...have something strapped to my ankle for the first time in about 6 weeks, but my delivery has arrived and is around my ankle, so we'll see what its first night and full day is like tomorrow!
Amanda's blog
Monday, 1 June 2026
Today's (1st June 2026) lunch photo
Well, my bum is gonna be awful this week, cos literally all I've had today is 1.5 litres of water because I was waiting for an Olio-er who has only just told me that they are no longer interested in the things and it's too late to eat now, so I've had precisely zero calories today and only 3 glasses of water. It's likely to be the same again tomorrow 'cos I've got a delivery due between 7am and 1pm, so unless I have a very early breakfast and a very late lunch, I won't be able to eat tomorrow. I might not be able to eat on Wednesday because of the weekly virus scan and backups and a medical appointment on Thursday just before lunch means I won't be able to eat before I go or when I come home, so it's potentially water for every meal until Friday morning this week. Not good. Not good at all.
Here's today's lunch photo:
First update to today's to-do list
Take Visible reading- 4 out of 5 todayUse blood pressure machinePut details onto spreadsheetPut BP machine awayDrink glass of waterTake morning pillsRun daily virus scanCome 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 ofWeetabix, soya milk and juice/waterTake photo of breakfastPut photo of breakfast on here and Instagram- Wash up
Put breakfast into NutraCheck- Brush my teeth
- Have caffeinated coffee
- Bring in delivery
- Charge up delivery
- Read instructions for delivery
- Use delivery
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- they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately- 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- I've lost 700g so that's good for meDo morning lapsDo morning sit-upsDo morning crunchesDo 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 shower
- Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
Put menu up on blog every weekend-menu won't change until September now-I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way- Spring onion, mayo and fruit all week this week!- 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 theradiator or seat cushion ormelon or mango- someone's coming for the melon and mango @ 1pm today- Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
- Give melon and mango to Olio-er
- 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 powerbanks
- Charge up Visible
- Charge up phone
- 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 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/water/ice cream
- 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 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 (1st June 2026) to-do list
Take Visible reading- 4 out of 5 todayUse blood pressure machinePut details onto spreadsheetPut BP machine awayDrink glass of waterTake morning pillsRun daily virus scanCome 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 ofWeetabix, soya milk and juice/waterTake photo of breakfastPut photo of breakfast on here and Instagram- Wash up
Put breakfast into NutraCheck- Brush my teeth
- Have caffeinated coffee
- Bring in delivery
- Charge up delivery
- Read instructions for delivery
- Use delivery
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- they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately- 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- I've lost 700 grams so that's good for me- 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 shower
- Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
Put menu up on blog every weekend-menu won't change until September now-I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way- Spring onion, mayo and fruit all week this week!- 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 theradiator or seat cushion ormelon or mango- someone's coming for the melon and mango @ 1pm today- Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
- Give melon and mango to Olio-er
- 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 powerbanks
- Charge up Visible
- Charge up phone
- 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 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/water/ice cream
- 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 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
I've just...
...bought my mum's birthday gift that'll be here between 7am and 1pm tomorrow, so I'm predicting that it'll turn up at the same time as my groceries lol
Today's (1st June 2026) breakfast photo
I forgot to take a photo of my first glass of water that I used to pop my first 9 pills of the day and new month with, so I got myself a second glass and remembered to take a photo that time lol Today's breakfast was a litre of water.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
Gooood morning all!
Today is gonna be a good day 'cos I've woken up with a morning stability score of a huuuge 4 out of 5 and my weekly weigh-in means that I can do two sets of laps and exercises today!
I've got an Olio-er coming for the melon and mango at 1pm today and I've got my delivery coming today too. I've taken my monthly Visible reading but there's nothing that I can download, but my FunCap score for last month was 1.7 compared to a healthy person's score of 6.
My first blood pressure reading of the month was 110 so that's right at the top of my own personal reference range.
I've popped my morning pills but forgot to take a photo of the first glass of water, so I've got a second glass of water for my breakfast so today is gonna be incredibly healthy!
My weekly weigh-in shows that I'm 1.8kg over where the nurse wants me to be, but I've lost 700g since my last weigh-in so that's reassuring and I'll hopefully be back down to where the nurse wants me to be in a couple of weeks.
The daily virus scan was clear so I'm gonna get today's breakfast photo up and then my to-do list, then my first set of exercises of the day, then hopefully my recycling and food waste caddy will have been emptied so I can bring those in too and wait for the Olio-er before having my lunch.
BBS
Sunday, 31 May 2026
Nite nite orl
A bit later than normal, but I was waiting for my OddBox delivery which has now been put away, so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
Second and final update to today's to-do list
Take Visible reading- it couldn't take the reading because the battery was too low at 55%, so I'll have to try and remember to charge it up as soon as it gets to 60% now, which is frustratingUse blood pressure machinePut details onto spreadsheetPut BP machine awayDrink glass of waterTake morning pillsRun daily virus scanCome 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 forumAnnounce birthdays if necessaryRefill bottle with squash- Get washed and dressed
Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/waterTake photo of breakfastPut photo of breakfast on here and InstagramWash upPut breakfast into NutraCheck- Brush my teeth
Have caffeinated coffeeContact 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- they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately- 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 shower - Housework - Sunday - rubbish and
recycling/refill dosette box Put menu up on blog every weekend-menu won't change until September now- I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way- 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 or melon or mango
- Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruitTake photo of lunchPut photo of lunch on here and InstagramDo washing upPut lunch into NutraCheckTake lunchtime pillRefill dosette box every Sunday- Do afternoon laps
- Do sit-ups in hall
- Do crunches in hall
- Do twists in hall
- Charge up powerbanks
Charge up Visible- I've obviously gotta charge it up before 55% now, unfortunatelyCharge up phoneRefill 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 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/water/ice cream
- 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 tooAnd 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 photosPut 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health sitePut 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 pillsGo to bed
Menu for 1st to 6th June 2026
Breakfast:
Choccie Weetabix
Soya milk
Juice
Lunch:
1 x spring onion
2 x pickled eggs
15g x Vegan Mayo
1 x apple
1 x pear
Tea:
Ice cream or soup, depending on what's available on Tuesday's grocery order

