Nite nite orl

It's been a long, heartbreaking, grief-filled, annoying day again today, so I've taken my pills and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes in a bit.  I've been able to do both sets of exercises and get Steve's bank statements ordered at last so that's a relief and I'm proud of myself for getting them all done.  My morning stability rating on my Visible was 4 again, so I think I've made pretty good use of it.  

I'm still waiting for 3 of my prescriptions, so that's annoying and disappointing, but there's nothing I can do about it until the pharmacy manage to get it delivered to them, so I've just gotta be patient I guess.

I finally bit the bullet and ordered another health tracker to go around my ankle that counts steps and monitors my blood pressure throughout the day and night, so it'll be interesting to see what that's like when it arrives.  It's apparently got a 30 day battery life, but I'm not holding my breath on that lol

I'll see you all in the morning when I'm determined to have a proper breakfast and get my nose stuck into a book.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/banana
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life - just sent them the account details so I've just gotta keep being patient now - I've gotta phone a different department as it was Steve's sole account rather than a joint one, which is frustrating and I'm really not looking forward to having to do it, but hopefully there won't be any more hoops to jump through after that - all done and dusted thankfully
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by next weekend
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• 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
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up my Visible
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup/crisps
• 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
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Aaaaaand...

...relax.

I've just summoned up the courage to talk to someone at Steve's bank about getting the statements for the last year of his life.

The man I spoke to was brilliant and it was sorted within 3 minutes.  The statements will be with me between 5-7 working days, so hopefully by next weekend I'll be able to go through them all and see just how many take-aways Steve had and how much he spent on them as well as what he spent the many thousands of pounds I gave him to apparently help him to pay his bills was actually spent on.

I know that one of the bills (the electricity) that I paid through him each month was already significantly less than what I was paying him for it, but I want to see what else he lied about too.  I know that the night before he fell over in the bathroom he spent over £100 on 3 take-aways so it's no wonder that he was so tired and sleepy during each day with having to stay awake to order each take away, answer the door, eat and hide the containers from me before deciding that he was still hungry and repeating it again!

I was so proud of him for reducing his portion sizes with the meals I made for him... but I didn't know anything about his multiple nightly take-aways every night!  It's no wonder that he had a pre-paid delivery subscription with Just Eat really!

I think I've earnt a chocolatey reward now and it's another thing that I can cross off my to-do list at last!

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/banana
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life - just sent them the account details so I've just gotta keep being patient now - I've gotta phone a different department as it was Steve's sole account rather than a joint one, which is frustrating and I'm really not looking forward to having to do it, but hopefully there won't be any more hoops to jump through after that
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• 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
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up my Visible
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup/crisps
• 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
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st May 2026) lunch photo

Another hour late with my lunch photo today lol

Today's lunch was approx 100g of fresh, raw, baby leaf spinach, 5 spring onions and 2 vegan cheeses with approx 15g of vegan mayo and washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Part of...

...my prescription has just been delivered, but I'm still owed a box of 5mg and both boxes of 2.5mg, so looks like I'll have to chase them up again in a week or so if it's not delivered by then. 😒

Today's (21st May 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/banana
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life - just sent them the account details so I've just gotta keep being patient now - I've gotta phone a different department as it was Steve's sole account rather than a joint one, which is frustrating and I'm really not looking forward to having to do it, but hopefully there won't be any more hoops to jump through after that
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• 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
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up my Visible
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup/crisps
• 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
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins 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 blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st May 2026) breakfast photos

Both of today's breakfasts were mostly the same as yesterday's, except that I had a banana with the cherry juice for my second breakfast and the same 500ml glass of water to take my 12 morning pills with for my first breakfast.

Here are both of today's breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

Well, today has started off with a Visible score of 4 again, then I rushed to the bathroom to discover that I'm constipated this morning, then I put my glasses on and came downstairs, took my blood pressure, popped my 12 morning pills, had my 2 breakfasts (I had a banana this morning instead of just juice), did the washing up, ran the daily virus scan and I'm now writing this blog post, obviously lol

Gotta remember to charge up my Visible this afternoon and I'm hoping that my prescription will turn up at a sensible time this morning.

The virus scan was clear, so I'm gonna go and do my first set of exercises of the day then get my breakfast photos and my to-do list together and up on here.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

It's been another long, exhausting day today and I'm totally knackered so I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

I need to remember to charge up my Visible tomorrow so that it doesn't totally run out of juice on me.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl