March 14, 2026

Saturday - Sunny and warmish

I got up this morning before 8 am. I’m not sure what woke me. Maybe F downstairs? I made a trip to the washroom and then came back upstairs. I went back to bed and slept for a lot longer.

When I woke up later F was in the room. He suggested going to a decent newish restaurant and I was fine with that. I needed to get up and dress first though! I got up, put on some clothes and a few minutes later we drove to the restaurant. It was open and we went in. I ended up having the Yurinchi which was very nice, with big pieces of chicken, and F had the pork cutlet with chicken rice. I’m glad I didn’t have it as his rice had tomato in it. 

After lunch we checked out a second hand shop. I was looking for a cheap purse to use until my one is back from the shop. I didn’t find one. The only one that was interesting was not really to my taste. I’m not a designer person really.

We went to a coffee shop next, the one we discovered last week or so, the Jazz and coffee place. I had an iced cocoa, F had a hot cocoa. It was relaxing there until F’s phone ran out of energy and he seemed to be falling asleep. He claimed he was listening to the music…might have been.

We headed towards the house next. We went to a grocery store to pick up something for K’s dinner. F bought fish for her and said that he’d make it for her dinner. He didn’t suggest I get something for myself which will come into importance later.

We went back to the house and I went upstairs and relaxed. I watched some YouTube and had some tea. F stayed downstairs and after a while welcomed his mother back to the house.

I didn’t see F from about 3:30 to after 7 pm. He came upstairs and I asked him about going out. He didn’t seem too interested and I asked him if he’d eaten with his mother. Yes. I asked him why he didn’t suggest that I get something for myself when we were at the grocery store and asked him if he’d take me out to eat dinner. He said he would take me to a ramen shop. Of course I wouldn’t eat that crap so said no to it. He refused to take me to another place so said he wouldn’t go out at all. 

All right then. I went downstairs and made my own dinner with stuff that I had in the fridge and freezer. I had a nice dinner. I started with carbonara, had some rye bread, and then finished up the taco meat from earlier in the week on some tortillas. It was nice. I did the dishes afterwards and then went upstairs. 

F asked me when I came in the room if I wanted to go out. I couldn’t believe that he was asking me that now and asked him where I would go at 9 pm? He had no answer. 

A bit after 10 I went downstairs and took a shower. When I came back to the room F was in bed and asleep. I tried to be quiet but really I didn’t care if I wasn’t!

At 11pm I watched The Hunting Party and it was okay. I turned off the TV after that and watched a lot of YouTube!

I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. If F is still being annoying tomorrow I have decided that I’m going out for the day and will avoid him as much as I can. If he isn’t annoying early on, we’ll have to see. 

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

March 13, 2025

Friday - Sunny but cool

I woke up after F had left for his doctor’s office. I made a trip downstairs and then came back upstairs and went to bed. I slept again and F came upstairs after a while and ended up going to bed. I got up and dressed and waited for him to go for lunch. He slept quite late however and when he finally did wake up, most of the places we wanted to go were closed.

We tried to go to F’s Eel place, but it was closed. However, we went past Arpeggio and they were still open, so we ended up there and had a lovely meal. I had my favourite chicken finger set meal, F had the 10 items tray. 

After our meal, we tried to get some kerosene but F’s usual gas station didn’t have any…and no gas either. Goodness. We got some kerosene at another gas station and brought it back to the house. 

After a few minutes, we headed out again to the Daiso near MaxValu. We both went in, but I did more shopping! I got a box for mailing, some bags for garbage and another eye mask for sleeping. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to use the one I got though. It might be too small.

After a bit of confusion where F disappeared for a few minutes, we went to Komeda and had some coffee. I had decaf as usual. We relaxed for a bit and then came back to the house.

I relaxed upstairs as I had to charge up my phone for a bit. I went downstairs after 6:15 or so and then I got busy cooking dinner. I did my usual pasta, salad and a protein and it went well. I fried some bacon and added some mushrooms that F had left in the fridge for a while. Dinner was good and all the food disappeared! There wasn’t any left for my lunch on Monday.

After I did the dishes I went upstairs and didn’t even say goodnight to F or K. I was tired and a little ticked off that no one volunteered to help me again tonight. 

I came upstairs and watched YouTube for a bit until I decided to watch an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. I have one more episode to watch, so it will be good to get it done.

I took a break downstairs and then decided I’d watch Sinners. It’s been on my DVR for a while but I haven’t had time. It was really good. It never did play at a cinema up here. I liked it, but it did have a lot of violence at the end. 

F went to bed a while ago. He’s got to be up early tomorrow but I don’t. I should get up but will I? 

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

March 12, 2026

Thursday - Cool and cloudy

I woke up this morning after my alarm and did my usual thing of going downstairs and then coming back to bed. I watched a bit of some videos but fell asleep on them. They loop, so I have no idea how many times they played!

I dragged myself out of bed and then dressed. I went downstairs and checked the mail. A letter for me and a big envelope for F! I grabbed my yogurt and brought it upstairs. I had breakfast at my desk.

I watched a bit of YouTube and finally read my friend’s email. I decided to answer her letter right away. I managed to write back today. I’m really glad about that!

I had a quiet afternoon, I had lunch and watched the second last episode of The Good Fight. That was quite an ending…Diane and Kirk and then Marissa and her Krav Maga instructor!

F called me around 5:30 to say he was on the way back. I told him I’d go downstairs soon and make a start on dinner. I tried!

We were out of kerosene upstairs so I brought down the tank with my dishes and a bunch of PET bottles with everything else. That was fun! I tried to fill up the kerosene tank but discovered that the kerosene was nearly empty. I filled up my tank as much as I could, but there wasn’t enough to fill it. 

F arrived around this time and I told him about the kerosene situation. I have been trying to get him to go and buy some for days but he’s so stubborn about things like this. We did have an emergency tank in the back so he filled up our tank from that.

He nicely took the tank upstairs for me and I got on with dinner. 

Tonight I made baked potatoes in the microwave and air fryer, store-made hamburgers, kabocha salad, salad and some tuna salad. I made the tuna salad as I like to put it on my baked potatoes. We also had a bit of real sour cream and some of my fake sour cream. Dinner was really good and almost everything disappeared. K even ate two baked potatoes which almost surprised me. They were small potatoes, not big ones. 

I did the dishes after dinner and listened to my podcasts, then I went upstairs. I had checked with F to see if he was going to take a shower. He said it would be around 10 pm but he didn’t take his until almost 11. I needed a shower so I was a little miffed. I had planned to watch something on TV tonight but didn’t get the chance at all. 

I took my shower and it was 11:30 before I finished. I didn’t get upstairs until almost midnight. 

Tomorrow morning, F is going to his doctor’s office so he’s off work tomorrow. I’m not sure what we’re going to get up to after that exactly as he wants me to cook dinner later on. I’m hoping he’ll want to buy me lunch at least!

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

March 11, 2026

Wednesday - Cold but sunny

Well, I had a little adventure today. I managed to get myself off to bed a little bit early last night, so I didn’t wake up until my alarm went off. 

I did my usual going downstairs and then coming back to the room. When I came back to the room I put my outfit for the day together and then jumped back into bed for a half hour snooze. I did go a little longer, but I had my clothes ready to go so it wasn’t a big deal. I waited until 10:20 or so, and then went downstairs. I left the house around 10:25 and made it to the stop on time. The bus was a couple of minutes late, but nothing too bad.

I got off at the station and then had a bit of a problem where I got confused about the buses and ended up paying extra as I took an extra bus that I didn’t need to. However it’s fine. I made it to the mall in Mikawa. I hightailed it over to the cinema and bought my ticket to my movie. However, I got a free movie as I had enough points. Woot!

I had a few minutes before my movie started so I made a quick trip downstairs to the hundred yen shop and did a little shopping. I came back to the cinema, bought my popcorn and drink and then went to see Wicked: For Good again. It was great. I think I enjoyed it more this time than the first time. 

After the movie, I headed out towards Aeon. I toured the ladies fashion department, then the crafts area and the stationary area. I made a few purchases and then went downstairs and had lunch at McDonald. I had a weird new burger with an egg, lemon sauce and some other sauce, plus fries and a drink. It was okay. 

After my lunch I went back upstairs to the clothes section and bought my friend something. I then headed downstairs and picked up a few things in the grocery store. I had just finished there when F called me and said he was finished work. I told him where I was and in a few minutes he picked me up.

We came back to Tsuruoka and the house. I came upstairs and changed into my kitchen clothing and then I made dinner!  Tonight we had toaster oven chicken, steamed cabbage, veggies, salad and rice. It was a pretty good dinner if I’m honest!

After dinner, I did up the dishes and listened to my podcasts. Then, it was garbage time. Tomorrow the burnable garbage goes out so we had to get it ready tonight. F helped me with it, and so did K. 

I went upstairs to change and then F and I went to the grocery store. We took our clean meat trays and old juice cartons back to the store as well. 

We did our shopping and then came back to the house. I put away the groceries and then went upstairs. I chilled for a while with YouTube and then watched The Irrational at 11pm. It was all about a K-Pop star so it was kind of interesting. 

Since midnight I’ve been doing my blogging and trying to get things done. I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing tomorrow except for cooking dinner! Please come back later if you like and find out what’s new and exciting with me. Until tomorrow…. 

March 10, 2026

Tuesday - Cloudy but cool

I woke up when F was still around this morning. I went downstairs and then came back up to the room and went back to bed. I watched a few videos and then went back to sleep for a snooze. I woke up later, got up and dressed. I went downstairs, grabbed my breakfast and then decided that I should do my laundry today too. 

I took my full laundry basket downstairs and ended up doing two loads today. I hung them up in my room. I had a quiet afternoon, I caught up on my YouTube and did some of my usual weekly things like backing up my computer.

I went downstairs to get my lunch around 3pm and brought it upstairs. I watched an episode of The Good Fight and it was good if a bit weird! 

I watched the news…sort of…and a bit later F called me. I went downstairs and got started on dinner. Tonight I made tacos. I haven’t made them in ages, so it was a nice change. K enjoyed them too and had a couple. F and I had three each! We had them with some of the lovely baby-leaf lettuce too.

I did the dishes afterwards and then went upstairs. I watched the finale of Project Runway. It was okay. I really didn’t vibe with this season to be honest. I thought it was a bit lazy and I really didn’t need Heidi back. I did think the best person won however. 

After a break of an hour, I watched Resident Alien with all of its craziness. It was a good show I thought. I’m a bit sad that the show is ending with this season.

While I was relaxing between shows tonight I finished my loom hat. I cast off tonight and gathered the two edges. I have one more piece of yarn to darn in and then it should be done properly. Woot. It’s very warm.

That’s about it. F said that he didn’t sleep well last night so he went to bed early. I hope he sleeps better tonight. 

I’m thinking I might go out and have an adventure tomorrow, you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

March 9, 2026

 Monday - Cool, windy, but sunny

I woke up when my alarm went off this morning. I went downstairs and thought that F was in the washroom! He doesn’t wear slippers so there was no sign outside the door that he was in the toilet except for the fan being on. I decided to give him a minute and then knocked on the door and “helloed?!”him a couple of times. Not in there. He was in the shower!

I went back upstairs and went back to bed for a bit. I decided that if I got up at 9:30 I’d have enough time to get ready to go out. I snoozed for a bit, at 9:30 I decided I needed another 15 minutes so I snoozed longer. Well, 25 minutes later I got up. Yikes. I had to leave in 25-30 minutes. I got dressed and then found my backpack, went downstairs and left the house. I locked the door and walked to the bus stop. 

F was off at his doctor’s office so he couldn’t give me a ride to the cinema. No worries. I got to the area quickly and then went to the post office first. I bought some stamps and cashed in my “winning” nengajo. I got a set of stamps, I only matched two numbers.

I walked down to the nearby drugstore and bought a few things for myself there. I didn’t get anything too exciting. I got a drink for the cinema. I walked back to the cinema and bought my ticket. It was quite busy considering how crowded the cinema was. I couldn’t get an aisle seat, so I ended up sitting in the middle of a row, but not next to anyone. I saw a woman I knew slightly, another foreigner and it ended up that I was sitting in the same row as her. We smiled and nodded. The movie? Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. It was lovely! I enjoyed it a lot. Of course I was verklempt at the end and I may have had to wipe my eyes a few times! 

After the movie I left the cinema and went to the door of the building. I texted F to say I was finished and he could pick me up if he wanted. I also ate the sandwich that I had bought to eat before the movie. I couldn’t eat it in the cinema because it was so crowded and I didn’t want to annoy people. 

F picked me up a few minutes later. As I hadn’t eaten too much at all that day, I suggested going to an Indian restaurant, so off we went. We were the only customers as it was a bit late. I had the keema curry in a spinach sauce meal, F had some chicken wings as he wasn’t too hungry. We left a bit late, after I’d finished eating. F was really hard to get moving. I kept trying to move him, as they were technically closed, but he didn’t want to leave. I was annoyed!

We went to Gyomu Supa next and bought a few things. They didn’t have any baby cheese, their potato salad wasn’t going to last long enough for us, but we got a lot of other things so that was nice.

We brought our food back to the house and put it away. Some of it needed to go in the freezer. F stayed downstairs, I went upstairs and relaxed. I watched the news sort of. Around 6 F wanted to go to the grocery store. He was making dinner tonight, so needed ingredients. I needed food for tomorrow and Wednesday.

We bought our groceries and I hope got enough stuff for all of us. I’m going to do tacos tomorrow night. They won’t be authentic but so what. We’ll enjoy them anyway.

F prepared dinner. Tonight he made a nabe and it was fine. It wasn’t my favourite soup, but thankfully it wasn’t the usual boring soup he uses as a base. He also cleaned up afterwards so it was nice I didn’t have to do anything. Yay for me!

I went upstairs to relax and watch YouTube. I came downstairs around 10:20 to take a shower. F went upstairs around the same time. When I came back upstairs I decided to watch something on the TV and put on an episode of Elsbeth. It was quite good, Ioan Gruffudd was on it. He saw a murder in New York from Scotland using a video portal in his town. It was cool, if a bit unbelievable. 

And that’s about it. Tomorrow I’ll have to try and do some laundry again. I’ll check out the cinema listings tomorrow and decide if I’ll go to the cinema again this week or next week. I’d like to see Wicked: For Good again. I also need to get my bestie another birthday present so I’d really like to go and do some shopping! A trip to the mall may be just what I need!

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

March 8, 2026

 Sunday - Snowy, Cold, Wintery

I woke up before 9 this morning, went downstairs and then ended up going back to bed. I slept longer, F came in the room but didn’t say anything. He went downstairs so I got up a few minutes later, dressed and went to talk to him. 

We planned to go to lunch at a restaurant near City Hall, but when we got there, they weren’t open! We tried another place, the butcher’s shop near my dentist’s office. We got in after a long wait outside. We paid and then were seated later. I had chicken Nanban and F had the roast beef donburi. I had a lot of food, I didn’t expect so much. I liked the lunch today, it was better than the last time we went. One interesting thing was that we saw one of F’s nieces and her family at the restaurant!

After lunch, we went to the Chido Museum and went to the Hina Doll exhibition. Who did we see at the museum? Yes, you guessed it, F’s niece again! It was funny. The dolls were cool and interesting to see. We went into another building that was called “Nostalgia” and it had items from the last century on show. They had a room set up that you could take pictures in and some games as well. It was rather well done. 

We did a quick run-through of the garden and the went back to the car. F suggested going to Komeda so that’s what we did. We had a cup of coffee each and then left around 4 pm.

We went to J. Marui, the cheap bento grocery store and picked up some food for dinner. F got himself and his mother some sushi and I got a salad and some sliced chicken. F picked up other things for food for his mother tomorrow too.

We came back to the house. I went upstairs, and F stayed downstairs with his mother. When he came up later he told me that he’d already eaten with his mother. I wasn’t too happy about that. I thought he should have invited me to join them. 

Around 6:30pm I got my food and came back up to the room and ate. The sliced chicken was surprisingly nice! When I finished eating it was about time to leave so I took my garbage downstairs and washed it. We left for Mikawa and made fairly good time even though the weather wasn’t too good.

We arrived, went into the cinema and I bought the tickets while F went to the washroom! I got the tickets and then we joined up in the concession line. I needed to use the washroom so I went into the cinema and F stayed in line and bought the popcorn. He got into the theatre before the movie started. We went to see Wicked: For Good. It was good, darker than the first one, but I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if it’ll be one of my favourite films of the year like the first one, but I did like it. F said he liked it too 

After the movie was over, I asked F if we could go over to Don Quihote as I’d like to pick up a couple of things. He said it was okay. I did get myself a charging cord for my cellphone. The one I plug into at night was shorting out on me. It could be my phone, but it could be my cord too. 

We picked up a cord and then got a few other things in the food section. I was looking for cereal, but didn’t find any. I got some cheap pasta sauce, and F picked up a lot of things for himself and his mother. 

We drove back to Tsuruoka and got back just after midnight. I went upstairs, F made himself some noodles of course!

And that…was my day. It was pretty good actually. Tomorrow F is planning to take the day off so he can go and see his doctor. His neck is bothering him again…I think it could be due to the weather change, but he needs some relief. I’m hoping to head off to Machi-kinema tomorrow to see an early movie. I hope I can get myself out of bed to do it.

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