Nite nite orl

I've had a pretty good day today, other than the frequent wobbles and falls, but I've made it through and taken my pills so it's bed-time for me now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Second and final update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• 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 daily virus scan
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• 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 toast & juice/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
• Do daily virus scan
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - vacuum 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 - got very rough menu's until 15th November now - next week's official menu is now up
• 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 tea cups, glasses, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the squash or chocolate eclairs - someone is coming for them at about 4.30pm today - we're trying again tomorrow because she wasn't feeling well today - gonna check again at lunchtime to see if she's still coming or has used up her second chance - she hasn't even read my message and is 2 hours late so I've blocked her
• 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

Official menu for 12th to 18th October 2026

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Bananas

Monday 12th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passion fruit

Tuesday 13th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 1 x sweet potato, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  1 x Kiwi fruit, 1 x passion fruit, 1 x plum

Wednesday 14th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 1 x sweet potato, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x passion fruit, 1 x Kiwi fruit

Thursday 15th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear/1 x persimmon/1 x Kiwi fruit

Friday 16th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear/1 x persimmon/1 x Kiwi fruit

Saturday 17th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 

Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear/1 x persimmon/1 x Kiwi fruit

Sunday 18th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR any leftover veg, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear/1 x persimmon/1 x Kiwi fruit

Seventh update to this week's (5th to 11th October 2026) menu

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 5th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  small butternut squash, mayo OR Barista milk and birthday chocolate
Tea:  1 x Dragonfruit

Tuesday 6th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Wednesday 7th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Thursday 8th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Friday 9th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  5 x potatoes, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  500ml x Barista milk

Saturday 10th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x potatoes, 1 x Pak Choi, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple

Sunday 11th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  5 x potatoes, 1 x Pak Choi, mayo 
Tea:  1 x apple

I'll be looking...

...like a piece of fruit by next weekend!!

In my Sunday/Monday OddBox I've got chestnut mushrooms and sweet potatoes to have for my lunch, which is less veg than usual, but I've got 360g of pears, 230g of plums, 6 bananas, 500g of gold Kiwis, 6 passionfruits and 4 persimmons to chomp my way through for my teas too lol

The week after next's OddBox...

...will see me trying aubergine and also purple broccoli for the first time in my life and I can't wait!

They both seem to be easy enough to air-fry, I've just never seen or tasted them before, so it'll all be new to me next week!

I'm loving being able to experiment with all these new, healthy foods and my stomach seems to be coping with all the newness too, which is reassuring.

It'll be potatoes and a protein for most of those meals 'cos I've got sweet potatoes and salad potatoes on the same order too so I'll have to wait and see how many of each of 'em I get, but I'm loving having all these good things in my diet for the first time in a veeeery long time and I'm feeling a lot more human than I have in years too.  It's taken a while, but me and my body are coping better than I'd hoped and I'm loving having a healthier diet and my Visible means that I'm learning to pace myself and enjoying getting my heart pumping too... I'm so so proud of myself for this last year and a week!

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• 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 daily virus scan
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• 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 toast & juice/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
• Do daily virus scan
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - vacuum 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 - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• 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 tea cups, glasses, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the squash or chocolate eclairs - someone is coming for them at about 4.30pm today - we're trying again tomorrow because she wasn't feeling well today - gonna check again at lunchtime to see if she's still coming or has used up her second chance
• 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

Today's (9th October 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• 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 daily virus scan
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• 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 toast & juice/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
• Do daily virus scan
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - vacuum 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 - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• 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 tea cups, glasses, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the squash or chocolate eclairs - someone is coming for them at about 4.30pm today - we're trying again tomorrow because she wasn't feeling well today - gonna check again at lunchtime to see if she's still coming or has used up her second chance
• 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

Sixth update to this week's (5th to 11th October 2026) menu

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 5th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  small butternut squash, mayo OR Barista milk and birthday chocolate
Tea:  1 x Dragonfruit

Tuesday 6th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Wednesday 7th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Thursday 8th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Friday 9th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  5 x potatoes, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Saturday 10th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x potatoes, 2 x Pak Choi, mayo
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Sunday 11th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 2 x sausage rolls, mayo 
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Today's (9th October 2026) breakfast comment

I was debating whether to have a solid breakfast this morning because I wasn't hungry, but decided to go for it after I'd had my first breakfast of a 500ml glass of water to wash my 12 morning pills down with.  My second, solid, breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 10g of 'Buttery' spread and approx 15g of the gorgeously sweet plant-based Nutella and washed down with a 250ml bottle of Flawsome pineapple juice.