March 3, 2026

Tuesday - Cooler, cloudy and finally rainy

I woke up early this morning. F was still getting ready when I opened my eyes. He went downstairs to leave and then I got up and noticed that he hadn’t taken his breakfast downstairs with him.  I grabbed it and took it downstairs with me. 

I said goodbye to my hubby and then a little later, went back upstairs and to bed again. I was tired and it was too early for me to stay up. I ended getting up earlier than usual, but not actually early!

I took my laundry downstairs and put in a load of clothes. I grabbed my breakfast and brought it upstairs. I enjoyed my cereal and yogurt, then it was time to bring the laundry back upstairs. I hung it up and relaxed for a while. 

I had a quiet morning and afternoon today. I thought about writing a couple of postcards, but I didn’t. Around lunch time, I went downstairs and put my lunch together. I brought it back upstairs, watched an episode of The Good Fight, which was very good and quite shocking if I’m honest. Alan Cumming was in it again. He was as good as ever. 

After my show I watched the news and did my computer stuff. F called around 5:30 and said that he was on his way back. I went downstairs and got started on dinner. Tonight we had chicken drumsticks in the air fryer with salad and broccoli plus some pickles and rice. I think it was good if I’m honest. The chicken was really nice.

After dinner I did the dishes and got them done fairly early. I went upstairs to change my clothes and then F and I went over to the grocery store. We went in and did a lot of shopping. I got things that were a bit expensive today like olive oil but still managed to come in around budget. We would have been under budget if someone hadn’t bought a couple of cup ramens!

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. F went into the living room and sat there in the dark. I chatted with him a little and then came upstairs. I watched tonight’s episode of Project Runway and it was okay. After that, I watched tonight’s Resident Alien. It was quite cute in places, odd in others. 

After midnight I watched some YouTube and started doing my usual end of day stuff. F and I had a little snack and then he went off to bed. 

I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. I might have time to write some postcards, we’ll see. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

March 2, 2026

Monday - Muggy and a bit cooler

I had a decent but quiet day today. I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. F was long gone.  I went downstairs, came back to the room and then went back to sleep for a while. 

I dragged myself out of bed later, dressed myself and then went downstairs in search of breakfast. I brought it upstairs and ate after a while. I decided to do a load of laundry, so I sorted some out and took it downstairs. So exciting!

I did a few of my usual Monday things and hung up my laundry too. After I brought my lunch upstairs I hung up my clothes to dry, watched an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale and then ate my lunch at my desk. 

F called me around 5:30 and I went downstairs a bit later. I got started on dinner but for some reason I took a long time doing it and we didn’t end up eating until 7:30. Dinner was good, but it was strange that it took so long. I’m not even sure why! We had a pork stir-fry with seaweed and scrambled eggs with mushrooms and onions, salad and rice. Dinner was quite good I thought, but there were a lot of leftovers. Sigh.

I did the dishes and then I went upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I went downstairs a bit later and took a shower. 

In the evening I watched another episode of Evil and then got stuck into my night-time computer things. I’m done now, or almost anyway. 

Tomorrow I might do more laundry and then there’s dinner to cook and more groceries to buy. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

March 1, 2026

Sunday - Warm but a bit muggy

I got up this morning, went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed. I slept on for a while and woke up and then got up after 11. I went downstairs again and this time I asked F if he’d like to go and see the movie at 1:30. He said yes, so I went upstairs and got changed into my going out clothes. 

F made his mother some lunch first and then we left to have ours. We went to a gyudon shop on the way to the cinema. It was okay. I’m not a huge fan of gyudon, but I needed something fast and filling. 

We got to the cinema about 25 minutes early. The concession line was huge so F gave me money, I went and bought tickets and he went to the washroom. He got into line when he came back. We talked about skipping the drinks, but I was parched and desperately needed a drink. I gave F his ticket and then I went in and used the washroom. I sat in my seat and waited for F. He was able to come in just a few minutes after the film started. We went to see Rental Family today and it was good. I was hoping that the Japanese in the film would be subtitled, but it wasn’t. I guess they thought that nobody in Japan would see it without knowing Japanese. Well, they didn’t count on me! To be fair, I did understand most of it from the actions that people did, but I didn’t get some of the actual nuances. I liked the film a lot. It wasn’t the same old action movie, we both liked it a lot.

After the movie we went over to Mr. Donut and had some coffee and a donut. They have decaf now so I could have a cup. F had a second cup so I went off to the grocery store and grabbed some garlic powder and a few things from the snack section. I paid and left. I was going to go back to the Food Court to meet up with F but I saw him on his way to the washroom. We had a nice reunion and both headed to the washroom. On the way we bumped into a friend of a friend, he’s also the boss of a friend so that was interesting!

We left the mall a few minutes later and drove into Tsuruoka. We went to Mina and went shopping for groceries. I picked up a few things, well, a basketful of things. I got things for dinner, lunches and breakfasts. I hope I got enough. F came in with me and was okay today.

We checked out and then came back to the house. F gave his mother her bento and stayed downstairs to watch TV or something. I came upstairs and spent time on my computer. I relaxed and drank some cocoa. 

Some time after 7pm we started talking about dinner. F’s one idea was already closed yet when I asked if he had other ideas he said that I always hated his ideas so he wasn’t going to give me any. That is just not true. The restaurant he talked about closes at 7pm. It was after 7 when he suggested it. 

Finally I suggested the new Taiwanese restaurant I like and F agreed. We went there and it was nearly empty! We had a nice meal, well, I did. I had the yurinchi chicken again and F tried Taiwanese ramen with a veggie side dish on rice. He hated the ramen. Why does he keep trying…he only likes certain Japanese noodles!

We left the restaurant after a bit and came back to the house. I decided to go upstairs and watch a movie, F decided to stay downstairs and watch the Olympics recap!

I had originally planned to watch Sinners tonight but then changed my mind and went for Downton Abbey: A New Era instead. What happened was that I just decided I wanted to see Downton Abbey. My local cinema will bring the third movie next week and I hadn’t watched the second one yet. Well, I remedied that now. 

The movie was great! F came back upstairs just before it ended and for some reason didn’t make too much noise. He did make some, but I was able to ignore it. After the movie finished we spent a few minutes together and then I went downstairs. 

So, that’s about it. Tonight I also worked on my loom knitted hat and I enjoyed it too. It’s quite long now, but I’m not sure how long I need to make it. 

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

February 28, 2026

Saturday - Rainy and cloudy but warm

I woke up quite early today, somewhere around 8. Basically that was an hour earlier than I had planned. I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed for a while. I set my alarms and went back to sleep for a bit.

I got up out of bed at 10am and then got dressed. F came upstairs a few minutes later and we talked about when we’d leave. We left the house sometime around 10:30 and went to the doctor’s office. It wasn’t too busy today and we were seen fairly quickly. On one hand, I was sad because I had a book I’m reading, on the other, I was glad not to hang around. We picked up our prescriptions and while we were there, we talked about where to go for lunch. F wanted a Japanese place, so he threw out a couple of ideas and I liked one of them. 

We ended up going to a Japanese fish restaurant that we went to once a couple of weeks ago. They had a rice thing and we couldn’t have the dishes we wanted. We had the sushi lunch which came with sushi and some miso soup. The sushi was great. We left after our meal and then decided that we were still a bit hungry!

We talked about places where we could go that we could have small meals or a sandwich or something. We couldn’t decided on one place. F kept driving around and I had no idea where he was going. Then, I noticed a new place on the road we were driving on. It had a sign up that said Jazz and Coffee. Long story short, we ended up going there. It was actually called Standard and it was nice. The Jazz was a little loud to be honest, and we had to prepay with a machine, but we could sit and enjoy music while we drank. We were thinking to have curry, but I realized I didn’t want that, so I ordered toast and butter, F got the same. I had cocoa to drink, F had coffee. The toast was good and we enjoyed it.

After we left, we went over to Musashi and bought masks and fish! F wanted some new fish for his aquarium and I had noticed we needed more masks. Yes, I still wear them when I’m out in public. I live with a lady in her 80’s and I don’t want to pass things on to her. 

We came back to the house and I went upstairs and relaxed for a while. I watched YouTube and fell asleep on it. I had to replay some of the content as I snoozed through it! 

F came upstairs after his mother came back and he decided to make his mother’s dinner. He also begged off going to the movie tonight. He had an upset stomach all day and his neck was painful. I knew he wasn’t feeling great and to be honest, he hadn’t even asked what the movie was. Sigh. I told him I’d probably go and see the film during the week if we didn’t go this weekend. 

He made something for his mother and after a while, we went out. Since he wasn’t going to the movie I suggested Gusto because I wanted to go there! I hate having rice at every meal on the weekends, so I got to have something else. 

F had some fried chicken and shared a plate of fries with me. I had a burger with demiglace sauce and most of the fries! We both had drink bar and enjoyed too many drinks!

We came back to the house and F stayed downstairs for a while and I came upstairs and watched The Hunting Party. It’s a bit of an odd show…lighter than Criminal Minds, and a little bit repetitive. I’m watching it for now, hopefully it’ll improve a bit.

And, that’s about it. F is sleeping. I’m tired and need to go to bed soon too. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow so come back and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

February 27, 2026

Friday - Clear and sunny

I woke up early this morning, went downstairs and then came back to bed. I snoozed for a while, but did get up earlier than I usually do. Yay for me!

I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast yogurt and brought it back up to the room. I had breakfast and then worked on unravelling my blanket again. I needed some coloured yarn, so I wound up a couple of balls of yarn. 

I also got an email from the editor of the Journal that I write for. She asked me how to change the pictures that I sent in with my column, but I told her that I sent them the exact same way last time! She couldn’t remember how to do it.

I also wrote a letter to my bestie in Canada. I got a letter from her yesterday so I wrote back to her today. Hopefully I can send it off tomorrow. 

I went down and made my lunch a bit before 3 pm. I had some cheese toast and some chicken on toast. There was a salad too and it was really nice. Today I watched another episode of The Good Fight. It was quite a good one, as they all were. There was a bit of a reunion of the cast of Royal Pains as the actors that played the two doctors were both on the show. They were both in the same room at times, but didn’t have any lines with each other.

F called after 5:30 to say he was on his way back. I got ready a bit later and went downstairs. I had taken the kerosene tank from our heater down when I went, so I filled it up. I left the tank on the stairs for the first person to take it back upstairs. 

Tonight was my Friday night pasta dinner. We had pasta, salad and spicy chicken fingers. They were okay. I’m not sure that I’d buy them again. I probably should have microwaved them before I baked them. 

After dinner, I did the dishes rather quickly and then went upstairs for a rest and relax. I watched some YouTube and had some tea. Later I went downstairs and took a shower. 

When I came back upstairs to the room I decided to watch an episode of Matlock. Matlock is also going away at the end of March. I have quite a few episodes to go with that show. 

And that’s about it for my day. I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. I asked F about going to the movie and he seemed okay with it, so you never know. It’ll be a late one if we do go.

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

February 26, 2026

Thursday - Sunny and warm

I woke up at my usual time and did my usual things! I went back to bed and snoozed plus watched some videos. I dragged myself out of bed later and then dressed. I went downstairs and spent a bit of time in the kitchen. I marinated the meat for dinner and I prepared an onion boil for later. 

I took my yogurt upstairs and then had breakfast at my desk. I had a quiet afternoon really, but I did finish up my column and even sent it in to the editor. That’s actually a few days early, so yay me.

Over my lunchtime I watched another episode of The Good Fight. Eli Gold was in it so it was lovely to see Alan Cumming back on the show. I watched the news when it finished and then a bit after 5, F called to say he was on his way back to the house.

I went downstairs a little before 6 pm and got started in the kitchen. I welcomed F back a few minutes later and we chatted for a bit. He went off upstairs to rest and I got stuck into dinner prep. I started off the onion boil a little early to cook and then plated other dishes and set the table. I cooked the coro-coro steak in the air fryer and then called F down. I tried to get K to wake up but she didn’t. F had to go in her room and wake her when he came downstairs. We had a good dinner and it all disappeared! We had salad, rice, and pickles with the coro-coro steak. 

I did the dishes and finished fairly early. I went upstairs and relaxed upstairs. I decided not to take a shower tonight either so I’ll have to have one tomorrow night. I did a lot of loom knitting!  Around 10pm I watched an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale and then another episode of Pluribus. I haven’t watched that one in a while and boy, that was an episode! The South American guy arrived and Carol didn’t get on with him. I’m really enjoying this series!

F went to bed fairly early tonight. He was quite tired when he came back to the house. He’s sleeping away now. 

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

February 25, 2026

Wednesday - Sunny and warmish

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I watched a few videos on my phone, read some entries on Threads and then dozed off for a while. I dragged myself out of bed later, got dressed and went downstairs.

I had sorted my clothes earlier so I took my laundry basket downstairs with me. I opened the washing machine…and K’s clothes were in there! Happily, she was up and sitting in the living room, so I asked her to move her clothes for me. She did, although it was difficult for her to understand what I wanted her to do!  I put some clothes in and then took my breakfast upstairs with me.

I had a quiet afternoon with the exception of the laundry. I relaxed, caught up with my YouTube, did a little loom knitting and then had my lunch. While I was preparing my lunch, I noticed that K had put dust that she had swept up into the plastic garbage bag. Eye roll. They haven’t changed these bags in years, so she should know not to do that, but she does it often. Luckily for me, there wasn’t much in the garbage bag so I could just tip it over into the proper bag and not worry about it. 

I made my lunch, and while it was cooking/heating up, I asked K if she wanted her lunch heated up. She said no. Oh dear. 

While I ate lunch upstairs, I watched the first episode of the last season of The Good Fight. I’m sad but also glad. I’ve got nine more episodes to go. After my show and then the news, I worked on my column. I think I have it about ready to go. I need to tweak it a little and then I should be able to send it in.

F called after 5:30 and after a bit I went downstairs. I started dinner and did a bit of work in the kitchen. I made hamburgers tonight for dinner. We had hamburgers and French fries with some broccoli, mushrooms and potato salad and salad. I think it was good! K really liked French fries, she told me when I was giving her some that she likes them! We actually talked a little today which is odd, but good. 

I did the dishes after dinner and then did up the garbage with a bit of help from F. I put the garbage in the genkan for F to take out later. I went upstairs to change my clothes.

We went over to Mina to buy groceries and wonder of wonders, F didn’t come in with me! It was so nice to do the shopping by myself and not have to worry about what he was doing or where he was!

I got the groceries and then paid and came back to the car. We drove back to the house. He’s been warning me against the evils of cold meats lately so I got a lecture on their evils again tonight. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to eat if I can’t eat either sliced chicken or sliced ham. 

Back at the house I unpacked the food and put it away, then I went upstairs. I heated up my water pot to make tea. F had bought us some of the famous fruit cream sandwiches today, so I wanted the tea to have with them. I got a strawberry sando and then a sweet potato one. They were both really good. 

I watched The Irrational at 11pm and then turned off the TV afterwards. F went to bed fairly early tonight, I’m still up as usual, but am planning to go to bed soon.

Not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. I’ll probably finish my column and watch a bit of TV in the evening. I may even do some laundry if I can!

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