December 21, 2024

Saturday - Rainy and a bit cold

I woke up fairly early today and went downstairs. I came back upstairs and went back to bed. F got up a little later and went downstairs to make breakfast for his mother and to take her to the daycare.

I snoozed on for a while but dragged myself out of bed eventually. I dressed and went downstairs and checked on F. He was hard at work on the shogi again, and doing a good job so I left him alone. 

I went upstairs and spent time on my computer until F was ready to go out. We talked about lunch options and decided to go to Tai. It’s a combo ramen and curry restaurant. We drove over there and then had lunch. It was okay. Unfortunately, the food is not our favourite. I had wine and cheese curry with chicken cutlets and F had the curry ramen. We were full when we left.

F wanted to go to a hardware store, so off we went. I decided to stay in the car and so F went in by himself. He came out a few minutes later. We got almost all the way to the house when he realized that he hadn’t bought something that he meant to. We turned around and went back to the store! he went in again and got his stuff, then came back to the house.

I did think about napping, but I didn’t. I offered to help F but he said it was okay. I came upstairs and watched some YouTube and such. 

A little before 5 I went downstairs. We had an appointment with K’s caseworker today. She came and talked to K a little and talked to us a little. It wasn’t very enlightening for me anyway. She’ll be back next month.

F made dinner for K and I went upstairs again. I chilled for a while, and then F came up. He relaxed too. I suggested that since lunch was a little expensive, we should maybe have a cheap dinner so we went to a gyudon shop. It was okay. It wasn’t great!

We drove over to a grocery store and F went in again! He was buying some fruit for his mother. He came back out to the car and then we were off to Machi-ne Kinema. 

Tonight we went to see Hit Man with Glen Powell. It was fun. We were in the big cinema for a change and it was fairly quiet there. The movie was quite fun. We both enjoyed it. I quite like Glen Powell and he is very easy on the eye!

We came back to the house. F put away the groceries and a few minutes late we came upstairs. I changed into my PJs and then watched FBI. It was quite a good one tonight. 

F went to bed a little after midnight and I’ll likely go soon too. We’ve talked a little bit about tomorrow. I’ve asked that we try going to the mall to get Christmas presents for each other. For the last few weeks, F has not been cooperating on that. He’s finally agreed. It’ll be gift-giving without surprises really. I don’t mind. At least we’ll get things that fit and that we like. That’s important too!

Anyway, come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

December 20, 2024

Friday - Sunny, coldish and finally rain

I woke up this morning and F was sitting up in bed with his computer. Sigh. I rolled over and went back to sleep. When I woke up next time, it was just before my alarm and I went downstairs. I came back to bed and went back to sleep for a bit. I got up later and dressed. I went downstairs.

I checked the mail and I got two Christmas cards in the mail today. Yay. I also checked outside. There was a little snow on the steps, so I just went outside in my crocs and moved the snow. It didn’t take long and it wasn’t that cold, so I was fine. After that, I put my breakfast together and took it upstairs to eat.

Around 1 I took a load of laundry downstairs and put it in. I hung it up in the room later and started another one. I went downstairs to get my lunch and before I did that, I got the laundry out of the machine. I went back upstairs to eat and hang up my laundry.

As I didn’t have a full hour to watch a programme during my lunch, I decided to watch a new one, The Sticky. I watched the first episode and it was fun. 

After 5pm F called to say he was on his way back. I reminded him that he might want to buy something for K’s meals this weekend. He said he would. 

I went downstairs and got ready to cook dinner. Tonight I did my usual Friday dinner of pasta. With it I served a salad and some bacon and mushroom fried together. I chopped up the bacon and mushroom into small pieces and fried them. It worked really well. F doesn’t like eringi mushrooms, but I do. I've heard that They are often used as a meat substitute, so chopping them and frying them with the bacon meant they stretched the meat and tasted a little bacony. 

After dinner, I did the dishes and they went quite quickly. I listened to my movie podcasts too so I was very entertained as well. 

I went upstairs when I finished and relaxed for a bit. I took a shower around 10:30. When I came back upstairs, I ended up having a texting session with my sister. She had sent me something via Amazon for Christmas. F had found the box outside when he came back from work tonight. He brought in a huge box and I thought it was something he had brought from work! 

We texted for a while and then I told her I had to go so I could watch a bit of TV! F goes to bed around midnight usually, so I wanted not to have the TV on late. 

Since I again didn’t have much time, I decided to watch the second episode of The Sticky. It was fun and the plot is thickening!

I turned off the TV, went on to YouTube and started doing my normal end-of-day things. And now, you are up to date! 

I’m not sure what we’ll be getting up to tomorrow. F wants to do work around the house and we’re supposed to have a meeting with K’s care manager. I’m not looking forward to that. 

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

December 19, 2024

Thursday - Cold, a bit snowy

I did make it to bed a little early last night. I unfortunately woke up early today too. F grabbed my hand and that was nice, but it woke me up and I had to go downstairs. I came back upstairs and he was getting ready for work. Poor thing. I didn’t get back into bed totally, but I did put the quilt around my shoulders as it was cold in the bedroom. 

F left and I got back into bed and slept for a bit longer. I got up, dressed and then I went downstairs. I got the mail and checked the snow situation outside. There wasn’t much, so that was good.

I made my breakfast and came upstairs again to eat. I watched some YouTube and also the news when it came on. Later in the afternoon, I texted a friend and accidentally upset her. I apologized, but I can’t help feeling like I screwed things up with her. I hope not.

I got my lunch and enjoyed that, I watched an episode of So Help Me Todd. It was cute again. The show has potential.

F phoned me when he was about to come back to the house and I went downstairs a few minutes later. I got started on dinner too.

For tonight’s culinary adventure, we had chicken wings with hash browns, mixed veggies, salad and potato salad. K loves potato salad and I usually let her finish off whatever is in the bowl! The wings were nice tonight. I’d like to try spicy ones, but I’m not sure that K could handle them. Or me maybe!

I did the dishes which wasn’t too bad tonight, and then I was done. We were going to go shopping tonight, but F hadn’t changed yet. He actually didn’t change to go out. It was surprising. 

I went upstairs to change my clothes and F came up for a minute. Then we left. We didn’t go to our usual store as we also planned to pick up kerosene as well. I went into the store and bought a few groceries. After that, I asked F to stop at the drugstore, which he did. I did a quick shop, and then back in the car. When we got to the gas station, F did all the work filling up the canisters with kerosene. 

We drove back to the house. I took the groceries in, and F took the kerosene tanks in. Yay him. I put stuff away, and so did he!

I came upstairs, put on the heater and then watched a bit of YouTube and then watched The Rookie at 11:00pm. F was up for a while but went to bed around midnight.

Since then I’ve been blogging and watching some YouTube videos. I’ve been enjoying myself really.

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. If I’m smart I might do some laundry, but as we all know, I’m not always that smart!

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

December 18, 2024

Wednesday - Colder with some snow

I went to bed a little early last night and had a good sleep. I used my earplugs again and although I heard F this morning, I managed to roll over and fall asleep again. I went downstairs a little after 7 and then snoozed again for a while. I had noticed that it had snowed a few centimetres outside so I thought I’d probably have to shovel snow. 

I got up earlier than usual, dressed to go outside and then went out. I did a little bit of shovelling. The snow was heavy and wet. I’m glad the plumber came yesterday as it would have been a pain for him. I didn’t have to do a lot of shovelling, to be honest, but I cleared the walkway to the house and a bit around the car’s space. 

I came back into the house and grabbed my breakfast. I brought it upstairs and ate. It was really cold in my room when I first went upstairs. It was around 8 degrees. Brrr! It soon warmed up though.

I had a fairly quiet morning into afternoon. A bit after 1 I remembered that I should be doing laundry, so I took a load of towels down and put it in the washing machine. 

I went downstairs around 2:30 to get my lunch. I toasted the bread and made my sandwiches. I went back upstairs and I took my clean but wet laundry with me. I hung it up in my room and then I ate lunch!  I watched an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer while I ate. It was one where she took on the Master in the first season. Very silly, but okay.

After a while, F called to say that he was on his way. I went downstairs and started on dinner. Tonight I made roasted veggies with sausages. I served that with salad and potato salad. Dinner was very nice. There were some leftovers, but that’s okay. All the more for my lunch!

After dinner, I washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen a little. I did the garbage up too and put it in the genkan for F to take out later.

I went upstairs with a can of root beer to relax. I found an email from my bestie and sent her an answer almost right away. Yay. 

I took a shower and then came back upstairs and watched Grey’s Anatomy. F went to bed around midnight and he seems to be sleeping now. 

And that’s about it. I’ve been blogging and watching YouTube for a while and it is about time to go to bed.

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

December 17, 2024

Tuesday - Snowy, Cold, Rainy

I went to bed a little early last night and I wore earplugs. I think that was a good thing! I woke up just before 7 am and made a trip downstairs. F was already gone.

I returned to the room, got back into bed, and fell asleep. Just before my first alarm, F called me. He told me that the plumber was coming to actually fix the leak outside today. Would I go downstairs and let him in if necessary? I was a little irate because I was in bed and I had no warning. I asked about his mother, he said I should wake her up too. 

I dressed and went downstairs. I unlocked the door. I looked in on K and she was sleeping soundly. I didn’t really want to wake her up so I didn’t.  The guy came to the door and he said he was going to do some work around the back. We used Google Translate and it worked really well for us today. I asked if we could use the water and he said that at this point it was okay. He would tell me later on when we couldn’t use the water. He went off to do his thing, and I went into the living room and turned on the heater. It was only 8 degrees at that time, it was darn cold. I ended up going upstairs and getting thicker socks to wear in the living room. 

K woke up and got up a bit later. I gave her a Google Translate note to say to please use the washroom now as the plumber was going to turn off the water. I’m happy to say that she did that and about 10 minutes later the guy came in and asked that we not use the water for about an hour. 

He finished a little bit early and took off! I had no idea why. K was still up, she got dressed and turned on the TV. She was watching the government discuss something. I’m not sure why. She couldn’t hear them, and there weren’t any subtitles either. A little after 11, he came back and I think fixed the concrete. He came back into the house to say that he was finished. I thanked him and off he went. I locked the door and that was that.

I went into the kitchen and made my breakfast. I was quite late for it. I took it upstairs and ate. I had plans to do laundry today, but I decided not to do it. I was tired!

I relaxed most of the afternoon. I made my lunch, brought it upstairs to eat it and watched an episode of Major Crimes. I watched the news and then a bit of YouTube. I waited for F to call, but he didn’t for ages. I had just unplugged my phone to go downstairs when he called to say he was in Tsuruoka and on his way. 

I went downstairs and washed my dishes. I started to get dinner ready. Today we had toaster oven chicken, rice, salad and mixed vegetables. I also toasted a basil cake…a bit like an onion cake for us. Dinner was good and most things disappeared again. I was rather pleased. 

I got the dishes done quite early for a change and reminded F that we needed to go out. I changed my clothes and off we went. We just went to Mina but I took our meat trays and old milk cartons in for recycling. I bought a few groceries and then we came back to the house and I unpacked the groceries. 

F headed upstairs and I went up a few minutes later. We both relaxed. I changed into my pyjamas and then at 11 I watched an episode of FBI: Most Wanted. It was okay. 

So that was my day. It had an odd start but finished okay. Tomorrow I’m going to try and do the laundry that I should have done today, and I’m also cooking dinner again. Oh fun!

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

December 16, 2024

Monday - Rainy and snowy and cold

I did go to bed early last night. F still woke up, but I think he went back to bed soon after. I hope.

Unfortunately, I woke up around 6 and went downstairs. When I came back to the room, F was waiting to go downstairs too. Sigh. I went back to bed and so did F, but he had to get up a bit later to go to work. 

I slept quite late this morning. I just did not want to get up! Finally, I dragged myself out of bed and dressed. I went downstairs to check the mail and fix myself breakfast. I got 3 Christmas Cards in the mail, which was very nice. Two of them were official ones for my swap, one was a nice thing from another person saying thanks for organizing it! Yay.

After I ate breakfast and watched the news, I decided that I should do a couple of loads of laundry. I sorted it out and took a load downstairs and put it in the machine. I was relaxing upstairs again when F phoned me.

He told me that the plumbers would be coming by at 2 pm and would I let them in? And, of course, don’t use any water while they are here. ARGH!! I’m afraid I wasn’t too nice to F. I had plans for more laundry and also I was worried if K woke up she’d likely want to use the washroom right away. 

I went downstairs a few minutes later and stopped the washing machine. Then I waited around for the plumbers to come. To be fair, they came soon, and did their work fast and politely so it wasn’t too bad. It was darn cold though. I was hanging around downstairs in unheated rooms so brr. They took about 45-50 minutes. They know where the leak is most likely, but they couldn’t fix it today. It’s probably under some concrete, which has to be broken for them to get access. Sigh. 

After they left, I decided to make my lunch. Rather than going upstairs and bringing my bread down, I decided to just make do with the leftovers in the fridge. I heated up my food and took it upstairs. 

I ate lunch. F popped by for a few minutes to check on the paper the plumbers gave me. He left and I apologized for being cranky when he asked me to see to the plumbers.

I didn’t have time to watch a long show during my lunch, so I watched a comedy show on Apple TV. It was okay, but not great. I even hung up my laundry which finished after I put the washing machine back on. 

I relaxed for a while, watched the news at 4pm and later a bit more YouTube. F phoned after 5 pm and a little bit later I went downstairs to start dinner.

Tonight I changed my plans and made something else. F had bought an expensive tray of meat on the weekend for his mother’s lunches and dinners but hadn’t used it all. I decided that I would use it because I didn’t want to waste it. I made Buta Tama Kimchi. Basically, that is pork-egg-kimchi stir-fried together. It was a “using up” meal! I used up F’s meat, a half onion and a quarter of a cabbage from the veggie drawer. I used up most of the kimchi that we had too, and two quite old eggs! Surprisingly, it was fabulous and all of it disappeared. Woot. 

After dinner, I washed the dishes and then headed upstairs. I relaxed for an hour or so and then took a shower. When I came back from my shower I decided to watch something on the Fire Stick, so I put on another episode of Gotham. I think I like it, but it is a little slow at the moment. I’m 6 or 7 episodes in now. 

And that’s about it. F fell asleep on the bed but then put himself to bed after midnight. I’m still up but am planning to go to bed soonish. 

Tomorrow I might do the laundry that I didn’t get to do today, and hopefully a few other things too. Oh, the postal strike in Canada is just over…they were mandated back to work I heard on the news, so maybe I can send things to Canada for a late Christmas. Maybe!

Until tomorrow…. 

December 15, 2024

 Sunday - Rainy, snowy and cold

I woke up this morning and went downstairs. F was still in bed. When I came back we snuggled for a bit and then he got up. I finally dragged myself out of bed quite late, got dressed and just waited to see what we’d get up to today. 

F probably fed his mother and then he got busy. He worked more on the Shogi. I went looking for him around 2 pm. I hadn’t eaten yet and I was getting hungry. 

He agreed to take me out and I suggested Cocos. As he often does on the way there, he suggested going to a Japanese restaurant and I said no thank you. I didn’t think that was a good substitute for drink bar and some nice food. When we got to Cocos, F refused to eat. He came and sat with me, but wouldn’t eat or drink anything. 

I had some chicken and veggies and I ordered drink bar too. I only had two drinks. I had a decaf coffee drink, but I’m not sure that it was really decaf. 

I had wanted to go and get groceries after lunch, but F didn’t want to spend a lot of money. We went back to the house. He worked on the Shogi again and I went upstairs and vegged. That was sad. 

F came up when he finished. He hadn’t done all the windows in the house, but he said he’d done the windows that faced the outside. They looked terrible before, and K’s bedroom windows look out to our neighbours, so I think it was a good thing that he fixed the window covers. 

He wanted to go out for dinner and I suggested going to China House. We could get meals for under 1000 yen each.  First F made something for his mother’s meal and then we left. 

We went to China House and were able to get a table. I had mapo-dofu teishoku, or a set meal with spicy tofu and ground beef, rice, soup, potato salad and pickles. F had yakisoba with starchy sauce. We were both quite pleased with our meals. Over dinner, F remembered that I had asked him to replace one of the fluorescent light bulbs in the kitchen, so we went over to Yamada Denki, which was near the restaurant. We went in, used the loo, and then bought the light bulbs. 

After that, we headed to Mina, the grocery store. F gave me some money and I went in and went shopping. I picked up food for one night’s dinner, something for K’s lunch tomorrow and a few things for my lunches and some salads, that kind of thing. It wasn’t too bad price-wise and I was able to give F some money back. 

We came back to the house and F immediately got to work changing the lightbulb. I wish he had waited until I put away the groceries, but whatever, I got it done. I thanked him profusely when he was done and then I went upstairs. We had a fairly quiet evening in. 

I watched an episode of Bad Monkey off Apple TV+ and liked it, then I turned off the TV. F was on my case about going to bed early again, so I’m going to try. It’s annoying as I don’t want to do it. I don’t see the point really.

Today was a bit of a grumpy day if I’m honest. I like weekend days when we get to do things. I am glad that F did some Home Improvement stuff though, he’s been neglecting that a bit. I just wish I had taken myself out or done something fun. Maybe next weekend eh?

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