Today's (31st August 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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give things to Anglo on Wednesday
• 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
• Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first
• Refill bottle 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Advertise mugs 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
• 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 packing material or rug or plates - someone wants packing materials so I've sent them a message about the boxful that I've got - apparently 6 miles was too far to travel so I'll keep it listed.  One of my regulars is potentially interested in the plates though! - My regular is coming for the plates on Friday afternoon
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the sweetcorn
• Keep an eye on Freecycle
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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 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
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/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

Today's (31st August 2026) breakfast photos

I'm starting off the week as I mean to go on - with breakfast.  Today's first breakfast was a 500ml glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with and my second breakfast was my usual choccie Weetabix with Plant Protein soya milk and the last 250ml bottle of Wonky orange juice.

Here's today's two breakfast photos:

This week's (31st August to 5th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Bacon crisps
Pickled eggs

Monday 31st August:

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

Tuesday 1st September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  1 x Chicory
Tea:  1 x nectarine

Wednesday 2nd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  1 x Chicory
Tea:  2 x apples

Thursday 3rd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  2 x red peppers, frozen potato product
Tea:  2 x apples

Friday 4th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch: 1 pack x tenderstem broccoli, frozen potato product
Tea:  2 x apples

Saturday 5th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  1 pack x tenderstem broccoli, frozen potato product
Tea:  2 x apples

Goooood mornin' all!

I've woken up in a pretty decent mood, my 'Morning Stability' score was a huge 4 out of 5 (so I can do both sets of laps and exercises today), my blood pressure was 125, so right in the middle of the medical range, then I weighed myself and I've put on 1.3kg in the last 7 days, so that's a positive too.  All of my 10 morning pills went down reasonably easily, my OddBox has been brought in and put away, so now that I know what I've got to work with, I can put up this week's official menu.  I've also had a proper breakfast, so hopefully I won't be snacking this morning.  I've put everything into my NutraCheck app, so everything is sorted, admin-wise, until lunchtime now.

The virus scan was reassuringly clear, so I can get my two breakfast photos resized and put up in plenty of time while I wait for the recycling to be picked up and me doing my first set of exercises today.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day today and I'm thoroughly knackered, so I've taken my pills and I'm starting to shut everything down, ready for when the side-effects kick in.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Third 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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give things to Anglo on Wednesday
• 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
• Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first
• Refill bottle 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Advertise mugs 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
• 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 packing material or rug or plates - someone wants packing materials so I've sent them a message about the boxful that I've got - apparently 6 miles was too far to travel so I'll keep it listed.  One of my regulars is potentially interested in the plates though! - My regular is coming for the plates on Friday afternoon
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the sweetcorn
• Keep an eye on Freecycle
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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 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
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/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

Second 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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give things to Anglo on Wednesday
• 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
• Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first
• Refill bottle with squash
• 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Advertise mugs 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
• 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 packing material or rug or plates - someone wants packing materials so I've sent them a message about the boxful that I've got - apparently 6 miles was too far to travel so I'll keep it listed.  One of my regulars is potentially interested in the plates though! - My regular is coming for the plates on Friday afternoon
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the sweetcorn
• Keep an eye on Freecycle
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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 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
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/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

Today (30th August 2026) I'm grateful for...

...this week finally being over and done with.  

I've had a busy, stressful, anxious week, but I'm almost through it and all I've gotta do before I head to bed is to apply for my passport with the first photo which seems easy enough to do, I've just gotta hope that I don't have to take as many selfies for the passport as I did for the driving license renewal!

I'm gonna be run off my feet again next week, but I'm really hoping that's it all done and dusted for a while then.

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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give things to Anglo on Wednesday
• Take passport photo of my head, shoulders and upper body
• Apply for passport
• Refill bottle with squash
• 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
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Wash and dry mugs
• Advertise mugs 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
• 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 packing material or rug or plates - someone wants packing materials so I've sent them a message about the boxful that I've got - apparently 6 miles was too far to travel so I'll keep it listed.  One of my regulars is potentially interested in the plates though! - My regular is coming for the plates on Friday afternoon
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the sweetcorn
• Keep an eye on Freecycle
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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 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
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/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

Second and final update to next week's (31st August to 5 September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Bacon crisps
Pickled eggs

Monday 31st August:

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

Tuesday 1st September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  Chicory, peppers and broccoli
Tea:  1 x nectarine/1 x apple

Wednesday 2nd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  Chicory, broccoli and peppers
Tea:  1 x nectarine/1 x apple

Thursday 3rd September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  broccoli, peppers, frozen potato product
Tea:  1 x nectarine/1 x apple

Friday 4th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  broccoli, peppers, frozen potato product
Tea:  1 x nectarine/1 x apple

Saturday 5th September:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, apple juice
Lunch:  broccoli, peppers, frozen potato product
Tea:  1 x nectarine/1 x apple