Today's (22nd October 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 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
• Give broccoli to Olio-er
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - due on or before 21st now, frustratingly - it didn't turn up so I'm gonna try and sort out a refund
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Open box of memoirs
• Take first book out
• Bask in the glory of my second memoir being in my hands
• Take box upstairs
• Read memoir
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Contact home insurers about leaky roof
• Contact Amazon about refund
• 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 glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl - someone is coming for the mugs and pint glass at "5.30pm tomorrow" which is a relief
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl - someone's coming for some of the glasses "this afternoon" - I've given up waiting and they've used up their first of 3 chances - they said that they didn't get my message until this afternoon and still haven't told me when they're coming so they've used up two of their three chances now - still waiting for them to reply so I'm pondering on giving up on them - I've given them until the end of the day to set a firm day and time and this is their final chance
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the purple broccoli
• 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
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit/soup
• 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 (19th to 25th October 2026) menu

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

Monday 19th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  aubergine, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  instant soup

Tuesday 20th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Wednesday 21st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear

Thursday 22nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Friday 23rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Saturday 24th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Sunday 25th

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

Today's (22nd October 2026) breakfast comment

Today's "official" breakfast was just my usual 500ml glass of water, but I've also had, as my "unofficial" breakfast, the last box of mince pies and a 550ml mug of me-friendly creamy drinking chocolate too.

Mornin' all

Well, I didn't sleep well last night because I spotted a leak in the ceiling that wasn't there yesterday so I've gotta contact my home insurers to get their permission to get the roof replaced again which isn't what I needed right now.  I've taken a photo of it for them and woken up to a 'Morning Stability' score of 3, so I'll be able to do my laps and exercises today.  I've also taken my blood pressure (a bit high at 114) and popped my morning pills with my only breakfast today.

Apparently, the order that I placed 11 days ago has an unknown delivery date now, but I can cancel and get a refund.  I went to do that and apparently I can't do it because it's already been dispatched so I dunno which page to believe, frustratingly.

I've got a Freegler coming to pick up the mugs and pint glass at 5.30pm today, so that's a relief, assuming they arrive of course.

The virus scan was clear, so time to get today's breakfast photo sorted, then today's to-do list and warm up with a creamy drinking chocolate now me-thinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It feels like it's been a long, stressful day today, but I've got nothing to show for it other than a Freegler coming for the mugs and Simpson's glass at 5.30pm tomorrow.

I've popped my pills but I'm not tired yet.  Gonna head on up to beddy-byes anyway.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 2 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 weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Take photo of broccoli
• Advertise broccoli on Olio
• Give broccoli to Olio-er
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - due on or before 21st now, frustratingly
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Open box of memoirs
• Take first book out
• Bask in the glory of my second memoir being in my hands
• Take box upstairs
• Read memoir
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• 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
• 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
• 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 glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl - someone is coming for the mugs and pint glass at "5.30pm tomorrow" which is a relief
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl - someone's coming for some of the glasses "this afternoon" - I've given up waiting and they've used up their first of 3 chances - they said that they didn't get my message until this afternoon and still haven't told me when they're coming so they've used up two of their three chances now - still waiting for them to reply so I'm pondering on giving up on them
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the aubergines - someone is coming for them at 3-4pm - something came up so we're trying again 3-4pm tomorrow (Wednesday) - they've been picked up now, thankfully
• 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
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit/soup
• 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

Another update to next week's (26th October to 1st November 2026) menu

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

Monday 26th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  2 x Pak Choi, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Tuesday 27th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  2 x Pak Choi, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Wednesday 28th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Chestnut mushrooms, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Thursday 29th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  chestnut mushrooms, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Friday 30th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  chestnut mushrooms, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Saturday 31st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  chestnut mushrooms, 1 x egg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Sunday 1st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 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 weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Take photo of broccoli
• Advertise broccoli on Olio
• Give broccoli to Olio-er
• 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
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - due on or before 21st now, frustratingly
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Open box of memoirs
• Take first book out
• Bask in the glory of my second memoir being in my hands
• Take box upstairs
• Read memoir
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• 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
• 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
• 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 glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs or the plates or the bowl - someone's coming for some of the glasses "this afternoon" - I've given up waiting and they've used up their first of 3 chances - they said that they didn't get my message until this afternoon and still haven't told me when they're coming so they've used up two of their three chances now
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the aubergines - someone is coming for them at 3-4pm - something came up so we're trying again 3-4pm tomorrow (Wednesday) - they've been picked up now, thankfully
• 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
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit/soup
• 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 (19th to 25th October 2026) menu

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

Monday 19th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  aubergine, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  instant soup

Tuesday 20th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Wednesday 21st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear

Thursday 22nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Friday 23rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Saturday 24th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x salad potatoes, tofu, mayo 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler

Sunday 25th

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

Today's (21st October 2026) tea comment

Today's tea was a large pear that came with this week's OddBox - it was the only pear so it must have weighed around 360g!