Today's (14th April 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the same as my usual cool/cold weather Tuesday lunches - 300g of large flat mushrooms and 10g of Vegan Mayo washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Free chocolate!

I've just had my groceries delivered and, like usually happens, the chocolate was replaced with exactly the same thing from a famous brand, but instead of being £1 for 110g it was £1.95 for 100g, so I, like every week, rejected them based on the price which isn't usually a problem.  Today something extra special happened though - when I said that I was rejecting them based on the price she (the deliverer) looked at the price difference between the two and said that she'd mark it down as a goodwill gesture and that I could keep the chocolate for free!!

I've got plenty of chocolate and crisps to see me through this week now lol

I slept...

...considerably better last night than I have for the last few weeks and I can only put that down to the duvet going all the way down to the bottom of the bed, instead of stopping half way lol

I didn't want to get out of bed this morning and went back to sleep when I woke up at 3.30am and again at 4.15am then was eventually dragged out by my bladder at 5am lol

I'm hoping that last night was a sign of a peaceful night every night until the next bedding change in a couple of weeks.

Plan for today (Tuesday 14th April)

1. wake up
2. go for my first emergency wee of the day
3. bring clothes downstairs
4. go for my second emergency wee of the day
5. take my blood pressure
6. go for my third emergency wee
7. take my pills
8. go for my fourth and hopefully last emergency wee
9. get clean in either warm (if the tap works) or boiling (if it doesn't) water
10. get changed
11. turn on my laptop
12. make my breakfast while laptop is booting up
13. eat breakfast
14. wash up
15. do my morning admin on my laptop
16. put in next grocery order
17. do morning exercises
18. put bags in front of the door
19. bring groceries in
20. put groceries away
21. hang bags back up
22. sort out FitBit image
23. make a very early lunch
24. do lunch admin
25. get radiator replaced
26. pay them what I owe
27. relax and recover for a while
28. do my afternoon exercises
29. clear browser caches ready for Wednesday's weekly virus scan and backups
30. collapse onto the sofa in utter exhaustion until bedtime

Today's (14th April 2026) breakfast photos

Today's breakfast, like normal, came in two parts.  The first part was my 500ml glass of water to take my 11 morning pills with, then I got washed and changed and my second breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 20g of 'Buttery' spread and a freshly decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here are today's two breakfast photos:

Today's (14th April 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 toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact boiler manufacturers as soon as they open - the problem isn't covered under the warranty so someone from Check A Trade came over, did a temporary fix and is fixing it properly today or tomorrow - he couldn't get "a part" which I'm assuming is the chemicals but he's due at 2pm today
• Put in new order for salad stuff on Tuesday
• Groceries being delivered on Tuesday morning
• Put together FitBit image on Tuesday
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage on Tuesday
• Get radiator replaced at 2pm on Tuesday
• Make sure ASHP gets turned back on at 2pm on Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on Tuesday at 5pm
• 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
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box)
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now - she's hopefully gonna come for them this week - hopefully next week instead?
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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 morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & radiator today
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling
• 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 radiator or seat cushion
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Phone pharmacy again
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg, sweet potato
• 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
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• 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 treat-sized choccie on the side
• 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

Mornin' all

Well, it's been a busy morning so far, but I'm just about on track for doing my exercises this morning, then putting in my next grocery order after putting the bags down in front of the door for today's groceries.  I'm gonna be run off my feet today and I'm thinking that I'll post the plan each time I update it, as opposed to my to-do list today.

There isn't really enough time to put either the plan or to-do list up before I do my first set of exercises of the day, but I'll do them when I've finished.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's half an hour early, but I'm frozen solid and wanna curl up in the fresh bedding and try and get warm, so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning for a day when I'll be run off my feet, but it'll hopefully be all worth it by the end of the day.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take recycling box and blue sack back outside
• 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 toast and juice/banana and water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Contact boiler manufacturers as soon as they open - the problem isn't covered under the warranty so someone from Check A Trade came over, did a temporary fix and is fixing it properly today or tomorrow - he couldn't get "a part" which I'm assuming is the chemicals but he's due at 2pm on Tuesday
• Bring in recycling box
• Bring in blue sack
• Put box and sack away
• Put in new order for salad stuff on Tuesday
• Groceries being delivered on Tuesday morning
• Put together FitBit image on Tuesday
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage on Tuesday
• Get radiator replaced at 2pm on Tuesday
• Make sure ASHP gets turned back on at 2pm on Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on Tuesday at 5pm
• 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
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box)
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now - she's hopefully gonna come for them this week - hopefully next week instead?
• Keep checking to see if anyone wants the carrots - the listing expired so I asked a horse-lover that I know instead
• 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 morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & radiator tomorrow
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling
• 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 radiator or seat cushion
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Phone pharmacy again
• Change bedding
• Wash & dry bedding
• Take bedding upstairs
• Make lunch of butternut squash, mushrooms, mixed veg, sweet potato/J2O
• 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
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• 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 treat-sized choccie on the side
• 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 (13th April 2026) I'm grateful for...

...changing my bedding and pretty much getting it into all four corners and all four sides, so I won't have cold legs and feet any more!

It was highly stressful and frustrating, but after not doing it for around a month or so, I'm impressed that I managed it at all!

I'll have to see what it's like to sleep on/under fresh bedding tonight and if it keeps me warm until my central heating is back on!

I'm sooo proud of myself today!