February 28, 2023

Tuesday - Sunny and warmish


I woke up this morning when F was getting dressed in our room. I made a trip downstairs and then came back to the room and went back to bed. I woke up next when my alarm went off to remind me to take my medicine…at 11 o’clock! Yikes!  I sat up in bed and immediately the room started spinning. Oh, dear.


I made my way downstairs and then came back upstairs with my breakfast. I was feeling much better by then. I ate and decided to get stuck into my column.  I actually got it done and sent in as well. Hurray! It took most of the afternoon to get it done though.


I watched the news and then a bit after F called, went downstairs to start dinner. Tonight I made a pork stir-fry and basically just served that with rice and a salad. Oh, and some instant soup I found. It actually was a pretty good meal. All of it disappeared!


I did the dishes and listened to quite a few podcasts tonight before I was done. I checked the fridge and also grabbed the trays to be recycled by the store.


We went to Mina, the closest grocery store. F took care of the recyclables and I did the shopping. Unfortunately, they didn’t have some of the stuff that we needed, so F and I went to another grocery store. I managed to get something for K’s and F’s breakfasts for the next couple of days, so that was good.


We came back to the house and I put the groceries away.  I went upstairs and read a bit of my novel. I started a novel on the train back to Tsuruoka on Saturday and got it done just after midnight tonight. It was by Felix Francis, writing in the style of his father Dick. I liked the novel but didn’t love it.


I watched my FBI show and then turned off the TV and watched a bunch of YouTube videos. No big deal really. 


Tomorrow I hope I wake up on time! I also should do some laundry tomorrow. I haven’t done any in a while. Come back later if you like and find out about my day. Until tomorrow….

3 comments:

Marta Mae said...

Hi Helen- how do you pickle onions? Seems like a simple and quick method?
Thanks.

Helen said...

Hi...this isn't any "approved" method or anything, but I had cut up a bit of a red onion and soaked it in water. I didn't use all of it for my recipe, so I drained the water off the remainder and then covered the red onion with apple cider vinegar and just left it in the fridge. I used it on my lunch sandwiches for the next couple of days and it was very nice. It gave a nice little bite to them.

I hope that helps!

Marta Mae said...

That sounds yummy! And it is simple enough- will try it. Thank you!