Third update to today's to-do list

• Pull water heating swich in the bathroom - done at 5.20am
• 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
• Charge up both FitBits
• Take towel into bathroom
• Have bath at 6.20am
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Catch up on all the missed housework this week - kitchen's done so far
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water (day 2 of the bread)
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have banana
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day! - he was ill so we are gonna reschedule it when he's feeling better
• 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)
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & Freegler
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom/do stock-take/adjust menu's
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets/meet up with C next week
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms & give sarnie toaster & frying pan away
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg & sweet potato
• 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
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• 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
• 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

I've just...

...tried to do the vacuuming but I'd barely started before the battery konked out on me, so that's charging now and I gave the kitchen a quick clean then made myself a decaff coffee and got today's banana off the bunch, so I'm sorted until the battery is charged up now.  This afternoon it'll be the vacuuming and bedrooms, then I'm all caught up with the housework.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Pull water heating swich in the bathroom - done at 5.20am
• 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
• Charge up both FitBits
• Take towel into bathroom
• Have bath at 6.20am
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Catch up on all the missed housework this week
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water (day 2 of the bread)
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have banana
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day!
• 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)
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & Freegler
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom/do stock-take/adjust menu's
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets/meet up with C next week
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms & give sarnie toaster & frying pan away
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg & sweet potato
• 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
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• 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
• 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 (25th Aprl 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was day 2 of the fresh loaf of wholemeal 'Toastie' bread and I had my usual two slices with roughly 20g of 'Buttery' spread and a freshly-decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Pull water heating swich in the bathroom - done at 5.20am
• 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
• Charge up both FitBits
• Take towel into bathroom
• Have bath at 6.20am
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Catch up on all the missed housework this week
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water (day 2 of the bread)
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have banana
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day!
• 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)
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & Freegler
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom/do stock-take/adjust menu's
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets/meet up with C next week
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms & give sarnie toaster & frying pan away
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg & sweet potato
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill squash bottle
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• 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
• 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 (25th April 2026) to-do list

• Pull water heating swich in the bathroom - done at 5.20am
• 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
• Charge up both FitBits
• Take towel into bathroom
• Have bath at 6.20am
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Catch up on all the missed housework this week
• 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/the radio
• 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
• Have banana
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day!
• 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)
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Get bag ready for tomorrow
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & Freegler
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom/do stock-take/adjust menu's
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets/meet up with C next week
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms & give sarnie toaster & frying pan away
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg & sweet potato
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill squash bottle
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• 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
• 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 didn't want to get out of bed yet again this morning, after my first emergency wee at 3.27am, so I've taken a happy pill as well as my other 9 morning pills this morning.  I've also taken my blood pressure (which was back into my normal range) and pulled the water heating switch on in the bathroom, so my weekly bath will be at 6.20am today.  I'm also gonna charge up both of my FitBits while I'm in the bath, to make use of my laptop being on - gotta remember to take a towel in with me.  The daily virus scan has just finished too and was all clear, so that's reassuring.

I'm absolutely fricking knackered this morning, so the last caffeinated drink of the week will be very welcome after I've had my bath.

Time to get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I'm not going to bed quite yet, but I've taken my pills and I'm gonna shut down in the hope that my brain will start to turn off in time for me to go up to bed and hopefully fall asleep soon after climbing into bed.

I've gotta remember to have my weekly bath tomorrow and get my bag together ready for Sunday then make a start on all the housework I've missed this week.

I've done well with the not snacking today 'cos I only had the banana this morning to try and increase my energy levels again and I had a hot choccie as a reward too.

Today has been a good day, but it's time to shut down for the night now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Fourth 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
• 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/the radio
• 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
• Have banana
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day!
• 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)
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & Freegler
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom/do stock-take/adjust menu's
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets/meet up with C next week
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms & give sarnie toaster & frying pan away
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg & sweet potato
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill squash bottle
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• 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
• Give Freegler her things @ 4.30pm
• 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
• 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 (24th April 2026) I'm grateful for...

...finally deciding on the pud I'll have with my warmer-weather salads starting in mid-May - there's a vegan chocolate mousse and soya yoghurts, so I've added them onto my last 3 orders that I've already placed... I'm basically gonna be a good girl for my main course then please the chocaholic in me for pud lol  It's gonna take a bit of experimenting, like it has with the solid lunches, but the next phase of my non-carer meals is in progress.

I'm also grateful that I've found a more accessible and easier to pronounce, almost fun, description of my Neurological disability and the areas of my brain that are affected.

I'm grateful that the plug guy didn't come today after all because s/he was ill this morning and I'm grateful that s/he let me know as soon as they could.

I'm grateful that I've been able to do my last set of laps of the week, but decided against the exercises 'cos I've got a really painful burst blister on my spine, just in the wrong place.

Today has been a good day and I'm soooo grateful for that!