September 3, 2015

Thursday - Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy…all sorts of weather!

A good day.

I got up this morning and watched my show and ate breakfast.  Then, I made the bed, got dressed and headed out to the theater.  I went to see Whiplash, the Academy Award winning film.  It was playing at our local cinema.  It was a really good movie and I wish I had seen it with someone so that I could talk to them about it!

After the movie, I biked off to S-Mall.  I had lunch at Subway…a new sandwich: chicken, renkon and mushroom.  It was quite good.  After lunch I biked over to my hair dresser and asked if I could come in today.  She was busy at the time and asked me to come back in an hour and a half.  No problem!

I hacked the mall for a bit.  I looked around the hundred yen shop, then used the washroom and then headed off to the salon.  I got my usual great hair cut and my head just feels so much better.  We chatted a bit today, which was really nice.  She sometimes doesn’t feel like talking. Her English isn’t too bad actually so I don’t mind.

After I left the salon I went back to the mall and tried out the new drink at Doutors, Orzo Latte.  I liked it.  I don’t know if I’ll have it all the time, but this time was good.  I also bought a few things from the hundred yen shop that I had scouted out earlier.  

I left the mall and of course it started raining.  However it wasn’t too bad and I made good time getting home.  I wasn’t even that wet!

F called me about 3 minutes after I got home and said he was going to his mother’s.  I rested for a bit and then when F came home I began putting dinner together.  I was planning to cook cabbage using a spice packet from the store, but couldn’t find it.  Maybe I already used it?  I had to find another recipe quickly.  Google to the rescue.  I found a stir-fry recipe with only a few ingredients on All-Recipes.com and it was easy and good.  I had to shred the cabbage and then stir fry it with some garlic, and add soy sauce and cooking wine, but I used vinegar instead.  It got rave reviews and F asked me to keep the recipe and do it again!

F did the dishes tonight and then settled in for an evening with Japanese TV.  I didn’t like it much.  He also put on an American Gangster movie where everyone died at the end.  I didn’t like it at all.  I went over to the couch and worked on my blanket during Rizzoli and Isles.  And…..I finished it!  I took a quick snapshot, but I’ll try and get a better look at it for you tomorrow.

Think of this as your sneak peak!
And that was my day.  It was quite busy, but also a good day.  I seem to be able to do a lot more when I go out these days…before I would have been exhausted, but I’m fine.  

Tomorrow F is off work and has a doctor’s appointment at the hospital.  After that he may take his mother out.  I think he’s weaselling out of going to my restaurant!  Oh well.  I should do some laundry but the question is, will I?


Until tomorrow….

6 comments:

MsMouse7 said...

Love your color choices for the blanket! Sneak peek looks great.

Helen said...

Thank you! But...actually they are the same choices as the other one I did, I just changed it up a bit. I over-ordered the amount of yarn and had more than enough for two blankets! I have a little bit left, but not enough for a whole blanket now!

We've been having torrential showers on and off which makes it hard to take pictures of things under natural light.

Thanks for visiting :-)

Crafty Tokyo Mama said...

That looks just lovely and snuggly. The colors and blocks work great together.

Helen said...

Thank you! I'm not sure which of the two blankets I like better actually. The ice blue (sherbet) goes so well with the navy, and sea green (petrol) and seems to pop just a little bit more than I thought it would.

Same pattern, two quite different looks!

MsMouse7 said...

Thought the colors looked familiar.

Helen said...

:-)