January 29, 2026

Thursday - Snowy and cold

Oh, goodness, the snow!  Can I hibernate now?

I woke up early this morning, around 7:40. F had already left for work. I went downstairs and had a peek outside. There was a lot of snow out there. I decided I’d worry about it later. I went upstairs again and went back to bed. F and I texted for a bit and he even called later on and said that he was taking a day off next month. After all of this, I watched a few videos and then fell asleep for a bit.

I woke up a bit later and got dressed. I went downstairs and put on my coat and went outside to shovel snow. I was out there for about 40 minutes. It wasn’t too hard, but the snow was surprisingly deep. 

I came back into the house and got my breakfast. I also started a load of laundry. When it finished, I came downstairs and grabbed my laundry and brought it back upstairs to hang up.

I had a quiet afternoon, but outside the snowplough went by. Sigh. I looked outside and sure enough, there was a wall of snow and ice between our parking space and the road. I decided that I’d go outside around 5pm and try to clear the blockage so that F wouldn’t have to do it when he got home.

While I ate lunch I watched another episode of The Good Fight. I hope I can get the series watched before they take it off. There’s about 5 series that I’m enjoying that are leaving in March. Yikes. 

I went outside at 5 pm and spent a lot of time outside. The snow was quite deep and the snow wall on the road was hard. I moved a lot of snow from all over the yard too. I did get the wall broken down and moved off the driveway. 

I finally went into the house and then upstairs to change into my kitchen clothes. The kitchen was fairly warm as I’d heated it up early on. F arrived a little while later and we had a nice reunion.

Tonight’s dinner was premade burgers and fries. I’m rather glad that I planned something simple as I was quite tired tonight. We also had a little bit of kabocha, potato salad, salad and kimchi. It was good and most of the food disappeared. After dinner, I washed the dishes and put them away, then I went upstairs to change before we went out.

F and I drove to Mina and I went shopping. I got some salads for tomorrow and some breakfast things for F and K. 

We came back to the house and I went upstairs and relaxed. Tonight I watched a couple of shows off the Fire Stick. I watched an episode of Evil and then one of School Spirits. I enjoyed both of them and during both of them, F interrupted me 10 minutes from the end to pay attention to him. It is so annoying when he does that. I also don’t know how he knows to bother me then!

We had a quiet evening in. I turned off the TV, F took a shower. He’s sleeping now. 

Tomorrow I’m making dinner again and I’ll probably have to shovel more snow. Sigh. I’m not sure if it’s ever going to stop snowing!

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

January 28, 2026

Wednesday - Cold and snowy

I woke up when my alarm went off this morning. I debated lying in bed a bit longer, but got up and went downstairs. I looked outside and there was snow everywhere. Sigh. I went back to bed for a while. I dragged myself out of bed later and put on my coat and gloves and boots and went outside. I shovelled snow for a while and cleared most of the yard. The snowplough had been through after F went to work, so there was a snow wall onto the road. I cleared it and it was hardish work. The snow had frozen so it was heavy and some was hard to move. 

Finally, I got it clear enough and then I sprinkled some of the snow melting chemical on the pathway and went inside. I took my breakfast upstairs and ate. I watched yesterday’s Project Runway. It’s a bit meh. Today was the unconventional material challenge and it was fine. I did agree with the winner, the guy made an outfit out of soccer balls. It was cute. The only person who could wear it was a model, but she did look fine. Don’t know who is going home yet though.

I went downstairs later to get my lunch and brought it upstairs. I watched another episode of The Good Fight. It was good. I think it was the first episode of the 5 season and they got rid of a couple of major characters which is sad as I really liked one of them. However, it was during Covid so they might have wanted to go back to Britain or something. 

I went downstairs around 6:00 to start dinner. F had called to say he was on his way. I got busy as soon as I got downstairs, but somehow I still was late getting dinner done tonight. Sigh. I took the leftover stew and added another cooked potato and a bag of mushrooms to it. I heated it all in the microwave and then added a pastry lid to it. I baked it all and it turned out nicely. 

We had the stew with some potato salad and some salad and it was very nice. We all had seconds and seemed to enjoy it. 

After dinner, I got the dishes done fairly quickly. I’d been keeping up with them as I worked so there wasn’t a whole lot to do really. I did up the burnable garbage again and it might have been a good idea that I did. I found a bunch of old calendar sheets that K must have put in the corner. The paper seemed to hold in water or something and since they were against the wall, the wall has a lot of mold marks. Sigh. I cleared out most of the paper. F said he’ll look at the wall on the weekend. 

I went upstairs and relaxed for a bit. F went out to pay a bill and then came back with a present. He bought me a cup pasta thing of clam chowder. I’m not a huge clam chowder fan but I appreciate the gesture!

I went downstairs to take a shower. I took down K’s breakfast sandwich and a bottle to bring up some water for myself. I jumped in the shower, washed my hair and then opened the door to grab my towel…which I had forgotten to bring down with me! Ack! I had to call F on my phone and ask him to bring me a towel. The hand towel in the bathroom is small and unfortunately, quite wet so I couldn’t really use that. 

He was a dear and brought me a towel. It wasn’t the one I was using, but it was clean and I really appreciated the fact that he did!

I dried off and then went back upstairs. I watched The Irrational and it was quite a good one tonight. It was about his girlfriend getting kidnapped. I like the show, too bad that it wasn’t kept around.

And that’s about it. I can hear the snowploughs out again tonight, so it must have snowed more. Sigh. We’re in a really bad weather system it seems and there is just so much snow all the time. It’s also quite cold and unpleasant a lot of the time. Yes, it’s winter, but last year didn’t seem to be this bad.

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

January 27, 2026

 Tuesday - Warmer and sunny!

I woke up a little late this morning. I heard my alarm, I just ignored it! I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I had planned to do laundry today, but when I sorted it, realized that I didn’t have too much yet. I might wait a day or two. 

I went back to bed and didn’t really hear my alarms. It was warmer today too, and sunny in the room, so when I did drag myself out of bed, it wasn’t as punishing as usual! I went downstairs to get my breakfast but first went outside in my Crocs to shovel a bit of ice off the walkway. I didn’t even wear a coat. I was done in less than 5 minutes but it was nice to see the sun, even though it was raining!

I prepared my breakfast and then took it upstairs to eat. I checked the movie of the day but I didn’t need to watch it. I had a quiet day with some YouTube. Around 3 I went downstairs to get lunch.

I was able to turn on the heater downstairs but set it to come on in an hour rather than right away. I made my lunch and then brought it upstairs. I watched an episode of So Help Me Todd and thought it was cute.

F called around 5:30 and I went downstairs almost right away. I was making a cream stew tonight so needed extra time to get it ready. I washed the dishes and F came just a few minutes later.

I worked on the stew. Unfortunately, it still took a while, but I did get dinner on the table around 7:30. The stew turned out quite well and we all had seconds, even K! We got the roux packet at Gyomu a few days ago and I promised to make it for F. We had a side salad and rice with the stew. There are leftovers so I’m thinking I’ll make a kind of casserole with them tomorrow. 

After dinner, I cleared the table and washed the dishes. When I was finished I went upstairs and changed and then F and I headed out to the car.

We drove over to the Mina Shopping Area and went grocery shopping. We got some things for the next couple of days and then paid. F bought a bag of rice tonight so the bill was a bit much. 

We came back to the house and I put the groceries away. We came upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I watched FBI: Most Wanted. Ironically, it was about people pretending to be ICE agents kidnapping immigrants to be used as organ donors. It was an interesting story and I winced a lot.

Since midnight I’ve been watching YouTube and relaxing. I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, so please come back later and find out! Until tomorrow….

January 26, 2026

 Monday - Snowy and cold

I woke up a bit early this morning and made my way downstairs. F had already left for work. I checked outside and it was snowing and there was quite a bit outside. I checked the weather forecast and it said that it would stop snowing later. 

I headed back to bed and watched a few videos on my phone before falling asleep again. I dragged myself out of bed later and I dressed. I got my breakfast yogurt and brought it upstairs to eat. I keep the cereal in my room now as it isn’t safe from my MIL. 

I ate my breakfast and then after a little break I went downstairs and went outside. I shovelled a bit of snow for about 30 minutes. I thought I got the parking space looking good and also most of the pathways in the yard. 

I went into the house and upstairs to warm up. I relaxed with some YouTube before going downstairs to make my lunch. I had to turn on the heater downstairs in the kitchen. 

I brought my lunch upstairs and ate while I watched an episode of The Good Fight. Today was all about the Epstein case. It was rather funny in a way. 

F called me after 5:20 or so and said that he was on his way back. I went downstairs to start on dinner. 

Tonight I did toaster oven chicken with a teriyaki flavour, steamed cabbage, salad and a couple of basil flavoured onion cake. Those have been sitting in my freezer for a bit too long. They were good though. 

I was late starting dinner as the onion cakes needed to be “cooked” in the toaster oven. I told F to go ahead and start eating, but when I went back out to the table, neither of them had started! I was a bit sad, but it was nice of them, even though all the food was now cold. 

I did the dishes after dinner and listened to my podcasts. I finished around 9pm and then went upstairs to relax. F came up a bit later and we both relaxed. After 10 pm I went downstairs to take my shower and also I gave F the kerosene tank to fill up. He did his mother’s too so he was busy!

I had a fairly cold shower. For some reason the water wasn’t too warm tonight. I didn’t want to stay in the shower very long! I finished and came back upstairs. As I thought, F hadn’t turned the heater back on after he refilled the tank. I had a chuckle at that!

I decided to watch an episode of Gen V and it was quite good. It was one that moved the story along a bit. I’m hoping that this show will go somewhere!

And really, that’s about it. I’ve been working on my end of day stuff and when I post this, I’ll be finished and off to bed. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

PS…if you use Angelfire to access this blog, I have been unable to update my posts there for close to a month. It really seems to be down. I’ve read a few complaints and people are angry about it…me too, but I don’t pay for it so….

January 25, 2026

Sunday - Cold and snowy

Happy Robert Burns Day!

I woke up a bit early today and went downstairs, then came back upstairs to the room and went back to sleep. I had a nice snooze until F came into the room in a state. His phone had died and he didn’t know what to do. It was really dead. I helped him by looking up what to do. I checked the internet and tried updating the device using my computer. It didn’t work. I even tried resetting it but that didn’t work either. 

F and I talked about what to do and he suggested going to the mall to see the iPhone Doctor. I was okay with that. We drove over to the mall, which was crazy busy today and went to the kiosk…and it was closed until 4 pm. There was a sign saying that he (I assume) was out on a job somewhere. 

We left the mall and went over to the Indian Restaurant. We had a nice meal there. F had the curry of the day (Aloo Gobi) and I had the spinach keema. We both enjoyed our meals. We both had two naan and that was a bit too much really. 

F paid and then we went back to S-Mall. We went in the door near the IPhone Doctor and I suggested checking to see if he was back. F zoomed off ahead of me and I heard my phone make a noise. I looked at it, and he had called me…with the phone that doesn’t work! I caught up to him and we checked his phone and….it was now working! We were happy, but bemused.

We did a quick Daiso trip, which F left halfway through. He started to feel a bit dizzy so I told him to go and find a bench in the mall. He did that. I finished shopping and checked out. I met up with him and his phone was still working, and working well. Yay.

We decided to go to Doutor so we went downstairs and I bought us some coffee at Doutor. I got him a regular coffee and I got a decaf latte. It was nice. We stayed in Doutor for a while but F wanted to rest. I suggested getting K something from the grocery store for her dinner. F agreed, so we went over there.  We got her some fried shrimp and also noticed the onigiri were being marked down. F grabbed some for his breakfast and his mother’s too. We paid and while we were doing that, I noticed that the Jupiter (Foreign Food Import Store) had closed. NO!! I am so sad about that. I didn’t buy my Worcestershire sauce last time I was there….but also no more Terry’s Chocolate Oranges or nice hot chocolate or teas….Wah!

We came back to the house. F went in the house, I stayed out for a few minutes to move a little snow. F had done a lot earlier but it was coming down again.

I headed upstairs and turned on the heater and my waterpot. I watched a lot of YouTube and then F came upstairs. He said he wanted to go out again to get groceries and have our dinner but it had to be cheap! I suggested going to a gyudon shop and F was okay with that. 

We went over to Matsuya and I had a chicken cutlet set meal, F had a grilled pork set meal. They were both quite good and we enjoyed our meals. We left after a bit and then went back to the Mina Shopping Area. We did our grocery shopping there. F came in with me so of course I forgot to get something I wanted (garlic, coffee creamers) but got a few things for the next couple of days. 

We paid and left. We came back to the house and F shovelled some snow and I put the groceries away. I was supposed to watch Sinners tonight as it was on WOWOW, but I’d already missed the beginning. Luckily I had recorded it so I’ll be able to watch it tomorrow or on another day. 

I came up to the room and turned on the heater. I watched some YouTube and then later watched another episode of Pluribus. I’m really enjoying it. It isn’t the usual TV show. Gotta love Apple TV sometimes (okay, all the time!)

And that’s about it for me. F stayed up a bit too late but seems to be sleeping now. I’m off to bed in a few minutes. Not sure what I’ll do with myself tomorrow, but it’ll be fun to find out. Come back later if you like and read all about my day. 

Until tomorrow….

January 24, 2026

 Saturday - Snowy and cold

I woke up fairly early this morning. F was still in bed, or he just got back to bed, I’m not sure. I went downstairs and then he got up to make breakfast for his mother. We looked outside and there was a lot of snow. Although I offered to help F with it he turned me down, so I went back to bed!

I snoozed for a bit but dragged myself out finally. I got dressed and started to get ready for going out. I went downstairs and checked in with F. He was playing games on his phone again. He seemed a bit confused about us going out, but he knew we had to! 

We left around 10:30 and saw the snowplough at the corner. The driver let us go by and we made our way over to the doctor’s office. We did a lot of waiting and we both had blood tests and then we had to pay and went to the pharmacy.

I chatted with F about lunch and he suggested Arpeggio. I was fine with that, so we drove over there and went in. F got to have his 10 item-tray again and I had the chicken tenders set meal. It was lovely.

After dinner, we hit up Gyomu Supa for some kitchen necessities. It’s an interesting place, but I didn’t manage to get some of the things I wanted. Still, I got a few things, and some pickles too. Yay!

We came back to the house and had to shovel snow as the snowplough had blocked the entrance to the house. F had it done in 5 minutes, I’m sure I’d have taken 20 minutes at least. I cleared the steps to the house and part of the path. 

We went in and I put away the groceries. I headed upstairs and relaxed for a while. F did come upstairs after a while, but had to go down again when his mother was due to arrive back. 

F gave his mother her dinner and then we had to decide about our dinner. I gave F a few options and we decided on going to the Taiwan Restaurant we’ve been going to for a while. We parked and then got a table inside. F had the Subuta set meal and I had the Yurinchi set meal. Chicken again! It came with some spicy-sauced tofu and unfortunately some of it fell on my favourite shirt. I’m not happy about it.

On the way back to the house we stopped both at the grocery store for F to buy stuff for K’s breakfast and dinner then the drugstore to get more stuff for the house. 

We came back to the house and F spent a bit of time shovelling snow again. I went in and unpacked his groceries for him. I went upstairs and chilled for a while until the heater heated up the room. I also tried washing my shirt in the washing machine with some spot cleaner. Unfortunately, the stain is still there. I’ll try and clean it again on Monday or so. This is one of my favourite shirts so I’m upset about it. 

At 11pm I watched the new show The Hunting Party. It has possibilities. I quite like it so far. When it was over, I stopped the heater and took the tank downstairs to refill. We’re going through a lot of kerosene because we’re here at the house a lot and it’s so darn cold. 

Since midnight, I’ve been watching some YouTube and getting ready to go to bed. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow as we will have to do the proper grocery shop and try to get ready for tonight. 

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

January 23, 2026

Friday - Cold and snowy

I slept in again today, I originally woke up before my alarm though, but only by a few minutes. I went downstairs and then came back upstairs. I sorted my laundry and then went back to sleep for a while. 

When I got up, I took my laundry downstairs, started the first load in the machine and then girded up my loins (and all the other parts) to go outside to the snow. I was outside for about 30 minutes and I did manage to clear a lot of snow. The snowplough had gone through a little earlier, so I moved the small wall it had made. The part near the door that I had cleared got covered over, the snow was coming down that fast. I was freezing and my fingers were really cold. All of a sudden, it stopped snowing and the sun came out and it was gorgeous! It even warmed up a bit too!

I went back inside and scared K a little. She must have felt me banging my boots on the steps to get the snow off them. I think K scared me too as I didn’t expect to see her there!

I came inside and a few minutes later swapped my laundry over. I took my clean clothes upstairs and hung them up, then went back for my breakfast. I came upstairs and ate. 

A bit later I went downstairs to make my lunch. I also set the heater in the kitchen to turn on right away. It is so cold that it takes ages for the kitchen to get anywhere near warm.

I ate my lunch and today watched an episode of Elsbeth. Alan Ruck was in it today and it was a good episode really. 

F called around 5:30 to say he was on his way back. I got ready and went downstairs to the kitchen just before 6. I got things ready in the kitchen. F was a little late because he stopped at a grocery store to get his mother’s breakfast for tomorrow. 

Dinner tonight was okay. We had cut bacon, salad, and pasta with a lemon-olive oil sauce. F and K also had some mini-tomatoes which disappeared!

I did the dishes after dinner and then went upstairs to relax when I was done. After 10 I went downstairs to take a shower and it was blooming cold! I didn’t want to take my clothes off, but it is a little difficult to take a shower in a winter coat!

I came back upstairs after turning off the water and watched an episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. It was an episode I saw before, probably on NHK or something. 

F went to bed fairly early and I really need to get there soon too. We’ve got a doctor appointment in the morning and so I need to get up and be a reasonable person in the morning!

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