Nite nite orl

It's been another long, tiring day today and a storm has just started so I'm gonna shut down for the night before my anxiety gets the better of me.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• 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 breakfast into NutraCheck
• 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
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• 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 oranges
• 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
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• 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 - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• 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
• 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

I'm also grateful for...

...somehow remembering to take all my pills at the right times this week!

It's rare that it happens, but I've just refilled my dosette box and every one of the 14 compartments were empty today - I can't remember last time that happened!

Today (17th May 2026) I'm sooo grateful for...

...the delivery van being parked right in the way of anyone wanting to get in or out of the street!

Why?

Because it forced me to face my fear of walking up and down slopes and turning corners totally unexpectedly!

I usually spend days psyching myself up to do it and I've only done it a few times since we lost Steve, but there was a delivery van parked right at the top of the road this afternoon so there was no hope of getting around it which sent my anxiety through the roof and it seemed to make M worried too, but I decided to face my fears and at least try it.

I've never done it with my neckbag, keys and additional shoulder bag, let alone with pain in my neck, shoulder and arm in my life, even with C with me so it was an even bigger fear to add to my anxiety...

...but I DID IT!!!

I've already rewarded myself with a DragonBerry J2O in celebration and I'm on top of the world right now!!!

Summer menu's

I'm not gonna put up any menu's over Summer 'cos they will always be the same and I never know what I will and won't get with OddBox and my groceries and if they are suitable substitutes or if I'll put anything onto Olio.

Please take it as read that unless something changes (like my usual breakfast or tea), the menu's throughout Summer will be:

Mondays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:

Leftovers or salad

 

Tea:
Soup

Tuesdays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:

Salad

 

Tea:
Soup

 

Wednesdays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:
Salad

 

Tea:
Soup

 

Thursdays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:
Salad

 

Tea:
Soup

Fridays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:
Salad

 

Tea:
Soup

Saturdays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:
Salad

 

Tea:
Soup

Sundays

Breakfast:

Weetabix, soya milk and juice

 

Lunch:
With Marie/take-away/fruit

 

Tea:
Soup

Today's (17th May 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
• 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 breakfast into NutraCheck
• 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
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• 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 oranges
• 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
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• 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 - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• 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
• 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 (17th May 2026) breakfast photo

I just had a 500ml glass of water for my breakfast this morning, in preparation for my Sunday roast at lunchtime, so that I'm not too bloated to sleep.  There prolly won't be a tea photo either, for the same reason, so this could be my last meal photo of the week.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Well, the pain is back, but I'm thinking it's psychosomatic now because I'm fine when I'm busy, but as soon as I sit down and relax, it's back!

So far this morning I've taken my Visible reading which gave me another 3 out of 5 for my Morning Stability score for the day, taken my blood pressure which was right at the top of my own personal normal range, popped my 10 morning pills, got washed and dressed, taken the recycling out (there isn't enough rubbish to make it worthwhile) and run the daily virus scan (which was all clear, thankfully).

Time to get potentially the last meal photo of the week's photo put up on here and Instagram, then sort out the last 6 blood pressure photos to put on my health site, then get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've gotta remember to bag and box up my rubbish and recycling tomorrow and I've also gotta refill my dosette box after lunch too, as well as potentially doing my laps and exercises and of course getting washed and changed in the morning and putting up next week's menu and putting the OddBox container outside after lunch too, so lots of things to remember and I bet I'll forget something 🙄

Considering I've had my bath and done my laps and exercises today, I'm still just about under my Pace Points budget and it's still working so far, so that's a big relief.

I've taken my last two pills of the day and the side effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

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 today
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom - bathtime @ 6am
• Put towel in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• 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/bananas
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• 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
• 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
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 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
• 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 oranges
• 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
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• 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 - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• 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
• 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