March 10, 2014

Monday - cold and a bit snowy, clear in the afternoon

Was a good day at first.  

I got up at a good time today, debated showering and didn't just yet.  I watched my show, had some yummy toast and yogurt, and read some of the newspapers.  

After my first show, I showered and then came back for The Walking Dead.  I also did a bunch of laundry too. In fact, I did two loads, mostly in preparation for my trip.  

Around 5 I had a light and very late lunch then did the dishes.  

F came home around 6:30 and I was just starting to get dinner organized.  My back was sore and I was tired of standing, but I cleared off the table, set it, and then prepped all the vegetables.  Finally it was cooking time.  I cooked, thing went fairly well.  I had just served up the stir-fry and mentioned that I hadn't prepared anything to drink.  He went looking for drinks and I said I was going to sit down and start eating.  He got upset and said that he wanted to get out of the kitchen.  He refused to eat anything and that was that!

I ate, did the dishes, put the leftovers away and left the kitchen.   Then, he went and made his dinner.  

We barely spoke for the rest of the night.  He watched horrid Japanese TV until I took over the TV.  

He went to bed and I stayed up.  As usual.  And that was my day.  It started well, but ended not well.  So, that was my day. I'm not sure why F got upset, but then again, I rarely am sure why.  Tomorrow, the preparations for my trip continue.  Night!

March 9, 2014

Sunday - Snowy and wet

A good day.  A surprisingly good day.

This morning I got up and, well, it wasn't morning anymore…but only just!  F hadn't slept. He'd been up since 5…He'd tried to nap but wasn't able to.  Sigh. Poor thing.

After I got up, we vegged for a bit.  F made us a drink and gave me some toast.  Then we went out for lunch.  We went to Grado and it was really nice.  I had chicken with a gorgonzola cream sauce, F had hamachi with basil sauce I think.  They were both really nice.

After lunch, we went over to the Chido Museum to look at their Hina Doll exhibit.  Every year, they put out different sets of hina dolls.  I liked the ones that were there this year.  We enjoyed the exhibit, had a gander at the garden again, and then went for some tea at Mr. Donut.

We came home for a brief minute and then decided to have dinner.  F was starting to drag and I wanted him to go to bed early tonight.  We went to Sukase, a restaurant that we went to fairly often before.  It has just moved its location and is now where Gozaya used to be.  

We both had their special tonight and it was quite nice.  We had soup, salad, and bread or rice with trout and shrimp.  We had tea and dessert afterwards.  

We went to the grocery store after dinner and bought the makings for tomorrow's dinner. I'm going to do a stir-fry, something quickish and healthy.  

We came home and had a fairly quiet evening in.  I made tea, we watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel again…I love it.  I so want to be Judi Dench in that movie.  

And that's about it.  I will head off to bed soon, so that I can try and get a bit more sleep than usual!  Tomorrow I have a list of things that I need to get on with, wish me luck!  Night.

March 8, 2014

Saturday - snowy and a bit cold and windy

A good day.

I got up fairly early this morning, and when I got up I made some tea and toast for the two of us.  That was nice.  In the early afternoon, we went out for our lunch to Patio in the mall.  We had an okay meal there. I had a lunch special which I liked, F had ramen which he said was "ok" but really means not very good!  After that, we went to the travel agency and booked my trip next week.  I wasn't able to come back on the Akebono (sleeper car, finishing its run on the 15th). 

After that, we had a tea in Doutors.  I tried their Royal Soy Milk Tea today and it was great.  It didn't make me all stuffed up like the regular stuff does.  Hurray for that.

We came home for a bit and relaxed, then went out for dinner.  We wanted to go to a buffet, but they weren't having it tonight, then decided on another restaurant.  On the way, I suggested another place, a keiten sushi restaurant that we don't usually go to. It was okay, not great though.

Then, we went to see Now You See Me at Machikine.  I had already seen part of it on the airplane, but I fell asleep in the middle. I was truly exhausted on my way back to Canada last year.  

We came home and I've been watching TV ever since.  I did some knitting at one point, made us  toast and peanut butter and heated up some tea.  

All in all, a pretty decent day.  Tomorrow I am hoping to do a few things around the house for a change before we go out.  Come back and find out what we get up to.  Night!

March 7, 2014

Friday - Didn't go out!

An okay day.

I got up before 9 and then took a nap on the couch.  Sigh.  I slept for a bit and then had breakfast during Ghost Whisperer.  I took a shower, did a few things about the house, and then watched Oliver! in the afternoon.  I rather liked it.  

F called to say he'd be late today and he was. He didn't come home until around 8:00 or so.  

I tried making more apple bread today but I put two apples in it and the bread didn't turn out very well.  It's good, and edible, but it is more blob-like than loaf-like!

When F came home, I cooked my dinner, and parts of his. I had spaghetti with salmon cream pasta, chicken, salad and broccolini.  I ate, and then did my dishes.  After that, F made his dinner…ramen of course. He had the leftover broccolini and salad.  

We had some of my bread with milk and it was quite nice. It wasn't quite like a pudding, but it was fairly close. I think with ice cream or custard or something it would be amazing. 

F went to bed quite early. He's not feeling well or is really tired, I'm not sure which.  I hope he's feeling better tomorrow as I have a lot of things I need him to do for my upcoming trip!  

That's about it for today.  I'll try and write again tomorrow night.  Come back for the reading eh?! Night!

March 6, 2014

Thursday - Snowy and cold

A good day

I got up this morning and took filled up the kerosene tank.  It's funny how it always falls to me to do when it is darn cold in the apartment!  I had breakfast and made the bed, did a few little things like read the paper.

And then, I got a call from F.  He wanted to have lunch with me.  I accepted, so we went out to his Chinese restaurant and had a good lunch.  He brought me home and I came into the apartment. 

I found in a little while that I couldn't keep my eyes open, so I took a nap on the couch.  It turned into a long snooze!

After F came home from work, he wanted to go to the Internet Cafe because his back was sore.  So, we did.  Of course, we couldn't get the massaging chairs right away, so we had to go to the reclining chairs instead.  

We spent about 4 and a half hours there, we got moved to the massaging chairs fairly quickly so that was good.  We ate our dinners there too, separately.  I finished my Dean Koontz novel, Deeply Odd there too.  I wish I could tell you how much I enjoyed it, but I can't.  It was bad.  It only got good in the last quarter or so.  I had basically given up on his novels before this, but thought I'd try one of these as I like the character.  Mistake!

We came home just after 11.  It was cold outside but not much snowier.  The roads looked very slippery. 

I'm planning to get to bed soon as I've been staying up much too late recently. So, that's it for me.  Talk to you tomorrow?  Night. 

March 5, 2014

Wednesday - rainy, then snowy

A good day.

I got up early but decided to go back to sleep, on the couch.  It was lovely. I woke up and watched my show.  I had a quiet morning really. I watched telly, took a shower, did some dishes, had lunch and did more dishes.  I also had to send a bit of email.

When F came home, we went to Cocos Ichibancho Curry and had their Grandmother's Curry.  They had a prize drawing and Fumihiko won a spoon.  Woot for him!  I won nothing.

After dinner we bought some groceries and then went to the drugstore to get F something for the car windows.  Unfortunately the drugstore didn't have it so he was disappointed.  I got some other things though, so I was okay!

We came home and had a quiet evening in.  I spent a lot of time sending email to members in my area, then watched my 11pm show on the chesterfield with my knitting.  

F went to bed and I stayed up as usual.  I think I'm about done though. It was a very quiet day, but that was nice really.  

Tomorrow, no ideas.  I should do laundry, I should do some craftwork, but I'm not sure what I'll get up to.  That's it for me.  Night.

March 4, 2014

Tuesday - Clear and warmish

A goodish day.

I got up this morning with a hideous headache.  I went back to bed and slept for a bit, but it was still there when I got up.

I watched my show and then when it was over, I planned to take a shower, but F called.  He was taking an early lunch and wanted to come home.  He asked if he could bring me something.  Still with a headache, I asked for something small, like fried chicken.  He brought me a bowl of sashimi on rice, made miso soup and some fried fish too.  He did bring a bit of chicken, but it was too much!  I didn't want most of it.  I feel mean saying it, but it was too much.

In the afternoon I did a bit of work on my computer and then scanned my postcards.  Later on I ran them to the post office on my bike.  It is so nice not to have any snow out!  I bought some new stamps too. I've been using up a lot lately, so I had to get more.  

When F came home, he wasn't feeling good.  My headache was mostly gone, but he had a bad one and just wasn't feeling good.  I'm worried that we're going to end up with the flu.  NO!  Can't think that!

I made dinner tonight.  In honour of Shrove Tuesday, we had pancakes with bacon and hash browns on the side.  I used my new frypan for the pancakes and they turned out really well.  Dinner was good and F liked it.  

We had a quiet evening at home.  I thought F would head to bed early, but he didn't. 

I don't have much planned for tomorrow.  I should do a bit of laundry and I have to try and sort out our tatami room as the fire alarm inspectors will be here in a couple of weeks and there is no way to move around the room at the moment.  Sigh.  I also need to do some work on a craft project and time is slipping away to do it in.  Wish me luck with whatever I work on!  Night.