kotatsu (oh-oh) and 3-go (go-go)!?

ok, strange title, but I am in bit of a silly mood.

this morning we were somehow out of the house and ready to drive to playgroup by 9:15am (as in, all seated in the car at that time). Then as I got to the traffic lights, I had a horrible thought - the kotatsu!!!! J uses it most mornings for a few minutes to defrost, I guess, while he gets changed (socks go on under the kotatsu - I must admit, I would be the same too!) but her usually turns it off a before he leaves as K and I are not up and about in the living room at that time. But today, I was up. And as I was about to drive away from the house for the day, I remembered that he used the kotatsu, and that it might still be on. So I did a quick u-ey, ran upstairs and checked - yep, it was on. Safe. Reminds me of the time I got to work in Oita, sat at my desk only to get this feeling of dread flush over me that I had left the kotatsu on. I drove the 30mins home down the mountain to check (it was off, oh well) then 30mins back up the mountain to work again. Better to be sure though, right.

And the 3-go, well, it seems that we are no longer a 2-go rice family any more. Last night the rice was all gone - not a skereck left. I like to have some left over, sort of keep it up my sleeve, you know, for K's lunch the next day if needed. So tonight I am cooking up 3-go. I don't know if it is just my imagination or not, but it seems that whenever I cook 3-go of rice, it never comes out as nice as 2-go. Guess we will find out tonight. (It is going with ginger pork, broiled pumpkin (かぼちゃの煮物）and....and....and.... well, I am still thinking of something else to go with it. Maybe some stir-fry veges.