Will I...

...need a coat today or is it warm enough to go without please?

Today's (10th May 2026) to-do list

• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• 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 in Amazon order
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Take food waste caddy outside
• Bag up rubbish
• Take rubbish outside
• Remember to refill dosette box this afternoon
• Remember to put OddBox container out before I go to bed
• Refill dosette box after lunch
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day! - he was ill so we are gonna reschedule it when he's feeling better - he's coming between 9am and 10am today - he didn't come after all, so I'll give him one last chance before I give up and readvertise the job again - he's coming at 1pm on Tuesday, so I won't be eating lunch that day and I'll have to wait until he's gone before I do my laps and exercises
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 100 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or kitchen things - someone wants the saucepans
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Give saucepans to Olio-er?
• Give frying pans to Olio-er?
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (10th May 2026) breakfast photo

For potentially the last photo of the week I had my usual 500ml glass of water.  No solid breakfast this morning, just the water so that I could pop my 9 morning pills.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Well, my first night without a FitBit for 6.5 years wasn't so bad.

So far this morning I've been for three wee's and a poo, taken my blood pressure, popped my morning pills and replied to a couple of Olio-ers that haven't given me a straight answer to when they are coming to pick up their things, so I haven't said either of them can have the things they want yet - two can play at that game!

My last photographed meal of the week was just my usual 500ml glass of water, so I'll pop that up when the virus scan has finished but gonna get today's to-do list together first.

Gotta remember to take the rubbish and recycling out this morning, put the OddBox container outside this evening and refill my dosette box after lunch, as well as remembering to put the Amazon order in too, so there's a lot to remember today.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day today, but I've had a shower, washed my hair, washed, dried and put away the towels and officially given up on my FitBit.  I'm getting a new Visible band in the post and I'll be focusing on pacing rather than steps.  It'll take a while to get used to not pushing myself and doing several sets of laps and exercises rather than once or twice a day, but it's what needs to happen now.

I've popped my last two pills of the day a little bit early and the side effects are already kicking in, so I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes and try and remember to put my rubbish and recycling out in the morning and my OddBox container in the afternoon... you watch me forget though!  lol

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Today's only and final update to today's to-do list

• Pull water heating switch in the bathroom
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Have shower
• Wash hair
• Get dressed
• Pull water heating switch off
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Clear outside drain
• Wash and dry towels
• Air towels
• Put towels away
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Request quotes for plug fix on Check A Trade - a plumber has asked for photo's so I've asked if they want the video instead - I sent him the video this morning - he's away for a week but is gonna let me know when he's back then he'll come and do it for me - today's the day! - he was ill so we are gonna reschedule it when he's feeling better - he's coming between 9am and 10am today - he didn't come after all, so I'll give him one last chance before I give up and readvertise the job again - he's coming at 1pm on Tuesday, so I won't be eating lunch that day and I'll have to wait until he's gone before I do my laps and exercises
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 100 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or kitchen things - someone wants the saucepans
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Give saucepans to Olio-er?
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

That's me officially...

...back with Visible again.

I've taken both FitBits off my ankles and uninstalled the FitBit app from my phone.  It's been an expensive day but as of now, I'm focussing on pacing rather than steps.  It's gonna take a loooong time to get out of the habit of pushing myself to get a certain number of steps or walk for a certain length of time, but my health comes first now.  It's gonna be weird not tracking everything that passes my lips for the first time since 2019, but I'm hoping that I won't be totally zonked so often when I've got into the habit of doing less, more frequently, and I'm focussing on my disability rather than exercising and logging everything now.

I think...

...it's time to give up on FitBit now.

I've just been logged out of the app and when I logged back in, literally everything was gone between 11th April and today, there isn't even a way to get into May - it's just completely disappeared and the only information on 11th April is over 1,500 entries of caffeinated coffee.

It's one screw-up too many so as of now, I've officially stopped using FitBit.

My delivery has just arrived, soooo...

...I'm not gonna have anything solid for lunch 'cos it's too late now, so it'll just be drinks again today.

Looks like...

...today could be another day of liquids for lunch 'cos I've got a delivery due between 9.55am and 1.55pm so I won't be able to eat until it arrives and if it's at the later end of the slot then it'll be too late for me to have lunch.

Hopefully I'll be able to eat properly tomorrow for the first time in 3 days though.