Monday - Cloudy, cold and a bit rainy
I woke up a bit when F left, checked how he was and then I went back to sleep. I woke up with my alarm, got up and then watched the news on the TV. I caught a bit of a movie but turned it off for a bit to do some reading.
I got up a little late but dressed and went downstairs to grab breakfast. I didn’t see any sign of K at all this morning. I didn’t hear her for hours either.
I stayed up and watched The Core which is a movie I haven’t seen in years! F and I saw it in the cinema when it came out. It was silly and over the top and reasonably enjoyable too.
I went downstairs for lunch and then came back up and ate. I had my usual stuff for lunch and enjoyed it. I watched the news and then F called a bit later to say he was coming back.
I went downstairs to start working on dinner. Tonight I was making tacos and did something unusual tonight. I made some pico de gallo…or my version of it anyway. I chopped up some mini-tomatoes, chopped up a quarter of an onion, added some salt and pepper and a couple of dried herbs too. The recipe called for some lime juice or in a pinch some lemon juice. Instead, I used the kabosu that F had bought a couple of weeks ago. It’s fairly sour so it worked like a charm. I put it in the fridge for a bit to meld flavours.
After I made the pico de gallo I got started on the tacos. They didn’t take that long to make tonight, so that was good. I got everything out on the table by twenty after 7 or so. I gave K tortillas today and showed her how to make up a taco and she liked it. F liked it too when he finally joined us. After a bit, F went to the kitchen and made himself some rice and had taco rice! That surprised me.
I did the dishes after dinner. F had scrubbed the frypan while he was waiting for his rice so it didn’t take me so much time to do everything. I listened to my usual podcasts at the time. I went upstairs when I was done, F had just gone upstairs too.
We relaxed for a while and then I went downstairs and took a shower. It was nice. I came back up and my show had already started. Boo! Still, it was on the DVR so no harm done. I tried to find my crochet but I couldn’t. I was rather upset about that. I did watch The Good Wife and it was really good again. There were some interesting people on the show. Michael J. Fox was on again and so was Vanessa Williams.
I turned off the telly after the show was over and got stuck into my blogging. And, that’s about it.
So, that’s it for me. I have work tomorrow, so the first part of the day will be getting ready for it. Come back later on and hear all about my Tuesday. Until tomorrow….
2 comments:
Good on you for making some pico de gallo! I remember trying to cook (New) Mexican food in Japan and just trying to find ingredients was basically impossible, even in Tokyo. I never saw a jalapeno or green chile or the like! I could find jarred salsa at one of the shops in the neighborhood, but it was not very good sadly.
I hope things have blown over with K. I've been reading the details of that saga and feeling like you must be under tremendous pressure dealing with K. I could never be "the good Japanese daughter-in-law." I don't know how you manage!
To be honest, I didn't have any jalapenos or green chiles so I just left them out! I've only ever seen canned jalapenos at the store and when I do have jalapenos they don't really agree with me now I'm older, so figured it would be okay. It did taste very nice. The raw onion did give it a kick and so did the kabosu juice so it was decent, but not completely authentic. I do have an old jar of salsa in my fridge, but it was a tad suspect looking when I opened it, so I didn't want to use it.
There's a couple of places I can get salsa here, there's a Japanese brand that I often buy. It's okay, but no idea if it would be considered good, and then the import store often has a brand or two. We just don't use that much so sending hubby to the store for a jar seemed a bit silly when I could make something passable.
Now that the weather has turned a lot colder K has been spending more time in bed. She doesn't like to run the heater because of the cost of buying kerosene. It's bad for her, but a bit of a relief for me.
I'm definitely NOT a good Japanese daughter-in-law. I mostly try and ignore her! The fact that I can't understand her does help quite a bit. It does put me under a lot of pressure at times, true enough.
Anyway, thanks for visiting and commenting! It's always nice to hear from you!
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