Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely knackered so I'm going to bed.

It's the weekly virus scan and backups tomorrow and I wanna sort out my laundry into the new baskets too, but I'm not gonna push myself at all.

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 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• 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
• 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
• Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026 - finished March 2026 now - finished the whole of 2026 now and still gotta go until January 2023 so it's gonna take a looooong time! - up to February 2025 now 'cos I've found a way to get just the meals and photo's up a month at a time which is a lot faster and less stressful - March 2024 now which is awesome!
• 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
• Put in new grocery order
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Advertise bread on Olio
• 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
• Bring in delivery (band)
• Open delivery
• Try delivery
• 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 rug, tea cups, glasses, spaghetti strainer, creative/wildlife stuff, milk jug or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the soya milk or bread
• 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

Phew!

I don't need the provisional driving license or passport after all.  My Blue Badge application has gone through and I can use either the Blue Badge or my Pass card as photo ID for things like voting and the council tax and whatever else I need it for, so that's a huuuuuuuge relief and I'll cancel the driving license and passport applications as soon as I've got my new Blue Badge in my hands.

Thank you Gaia!

I've made...

...really good progress today with the photo deletions!

I've just finished 2024 so I've just got 2023 to do tomorrow et voila!  Finding out how to search for just the posts I wanted significantly helped me out time and stress wise.

I think I've also decided that I'm not gonna pressure myself to eat proper meals while I'm in the throes of SAD this year - if I can only cope with making a mug of creamy drinking chocolate for each meal then that's totally OK!

For the first time in my life I'm gonna treat myself gently until I crawl out of the other side of this.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• 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
• 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
• Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026 - finished March 2026 now - finished the whole of 2026 now and still gotta go until January 2023 so it's gonna take a looooong time! - up to February 2025 now 'cos I've found a way to get just the meals and photo's up a month at a time which is a lot faster and less stressful - March 2024 now which is awesome!
• 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
• Put in new grocery order
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Advertise bread on Olio
• 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
• 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 
• 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
• Bring in delivery (band)
• Open delivery
• Try delivery
• 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 rug, tea cups, glasses, spaghetti strainer, creative/wildlife stuff, milk jug or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the soya milk or bread
• 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

Today's (22nd September 2026) lunch comment

My mood is through the floor thanks to the official start of my SAD season, so there is unlikely to be many healthy lunches from now on because I just can't motivate myself to prepare, cook, eat and wash up when I'm in the throws of SAD, so it's likely to be junk food and easy to prepare meals for the next few months.

My first SAD meal was a box of 6 mince pies and a 550ml mug of instant decaff coffee 'cos it's all that I could possibly scrape together for myself.

The SAD season is officially...

...here for me.

Why?

How can I tell?

Because I can't be arsed to put my laptop on the floor and go and make my lunch, then eat it and wash up afterwards even though my belly is rumbling.

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 - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August
• 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
• 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
• Delete meal photos on this blog - finished April 2026 - finished March 2026 now - finished the whole of 2026 now and still gotta go until January 2023 so it's gonna take a looooong time! - up to February 2025 now 'cos I've found a way to get just the meals and photo's up a month at a time which is a lot faster and less stressful
• 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
• Put in new grocery order
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Advertise bread on Olio
• 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
• 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 
• 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
• Bring in delivery (band)
• Open delivery
• Try delivery
• 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 rug, tea cups, glasses, spaghetti strainer, creative/wildlife stuff, milk jug or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the soya milk or gherkins
• 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

Third update to this week's (21st to 27th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies

Monday 21st

Breakfast:  Toast, vegan spread and juice
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 1 x potato, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Tuesday 22nd

Breakfast:  toast and vegan spread
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 1 x potato, tenderstem broccoli, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples 

Wednesday 23rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice/Barista milk/protein powder 
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 1 x potato, tenderstem broccoli, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Thursday 24th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice/Barista milk/protein powder 
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 1 x potato, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Friday 25th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice/Barista milk/protein powder 
Lunch:  baby tomatoes, 1 x potato, 1 x pepper, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Saturday 26th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice/Barista milk/protein powder 
Lunch:  baby tomatoes, 2 x potatoes, hash brown bites, mayo
Tea:  2 x apples

Sunday 27th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice/Barista milk/protein powder
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR hash brown bites, baby tomatoes, mayo 
Tea:  Kiwiberries

I've decided...

...to put the bread onto Olio as soon as it arrives and put 'Toastie' bread onto my next grocery orders to see if that makes it darken up a bit.

I've got 3 cartons of barista milk and some protein powder waiting patiently to be used, so I'll have that instead of toast when I've finished off the current loaf and start again with the toast next Wednesday.