Today's (5th September 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast just came in one part - a 500ml glass of water to wash my 11 morning pills down with.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Aaaaand... relax.

I've just had my weekly bath and this week it was so gorgeous that I didn't want to get out lol  I was in there for about 50 minutes this week and I feel a lot more human now.  I obviously didn't fall asleep while I was in there, but I feel at least semi-human now.  I'm still knackered and in a lot of pain and really weak and wobbly, but I'm ready to face the day now, instead of feeling like I'm walking through treacle constantly.

Before I got into the bath, I pulled the water heating switch on then took my blood pressure (105 this morning), popped my 11 morning pills with my breakfast and then ran the daily virus scan, which was reassuringly still clear.  I'm charging up my Visible atm so time to get my breakfast photo up, then today's to-do list together after I've brushed my teeth methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I don't care how risky it is tomorrow, I've been pushing myself too hard, too fast and too often for the last couple of weeks and I'm gonna sink into a hot, deep, lavendar-scented bubble bath tomorrow (as opposed to the shallow, warm, plain water of last week) and I'm gonna be treating myself especially gently.  I've still got a busy few days at the start of next week (big Freegle collection on Monday, groceries on Tuesday and weekly virus scan and backups on Wednesday) but nowhere near as bad as the last couple of weeks, thankfully.

I'm gonna look after myself soooooo gently for as long as it takes me to recover now.

I've popped my last two pills and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes in the hope that I'll fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow tonight.

I'll see you all briefly in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Fourth and final 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 new 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 daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Bring in first delivery - due between 5.30pm and 8.30pm - it arrived at 7.04pm so I've just put it in the hall for now and I'm heading on up to bed
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - apparently they tried to deliver at 2.52pm but there was "an issue" with the delivery, even though I was sat on the sofa then and nobody came to the door!
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Give ice poles to Olio-er at 8am
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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 
• Fill both new bottles with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Take photos of mugs
• Send photos to Freegler who potentially wants them
• Advertise mugs on Freegle - I've potentially got someone interested in them so hopefully I won't need to advertise them after all - they didn't want them so I've advertised them on Freegle now, but my middle cupboard is now, officially, clear
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• 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/shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• 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 or creative/wildlife supplies - someone is definitely interested, we're just sorting out a time now - we've pencilled in Monday, she's just gotta check on the time with her colleagues
• Give plates, sweetcorn and chicory to Freegler on Friday afternoon
• Someone else is interested in the plates, bowls, rug and seat cushion, so we're just sorting out a time now!  I've also said about the mugs if they want them too - she wants photos of the mugs, but we've pencilled in Monday 'cos of today's weather - I've sent her the photos of the mugs, but she's decided against it, so just the plates, bowls, rug and seat cushion is going on Monday and I've advertised the mugs on Freegle
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crafting/wildlife supplies or ice pops or milk or broccoli - someone is coming for the ice pops at 8am today - the ice pops have gone, so just the milk and broccoli left now and someone is interested in the crafting/wildlife supplies too, thankfully - the milk and broccoli has just gone too, so I'm just waiting on a time for the creative/wildlife things to go on Monday now!
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything - I've just marked both items as "taken"
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and 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
• 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
• Give Freegler their plates, sweetcorn and chicory at about 4pm
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and 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

Today (4th September 2026) I'm grateful for...

...my unwanted food being picked up three times today (two Olio-er's and a Freegler), the Freegle stuff going, the middle cupboard finally being emptied, washing the mugs up and putting them onto Freegle.  I'm also grateful that I'll be getting rid of everything except the mugs on Monday.

I'm grateful that my diet is still improving and that my body is coping so well with having to rapidly re-learn how to process solids.

I'm grateful that I found OddBox and that it's opened up a whole new healthy world of variety to me.  I've been able to discover new-to-me fruits and veg that there is no way I would have done otherwise.

I'm grateful that Morrisons have officially started stocking mince pies so that I can snack on a box of those every day to keep my calorie count up.

I'm grateful that I've been able to have protein today and that I had a solid breakfast this morning.

I'm grateful that I'm still able to move today and that I can hopefully have a long soak in a hot bubble bath tomorrow morning... I think I deserve it.

Tomorrow (Saturday) I'm hoping...

...to have a very early bath in preparation for Evri to hopefully deliver between 8am and 8pm.  

If Evri deliver early enough then I wanna try taking my passport photo again and maybe even going for a slow, cautious, walk around my back yard.  I won't be lapping or exercising at the weekend 'cos I've pushed myself too hard, too fast and too often for the last couple of weeks.

The weekend and all of next week are gonna be recovery days so that I don't end up bedbound again, which I'm already on the verge of.

I've hopefully got kiwiberries coming in my OddBox on Sunday and lots of mince pies and a tub of chocolates coming with my groceries on Tuesday, to ring in the festive season and hopefully reach my minimum basket total easier between now and January.

I'm gonna aim to treat myself sooo gently all weekend and hopefully next week too... I need to recover instead of keep pushing myself before I screw myself up too badly.

Third 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 new 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 daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Bring in first delivery - due between 5.30pm and 8.30pm
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - apparently they tried to deliver at 2.52pm but there was "an issue" with the delivery, even though I was sat on the sofa then and nobody came to the door!
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Give ice poles to Olio-er at 8am
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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 
• Refill bottle with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Take photos of mugs
• Send photos to Freegler who potentially wants them
• Advertise mugs on Freegle - I've potentially got someone interested in them so hopefully I won't need to advertise them after all - they didn't want them so I've advertised them on Freegle now, but my middle cupboard is now, officially, clear
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• 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/shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• 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 or creative/wildlife supplies - someone is definitely interested, we're just sorting out a time now - we've pencilled in Monday, she's just gotta check on the time with her colleagues
• Give plates, sweetcorn and chicory to Freegler on Friday afternoon
• Someone else is interested in the plates, bowls, rug and seat cushion, so we're just sorting out a time now!  I've also said about the mugs if they want them too - she wants photos of the mugs, but we've pencilled in Monday 'cos of today's weather - I've sent her the photos of the mugs, but she's decided against it, so just the plates, bowls, rug and seat cushion is going on Monday and I've advertised the mugs on Freegle
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crafting/wildlife supplies or ice pops or milk or broccoli - someone is coming for the ice pops at 8am today - the ice pops have gone, so just the milk and broccoli left now and someone is interested in the crafting/wildlife supplies too, thankfully - the milk and broccoli has just gone too, so I'm just waiting on a time for the creative/wildlife things to go on Monday now!
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything - I've just marked both items as "taken"
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and 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
• 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
• Give Freegler their plates, sweetcorn and chicory at about 4pm
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and 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

Aaaaaaand... relax

That's both things been picked up, got one more to go during office hours on Monday and a delivery due between 5.30pm and 8.30pm today, so it could potentially be a late night tonight, but I think I've earnt a drinking choccie now!

Today's (4th September 2026) tea photo

Today's tea was a healthy end to the day with the penultimate two apples.

Here's today's tea photo:

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 new 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 daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Bring in first delivery - due between 5.30pm and 8.30pm
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Give ice poles to Olio-er at 8am
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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 
• Refill bottle with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Take photos of mugs
• Send photos to Freegler who potentially wants them
• Advertise mugs on Freegle - I've potentially got someone interested in them so hopefully I won't need to advertise them after all
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• 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/shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• 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 or creative/wildlife supplies - someone is definitely interested, we're just sorting out a time now - we've pencilled in Monday, she's just gotta check on the time with her colleagues
• Give plates, sweetcorn and chicory to Freegler on Friday afternoon
• Someone else is interested in the plates, bowls, rug and seat cushion, so we're just sorting out a time now!  I've also said about the mugs if they want them too - she wants photos of the mugs, but we've pencilled in Monday 'cos of today's weather
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crafting/wildlife supplies or ice pops or milk or broccoli - someone is coming for the ice pops at 8am today - the ice pops have gone, so just the milk and broccoli left now and someone is interested in the crafting/wildlife supplies too, thankfully
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and 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
• 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
• Give Freegler their plates, sweetcorn and chicory at about 4pm
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and 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