March 11, 2026

Wednesday - Cold but sunny

Well, I had a little adventure today. I managed to get myself off to bed a little bit early last night, so I didn’t wake up until my alarm went off. 

I did my usual going downstairs and then coming back to the room. When I came back to the room I put my outfit for the day together and then jumped back into bed for a half hour snooze. I did go a little longer, but I had my clothes ready to go so it wasn’t a big deal. I waited until 10:20 or so, and then went downstairs. I left the house around 10:25 and made it to the stop on time. The bus was a couple of minutes late, but nothing too bad.

I got off at the station and then had a bit of a problem where I got confused about the buses and ended up paying extra as I took an extra bus that I didn’t need to. However it’s fine. I made it to the mall in Mikawa. I hightailed it over to the cinema and bought my ticket to my movie. However, I got a free movie as I had enough points. Woot!

I had a few minutes before my movie started so I made a quick trip downstairs to the hundred yen shop and did a little shopping. I came back to the cinema, bought my popcorn and drink and then went to see Wicked: For Good again. It was great. I think I enjoyed it more this time than the first time. 

After the movie, I headed out towards Aeon. I toured the ladies fashion department, then the crafts area and the stationary area. I made a few purchases and then went downstairs and had lunch at McDonald. I had a weird new burger with an egg, lemon sauce and some other sauce, plus fries and a drink. It was okay. 

After my lunch I went back upstairs to the clothes section and bought my friend something. I then headed downstairs and picked up a few things in the grocery store. I had just finished there when F called me and said he was finished work. I told him where I was and in a few minutes he picked me up.

We came back to Tsuruoka and the house. I came upstairs and changed into my kitchen clothing and then I made dinner!  Tonight we had toaster oven chicken, steamed cabbage, veggies, salad and rice. It was a pretty good dinner if I’m honest!

After dinner, I did up the dishes and listened to my podcasts. Then, it was garbage time. Tomorrow the burnable garbage goes out so we had to get it ready tonight. F helped me with it, and so did K. 

I went upstairs to change and then F and I went to the grocery store. We took our clean meat trays and old juice cartons back to the store as well. 

We did our shopping and then came back to the house. I put away the groceries and then went upstairs. I chilled for a while with YouTube and then watched The Irrational at 11pm. It was all about a K-Pop star so it was kind of interesting. 

Since midnight I’ve been doing my blogging and trying to get things done. I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing tomorrow except for cooking dinner! Please come back later if you like and find out what’s new and exciting with me. Until tomorrow…. 

March 10, 2026

Tuesday - Cloudy but cool

I woke up when F was still around this morning. I went downstairs and then came back up to the room and went back to bed. I watched a few videos and then went back to sleep for a snooze. I woke up later, got up and dressed. I went downstairs, grabbed my breakfast and then decided that I should do my laundry today too. 

I took my full laundry basket downstairs and ended up doing two loads today. I hung them up in my room. I had a quiet afternoon, I caught up on my YouTube and did some of my usual weekly things like backing up my computer.

I went downstairs to get my lunch around 3pm and brought it upstairs. I watched an episode of The Good Fight and it was good if a bit weird! 

I watched the news…sort of…and a bit later F called me. I went downstairs and got started on dinner. Tonight I made tacos. I haven’t made them in ages, so it was a nice change. K enjoyed them too and had a couple. F and I had three each! We had them with some of the lovely baby-leaf lettuce too.

I did the dishes afterwards and then went upstairs. I watched the finale of Project Runway. It was okay. I really didn’t vibe with this season to be honest. I thought it was a bit lazy and I really didn’t need Heidi back. I did think the best person won however. 

After a break of an hour, I watched Resident Alien with all of its craziness. It was a good show I thought. I’m a bit sad that the show is ending with this season.

While I was relaxing between shows tonight I finished my loom hat. I cast off tonight and gathered the two edges. I have one more piece of yarn to darn in and then it should be done properly. Woot. It’s very warm.

That’s about it. F said that he didn’t sleep well last night so he went to bed early. I hope he sleeps better tonight. 

I’m thinking I might go out and have an adventure tomorrow, you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

March 9, 2026

 Monday - Cool, windy, but sunny

I woke up when my alarm went off this morning. I went downstairs and thought that F was in the washroom! He doesn’t wear slippers so there was no sign outside the door that he was in the toilet except for the fan being on. I decided to give him a minute and then knocked on the door and “helloed?!”him a couple of times. Not in there. He was in the shower!

I went back upstairs and went back to bed for a bit. I decided that if I got up at 9:30 I’d have enough time to get ready to go out. I snoozed for a bit, at 9:30 I decided I needed another 15 minutes so I snoozed longer. Well, 25 minutes later I got up. Yikes. I had to leave in 25-30 minutes. I got dressed and then found my backpack, went downstairs and left the house. I locked the door and walked to the bus stop. 

F was off at his doctor’s office so he couldn’t give me a ride to the cinema. No worries. I got to the area quickly and then went to the post office first. I bought some stamps and cashed in my “winning” nengajo. I got a set of stamps, I only matched two numbers.

I walked down to the nearby drugstore and bought a few things for myself there. I didn’t get anything too exciting. I got a drink for the cinema. I walked back to the cinema and bought my ticket. It was quite busy considering how crowded the cinema was. I couldn’t get an aisle seat, so I ended up sitting in the middle of a row, but not next to anyone. I saw a woman I knew slightly, another foreigner and it ended up that I was sitting in the same row as her. We smiled and nodded. The movie? Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. It was lovely! I enjoyed it a lot. Of course I was verklempt at the end and I may have had to wipe my eyes a few times! 

After the movie I left the cinema and went to the door of the building. I texted F to say I was finished and he could pick me up if he wanted. I also ate the sandwich that I had bought to eat before the movie. I couldn’t eat it in the cinema because it was so crowded and I didn’t want to annoy people. 

F picked me up a few minutes later. As I hadn’t eaten too much at all that day, I suggested going to an Indian restaurant, so off we went. We were the only customers as it was a bit late. I had the keema curry in a spinach sauce meal, F had some chicken wings as he wasn’t too hungry. We left a bit late, after I’d finished eating. F was really hard to get moving. I kept trying to move him, as they were technically closed, but he didn’t want to leave. I was annoyed!

We went to Gyomu Supa next and bought a few things. They didn’t have any baby cheese, their potato salad wasn’t going to last long enough for us, but we got a lot of other things so that was nice.

We brought our food back to the house and put it away. Some of it needed to go in the freezer. F stayed downstairs, I went upstairs and relaxed. I watched the news sort of. Around 6 F wanted to go to the grocery store. He was making dinner tonight, so needed ingredients. I needed food for tomorrow and Wednesday.

We bought our groceries and I hope got enough stuff for all of us. I’m going to do tacos tomorrow night. They won’t be authentic but so what. We’ll enjoy them anyway.

F prepared dinner. Tonight he made a nabe and it was fine. It wasn’t my favourite soup, but thankfully it wasn’t the usual boring soup he uses as a base. He also cleaned up afterwards so it was nice I didn’t have to do anything. Yay for me!

I went upstairs to relax and watch YouTube. I came downstairs around 10:20 to take a shower. F went upstairs around the same time. When I came back upstairs I decided to watch something on the TV and put on an episode of Elsbeth. It was quite good, Ioan Gruffudd was on it. He saw a murder in New York from Scotland using a video portal in his town. It was cool, if a bit unbelievable. 

And that’s about it. Tomorrow I’ll have to try and do some laundry again. I’ll check out the cinema listings tomorrow and decide if I’ll go to the cinema again this week or next week. I’d like to see Wicked: For Good again. I also need to get my bestie another birthday present so I’d really like to go and do some shopping! A trip to the mall may be just what I need!

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

March 8, 2026

 Sunday - Snowy, Cold, Wintery

I woke up before 9 this morning, went downstairs and then ended up going back to bed. I slept longer, F came in the room but didn’t say anything. He went downstairs so I got up a few minutes later, dressed and went to talk to him. 

We planned to go to lunch at a restaurant near City Hall, but when we got there, they weren’t open! We tried another place, the butcher’s shop near my dentist’s office. We got in after a long wait outside. We paid and then were seated later. I had chicken Nanban and F had the roast beef donburi. I had a lot of food, I didn’t expect so much. I liked the lunch today, it was better than the last time we went. One interesting thing was that we saw one of F’s nieces and her family at the restaurant!

After lunch, we went to the Chido Museum and went to the Hina Doll exhibition. Who did we see at the museum? Yes, you guessed it, F’s niece again! It was funny. The dolls were cool and interesting to see. We went into another building that was called “Nostalgia” and it had items from the last century on show. They had a room set up that you could take pictures in and some games as well. It was rather well done. 

We did a quick run-through of the garden and the went back to the car. F suggested going to Komeda so that’s what we did. We had a cup of coffee each and then left around 4 pm.

We went to J. Marui, the cheap bento grocery store and picked up some food for dinner. F got himself and his mother some sushi and I got a salad and some sliced chicken. F picked up other things for food for his mother tomorrow too.

We came back to the house. I went upstairs, and F stayed downstairs with his mother. When he came up later he told me that he’d already eaten with his mother. I wasn’t too happy about that. I thought he should have invited me to join them. 

Around 6:30pm I got my food and came back up to the room and ate. The sliced chicken was surprisingly nice! When I finished eating it was about time to leave so I took my garbage downstairs and washed it. We left for Mikawa and made fairly good time even though the weather wasn’t too good.

We arrived, went into the cinema and I bought the tickets while F went to the washroom! I got the tickets and then we joined up in the concession line. I needed to use the washroom so I went into the cinema and F stayed in line and bought the popcorn. He got into the theatre before the movie started. We went to see Wicked: For Good. It was good, darker than the first one, but I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if it’ll be one of my favourite films of the year like the first one, but I did like it. F said he liked it too 

After the movie was over, I asked F if we could go over to Don Quihote as I’d like to pick up a couple of things. He said it was okay. I did get myself a charging cord for my cellphone. The one I plug into at night was shorting out on me. It could be my phone, but it could be my cord too. 

We picked up a cord and then got a few other things in the food section. I was looking for cereal, but didn’t find any. I got some cheap pasta sauce, and F picked up a lot of things for himself and his mother. 

We drove back to Tsuruoka and got back just after midnight. I went upstairs, F made himself some noodles of course!

And that…was my day. It was pretty good actually. Tomorrow F is planning to take the day off so he can go and see his doctor. His neck is bothering him again…I think it could be due to the weather change, but he needs some relief. I’m hoping to head off to Machi-kinema tomorrow to see an early movie. I hope I can get myself out of bed to do it.

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

March 7, 2026

Saturday - Rainy, snowy, windy and generally yuck

I got up first time this morning around 8 am. I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and went back to bed. I snoozed then slept for a couple of hours. F came in the room and we had a nice snuggle for a few minutes. He suggested going to Atsumi Onsen for lunch. I was okay with it, but later I suggested going to the place in Oyama.  That’s what we ended up doing.

We had lunch at Saint Amour and today I just had their kara-age lunch. The chef did volunteer to make a non-tomato pasta for me if I wanted, but I just wanted the kara-age. It was really good if I’m honest. We got salad, a pickle, a bowl of rice and three things to season our chicken with. There was also a soup bar with lovely real soup. I had the French Onion soup and it was amazing. F had the same meal as I did. 

After lunch, we drove back into Tsuruoka proper and after a brief pitstop went shopping in Shimamura. It’s a decent clothes store and as I’m looking for something cool for my bestie in Canada’s birthday, we had a look around. I did find her something which F nicely bought for me. I got socks for me too. After our successful shopping, we drove over to S-Mall and took my handbag in to get fixed again. One of the tabs for the handles has broken again. I am kicking myself for not getting them both fixed last year when the other one broke. Anyway, they took my bag, hopefully I’ll get it back in a couple of weeks. In the mean time, I’m using a huge handbag my bestie sent me years ago. It isn’t a backpack style, but I can sling it over my shoulder so that’s good.

I took F to Doutor and bought us each a coffee. His was regular, mine was decaf. We sat and spent time on our phones for a while. We finally left when F complained he was sleepy!

We came back to the house and F stayed downstairs to welcome his mother back…in 45 minutes. I came upstairs to drink tea and relax. I think I had a snooze at my computer for a few minutes too. 

Our plan was to go to the 8:25 show of Wicked: For Good tonight and I was really looking forward to it. I loved Wicked and named it as my favourite film of last year. However, F did that thing where he said he was sick again and didn’t want to see it. He did offer to take me and let me go by myself. I almost took him up on that, but I didn’t know what he’d do with himself at that time of night as the mall is basically closed after 8pm. He’d have to just sit outside in the car for two and a half hours. That would be sad wouldn’t it? I suggested that we go tomorrow instead. There is either a show at 5 something and the one at 8 something again. 

F made dinner for his mother and then came upstairs and we rested for a bit. Finally I suggested that we go out. F said he didn’t want to eat so we went over to Gusto. 

At Gusto we had dinner. I had my favourite pasta with mushrooms and nama ham. I shared a plate of fries with F and we both had drink bar. It was a decent meal and I think we both enjoyed it.

After the meal F wanted to go to the grocery store so we did that. He picked up a few things and I got a couple of spice packets. After we left the store we drove over to the drugstore and went in. 

We bought a few things at the drugstore. I picked up some pasta and pasta sauces which were cheaper than at the grocery store. We came back to the house and put away the groceries.

I came upstairs and relaxed with a bit of YouTube. At 11pm I watched The Hunting Party which was quite good tonight. 

F and I had a bit of a cuddle time and then he went to bed a few minutes later. I’m up for now, but want to get to bed soon as it is really late. 

Well, that’s about it for me. I’m hoping that we do go and see Wicked: For Good. If not, I will be going by myself next week. I do wish that F wasn’t always “sick” or claiming to be sick on the weekends. It takes all the fun out of going to the movies with him. 

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

 

March 6, 2026

Friday - Cool, and cloudy

I woke up this morning after F went to work, but before my alarm. I went downstairs, then came back to the room and went back to sleep for a bit. I woke up a couple of hours later, got dressed and went downstairs. Then, I came back to the room, took off some of my clothes and went back to sleep! I overslept but it was okay in my opinion!

I got up and stayed up then. I went downstairs to get my breakfast and brought it up to the room to eat. I did a load of laundry today and brought it back up to the room to hang up. I also unravelled a bit of my blanket, but there isn’t any of the colour I want for a while. Oh dear!

Around 3 I went downstairs and made my lunch. Today it was quite basic so I just had a bagel served open-style with ham and cheese on it. I watched another episode of The Good Fight. It was another good one and one of the judges on it today was Eric Stoltz. He didn’t have a big part really. 

When my show was over I watched the US news sort of. To be honest, these days it is on, but I’m not paying much attention to it. It feels like the US President’s own show all the time. 

F called me after 5:30 and said he was coming back to the house. I went downstairs a bit later and started getting ready for dinner. Tonight I did my usual pasta dinner. F chose a basil sauce, so that’s what I used. We had that with a sliced duck breast and a salad and you know, dinner was good. I got it on the table about 7 pm, so not too bad really. 

After we ate, I did the dishes and managed to hurt my hand somehow. It feels a bit like I sprained it, but I’m not sure what I did. I’ll try and baby it this weekend. 

I came upstairs when I finished my work and chilled out for a while. I debated watching a movie, but decided not to. I did take a shower at 10:30 and then came back to the bedroom and I watched The Handmaid’s Tale. There are two more episodes which will be broadcast next week so hopefully I’ll be finished watching them soon!

After midnight, F went to bed and I turned off the TV. I’m trying to get things finished up quickly. 

I’m not too sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we can go and see Wicked: For Good at Mikawa. K should be off to her day service if all goes well so F and I are free for a couple of hours. Hurray for that.

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

March 5, 2026

Thursday - Colder but sunny

I went to bed after blogging last night. I woke up fairly early, so early that F was still asleep. I went back to sleep and slept through my alarms! I got up finally, went downstairs and then went back to bed where I fell asleep again. I was late waking up, but I did finally. I dressed and went downstairs again. 

I went into the kitchen and decided to make oatmeal again for my breakfast. I managed not to boil it over again. I brought it upstairs to eat. I really enjoyed it.

I had a quiet afternoon but didn’t get a lot of things done. I should have done a few things, but whatever. I went downstairs around 3 to make my lunch and then I brought it upstairs to eat. As usual, I watched an episode of The Good Fight. It was good but ended very strangely, with someone seeming to fall off the building. It was a bit gross. 

F called me around 5:30 to say that he was coming back to the house. I finished up what I was doing on my computer and then changed and went downstairs. I got started on dishes in the kitchen.

F was quite late today. He said there was a lot of traffic, so I was worried. He did arrive finally though. 

Tonight we had garlic chicken, gobo salad, salad and rice. I also served dessert tonight too. We had some frozen blueberries and ice cream. That was very popular! K seemed really happy to have dessert. 

I did the dishes afterwards and they went very quickly. I’m glad about that. I was finished around 8:30, so I let F know and then I went upstairs to change.

We went out to Mina and went grocery shopping. We picked up the eggs I forgot last time, I got some salad and stuff for K’s breakfast and F’s breakfast too. F bought himself some adult beverage and some rice as well so it was rather expensive. 

We came back to the house, put away the groceries and then came upstairs to relax. I watched an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale and then another of Evil. I’m really liking this show but it’s going away at the end of the month. Sigh. 

I started working on my end of day things as usual. I’m mostly done now. I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. I’ll likely do some more laundry and try to get myself ready for the weekend. 

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