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

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 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 Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/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!
• 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
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• 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
• 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
• 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, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the potatoes
• 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 breakfast comments

Today's breakfast was just my usual 500ml glass of water to wash my 11 morning pills down with and I've got a 550ml mug of decaff coffee on the go atm too.

I'm seeing my best friend today so prolly won't eat before tea-time now, but I'm over 1kg over where the nurse wants me to be, so missing a couple of meals won't do me any harm!

Mornin' all

I've got a busy day ahead of me and my 'Morning Stability' score was only 2 out of 5 which will make me feel even worse.

I had a very disturbed night after waking up at 11.30pm thinking that it was morning, so I got up and got dressed and came downstairs, only for it to click that it was still night-time, so I went back upstairs and got back into bed again lol

The daily virus scan has found an Advanced Issue so I'm gonna resolve that and get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've just got another hot flash, so I'm thinking I'm definitely starting to go through the change of life!

I've taken my pills and I'm completely cream-crackered, so I'm off 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 - 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 weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• 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
• 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!
• 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
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter - it seems, from a quick glance, to be mainly glasses so I've asked today's Freegler if she potentially wants them next week so that I can hopefully get rid of most of that cupboard without advertising it all too - she's "got a full glasses cupboard" but wants to see photos just in case so that she can pass on hers if she wants mine - I've asked the Freegle volunteers how they would prefer me to advertise the things she doesn't want - they would prefer groups of things separated (wine glasses separate to beer glasses etc)
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegle
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• 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
• 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
• 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, creative/wildlife stuff or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the potatoes
• 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

Sixth update to this week's (14th to 20th September 2026) menu

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Chocolate
Kiwiberries
Toast
Mince pies

Monday 14th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Leftovers
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Tuesday 15th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  2 x pickled eggs
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Wednesday 16th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Thursday 17th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x pepper, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Friday 18th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Saturday 19th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 punnet x chestnut mushrooms, mayonnaise
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Sunday 20th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 2 x boxes kiwiberries, 1 box x mince pies
Tea:  1 x easy peeler, 1 x plum 

Today's (16th September 2026) tea comments

Today's tea was simple and healthy - a plum and an easy peeler.  I've just finished putting together a rough draft of next week's menu and it'll be the first week with a protein as well as the veg for lunch, so it'll be interesting to see how my belly copes with that next week!

Very rough menu for next week (21st to 27th September 2026)

Snacks:

Creamy drinking chocolates
Kiwiberries
Toast
Mince pies

Monday 21st

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Leftovers OR 1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes
Tea:  1 x apple

Tuesday 22nd

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, (tender head?) broccoli
Tea:  1 x apple 

Wednesday 23rd

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, (tender head?) broccoli
Tea:  1 x apple

Thursday 24th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll, 2 x potatoes, 1 x pepper
Tea:  1 x apple

Friday 25th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  1 x sausage roll/baby tomatoes, 2 x potatoes, 1 x pepper
Tea:  1 x apple

Saturday 26th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  baby tomatoes, 2 x potatoes, 1 x pepper
Tea:  1 x apple

Sunday 27th

Breakfast:  Weetabix, soya milk, juice
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR baby tomatoes, 3 x boxes kiwiberries, 
Tea:  1 x apple 

I was wrong, I'm sorry

I've just gone back as far as I could before Blogger decided to misbehave and I've gotta go at least as far back as January 2023 and possibly even further back than that, but it won't be the quick job that I was hoping for after all.  I've made a pretty decent start on it though, and 2 months a day won't be too bad as long as I can keep motivating myself to do it lol

I've had a...

...very productive day, especially afternoon, today because I've just finished off deleting the food photos for 2026, so I think/hope I've just gotta go up to September kinda time now, then that's it, all done, 'cos I think I've already deleted the photos before that, but could be wrong.  I'm proud that I've got the last 9 months deleted already though, and I've just gotta keep on keeping on with it now.