Nite nite orl

I've just taken my pills and one of them was a different brand to my normal ones and the side effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'm gonna head off to beddy-byes for an early night and see what time I wake up in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th February 2023) lunch photo

I was supposed to have this for my lunch yesterday but my lunchtime carer didn't turn up so I had a packet of crisps for my lunch yesterday and a home-made (by my MIL) butternut squash soup for my lunch today.  It was surprisingly filling and very satisfying because butternut squash is my favourite vegetable.

I sneaked in a couple of Graze punnets as well so that I could nudge my calories into the red which will hopefully mean that I've put on weight again next week.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 1 children's book
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

How are you all doing this morning?

I had a few techie issues with getting my monthly virus scan to start up this morning - turns out it was a PICNIC error which is sorted out now and the monthly virus scan is plodding away like a good'un now.

I've already taken my morning pills and breakfast today is 4 biscuits and a mug of decaff coffee.  I've gotta try and remember to ask my lunchtime carer to do the soup instead of what's on the menu so that it doesn't go to waste.

I've got my groceries being delivered this morning so that'll be fun, especially if my carer doesn't turn up as early as she usually does (usually around 7.15am to 7.30am).

I forgot about this blog post and started dealing with my emails and Facebook!  Woops!

Time to publish this and sort out my day's to-do list before I forget again I reckon.

Nite nite orl

My body is on the verge of shutting down so I wanna make sure I'm in bed before that happens so that I don't come tumbling down the stairs or fall over and not be able to get up.

Nite nite orl.

Fifth and final update to todays to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books - 1 down, 1 to go
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I'm gonna...

...have an early night I reckon 'cos I'm absolutely shattered and my body is begging for it so that's exactly what I'm gonna do - take my last pills of the day and head off to bed.

Gotta remember not to open my emails in the morning 'cos of the monthly virus scan... you watch me forget though!  lol

It'll have to...

...wait until tomorrow now.

I've just tried to put the rack together and it kept coming apart, so I'm gonna wait until tomorrow now, so that I don't spoil my good mood with angry frustration.  I'm sure it's easy enough to do, I just haven't got enough patience to sort it out tonight, so it'll have to wait until the groceries have been put away before I attempt it again.

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books - 1 down, 1 to go
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (27th February 2023) lunch photo

I made both of my meals today 'cos my lunchtime carer didn't turn up, so I just had a packet of crisps and a mug of decaff coffee - far from ideal, but better than nothing, right?

Here's today's lunch photo:

Feeling pretty proud of myself right now

I've just solved, alone, a router issue that I would usually have asked Steve about, I was tempted to text Marie to ask for her advice or the tech support bods at my ISP but I managed to fix it totally alone despite it sending my blood pressure through the roof lol

Lunch today was a packet of crisps 'cos my lunchtime carer didn't bother turning up and it'd've been dangerous to cook alone, so I resorted to a packet of crisps and mug of decaff coffee.

Time to put my photo up, then update the to-do list, then sort out my delivery so that I can cross a few more things off the list.

I really can do this living alone with technology thing!

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (27th February 2023) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was another bowl of fruit and fibre with soya milk and an orange juice again.

I'm starting to get used to the blandness of it now... I still prefer a sweet punch to kick my tastebuds into action, but the healthiness of it is worth more than the wanting the sweet kick first thing.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (27th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Download, code and upload last week's FitBit spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Bring in the first delivery
• Bring in the second delivery
• Put rack on top of the washer/drier
• Arrange things into the rack
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Bring the rubbish sack back in
• Bring the recycling things back in
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 2 children's books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

How are you all doing this morning?

It was good while it lasted, but I've started this week with less than 8 hours of sleep again, which is frustrating, but hey ho, not to worry eh?

I've taken my morning pills and I got my sums wrong with when I'd be paid again - I thought it was today but I was wrong, it's next week... I knew it would be too good to actually have some money in my account lol

I've gotta remember to weigh myself, then code and upload the spreadsheet to my homepage... I really can't afford to lose any more weight.

I've got a couple of deliveries due from Amazon at some point today and knowing my luck they'll turn up while I'm naked in the bathroom or at the bottom of the stairs getting dressed lol  Gotta bring the rubbish and recycling containers in too when they've been picked up.  My daily virus scan has just finished and my machine is still free from nasties, thankfully.

Wanna get a bit more reading done today, in amongst all the other things I've got going on 'cos it felt sooo good to escape into a different world yesterday.

I'm gonna put up today's to-do list then go and get my breakfast I reckon.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

I've had a bit of a readathon this evening and time has kinda got away from me, so the early night I was hoping for is, in reality, gonna be a late night.  Not to worry though - it'll hopefully mean that I wake up at a more sensible time tomorrow morning lol

I've taken my last two pills of the week so I'm gonna head off to bed for the last time this week.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take the rubbish out
• Take the recycling out
• Refill dosette box - I've taken each of my pills this week, so my body is fully dosed up with everything it needs, thankfully!
• Buy batteries for doorbell
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 5 children's books - 3 down, 2 to go
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take the rubbish out
• Take the recycling out
• Refill dosette box - I've taken each of my pills this week, so my body is fully dosed up with everything it needs, thankfully!
• Buy batteries for doorbell
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Read and review 5 children's books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Aaand...

...relax.

I've had a pig-out for lunch and brought leftovers home ready for either later on today if I get hungry or to go with my soup tomorrow, like I did last week.  The doorbell is up and working and so is my new whiteboard and I've taken all the rubbish and recycling out so I'm all set for an afternoon of reading children's books now!

Gotta remember to find and invest in some teeny tiny batteries to go into the bell bit of the doorbell so that I'm prepared for the one that came with it conking out with no warning.  Marie put the noticeboard, bell and button within my reach so that I can be totally independent with it all without having to pester her for something as minor as changing a battery.

I've done just over 3,000 steps today but no active minutes which is fair enough... will I hit 4,000 steps before bedtime I wonder?

I've got a drinking choccie on the go, so I'm gonna start charging up my FitBit so that it records my sleep tonight, while I'm indulging in way too much chocolatey goodness as I read and review this morning's children's books.

I've just bought what I hope are the right batteries for the bell, and a space-saving device to go onto the counter above the washer/dryer so that I can keep that area decluttered.

Just had the reminders come up for the books and I've drained my drinking choccie, so I'm gonna go and get myself a glass of water then settle down for an afternoon of reading after I've taken my lunchtime pill and refilled the dosette box ready for next week.

Looks like...

...I'll be doing plenty of reading and reviewing of children's books when I get home!

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take the rubbish out
• Take the recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (26th February 2023) breakfast photo

I had fruit and fibre cereal with soya milk and a bottle of orange juice for breakfast this morning.  I'm still finding the cereal a bit bland but then I've been having a chocolatey cereal for a while so my tastebuds are used to a hit of sweetness first thing lol  I'll still have the fruit and fibre cereal for a while 'cos it's full of good stuff, which is more important to me than a hit of sweetness first thing.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take the rubbish out
• Take the recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (26th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take the rubbish out
• Take the recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Goood morning all

I obviously needed that early night last night 'cos I managed 9 hours and 15 minutes of sleep overnight and I'm feeling sooo much better this morning because of it!

I've gotta remember to take the rubbish and recycling out when I get back this afternoon... I can't do it now 'cos my carer needs to be able to get rid of her PPE and Marie is gonna put the new notice board and doorbell up for me when we get back, so she'll have things to bin and recycle too so it's pointless doing anything before then or I'd have to re-sort the rubbish and recycling which would make double the work for myself.  I'm gonna put everything other than food waste out today 'cos there's so little food waste in such a huge bag that it's pointless, so that'll go out next week, but there's some plastic and glass to get rid of (not much, admittedly, but enough), so that'll be going out today.

I'm gonna put up my to-do list then have my breakfast I reckon.  There won't be a lunch photo today 'cos I'll be with my in-laws and don't take a photo while I'm with them, but there *will* be a breakfast photo.

Just dosed myself up for this morning... gotta remember to fill the box ready for next week after I take my lunchtime one today.

Started the virus scan for today... fingers crossed that it'll still be clear again.

Time to put my day's to-do list up now I reckon.

Nite nite orl

I've just taken my last pills of the day, about an hour earlier than normal, but my body is crying out for an early night, so that's exactly what I'm doing.

I'll be back briefly in the morning but for today it's nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Pay the electricity bill
• Update the National Grid
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Not even 6pm yet and...

...I'm already yawning!

I'm feeling...

...a bit better than I was first thing - far from well, but I'm not feeling quite so icky now, thankfully.

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Pay the electricity bill
• Update the National Grid
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (25th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Pay the electricity bill
• Update the National Grid
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I managed a smidgen over 8 hours of sleep for the third day on the trot and woke up at 4.59am instead of what was becoming my usual 3am.

I've taken my morning pills and got a mug of decaff tea on the go to start the day off right.  The daily virus scan was clear and worked first time today.  I could swear that there was a big task I was supposed to remember to do today but can't for the life of me remember what it was!

I'm gonna have biccies for breakfast today instead of cereal and juice so that they don't go off so there won't be a morning meal photo today.

Oh!  I've just remembered what the big thing to do today was - pay the electric!  I'll try and re-remember to do that when I've put my to-do list up.  I've gotta update the details for the National Grid and get ready for the Council to visit on the 6th too.

I reckon I'm gonna have an easy day today... it's been all go for the last few months and I need some time to recover.

Nite nite orl

I've taken my pills and the side-effects are kicking in, so I'm logging off for the night and heading to bed.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to UC to see what help they can give me - I've finished speaking to them now and it went so much better than I was dreading!
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to UC to see what help they can give me - I've finished speaking to them now and it went so much better than I was dreading!
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I think that deserves...

...a J2O and a few choccies.

It was nerve-wracking, purely because I'd never done it before, but it's over and done with for the next 4 weeks now and I just need to remember to contact my doctors surgery again for another sick/fit note and ask them to make it permanent as opposed to 3 months like they promised to do... I've gotta work out how to add a permanent date to my UC dashboard thing first though lol

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to UC to see what help they can give me
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (24th February 2023) lunch photo

I've definitely had my 5 portions of fruit and veg today, 'cos I had 2 for breakfast and another 6 for lunch today lol  My body definitely approves of getting all this good stuff into me instead of just pasta or rice dishes lol

Today's lunch was 6 hash browns, 2 portions of sweet potato fries and 2 portions of sweetcorn and I'm so stuffed I could burst lol.

I was wrong about the non-wool laundry cycle

I could have sworn that the non-wool laundry didn't get dried if I used the rapid, 30 minute wash, but I figured I'd give it ago and use the "air fresh" cycle if it was still wet.

The cycle has just finished so I nervously opened the door and my clothes *were* dry after all, so the machine only needs to be on for 30 minutes for the first load of (non-wool) laundry instead of the almost 4 hours that it's been on pretty much since I got it.  My wool things (two cardigans and a woollen top) still need to go on the wool cycle (obviously) for 3 hours and 50 minutes, but I've saved myself the best part of 3 hours worth of electricity every day now which should really cut down on my electricity usage and therefore charge now!

Gertrude (the washer/dryer) is saving me even more money than I thought which will save the electricity and go a small way to doing my part for the environment too!  Thank you Gertrude and Gaia (my Goddess) for encouraging me to try it one last time!

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to UC to see what help they can give me
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to UC to see what help they can give me
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (24th February 2023) breakfast photo

In a radical change from the norm, I had fruit and fibre for my breakfast this morning instead of my usual chocolatey cereal.  There were 3 hugely long slices of banana and a few raisins so that's pretty much one serving of fruit, right?  I had an apple juice too, so that's two portions of fruit in one meal which my body is already showing appreciation for and I've only got 3 portions to go at lunchtime to hit my 5 daily portions of fruit and veg, so I think I'll manage it again today.

Today's (24th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Talk to W&W to see what help they can give me
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I was obviously knackered yesterday 'cos I managed almost 9 hours of sleep and was only restless 5 times so was awake at 5am today instead of my usual 3-4am!

I've taken my morning pills, gone for a wee and poo and started off my daily virus scan.  I'm gonna put up my to-do list then go and make my breakfast methinks... in a change from the norm I'm gonna be having fruit and fibre for a while instead of my usual chocolatey ones 'cos I'm trying to knock my addiction to chocolate on the head again.  Depending on what time my carer goes, I might have my last caffeinated drink of the week too.

I've got a phone appointment with a company who might be able to sort out the heating and my bills and stuff this afternoon which I'm already nervous about in case I say the wrong thing or forget to say something important.  I've gotta stop saying that I'm fine and I can cope when the reality is that I'm not and I can't.

I'm gonna publish this now and go and get my breakfast so that I can finish eating it before my morning carer gets here.

Nite nite orl

I've popped my last pills of the day and the side effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'll have to make my bottle of squash as soon as I come downstairs tomorrow so that I can dose myself up appropriately.

This is gonna be my last blog post of the day 'cos I'm heading orf to beddy-byes now.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity - I've just emailed them so hopefully they'll reply soon
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler - she didn't come over so it must be next week instead of this week
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Sixth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity - I've just emailed them so hopefully they'll reply soon
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (23rd February 2023) lunch photo

Oodles of veg again today but my fingers got incredibly sticky 'cos of using my hands to eat the corn on the cob lol

I had 2 servings of vegetable fries, at least 1 serving of potato croquettes and 2 corn on the cob, so I well and truly got my 5 portions of fruit and veg in today after the apple juice this morning too!  I'm nicely full and my body is enjoying having so much veg in my diet now.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity - I've just emailed them so hopefully they'll reply soon
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity - I've just emailed them so hopefully they'll reply soon
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (23rd February 2023) breakfast photo

I decided to finish off the Choco Crackles this morning otherwise it would have barely covered the bottom of the bowl tomorrow and I finished off the carton of soya milk too, so other than the two bottles of apple juice that are now left waiting for me, tomorrow is gonna be new everything!

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Put first load of laundry on
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (23rd February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Sort out electricity
• Charge up first Hoover battery
• Hoover the carpets
• Put first load of laundry on
• Charge up second Hoover battery
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Meet up with the Enabler
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

How are you all doing so far this morning?

I'm doing OK, just cold as always.  I've taken my morning pills and started off the virus scan so today's big tasks to do is to sort out the electric and see my enabler this afternoon... you watch me forget again, like I did yesterday, though! 😄

I'm gonna put today's to-do list up now then go and get myself some breakfast methinks, ready for the carer to come and help me to get washed and dressed, then I'm gonna have my second mocha of the week methinks.

I started adding things to my Amazon wishlist yesterday that I'll be able to buy when Steve's chair has eventually been taken away and I'm gonna put fake plants on the shelves when all of Steve's stuff has been taken and I'm gonna get rid of the microwave and not replace it, just put some fake plants there too.

Time for the to-do list and breakfast now though!

Nite nite orl

I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

Nite nite orl.

Seventh update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together - I've been trying to put it together for the last 10 minutes and pulled a muscle in my arm, so it'll have to wait until Marie or Andrew can do it at the weekend - scratch that, I've just done it with only a minor injury to my arm lol
• Mop the kitchen floor - it'll have to wait until the weekend 'cos I'm not strong enough to put it together - scratch that too... I'm gonna do it when I've recovered a bit so that I don't end up on the floor, unable to get up. - done!
• Clean the bathroom - I'm swapping today and Saturday around, so this is Saturday's job now
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

It's definitely gonna be...

...an early night for me tonight I reckon.

I've crossed everything that needed to be done today off the to-do list (other than taking my evening pills and heading to bed) so there's nothing else that needs to be done now.

I'm gonna reconnect my watch to the strap then take my pills and head off to beddy-byes in the hope of getting at least 8 hours of sleep tonight.

Sixth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together - I've been trying to put it together for the last 10 minutes and pulled a muscle in my arm, so it'll have to wait until Marie or Andrew can do it at the weekend - scratch that, I've just done it with only a minor injury to my arm lol
• Mop the kitchen floor - it'll have to wait until the weekend 'cos I'm not strong enough to put it together - scratch that too... I'm gonna do it when I've recovered a bit so that I don't end up on the floor, unable to get up. - done!
• Clean the bathroom - I'm swapping today and Saturday around, so this is Saturday's job now
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together - I've been trying to put it together for the last 10 minutes and pulled a muscle in my arm, so it'll have to wait until Marie or Andrew can do it at the weekend - scratch that, I've just done it with only a minor injury to my arm lol
• Mop the kitchen floor - it'll have to wait until the weekend 'cos I'm not strong enough to put it together - scratch that too... I'm gonna do it when I've recovered a bit so that I don't end up on the floor, unable to get up.
• Clean the bathroom - I'm swapping today and Saturday around, so this is Saturday's job now
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I'm in...

...a huge amount of pain, shaking like a leaf and wobbling like a wobbly thing, but the kitchen and airlock have been mopped for the first time in years.  I can't tell the difference yet 'cos I think I'll need to get a special floor cleaner at least to start with, but it's done for the week now, so the floor just needs to dry so that I can safely go through to use the bathroom next time.

I'll have to swap today and Saturday around just for this week 'cos mopping the floor was Saturday's job and cleaning the bathroom was today's 😆

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together - I've been trying to put it together for the last 10 minutes and pulled a muscle in my arm, so it'll have to wait until Marie or Andrew can do it at the weekend - scratch that, I've just done it with only a minor injury to my arm lol
• Mop the kitchen floor - it'll have to wait until the weekend 'cos I'm not strong enough to put it together - scratch that too... I'm gonna do it when I've recovered a bit so that I don't end up on the floor, unable to get up.
• Clean the bathroom
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Of course it might help if...

...I attached the right pole in the right place 😏 lol

It's all together now, I just need to fill the water bottle up and hopefully that will be all that needs doing.  I need to recover from my screw up, stop shaking and get rid of the arm pain first, but then I'll hopefully be good to go.

Assuming it works, it'll be something else that I can do regularly alone and now that the bedroom is clearer I can ask my morning carer to take the vacuum upstairs before she leaves in the morning and ask my lunchtime carer to bring it back down while the oven is pre-heating.

I'm slowly building up confidence in myself and my abilities to cope alone now.  It's hard going, but I'm slowly getting there.

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together - I've been trying to put it together for the last 10 minutes and pulled a muscle in my arm, so it'll have to wait until Marie or Andrew can do it at the weekend
• Mop the kitchen floor - it'll have to wait until the weekend 'cos I'm not strong enough to put it together
• Clean the bathroom
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (22nd February 2023) lunch photo

I had four servings of veg in one meal for lunch today which is no bad thing lol

T'was 4 sweet potato hash browns and at least 2 servings of sweetcorn, along with a good squeeze of brown sauce today and my body is happier now that I'm getting extra veg into body every lunchtime.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together
• Mop the kitchen floor
• Clean the bathroom
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together
• Mop the kitchen floor
• Clean the bathroom
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (22nd February 2023) breakfast photo

I made sure I had breakfast today after going without yesterday and I spotted my Graze box on the sofa when I brought my breakfast in... if I'd seen it yesterday, I could have had the last two punnets instead of going hungry lol  Ah well, not to worry eh?

Today's first meal of the day was Choco Crackles, soya milk and a bottle of apple juice again.

Today's (22nd February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put yesterday's delivery together
• Mop the kitchen floor
• Clean the bathroom
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Goood morning all!

Today is gonna be a good day, I can "feel it in my bones" as my Nana used to say... or was that rain?  😆

I sorted out a technical issue without panicking this morning... the same thing happened exactly a week ago and it took about 3 hours to solve and I wasn't a happy bunny, but I managed to sort it out in about half an hour this morning.

I forgot to charge up the landline phone yesterday, so that's getting a bit of much-needed juice before my carers come and it definitely needs to go for an overnight charge tonight so that it doesn't switch off mid-conversation with an important call.

I've got the last couple of deliveries arriving today and I'm gonna put yesterday's mop together and give the kitchen floor a good going over after the morning carers have gone.  I definitely need to have breakfast today 'cos I totally forgot yesterday!

I've taken my morning pills and set the virus scan going, so I'm gonna go and make myself some breakfast, then I think I'll make myself a Mocha when my morning carers have been and gone, but I'm gonna try making it with caffeinated coffee instead of decaff to see which i prefer... I might even be able to start on my TBR pile again too.

For the first time in 3 months, I'm feeling like I can cope with today.

Nite nite orl

I've just popped my last two pills of the day and I'm absolutely cream crackered, so I'm gonna head straight to bed I reckon.

It's my weekly virus scan and backups tomorrow, so I hope it goes smoothly and the backups are finished before my lunchtime carer gets here.  I also hope I remember to have breakfast tomorrow 'cos I forgot this morning!

Nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Look into getting HomeServe - it sounds good but they don't cover electric heaters, so I'm gonna wait until I've got central heating put in before I take it out I reckon, so that I'm fully covered
• Give Freegle things away
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Look into getting HomeServe - it sounds good but they don't cover electric heaters, so I'm gonna wait until I've got central heating put in before I take it out I reckon, so that I'm fully covered
• Give Freegle things away
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Look into getting HomeServe
• Give Freegle things away
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st February 2023) lunch photo

A couple of hours late, but I had something significant on between finishing eating and now, but it's all sorted now, assuming I've done it right of course.

Today's lunch was 3 potato waffles, 3 sweet potato hash browns, mushrooms and plenty of ketchup.  I'm gonna make myself a well-deserved drinking chocolate for the first time in about 10 days now that the shop I get it from is seemingly back in stock.

Here's today's photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Look into getting HomeServe
• Give Freegle things away
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Charge up FitBit
• Have breakfast
• Sort out FitBit image
• Code and upload image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Take photo of fitness watch
• Advertise fitness watch on Freegle
• Take photo of smart doorbell
• Advertise smart doorbell on Freegle
• Tighten screw in the front door
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I experimented with my FitBit overnight by going to bed when the charge was lower than usual to see if it would still record my sleep.  The result is that it did but it's protesting this morning so it's charging up now.

I've taken my morning pills and I'll have my breakfast when my FitBit is full of juice again.  I've got a couple of deliveries as well as my groceries arriving today so I hope they don't all come at the same time lol

I'm gonna advertise a couple of things on Freegle that I haven't used, so there's no point in hanging on to them.

Got a busy day today, so I hope it's all spread out over the next 14 hours rather than it all happening in a couple of hours!

Gonna slurp my way through my first drink of the day while my FitBit is charging up and I've gotta remember to keep an eye on the delivery estimate for my orders so that I'm not in the middle of doing something when they turn up.

Have I already said that I've taken my morning pills?  If not, then I have.

I've asked my siblings-in-law for a few favours this morning and I've gotta try and remember to screw in the screw on the front door at some point too, now that I've found the small screwdrivers.  Gonna wait until it gets light out there first though so that I can see what I'm doing and where the screw has rolled to that I'm predicting will come out knowing my luck lol

The virus scan was reassuringly still clear, so that's OK.

This blog post is getting waay too long, so I'm gonna sort out my to-do list now.

Nite nite orl

My body is crying out for an early night, so I've popped my last pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I've just bought...

...a new notice board, floor mop, pillows, duvet cover with pillow cases and a twin set of printer cartridges for just under £100!

Not bad going for a few minutes buying, started off by the desperate need for the printer cartridges before Saturday and I figured I'd get the other things at the same time.  They are coming tomorrow and Wednesday so I bet they will arrive at the same time as my groceries tomorrow and my lunchtime carer on Wednesday lol  They are mainly one-off purchases (other than the cartridges) so it's not so bad.

Time to update the to-do list now that I can cross the board off it.

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (20th February 2023) lunch photo

Today's lunch couldn't have been simpler - home-made (by my MIL) butternut squash soup and 4 slices of Quorn roast that was left over and I brought home with me yesterday.  I'm fuller than I thought I would be, but I'm over budget with my daily calorie count now which is a good thing, considering I'm underweight now... calls for some chocolate this afternoon methinks lol

Here's the photo of my lunch:

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (20th February 2023) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was, of course, choco crackles, soya milk and an apple juice.  I've just refilled the bottles with apple juice ready for this week, but I managed to pour it all over my hand several times as I was refilling the bottles so I've got a sticky hand and wrist now lol

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (20th February 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into the FitBit app
• Download FitBit spreadsheet
• Code and upload spreadsheet to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Bring in empty rubbish sack
• Bring in empty paper/card sack
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Gooood morning all!

I've woken up in an incredible mood this morning!

I've popped my pills already so I'm gonna go and make myself a hot drink then have a few choccies before breakfast and weighing myself.  Gonna put the first load of yesterday's laundry on first though!

I finished coming up with the menu's until the start of April after I got home yesterday and the last week is veeery pasta heavy 'cos 4 meals out of the 7 will be pasta and sauce and there will be one box of home-made soup left by the end of that week so I'll have to find something else to have on the Monday instead lol

I'm gonna see how long I can do without the heating being on this week... it doesn't need to be on all day every day and it will save a good amount of money just having it on when I'm cold, rather than all the time - I don't need to be warm all the time, just not cold is all.  My head is telling me to turn the heating on in here but I'm not going to for as long as possible 'cos it doesn't need to be on yet and I'll feel more benefit from it only being on for a few hours rather than constantly too.

My toe is starting to heal up a bit more now, but picking the scab off was maybe not the wisest idea out there lol  It's a habit thing rather than a necessity and I've gotta break that habit, just like I did with biting my nails and pulling out my hair.  It's breakable, I've just gotta catch myself before it's too late is all.

Just started the daily virus scan, so now it's time for sorting out my day's to-do list, then breakfast, then weighing myself I reckon.  Gotta remember to keep an eye on the battery level on my FitBit too.  I'm gonna maybe let the battery go until about 75% rather than 79% just to see if I can take it that low and it still records my steps and sleep.  I might wait until like 5pm before I charge it up today so that it's full of juice for recording my sleep but as low as possible before I charge it up.  I think 75% is the absolute minimum, but we shall have to see.

I've got a busy day ahead of me and I've gotta remember to bring the rubbish and paper/card sacks back in when they've been emptied this morning as well as seeing my social worker this afternoon so I'm gonna reward myself with reading again at some point, so that I can get through my TBR pile... only got 9 more books to read before I load my Kindle up again lol

The virus scan has just finished and my machine is still free of nasties for another day, so that's reassuring.

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely shattered, so I've popped my last two pills of the week and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

Nite nite orl.

Third update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take rubbish out
• Take recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take rubbish out
• Take recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 9 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take rubbish out
• Take recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 8 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (19th February 2023) breakfast photo

Just your average breakfast again this morning - choco crackles, soya milk and another apple juice.  I've got one more bottle to have before I need to refill them all tomorrow, after I've had my breakfast.

Today's (19th December 2023) to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Put first load of laundry on
• Put second load of laundry on
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Take rubbish out
• Take recycling out
• Offer the bread machine and yeast on Freegle
• Offer microwave on Freegle
• Keep on top of the Hoovering
• Write some more of the sequel
• Invest in a new notice board, mini bulldog clips and pins - I've found a magnetic one that's a whiteboard so hopefully I'll be able to put that up instead and it'll last a bit longer than the cork one that's there atm!
• Read and review 8 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed