Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely knackered after yesterday so I've taken my pills and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all for a while in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 1 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 monthly 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
• Do food stock take
• 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
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter - just the mugs left to go now
• Wash and dry middle cupboard things
• Put middle cupboard things into box
• Wash and dry plates
• Advertise plates 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
• Contact council about tree - they've said about putting poison down so I've re-contacted the tree surgeon again 'cos I don't trust myself with things like that
• 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!
• Keep an eye on Olio
• 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

Tomorrow (Saturday) I've gotta remember to...

...pull the water heating switch on so that I can have a bath and try not to fall asleep! lol

Considering...

...I woke up to a 'Morning Stability' score of 1 today, I don't think I've done too badly at all - especially the number of bathroom visits!  I've been for 8 wee's and a poo today, which is pretty much half of the number of visits I usually make in a day, so I'm pretty proud of that!

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 1 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 monthly 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
• Do food stock take
• 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
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter - just the mugs left to go now
• Wash and dry middle cupboard things
• Put middle cupboard things into box
• Wash and dry plates
• Advertise plates 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
• Contact council about tree - they've said about putting poison down so I've re-contacted the tree surgeon again 'cos I don't trust myself with things like that
• 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!
• Keep an eye on Olio
• 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

Nineth update to this week's (24th to 29th August 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Bacon crisps
Pickled eggs

Monday 24th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch: half bag x vegan chicken pieces, 3 x sweet potatoes, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x nectarine

Tuesday 25th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  3 x sweet potatoes, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x nectarine

Wednesday 26th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  half bag x vegan chicken pieces, 4 x chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  2 x nectarines

Thursday 27th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x pear

Friday 28th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x pear

Saturday 29th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  2 x sweetcorn
Tea:  1 x pear

Today's (28th August 2026) tea photo

My last meal of the day was just a pear to round the day off with.

Here's today's tea photo:

Today's (28th August 2026) lunch photo

Another healthy lunch of the rest of the chestnut mushrooms, approx 15g of Vegan Mayonnaise and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 1 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 monthly 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
• Do food stock take
• 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
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter - just the mugs left to go now
• Wash and dry middle cupboard things
• Put middle cupboard things into box
• Wash and dry plates
• Advertise plates 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
• Contact council about tree - they've said about putting poison down so I've re-contacted the tree surgeon again 'cos I don't trust myself with things like that
• 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 - someone wants packing materials so I've sent them a message about the boxful that I've got
• Keep an eye on Olio
• 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

Eighth update to this week's (24th to 29th August 2026) menu

 Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Bacon crisps
Pickled eggs

Monday 24th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch: half bag x vegan chicken pieces, 3 x sweet potatoes, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x nectarine

Tuesday 25th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  3 x sweet potatoes, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x nectarine

Wednesday 26th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  half bag x vegan chicken pieces, 4 x chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  2 x nectarines

Thursday 27th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  4 x chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x pear

Friday 28th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  chestnut mushrooms, 10g vegan mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x pear

Saturday 29th August:

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, orange juice
Lunch:  2 x sweetcorn
Tea:  1 x pear