July 10, 2026

Friday - Hot (so hot) and sunny

I went to bed a bit late last night. Even though I had been using the air conditioner, I found the room to be hot. When I woke up this morning, it was already over 30 degrees in our room. That’s basically unbearable for me! I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted out my laundry and then went back to bed for a snooze. I snoozed and also watched some videos. I woke up a bit earlier than usual and got up. I dressed and went downstairs. 

I started my laundry, checked the mail (letter from my bestie), and then grabbed my breakfast. I went back upstairs and didn’t actually eat my breakfast yet. My laundry was finished and needed hanging up before I ate. 

I had a quiet afternoon but did text a few people including F.  I decided to write up a postcard, but the person I’m sending to asked that we print out his kanji address and attach it to the card. Problem was, there was no kanji address! I sent him a message but no reply so far. I may have to just send it with the English address.

I went downstairs to get my lunch. While I was there, I noticed that K had finished her juice so I quickly made up some fruit tea and then gave her some when it was ready. I’m worried that she didn’t drink enough. I went upstairs and ate when I finished. I also watched an episode of Matlock. 

After 5, I waited for F to call me and see when he was coming back. He called a bit late and when he did, I told him that his mother was out of juice. He was going shopping anyway, so he said he’d get some for her. 

I changed and went downstair to the kitchen. K didn’t have the AC on, so I closed the rooms up and turned it on. It was very hot in the kitchen. 

Tonight I did my usual pasta dinner, we had spaghetti with a takana or seaweed sauce. It was really nice. We also had some sliced chicken breast, salad and a little leftover potato salad. It was nice.

I cleared the table and got started on the dishes. Tonight K went off to bed and actually wished me goodnight twice! I guess she forgot about the first time. 

When I was finished, I told F that I was done. I took a can of A&W root beer and some ice upstairs with me. I relaxed with my root beer and watched a few videos. Finally, I decided that I’d watch a movie or something. I started watching a Russell Crowe film, but it wasn’t the one I thought it was, so I stopped it. Then, I decided to put on Punch-Drunk Love. 

I watched the movie and it was okay. There was a lot of background noise here so I didn’t hear some of the dialogue. I liked parts of the movie, I wouldn’t say I loved it though. 

I turned off the TV and started doing my end of day things. F was sleeping although he has just woken up. I’m about ready to finish up and go to bed. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. F has to get K ready for her Day Service and then she’ll be away for much of the day. 

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

July 9, 2026

Thursday - Hot and sunny

Well, today was different than I thought it would be, but it was a good day. 

I woke up a bit when F got up, but I didn’t really wake up if that makes sense. I did wake up later when my alarm went off. I got up, went downstairs and then went back to bed for a bit. I was watching videos on my phone in bed when F came in. He’d had to drive someone to a place nearby but was free for a bit. He relaxed for a while and then left. I fell asleep for a little after he left. I finally got up and dressed. I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast.

I came upstairs to the room and ate. I texted F as I had found his notebook and wanted to let him know. He said he’d come by later to get it.

I had a quiet afternoon of YouTube and just as I was thinking about writing a postcard for Postcrossing, F came back. He had a long time to relax. I went downstairs and grabbed my lunch. I didn’t watch anything on TV during my lunch today. Sigh. I’m getting behind on my shows.

I watched the news and then I relaxed for a bit. I heard from F around 5:30 and I asked him to get me some yogurt for my breakfast. He said he would. I got changed and went downstairs to make dinner.

I was quite busy tonight. I made stir-fried pork with konbu, and we also had salad, potato salad, spicy cabbage, and F and K had mini-tomatoes. F brought me my yogurt and some choco-mint ice cream for dessert which was lovely of him. There were a few things leftover, but I packed them away. We had our dessert and then I went back to do the dishes. I listened to the news and they said that Bonnie Tyler had died. Total Eclipse of the Heart is my go-to signature Karaoke song so I’m rather sad about it. I like a lot of her music.

I finished up the dishes and went upstairs to relax. I watched some YouTube and chilled with the air conditioner on. Today was horribly hot, right from the morning on. 

F came upstairs after a bit, and soon after that, I went downstairs and took a shower. I am a day late if I’m honest. Last night there was just too much going on.

I came upstairs afterwards and watched tonight’s episode of The Rookie. It was quite a good one, lots of things went on. 

F took a late shower and has finally gone to bed. I will get to my bed soon too.

Tomorrow I have an exciting day planned of laundry and hopefully some Postcrossing. I’ll also be doing some kind of pasta tomorrow night too. Wish me luck!

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

July 8, 2026

Wednesday - Hot and sunny, but muggy

Well, today was an odd one, but generally a good day. 

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. F was still in bed, awake, but in bed. I went downstairs and I saw K bopping around the kitchen looking for food. When I went back to our room, I told F that his mother was looking for food so he got up to make her breakfast.

I went back to bed and slept a bit longer. F came back to the room and basically woke me up. He wanted to go to a restaurant for lunch. I grumped a bit, but did get up eventually. I dressed and then a short time later we left for the restaurant. Unfortunately, it wasn’t open where we get there. F started driving and turned a corner. I pointed out a place that we went ages ago and suggested it. We went there, had a Japanese style lunch and it was good. We had rice with “stuff” in it, some stewed chicken and tofu wrap, rice and a salad. We chose to have ice cream for dessert instead of having coffee. 

After lunch, I suggested going over to S-mall and having a coffee. F liked that idea.

On the way, we passed the main post office and I asked that we stop so I could pick up some stamps for my postcards and letters. F obliged, so that was nice. 

We spent about an hour in Doutor and then I suggested that F go off and get his hair cut. He’s been talking about doing it for days. He liked that idea, couldn’t quite believe that I was looking forward to a bit of time alone in the mall!

F went off, and I did a bit of window shopping and then a little shopping. I toured Plaza and then Daiso. I bought a few things at the latter one, then went to the bookstore next door to check out their stationary! I didn’t buy any. F called me around then and said that he was back in the mall. He came up to the bookstore and he looked at books. I went to look at the DVD store but didn’t buy anything. 

We left the mall, making a quick detour to the bakery to buy us each a treat. F got one for his mother which was nice of him. 

Back at the house, I went upstairs and then relaxed under the air conditioner. It was so hot upstairs, I basically just sat around in my underwear…. 

Around 6 I suggested that F make his mother’s dinner. He had to go out to get something for her. He did, came back and cooked for her. 

Then, it was our turn. F suggested after a bit of back and forth that we try a place near his office. It was supposed to be open until 10 pm or something. We drove there, taking a weird detour that only F understood and of course, they were closed when we got there. Our next idea was a good one. F suggested going for Okonomiyaki. We drove over near the big mall and found that the place was open. Yay. We went in and got a table. We picked two types tonight, one was Seoul, so it was spicy with a bit of kimchi in it, one was something with cheese in it. F cooked that one. It came with a garlic sauce that he was supposed to put on at the end. He did, but he had forgotten about it so when I suggested that he make holes in the okonomiyaki and pour the garlic sauce in. He thought I meant the okonomiyaki sauce. I shake my head sometimes!

Anyway, the food was great and we both enjoyed it. It wasn’t terribly expensive so I’ve asked that we go back again sometime. 

We came back into Tsuruoka and went to MaxValu as it was too late for the regular grocery store. I got some stuff for tomorrow and Friday’s dinners, K’s lunch and some stuff for my lunch. I forgot to buy some yogurt for myself, which is very sad for me. Maybe I can get some later. 

When we got back to the house I unpacked the groceries with a lot of interference from F. I asked him to make rice for tomorrow and to help me with the garbage. He took off and went upstairs. 

For the third week in a row I did the burnable garbage up downstairs. I did not go into K’s room, that was F’s job and since he couldn’t be bothered, neither could I. No, actually, I don’t go in her room. I think she’d freak out a bit if I did. She was in bed, probably asleep. 

I went upstairs and watched my show, The Copenhagen Test. It was a good one tonight and a lot of things happened. I’ve been enjoying this show a lot. 

After midnight I turned off the TV, turned on a bit of YouTube instead. I’ve been doing my end of day stuff with the AC on. F is not happy with the AC as it bothers him. I really think we put the machine on the wrong side of the room. 

Anyway, that’s it for me for today. It was quite a good day except for the ending. I don’t know why F doesn’t help me when I need it. Oh well, he’s back to work tomorrow and I’m glad about that. 

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

July 7, 2026

Tuesday-Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning as I usually do, with my alarm clock. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and coming back up to the room. Then, I sorted my laundry and prepped a couple of loads. Then, it was back to my bed I went. I snoozed and also watched videos until I actually got up later and dressed.

I got a call from F telling me that we were having problems with our internet and that it was going to go down soon. Oh joy!

I started my laundry and did a couple of loads. During the day I got my two loads done. I also watched Spiderman: Homecoming which was on NHK today. I love Spiderman, especially the Tom Holland versions!

F called to say that he was coming back to the house and had taken off the rest of the day and also tomorrow. Huh?  He wants to sort out the internet situation. 

Before he came back to the house I did let him know that the internet did in fact go down. When F arrived he tried to contact the company but wasn’t able to. 

I watched my movie and then when it was over I went and got my lunch from downstairs. I brought it upstairs and I ate it. F played around with the internet stuff downstairs and got it working for now. 

F wanted to go out and have a drink, I was fine with that, but I needed a few minutes. After I was ready, we went off and had a drink over at Komeda Coffee. That was nice. 

We came back to the house, I changed again and then went downstairs to the kitchen. I cooked dinner again tonight. We had a cholegi salad (Korean style), potato salad, kabocha, ginger pork, fried onions and rice. Dinner was good and most of it disappeared. Yay.

I did the dishes after dinner and then went upstairs to relax. Normally on Tuesdays we go out to the grocery store, but since F is off tomorrow we decided not to do that. 

I watched FBI at 10 pm and then Law & Order at 11pm. Both of them were pretty good. After that, I turned off the TV and then got stuck into some YouTube. 

I’m not sure what’s going to happen tomorrow. We have to get the internet stuff sorted out and we’ll have to do the grocery shopping as well. I hope it’ll be a little cooler tomorrow, but I doubt it. Sigh.

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

 

July 6, 2026

Monday - Hot and muggy

When I went to bed last night it was about 27 degrees in my corner of the room. When I got up this morning it still 27 degrees. Sigh. I dislike this time of year intensely.

I woke up this morning while F was getting ready for work but I did manage to go back to sleep until my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I went back to bed and watched a few videos on my phone. I snoozed a lot too.

I got up and dressed, then went downstairs to get my breakfast. I also got a postcard in the mail today! Yay. 

I had a quiet afternoon. I didn’t turn on the AC which was a mistake in a way because I didn’t do anything of note today. I had wanted to get a couple of things done, but I didn’t. 

I went downstairs before 3 to make my lunch and I brought it upstairs to the room to eat. Today I watched another episode of Breaking Bad. I feel sorry for the characters, but then I remember that they are drug makers and I decide they deserve what happens to them. 

F had told me last night that he would be late tonight, but he really wasn’t. He called me around 5:30 to say that he was on his way back. A few minutes later I went downstairs to get dinner started. 

As usual, I had a mess in the kitchen to deal with. F boils things on the stove and boils things over to check if they are boiling. He also doesn’t wipe the stove. What the heck? K contributed to the mess too. Her favourite trick is to sweep the floor and put the dust into the plastic garbage. Today it was in the plastic bottles bag. I’m sure she does it on purpose. She also put a tin that she had opened into the plastic garbage. Sigh. I had to fish it out and wash it. 

Tonight I did roasted potatoes, toaster oven chicken, mini-tomatoes for the other two, salad and cooked cabbage. It mostly turned out well. The roasted potatoes were lovely. Oh, yeah, we had some kabocha soup as well, I served it cold from the carton. 

Dinner was nice and I enjoyed it. I had to do the clean up afterwards of course and I was quite hot and sweaty in the kitchen. During the cooking I had to turn off the AC, but afterwards I turned it back on. It was too hot for me. 

After 9 pm I went upstairs and started to relax. I didn’t turn on the AC upstairs, hopefully it’ll be cooler overnight. I watched some YouTube, and then went downstairs and took a shower. 

When I came back upstairs I watched an episode of Sugar. It had a real cliffhanger ending tonight so I should try and watch the next part soon. 

F went to bed quite early. I think the heat is making him tired too. He’s sleeping now. 

So, that’s about it for me for today. Tomorrow I should be doing some laundry and I also have to cook dinner again. Come back later if you like and hear if I get anything done. 

Until tomorrow….

July 5, 2026

Sunday - Hot and Sunny

This morning I woke up around 9:30 I think. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. F came back from downstairs and he went back to bed too.  We snoozed and were slugabeds for hours. 

We finally dragged ourselves out of bed and then talked about lunch. F suggested Arpeggio and I was fine with that. We got dressed and then drove over. For a change we were able to get right in and both of us had a nice meal of chicken tenders. We talked about ordering coffee there, but decided not to do that. F suggested going to Aomoriya, the fruit tart place near the station. 

We drove over to Aomoriya but had to wait a little for a table. We both had some fruit tart…I had a mixed fruit but sadly it had banana in it. F had the caramelized banana tart and coffee. I had a pot of Darjeeling Second Flush tea. Yum. We had a nice relaxing time eating and drinking and spending too much time on our phones. I’m reading a novel on my phone at the moment and it’s rather fun so I would prefer to read it at the moment!

From Aomoriya we decided to do some of the shopping that we’ve been putting off for the last two weeks! First up, F passed the drugstore I wanted to go to. Sigh. Then, we tried another one and they didn’t have the toilet paper that I wanted. I don’t want perfume on it, and I can’t use recycled paper so….I’m picky. We ended up going back to the original drugstore that I wanted to go to!

We picked up some shopping, got our TP and paid, then we came back to the house.  It was close to 5 pm when we arrived. After a bit, F made dinner for his mother. Before he went downstairs, he asked me to think about dinner places so I did.

When he came back up, I suggested a place just across the park. However, when we got there, it was closed. I don’t know if we were too late or if they just didn’t open tonight. My second suggestion was the Taiwanese restaurant. We went there instead. 

When we were there, we decided we’d have a cold noodle dish, they offer them for summer. You can have the cold noodles with fried rice and fried chicken or with fried chicken and gyoza. F had the fried chicken and gyoza, I had the other one. F didn’t eat all of his stuff and wanted me to eat the rest of it. I was rather annoyed. I don’t mind eating a little extra, but not all of it!

After dinner, we went to the grocery store and did our shopping. Tomorrow I’m going to do toaster oven chicken with some roasted potatoes I think. 

Back at the house, I put away the groceries and then came upstairs. I relaxed for a while and then realized I had just enough time to watch a movie. For tonight’s viewing pleasure I decided to watch Renfield, a comedy horror with Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult. I thought it was quite fun, but it was a bit gory so definitely not for everyone. 

I turned off the TV when the movie was over and got started on my end of day things. I’m about done now and then I’ll get off to bed. 

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, so come back and find out! Until tomorrow…. 

July 4, 2026

Saturday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up a little early this morning, but went back to sleep. Then, my alarm went off at 9 am but F and K hadn’t left yet! I got up and went downstairs then came back to the room and sorted out my clothes. I started to get dressed and then F came back into the room. I was getting ready to go and finished. A little while later, F and I left the house and drove over to Cocos. 

We had a lovely (mine) and grudgingly okay (his) breakfast at Cocos. It was good. I had waffles, scrambled eggs, salad, bacon and a sausage and hash browns for breakfast. It was very nice.

 

We left and then started driving out towards Mt. Chokai.  On the way there, F started saying that his shoes were broken and he should get a new pair. Hmm. I suggested going back to the house and changing them out, but instead we ended up at the Mall in Mikawa. F got himself a pair of summer sandals/shoes and after I bought us something to drink, we were on our way again. 

We stopped at a Michi-no-Eki to have a washroom break and to buy a treat at a bakery, then we went further on our way. We ended up most of the way up Mt. Chokai. We stopped to take pictures in a couple of places. I was getting a bit nervous about the time. We’d taken a while to drive out to the mountain and we had to be back at the house by 4:30. F said we could do it. 

We drove back and part of the way used the highway. We stopped into the udon chain restaurant in Tsuruoka so we could get something for our very late lunch. We got take-out and ate it back at the house. 

I headed upstairs to relax and F stayed downstairs to wait for his mother to return. After she came back, he came upstairs and took a nap. 

Around 6 F made dinner for his mother and then we left to have ours. We went to Misono, it was F’s idea and it was fine with me. We ate and I liked mine, F well...same as usual!

We drove over to Machi-ne Kinema but since we were early, went to the drugstore for a while first. I got a drink there, and picked up some pasta sauce and pasta. It’s cheaper at the drugstore. 

Then, we went back to the cinema and went to see The Life of Chuck. We both liked it a lot. I know that not everyone does like it, but I thought it was cool. The cast was amazing, lots of great people like Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Hamill and Karen Gillan.  Mia Sara was in it too and I haven’t seen her in anything in yonks. 

We were on our way back to the house when I asked F if he needed anything for K’s breakfast tomorrow. He decided to go to the big grocery store to get something for her. We drove there, went in and F bought her some fish and a few other things. 

We came back to the house. We came upstairs and F went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately. He’s very tired. He drove a long way today. I’m tired too. I got up earlier than usual, but it was a nice way to spend the day, so I didn’t mind. I’ve always told F that if he makes plans I will get up! I did today. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow, but if you want to find out too, come back a bit later. Until tomorrow….