Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, thoroughly exhausting day so for the last time this week I'm saying...

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use 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
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• 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 toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 - gonna try and take a photo without my headband first - needs to be without my headband and glasses and taken in the air-lock in the middle of the day - I don't think I need to any more 'cos my Blue Badge is in the post as of today
• Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first - I've got hopefully all of the information I need now - I may not need to now
• Take part in competitions
• 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
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Do detailed stock take
• Come up with solid frozen and fresh veg menu for next week
• Come up with solid frozen and fresh veg menu for 2 weeks' time
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Put food waste into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Empty living room bin
• Tie up black bag
• Put black bag into sack
• Put sack in front of the door
• Give Freegler their strainer - we've arranged for a 3pm pickup
• Bring in first delivery - due between 2pm and 4pm
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - due between 2pm and 4pm
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Refill dosette box after lunch
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm
• Bring in OddBox container if it's delivered early enough
• Put OddBox fruit and veg away if it's delivered early enough
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• 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 tea cups, glasses, spaghetti strainer, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs - someone is interested in the spaghetti strainer - we've arranged a 3pm handover it's gone now
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on 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 afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• 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/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on 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

Official menu for 5th to 11th October 2026

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 5th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  small butternut squash, mayo OR Barista milk and birthday chocolate
Tea:  1 x Jackfruit

Tuesday 6th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Wednesday 7th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon

Thursday 8th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x potato, 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple

Friday 9th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  2 x potatoes, 4 x carrots, 1 x pepper, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple

Saturday 10th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  2 x potatoes, 4 x carrots, 1 x pepper, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Sunday 11th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR leftover potatoes and carrots, 2 x sausage rolls, mayo 
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

That's this week's...

...OddBox been delivered, opened and put away.  I've got lots of smallish carrots and potatoes this week and I've also got my first ever JackFruit that feels slightly soft, so that's tomorrow's tea sorted and I've got a small butternut squash for tomorrow's lunch too, so I can now put together next week's official menu then head to bed for the final time this week.

Aaaaand... relax!

Both my deliveries have arrived, been opened and put away and the spaghetti strainer has been picked up so I can now relax until about 5pm when I'll put my OddBox container outside and bag up the rubbish ready to go out first thing tomorrow morning so that it doesn't blow away overnight.  I've got the next two week's of menu's sorted thanks to my stocktake and I can, in theory, put more week's worth up, just based on what's already in the fridge and freezers, but I want to make sure I've got fresh fruit and veggies on the menus and I won't know what's available until the middle of next week.

It feels like I've achieved a decent amount today and I'm really proud of myself.

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use 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
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• 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 toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 - gonna try and take a photo without my headband first - needs to be without my headband and glasses and taken in the air-lock in the middle of the day - I don't think I need to any more 'cos my Blue Badge is in the post as of today
• Apply for passport - I need to get my birth certificate and info from my mum first - I've got hopefully all of the information I need now - I may not need to now
• Take part in competitions
• 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
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Do detailed stock take
• Come up with solid frozen and fresh veg menu for next week
• Come up with solid frozen and fresh veg menu for 2 weeks' time
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Put food waste into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Empty living room bin
• Tie up black bag
• Put black bag into sack
• Put sack in front of the door
• Give Freegler their strainer - we've arranged for a 3pm pickup
• Bring in first delivery - due between 2pm and 4pm
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery - due between 2pm and 4pm
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Refill dosette box after lunch
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm
• Bring in OddBox container if it's delivered early enough
• Put OddBox fruit and veg away if it's delivered early enough
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• 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 tea cups, glasses, spaghetti strainer, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs - someone is interested in the spaghetti strainer - we've arranged a 3pm handover
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on 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 afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• 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/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on 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

Very rough menu for 12th to 18th October 2026

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 12th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear

Tuesday 13th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear

Wednesday 14th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear

Thursday 15th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x carrot, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear/ 1 x apple

Friday 16th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x carrot, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear/ 1 x apple

Saturday 17th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x carrot, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear/ 1 x apple

Sunday 18th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 1 x carrot, 2 x potatoes, 2 x hot dogs/7 x chicken pieces, mayo 
Tea:  2 x plums, 1 x pear/ 1 x apple

Menu for 5th to 11th October 2026

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Vegan cheese
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 5th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  small butternut squash, mayo OR Barista milk and birthday chocolate
Tea: birthday chocolate

Tuesday 6th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, potato(es), mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Wednesday 7th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  potato(es), 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x persimmon, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Thursday 8th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  potato(es), 1 x Pak Choi, 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Friday 9th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  potato(es), carrot(s), pepper(s), 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Saturday 10th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  potato(es), carrot(s), pepper(s), 1 x sausage roll, mayo
Tea:  1 x apple, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Sunday 11th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 2 x sausage rolls, mayo 
Tea:  Apple

Eleventh update to this weeks (28th September to 4th October 2026) menu

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
2 x bananas
Instant soup
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 28th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  2 x Family Roast, 3 x potatoes
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Tuesday 29th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x carrot, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Wednesday 30th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x tofu, 1 x spinach, mayo
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Thursday 1st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x tofu, 1 x carrot, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x fruit pot sleeve

Friday 2nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  3 x kiwiberries
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Saturday 3rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x tofu, 11 x hash brown bites, mayo OR Barista milk
Tea:  2 x easy peelers

Sunday 4th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x tofu, 11 x hash brown bites, mayo OR Barista milk
Tea:  1 x fruit pot sleeve

Today's (4th October 2026) lunch comments

Today's lunch finished off the pack of air-fryer Hash Brown Bites with approx 10g of Vegan Mayonnaise but no drink today as I needed to refill my dosette box.