Wednesday, 16 September 2026

I'm also gonna aim for...

...doing at least two months worth of photo deletions a day.  I'm onto my third month today, but if I aim for one month before lunch and one month after it, it hopefully won't take too long and I'll be able to do about a year every week (I'm gonna give myself Sunday's off and hope to manage to squeeze in an extra couple of months once a week) so that I can get through it all without feeling rushed or pressured to get it done.

Now that...

...my body is used to and can cope with fresh veggies every day, starting next week I'm gonna try adding a protein to my lunches too.  I've got things already in the freezers and I'll introduce them gently, but it's the next step to a healthier diet.


Second update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run weekly virus scan
  • Do backups
  • Study at least one course
  • Listen to podcasts
  • Listen to playlists
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Read and review a book
  • Add more books to my TBR pile
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
  • Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your breakfast
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026 - finished March 2026 now
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups in hall
  • Do morning crunches in hall
  • Do morning twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • Take passport photo of my head, shoulders and upper body - The one in my blue top is acceptable, but not the ones I took yesterday or today - gonna try and take a photo without my headband first - needs to be without my headband and glasses and taken in the air-lock in the middle of the day
  • Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first - I've got hopefully all of the information I need now 
  • Take part in competitions
  • Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
  • Keep voicemail active
  • Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
  • Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
  • Open living room window
  • Open kitchen window
  • Open back door
  • Open bathroom window
  • Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • Take photos of left counter cupboard things
  • Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
  • Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
  • Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend
  • Send reviewers my book if they agree
  • Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the rug, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the potatoes
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Update menu with your lunch
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Refill can dispenser
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
  • Do afternoon crunches in hall
  • Do afternoon twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up personal phone
  • Charge up spam phone
  • Charge up watch
  • Charge up HLTH band
  • Charge up fan
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your tea
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
  • Post about something I'm grateful for today
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Clear browser caches every Tuesday
  • Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
  • Do evening Visible check-in
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Fifth update to this week's (14th to 20th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Kiwiberries
Toast
Mince pies

Monday 14th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Leftovers
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Tuesday 15th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  2 x pickled eggs
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Wednesday 16th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Thursday 17th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Friday 18th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Saturday 19th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Sunday 20th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 2 x boxes kiwiberries, 1 box x mince pies
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Today's (16th September 2026) lunch comment

Today's lunch was a quick and simple meal of an orange pepper, approx 5g of Vegan Mayonnaise and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Guava pop.


First update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run weekly virus scan
  • Do backups
  • Study at least one course
  • Listen to podcasts
  • Listen to playlists
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Read and review a book
  • Add more books to my TBR pile
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
  • Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your breakfast
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026 - finished March 2026 now
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups in hall
  • Do morning crunches in hall
  • Do morning twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • Take passport photo of my head, shoulders and upper body - The one in my blue top is acceptable, but not the ones I took yesterday or today - gonna try and take a photo without my headband first - needs to be without my headband and glasses and taken in the air-lock in the middle of the day
  • Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first - I've got hopefully all of the information I need now 
  • Take part in competitions
  • Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
  • Keep voicemail active
  • Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
  • Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
  • Open living room window
  • Open kitchen window
  • Open back door
  • Open bathroom window
  • Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • Take photos of left counter cupboard things
  • Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
  • Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
  • Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend
  • Send reviewers my book if they agree
  • Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the rug, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the potatoes
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Update menu with your lunch
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Refill can dispenser
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
  • Do afternoon crunches in hall
  • Do afternoon twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up personal phone
  • Charge up spam phone
  • Charge up watch
  • Charge up HLTH band
  • Charge up fan
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your tea
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
  • Post about something I'm grateful for today
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Clear browser caches every Tuesday
  • Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
  • Do evening Visible check-in
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Fourth update to this week's (14th to 20th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Kiwiberries
Toast
Mince pies

Monday 14th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Leftovers, 2 x potatoes 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Tuesday 15th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  2 x pickled eggs
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Wednesday 16th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Thursday 17th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Friday 18th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Saturday 19th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Sunday 20th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 2 x boxes kiwiberries, 1 box x mince pies
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Today's breakfast comments

Today's breakfast was just a simple 500ml glass of water 'cos of not wanting to throw up when I got washed, brushed my teeth and changed this morning.  I had a multipack of 8 chocolate wafer bars afterwards too, to shut my cravings up lol


Today's (16th September 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run weekly virus scan
  • Do backups
  • Study at least one course
  • Listen to podcasts
  • Listen to playlists
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Read and review a book
  • Add more books to my TBR pile
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
  • Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your breakfast
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups in hall
  • Do morning crunches in hall
  • Do morning twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • Take passport photo of my head, shoulders and upper body - The one in my blue top is acceptable, but not the ones I took yesterday or today - gonna try and take a photo without my headband first - needs to be without my headband and glasses and taken in the air-lock in the middle of the day
  • Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first - I've got hopefully all of the information I need now 
  • Take part in competitions
  • Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
  • Keep voicemail active
  • Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
  • Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
  • Open living room window
  • Open kitchen window
  • Open back door
  • Open bathroom window
  • Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • Take photos of left counter cupboard things
  • Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
  • Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
  • Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend
  • Send reviewers my book if they agree
  • Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the rug, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Update menu with your lunch
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Refill can dispenser
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
  • Do afternoon crunches in hall
  • Do afternoon twists in hall
  • Do wall planks in hall
  • Do side steps in hall
  • Do hip circles in hall
  • Do squats in living room
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up personal phone
  • Charge up spam phone
  • Charge up watch
  • Charge up HLTH band
  • Charge up fan
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • Update menu with your tea
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
  • Post about something I'm grateful for today
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Clear browser caches every Tuesday
  • Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
  • Do evening Visible check-in
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Mornin' all

I had another disturbed night again last night and eventually gave up trying to sleep, then my Visible threw a strop at me so I had to reboot my mobile while I came downstairs for a wee, then took my Visible reading (which was another 3), sorted out my undies and came downstairs for the day with my clothes, went for another wee, took my blood pressure, then my pills, went for another wee and got washed and changed while the weekly virus scan was running.  Thankfully everything was clear so I started off the backups and here we are!


I didn't have a solid breakfast today 'cos of brushing my teeth, so I just had a glass of water to see me through until lunchtime.


Time to get my exercises done and dusted, then my first hot drink of the day, then put today's to-do list together methinks.


BBS