July 1, 2026

Wednesday - Hot and Sunny, bit muggy

Last night when I went to bed, I put on my good eye mask and I didn’t wake up early. Yay. I woke up when my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I snoozed and watched videos for a while. 

I had a quiet morning and afternoon. I checked if there was a good movie for me, there wasn’t. I was watching some YouTube videos and then I realized that I could easily watch and mend, so I worked on patching a pair of pyjamas that I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I got them about half done, so that was good.

I went downstairs to make my lunch and as usual, brought it upstairs to eat. I watched an episode of Elsbeth today and it was a good one. It had a man trapped in what was basically a panic room by the bad guy. 

F called me when he finished work and I wanted to ask him something, but he wanted to rush off and I got a little upset with him. I did apologize when he arrived at the house and it was okay. The reason was I wanted to ask him if we could go out after dinner to do something. Today is Canada Day and I wanted to just do something small to celebrate it. He said it was okay. 

Tonight I made chicken drumsticks in the air fryer, an almost Greek Salad, salad, potato salad and we had rice with it too. It was very nice but there were leftovers. Oh well, lunch for me maybe!

I did the dishes and then I did the garbage up in the kitchen, bathroom and living room. As he did last week, F had disappeared upstairs and didn’t help. Sigh. 

F suggested going to a lounge on Ginza Dori, but I didn’t want something expensive. I was just hoping for something small. Instead we decided just to go to McDonald and have ice cream.  Of course, when we got there, they were doing “maintenance” on their ice cream machine so we couldn’t get any! F had a coke, I had a hot tea and we shared an order of mini-pancakes. I had assumed they’d come with maple syrup to make them just a little Canadian, but they came with apple jam and cream! Maybe the apples came from Canada? Anyway, it was a nice little break for me from the house and our usual routine!

We came back to the house after we finished and then I took a shower almost right away.  When I finished I watched tonight’s episode of The Copenhagen Test and enjoyed it a lot. At least that show is Canadian!

And that was about it for my day. F went to bed and was asleep before my show ended. I’m finished now but am thinking I might make a little run to the mall and post office tomorrow. I haven’t decided for sure, but you never know!

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

June 30, 2026

Tuesday - Hot and Sunny

I went to bed a little late last night but woke up a little early this morning. Sigh. I got up and went downstairs. F didn’t have to leave yet, so he slept on too. 

Next time I woke up, my alarm was ringing, I went downstairs and then came back up to the room. I sorted out some clothes to wear and then went back to bed for more snoozing and a few videos on my phone. 

I woke up later, got up and dressed. I went downstairs to use the washroom and I heard the door open. F had come back from the hospital. 

He rested for a bit and then made some lunch for his mother. Then, it was our turn. We decided to go out for lunch and I suggested F’s favourite fish restaurant. We drove over there and went in. We got a table with chairs, yay, and ended up having the daily special. It was mixed fry and sashimi and it was very nice. We had an oyster, a shrimp and a bit of cod in the fried bit, and some octopus, yellowfish and sea bream in the sashimi. It came with miso soup, rice, and some veggies, salad and pickles. I liked it a lot.

After lunch we went over to S-Mall and had a glass of cold coffee each at Doutor. F got the special Hawaiian blend, I got decaf. 

We left the mall and then went to Gyomu Supa. We did a little shopping there! They had some kaki-gori syrup there for around 100yen, we got one, I got some more cereal, a few things for dinner side dishes and then F wanted to get us some ice cream! We paid and then came back to the house. 

I put the food away and we were going to wake up his mother and have our ice cream but F took so long in the washroom that our ice cream was basically soup! Ack. It was nice though. I went upstairs after the ice cream. I watched the US news and then did some stuff on my computer. 

F made something for K’s dinner and then wanted to know what I wanted to do for dinner. Honestly, I didn’t care that much. He suggested a gyudon shop, I suggested an okonomiyaki place. He agreed. On our way there, I found their stamp card and it said that Tuesday was their closed day, so gyudon it was. 

We went to Tsukia and both had curry and rice. I had mine with cheese and spinach, with a Korean salad and miso soup. F had curry with meat and an egg and I think miso soup. He didn’t like his much, I thought mine was fine.

We went over to PAL to do our grocery shopping. F stayed in the car and I stayed in budget. Yay. I got some chicken drumsticks for tomorrow and some basic, pre-made burgers for Thursday night. When I finished in the store I came back to the car and we drove back to the house.

I put the groceries away and then went upstairs. I checked what was on TV tonight and discovered that the show I missed on Saturday repeated tonight, so I watched it. It was FBI and then I watched tonight’s Law & Order. It was an interesting story but I think a lot of it had roots in a previous season that we hadn’t seen before here. 

And that was my day. I had a nice day out with my husband and it was good that he got to have a day off. His visit to the surgeon was fine but has to go back next year!

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

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….