Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Nite nite orl

I'm totally done in and completely forgot about the health interview, then I had issues getting the sound to work but it all turned out to be fine in the end.


I've taken my last two pills of the day and the side effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'm going straight on up to beddy-byes.


I'll see you all in the morning for the weekly virus scan and backups.


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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Put in next grocery order
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026
  • 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
  • Put bags down by door
  • Bring in groceries
  • Put groceries away
  • Hang bags back up
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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 - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • 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
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • 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 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 rug, 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

Third update to this week's (14th to 20th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Kiwiberries
Toast
Mince pies

Monday 14th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Leftovers, 2 x potatoes 
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Tuesday 15th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  2 x pickled eggs
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Wednesday 16th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  5 x chestnut mushrooms, 3 x potatoes, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Thursday 17th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  5 x chestnut mushrooms, 3 x potatoes, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Friday 18th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, 5 x chestnut mushrooms, 3 x potatoes, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Saturday 19th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, 5 x chestnut mushrooms 3 x potatoes, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


Sunday 20th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Sunday lunch or 5 x mushrooms, 3 x potatoes, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 


I'm now expecting...

...to be dashing to the bathroom every 5 minutes now that I've had the last two pickled eggs.  Not fun or healthy, but waste not want not and all that jazz!

It's too...

...late for lunch now, so I'll just have a drinking chocolate instead of anything solid now and then have an early tea of a plum and an easy peeler.  It'll be the same again on Thursday, but I had to be ready for my delivery which has only just arrived, so I won't be having anything for lunch after all.


I just hope that I can eat tomorrow, Friday and Saturday is all lol


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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Put in next grocery order
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026
  • 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
  • Put bags down by door
  • Bring in groceries
  • Put groceries away
  • Hang bags back up
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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 - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • 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
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • 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 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 rug, 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

If you wanna...

...take a deep look into my first two disabilities and how they have affected me from the start, you can find them here - there are two books in the series so far with at least one more to come.


I've poured a great deal of pain and heartache into both memoirs and really opened up my heart, saying things that I haven't said to anyone before in my life.


If you want to know about my two biggest health disabilities, go and grab your copy - available on the Kindle as well as in paperback and hardback.


That's the...

...series sorted, so just gotta wait for it to pass through the review then it'll go live and I'll be able to give you the link to it for my memoirs!


Today's (15th September 2026) 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Put in next grocery order
  • Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026
  • 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
  • Put bags down by door
  • Bring in groceries
  • Put groceries away
  • Hang bags back up
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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 - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
  • 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
  • Indulge in a box of mince pies
  • Bring in delivery (band)
  • Open delivery
  • Try delivery
  • 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 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 rug, 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

Today's (15th September 2026) breakfast comments

Today's breakfast was another try at something new - using my 1 litre graded bottle instead of refilling the 500ml glass of water, so that was something new this morning.  My 9 new pills left me bloated again, so I'm gonna try having them after I've had my breakfast tomorrow, like I do with the other 2 new pills.  I then had my solid breakfast of choccie Weetabix with approx 150ml of Plant Protein soya milk and a 250ml bottle of the new Wonky Orange juice this morning.