I've just...

...shaken the crumbs out of the toaster, so we'll have to wait and see if/how that affects my toast tomorrow!

Plan for today (16th April 2026)

1. Wake up
2. Go for first emergency wee
3. Take blood pressure
4. Go for second emergency wee
5. Take 10 or 11 morning pills (depending on my mental health)
6. Go for third and hopefully last emergency wee
7. Get washed
8. Get dressed
9. Make breakfast
10. Take photo of breakfast
11. Eat breakfast
12. Wash up
13. Boot up laptop
14. Run daily virus scan
15. Sort out any issues
16. Make my first blog post of the day
17. Open email
18. Save breakfast photo
19. Put breakfast photo on here and Instagram
20. Shake crumbs out of toaster
21. Start reading and reviewing a book
22. Phone pharmacy about owed prescription
23. Keep reading and reviewing the book until...
24. Make double lunch quantity
25. Take photo of lunch
26. Eat lunch
27. Wash up
28. Put lunch photo on here and Instagram
29. Keep reading and reviewing the book until...
30. Make tea of instant soup
31. Take photo of tea
32. Drink soup
33. Put photo of tea up on here
34. Keep reading and reviewing the book until bedtime
35. Take last two pills of the day
36. Head to bed
37. Hopefully fall asleep quickly

Today's (16th 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 - it found an advanced issue which is now resolved
• 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
• Shake crumbs out of toaster
• 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 - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week - my weight is too low to risk it now
• 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/chocolate biscuit bars
• 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 - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do sit-ups in hall - my weight is too low to risk it now 
• Do crunches in hall - my weight is too low to risk it now
• 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's (16th April 2026) breakfast photo

To start today off, I had my usual 500ml glass of water to pop my 11 morning pills with, but I ran out of water before I ran out of pills, so I had about 250ml more to finish taking them all.  Then I had my solid breakfast of two slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 20g of 'Buttery' spread, then added 2 bananas and washed it all down with a freshly-decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Well, I woke up an hour later than normal, so my body obviously needed the extra sleep last night!

So far this morning I've taken my blood pressure which was slightly lower than recently, popped my 11 morning pills then made, ate and washed up my breakfast things.  I had two bananas with my breakfast this morning 'cos they were starting to get quite spotty, so it was 2 for breakfast today, another 2 tomorrow and Saturday and then the last one on Sunday.

I decided against getting washed and changed this morning so that I didn't end up on the floor... it just wasn't worth the risk.

My hayfever is gonna be awful today 'cos my nose and eyes are already streaming and I'm constantly coughing so it's gonna be a fun day today!  Not!

The daily virus scan found an advanced issue which is now resolved, so time to get today's to-do list and plan together, then not move far from the sofa for the rest of today.  I've got several books on my TBR list, so I'm gonna kick back with the first book today I reckon and not feel guilty for not doing the housework.

Nite nite orl

I'm completely, totally and utterly exhausted so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading 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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• 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
• Find out when original central heating installers will come and fix their cut corners - an engineer called Nathan is apparently on his way, so I'll wait and see what happens today - it took him around 2 hours but he knew what the problem was and how to fix it... apparently "it shouldn't happen again" now that the mistake has been fixed, so I hope he's right!
• 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 - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week - my weight is too low to risk it now
• 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/chocolate biscuit bars
• 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 - my weight is too low to risk it now
• Do sit-ups in hall - my weight is too low to risk it now 
• Do crunches in hall - my weight is too low to risk it now
• 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

Plan for tomorrow (Thursday 16th April 2026)

1. Wake up
2. Go for first emergency wee
3. Take blood pressure
4. Go for second emergency wee
5. Take 10 or 11 morning pills (depending on my mental health)
6. Go for third and hopefully last emergency wee
7. Get washed
8. Get dressed
9. Make breakfast
10. Take photo of breakfast
11. Eat breakfast
12. Wash up
13. Boot up laptop
14. Run daily virus scan
15. Sort out any issues
16. Make my first blog post of the day
17. Open email
18. Save breakfast photo
19. Put breakfast photo on here and Instagram
20. Start reading and reviewing a book
21. Phone pharmacy about owed prescription
22. Keep reading and reviewing the book until...
23. Make double lunch quantity
24. Take photo of lunch
25. Eat lunch
26. Wash up
27. Put lunch photo on here and Instagram
28. Keep reading and reviewing the book until...
29. Make tea of instant soup
30. Take photo of tea
31. Drink soup
32. Put photo of tea up on here
33. Keep reading and reviewing the book until bedtime
34. Take last two pills of the day
35. Head to bed
36. Hopefully fall asleep quickly

Tomorrow (Thursday 16th April 2026) I'm determined to...

...start reading and reviewing my next book and eat three proper meals instead of just liquids and chocolate.

I've put myself last so often this week and my body is making me regret it, so tomorrow is just for me and everyone else will have to look after themselves for a rare change.

Selfish?  Yes.  But I need to be otherwise I'll be a useless lump who can't get out of bed in the morning soon.  I need to look after me and my health for a rare change and that's starting tomorrow and continuing into next week if necessary.

Well, that was...

...a short, sharp storm!

It seems to have blown over now so I've made myself my first drinking chocolate of the day and put my FitBits on to finish charging, but I'm back for about an hour now.