Nite nite orl

I've had an incredibly stressful week and especially yesterday and today, but that's it now, thankfully.

I've gotta remember to pull the switch in the bathroom first thing tomorrow, so that I can have a well earned and very much deserved long soak in a hot bubble bath.  I've also gotta remember to do my laundry tomorrow too.

I'm not gonna push myself at all tomorrow, otherwise I won't be able to function.  I'm hoping for a bath and the two loads of laundry, but I'm not gonna rush to get it done as soon as I wake up if I don't feel up to it.

My last two pills of the day have been popped and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again 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
• 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/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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 last of the hidden cupboard
• Take photos of hidden cupboard things
• Advertise hidden cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboard next to freezer - a task for Monday
• Take photos of freezer cupboard things - a task for Monday
• Advertise freezer cupboard things on Freegle - a task for Monday
• Sort out cupboards under main counter
• Take photos of main counter cupboard things
• Advertise main counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Put new appliances away in the cupboards
• Buy more storage containers if necessary - there are some by the cooker that are unopened so far, so they can go into one of the cupboards
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday - I'm 950g into the safe zone, which is reassuring
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal - she's off work for a couple of weeks, but it's on her task list to call me for when she gets back
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• 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
• Take bedding back upstairs
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature - someone must have done it remotely 'cos it's back to being how I wanted now, thankfully
• 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things today at 4.15pm
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the beans/salad leaves
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them.
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Put Freegle things in front of the door, ready for collection
• 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
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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

Aaaaand... relax!

That's the Freegle stuff gone so I've got more room to tidy up more of the kitchen cupboards so that I can start putting my new things away... the same person has given me a list of things that she'd like and she's one of my regulars so she gets first refusal of everything before I post it on Freegle because she was the only one to reply to my Freegle post asking for interest.  Friday seems to be the best day for her and we've already pencilled in next Friday if there's anything that she wants so that'll hopefully motivate me to try and tidy up a bit more too.

I've just had a quick look in the two cupboards over by the freezer and the hidden cupboard has already been tidied and had things put away, but there's some pans in the second cupboard that I'm not likely to use, so I'll offer those to today's Freegler then sit down and hopefully start to cool down now.  It's reassuring that 1 of the 5 cupboards is already done and a second one is pretty much there but I genuinely haven't got a clue what are in the other cupboards!  lol

I'm gonna give myself the rest of today and all weekend off, then get cracking with more tidying up and hopefully giving away on Monday.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
• Use new 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/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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 last of the hidden cupboard
• Take photos of hidden cupboard things
• Advertise hidden cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboard next to freezer
• Take photos of freezer cupboard things
• Advertise freezer cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboards under main counter
• Take photos of main counter cupboard things
• Advertise main counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Put new appliances away in the cupboards
• Buy more storage containers if necessary
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday - I'm 950g into the safe zone, which is reassuring
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• 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
• Take bedding back upstairs
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature - someone must have done it remotely 'cos it's back to being how I wanted now, thankfully
• 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things today at 4.15pm
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the beans/salad leaves
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them.
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Put Freegle things in front of the door, ready for collection
• 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
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 (31st July 2026) tea photo

I was all set to have a plum smoothie for my tea but the plums had started to 'turn' so I didn't risk it, binned them and had 1 large pear and 4 apples for my tea instead which, according to my app, means I've had 9.6 portions of fruit and veg today, not including my lunchtime potatoes for some bizzarre reason.

Here's today's tea photo:

Today's (31st July 2026) lunch photo

I decided against having the protein for lunch 'cos I wanted to make sure that I had enough room in my belly for the 4 baby potatoes and 1 tablespoon of Vegan Mayonnaise lol  I burnt the roof of my mouth with the potatoes so I think I'll need to give them a couple of minutes resting time tomorrow lol.  I washed the potatoes down with a 330ml can of Sparkling Mango pop.

It starts a new month tomorrow, so I'm thinking it'll be back to the choccie Weetabix tomorrow morning and maybe a fruit smoothie for my tea today so that I can catch the fruit before it goes off?  I haven't decided for sure yet though.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
• Use new 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/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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 last of the hidden cupboard
• Take photos of hidden cupboard things
• Advertise hidden cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboard next to freezer
• Take photos of freezer cupboard things
• Advertise freezer cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboards under main counter
• Take photos of main counter cupboard things
• Advertise main counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Put new appliances away in the cupboards
• Buy more storage containers if necessary
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday - I'm 950g into the safe zone, which is reassuring
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• 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
• Take bedding back upstairs
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature - someone must have done it remotely 'cos it's back to being how I wanted now, thankfully
• 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things today at 4.15pm
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the beans/salad leaves
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them.
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream - baby potatoes and a veggie burger today
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Put Freegle things in front of the door, ready for collection
• 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
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 (31st July 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month
• Use new 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/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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• 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 last of the hidden cupboard
• Take photos of hidden cupboard things
• Advertise hidden cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboard next to freezer
• Take photos of freezer cupboard things
• Advertise freezer cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out cupboards under main counter
• Take photos of main counter cupboard things
• Advertise main counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Put new appliances away in the cupboards
• Buy more storage containers if necessary
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday - I'm 950g into the safe zone, which is reassuring
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• 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
• Take bedding back upstairs
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Phone central heating bods to get talked through how to change control panel back to just temperature
• 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 chilled packaging or envelopes or tiles or juice bottles or packing material or radiator or cushion - they are coming for their things today at 4.15pm
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the beans/salad leaves
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them.
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Put Freegle things in front of the door, ready for collection
• 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
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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 (31st July 2026) breakfast photos

Today's breakfast was purely liquid - my normal 500ml glass of water to wash my morning pills down with then the last 250ml bottle of freshly-decanted Wonky Orange juice.

Here's today's breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

I'm well and truly knackered this morning, but never mind eh?

My 'Morning Stability' score was 3 again this morning, my blood pressure was 109 and I've had a liquid breakfast of my normal glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with and the last of the juice.

I've gotta remember to phone up for that medical appointment today - hopefully over the phone otherwise it'll be another £20 trip in the taxi to get there and back for a 5 minute appointment.

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear, so that's good news to start the day off with.

I've got one of my regular Freeglers coming this afternoon, then I can finally flop and recover.

Time to get today's breakfast photos resized and put up, then today's to-do list then get today's blood pressure photo and this month's spreadsheet up on my health site, before doing today's exercises then not moving from the sofa.

BBS-ish