January 4, 2026

Sunday - Snowy, rainy, cold at night

I did my usual wake up early and go downstairs thing. I came back upstairs to the room and went back to bed. I snoozed a bit late…it’s Sunday…and then I got up and dressed.

F and I talked about going out and he suggested a restaurant we like. I wasn’t sure if it was open, so I checked and it was. Yay.

We went to Arpeggio and had a nice breakfast. F got to have his assortment tray that he likes, I had the chicken fingers set meal. It was nice. 

After lunch, we went over to Gyomu Supa and did some shopping. I got some baby cheese for me, some macaroni salad and some frozen vegetables…things to stretch out a meal basically.

We paid, then F went back and got rice too. We drove to the house via a 7-11 so I could recharge my Suica card. At the house, we put away the groceries and then F wanted to leave right away to buy the rest of the food. Okay, I wanted a drink, but whatever.

At the grocery store, F was annoying. He came in with me and I bought as much as I could. I was planning to make breakfast for dinner on Monday night, and then on Tuesday I’ll do chicken drumsticks. I asked him if he was going to cook for his mother tonight or if he wanted a bento for her. He didn’t know. Ugh! I don’t care one way or another, just make up your mind. He decided not to do it finally. 

We left the grocery store and came back to the house. I put these groceries away too and then I went upstairs. I watched some YouTube, made myself some drinks and relaxed.

F made dinner for his mother around 6pm and a little later we went out to have dinner. He’d already eaten a bit before with his mother. I suggested China House, so we went over there and got a table. I had my usual there, mapo-dofu set meal, F had fried rice. 

We came back to the house and on the way F mentioned that the garbage in the kitchen was full. When we got back to the house F went in the house, I grabbed my snow shovel and cleared a bit of snow. F came back out later and did more. I went in the house and cleared out the garbage. It was quite full. Then, I cleaned out the corner garbage in the sink and the drain holder. F did both last time and with both of them, he hadn’t put the liners in properly. That meant I had a huge mess to clean up. I was upset. It’s completely another case of him using weaponized incompetence. If he messes up, he won’t have to do it again, right?

I happened to look in the fridge and on the lower shelf I found a chunk of bacon. The bacon that I was planning to cook tomorrow because I am doing breakfast for dinner. It would have been fine if he told me earlier that he cooked it, I could have got more. I told him I was doing bacon tomorrow and it didn’t twig on him that I was planning to use THAT bacon. 

I got mad at him. I was already upset for the garbage liners, the mess he left in the kitchen and the bacon just put me over the top. He was sorry, but honestly…it’s too late now dude. I’m so tired of trying to talk to him these days and him not paying any attention. 

I watched a couple of TV programmes upstairs tonight. First up I watched the first episode of Cardinal Season 2. It was really good. After I went downstairs and made popcorn, then watched The Great British Sewing Bee. It was a good episode and I enjoyed it. 

And that’s about it for my day. I am so glad that F is going back to work tomorrow. I need a break! I do have to take down my Christmas Tree and then I’m back in the kitchen tomorrow night. Sigh. 

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

January 3, 2026

Saturday - Sunny, then cloudy and snowy later on. Warm at first, colder later on.

I woke up fairly early for me this morning and went downstairs. I went down after K and F were supposed to leave for the Day Service, but they were still here. Apparently, K didn’t want to go this morning. She complained that the bath room at the center is cold!

I went back to bed and snoozed for a bit. F came in a little before noon and I was still in bed mostly asleep. I got up and dressed and we talked about what to do. I was hoping for lunch of course, so I suggested Indian food. We drove over to Khatry Kitchen and had our lunch. F had the special today, chicken and mushroom curry, I had the chicken curry. We liked both our meals. We ended up closing out the restaurant. I could not get F to leave! He was playing a game on his phone and just kept sitting there!

We went over to Musashi again and looked at boots for him. I noticed a day ago that his boot had a big rip in the sidewall. He got himself a new pair that I hope will last a little longer. They weren’t cheap, but I’m not a big fan of cheap footwear personally. 

We also bought a chemical to put on the snow to melt it. It is most useful when there’s just a little bit of snow. We’ve had a lot of snow over the last few days.

We came back to the house and chilled out. I was upstairs relaxing and F came upstairs for a bit, but disappeared around 6 pm. That was fine, I assumed he was feeding his mother. However, by 8:20 he still hadn’t reappeared and I was getting hungry!

I went downstairs looking for him and he was in the living room with his mother watching TV. I asked him if he was going to do dinner tonight. He’d cooked for his mother and had eaten with her. Nice! He did offer to take me out so I said yes!

I suggested Gusto so we drove over to the one by MaxValu and had dinner. I had the lemon/avocado/shrimp pasta, a side salad, and the drink bar. F had some kara-age and the drink bar. We spent a while there and then came back after 9 pm. When I stood up in the restaurant, I didn’t notice at first that I hadn’t grabbed my hat and scarf as they had fallen on the floor. Yikes. I told F in the car that it took about 4 years to make my scarf as I did it in the round on circular needles and the yarn was quite fine!

Back at the house both F and I did a little snow shovelling. He did more than I did, but it was fine. I went inside with him and then I went upstairs. I changed and went downstairs again to take a shower.  

When I came back to the room, I decided to check out another Canadian show that I’ve never seen before. I watched the first episode of The Murdoch Mysteries. It has possibilities, so I’ll probably watch a bit more.

After the show finished, I turned off the TV and watched more YouTube. I got started on my internet stuff as well.

F went to bed earlier but watched The Langoliers tonight! It’s one of his favourite TV series. He is trying to sleep, I hope he can. Tomorrow is his last day off so we have to get ready for the week ahead. 

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

 

January 2, 2026

Friday - Cold with a little snow

I went to bed late last night and didn’t have much luck getting to sleep for a while. However, I did fall asleep after a while and was surprised when I woke up with my morning alarm. F was up already, so I made my way downstairs and then back up to the room. I did go back to bed and fell asleep after watching a couple of videos. 

F came in a bit after 11 and we said hi! I got up, ate my breakfast sandwich and then said I’d go for lunch if he wanted to do that. He went out for a bento for his mother and I got dressed while he was out.

We had our lunch at the Taiwanese restaurant again. Today we both had fried rice, mine was with pork, his was with kimchi. I wouldn’t have mine again, the meat was dry and a little tasteless. However, the soup was nice and the kara-age was very good. 

We went over to Musashi to pick up some gloves for F. He didn’t have any when he was shovelling snow yesterday, so he needed some! We also picked up some detergent for the house. I use a liquid one, F and K use a powder. 

Then, we headed out to the mall in Mikawa. The road was quite busy and traffic was a bit slow, but we made it. We found a good parking spot which was difficult as the mall was busy today. 

First up, I hit up Seria, the hundred yen shop. I wanted some bags to put my loose tea in. F got himself a pair of reading glasses, not sure why. After our shopping, I suggested a cup of coffee so we went over to Doutor. We were really lucky as a table left as we went in, so F snagged it. I went in line and bought coffee for F and rooibos tea for me. We spent quite a bit of time there and I was a tad annoyed. I wanted to do some shopping…or at least window shopping. 

Finally I got F roused and we decided to walk down the mall and then back to the cinema. As soon as we stood up, someone snagged our table! It was busy in the coffee shop.

We walked down the mall and I suggested to F that he look at boots. I noticed the other day that he has a rip in his rubber boots. He should get new ones. He couldn’t find any today, but he didn’t really look. We both ended up doing a toilet run and then it was time to walk back to the cinema. We bought our tickets and then some popcorn and drinks. We went to see A Working Man, the newest Jason Statham film. It wasn’t great, but it was Jason and that’s all I cared about! F didn’t really like it, he’s not into action movies, but I am! And I’m into Jason Statham, so….. I had fun, but I didn’t love the movie.

After the movie I suggested to F that we go over to Aeon and get some bentos for dinner at the grocery section. We drove over, again, found a great parking space, and went back in the mall. 

F got himself and his mother fish bentos, I got myself some mushroom pasta and some grilled chicken for dinner. I thought about getting some salad, but remembered that we had salad leftover at the house. F got some eggs and stuff for K’s breakfast as well. We checked out, went back to the car and drove back to Tsuruoka and the house.

At the house, F made miso soup for his mother and himself (I didn’t want any) and I put the salad together. We set the table and then F got his mother up. We had a nice meal and I enjoyed my spaghetti and chicken. After we finished I did tell F off a little. Recently, he’s been giving his mother and himself salad. He’s very generous with the portions and there isn’t enough for me. Today, his mother’s salad bowl was rounded over and mine wasn’t even full. I’m the person that likes salad!! He’s being nice to her and she does eat it, I’m not upset about that, but he’s not letting me have as much as they are. 

F washed the dishes in his usual weird way. I dried most of them, and put them away. Then, I headed upstairs and the room was very cold. I relaxed for a while and then decided that I’d check out the Fire Stick again. I went to the WOWOW site and checked out their programming. Sadly, the new show I was looking forward to is only available in Japanese there. Boo! I checked out other shows and thought I’d watch a preview of Evil. However, it wasn’t a preview, it was an episode, so I guess I’m going to watch that now. It looks quite good, in a spooky kind of way.

F came upstairs after 11. He’d been watching TV downstairs and enjoying himself there. He’s off to bed now and I think he’s sleeping. 

Tomorrow morning, K is off to her Day Service again. I’m not sure what F and I will be doing in the meantime. 

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

January 1, 2026

Thursday - Cold and snowy

Well, New Year’s Eve day was quiet. F wanted to go out to the grocery store and this time I insisted on going out with him. He seemed surprised that I wanted to go out!

We had a very quiet day really. F made dinner and it was okay. We had soba with a salad and I think there was something else but I’m not sure what. 

After dinner, F stayed downstairs and I went upstairs. He came upstairs around 11 and I was watching something on the Fire Stick. My computer ticked over past midnight and I wished F a happy new year! We didn’t walk out to the shrine last night. We had a huge dump of snow overnight and I didn’t want to risk walking over to the shrine in the dark. 

Today, I slept quite late and F brought up my nengajo. I got two. I was rather sad. I sent out about 15 and only received 2. I think people just aren’t sending them these days, plus, I hadn’t sent any for the last two years due to people in my family dying so I guess it makes sense. 

I got up and we had lunch. We had ordered sushi and it came fairly early this morning. F made miso soup and we got his mother up. We ate our sushi and it was very nice. 

After lunch, I took the dishes to the kitchen and I washed them. After a washroom trip, I ended up going outside and shovelling snow. Now, F had done something that annoyed me! I asked him to leave the snow scoop in the house so that we can dig ourselves out if necessary. It was necessary today, but F had left it outside and I had to get through knee high snow to get it and the snow dump. I got started on shovelling snow and I got quite a bit done. The snow was light and soft for the most part so it wasn’t too difficult. 

I got the snow moved from in front of the door, and then I cleared F’s side of the car and went onto the road. The snow plough had gone by twice so there was a bit of snow in front of the car. I got most of it moved when F came outside. He didn’t know where I was. He was surprised that I had done so much, and started to help. I gave him the snow dump and he moved some of the snow. He didn’t have gloves though, so I kept telling him to get some! He couldn’t find them.

Anyway, when we finished I invited him upstairs for some cocoa, but he suggested going over to Komeda Coffee. I wasn’t dressed for leaving the house area so I went to change and then we set off. 

We managed to get a parking space at Komeda and went in. We had their cake set so I had a decaf coffee and cake, F had American Blend coffee and cake. We enjoyed our time there, but left around 4:30.

We went over to the MaxValu and went in. F bought some ingredients for dinner and I added a few things too. Then, we went through the checkout. F had to do it all by himself today as the position meant I couldn’t get in to help him bag the groceries. 

We came back to the house and I went upstairs. I did ask F if he needed my help, but he said he didn’t. I relaxed for a while but around 6:30 I ended up going downstairs to see if he needed my help. He did, so I did a few things. I mixed the salad and put out the drinks. F had made tonjiro or pork soup and to be fair, it was pretty good! He’d also made an omelette and I added in the salad, so we had a pretty good meal. 

After dinner I asked F if he’d like me to help him but he said no. That was nice for me! I went upstairs and relaxed. F came upstairs and he relaxed too. 

Around 10:30 or so I went downstairs and took a shower. After I took mine, F took his. It was cold downstairs but I really needed a shower!

When I came back upstairs to the room I watched the second episode of Pluribus. It was….interesting. I’m not completely sure if I like the show or not. I think I’ll keep watching as I’ve heard it takes a few episodes before people get into it.

And that’s about it for today. 

Tomorrow I’m hoping we can go out to the mall and see the new Jason Statham movie. I’ve heard bad things, but it’s Jason so I really don’t care!

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

December 30, 2025

Tuesday - Rainy I think. I didn’t go out.

I slept in this morning, it was nice. I got up and went downstairs. F had just come back from getting his hair cut and I didn’t notice. Oh dear. He was all about making lunch for his mother and went to the grocery store to buy ingredients. I asked him to get a few things for me and dinner tonight. He didn’t ask me to go which did surprise me.

He came back to the house and hadn’t brought one of the things I asked for. He said he’d go out later and get it (he did). He didn’t ask me if I’d like to go out with him then either.

He made his mother lunch and must have eaten some too. I wouldn’t have wanted to eat whatever he made anyway. 

I made my lunch around 3 o’clock and today I used real cheese on my toasties. Yum. I came upstairs with lunch and watched an episode of Bones. It was an early one and it was a Christmas episode so that was kind of cool. 

I went downstairs to the kitchen around 5:45 or so and heated up the curry. I washed my dishes from the day and got the rest of the dinner ready. Today we had the rest of the curry, plus tonkatsu that F bought at the store and a salad. It was all very nice. The curry was good and we finished it all. Sigh.

After dinner I did the dishes and put them away. I went upstairs when I finished and then relaxed with some YouTube. After 11 I decided that I’d go downstairs and make some popcorn. I made the popcorn and then came upstairs and watched Episode 6 of Lazarus. It was really good and ended on a scary note. There were some horrible things that happened in the episode too. I’m wondering if it is a one season and done or if there’ll be a second season. 

I turned off the TV and watched some YouTube while I did my end of day things. I’m about ready to go to bed and start the last day of the year. 

Oh, a note. I think I’m going to take tomorrow night off, unless something really worthy of blogging happens, so I’ll wish you all a very Happy New Year and I hope that you have a lovely start to 2026!

Until next year! 

December 29, 2025

Monday - Clear and warmish, rainy at night

I got up first around 8:30, made a trip downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed. F got up to make his mother breakfast, I slept on. 

When I got up later F wanted to go for lunch but I said that I wanted to have my breakfast. I prepared my cereal and yogurt and started the laundry machine. I did two loads today. They are hanging in my room to dry!

A couple of hours after I ate and when my laundry was finally finished and hanging, I agreed to go out with F for lunch. We ended up going to Gusto. They’d obviously been busy earlier as many of the tables weren’t cleared off yet. 

We had a nice lunch. I had my favourite mushroom pasta dish with a small side salad and the drink bar, F had a nabé and it was quite good. He had the drink bar too. 

We left the restaurant around 4pm and came back to the house. I went upstairs to relax for a little while. I changed my clothes and had a cup of tea as well. I went downstairs to start dinner around 5:15 pm.

I had a lot of veggies to prepare today. I sliced or cut up 5 onions, 4 potatoes and a carrot. I added in some mushrooms as well.

Over the next hour and a half or so, I made Japanese curry. My husband has been bugging me for a few weeks to make it again and I decided I’d do it on Monday so we’d have dinner for a couple of days. I had thought that F had to work today so it would be fair if I did the curry. He didn’t have to work. 

Still, I cooked, sautéd and simmered and got the curry done just around 7 pm which was my goal. I got F to put rice in the bowls and I ladled out the curry. We had curry and rice, and some salad. F had bought some pickles and he put them out. 

I finished eating around 7:40 and went into the kitchen to do a quick clean up. I put away the rest of the curry, washed the pan, washed the cutlery I used in the making and put all the dishes away. I didn’t do the bowls from the table. I asked F to wash the dishes tonight. He said that he would. I didn’t ask him at the last minute or anything, I asked him a couple of days ago. 

I went upstairs and went online just before 8pm. I joined a meeting online to watch a movie, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. It was great. I really enjoyed it. Emma Thompson was amazing as ever and Daryl McCormack was great too. As we don’t have Netflix and won’t get it, this was my only chance to see it. It was very good in my opinion.

After the movie, I went downstairs to see how F was doing (and if he’d done the dishes!) Well, he was sitting in the living room and yes, he’d done the dishes and put everything away too. Yay for him. I shared a sweet treat with him that I got from my friends on Friday…that was lovely too.

I went upstairs again and a few minutes later came downstairs again to take a shower. I did that and then made a video. I noticed a drip in the bathroom, on the washing machine’s tap. I knew it would be hard to explain it to F, so I recorded it on my phone for him. I went upstairs and showed F the video. 

Poor thing had to go downstairs and spend around half an hour fixing the problem. He thinks it was an old washer and the last time I was in the bathroom it wasn’t dripping anymore so he fixed it. Hurray!

Then, F decided to take a shower…late at night. After that, he did laundry. He’s a little crazy in my opinion, but whatever!

So, that’s about it for me. It was an okay day today and I mostly enjoyed it. Tomorrow we’ll have curry for dinner again, probably with something on the side and hopefully another salad too. That means we’ll have to go to the grocery store as well. Sigh. It’ll be crazy busy I think. 

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