January 8, 2025

Thursday - Clear in the morning, but cold and snowy later on

I woke up a bit early this morning, as in before my alarm! I got up and went downstairs, then came back to the room and went back to bed. I watched a few videos and then fell asleep again. I ended up oversleeping again. Sigh.

I got up, went downstairs. I checked for snow outside and there wasn’t any. I grabbed my breakfast and then took it upstairs and ate it. I had a quiet afternoon but ended up going downstairs a little early and making my lunch then. I brought my lunch upstairs and then I watched an episode of The Good Fight again. It was good. I like that show a lot.

F called around 5:30 and said he was on the way back. I went downstairs a bit later and got started on my day’s dishes. I also turned on the heater in the living room as it was only 6 degrees there. That was cold. 

Tonight’s menu was premade hamburgers, French Fries, salad and sauteed eringi mushrooms. It was quite nice and almost everything disappeared afterwards. I did the dishes and then went upstairs to change.

F and I went out to the grocery store and he came in with me. Sigh. It wasn’t too bad today. I am planning to do pasta tomorrow night so wanted something to go with it. I was hoping for some nice sausages, but I couldn’t find any at a reasonable price. The ones I liked were over 700yen which is a bit much in my opinion.

We got some food and F paid. We left the store and just came back to the house. I put the food away and then went upstairs.  We were quite early tonight so I decided to watch some TV. First off I watched an episode of Evil and then an episode of Pluribus. Both were okay. 

F stayed up quite late and then he made himself some ramen. He said he was hungry and it would help him sleep. I hope he’s right!

Anyway, that’s about it for me for tonight. Tomorrow I’ll probably do some laundry and try to stay warm. I may have to go out and do some snow shovelling. It snowed here in the late afternoon, and might overnight too. Sigh.

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

January 7, 2026

Wednesday - Warm and Sunny, thunder at night

I managed to get to bed fairly early (for me) last night and finished my book before I went to sleep. It was terrible! There were mistakes in grammar and spelling all through the story and the main character had a condition that the author mentioned on every other page or so. It was monotonous. I also don’t like novels that describe everything in overly complicated ways…this one did. Urgh. Glad I’m done. I was going to read the next in the series, but I’m not going to do that now. I need a book that I enjoy! 

This morning, my alarm woke me up. I got up and went downstairs and then did my usual going back to bed afterwards. It wasn’t terrible and I got up about the same time as yesterday. 

I went downstairs and got my breakfast, I brought it up to the room and ate. While I ate, I watched last night’s episode of Project Runway. Heidi is back which is nice, but they really don’t spend a lot of time on the designers. I liked it when they introduced the designers before the actual competition started. Oh well.

Before lunch, I went downstairs and went out to see the snow situation. Most of the snow had melted from the walkway, but it kept falling off the roof. I swept up a bit of snow there and then some of the edges of the yard. I decided to go back inside, and then closed the door. Then, a bunch more snow fell off the roof! I went out and cleared it away.

Next up, I made my lunch and took it upstairs. Today I watched another episode of The Good Fight. Things have changed! This episode was about 9 months after the last one and one character is now a judge, and the firm has joined with another bigger firm. Hmm. 

I watched part of the news and shake my head at most of it. After a while I just stopped watching. 

F called around 5:30 and said he was on his way. I went downstairs a little later and got set up for making dinner. Tonight I made the stir-fry that has seaweed in it. It’s pretty popular in my house! I added some cabbage and chikuwa too to stretch it out. We had some spiced cabbage as well, and finished the tuna and macaroni salad for this week. We also had some salad, and rice. Dinner was good. Everything disappeared basically! I couldn’t save too much for my lunch tomorrow, that was sad. I made lunch for K of course…but she hasn’t been eating the lunches I leave for her. It’s rather annoying as I hate wasting food. 

After dinner I did the dishes and then did up the burnable garbage too. F did help a little bit so that was good. I went upstairs after that and relaxed for a bit. I went downstairs later to take a shower. It started to thunder when I was about to go in the shower room. I was scared, but did it anyway.

Tonight I watched Wild Cards again and it was fun. It was about a spy who wanted to get married. It isn’t the most intelligent of shows, but sometimes it is fun to look at pretty people!

F was a bit clingy tonight. He actually talked to me for a bit. It was nice, but I couldn’t help wondering what was up with him!

Anyway, that’s about it for me. No idea what I’ll get up to tomorrow. Come back later if you like and find out. Until tomorrow….

January 6, 2026

Tuesday - Clear and warmish

I woke up the first time when my alarm went off. I got up, I went downstairs and then, yes, I went back to bed. I snoozed for a while but did manage to get up a bit before I did yesterday. Yay for that.

I went downstairs and then decided that I should go out and shovel some snow. The snowplough had gone through after F had left for work, so there was a bit of a mess in the parking area. He wouldn’t really be able to bring his car in the way it was. I cleared the snow. It took a little while, but it wasn’t too cold so that was good. 

I came back into the house when I finished and grabbed my yogurt in my bowl. I brought it upstairs and added my cereal. I had my breakfast and watched some YouTube. I relaxed today and that was nice. 

I went downstairs to get my lunch close to 3 pm. I had my usual cheese toast and some sliced chicken on toast with a salad. It was all good. Even though I was a bit late, I watched another episode of School Spirits. I’m enjoying that show, just not sure how it’s going to go from where it is now.

F texted me this afternoon to say he was going to take a day off next week to make arrangements for  some documents for his mother at City Hall. I reminded him that I’ll need to go to City Hall in a couple weeks hopefully so he’d need to take another day off for that. He cancelled the first one and will try and do both things when I get a notification that my card is ready for pick up. 

F called me after work to say he was on his way back. He made a brief stop at the post office to check on something and then came back to the house.

I got stuck into dinner and did a little better getting things on the table on time tonight. Tonight we had air-fried chicken drumsticks, salad, steamed veggies, and some tuna and macaroni salad. It was quite a nice dinner. We had dessert tonight too. We had the last of my orange cake from before Christmas and then a little tub of ice cream each. It was nice.

I did the dishes afterwards. I went as fast as I could, but it still took a while. I got changed when I was done and we went over to Mina and I went in and did the shopping for the next couple of days. It should go quite well I think. 

Tonight I watched a bit of YouTube and then tuned into FBI: Most Wanted. It was a good one tonight and I enjoyed it. After the show I watched some of the previews of what is coming back soon and Resident Alien looks like it’ll be on soon. Woot. 

Anyway, that’s about it for me for tonight. I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, so come back later and find out! Until tomorrow….

January 5, 2026

Monday - Snowy and warmish, cold at night

I had my usual sort of morning. I woke up, then ended up going back to bed and sleeping quite late. I was hoping I wouldn’t do that, but I did!

I grabbed a quickish breakfast and ate, then I went downstairs and took down my Christmas Tree. I also did laundry at the same time as I hadn’t done any for a week. Taking down the ornaments and putting them away was a bit sad, but I’ll see them again next year! When I had the ornaments away, I took down the lights and put them away. Finally, I had to take the tree away. I packed my ornament case, and the tree and then girded myself to go outside.

I put on my coat and hat, then boots and took my boxes to the garage. I took them upstairs, I had to do two trips, and then came downstairs gingerly. I hate those stairs!

I shovelled snow for a bit. There was quite a bit, but it was light and soft so it didn’t take too much effort. Hurray! I got the parking area and the steps to the house cleared off, but the snow was still coming down. Sigh.

I went inside and was a bit shocked that it was around 3:40. I still hadn’t had lunch! I went upstairs, grabbed my bread and took it down to the kitchen. I made my lunch and then took it upstairs.

When I arrived, it was after 4 pm so I just watched some of the news. I saw Marco Rubio on with George Stephanopoulis and he was like a character in 1984 (one of the books I’m reading at the moment.) He wouldn’t answer any questions and the term “doublespeak” came to mind. 

After the news I turned off the TV and got stuck into a bit of YouTube. F called me around 5:30 and a few minutes later I went downstairs and got started in the kitchen.

I had to tidy up the kitchen, I’m afraid F had left it in quite a state. The “clean” dishes in the drainer…well, some of them had to be rewashed. It wasn’t a big deal, it just took time.

Tonight I made hash browns/tiny roasted potatoes, scrambled eggs and bacon. We had it with some salad too. I didn’t get it on the table until well after 7:30. I’m not sure what went on. The potatoes took a little long I guess. Dinner was pretty good…the breakfast for dinner did go over well. I realized when I was cleaning that it was almost all cooked by me!

I did the dishes after dinner and didn’t finish until after 9pm. Still, they did get done. When I finished, I went upstairs and relaxed. I turned on my water pot and when the water was hot I made myself some cocoa. 

F came upstairs after 10 pm and announced that he had turned off the water. I was a bit concerned and not too happy as I had planned to take a shower around then! I told him and he got a bit miffed at me. I also checked the temperature forecast overnight and it isn’t too cold, so he really didn’t need to turn it off. I did remind him that I’d asked him to set up the rice for tomorrow so he said he’d do it. 

I went downstairs to take my shower. F was in the kitchen and was a little cranky so I got out of his way as soon as I turned on the water heater. I took my shower and afterwards, he’d gone back upstairs.

I went back upstairs and gave him a hug. I think he’s in a bad time of year for him. He had to shovel snow at work and a bit here at the house so his back was sore and he was tired. We had a nice couple of minutes and a little while later, he went to bed.

I watched an episode of Gen V and it was a doozy. That whole series is so wicked but funny!

Since the show finished, I’ve watched a bit of YouTube and worked on this blog entry. I’m about done now so I might be able to get to bed a little early!

Tomorrow I’m not sure what I’ll get up to. I have a few ideas but I imagine I may have to go and shovel snow at some point!

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

January 4, 2026

Sunday - Snowy, rainy, cold at night

I did my usual wake up early and go downstairs thing. I came back upstairs to the room and went back to bed. I snoozed a bit late…it’s Sunday…and then I got up and dressed.

F and I talked about going out and he suggested a restaurant we like. I wasn’t sure if it was open, so I checked and it was. Yay.

We went to Arpeggio and had a nice breakfast. F got to have his assortment tray that he likes, I had the chicken fingers set meal. It was nice. 

After lunch, we went over to Gyomu Supa and did some shopping. I got some baby cheese for me, some macaroni salad and some frozen vegetables…things to stretch out a meal basically.

We paid, then F went back and got rice too. We drove to the house via a 7-11 so I could recharge my Suica card. At the house, we put away the groceries and then F wanted to leave right away to buy the rest of the food. Okay, I wanted a drink, but whatever.

At the grocery store, F was annoying. He came in with me and I bought as much as I could. I was planning to make breakfast for dinner on Monday night, and then on Tuesday I’ll do chicken drumsticks. I asked him if he was going to cook for his mother tonight or if he wanted a bento for her. He didn’t know. Ugh! I don’t care one way or another, just make up your mind. He decided not to do it finally. 

We left the grocery store and came back to the house. I put these groceries away too and then I went upstairs. I watched some YouTube, made myself some drinks and relaxed.

F made dinner for his mother around 6pm and a little later we went out to have dinner. He’d already eaten a bit before with his mother. I suggested China House, so we went over there and got a table. I had my usual there, mapo-dofu set meal, F had fried rice. 

We came back to the house and on the way F mentioned that the garbage in the kitchen was full. When we got back to the house F went in the house, I grabbed my snow shovel and cleared a bit of snow. F came back out later and did more. I went in the house and cleared out the garbage. It was quite full. Then, I cleaned out the corner garbage in the sink and the drain holder. F did both last time and with both of them, he hadn’t put the liners in properly. That meant I had a huge mess to clean up. I was upset. It’s completely another case of him using weaponized incompetence. If he messes up, he won’t have to do it again, right?

I happened to look in the fridge and on the lower shelf I found a chunk of bacon. The bacon that I was planning to cook tomorrow because I am doing breakfast for dinner. It would have been fine if he told me earlier that he cooked it, I could have got more. I told him I was doing bacon tomorrow and it didn’t twig on him that I was planning to use THAT bacon. 

I got mad at him. I was already upset for the garbage liners, the mess he left in the kitchen and the bacon just put me over the top. He was sorry, but honestly…it’s too late now dude. I’m so tired of trying to talk to him these days and him not paying any attention. 

I watched a couple of TV programmes upstairs tonight. First up I watched the first episode of Cardinal Season 2. It was really good. After I went downstairs and made popcorn, then watched The Great British Sewing Bee. It was a good episode and I enjoyed it. 

And that’s about it for my day. I am so glad that F is going back to work tomorrow. I need a break! I do have to take down my Christmas Tree and then I’m back in the kitchen tomorrow night. Sigh. 

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

January 3, 2026

Saturday - Sunny, then cloudy and snowy later on. Warm at first, colder later on.

I woke up fairly early for me this morning and went downstairs. I went down after K and F were supposed to leave for the Day Service, but they were still here. Apparently, K didn’t want to go this morning. She complained that the bath room at the center is cold!

I went back to bed and snoozed for a bit. F came in a little before noon and I was still in bed mostly asleep. I got up and dressed and we talked about what to do. I was hoping for lunch of course, so I suggested Indian food. We drove over to Khatry Kitchen and had our lunch. F had the special today, chicken and mushroom curry, I had the chicken curry. We liked both our meals. We ended up closing out the restaurant. I could not get F to leave! He was playing a game on his phone and just kept sitting there!

We went over to Musashi again and looked at boots for him. I noticed a day ago that his boot had a big rip in the sidewall. He got himself a new pair that I hope will last a little longer. They weren’t cheap, but I’m not a big fan of cheap footwear personally. 

We also bought a chemical to put on the snow to melt it. It is most useful when there’s just a little bit of snow. We’ve had a lot of snow over the last few days.

We came back to the house and chilled out. I was upstairs relaxing and F came upstairs for a bit, but disappeared around 6 pm. That was fine, I assumed he was feeding his mother. However, by 8:20 he still hadn’t reappeared and I was getting hungry!

I went downstairs looking for him and he was in the living room with his mother watching TV. I asked him if he was going to do dinner tonight. He’d cooked for his mother and had eaten with her. Nice! He did offer to take me out so I said yes!

I suggested Gusto so we drove over to the one by MaxValu and had dinner. I had the lemon/avocado/shrimp pasta, a side salad, and the drink bar. F had some kara-age and the drink bar. We spent a while there and then came back after 9 pm. When I stood up in the restaurant, I didn’t notice at first that I hadn’t grabbed my hat and scarf as they had fallen on the floor. Yikes. I told F in the car that it took about 4 years to make my scarf as I did it in the round on circular needles and the yarn was quite fine!

Back at the house both F and I did a little snow shovelling. He did more than I did, but it was fine. I went inside with him and then I went upstairs. I changed and went downstairs again to take a shower.  

When I came back to the room, I decided to check out another Canadian show that I’ve never seen before. I watched the first episode of The Murdoch Mysteries. It has possibilities, so I’ll probably watch a bit more.

After the show finished, I turned off the TV and watched more YouTube. I got started on my internet stuff as well.

F went to bed earlier but watched The Langoliers tonight! It’s one of his favourite TV series. He is trying to sleep, I hope he can. Tomorrow is his last day off so we have to get ready for the week ahead. 

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

 

January 2, 2026

Friday - Cold with a little snow

I went to bed late last night and didn’t have much luck getting to sleep for a while. However, I did fall asleep after a while and was surprised when I woke up with my morning alarm. F was up already, so I made my way downstairs and then back up to the room. I did go back to bed and fell asleep after watching a couple of videos. 

F came in a bit after 11 and we said hi! I got up, ate my breakfast sandwich and then said I’d go for lunch if he wanted to do that. He went out for a bento for his mother and I got dressed while he was out.

We had our lunch at the Taiwanese restaurant again. Today we both had fried rice, mine was with pork, his was with kimchi. I wouldn’t have mine again, the meat was dry and a little tasteless. However, the soup was nice and the kara-age was very good. 

We went over to Musashi to pick up some gloves for F. He didn’t have any when he was shovelling snow yesterday, so he needed some! We also picked up some detergent for the house. I use a liquid one, F and K use a powder. 

Then, we headed out to the mall in Mikawa. The road was quite busy and traffic was a bit slow, but we made it. We found a good parking spot which was difficult as the mall was busy today. 

First up, I hit up Seria, the hundred yen shop. I wanted some bags to put my loose tea in. F got himself a pair of reading glasses, not sure why. After our shopping, I suggested a cup of coffee so we went over to Doutor. We were really lucky as a table left as we went in, so F snagged it. I went in line and bought coffee for F and rooibos tea for me. We spent quite a bit of time there and I was a tad annoyed. I wanted to do some shopping…or at least window shopping. 

Finally I got F roused and we decided to walk down the mall and then back to the cinema. As soon as we stood up, someone snagged our table! It was busy in the coffee shop.

We walked down the mall and I suggested to F that he look at boots. I noticed the other day that he has a rip in his rubber boots. He should get new ones. He couldn’t find any today, but he didn’t really look. We both ended up doing a toilet run and then it was time to walk back to the cinema. We bought our tickets and then some popcorn and drinks. We went to see A Working Man, the newest Jason Statham film. It wasn’t great, but it was Jason and that’s all I cared about! F didn’t really like it, he’s not into action movies, but I am! And I’m into Jason Statham, so….. I had fun, but I didn’t love the movie.

After the movie I suggested to F that we go over to Aeon and get some bentos for dinner at the grocery section. We drove over, again, found a great parking space, and went back in the mall. 

F got himself and his mother fish bentos, I got myself some mushroom pasta and some grilled chicken for dinner. I thought about getting some salad, but remembered that we had salad leftover at the house. F got some eggs and stuff for K’s breakfast as well. We checked out, went back to the car and drove back to Tsuruoka and the house.

At the house, F made miso soup for his mother and himself (I didn’t want any) and I put the salad together. We set the table and then F got his mother up. We had a nice meal and I enjoyed my spaghetti and chicken. After we finished I did tell F off a little. Recently, he’s been giving his mother and himself salad. He’s very generous with the portions and there isn’t enough for me. Today, his mother’s salad bowl was rounded over and mine wasn’t even full. I’m the person that likes salad!! He’s being nice to her and she does eat it, I’m not upset about that, but he’s not letting me have as much as they are. 

F washed the dishes in his usual weird way. I dried most of them, and put them away. Then, I headed upstairs and the room was very cold. I relaxed for a while and then decided that I’d check out the Fire Stick again. I went to the WOWOW site and checked out their programming. Sadly, the new show I was looking forward to is only available in Japanese there. Boo! I checked out other shows and thought I’d watch a preview of Evil. However, it wasn’t a preview, it was an episode, so I guess I’m going to watch that now. It looks quite good, in a spooky kind of way.

F came upstairs after 11. He’d been watching TV downstairs and enjoying himself there. He’s off to bed now and I think he’s sleeping. 

Tomorrow morning, K is off to her Day Service again. I’m not sure what F and I will be doing in the meantime. 

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