April 25, 2024

Thursday - Rainy and cool

Today was an odd day. Last night, I was nearly done with my blogging and late-night stuff when F requested that I come to bed. I’m not sure why. Then he started saying he didn’t feel well and a few other things. I finished up as quickly as I could…ironically, if he hadn’t bothered me I would have been finished sooner!

This morning he did wake me up when he was getting ready to go, but I fell back asleep quickly. I woke up when my alarm went off, made a trip downstairs and tried to do my usual get changed and go back to bed. I did go back to bed, but I couldn’t sleep. After a while, I decided to just get up and get on with my day. 

I went downstairs and made my breakfast. I made porridge again and it was lovely and warming. I’m glad as it was a cold day today. For the news time, I decided to go back to bed to watch the news. I hoped that I’d take a quick nap after the English language news finished. It finished, but I couldn’t fall asleep, so that was a bust!

I got up again and in a few minutes, I went to get my lunch. I came back upstairs with it, ate and watched Fringe. I saw two episodes today, back to back. I’ve been really enjoying seeing it like this. 

F called me after 5 as usual and said he was on his way back, so I got changed and went downstairs to get started on dinner. Tonight I made a new dish, I made warm spicy tofu. I can’t believe that I haven’t done this before because it was quite easy. All I had to do was warm up the tofu by bringing it to a simmer in a pan with water and afterwards dump on a sauce that I made. It turned out well. 

When F came back, he realized that he hadn’t made rice for dinner. I had asked him to make it last night, but he’d forgotten. He went ahead and made it right away. 

He went upstairs and I got on with dinner. For dinner tonight we had the aforementioned tofu, teriyaki chicken, salad and broccoli. It was quite nice and everyone seemed to enjoy it. The tofu was popular and we all put the sauce on our rice too!

After dinner, I did the dishes. It wasn’t too bad as I’d only used one pan and it wasn’t very dirty at all. I got done and reminded F that we needed to go out to get some food. 

We went to Mina again and this time I sort of strongly suggested that F stay in the car. He actually did, so I was happy. I got a few things in the store and paid. While I was doing that, I turned in three sheets with stickers from bread products that I’ve been collecting for the last few weeks. I got three small bowls. They are pretty nice and as long as I can find a good place for them in the kitchen I’ll be happy to have them. 

We came back to the house and I got F to fill up the kerosene tank from our heater and take it upstairs for me. I unpacked the groceries and then went upstairs. Since it was still a little early, I decided to watch another Fringe episode. It led to the death of one of the characters so that was a bit sad, but the episode itself was good. I did a bit of knitting during the episode too. 

I watched the new Rookie spin-off at 11 and I’m afraid I wasn’t too impressed. I quite like The Rookie, but this one just irritated me. I might watch another episode or two to see how it goes and decide if I’ll keep watching or not. 

And that’s about it for my day. F is sleeping tonight, which I’m glad about. Last night he was terribly fidgety and I’m glad that he seems to be sleeping better.

Golden Week starts tomorrow night. We don’t have many plans as F has to work in the middle and we can’t leave K alone for long. I’m hoping there’ll be a movie or two to see, but apart from that, who knows?

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

April 24, 2024

Wednesday - Rainy and cooler

I woke up today when my alarm went off. Hurray! Hubby dearest didn’t wake me up. I went downstairs and then I came back up to the room. I changed some of my clothes and then gave myself a pedicure. My feet were so rough, so I took care of the dead skin and moisturized them. I put my socks back on after that.

I took a nap and went back to sleep for a while. When I got up, I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast and then came upstairs to eat. I watched the news and also some YouTube. Same old, same old. I did a little bit of knitting today too. I started using the double-pointed needles too. 

I went downstairs a little early for lunch and brought it upstairs. I of course watched two episodes of Fringe and they were good. I watched the news and did some of my computer stuff too. 

F called me after 5 and said he was on the way back, so after a bit, I went downstairs to get started on dinner. Tonight, I did a fairly simple dinner. I heated up hamburgers from the store and served them with salad, pasta salad, fries and I also made some curried tuna and some fried mushrooms. It was quite nice really. 

I finished the dishes after dinner and then the garbage because it has to go out tomorrow. I put the downstairs garbage in the genkan for F to take out and went upstairs to relax and sort out the garbage upstairs too. 

I watched a bit of YouTube and then went downstairs to take a shower. When I finished, I came back upstairs and watched another episode of Fringe while I did a couple of rows of knitting. As usual, when it was over, I turned off the TV.

I watched some YouTube and did some stuff on my computer too. I’ll likely go to bed soon. F isn’t feeling well and is trying to get me to go to bed soon. I don’t really want to though!

Anyway, I’m done for tonight. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

April 23, 2024

Tuesday - Sunny and warm

F dropped something this morning when he was getting ready for work and he woke me up. Unfortunately, today I wasn’t able to go back to sleep so I went downstairs to use the washroom. F was in there. Sigh. Later, I went back upstairs and got back into bed. I slept quite late again. I had planned to get up a bit earlier today, but I didn’t. 

I went downstairs for breakfast and bumped into K. I was a tad worried because she’d already eaten her breakfast and her lunch. It wasn’t even noon yet. 

I came upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I ate my breakfast which was oatmeal. I decided to make it today and I really enjoyed it. I watched some YouTube and also some news, I did a bit of knitting too.

I made my lunch around 2:30 and brought it upstairs to eat. I actually had brought up too much. I had leftovers from yesterday, my salad and my toasted sandwiches. I couldn’t eat it all. Yes, I watched two episodes of Fringe today.  In the second of the episodes, one of the new characters was killed and it was very sad. I hope that I can get a few more watched in the next couple of days.

F called me after 5 and said he was on the way back. I went downstairs to start getting dinner ready. Tonight we had sausages and roasted potatoes left over from yesterday. I did them all in the air fryer. I also made guacamole and served that with tortilla chips. Everything turned out well, but I was a bit late with dinner.

After dinner, I did the dishes and then went upstairs to change. A few minutes later F and I went out to Mina. Unfortunately, F chose to come into the store with me. I find it so frustrating. When we went through the checkout, I was surprised that there were a bunch of things in the cart that we didn’t need at all. F bought chocolate and cotton buds. I have spare cotton buds at the house. Ack. 

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. I thought F was going to help, but he didn’t. No big deal really, as I prefer to do it myself. Then I know where everything is!

We went upstairs and I relaxed for a bit. I wrote an email to my bestie because I owed her one, then watched FBI: Most Wanted. Tonight it was about the “people journalists” and a woman who thought her daughter was still alive despite being killed in a mass shooting. It was a decent episode.

While I was watching the show, I did 4 rows of my hat and I put in a new lifeline.  I also tried it on and it’s a little too big.  I think when my hair is longer again, it’ll be fine. I have enough yarn to make another one when I’m finished if I want to do that!

Anyway, that’s about it for me. Tomorrow I imagine I’ll be watching more Fringe, doing some more knitting and maybe cooking dinner too. Doesn’t it sound exciting?  Not to me either. 

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

April 22, 2024

 Monday - Sunny and warm

I woke up this morning when F’s alarm went off at 7:00 am. Sigh. He was long gone to work or an onsen. I had to wake up enough to turn off the alarm, and then I was able to get back to sleep after that. I overslept from my alarm, but no harm done really. 

I got up eventually and made my breakfast. I brought it upstairs and ate. I watched some YouTube and some news… same old stuff. After a bit, I watched the news from the bed and then I turned off the TV and had a snooze for a few minutes.

I went downstairs a bit later and grabbed my lunch. When I came upstairs with it, I watched Fringe of course. I watched two episodes in the daytime, and they were really good. 

F called after 5 to say he was on his way back, so when the episode I watched was over, I went downstairs to get started on dinner. 

Tonight I made air fryer chicken legs with boiled new potatoes, salad and spinach. I thought it was really good, but F hardly had any food at all. K had a bit, and so did I but I was a little upset. 

I did the dishes afterwards and then went upstairs with a can of root beer. Unfortunately, my root beer is almost finished. I have the feeling that some other people have been helping themselves to it. Grr. 

I spent a bit over an hour upstairs on YouTube and then went downstairs to take a shower. I took down some fresh towels and a bottle for water for upstairs.  After my shower, I was in the washroom when I heard a lot of noise. F had come downstairs to use the washroom and K got up to use the washroom. Luckily I didn’t spend too much time in there!

I went upstairs and asked F to bring up my bottle of water for me. I started watching Fringe, another episode today too. It was good. Now in the series it is set in the future and it’s a little odd, but I like it. I think I have eleven more episodes to watch before the end of the month.

And, that’s about it for me. Tomorrow I’m cooking dinner again and I’ll see about doing other things during the day. I’m pretty sure I’ll watch some more Fringe too!  

Come back later if you like and hear all the fun from Tuesday. Until tomorrow…..

April 21, 2024

Sunday - Hot and sunny

I slept in this morning and it was lovely! I woke up first around 9 am, made a trip downstairs and then came back and went to sleep again! Around 11:30, F came up to our room and suggested going for lunch. He had a couple of good ideas for places to go.

We went to a cafe that we only visited once before. It’s a cafe that serves mostly curry, it was nice. I enjoyed our lunch, F wasn’t so sure!  We both had the hirekatsu curry. I had mine with a lassi, F had hot coffee. 

After lunch, we picked up a bento for K’s lunch and brought it back to the house to give it to her. I came upstairs and changed my jacket. It was quite warm and I was wearing a warm jacket today.  

F and I drove over to the nearby park and went to the craft fair. The fair was probably great, but I was rather annoyed at my husband. He would look at stuff that I had no interest in, and every time I stopped to look at stuff he had no interest in my stuff! The best thing would have been to split up and then meet later, but neither of us suggested it.  We didn’t buy anything so it was rather a waste of time. 

After the fair, I suggested going to Komeda Coffee and getting something to drink. We haven’t been there in ages so that’s what we did. We were seated quickly and decided to have the cake and coffee option. I had the iced caffeine-less coffee and a cafe au lait layer cake. Yum.  We spent a bit of quiet time there and just relaxed, then went and did our grocery shopping. 

F came in the grocery store with me and it was okay. He does have the tendency to make me go down aisles that I don’t need to go down, which is a bit annoying!

We paid for the groceries and I packed them. F only brought in a small bag, so I had to use one of my own shopping bags. Oh well.  After our shopping, we hit up a drugstore for F and then came back to the house. 

I put the groceries away and headed upstairs. F was supposed to give his mother some dinner, but he didn’t for a while. We talked about where to go for dinner, but it took us a while to go too. Our first choice closed early so we went to Kula Sushi.

We had an okay dinner at Kula. It isn’t the best sushi there, but I enjoyed most of it. I did have some that I didn’t like much. F won a prize from the lottery system…I think he’s going to put it on the fridge!

When we left the restaurant, we walked over to the  drugstore in the parking lot and I bought a few things there. I bought a drink for both F and I amongst other things. 

We came back to the house and I came upstairs. After a bit of YouTube catching up, I fired up the Fire Disk and watched an episode of Fringe. While I watched Fringe, I did some more work on my hat. I have started decreasing for the top! Woot. After that, I tried to sign into Apple TV+, but it wouldn’t open. I ended up watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory. It was fine.

And that was my day. It was quite a good one, but I did a lot of walking and my legs aren’t too happy with me. Sigh. 

I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. Come back later if you like and find out. Until tomorrow….

April 20, 2024

Saturday - Warm but muggy

Today was an odd day, but it wasn’t terrible. Hurray for that. 

I dragged myself out of bed this morning and got dressed for going to the Doctor’s office. We got there on time but were honestly almost the last people seen! The good thing about sitting in the waiting room is that I got a lot of my book read.  I’ve been keeping Jennifer Weiner’s The Breakaway for reading in the waiting room. It does mean that I don’t read it for a while between appointments. 

We picked up our medicines and then we had to decide where to eat. Before we went out, F mentioned that he wanted to change his car tyres but couldn’t loosen some of the bolts. He wanted to take his car to the dealership so that they could undo the stuck bolts for him. The car dealership is next to Cocos, so I suggested going there for lunch.

We went to the car place and F asked them to undo the bolts for him, and that we wanted to go for lunch. So, we did and they did.

Cocos was a tad busy at first, but we did get seated right away. I ordered for us but something went wrong! I was supposed to order spicy Caribe chicken for F with large rice, but what came was plain chicken with a bun. I had planned to get that at one point. My order was fine, I had a burger with a bun. I think I was checking to see if I had ordered my bun correctly and I may have deleted F’s order. Oh dear. It  didn’t seem to matter to F and he ate it anyway. I would have been rather annoyed, but he was fine.

After lunch, we picked up the car and went back to the house as K was due to come back soonish. F stayed downstairs and he changed the tyres on the car. I watched YouTube upstairs and then took a mini nap.

F finished and then went downstairs to make his mother dinner. I suggested using one of the packets of food that I bought for just such a situation. 20 minutes later he came upstairs to tell me that he made her a bunch of other things because he couldn’t find the packets. He didn’t look properly! I took him into the kitchen later and showed him. Eye roll. 

He did have a bit of a snit fit at me which I didn’t think was called for. He decided he wasn’t going to the movie tonight and he wanted to have ramen. I told him it was fine, he should go and have his ramen and I would go and see the movie alone on Monday. A couple of minutes later he said he wanted to go to the movie. 

Thus began our attempt to find a decent dinner. I had suggested a Chinese restaurant nearby. F liked the idea, but then went with an idea to go to a more expensive dinner. However, when we got there, it wasn’t open. Then, I suggested another family style restaurant but it was busy and the parking was full. So, he decided to go back to the Chinese restaurant. We got there. It was busy and they said we couldn’t be seated for 40 minutes. It was already 7:00pm and the movie started at 8:00pm. F asked me if it was okay and of course I said no. 

We ended up at the same gyudon place we went to last week. However, we both ordered meals this time and they did arrived in decent time. I had chicken breasts deep fried and F had pork. It wasn’t a great meal, but it was okay. 

We ate our meals and then zoomed off to the cinema. There were more people watching today’s movie de jour than last week, but it still wasn’t too crowded. The cinema was darn cold though. We went to see First Cow and it was good. It was a little slow, but I enjoyed learning about this time and place. 

After the movie, we went to MaxValu to pick up some food and snacks. I tried to find something at the deli that I wanted, but there wasn’t anything. I did pick up a couple of things at the bakery. 

We came back to the house and I went upstairs so I could watch FBI. It was a decent episode. Then, the TV went off and I got stuck into YouTube and blogging. F stayed up a bit later than usual, but is sleeping away now. 

I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I have to do all my usual shopping stuff to get ready for the week ahead. I’m hoping that we’ll have a bit of time to goof off or at least enjoy each other’s company. However, the earphone does seem attached to F’s ear, so I’m not sure that will ever happen.

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

April 19, 2024

Friday - Cloudy, rainy and cooler

I woke up before my alarm this morning, I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and got changed. I tried to go back to sleep for a while, but the housebuilding nearby was really noisy and I just couldn’t fall asleep. I ended up getting up a bit earlier than usual and watching the news on TV. 

I grabbed my breakfast and tried to decide if K was still at the house or if she was out (I think she was in). I came upstairs to eat and then a bit later, I took a nap. I did manage to sleep for a few minutes and woke up feeling refreshed.

I made my lunch around 2:30 and then came back upstairs. I did watch Fringe today, two episodes, and they were fabulous. One of the episodes that I watched was like it was from a different series…it took the story and turned it on its head.  I was blown away. It worked, but wow!

F called around 5:15 and said he was on his way back. He wanted to stop at a grocery store to get things for himself. He asked if I wanted anything so I suggested getting something for dessert. 

I went downstairs and got started on dinner. F came back and had bought some ice cream for us all. That went into the freezer. I asked him if he wanted me to cook right away or if I should serve dinner at 7 pm. He said right away, so I got on with dinner. We had pasta with a store-bought sauce, ham and salad. We also had the ice cream that F bought too. 

F didn’t like the pasta, but I did. I did the dishes and they didn’t take too long tonight since I’d only used one pan and just a few plates. I went upstairs when I was finished.  

I was working on my knitting when F came up and asked if I wanted to go out. Nope. He offered to take me out for karaoke but that surprised me a bit. I was planning to take a shower in a bit so I didn’t want to go out! 

I watched a bit of YouTube and then went and took my shower. When I finished I came upstairs and watched an episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. It made a nice change!

F went to sleep a bit earlier. I’m a little sad. He’s spent the evening as he does, with an earphone in or a pair of headphones on. I have things that I want to talk to him about but I refuse to talk to him about important things when he’s only listening to me with one ear. And, he’s always only listening to me with one ear. When he bothers to listen at all. 

Well, that’s about it for me for today. Tomorrow we have a doctor’s appointment and I hope that we’ll go and see a movie at Machi-kine in the evening too. 

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