...same as usual!

We drove over to Machi-ne Kinema but since we were early, went to the drugstore for a while first. I got a drink there, and picked up some pasta sauce and pasta. It’s cheaper at the drugstore. 

Then, we went back to the cinema and went to see The Life of Chuck. We both liked it a lot. I know that not everyone does like it, but I thought it was cool. The cast was amazing, lots of great people like Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Hamill and Karen Gillan.  Mia Sara was in it too and I haven’t seen her in anything in yonks. 

We were on our way back to the house when I asked F if he needed anything for K’s breakfast tomorrow. He decided to go to the big grocery store to get something for her. We drove there, went in and F bought her some fish and a few other things. 

We came back to the house. We came upstairs and F went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately. He’s very tired. He drove a long way today. I’m tired too. I got up earlier than usual, but it was a nice way to spend the day, so I didn’t mind. I’ve always told F that if he makes plans I will get up! I did today. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow, but if you want to find out too, come back a bit later. Until tomorrow….

July 3, 2026

Friday - Hot and sunny

I woke up a little early this morning, but did fall back asleep rather quickly. My new eye mask sadly isn’t light proof. Recently the eye masks I’ve been buying are just not light proof. At the moment, it gets light around 4 am and I am very sensitive to light when I sleep. Anyway, I like the style of the new mask, it hooks on my ears instead of going around my head, it’s big and goes far down my cheek, but it lets a bit of light in. 

I got up when my alarm went off, went downstairs and then came back to the bedroom. I sorted out a couple of loads of laundry and then went back for a snooze and some videos. I ended up sleeping quite late which isn’t what I wanted really. Sigh. 

I got up, dressed, and took my laundry downstairs to start. I got a load in the washing machine and then measured out my yogurt and took it upstairs to have breakfast. I had my cereal with the yogurt and then it was time to hang up my first load of laundry. 

I had a quiet afternoon. I received a postcard in the mail today so I had to register it. I had another load of laundry to hang up too. 

I went downstairs before 3 to make my lunch. I had extra bread leftover since I went out yesterday so I offered K some toast. I made her a cheese toast and a piece of buttered toast. I’m so nice sometimes!

When I came back to the room with lunch, I didn’t really have enough time to watch a show, so I didn’t. I just relaxed a bit. 

I sort of watched the news. I’m afraid that really paying attention to news from the US just makes me angry these days so I mostly ignore it. I watched some YouTube later and waited to hear from F. He finally called me and then I changed and went downstairs.

Tonight I did my usual Friday pasta for dinner. We had pasta with a garlic mayo sauce, salad, and some sliced ham. I think it was good.

After dinner I cleared the table and then did the dishes. I was done fairly early tonight so I went upstairs to relax. F came up a bit later.

I asked him about tomorrow and he came up with a plan. He wants to drive to Mt. Chokai. I’m not really sure what he wants to do, but oh well. It does mean an early start though. I am happy he had an idea!  He also promised to buy me breakfast so I’m glad about that.

I took a shower tonight and then came upstairs to watch an episode of Evil. It was quite spooky and was about a demon on a road. 

Well, I should get myself off to bed soon as I have to be cheerful in the morning. I’m not a morning person at all!

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

July 2, 2026

Thursday - Cloudy and then rainy

I woke up this morning after my alarm went off. I went downstairs, and did the going back to bed thing. Before I did, I did sort out what I was going to wear later on so that I could just get dressed in a hurry if necessary. 

I snoozed, watched a couple of videos and then did wake up in time! Woot. I got up, dressed, and packed my backpack for going out. I went downstairs and a few minutes left the house, locking the door behind me. 

I walked to the bus stop and a scant 10 minutes later (I’m being facetious), the bus arrived and I got on. I rode the bus to the end of the line, S-Mall. 

I got off the bus and went into the hotel. I went over to the restaurant and had their weekly lunch. Today it was roast pork with a mustard sauce. Well, unfortunately for me, they used a lot of tomatoes both in the sauce and on the plate as garnish. I left some of the tomatoes on the plate so I hope I won’t have a reaction. I paid and then left the hotel.

I went back into the mall and then did a little shopping. I went upstairs and went to Daiso. I bought a few things for me and the house. I got some masking tape for my letters, I got some more teaspoons for the house and some air fryer liners. After I finished there I went downstairs and had an Ice cream at Baskin Robbins. I followed that up with a glass of iced rooibos tea at Doutor. I had to leave to catch my bus so I went over to the bus station and waited a few minutes for my bus.

I rode the bus to my stop. Sadly it had started to rain but I had my umbrella with me and I used that to walk back to the house. I went in the house and K didn’t even seem to notice me. She looked right at me and I said hello, but of course she didn’t reply. 

I went upstairs to my room and watched the news and relaxed a bit. F called me after 5:30 and a little while later, I went downstairs and got started on dinner. 

Tonight we had burgers and fries, plus a Korean style salad, potato salad, and some mozuku…a seaweed dish in vinegar. I liked it, F kept telling me how he’d make it himself. I liked it the way it was…good for summer.

I did the dishes after dinner and listened to some of my podcasts. I got done fairly quickly and then went upstairs to change. I took a quick break and then went downstairs to wait for F. 

I had to wait for a bit. He had to get his keys and then came back downstairs. We drove over to the store and F hemmed and hawed for about 5 minutes over whether he would come in the store or not. He did. Sigh. We did some shopping. F had the buggy and then did a walkabout while I did the actual shopping! At one point I was walking around the store with 4 things in my arms and he was nowhere in sight. Why?

We paid and left the store. We were on our way back when F remembered that he needed to buy gas for the car so we drove over to his favourite gas station. The car said he could still drive 35 km but could someone tell me why he waits until the car is that close to empty before gassing up? I’ve tried to remind him about the earthquake in 2011 where we couldn’t get gas, or told him that if you didn’t have enough gas in Canada you could literally die or freeze to death. He just doesn’t get it. ACK.

We drove back to the house and I put the groceries away. F did his ironing and I went upstairs to relax and watch a bit of YouTube. F came upstairs when he finished and ended up going to bed. I watched The Rookie at 11pm. There was a fire in the police station. It was a bit of a surprise. I turned off the TV when it was done. 

Since midnight I’ve been doing a bunch of things that I do to wind up my day. I’m about done, so I’ll be heading to bed soon. 

Tomorrow I’ll probably do some laundry and I’ll be cooking dinner again. I hope to maybe write a postcard or two and a letter to my bestie. I’ve also got to work on the mending from a day or two ago. 

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

July 1, 2026

Wednesday - Hot and Sunny, bit muggy

Last night when I went to bed, I put on my good eye mask and I didn’t wake up early. Yay. I woke up when my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I snoozed and watched videos for a while. 

I had a quiet morning and afternoon. I checked if there was a good movie for me, there wasn’t. I was watching some YouTube videos and then I realized that I could easily watch and mend, so I worked on patching a pair of pyjamas that I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I got them about half done, so that was good.

I went downstairs to make my lunch and as usual, brought it upstairs to eat. I watched an episode of Elsbeth today and it was a good one. It had a man trapped in what was basically a panic room by the bad guy. 

F called me when he finished work and I wanted to ask him something, but he wanted to rush off and I got a little upset with him. I did apologize when he arrived at the house and it was okay. The reason was I wanted to ask him if we could go out after dinner to do something. Today is Canada Day and I wanted to just do something small to celebrate it. He said it was okay. 

Tonight I made chicken drumsticks in the air fryer, an almost Greek Salad, salad, potato salad and we had rice with it too. It was very nice but there were leftovers. Oh well, lunch for me maybe!

I did the dishes and then I did the garbage up in the kitchen, bathroom and living room. As he did last week, F had disappeared upstairs and didn’t help. Sigh. 

F suggested going to a lounge on Ginza Dori, but I didn’t want something expensive. I was just hoping for something small. Instead we decided just to go to McDonald and have ice cream.  Of course, when we got there, they were doing “maintenance” on their ice cream machine so we couldn’t get any! F had a coke, I had a hot tea and we shared an order of mini-pancakes. I had assumed they’d come with maple syrup to make them just a little Canadian, but they came with apple jam and cream! Maybe the apples came from Canada? Anyway, it was a nice little break for me from the house and our usual routine!

We came back to the house after we finished and then I took a shower almost right away.  When I finished I watched tonight’s episode of The Copenhagen Test and enjoyed it a lot. At least that show is Canadian!

And that was about it for my day. F went to bed and was asleep before my show ended. I’m finished now but am thinking I might make a little run to the mall and post office tomorrow. I haven’t decided for sure, but you never know!

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

June 30, 2026

Tuesday - Hot and Sunny

I went to bed a little late last night but woke up a little early this morning. Sigh. I got up and went downstairs. F didn’t have to leave yet, so he slept on too. 

Next time I woke up, my alarm was ringing, I went downstairs and then came back up to the room. I sorted out some clothes to wear and then went back to bed for more snoozing and a few videos on my phone. 

I woke up later, got up and dressed. I went downstairs to use the washroom and I heard the door open. F had come back from the hospital. 

He rested for a bit and then made some lunch for his mother. Then, it was our turn. We decided to go out for lunch and I suggested F’s favourite fish restaurant. We drove over there and went in. We got a table with chairs, yay, and ended up having the daily special. It was mixed fry and sashimi and it was very nice. We had an oyster, a shrimp and a bit of cod in the fried bit, and some octopus, yellowfish and sea bream in the sashimi. It came with miso soup, rice, and some veggies, salad and pickles. I liked it a lot.

After lunch we went over to S-Mall and had a glass of cold coffee each at Doutor. F got the special Hawaiian blend, I got decaf. 

We left the mall and then went to Gyomu Supa. We did a little shopping there! They had some kaki-gori syrup there for around 100yen, we got one, I got some more cereal, a few things for dinner side dishes and then F wanted to get us some ice cream! We paid and then came back to the house. 

I put the food away and we were going to wake up his mother and have our ice cream but F took so long in the washroom that our ice cream was basically soup! Ack. It was nice though. I went upstairs after the ice cream. I watched the US news and then did some stuff on my computer. 

F made something for K’s dinner and then wanted to know what I wanted to do for dinner. Honestly, I didn’t care that much. He suggested a gyudon shop, I suggested an okonomiyaki place. He agreed. On our way there, I found their stamp card and it said that Tuesday was their closed day, so gyudon it was. 

We went to Tsukia and both had curry and rice. I had mine with cheese and spinach, with a Korean salad and miso soup. F had curry with meat and an egg and I think miso soup. He didn’t like his much, I thought mine was fine.

We went over to PAL to do our grocery shopping. F stayed in the car and I stayed in budget. Yay. I got some chicken drumsticks for tomorrow and some basic, pre-made burgers for Thursday night. When I finished in the store I came back to the car and we drove back to the house.

I put the groceries away and then went upstairs. I checked what was on TV tonight and discovered that the show I missed on Saturday repeated tonight, so I watched it. It was FBI and then I watched tonight’s Law & Order. It was an interesting story but I think a lot of it had roots in a previous season that we hadn’t seen before here. 

And that was my day. I had a nice day out with my husband and it was good that he got to have a day off. His visit to the surgeon was fine but has to go back next year!

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