June 29, 2026

Monday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up for the first time around 6:30. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I fell back asleep before F left for work. I woke up at my usual time and went downstairs again. When I came back to the room I sorted my laundry and then went back to bed for a snooze. I snoozed quite late!

I got up finally, dressed and then headed downstairs with my laundry. I did one load of shirts and then came back to the room. I brought my breakfast with me too. 

I had a fairly quiet morning and afternoon. I hung up my laundry and watched quite a lot of YouTube. I relaxed a bit too much I think. It was very hot upstairs and I probably should have turned on the AC earlier, but I waited until I had my lunch. 

While I ate my lunch I watched an episode of Breaking Bad and it was good, but weird. I still haven’t decided if I’m enjoying the show or not. I like the acting and the story, but is it glorifying drug dealers and makers? Hmm. 

F called after 5:20 and said he was on his way back to the house. I went downstairs a little later and got started in the kitchen. Tonight I made some cucumber pickle and the main dish. I used a bought sauce so we had cheese cream chicken and it was nice. We also had some salad and then for dessert we had something that F bought at Don Qihote a couple of weeks ago. It was a jelly that if you froze it would become a gelato type of thing. It was really good. However, K had already eaten 2 of them. We can’t put things in the freezer or she steals them. I don’t mind too much most of the time, but these were supposed to be a treat for the family and she ate two. She only remembers eating one of them!

Anyway, dinner was good but there was leftover chicken. Neither F nor K wanted seconds of it. It was good I thought. 

I did the dishes and listened to my podcasts. I was really hot and even though I got F to turn on the AC earlier it didn’t cool that much. When I finished I let F know that I was going upstairs and did that.

When F came upstairs I got him to look at the bottom of my foot. All day I’ve had the feeling that there is a splinter in my big toe. He pored over my foot and agreed that there was a slight redness somewhere but couldn’t see a splinter. He really did look, but couldn’t see anything. Sigh. It does hurt a bit though.

I took a shower after 10:30 and then came back upstairs to the room. I watched an episode of Evil and it was an interesting one with Andrea Martin’s character seeing a demon haunting a just married couple. 

F went to bed earlier and then got up and had a snack. Tomorrow he’s off work and has to go to the hospital for a check up with his knee surgeon. It sounds like it will be rather an intense experience with X-Rays and consultations. 

I’m not sure what else I’ll get up to on the morrow. Come back later and find out!  Until tomorrow…. 

June 28, 2026

Sunday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up at a decent time this morning, went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back for a snooze. F came into the room around 11am and suggested going over to Sakata for lunch at our favourite yakiniku place there. I wasn’t sure that we should do that, but F wanted to. I updated my app for the restaurant and a few minutes later got dressed and off we went. 

We got to the yakiniku place and almost immediately had a fight. We had a coupon for a free plate of beef but F didn’t know how to ring it in the touch panel. He asked a waiter and he explained how to do it, but honestly, I thought it was obvious! We both had bibinba and they were really good. 

After our meal, F asked if I’d like to go to the bakery near the big park. I said fine, but I thought it might be busy again. Sad to say, it was and we couldn’t find parking. We continued on our way.

F took us into to the new shopping area and we went to Kaldi (even though I didn’t really need much). We went over to the Muji store too and both picked up some treats for ourselves. I got some decaf drip coffee which is nice to have. 

We drove back to Tsuruoka and on the way F suggested that we go straight back to the house. He had a headache and wanted to rest. I was okay with that. On the way I asked him if he wanted to go shopping first, but we decided not to. 

Back at the house, I came upstairs and it was hot so I had to turn on the AC. I relaxed with my computer, F came up much later and took a bit of a nap.

He went downstairs and made dinner for his mother. He even brought us both up some of his bifun noodles. They were darn good!

A little later he wanted to go out for dinner. He also talked about going to see the fireflies but then he left without grabbing things like flashlights so I didn’t think it would happen. We didn’t really have a plan for dinner so I suggested either a gyudon shop or a sushi place. We ended up going for sushi. 

Dinner was courtesy of Kappa-Sushi and it was fine. We didn’t have that much actual sushi, more things like fries and onion rings. Still, it was okay. F didn’t like it as usual. I don’t understand how he can dislike everything that we eat at night!

Next up, we went to the grocery store and I went in and did the shopping. I basically only got food for one night as F is taking Tuesday off. He’s got to check in with his surgeon again, the three year anniversary of his knee operation was last week. 

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. F did some ironing and I went upstairs. I decided to watch some TV so I ended up watching some Apple TV. I watched Margo’s Got Money Troubles and then another episode of Loot. I enjoyed both of them.

I turned off the TV and got stuck into my end of day things. 

Tomorrow, I should maybe do some laundry as I’ll lose my usual laundry day. I might do some mending or some Postcrossing or….Well, who knows. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

June 27, 2026

Saturday - Cloudy in the early part of the day, hot and sunny later on…

Today turned out rather well. It was a good day.

I woke up this morning before 8 am when F was getting ready. I made a trip downstairs and then went back to bed for a bit. I slept on a bit and got up a few hours later. I went downstair to take a shower and F came back from his doctor as I came down the stairs. 

After my shower F and I chatted about where to go for lunch. He suggested a couple of places and I liked the place in Fujishima so he made a reservation and I went upstairs to dress. 

We went to Fujinori and both had the pork saute lunch. It was really good. It came with cold potato soup, salad and a nice piece of pork. After lunch, we paid and left. We went over to Mikawa Mall and had a doughnut each at Mr Donut. I had some decaf coffee, F had coffee. 

We drove back into Tsuruoka when we finished, hitting up a grocery store on the way back. We got stuff for K’s dinner and breakfast, then made it back to the house.

At the house, I went upstairs and spent time on my computer. I didn’t turn on the AC but I admit I stripped down quite a bit so I didn’t have to do that.

Around 6 pm F made dinner for K, then around 7:30 we left. We had dinner at the Udon chain on the way out of town. It was pretty good. I had cold udon with pork and eggplant. I got a couple of pieces of tempura too. F had a hot udon dish with mentaiko cream. He liked it at first, but then decided he didn’t. 

We got to the mall before the movie and bought our tickets. We were able to sit in the lobby for a few minutes as we were so early! I like being early if I’m honest. I prefer it to being late. 

We went to see Supergirl. I liked it but I didn’t love it. There was a lot of fighting and F didn’t like that but I didn’t mind. I liked the actress and would like to see a better film with her in it as Supergirl. 

F and I drove back to Tsuruoka and discussed the film a lot. I tried to explain to F the difference between Superman and Supergirl! I don’t think he knows anything about them. I only know a bit, I never actually ever read the comics when I was a kid. 

We made a stop at the convenience store near the house and then came back. I put on the water pot for F as he wanted cup noodles, and I wanted tea. 

And that’s my day. It was nice. Tomorrow we’ll have to get groceries and try to enjoy ourselves as well. 

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

June 26, 2026

Friday - Muggy, rainy and a bit cooler

I managed to sleep all night. F didn’t wake up when I went to bed last night and he didn’t wake me up when he got up this morning. Yay. I made a trip downstairs, then sorted my laundry before going back to bed. 

I watched a few videos and then fell asleep. I snoozed a bit late, but did finally get up and get dressed. Breakfast and laundry were next on my agenda. I grabbed my yogurt and brought it upstairs. Today I had my chocolate and hazelnuts cereal. Yum. 

I hung up the laundry in my room and spent the rest of the afternoon watching YouTube and avoiding work! I went downstairs to get lunch and came back to the room a bit later. I was going to watch something on Apple TV, but realized that I wanted to pay full attention to it, so saved it for later. Instead, I watched another episode of Lie To Me. It was a bit of an ER reunion as two of the characters were actors on ER. I thought it was amusing. 

F didn’t call me tonight, but he did warn me that he would be late. I went downstairs around 6pm to get a start on dinner. F did call me when I was downstairs to say that he was finished and was on his way. I did ask if he was going to buy food for his mother’s breakfast tomorrow, but he thought I was asking something completely different! 

I washed my dishes from the day then heated up the water for pasta. F arrived closer to 7 pm and I kicked dinner prep into higher gear. I fried some bacon, put the salad in a bowl and boiled the pasta. I set the table and no one helped as usual. I’m getting annoyed about it. I probably shouldn’t, but where I’m from if you don’t help, you don’t eat! I have to ask F to actually pour out the drinks for everyone, he doesn’t take the initiative to do it. Anyway, dinner was good and almost all of it disappeared. 

When I finished doing the dishes I didn’t bother saying goodnight, I just left. I’m getting tired of staying in a hot humid kitchen. It’s not like I’ve ever wanted to be a housewife. I have no problems with housewives…if a person wants to be one, power to them, but I’ve never wanted to be one. 

I came upstairs and a bit later F came up. We talked a little about tomorrow. After he takes K to her Day Service, he’s going to go to one of his doctors. I think it’s a good idea. He’s been sounding really bad lately with his wheezing. I let him know that there are a couple of movies around that if he wants to go to see we could. I will go and see one either during the week or next week if we don’t see it this weekend. I need a day out again! It’s been a couple of weeks. 

I went downstairs and made some popcorn, then came back to the room and watched the show from Apple TV that I didn’t watch in the afternoon, Widow’s Bay. It was good, but not great yet. I’ve heard it is really good, so I’ll be back a bit later!

After midnight I turned off the TV, turned off the lights in the bed part of the room as F was sleeping away and got stuck into my blogging and end of day things. 

I’m not sure what we’re going to get up to tomorrow. I hope that we’ll have a good day together and that the weather isn’t too bad.  Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

June 25, 2026

 Thursday - Hot and Sunny, but muggy

I woke up this morning when F was getting ready for work. Last night he said he’d take today off, but this morning he said that he would go to work. He was still futtering around the room when I woke up, but I decided to try and keep sleeping. He went downstairs and then all of a sudden I felt the bed start shaking. There was an earthquake in Northern Japan at 7:30 or so this morning. It was quite a big one, I believe people in Tokyo even felt it. It was about a level 3 here where I am. F came rushing upstairs to see if I was okay. Of course I was….it was quite a long earthquake and it built a bit. 

I checked Facebook to see how my friends are and most of them in the affected area checked in and are okay. Whew. 

I did end up going back to bed and after a little video watching, went back to sleep. I woke up a bit early, but fell back asleep. 

I finally dragged myself out of bed, dressed and went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast. I came back upstairs and had breakfast. Yum. I was supposed to join a book club meeting at 1:30, but it was so hot upstairs and I was just not in the mood to join so I didn’t. I do feel a little guilty, but I haven’t read the books they set, I never do. It isn’t a big deal there, but I just didn’t want to. 

I went downstairs around 3 pm to get my lunch. I brought it upstairs and ate, it was good. I finished up the curry. I’m sad it’s gone. Today I watched another episode of Departure. It was rather good. The “criminal” showed up in Kendra’s hotel room at the end of the episode. Hmm!

F called after 5:25 to say that he was finished work and was on his way home. A little later, I changed my clothes and went downstairs. 

I got stuck into meal prep fairly quickly tonight. I had checked out YouTube for an easy zucchini recipe and tried it out. It was good. I did the zucchini in the air fryer, after mixing cut up zucchini with olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper, and Italian herbs. I air-fried them for about 11 minutes and the dish turned out very nice. 

We also had ginger pork, potato salad, salad and for a change, bachelor pack rice. F didn’t feel like making rice last night and that was okay. 

Dinner was good and I had it on the table a bit after 7 pm. Unfortunately, no one else was there! I had to call F down and he woke up his mother for me. 

After dinner,  I did the dishes. K went back to bed soon after. I think it was too hot for her today. It was too hot for me. I had to run the air conditioner today upstairs. 

I listened to a couple of podcasts while I did the dishes and then told F that I was going upstairs to change. I did that and he went upstairs too. 

We left the house a bit after 9 pm and went to the grocery store. I went in by myself and bought the food for tomorrow. I was glad to go in alone but I didn’t get a lot tonight anyway. I picked up the ingredients for tomorrow’s dinner so that was good.

We just came back to the house and I put away the groceries. I went upstairs and relaxed for a bit, I watched The Rookie at 11pm. Today John told his wife that he doesn’t want to move to Washington DC. There were also a few other things going on of course!

After midnight I turned off the TV and watched some YouTube. F has gone to bed and I hope that he actually sleeps tonight. He has a long driving schedule tomorrow. 

That’s about it for me for today. I should get myself off to bed fairly soon. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

June 24, 2026

 Wednesday - Warm and sunny

I woke up before 7 am this morning. F was lying in bed next to me playing games on his phone. He was coughing a bit, that might have been why I woke up. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I went back to sleep and didn’t wake up when F left. I did wake up at my usual alarm time, but hit the snooze button and didn’t wake up until about an hour later. I got up, went downstairs and then came back to the room. I got dressed, mostly, but did lie down on the bed for a while and watch videos. I didn’t sleep!

I got up later, went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast. On my way down the stairs, the doorbell rang. Two seconds later, the door opened. It was K’s daughter, aka F’s sister. She was coming to check on her mother. I have no problem with that, just a bit with her using the key to come in just after she rang the bell. I was downstairs and going to let her in for a change!

I ate my breakfast upstairs and caught up with some YouTube. I also decided to write a couple of Postcrossings. I’m sending to Japan as well which is interesting!

When I got my lunch later on, I watched an episode of Matlock. I’m enjoying it, but the crossing and double crossings are annoying me. Get it over with already!

I watched the news at 4 pm and then F called after 5:20 to say he was coming back. I changed into my kitchen clothes and went downstairs.

Tonight I was a bit busy. I did Toaster Oven Chicken, salad and potato salad. I also added in some steamed spicy cabbage with it. We had rice as well. F didn’t have seconds or anything, but K and I did. 

F left soon after dinner was finished and went upstairs, I cleared the table and started on the dishes too. K ended up going to bed before I finished. I was a tad annoyed as tonight was the burnable garbage gathering night and I wanted some help with it. Still, I got most of it done by myself. I didn’t go into K’s room for her garbage, I’m not that brave!

When I finally finished, I went upstairs and relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea. I watched a bit of YouTube as F was using his phone without his earphones. I went downstairs to take a shower before my show at 11pm.

I got back up to the room in time to watch The Copenhagen Test. It was interesting tonight. I’ve been enjoying the series so far. The fact that it is a Canadian series makes it more fun for me!

At midnight I turned off the TV and then went back to YouTube. I’ve been working on my end of day things and now I’m about done. 

Tomorrow I’m not completely sure what I’ll be getting up to. There’s an on-line book club meeting that I might attend, although none of my books are really worth noting. I also don’t read their books of the month. I can’t get them here and I’m not that interested in them anyway!

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

June 23, 2026

Tuesday - Cool but sunny

F woke up before I went to bed last night. I’m not sure why, I wasn’t making noise. I think he’s just become used to waking up around then. 

I woke up this morning while F was getting ready to leave. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I made sure that he took his breakfast with him! I waited until he left for work, then I sorted some laundry and then went back to bed. 

I got up later and got dressed. I went downstairs, started my laundry and then got my breakfast. I brought it up to the room and ate. 

My afternoon was fairly quiet. When my laundry was done, I hung it up. I decided not to watch The Silence of the Lambs or Contact today. When it came to my lunch viewing, I left myself with only a short time, so I watched another episode of The Box. The show is getting weirder!

F phoned after 5:15 and said he was coming back to the house. I asked him to get something at the store to supplement our dinner. He agreed.

I went downstairs to start on dinner. We had curry again, so I heated it up and made some cucumber pickle while it was heating up. F brought some mench-katsu from the store so I heated them up too. He was very tired, so he went upstairs and relaxed while I worked on dinner.

When things were ready I called him, but he didn’t answer me. I had to go upstairs and get him. He was nearly asleep on the bed. He came downstairs afterwards. 

Dinner was good, but no one but me had seconds. I enjoyed my curry today. F left the table later and went back upstairs to rest. 

I cleared the table and did the dishes. I listened to my podcasts and got the kitchen cleaned up. Yay for me. 

I went upstairs and changed my clothes. F and I left a little later for the grocery store. F came in with me today and we did the shopping. We’re going to have chicken and also ginger pork depending on the day. 

When we came back to the house we went upstairs and at 11pm I watched Law & Order. Since midnight I’ve started watching YouTube and doing my end of day things. I’ll probably go to bed fairly soon. 

Tomorrow I’m not sure what I’ll get up to. I might do some Postcrossing or I might write a letter to my best friend. I’m not sure. 

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