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…..

January 22, 2026

Thursday - Snowy and cold

I woke up this morning because of my alarm. It was amazing! The first time I’ve woken up like that this week I think. I got up, went downstairs, checked out how much snow was outside and decided to go back to bed for a while!

I woke up later and got up. I dressed and then went downstairs. I put on my coat and hat, tied up my boots and went out to shovel some snow. I worked for 30 or 40 minutes I think and got most of it cleared away. I went back into the house and made my breakfast. I ate upstairs and relaxed for a while too. 

I had a quiet afternoon. My breakfast was quite late, but I still had to have lunch! I enjoyed it and watched an episode of The Good Fight. It was an interesting one with Rob Reiner as the judge in it. That made me really sad, but happy to see him again. 

F called around 5:30 so I went downstairs around 6pm to start dinner. Tonight we had chicken drumsticks done in the air fryer, steamed veggies, salad, potato salad and rice. Most of dinner disappeared, so that’s good!

Afterwards, I cleared the table and then did the dishes. I listened to my podcasts while I was working so it was good for me!

When I finished, I let F know I was going upstairs to change. A few minutes later, we were outside and he was clearing off the car again. Oh no. The snow was quite deep outside. F had been home for 3 hours at that time. 

We drove to Mina, the grocery store and F helped me put the old meat trays and the juice cartons in to be recycled. Then he went back to the car and I did the shopping. I didn’t get much at the grocery store, just a few things for tomorrow’s breakfasts and dinner. 

On the way back to the house we made another stop. Our local drugstore had closed in October I think for renovations, well, today they reopened. It was more of a rebuild than a renovation as the old drugstore was torn down and completely rebuilt. It was nice inside! F and I toured the store a bit and got some snacks and I found a new kind of tea that I haven’t seen before. It is a mikan rooibos. I made myself a cup tonight and it was lovely. I told F I liked it and he asked for some too! I made him some as I’m so darn nice!

We came back to the house and relaxed. I watched an episode of Evil and it was a bit scary tonight, plus an episode of The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy. Tonight he was in Vienna going to a ball. It was interesting, but I’d rather have seen more of Vienna!

I turned off the water downstairs after midnight and also filled up the kerosene tank in our heater. I brought the tank upstairs. I maybe could have run it until I go to bed, but even if I did, my first chore tomorrow would be to fill it up, so I’d rather do it tonight!

F has long gone to bed and honestly, I should get there too. I’m a tad worried that he might need help with the snow tomorrow, so I should try and get a lot of sleep. 

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

January 21, 2026

Wednesday - Cold and a bit snowy

I woke up this morning when F started moaning that his leg was cramping. He was up, getting ready for work and he got a bad cramp. He decided not to go to work today. I went downstairs and then came back to bed and went back to sleep. I slept a bit late and went downstairs. I slept on a bit, but did get up a bit earlier than usual. 

F and his mother were eating in the living room and watching TV. I have no problems with that. I decided that I’d fill up the kerosene tank, which I did. After I brought it back upstairs, I went back downstairs to get my yogurt for upstairs. I was eating my breakfast when F came back upstairs and asked if I wanted to go out for lunch. I told him I didn’t, I was just eating my breakfast! I did ask if HE wanted to go out, but he said he didn’t. 

I had a pretty quiet day. F spent a lot of the day downstairs and then when he did come back upstairs, he went to bed. He was complaining about the cold. Fair enough, our bed area is far from the heater and it takes a while to heat up. 

I grabbed my lunch around 2:30 and brought it upstairs. I ate and watched Project Runway Season 21. To be honest, I’m not loving this season at all. They don’t announce who is “Auf’d” until the next show and the designers aren’t all that. I miss Tim Gunn! Heidi is back, and she’s okay, but the new judge…that stylist guy just seems bitchy at the moment!

I went downstairs around 6pm and got started on dinner. I washed dishes and then I began to do the prepwork. I cut up some cabbage for a side dish, and a little bit of the main dish, plus the chikuwa for the main dish. I also had to slice the meat into bite size pieces. After all of that, I started to cook. I made a stir-fry with konbu and pork and chikuwa. We had that with a steamed cabbage dish, potato salad, salad and rice. 

I got it on the table a few minutes after 7pm. It was nice. F actually said that it was a good dinner and I didn’t have to ask him if he was enjoying it! Yay for me!

I did the dishes after dinner and while I was listening to my podcasts on my little speaker, the speaker’s battery ran down. Darn! I listened on my phone after that. 

I did up the garbage and then did a bit of cleaning in the sink as well. I got F to help me put K’s garbage in the bag and then I closed the bag and put it in the genkan. I went upstairs after that. 

I changed into my pyjamas upstairs and then relaxed with a few YouTube videos. Around 10:20 I started to get ready to go downstairs to take a shower. I talked to F and all of a sudden he gave me a weird look and said that he’d already turned off the water. What? It was only a bit after 10pm. And I wanted to take a shower. It’s cold here right now so he had turned the water off so it wouldn’t freeze. He didn’t think that I might want a shower. 

I turned the water back on and took my shower. It was a bit chilly getting out of the shower though. After my shower, I did turn the water back off. I don’t want to worry about the water freezing overnight. 

I came back upstairs and watched Wild Cards. It was obviously the last episode of the second season. I hope there’ll be more. It’s a silly show, but the leads are cute and it’s filmed in Vancouver, so what else could you ask for?

I had a quiet evening with some more YouTube videos. F went to sleep a while ago. I can hear the snowploughs out and about tonight. I hope that they don’t block our entry way too much or F will have a hard time getting out of the house to go to work. I hope he goes to work tomorrow!

Well, that’s it for me for today. Tomorrow I hope to work on a craft project, maybe have a look at my latest column that I need to start soon and who knows

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

January 20, 2026

Tuesday - Snowy and cold

I woke up this morning before 7 am. F had already left so I’m not sure why I woke up! I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed, after I turned off F’s alarm! I left some of my alarms and I woke up a couple of hours later. I made another trip downstairs and then went back to bed again for a little bit. Silly me.

I got up, dressed and went downstairs. I checked the mail and received a lovely birthday card from my bestie. My birthday is next month, she’s just very well organized! I made my breakfast and then made up a couple of dishes for our dinner. I marinated the Coro-Coro steak and set up for an onion boil. I put both in the fridge for later.

I did a couple of loads of laundry and then hung them up in my room afterwards. I finished around 3 pm. I went outside for a bit and did a bit of snow shovelling. It was cold outside. The snow wasn’t deep, but parts were icy so I tried to get rid of the ice. 

I went back into the house and then made my lunch. I took it upstairs and ate. I didn’t have time to watch anything unfortunately. I watched the news and tried not to pay attention to some of it. 

F called at his usual time and said that he was going to run some errands before coming back to the house. That was fine. I went down to the kitchen around 6 and got started on my work. I turned on the heater in the living room, it was about 6 degrees in there. Brr. 

Tonight’s dinner was good. I did heat up my sister-in-law’s curry for us, and we had that with the onion boil, salad, and the coro-coro steak. It was really nice. I did the dishes after we ate and listened to my podcasts which I enjoyed.

I got changed and then F and I headed to the grocery store to pick up something for dinner for the next couple of days. I also got things that are good for the rest of the week. I came back to the car and we came back to the house.

I put away the groceries and then headed upstairs. I spent time on my computer and F made some onigiri for us. It was nice of him but I didn’t need it! I did eat it though. 

I watched tonight’s episode of FBI: Most Wanted. It’s just about finished, the show I mean. I think there’s only one more episode or something. 

And that’s about it for my day. Tomorrow I’ll probably have to go and shovel some snow. The weather is going to be very nasty over the next few days. They are advising people not to go out unless absolutely necessary. Boo!

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