Friday, 24 July 2026

My new fan has...

...officially just completely run out of juice from it's first charge the day that I got it and pretty much daily use, for most of the day, ever since so it's done really well!


It's starting off at 0% at 4.52pm and I'm already sweating again lol


Already up to 2% 6 minutes later, so it seems to take 3 minutes to do 1% so that's not bad at all!


Product Review: Cl-ear Express Ear Spray 45ml

Cl-ear Express Ear Spray 45ml
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

I bought this because my ears were starting to get clogged up with wax and I wanted to avoid taking up a medical appointment, so I thought I'd give this a try.


I figured it'd just be a spray version of my usual anti-wax drops so got half a ball of cotton wool cut up and balled it, ready to pop into my ears in preparation for being deaf.


I read the instructions twice and didn't believe that the spray would come out of my ear... it'd settle on the blockage and slowly work like my usual drops, right?


Nope.


I was wrong.


I sprayed the oil into my ear and it started coming out before I'd even fully taken the nozzle out of my ear, so I tilted my head even flatter but the spray kept coming.


There's no way that it could clear the wax if there was no spray left in my eardrum, right?


Wrong again.


As more and more of the spray came out I was rapidly wiping it away from my jaw and neck until I'd use up the whole of the cotton wool ball on just that one ear.


I closed my other ear and I could already hear the radio clearer and louder than I could before I used it.


I got a few tissues ready now that I knew more of what to expect and did the other ear.


Same thing happened.


I wiped the spray away from my jaw and neck until it had all come out, dried my jaw and neck off and repeated the test on the other side.


I could hear clearly!


I wouldn't need to get my ears syringed after all!


If your ears frequently get clogged with wax and you are fed up of regular earwax cleanings with water at your GP surgery, then get this and a box of tissues into your basket!


Opinions please!

I'm a short-arse at only 152cm tall, so reaching into the bottom of my chest freezer is pretty much impossible for anything that isn't as long as a full loaf of bread and even that is risky.  


I'm trying to get more healthy, solid food into me now that my carers have fired me because apparantly I didn't need their help when I didn't wake them during their twice daily naps when I was only allowed to have a mug of instant soup/ready to eat snacks like picnic eggs a day or sometimes not even that if they were hungry too.


I've got a 3 boxes of vegan sausage rolls and 2 packs of frozen soya pieces because that's all I can realistically and safely put into and get out of my chest freezer.


Are there any freezer-safe shelves or anything like that I can get to put in the main part of my freezer so that I can get more thinner, smaller boxes or packets instead of just relying on the basket please?


What do I need to search for and what materials are best/worst for such a cold and slightly wet environment please?


I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments in reply to this blog post so that I can keep all of your ideas together!


TYSM


First update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • 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/random music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Bring in first delivery
  • Open first delivery
  • Put first delivery away
  • Bring in second delivery
  • Open second delivery
  • Put second delivery away
  • Bring in third delivery
  • Open third delivery
  • Put third delivery away
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • 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
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now - an engineer is due at the end of July to get it all sorted for me
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Put Steve's savings into spreadsheet
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • 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/shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Take bedding back upstairs
  • Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
  • Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - the rest of this week and next week is up 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things next Friday at 4.15pm
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Refill can dispenser
  • Do afternoon laps 
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up personal phone
  • Charge up spam phone
  • Charge up watch
  • Charge up HLTH band
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge too
  • 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 (24th July 2026) tea photo

A very early tea today of a 500ml bottle of a soya chocolate & banana flavour 'Meal To Go' and it's going down a treat, but I'm not sure that having 20g of protein for tea was such a good idea 'cos I'm wide awake now lol  The photo is a bit blurry 'cos I'm wobbly atm but this was the least blurry photo that I took.


Here's today's tea photo:


Today's (24th July 2026) lunch photo

Other than the Sparkling Lychee can of pop, my lunch was a healthy one consisting entirely of fruit - 2 Royal Gala apples and 1 large pear.


Here's today's lunch photo:


Today's (24th July 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • Use blood pressure machine
  • Put details onto spreadsheet
  • Put BP machine away
  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • 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/random music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Bring in first delivery
  • Open first delivery
  • Put first delivery away
  • Bring in second delivery
  • Open second delivery
  • Put second delivery away
  • Bring in third delivery
  • Open third delivery
  • Put third delivery away
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • 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
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now - an engineer is due at the end of July to get it all sorted for me
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Put Steve's savings into spreadsheet
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • 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/shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Take bedding back upstairs
  • Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
  • Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - the rest of this week and next week is up 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things next Friday at 4.15pm
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Refill can dispenser
  • Do afternoon laps 
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up personal phone
  • Charge up spam phone
  • Charge up watch
  • Charge up HLTH band
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge too
  • 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 (24th July 2026) breakfast photos

Today's breakfasts were the same as they have been for a little while now - a 500ml glass of water to pop my 10 morning pills with for part one, then I had my solid breakfast of the last in the sleeve of choccie Weetabix, approx 150ml of Plant Protein soya milk and the last 250ml bottle of freshly-decanted Flawsome Sweet & Sour apple juice which went down a treat.  Tomorrow starts a new sleeve of choccie Weetabix and cracks open the carton of Flawsome orange juice, ready for the 2 cartons of Flawsome pineapple juice that I'll hopefully get on Sunday night.


Here's today's breakfast photos:



Goooood mornin' all!

Well, I'm still absolutely knackered and tonight could potentially be another late night 'cos the deliveries that were supposed to be here on Saturday are actually arriving today apparently, so it could be yet another late night again.


I've taken my blood pressure and it was at the low end of my normal range at 103.  My 10 morning pills have been popped and I've used my newest medication this morning, which got to work pretty much immediately.  I've had my breakfast and I'm now feeling a bit icky which apparently is one of the common side effects of the new prescription but I'm breathing better already, so that's a relief.


My 'Morning Stability' score was 3 today, so I'm gonna do today's exercises while I wait for my deliveries.


The daily virus scan was all clear so that's a positive and means that it's time to get my breakfast photo up, then today's to-do list together while I enjoy my first hot drink of the day.


BBS


Thursday, 23 July 2026

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely poopey-dooped after the very late nights and very early morning's I had yesterday and the day before and seeing my best friend, then giving the food away has just completely zapped me of the last of my energy so I've taken my pills bang on time and I'm going to bed.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl