Saturday, 4 April 2026

Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, very exhausting day today and I'm absolutely shattered, so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm going to bed.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl


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

  • Pull water heating switch on - done at 4.55am
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan - all clear again today
  • 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
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Charge up Charge 6
  • Take towels into bathroom
  • Have bath @ 5.55am
  • Turn water heating switch off
  • Get dressed
  • Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
  • Advertise carrots on Olio
  • Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots
  • Tidy living room (Thursday)
  • Tidy bedrooms (Friday)
  • Sort out more of spare room (Friday)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room (Friday)
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle (Friday)
  • Vacuum floors (Saturday)
  • Mop floors (Saturday)
  • Have bath (Saturday)
  • Flop in an exhausted heap (Sunday)
  • Phone pharmacy on Tuesday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
  • Do morning crunches - 35 this week
  • 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 radiator or seat cushion
  • Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall 
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
  • Go through apps on my spam phone
  • Make tea of soup
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Log tea into FitBit app
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • And treat-sized choccie on the side
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • And toasted giant corn in the drawers
  • 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

  • Pull water heating switch on - done at 4.55am
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan - all clear again today
  • 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
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Charge up Charge 6
  • Take towels into bathroom
  • Have bath @ 5.55am
  • Turn water heating switch off
  • Get dressed
  • Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
  • Advertise carrots on Olio
  • Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots
  • Tidy living room (Thursday)
  • Tidy bedrooms (Friday)
  • Sort out more of spare room (Friday)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room (Friday)
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle (Friday)
  • Vacuum floors (Saturday)
  • Mop floors (Saturday)
  • Have bath (Saturday)
  • Flop in an exhausted heap (Sunday)
  • Phone pharmacy on Tuesday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
  • Do morning crunches - 35 this week
  • 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 radiator or seat cushion
  • Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall 
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
  • Go through apps on my spam phone
  • Make tea of soup
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Log tea into FitBit app
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • And treat-sized choccie on the side
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • And toasted giant corn in the drawers
  • 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (4th April 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the penultimate meal of 80g of Sweet Potato Fries, 142g of frozen mixed veg, cooked in 1ml of air fryer oil and washed down with a 330ml can of Sparkling Mango pop.


Here's today's lunch photo:


First update to today's to-do list

  • Pull water heating switch on - done at 4.55am
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan - all clear again today
  • 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
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Charge up Charge 6
  • Take towels into bathroom
  • Have bath @ 5.55am
  • Turn water heating switch off
  • Get dressed
  • Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
  • Advertise carrots on Olio
  • Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots
  • Tidy living room (Thursday)
  • Tidy bedrooms (Friday)
  • Sort out more of spare room (Friday)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room (Friday)
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle (Friday)
  • Vacuum floors (Saturday)
  • Mop floors (Saturday)
  • Have bath (Saturday)
  • Flop in an exhausted heap (Sunday)
  • Phone pharmacy on Tuesday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
  • Do morning crunches - 35 this week
  • 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 radiator or seat cushion
  • Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall 
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
  • Go through apps on my spam phone
  • Make tea of soup
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Log tea into FitBit app
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • And treat-sized choccie on the side
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • And toasted giant corn in the drawers
  • 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (4th April 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast just came in a single part - my usual 500ml glass of water to take my morning pills with.


Here's today's breakfast photo:


Today's (4th April 2026) to-do list

  • Pull water heating switch on - done at 4.55am
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan - all clear again today
  • 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
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Charge up Charge 6
  • Take towels into bathroom
  • Have bath @ 5.55am
  • Turn water heating switch off
  • Get dressed
  • Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
  • Advertise carrots on Olio
  • Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots
  • Tidy living room (Thursday)
  • Tidy bedrooms (Friday)
  • Sort out more of spare room (Friday)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room (Friday)
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle (Friday)
  • Vacuum floors (Saturday)
  • Mop floors (Saturday)
  • Have bath (Saturday)
  • Flop in an exhausted heap (Sunday)
  • Phone pharmacy on Tuesday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
  • Do morning crunches - 35 this week
  • 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 radiator or seat cushion
  • Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall 
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
  • Go through apps on my spam phone
  • Make tea of soup
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Log tea into FitBit app
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • And treat-sized choccie on the side
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • And toasted giant corn in the drawers
  • 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Mornin' all

I was asleep for 8 hours and 43 minutes overnight, according to my FitBit but I'm absolutely shattered this morning so I'm glad it's the weekend and I won't be exercising!


I pulled the water heating switch on in the bathroom at 4.55am so bath-time is at 5.55am which will wake my neighbours up if I turn the vacuum cleaner on, so I'll do the mopping and vacuuming after I've had my lunch.


Breakfast today was a 500ml glass of water that I have every morning so that I can swallow my pills.


There's an update to my VPN that needs to restart my laptop so I'll finish off the virus scan and do that, then have my bath and charge up my Charge 6 methinks.


Gotta remember to get today's to-do list together, so I'll do that while I'm waiting for the virus scan to finish.


BBS


Friday, 3 April 2026

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely poopey-dooped so I've taken my pills and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.


I'll see you all in the morning for the last of the housework catch-up and my weekly bath, then I intend to flop onto the sofa and not move lol


Nite nite orl


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

  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan - all clear today
  • 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 - I was approved for another book yesterday so it's what I'm gonna spend today and tomorrow reading - after less than a chapter (2%) it was a DNF
  • Add more books to my TBR pile
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
  • Advertise carrots on Olio
  • Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots
  • Tidy living room (Thursday)
  • Tidy bedrooms (Friday)
  • Sort out more of spare room (Friday)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room (Friday)
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle (Friday)
  • Vacuum floors while water is heating up (Saturday)
  • Mop floors while water is heating up (Saturday)
  • Have bath (Saturday)
  • Flop in an exhausted heap (Sunday)
  • Phone pharmacy on Tuesday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
  • Do morning crunches - 35 this week
  • Charge up Inspire
  • 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 radiator or seat cushion
  • Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall 
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
  • Go through apps on my spam phone
  • Make tea of soup
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Log tea into FitBit app
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • And treat-sized choccie on the side
  • And loads of soft drinks
  • And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
  • And toasted giant corn in the drawers
  • 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed