What A Day

 Today turned out to be a lot more busy than I thought it would be.

Shopping, dentist, vets and more shopping!

I managed to get up early again this morning, about 7:30, David made breakfast as he didn't have work last night!

After breakfast David and Christopher went to the other land to see if they could start to clear some of the weeds and bushes. I think they did okay until David broke the handle on the chain saw! I think he can glue it back on! I hope so as these things get to be expensive!

While they were out I started lunch. Very simple, rice, miso soup, salad and chicken!

After that was done David, Hannah and I went shopping. 

Hannah wanted to check out some clothes shops! She got a cardigan and shoes, somehow David paid for them!

We then stopped into a second hand store, the same place that we bought the counter table from!

This time they had a selection of sofas that were reasonably priced!  Most second hand stores were selling sofas at the same price as new ones!  This store had some at less than 8000 yen (about 50 pounds). We looked around a bit, buy, not buy, what to do! Finally decided to get one. I would like something nicer but for now this is good!

New to us sofa

Of course the cats got on it first!  I'm going to put some throws on it later!

After lunch Christopher had a dental appointment. During the holiday he was eating some chews and pulled a filling out! The dentist he went was one we used when we lived there many years ago. They have built a new clinic, very nice and modern. Christopher said that there was a consultation room, also the treatment rooms are separated, very different to the usual set up in Japan! 

New dental clinic

Then we had to wait for vet to open to take Fluffy.  Fluffy has some kind of allergy, she over grooms and scratches until she bleed, also her eyes are really bad with this gunk running out.

While we were waiting Hannah and I had a little walk around. The vet is on the street where we used to live, he used to be our next door neighbor.

The area has completed changed. But still a nice trip down memory lane. Hannah was about 5 when we moved from there, she has a vague memory of the area. The house we lived in was taken down many years ago, there is a very nice house there now!

where we used to live

We also found a small vegetable stand that operates on a trust system. The vegetables or fruits are left there with a money box. You take what you want and put the money in the box. 

the sign says what's for sale and how much

fruits and small money box

I used to love these when I first moved here. Some days I didn't have enough money to buy things, so I would take something, usually onions or carrot, and go back the next day and put some money in the box! 

We finally got Fluffy into the vets!  She's okay, got some tablets and eye drops!

poor Fluffy at the vets!

Another good day. One big problem is that it has gone very cold. It didn't get over 10C today, this house is very cold when the weather was mild, I really don't know how we are to survive if it gets colder!!