Today's (6th September 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• Use new 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
• 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/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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
• 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 
• Fill both new bottles with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Give plate pile, rug and seat cushion to Freegler on Monday - I've said that I'm available all weekend if she wants to come for her stuff out of office hours, so I'll wait and see what she says
• 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 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 here and 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
• 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 here and 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

Eleventh update to this week's (31st August to 6th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Pickled eggs
Toast

Monday 31st August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch: Leftovers
Tea:  1 x apple and 1 x nectarine

Tuesday 1st September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  1 sleeve x biscuits
Tea:  1 x apple and 1 x nectarine

Wednesday 2nd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  2 x red peppers
Tea:  2 x apples and 1 x nectarine

Thursday 3rd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  Biscuits
Tea:  2 x apples

Friday 4th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch: 10 x hash brown bites, 60g vegan chicken pieces, mayonnaise
Tea:  2 x apples

Saturday 5th September:

Breakfast:  Water
Lunch:  1 litre x caramel Barista soya milk
Tea:  1 x apple

Sunday 6th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  10 x hash brown bites, 60g vegan chicken pieces, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x apple

Today's (6th September 2026) breakfast photos

My last breakfast of the week came in two parts - a 500ml glass of water to wash my 11 morning pills down with and then my solid breakfast of choccie Weetabix with approx 150ml of Plant Protein soya milk and a freshly-decanted 250ml bottle of Flawsome sweet & sour apple juice.

Here's my last two breakfast photos of the week:

Mornin' all

Well, I've woken up this morning feeling completely spent, but my 'Morning Stability' score was a 4 for some reason.  The 4 means that, in theory at least, I can do two sets of laps and exercises today, but I'm not going to.  My blood pressure was 110, my 11 morning pills all went down fine, including my 5-HTP even though it tastes like plastic.

The daily virus scan was clear so I'm good to go for putting up my breakfast photos and to-do list, which I'm gonna do now.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've had a busy couple of weeks and my body is struggling, so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• Use new 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
• 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/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - apparently they tried to deliver at 2.52pm but there was "an issue" with the delivery, even though I was sat on the sofa then and nobody came to the door! - apparently "Front door / Driveway was not accessible" so they obviously went to the wrong house because I don't have a driveway and my front door was totally clear! - it's just been posted through my letterbox so that's a relief
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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
• 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 
• Fill both new bottles with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea - just gotta get through tomorrow and it'll have been a week without any caffeine even though I've really needed it this week lol
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Give plate pile, rug and seat cushion to Freegler on Monday - I've said that I'm available all weekend if she wants to come for her stuff out of office hours, so I'll wait and see what she says
• 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 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 here and 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
• 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 here and 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

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• Use new 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
• 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/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - apparently they tried to deliver at 2.52pm but there was "an issue" with the delivery, even though I was sat on the sofa then and nobody came to the door! - apparently "Front door / Driveway was not accessible" so they obviously went to the wrong house because I don't have a driveway and my front door was totally clear! - it's just been posted through my letterbox so that's a relief
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• 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
• 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 
• Fill both new bottles with squash
• Take part in competitions
• Start the admin to publish book when I've heard back from C - he's agreed to do one final read-through for me, but assuming it's all fine and dandy, I'll be able to get things moving with it.
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea - just gotta get through tomorrow and it'll have been a week without any caffeine even though I've really needed it this week lol
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Give plate pile, rug and seat cushion to Freegler on Monday - I've said that I'm available all weekend if she wants to come for her stuff out of office hours, so I'll wait and see what she says
• 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 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 here and 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
• 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 here and 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

Oh yes

I'm trying the neck pain reliever atm and it's a bit noisy, but it's already working the pain out of my neck and the massaging feels amazing!

That's 100% 5 star ratings so far which is awesome!

Today's (5th September 2026) tea photo

Today's tea was my only solid meal, so my bum is gonna be awful tomorrow.  Today's tea was just a simple apple.

Here's today's tea photo:

So far so good with...

...my new posture corrector that was delivered yesterday!

I've got it on now and while it's not great at correcting my shoulders or neck, that's because I'm a short arse with smaller than average back size, so won't be marking it down for that.

I've also got my neck warmer/massager thing charging up, so I'll see how long that takes then try using that too.

The third thing in yesterday's delivery was 3 new fabric laundry baskets, but I need to be steadier on my feet before I risk tackling them.  I might also wait until I've got more laundry to go into them too, just to see if they can cope with an entire wardrobe of clothes lol

So far so good though, and I'm glad that I bought them so far.