July 28, 2026

Tuesday - Rainy, cloudy & humid

Today, I got up early again. I made a trip downstairs and then reset my alarms so that I would wake up in a little bit. I did manage to get up when my alarm went off, but it took a little time. 

I went downstairs and got my breakfast and then came upstairs. I tried to join the Zoom meeting but for some reason I couldn’t get connected. It took ages and I didn’t get in until after 10:30. Oh dear!

The meeting was….well, it was nice to see everybody, but I wasn’t very talkative. I didn’t have much opportunity to talk as the topics that came up weren’t very interesting to me. Oh well. Maybe next time. 

After the meeting I took a nap! I really didn’t accomplish much I’m sad to say. I snoozed until lunchtime and then got up and went downstairs to make my lunch. 

When I ate my lunch I watched another episode of Breaking Bad. I think the show is brilliant, but I’m not sure that I’m enjoying it! After the show, I watched the news until there was a disaster alarm on the TV about an earthquake in South Japan. 

It seems like it was a really terrible earthquake in Kumamoto. An Aeon Mall was very badly damaged and there may still be people trapped inside. That gives me the willies as I often go to our local Aeon Mall to see movies or do shopping. Sigh. 

F called me after 5:30pm. He said he was on the way back to the house. I went downstairs a little later and got started on dinner. Tonight I did chicken drumsticks with salad, potato salad and I whipped up a little canned corn and tuna salad. That was surprisingly nice! Dinner was good, but F was feeling really tired and didn’t eat much. 

After dinner, I did the dishes and then got ready to leave for the grocery run. F finally got ready and we headed out to the car. He gave me a hand with the recyclables and then went back to the car. He didn’t feel well again. 

I bought the groceries, running around the store like a headless chicken. I paid and then came back to the car with the big bag. We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. 

We headed upstairs and relaxed. F headed off to bed fairly soon, I watched Law & Order. It was okay. 

Since it finished I’ve been watching YouTube and doing my end of day stuff. I’m looking forward to going to bed soon! I don’t say that often. 

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

 

July 27, 2026

Monday - Cloudy and humid, cooler

I woke up early this morning, but fell back asleep. I couldn’t properly wake up at my alarm time, but finally dragged myself downstairs. I came back up to the room, checked a couple of things on my computer and then headed back to bed. I watched a few videos and tried to go back to sleep. I didn’t manage for a while, then finally did fall asleep. Of course I ended up oversleeping again. 

I finally got up and dressed. I went downstairs to grab breakfast. When I first got up this morning, K hadn’t eaten her breakfast, but this time it had vanished. She hadn’t eaten the food I left for her lunch though. 

I had a quiet day today. I wrote a letter to my bestie and I backed up my computer. Two things that I needed/wanted to do. At lunch time I watched Saturday night’s FBI and then some of the US news. I relaxed afterwards and finished up my letter.

F called me quite late tonight and I went downstairs even later to start dinner. I got things started, well, the dishes anyway. I got them done and then F arrived. He helped me turn on the AC in the living room and also announced that he didn’t want to eat dinner. He had a headache. Oh dear. I was glad that he told me early this time. I also decided to change the menu tonight. I had planned to do chicken drumsticks, but thought I’d do the ginger pork I had planned for tomorrow. I was running late and the pork was less work. I think it was a good call. 

Tonight for dinner we had ginger pork, rice, salad with some young corn pieces, steamed vegetables and K got some mini-tomatoes. I made K her lunch plate for tomorrow and F a plate for later if he wanted it.(spoiler…he ate it later)

I did the dishes and then went upstairs. I relaxed for a while. F got up and then decided to eat his dinner. He went downstairs, brought his food up. Then, he went downstairs again and made noodles! He ate them too. 

I went downstairs and took a shower, then came back up to the room. I decided to watch something on AppleTV.  I started it on the TV but then I thought I could watch it on my computer so I could use headphones and not bother F. Of course, trying to sign in on my computer was a PITA! It wasn’t quiet either as I had to get codes sent to my phone. Oh well. I did it finally. I watched an episode of Widow’s Bay. I’m not sure why, but I didn’t realize it was quite horror based. It was funny too, but today’s episode was a bit spooky. 

After the show, I shut down AppleTV on my computer and went back to YouTube and my end of day stuff…and here we are!

Tomorrow I may join a Zoom meeting if I can wake up in time, and I might do some laundry or something. Come back later and find out what I get up to. Until tomorrow….

July 26, 2026

 Sunday - Rainy and cloudy, cooler but humid

I woke up this morning at my usual time. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I read a few things on my phone and then watched a video or two. I went back to sleep and a bit later F came in the room. He went back to bed too. He fell asleep, I woke up around noon and got up. 

I spent time at my computer until F woke up again. It was close to 2pm and then he wanted to know where I wanted to go for lunch. Most places would be finished lunch, so….I don’t know?! He was grumbly about not going for keiten-sushi…or this or that…Finally I just said let’s go to Gusto. We could have drink bar and it was still early enough that I could have a coffee. F wasn’t too happy about it, but caved.

We drove over to one of the Gustos and went in. We got a seat right away and ordered soon afterwards. F had some curry, it’s one of the specials that they offer now. I ordered for him and made a mistake…oops. I ordered him the bigger version rather than the smaller one he wanted. Sorry. I didn’t see the code for the smaller one. I had my favourite mushroom pasta. It came with nama ham and and I ordered a chicken salad on the side. We both had the drink bar and yes, I got my coffee…I had an iced cappucino and it was nice. 

After our lunch, I asked F if we could go to the Seria nearby. I wanted to check out the hundred yen shop. I bought a few things, mostly stationary. They had some really pretty letter sets and envelopes. I also got some coat hangers for doing laundry. 

We came back to the house after this. I wasn’t too impressed, but whatever. I spent time on my computer, F came upstairs and took another nap, then went downstairs to make his mother’s dinner. I’ve been in the kitchen tonight and he’s left it in such a mess for me. I am not impressed with him. 

F tried to be all nasty about picking a place for dinner, but I suggested a local place we like, Misono. We went there, got a table and both had the same thing, sort of. I had the kara-age plate, F had the kara-age set meal. He had rice, miso soup and a side dish of tofu. I just had the plate with the fried chicken, salad and a pasta salad. It was really nice. F complained afterwards that it was too big for him. I told him that was why I had the plate versus the set meal!

We had to do our grocery shopping afterwards so we went over to the PAL shopping area. F stayed in the car and I went in to do the shopping, Yay. 

I bought stuff for F’s breakfast, K’s breakfast and lunch and the family’s dinners. Oh, and my lunches. Very important! I went a bit over budget but it was okay I think. I didn’t buy any junk so that’s good. 

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. F had to do his ironing for work so I came upstairs and started watching Ride or Die. When F did come upstairs, I stopped my show (I had just started it, so no worries) and asked him if we could make plans for September. 

Basically, it’s our anniversary in mid September and it’s a fairly big one. I had hoped that we could go away for a night or two, but F didn’t want to. If we had arranged it early enough we could have put K in a short term stay, but again, he didn’t want to do that again. Sigh. We’ve made a hotel reservation for a night at a really gorgeous hotel in Tsuruoka. We’re going to have a night in a room there and then have a nice breakfast. It’ll be a nice change for us both I hope. We’ll have to make arrangements for K’s dinner and her breakfast, but hopefully we’ll be over the worst of the heat by our anniversary. We’ll be in the same city so if we worry about her, we can always check on her. 

I went back to my show and F went to bed. Ride or Die was pretty good, it was still quite funny. Some of the other characters were featured tonight so that was good. 

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. I might use some of my new stationary, I might write a postcard or two, I might think about my new column, or I might just concentrate on how to stay cool!

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

July 25, 2026

Saturday - Cloudy and rainy and humid

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. F and his mother still were in the house, but they left just after I woke up. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I went back to bed for a longer snooze. I watched a few videos and then just as I decided to have a nap, F came in the room. It was fine, he had a nap too and we both relaxed for a while.

I suggested going over to Sakata and having Thai food for lunch. We’ve gone to the restaurant a few times and I thought F liked it. However, he grumped about it and wanted to go to the fish place at the ferry port instead. I didn’t want to go there at all. He grudgingly agreed to go to the Thai place. He said that he didn’t think the meat was fresh there. It’s interesting that he has said this about the three ethnic restaurants that I like. I am so bloomin’ tired of Japanese food. It’s boring and frankly, not very good at times. 

I got dressed and then we drove over to Sakata. I took my iPod and so we had some good tunes. For some reason, my iPod kept playing Cliff Richard Christmas songs! I skipped them…it may be 5 months to Christmas today but I’m not starting to play Christmas songs yet!

We got to the restaurant and went in. We ordered and quickly got our food. I had Gapao rice and F had Thai ramen, which of course he didn’t like. I thought mine was very nice. 

On the way out of town, I mentioned that I’d like to go to Kaldi, the import food shop, but told F that I didn’t have to go today, just sometime in the next month. He didn’t take me. He offered to take me to Don Quihote but I didn’t really want to go today.

When we got into Tsuruoka he took us to the Muji store which was fine! We bought some snacks and then came back to the house. 

I turned on the AC and stripped off my outside clothes. I spent time on my computer and relaxed for a bit. F did too until he went downstairs to cook for K. We were supposed to leave the house at 7:30 but didn’t leave until almost 7:45. I wasn’t sure we’d have enough time to go to the restaurant and then get to the cinema.

We went for udon and tempura at the chain restaurant. It was really busy tonight. Luckily, we were 3rd or 4th in line, but it still took a while. I can’t eat noodles quickly, but I did my best. We left the restaurant and then drove to the cinema. By now it was raining. We arrived at Machi-ne Kinema and went in and bought our tickets. F had a free movie ticket so it didn’t cost all that much. We went to see The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. It was an okay movie with good performances. 

We came back to the house via the new convenience store that opened. F suggested getting some ice cream and I was okay with that!

Back at the house, it wasn’t so hot upstairs, so I didn’t turn on the AC. F has gone to bed, but I’m still up for the moment. I’ll be getting to bed soon. 

I have no idea what we’ll get up to tomorrow. We might go to the Art Forum, or we might just buy our groceries. I have no idea. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

July 24, 2026

Friday - Hot and humid, rainy

I woke up this morning before my alarm, quite a bit before my alarm. I wonder if maybe F had just left? I made my trip downstairs and then I came back to the room. I basically went straight back to bed. I slept rather later than I intended, but I don’t think it mattered.

I got up, dressed and then went downstairs and started a load of laundry. I also grabbed my breakfast and brought it upstairs. When it was ready, I brought my clean clothes upstairs and hung them up to dry. 

I had a fairly quiet afternoon. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to accomplish too much today. I went downstairs to get my lunch and brought it upstairs. I decided to watch an episode of Evil while I ate. I only have about 4 left now. 

I watched the news and then waited for F to call me. He finally did, after 5:30. He was going to stop at a grocery store to buy his mother’s food for tomorrow. I suggested he get something for our dinner tonight, but he didn’t! I was cooking, just thought a little something would make a nice addition. 

I got dinner on the table really early tonight. We had pasta with Setouichi Lemon sauce, salad and sliced chicken breast. It was simple, but rather nice. 

I got the dishes done fairly early and then told F I was going upstairs. I relaxed upstairs with some pistachio white chocolate latte and enjoyed that. F came back upstairs and told me that he’d taken a shower. I went downstairs a little later and took my shower. I should have gone last night, but I just couldn’t face it. 

When I came back up to the room I watched the second episode of Ride or Die. It was fun and I’m quite enjoying it. Hannah Waddingham is excellent. I like Octavia Spencer too, but she hasn’t done much yet. I hope she gets in on the action soon.

And that’s about it. I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we’ll go and see a movie tomorrow night at Machi-kinema, but it depends on how F is. 

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

July 23, 2026

Thursday - Hot and humid

Last night before I went to bed, I went to the washroom and K was up downstairs. First she went to the washroom, and then she was doing something in the living room. It looked like she was searching for something. When I came out of the washroom the living room lights were off. 

I woke up this morning and did my usual trip downstairs. I came back to the room and went back to bed. I had turned on the AC before I left the room. When I was in bed, I put the timer on the AC so it would turn off after an hour. It was a good idea I think.

When I got up later I sorted my laundry and took a full basket downstairs. I did two loads, one of tops and the other one my new pants. They got hung up in my room. 

I had a quiet afternoon, I got my lunch around 3 pm and then watched another episode of Departure. The plot is thickening!  I like it a lot, I really like Archie Punjabi and some of the other cast. 

I watched the news at 4 and then turned off the TV for a while. F called me around 5:30 to say he was coming back. He offered to bring back some ice cream for dessert and that was a nice idea I thought. 

I headed downstairs around 6pm and got started on dinner. Tonight I did a pork and seaweed stirfry and also prepped some okra which I cooked in the microwave. It was good. We also had baby leaf lettuce and that needed to be washed first too. 

Dinner was good but there were a few leftovers. Oh well, they’re my lunch now!

I headed upstairs around 9 pm. I decided that I wasn’t going to take my shower tonight. I was just too tired. I relaxed on the bed under the AC when I first came upstairs. F came up a little later and we had a bit of a snuggle.

I went over to my computer later and watched some YouTube and then went downstairs before my show. Luckily I went down a little early because K came out of her bedroom and used the washroom first. I spent a bit of time in the kitchen putting a jug of mugi-cha in the fridge and filling up a bottle of water for myself upstairs. 

I watched The Rookie and it was quite good. This season has been quite a bit better in my opinion. 

After midnight I turned off the TV and got stuck into my end of day things. F is in bed. He said he couldn’t sleep, but I did hear him snoring a bit ago. He may have woken up again though. 

Tomorrow I have a bit more laundry to do and I need to do some prep for the weekend. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to on Saturday and Sunday and it makes me a little worried. 

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

July 22, 2026

Wednesday - Hot, muggy, with some rain at night

I woke up with my alarm this morning and got up and went downstairs. I came back to the room and basically went straight back to bed! I did turn on the AC for about 30 minutes and then when it was cooler again, turned it off. I dozed and watched some videos for a a while. I got up before yesterday’s time so that was good!

I went downstairs again to grab my breakfast and brought it back to the room. I relaxed for a bit and then decided I’d write a couple of postcards for Postcrossing. Today I sent to the US and to Canada so that was cool!

F had let me know early on that he was going to be late coming back today. That wasn’t a problem. 

At lunch I went downstairs to get my food and brought it upstairs to eat. I watched yesterday’s episode of Law & Order. I’m still in a quandary about that show. I don’t love it, it’s good, but I’m wondering if it will get better?

I heard from F and reminded him that he had to pick up my new pants at the mall. He said it was okay and then we rang off. 

I went downstairs to start dinner. Tonight I did ginger pork, and I made a spicy tuna/cucumber salad. It wasn’t spicy, but it was good. I also served some potato salad and a salad. Dinner was good!

F arrived during my prep. He’d gone to get gas and pick up some kerosene as well. And, yes, he brought my pants with him. 

After we ate dinner I washed dishes and then did up the garbage in the kitchen and some of the living room stuff. F gave me a hand with some of K’s garbage too, so that was really nice.

F and I went off to the grocery store where I got to go in by myself. Yay! I forgot a few things but I was planning to go and visit a drugstore too, so it didn’t matter. 

F drove to the drugstore and both of us went in. I picked up some dishwashing liquid and then went to the food area. I picked up some pasta (much cheaper at the drugstore), pasta sauce and also some cold meat for my lunches. We also bought breakfasts for F and K. 

After we paid we went back to the car and dumped the groceries. F got in the car and I crossed the road and went to the Post Office and put my postcards in the box. Yay me. I went back to the car and we came back to the house.

I put the groceries away and then went upstairs. F went back downstairs after a minute to watch volleyball and then iron his clothes. It was fine. 

I watched The Copenhagen Test at 11pm. It was the last episode. I was hoping there would be a second season, but IMDb says it has been cancelled by the network. That’s too bad as I enjoyed it a lot. Heck, I think Simu Liu is pretty hot!

And, that’s about it for my day. I’m winding down for the day. I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. Hopefully it’ll be fun. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….