November 7, 2025

Friday - Sunny but coolish, some rain at night

I woke up this morning before 8:00am. F had already left for work. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and then coming back to the room. First up, I sorted my laundry for later and then I went back to bed for a while. I watched some videos and fell asleep after a while. I did get up earlier than I did yesterday so that was good!

I dressed and then went to the kitchen to make my breakfast. I took my laundry basket downstairs and started the first of two loads. I brought my food upstairs and ate with a bit of YouTube.

I had a quiet afternoon again. I did laundry and I also wrote another Christmas card. I decided to try and make some address labels to put on my cards too. I wasted a lot of time doing them. I was trying to add Christmas type pictures on them, but I wasn’t able to do that. 

I went downstairs a little early to get my lunch. I made it and brought it upstairs to eat. Yes, I did watch another episode of NCIS: Los Angeles, and it was good.  

After the news at 4 pm, I turned off the TV and waited for F to call. He called around 5:30 I think. I waited a few minutes and then went down to get started on dinner.

Tonight I did pasta with basil sauce, salad and chicken nuggets! I also made a dipping sauce for the nuggets that was quite nice. It was honey-mustard. 

I got dinner on the table finally. I was a bit frustrated as usual because no one helps me at all. It would be so nice if F would even get up off the chair to come and put out the glasses for dinner or get stuff out of the fridge for me. 

I enjoyed the food and had seconds, nobody else did. Sigh. 

I did the dishes again and listened to my movie podcast. That was enjoyable. It felt like it took forever to get the dishes done, but I know it didn’t. 

When I finally finished I popped my head into the living room and said hello to F and that I was heading upstairs. He was watching TV so I didn’t mind him doing that.

In my room, I tried again to figure out how to put a Christmas picture into my address labels but I wasn’t able to do that. I did manage to give it a green background so that was good I think. I printed out a sheet of labels and then stuck a one on the cards I’d written so far. 

Then, it was time for my TV watching. I watched the second episode of Down Cemetery Road. It was good and I liked it, but it ended on a cliffhanger again. Emma Thompson was very good again. As one would expect! I got a few rounds of my hat knitted too, so that was good. 

It was after 11pm by the time the show finished so I took a break and went downstairs. F was still in the living room so I said hello. He was watching a rerun of the last baseball game. He hadn’t been able to watch the last game of the season. 

I went back upstairs and watched the second episode of Lazarus. The plot is getting quite complicated but in a good way! I enjoyed it tonight. I also did another round of my knitting so that was good.

F finally came upstairs during my show and we shared a few snacks. He’s finally gone to bed and I think he’s sleeping. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. K has her Day Care and the social worker is coming for a visit at 5 pm. It’s a bit of a pain in my opinion, but whatever. It’s probably good to get an outside opinion on the matter. They want us to send K to Day Care more than once a week, but I’m not willing to get her up and ready in the morning. She wouldn’t get up for me anyway and I don’t have a way to communicate with her. So, that’s a non-starter in my opinion.

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

November 6, 2025

 Thursday - Sunny and warmish

I woke up before my alarm this morning, but F had left already. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I thought about going back to bed, so I did. I watched some videos on my phone and never did fall back asleep. I got up quite a bit earlier than I have this week. I dressed and eventually went downstairs. 

I made my breakfast and then brought it back up to the room. I ate and relaxed. It was nice! After I ate I watched a bit of YouTube and then decided that I should start working on my Christmas Cards. I wrote two, and checked on an address for another person. It’s a bit sad as Japan still isn’t accepting mail for Canada as the posties are on strike again. Sigh. 

I went downstairs later to grab my lunch and while I was in the kitchen F called me. He said he was coming back to the house for a little while. I was nearly finished making my lunch when he arrived. I went upstairs with my lunch and F came afterwards. I gave him some hot water for coffee and he chilled out a bit. I watched an episode of NCIS: Los Angeles again. 

I relaxed after lunch and did some internet stuff. I watched the news and then I got a call from the takkyubin company. I’d been expecting a delivery all day and finally it had arrived. The driver didn’t speak Japanese but I mostly understood. He was nearby or outside and was wondering if I was here. I said I was and went downstairs and turned on the lights outside. He brought me my package and nicely put it on the step inside for me. That was that.

I went back upstairs with my package and put it in its place. I went back to my computer and a couple of minutes later, F called to say he was on his way back to the house. I agreed to go downstairs to get a start on dinner after that. 

F arrived just as I was getting ready to do the dishes. Tonight I made taco rice. Basically, tacos but on rice. F chose rice, I would have preferred tortillas. I have some in the freezer. Next time! During the day I had set up some yogurt to drain to make fake sour cream. Unfortunately, the store last night didn’t have any sour cream! I added some canned corn and a cut up onion to the taco meat mixture. Dinner was good. K even had a little bit extra meat too! F had extras too. 

After dinner, I did the dishes and then went upstairs to relax. I watched a bit of YouTube and then went downstairs to take a shower. 

I came back to the room and then watched tonight’s episode of The Rookie. It brought back a baddie from earlier this season, plus there was some football going on. Yawn. I got a couple of rows of my hat done tonight too. Yay for me.

That’s about it for my day. I’m hoping that tomorrow I can get some laundry done and also some more Christmas cards!

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

November 5, 2025

Wednesday - Sunny and cool

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

I woke up this morning around 7:20. I wasn’t sure if F had already left for work or not. A couple of minutes later he came back in the room so I knew that he hadn’t!

I went downstairs and then chatted with F before he left for work. He left and I went back to bed. I ended up oversleeping which is not what I wanted to do. Oh well. I got up, dressed and went downstairs to make my breakfast.

I brought it back to the room and ate. While I was eating, F came back to the house. He was waiting for the person he was driving around. He stayed at the house for a while and then left again.

I went downstairs a few minutes early to make my lunch, and did that. Sadly, I had to say goodbye to the remainder of my Havarti cheese. It had become very mouldy in the fridge. I had cut some of it off, but the remaining pieces were just too far gone. Sigh. I did enjoy it while it lasted.

I brought my lunch upstairs and watched NCIS: Los Angeles while I ate. It was another interesting episode. I’ve been getting into it. They are going to take some of it off in a couple of weeks so I’d like to see as much of it as I can.

I watched the news and then turned off the TV. I waited for F to call, but he didn’t call until 5:30 or later. He said he was already in Tsuruoka! Silly man. I hurriedly got ready for going downstairs and then went. 

Tonight’s dinner was Toaster Oven Chicken, salad, German Potato Salad, kabocha and some fried onions with cheese. It was very nice. There was some rice too, but I’m not a fan really. 

After dinner I did the dishes and listened to my podcasts. When I finished, I had to do up the garbage for the week. I got the garbage done in the kitchen and then grabbed the it from the bathroom. I even took K’s living room garbage. Yay me.

I tried to talk to F to tell him I was going upstairs but he was working at the table and was kind of cranky. I went upstairs and did my garbage up and then changed for going out. I waited upstairs for F to be ready. 

F came up around 9:30 and said he was waiting downstairs for me. He nearly bit my head off earlier so I didn’t want to talk to him then!

We went out and because it was so late we went over to MaxValu and bought our groceries there. I don’t really like the store but it was okay. I got some protein for the next couple of nights and some treats for K and some frozen veggies as well.

After we paid and left the store, we went over to the drugstore across the road, and both of us went in. I got some stuff for myself and we picked up a few snacks as well. We paid and then left.

We came back to the house and then I put away the groceries. I went upstairs and relaxed with YouTube before turning on the TV and watching Wild Cards at 11. It was a little silly today, but it always is. I still like it! I got a bit of my knitting done today too. It’s going quite well, I think. I just hope it will fit me!

And that’s about it. F isn’t feeling 100% yet. He’s not sleeping that well. He tried going to bed early but has been up a couple of times. Hopefully he’ll fall asleep soon too. 

And really, that’s about it. I’m not completely sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. If I’m smart, I’ll start on Christmas cards or my column, but honestly, I don’t know if I am that smart!

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

November 4, 2025

Tuesday - Sunny but cool

I got up after my alarm went off this morning. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted some laundry and then went back to bed! I watched videos and snoozed for a couple of hours. 

I dragged myself out of bed later, dressed and then went downstairs to start laundry and make my breakfast. I ended up doing two loads of laundry today, they are hung up in our room upstairs.

I had a quiet afternoon between loads of laundry! I went downstairs later to get my lunch. While I was in the kitchen, I put the meat for dinner in a marinade. I went upstairs with my lunch and ate it. I watched yet another episode of NCIS: Los Angeles. It was good I thought.

F phoned a bit after 5:15 and said he was coming back to the house. I went downstairs a bit later and got started on dinner. I did a quick internet search and found a recipe for onions and mushrooms in a foil packet, so I made that. It was cool as I had all the ingredients, more or less. When I finished preparing the ingredients, I set it up in my air fryer and worked on something else. 

Tonight for dinner we had baby leaf lettuce, coro-coro steak, mushroom and onion butter-foil grilled, steamed vegetables and rice. Dinner actually got good reviews and almost everything was eaten. Oh, I forgot, I got some mini-tomatoes, yellow ones, for K and F. I’m so nice! The mushroom and onion thing disappeared as well. 

I did the dishes afterwards and listened to Kermode and Mayo’s Take. I enjoyed it a lot. I haven’t quite finished it yet. While I did dishes, I also drank one of my A&W Root Beers. Yum. It was nice. 

I went upstairs when I finished and relaxed in front of my computer. A little after 10, F was upstairs in the room and I went downstairs to take a shower.  I had a nice one and then came back up to the room. I watched tonight’s episode of FBI: Most Wanted. It was an odd one, about murderers who posted their “work” on the internet. Shudder. Not good guys. 

F thinks he’s getting a cold so he’s off to bed and sleep a bit early. I’m glad for that. He’s been staying up late lately. I stay up later, but I do it to get some peace and quiet. When F is up late too, I don’t feel like I can concentrate. 

I’ve been doing my late night internet stuff and watching a bit of YouTube. I’ll head off to bed in a few minutes.

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

November 3, 2025

Monday - Rainy and cloudy

I went to bed quite late last night and I slept in late this morning too. I woke up briefly around 9:30 and F was still in bed asleep. I was surprised about that as he always gets up early. Not today.

I went back to bed, F got himself up and cooked for his mother! I slept on for a long while and then dragged myself out of bed. I got dressed and waited for F to see what he wanted to do today!

He came upstairs a bit later and we talked about lunch. We decided we’d try the place that was closed yesterday to see if it was open. Surprisingly, it was. We went in and were the only customers again. We ordered Katsu-don, which was the special of the day. I liked it, F didn’t!

After lunch, we went to the gas station and bought kerosene for the house. We use it for heating and for the water heater. F filled up the tanks and then we came back to the house. 

I was tired and headed upstairs. I spent time on my computer and then F came upstairs too. He went to bed and I did too. However, F was being a snuggly bunny and I didn’t get any sleep! He left after a while and I decided to try and nap for half an hour. It didn’t happen. F came in 20 minutes later and I knew I wasn’t going to get any sleep. 

I got up, redressed, and went back to my computer. I stayed there for a long time! 

Around 7:30 I sent F a text and asked if we were going to do our shopping. He came upstairs a couple of minutes later and said that he’d just made his mother some dinner and it was okay for us to go out now. Yay. He wanted to go to Nagomi for dinner. I didn’t really want to go there, but said it was okay. We got ready to go.

We drove to the restaurant but it was already closed for the evening. F’s second choice would be closed by the time we got there, so we decided to go to the udon chain restaurant. We were able to get in and ordered some food. F had a plainish udon dish with some tempura, I had a new dish that had some spice and garlic with bean sprouts and meat. It was a bit spicy and I tasted that garlic for a long time afterwards!

After our meal we went over to the Mina shopping area and went to our grocery store. F helped me by bringing in our meat trays and milk cartons to recycle. 

I did the shopping and I hope I bought enough stuff! I think I did but time will tell. 

We came back to the house and F made rice for tomorrow’s dinner and then started to iron his clothes. He irons them partially to dry them as he left them in the washing machine a bit too long. I put the groceries away and then went upstairs. I checked the kerosene in our room upstairs and decided to fill up the tank. I took it downstairs and filled it up. Then, I filled up the tank in the living room heater. There was some in there, but this way we don’t have to worry about K running out for a bit. I also checked to see if there was any barley tea in the fridge and there wasn’t. F rarely makes more and he didn’t this weekend. I set up a jug on the table to brew overnight. 

I came upstairs. Normally on Monday I take a shower, but I decided to skip it until tomorrow night. Instead, I decided to watch the first episode of the new Emma Thompson show on Apple TV, Down Cemetary Road. It was quite good and the episode ended on a real cliffhanger. I got a bit of knitting done during the show too, so that was good!

I turned off the TV after that and watched some YouTube and got some of my internet stuff done. It’s been a quiet night, but quite nice.

Tomorrow I hope to get some of my laundry done and I’ll be cooking dinner again. Now that it is November, I also need to think about my column and Christmas Cards. I’d like to get some of them done early if possible.

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

November 2, 2025

Sunday - Cloudy and rainy

I slept in today and it was lovely! I went downstairs after my alarm went off and then came back upstairs. I went back to bed for a couple of hours. When I got up this time I dressed and went downstairs. F was in the living room watching the baseball game. It was game seven of the World Series, LA Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays. Of course, F was supporting LA because of Shohei Otani (Japanese baseball player) and I was supporting the Blue Jays because Canada! Actually though, F was supporting both of them and I didn’t really care because I hate baseball! (PS…for posterity because I won’t remember next year, LA won by one point in extra innings.)

After a bit, F asked if I’d like to go for lunch and I said sure. The game was still on, but it was getting late. He suggested a place near Ginza Dori and I said sure. We haven’t gone in ages. 

F got changed and soon enough we headed out. We went to the restaurant F suggested but it looked closed. It might have been open earlier, but really we couldn’t tell. Instead, we decided to go to Arpeggio. We drove over there but on the way another car came down the wrong way on a one way road. Luckily it was wide enough for us to pass. F signalled the driver he was going the wrong way. Then, at the main road, F turned instead of going straight. Ack. Oh well. We got to the parking place anyway and there was space for us. I decided to take my umbrella with me just on a whim. 

We got to the restaurant and got a table. we both had the same thing, sasame cutlet fry. Basically chicken breast fingers deep fried. It’s very good. We both enjoyed our meal. 

After our meal it was pouring outside. We stayed as long as we could in the restaurant, but she was closing so we had to leave. The rain did calm down a bit. F had on a water-resistant jacket so he high-tailed it to the car and I used my umbrella. 

We came back to the house and just relaxed. I came upstairs and had a quiet time on my computer, F was downstairs for a bit, but did take a nap for a while. He woke up around 6:30 and I asked if he’d feed his mother. He did, by giving her the food I made during the week that she wouldn’t eat! He gave her some other stuff too. 

We left a bit after 7 for our dinner. I’d asked to go to Cocos as this was the last day for their Halloween dessert special. On the way there, F said he might ask for his birthday dessert! That was a surprise, but it made sense. When we got there we put in our orders. I had pasta with spinach and bacon in a butter-soy sauce, F had a burger with mushrooms on saffron rice. His looked nice. I got a free mini-fries that we shared, we had the drink bar and then our desserts. It was all good. 

I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to go to the movie too, but we managed it. We squeaked in just in time. We went to Machinaka Kinema and saw a film called Bad Genius. It’s a remake of a Thai film of a few years ago. I really liked it. It was about really smart kids helping their classmates to cheat on major school exams. It was amazing how suspenseful it was, and how I was rooting for the kids to get away with it, even though they were the baddies!

After the movie, F said that he wanted to go grocery shopping so we headed over to MaxValu. I went in with F. He picked up food for K’s breakfast. I got something for my lunches during the week and a big bread thing from the bakery. It was a cheese bread thing. It was good. Yes, I ate it tonight, even though I was stuffed!

And that’s about it. I’ve been chilling out with some YouTube while I did my favourite internet things. Tomorrow I have to get some groceries in, and I’m not sure what else. We’ll have to get ready for the week ahead. Wish us luck with that!

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