Monday, 5 October 2026

Today's (5th October 2026) tea comment

I think Gaia was smiling on me today and made me too wobbly to cut open the squash deliberately 'cos I would have used a much bigger and sharper knife than the one I used on my first ever dragonfruit this afternoon, 'cos the knife slipped and I ended up cutting my finger and the blood had gone through 3 plasters by the time I had finished eating it, so I dread to think about what would have happened at lunchtime!


My second solid meal of the day was my first ever dragonfruit and I didn't have the first foggiest clue what to expect, but it was like a larger and less sweet version of a Kiwi fruit with white flesh instead of green and waxy instead of furry skin!


First 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 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
  • Take blue sack outside
  • Take rubbish sack outside
  • Bring recycling container in when it's been emptied
  • Put recycling container away
  • Bring waste food caddy in when it's been emptied
  • Put waste food caddy away
  • Bring blue sack in when it's been emptied
  • Put blue sack away
  • Bring rubbish sack in when it's been emptied
  • Hang rubbish sack back up
  • 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
  • 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 - I don't think I need to any more 'cos my Blue Badge is in the post as of today
  • 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 - I may not need to now
  • 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 - sweep 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
  • Advertise potato croquettes on Olio
  • Advertise butternut squash on Olio
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the croquettes or squash
  • 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
  • Wash and dry bedding
  • Air bedding
  • Take bedding back upstairs
  • 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 (5th October 2026) lunch comment

I've just changed my bedding and I'm too wobbly to even attempt to halve, deseed then cook the small butternut squash I was looking forward to having today, but my health and safety comes first, so I've put it onto Olio and today's lunch is just a 500ml glass of water.


Very rough menu for 9th to 15th November 2026

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


Monday 9th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Tuesday 10th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Wednesday 11th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Thursday 12th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Friday 13th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Saturday 14th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Sunday 15th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR Oddbox veg, 4 x nuggets, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Very rough menu for 2nd to 8th November 2026

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


Monday 2nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Tuesday 3rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Wednesday 4th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Thursday 5th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Friday 6th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Saturday 7th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Sunday 8th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR Oddbox veg, 3 x hash browns, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Very rough menu for 26th October to 1 November 2026

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:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Tuesday 27th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Wednesday 28th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Thursday 29th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Friday 30th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Saturday 31st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Sunday 1st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR Oddbox veg, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Very rough menu for 19th to 25th October 2026

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


Monday 19th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Tuesday 20th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Wednesday 21st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Thursday 22nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Friday 23rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Saturday 17th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  OddBox veg, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo 
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Sunday 18th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR Oddbox veg, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo
Tea:  OddBox fruit


Today's (5th October 2026) 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 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
  • Take blue sack outside
  • Take rubbish sack outside
  • Bring recycling container in when it's been emptied
  • Put recycling container away
  • Bring waste food caddy in when it's been emptied
  • Put waste food caddy away
  • Bring blue sack in when it's been emptied
  • Put blue sack away
  • Bring rubbish sack in when it's been emptied
  • Hang rubbish sack back up
  • 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
  • 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 - I don't think I need to any more 'cos my Blue Badge is in the post as of today
  • 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 - I may not need to now
  • 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 - sweep 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
  • 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 anything
  • 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

This week's (5th to 11th October 2026) menu

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
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 Jackfruit


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:  2 x potatoes, 4 x carrots, 1 x pepper, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples


Saturday 10th

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


Sunday 11th

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


Today's (5th October 2026) breakfast comments

I started off my birthday and this week as I mean to go on: with my normal 500ml glass of water to wash my 11 morning pills down with and a second, solid breakfast of 2 slices of wholemeal toast with approx 10g of 'Buttery' spread and approx 15g of a plant-based chocolate and hazelnut spread washed down with a 250ml bottle of wonky pineapple juice, which was just what the doctor ordered.


I've also got my first allowed caffeinated instant coffee of the week on the go too and I'm planning on having as many me-friendly creamy drinking chocolates as I want today - I deserve it and I need the space in the fridge door for tomorrow's two soya milks to try making my first ever seeded smoothie with yesterday's Omega seeds.  I've got no idea if it'll work or if it'll break the machine, but I wanna give it a go just to see what it's like.