Monday, 13 July 2026

(Not quite) nite nite orl again

I'm giving my second memoir another going over just to make sure everything is as it should be and I've picked up a few gramatical errors.  I wanna try and get through the first section before I head to bed tonight if I can possibly manage it, so I'm saying nite nite to you all now even though I'm not going to bed just yet.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl


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

  • Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • 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
  • 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/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
  • Give second memoir a last minute run-through
  • Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
  • Open living room window
  • Open kitchen window
  • Open back door
  • Open bathroom window
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
  • 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
  • Update the spreadsheet with Steve's financial details starting on 1st March 2022 - just finished doing May 2022 and discovered that he paid pretty much £4,000 on what I suspect was porn in a single night which was a shock, and I'm also as sure as I can be that I was paying into Steve's savings rather than his current account because none of the payments I made to him have shown up yet but he frequently transfered hundreds of pounds from it to top up his current account, which was another lie he told me - up to August now and it's getting worse unfortunately - starting on September next time - up to 10th October now so I've got about 2 months to go and I'm not looking forward to it
  • Put Steve's savings into spreadsheet
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Put first delivery away
  • Put second delivery away
  • Put third delivery away
  • Put taxi booking into calendar for 17th
  • 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
  • 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 chilled packaging or bin bags - someone's coming for the bin bags this morning
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • 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
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 - 2 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • 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
  • 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/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • 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
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
  • 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
  • Update the spreadsheet with Steve's financial details starting on 1st March 2022 - just finished doing May 2022 and discovered that he paid pretty much £4,000 on what I suspect was porn in a single night which was a shock, and I'm also as sure as I can be that I was paying into Steve's savings rather than his current account because none of the payments I made to him have shown up yet but he frequently transfered hundreds of pounds from it to top up his current account, which was another lie he told me - up to August now and it's getting worse unfortunately - starting on September next time - up to 10th October now so I've got about 2 months to go and I'm not looking forward to it
  • Put Steve's savings into spreadsheet
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Put first delivery away
  • Put second delivery away
  • Put third delivery away
  • Put taxi booking into calendar for 17th
  • 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
  • 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 chilled packaging or bin bags - someone's coming for the bin bags this morning
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • 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
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 (13th July 2026) I'm grateful for...

...not snacking all morning after I'd had my breakfast and before I had my lunch.  I haven't got anything snackable, but if I had then I wouldn't have been able to finish my lunch and would then be hungry and snack again before my tea, which I wouldn't have and I'd be hungry at bedtime then!  Thankfully it was a cycle that I managed to avoid starting on, even though it was very tempting and it won't be so easy starting tomorrow 'cos I've got lots of snacks coming with my groceries.


I'm grateful that I've kept myself hydrated so far today and that I've put my personal phone and Visible on to charge up, so they will hopefully both be good to go before bedtime.


I'm grateful that my rubbish and recycling were both emptied this morning and I was able to bring the containers in and put them back into their homes reasonably early this week.


I'm grateful that today has been a good day so far and I'm gonna spend the rest of the afternoon and part of the evening hopefully finishing off going through Steve's current account statement so that I can start on his savings account that I didn't even know that he had until the bank told me so it'll be both interesting and heartbreaking to see what he was using that account for.


Today's (13th July 2026) lunch photo

My OddBox arrived overnight and because there weren't any leftovers yesterday, I dug straight on into it with 10 cherries, 1 plum, 1 Granny Smith apple and 1 large pear, all washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.


Here's today's lunch photo:


Today's (13th July 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • 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
  • 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/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • 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
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
  • 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
  • Update the spreadsheet with Steve's financial details starting on 1st March 2022 - just finished doing May 2022 and discovered that he paid pretty much £4,000 on what I suspect was porn in a single night which was a shock, and I'm also as sure as I can be that I was paying into Steve's savings rather than his current account because none of the payments I made to him have shown up yet but he frequently transfered hundreds of pounds from it to top up his current account, which was another lie he told me - up to August now and it's getting worse unfortunately - starting on September next time - up to 10th October now so I've got about 2 months to go and I'm not looking forward to it
  • Put Steve's savings into spreadsheet
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Put first delivery away
  • Put second delivery away
  • Put third delivery away
  • Put taxi booking into calendar for 17th
  • 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
  • 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 chilled packaging or bin bags - someone's coming for the bin bags this morning
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • 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
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 (13th July 2026) breakfast photos

I'm starting off this new week in the same way that I ended last week - with my normal 500ml glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with for my first breakfast then my solid warm weather breakfast of choccie Weetabix with approx 150ml of Plant Protein soya milk and finished it with a 250ml bottle of freshly decanted Flawsome orange juice.  I've also got a 550ml mug of instant, caffeinated coffee on the go to try and wake me up a bit lol


Here are today's breakfast photos:



Mornin' all

I've woken up in a pretty bleh mood, then my blood pressure cuff not behaving made my mood even worse, my 10 morning pills all went down OK, as did my breakfast.  I then did my weekly weigh-in and I'm 1kg over where I wanna be, which ain't too bad... I'd rather be over than under for sure!


My 'Morning Stability' score was only 2 again this morning, so I can do my exercises this week, just not unless my score is at least 3.


My OddBox was delivered at about 10pm yesterday, but I woke up needing a wee at midnight, so brought it in before going back up to bed.


The daily virus scan has just finished and it was all clear for another day, so time to get my breakfast photos up, then today's to-do list, while I wait for my rubbish and recycling to be picked up and emptied.


BBS


Sunday, 12 July 2026

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, hot, emotional, disappointing day today so I've taken my last two pills of the day and week and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl


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

  • Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
  • Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
  • 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 - up to 51% so far today - finished this afternoon
  • Add more books to my TBR pile
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • 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
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Log weight into NutraCheck
  • Get washed and changed
  • Brush my teeth
  • 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
  • Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
  • Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
  • 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
  • Update the spreadsheet with Steve's financial details starting on 1st March 2022 - just finished doing May 2022 and discovered that he paid pretty much £4,000 on what I suspect was porn in a single night which was a shock, and I'm also as sure as I can be that I was paying into Steve's savings rather than his current account because none of the payments I made to him have shown up yet but he frequently transfered hundreds of pounds from it to top up his current account, which was another lie he told me - up to August now and it's getting worse unfortunately - starting on September next time - up to 10th October now so I've got about 2 months to go and I'm not looking forward to it
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Put first delivery away
  • Put second delivery away
  • Put third delivery away
  • Put taxi booking into calendar for 17th
  • 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
  • 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 chilled packaging or bin bags - someone's coming for the bin bags tomorrow morning
  • 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 fruit/leftovers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/fruit bread/bread
  • 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
  • Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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