September 18, 2026

Friday - Sunny and warm

I woke up early this morning and went back to sleep. Yay. I woke up again later before my alarm went off. F had already gone to work, but he’d left his breakfast behind. Oh dear. 

I went downstairs and then came back to the room and yes, I went back to bed. It was nice. I watched a couple of videos and snoozed. I dragged myself out of bed later, dressed and went downstairs. I grabbed my breakfast and then came back upstairs to the room. 

I had a quiet morning and afternoon. I watched a lot of videos on Facebook and then went downstairs for my lunch. I brought it back up to the room and while I was eating I watched another episode of Modern Love. This one was with Tina Fey and John Slatterly. It was okay and I understood the point they were trying to make about long marriages!

I watched the news and got mad at parts of it again. I’m Canadian and the news from the US does tend to annoy me at the moment. 

F called me around 5:30 and said that he wasn’t feeling great. He was on his way home but was really tired. I asked him if he wanted dinner and he said that he didn’t. 

I changed and went downstairs around 6pm. Today I did spaghetti carbonara with hamburgers, Korean- style salad, cucumber pickle and mini-tomatoes for K. I got everything on the table a bit after 7pm and K and I ate most of the food. It was quite nice. 

F, when he came back to the house, went upstairs and went to bed. He spent most of the evening in bed. 

I washed the dishes and then said goodnight to K. I went upstairs. I went over to my computer and found an email from my sister. F was sleeping on the bed and didn’t hear me come in. 

F got up after a while and a few minutes later I went downstairs and took a shower. I really needed one as I haven’t had one in a few days.

I came back up to the room and watched an episode of Sugar. It was excellent and so moody tonight. Well, it always is. Colin Farrell is so cool in this show. 

Since midnight I’ve been watching some YouTube and doing my end of day things. We are going into Silver Week here, so F will be off work until Thursday. I’m a bit nervous about the whole thing. We have no plans and F is sick and grumpy. 

So, that’s about it for me for today. Come back later if you like and hear about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

September 17, 2026

Thursday - Hot and sunny

Yesterday, I didn’t feel good at all. I had a bad night, F had a bad night. He said I snored, I told him it made sense as my nose was completely plugged up. I couldn’t breathe!

He went to work in the afternoon yesterday and while he was gone I did a couple of loads of laundry. K was off with her daughter so I had the house to myself. I wish I felt better!

When F called me at night I asked him to bring a bento for his mother. He didn’t feel like eating, neither did I. He did bring her a bento and I didn’t end up eating until after 11pm!

When F came back to the house, he went back to bed. He slept. I stayed up for a bit, and then went to have a nap around 8 pm. I woke up after 10 and got up. At 11pm I watched Grey’s Anatomy and had a cup pasta thing. I went back to bed around 2am, which is early for me!

I managed to sleep fairly well and woke up around 6:30. I went downstairs and when I came back to bed I checked my phone. We didn’t have internet. Sigh. F strikes again. He forgot to pay the bill. 

He decided to take the day off, I think he was still feeling bad too. 

He took care of the internet and did a little shopping too. I got up around 11am this morning and had my usual yogurt and cereal. A couple of hours later F offered to take me out for lunch but I turned him down. I wasn’t really ready to be out in public yet.

Instead, a while later I was presented with a bowl of yakisoba. Which I didn’t want. I decided that I had to eat it or face the wrath of F. He was pretty nasty at times this morning. It was okay but I don’t like yakisoba. 

Around 6pm I went downstairs to start dinner. Tonight I boiled some potatoes and then turned them into hash browns, and I did some air-fried chicken legs. We had them with salad and some pickled cucumber. 

F came down to eat, but honestly didn’t eat very much. He had one chicken leg. K and I had 3. Oh well. I’m sure he had noodles later anyway. 

After dinner I did the dishes and put them away. I went upstairs and changed and then F and I went out to buy a few groceries.

I went shopping, got a few things and then we also visited a drugstore and bought a lot of stuff there! 

We came back to the house and put things away and then came upstairs. At 11pm I watched The Rookie and killed off one of their long-time baddies. I was surprised about that. 

And that’s about it for the day. I’ve been watching some YouTube since midnight and I’m needing to head to bed soon. I’m still a bit under the weather, but I do feel much better than I did yesterday. 

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

September 16, 2026

 Wednesday - Cloudy 

Sorry, I didn't update today as I was sick and spent a good part of the day either in bed or wishing I was. I had an early night and didn't blog. 

I'll try to catch up on Thursday's blog....

Until tomorrow....

September 15, 2026

Tuesday - Rainy and then clearing

Hello again! We came back from the hotel this morning. Oh….Yesterday?  It was fine. F and I are both a bit under the weather. I think I have a cold and F probably is the one what gave it to me!

We had a long morning at the house yesterday. F made breakfast for his mother and then made her lunch too. No one seemed to care about my lunch! I finally went downstairs just before 2:30 and demanded that we go for lunch! We went over to Coco’s where I had their chicken salad with nuts and F had a burger and we shared a small fries. We had their drink bar too and it was nice.

We got K a bento for later and then went back to the house to finish getting ready. I was basically just hanging around waiting for F to do whatever he was planning to do. He didn’t seem ready at all. 

Finally, we got moving. We went to the hotel first, checked in, and then went to our room. It was very nice. We had a large double bed. I think it was probably a king size bed. It was nice but I was sleeping close to the window and it was hard to get  into bed!

We went out for dinner to our favourite yakiniku place and had dinner. It was delicious. The last few years we’ve gone somewhere “fancy”. The food looks great, most of it is lovely, but we got to just relax and have fun together, cooking our own food.

We went back to the hotel after dinner and then took our baths. The hotel has a couple of onsen baths for their guests and we went off to the baths and had a nice time there. I went back to the room before F did. 

We decided to watch a movie together and I suggested watching Mayday, the new movie on AppleTV with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. It was silly but fun. F managed without Japanese subtitles, but did have trouble when the subtitles were due to characters speaking Russian.

F went to bed when the movie was over. I stayed up a little longer, but did go to bed before I usually do. 

This morning, we woke up around 7:30 and went up to breakfast around 8 am. It was very nice and we both ate quite a lot. We went back to the room afterwards to finish packing up and then checked out at 10am. 

We drove back towards the house and stopped at a grocery store to get something for K’s lunch. We came back to the house and relaxed a bit. F gave K her bento, I unpacked and put my computer back together.

We went over to the Kamo Aquarium around 1pm. It was raining on and off quite hard at times. We went in and had lunch first. F had jellyfish ramen and I had deep fried fugu. It was good, but very, very boney. 

We toured the facility and enjoyed ourselves. I haven’t edited my pictures yet. When we finished, we decided that we needed ice cream!

We drove back into Tsuruoka and went to Baskin Robbins. We both had the same ice creams, a milk shortcake and mint choco cookie chum. They were both good.

We talked about dinner and decided that we’d take K out somewhere as she’s been stuck at the house for most of the weekend. We decided on Gusto.

We went back to the house and picked up K. We drove over to one of the Gustos and got a table. We did quite well. K had curry, I had pasta and F had a hamburger with a fried egg. We shared a plate of fries (K loves fries!) and had drink bar too. I got to do the leg work for most of the drinks. It was fine.

We brought K back to the house and then F and I went to the grocery store. I asked him if he’d make rice if I needed him to and he refused. He wants me to do it. I will not. I do not like rice and would rather eat anything else. So, we will have potatoes this week. If F doesn’t like that, too bad. I’m sure he’ll bugger off and make himself noodles later. Too bad for him. 

I went into the store and did the grocery shopping alone. Yay for me. I got everything and then paid and came back to the car. F wasn’t there! He’d gone into the building. Luckily I didn’t have to wait too long before he came back. 

We came back to the house. I put away the groceries and then came upstairs. I relaxed for a while, F went to bed. He’s back to work tomorrow. It is one of our anniversaries but he couldn’t take it off. 

I watched Law & Order and it was okay, bit meh! I turned off the TV and got stuck into YouTube. I’m a tad behind as I didn’t watch much yesterday. Good for me. 

So, that’s about it for my day. Both F and I are still sick. My nose is running and I don’t feel that great. 

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

September 13, 2026

Sunday - Warm and sunny then very rainy later on

I woke up around 9:30. F was back in bed beside me and we talked a little. I went downstairs, came back to bed and took a bit of a nap, as did F. Later on, he went downstairs and I was a bit surprised he didn’t offer lunch for me. While he was downstairs I decided I’d feed myself and had some cup pasta. He came up after I finished and then offered to take me out, but I wasn’t that hungry anymore!

We spent the afternoon quietly. F did some laundry, I packed my backpack. I watched some YouTube and then somewhere after 4 we did go out! We went to Gusto for a late lunch/early dinner. I had chicken with a mushroom sauce and some grilled vegetables with caesar dressing, F had a mapo-tofu set meal that was really salty and he didn’t like it much. We both had drink bar and took advantage of it.

When we left the restaurant it was just chucking it down. F made a mad dash for the car and drove over to pick me up. I got in the car in about 5 seconds or less and I got very wet!

We went to the supermarket and picked up some stuff both for tonight and for tomorrow. F wanted his adult beverage for tomorrow, I wanted some food for later tonight as I was sure I’d get hungry. (I did.) 

We came back to the house and I put the groceries away then came upstairs. F stayed downstairs to watch some volleyball. I watched last night’s episode of The Hunting Party, it was spooky. Then, I went downstairs to take a quick shower.

I came back upstairs and decided to watch something on the Fire Stick. I ended up watching the first episode of Freaks and Geeks. I’ve heard so much about it. I had no idea how many now famous people were in it. John Francis Daley was so young and so small! I remember him from Bones when he was older and taller! I’ll likely watch the rest of the show over the next few months. I had brought up some of the food we had bought when I came upstairs, so I ate that. It was a good thing I had that!

I turned off the TV and started doing my end of day stuff. F got up and went downstairs. He’s having trouble sleeping and the air conditioner is not great for him. However, it is so hot and humid that I’m not sure I can turn it off and open up the window. 

Well, I will be off tomorrow night with my hubby celebrating our 25th anniversary. There will not be an update tomorrow night, so don’t wait up! Come back in a couple of days and we’ll catch up! Until next time….

September 12, 2026

Saturday - Very warm and sunny

I woke up quite early this morning, before 7 am. I went downstairs, but F was already there! After a bit, I went back upstairs and went back to sleep. I ended up oversleeping my alarm and didn’t wake up until F came in the room. Oops! 

I got up and went downstairs and took a shower. Then, came back to the room and finished getting dressed. F had asked that we go to Tenkane for lunch and I said okay. I don’t really like it, but we haven’t been for a bit and I didn’t want to fight this weekend. 

We went to the restaurant and got seated soon after. They had changed their menu and raised their prices a bit. I had my usual dish, the bento box style lunch. It was okay, but I ended up giving F part of my lunch as I couldn’t eat it. F got a snail and a tempura green pepper from me. We also got dessert at the restaurant.

After we finished at the restaurant we went shopping at DCM. I thought they might have the stuff F wanted for his fish, but they didn’t. I found some DVDs for sale, so I bought one, Dogma. I saw it years ago and it is so controversial that most streaming services won’t carry it. It was a former rental DVD so I hope it works, and I hope I actually watch it. I’ve got so many DVDs that I haven’t watched. I should get on that…maybe a good project for next year?

After shopping we went to Komeda to have something to drink. F got all angry at me because I told him that I don’t understand why he doesn’t go all the way in to a stall (or restaurant booth). He, as always had some stupid excuse, but in all honesty, I find it obnoxious. He makes me go past him all the time and it just doesn’t make sense. Fill to the back, not from the front!

We went to MaxValu after our drink to pick up some bentos for dinner. Then, F proceeded to go walkabout around the store. I wanted to leave so we could be back at the house in time for K. It was after 4 and she usually returns at 4:30 and we still had to check out. Finally we left and got back to the house around 4:20. We were safe, but it was really close and F didn’t seem to care much.

I relaxed upstairs for a while and spent time on my computer. F came upstairs a bit later and relaxed. We went back downstairs a little after 6 pm to heat up the bentos and have dinner. We had our bentos and some mugi-cha. We ate with K and it was fine. I washed the bento boxes and some of the other dishes after we ate.

I went upstairs to change my clothes. F came up much later and then we left the house and drove out to Mikawa.

I really wanted to get to the mall earlier, like around 7:30, but we didn’t leave the house until 7:25. F likes to run really close to the deadline, I prefer to be early if possible. However, we did make it. The cinema wasn’t that busy and we bought our tickets and then our popcorn and drinks  in time. We went to see The Odyssey and both of us really enjoyed it. It was quite a movie!

On the way back to Tsuruoka afterwards, F asked if I was hungry. He said that he’d like to go to a gyudon shop and have something to eat. We ended up going to one and F had gyudon and I had pork curry and rice, with salad and miso soup. It was quite nice. I’m not sure if it was the best idea for this late at night, but I’m fine so far!  I really wanted to leave but F just kept sitting there. He stayed about 20 minutes longer after I first said I was ready to go. It was annoying!

So, F was a bit of a pain today, but I’m sure that I annoyed him too. He’s been a bit under the weather today too and even went to the doctor in the morning so I really should cut him some slack. 

I’m not sure what we’re going to get up to on Sunday. We have to get ready for our night away on Monday night so I may be packing!

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

September 11, 2026

Friday - Sunny and warmish

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and went downstairs. When I came back to the room I sorted laundry again and then went back to bed. F and I texted a bit to discuss our dinner plans for Monday night. We are having a night in a fancy hotel so we can’t really do anything too extravagant this year. We are talking about yakiniku…it’s good for me, but I’m not sure if F really would be okay for it.

I snoozed a bit and watched some videos. I got up later and went downstairs to start my laundry. I didn’t see K at all. On my laundry changeover time, K’s daughter was in the house and it did surprise me a bit, but I can’t really say much to her.

I had a quiet day at the house really. K wasn’t around much. I thought that might happen. When she has a really active day like yesterday, she often sleeps a lot the next day.

When I had my lunch today I watched a new show. I watched the first episode of Under Salt Marsh which has potential. It’s a British Crime drama. 

F called me around 5:30 today and said he was on his way back to the house. I asked if he’d join us for dinner and he said he wasn’t sure. When he got back to the house I was downstairs about to start some dishes. I suggested if he wasn’t too hungry to just have a little food with us and he said it was okay.

Tonight we had pizza! I had bought two pizzas at the store on Tuesday night and a big salad. Last night I bought a cooked chicken breast, so I sliced that up. We had those things with some leftovers from last night. It was nice and it was also good to have all of us at the table again. 

I took the dishes off to the kitchen to wash and K went to bed quite early. When I finished, I went upstairs to change and relax a little. F and I went out. 

First we walked to the nearby shrine. Today was my mother’s birthday and I wanted to do something to show I remembered. I also wanted to commemorate 9/11. It happened just before we got married so we had that hanging over our happy times. Sad to say, but I’m almost glad that my sister didn’t come as she would likely have been stuck on a plane in Vancouver with her then very young daughter.

We came back to the car and then drove to the convenience store. A few days ago I bought us ice cream and they had a special offer that a few days later we could come back and get another ice cream for free, but it had to be a specific type of ice cream! The store had one of the kind we could get for free. The clerk did look for another one, but they didn’t have any! So, F bought one ice cream and we got one for free!

We came back to the house and went upstairs. F basically went to bed soon after he ate his ice cream. I decided that I’d watch a movie. I ended up watching the newest Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Now that I’ve seen the whole thing I can confidently say that it was awful and I didn’t like it! It was over the top and they left out at least a third of the book. The costumes were made out of the wrong types of fabric. I liked the stars but I didn’t like the movie at all!

I turned off the TV when I finished, and watched a bit of YouTube. It’s now quite late so I really should get myself off to bed. 

I’m not completely sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we’ll undertake a journey with Matt Damon but you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about our Odyssey. Until tomorrow….