That's the experiment concluded...

...for my phone at least.

After less than 25 hours of barely using it, it's lost 36% charge, so I will have to take my battery things in with me when I go into hospital for the surgery next year otherwise I'll be in the poo while I'm in there with no access to the outside world and bored out of my tiny brain the whole time too.

When I make the date public, can someone remind me to charge the powerpacks up the day or two before and put them into my bag that I'll be taking with me to the hospital please otherwise I'll totally forget! 

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• Get washed and dressed
• 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
• Brush my teeth
• 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!
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this 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 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
• 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/chocolate/fruit
• 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
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• 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
• Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) tea photo

I've snacked the life out of today, so I figured I'd end the day with a 250ml mug of instant Minestrone Cup Soup for my tea, just to totally send my calorie count into the stratosphere lol

Here's today's tea photo:

I think I've decided to...

...have a shower instead of a bath tomorrow morning and that I'll only let the water heat up for half an hour instead of the full hour 'cos it's too hot to soak in a hot bath, even at 5am!!

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• Get washed and dressed
• 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
• Brush my teeth
• 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!
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this 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 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
• 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/chocolate/fruit
• 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
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• 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
• Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was mainly the same as yesterday's, in that it was a salad, but today it consisted of approx 80g of baby spinach leaves, 2 spring onions, 1 vegan cheese, 15g of Vegan Mayo and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop, but today I cut up an orange pepper too.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• Get washed and dressed
• 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
• Brush my teeth
• 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!
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this 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 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
• 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/chocolate/fruit
• 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
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• 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
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• Get washed and dressed
• 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
• Brush my teeth
• 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!
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this 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 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
• 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/chocolate/fruit
• 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
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• 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
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) breakfast photos

Today's two breakfasts were the same as yesterday's - a 500ml glass of water to pop my morning pills with, then 2 choccie Weetabix with approx 250ml of soya milk and a 250ml bottle of orange juice.

Here are today's two breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

I had to go for an emergency wee at 2am and again at 4am then finally gave up at 4.30am and I've been for at least two more wee's since then.  My Visible score was 3 again this morning and my blood pressure was 100.  My 9 morning pills have been popped with my first breakfast and my second breakfast has been eaten and washed up, so I'm good to go now.

My next OddBox payment was taken overnight, so starting on Monday it'll officially be hot weather and ice creams for my lunches.

The daily virus scan was still, reassuringly, clear so it's time to get today's first photo put up on here and Insta then get my to-do list together and then my laps.

BBS