Nite nite orl

I'm feeling dead chuffed with myself tonight.  I hate using the phone at the best of times, but within 15 hours (including the 9 that I was asleep lol) I managed to get through phoning 4 different departments within the benefits agency and I didn't stumble over my words too much or give the wrong number or anything!

I've attempted to take 11 surveys (that I've been invited to) this evening and I was screened out of every one of them!

The weather must be cooling down and getting darker 'cos I've only drunk 2.25 litres today and I've had to turn the living room light on to be able to close the curtains for the last couple of nights as well as being pitch black out there until about 6am and not being properly light until about 7.30am so the nights are drawing in which means my SAD is gonna start rearing its ugly head again, so I'd best stock up on one of my addictions (chocolate) in preparation!

I've popped my pills and my back and arms are killing me, so I'm gonna shut down for the night now.

Nite nite orl.

Third (very delayed) and final update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps - I'll do them after I've had my lunch
• Refill bottle with squash
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - the 2 most nerve-wracking ones today! - 1 down, 1 to go <gulp>
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Charge up FitBit - I'll do it after I've done my laps this afternoon
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give cafetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (31st August 2023) lunch photo

The protein for today's lunch (which was, of course, salad) was a huuuge break from the normal vegan cheese or vegan "meat" slices, in that it was vegan sweet smokey BBQ chicken pieces along with my normal sweet and crispy salad, 4 cherry tomatoes, 5 radishes and a small spoonful of coleslaw for lunch today.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps - I'll do them after I've had my lunch
• Refill bottle with squash
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - the 2 most nerve-wracking ones today! - 1 down, 1 to go <gulp>
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Charge up FitBit - I'll do it after I've done my laps this afternoon
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give cafetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

My right arm is...

...completely dead after spending almost 3 hours on the phone this morning, but I'm pretty sure I've told all the professionals my new number, so it's just my friends and family who need to be updated now, but I'll let them ask for it and give me their number first... I refuse to let everyone know my number now and I'll only give it to you if I trust you and you give me your number first.  Those who constantly take and demand support will have to use the number they've already got for me 'cos they certainly won't be getting the new one!

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - the 2 most nerve-wracking ones today! - 1 down, 1 to go <gulp>
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Charge up FitBit
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give cafetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (31st August 2023) breakfast photo

It's taken just over 2 hours to get this photo ready and phone someone to update my mobile number, but my arm needs to recover from holding the phone to my ear for the best part of an hour and a half, so I'm using the opportunity to put my breakfast photo up while it recovers and comes back to life lol

If you've been following me for a while, you can prolly guess what my breakfast was this morning without seeing the photo lol  It was just my usual breakfast of berries and cherries muesli (I finished off the box this morning), plant protein soya milk (I started a new carton), a pack of apple and (4!) grapes along with my standard 250ml bottle of orange juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

It took...

...4 attempts and 29 minutes on hold but that's my third benefit updated now.

My right arm is sore and stiff so I'm gonna wait until I can use it before I update the last benefit otherwise I won't be able to answer the door to my lunchtime carer or eat my lunch!

Today's (31st August 2023) to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - the 2 most nerve-wracking ones today!
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Charge up FitBit
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give cafetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

According to my FitBit I was asleep for 9 hours and 1 minute, so why am I more tired now than I was last night?  lol

I've taken my morning pills and decided against having a hot drink to warm me up but I'll reward myself with a drinking choccie when I've got washed and dressed, had my breakfast and phoned the last two places about my new mobile number.

The virus scan that I run every day was still clear, thankfully, so I'm gonna get my day's to-do list sorted while I wait for my morning carer who could turn up anywhere between 6.30am and 11am apparently lol

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

I've just taken my last two pills of the day and checked that I've got another couple of boxes waiting for me and I'm feeling pretty proud of myself for phoning up two of the last four places that need to know my new number, just gotta summon up the courage to phone the last two places tomorrow then that's everything sorted with my new number.

It's time for me to shut down for the night now, but I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am - 92% at 9.26am - aaaand it's finished for another week
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - 2 down, 2 to go
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups - just started them - aaaand they're finished for another week
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today - 2 hours late so far so I'm pretty sure it'll be my second no-show so I'll re-offer it for the third time tomorrow - yep, they are a no-show so I've just re-offered it and they've both pissed on their chips with me now
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am - 92% at 9.26am - aaaand it's finished for another week
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number - 2 down, 2 to go
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups - just started them - aaaand they're finished for another week
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today - 2 hours late so far so I'm pretty sure it'll be my second no-show so I'll re-offer it for the third time tomorrow
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am - 92% at 9.26am - aaaand it's finished for another week
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups - just started them
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th August 2023) lunch photos

Cor lummy am I stuffed.

I was just nicely full after my usual lunch of sweet and crispy salad, 2 slices of vegan ham, 6 cherry tomatoes, 5 radishes and a spoonful of coleslaw, but my FitBit app said that I was waaay under the minimum to even approach the minimum (as in well over 900 calories) so I indulged my sweet tooth and had 6 Nakd bars as well which has helped, but I'm still under by 147 calories.  I can't safely have anything else without it making a reappearance seconds later which I really don't want to happen, so today will have to be a blue day unfortunately.

Here are today's two lunch photos:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am - 92% at 9.26am - aaaand it's finished for another week
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am - 92% at 9.26am
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th August 2023) breakfast photo

Fancy taking a guess at what I had for breakfast this morning?

Yep, my usual berries and cherries muesli, plant protein soya milk a pack of apple and (3) grapes as well as, of course, a 250ml bottle of orange juice.  I've also sipped my way through a decaff instant coffee to warm up a bit too, but it didn't work that well lol

Here's today's breakfast photo:

It's officially...

...cardigan temperature again.

I was shivering yesterday and again today, so I've just brought down all my cardigans to wear.  I'm gonna last as long as I can without wearing them each day, but I'm not gonna let myself get too cold before I put them on.

There's supposed to be 10 days of scorching temperatures at the end of next week so I'll officially pack my warm weather clothes away after that.

I know now that it's part of my main disability and that I'm at risk of hypothermia if I get too cold, so I'm not gonna let myself regularly shiver now - I'm not gonna turn the heater on until it's got to the point where I can't warm up, I'm gonna use layers and my blanket to warm up first and only put the heater on if I really can't get warm.

I'm just glad that I've saved so much money on the electric over Summer and found that my daily usage is just over half of my daily budget, so I know that I can put the heater on if I really can't warm up now.

Today's (30th August 2023) to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan - 36% at 6.24am
• Turn on air purifier 
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do backups
• Give cafetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm today
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' mornin'

I didn't manage an early night after all again last night and was awake before 4.30am so I'm gonna be knackered all day today, more so than normal.

I've taken my morning pills and set the weekly virus scan off but I'm not gonna set the backups off until after I've had my lunch.

The electricity smart meter is showing that I've used 74p of electric since midnight, so that's a relief that it's not as expensive as yesterday morning.  I ended up using £1.51 from midnight to midnight yesterday and the daily standing charge takes it to a smidgen over £2 which is half of my daily budget so that's OK.

My virus scan is at 36% and I've gotta remember that someone is hopefully coming for the caffetierre and dosing spoon today... it's the partner of last week's no-show so I hope they are more reliable!

This blog post, my first of the day, is already too long, so I'm gonna publish it now and make a start on my day's to-do list while I'm waiting for my first carer of the day.

Nite nite orl

I was wrong with my maffs this morning 'cos even though the smart meter showed that I'd used more overnight than I did yesterday, there's only about 10p in it now and there's still 5 hours to go so I reckon it'll be about £1.50 by midnight and I was thinking it'd be well into the £2's by now... I know that doesn't sound like much to be worried about, but I'm looking after the pennies so that the pounds will look after themselves as my Nana used to say.

Feeling pretty proud of myself that I managed a green day today on my FitBit, so that's a positive end to my day.

I've taken my pills and my back is killing me, but I'm going to bed feeling relieved that I've got my new phone pretty much set up now so I'm gonna head to bed with a tired but relieved smile on my face and hoping (but know that it prolly won't happen again) for another early night.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - a definite must-do today 'cos I'm already sniffing and sneezing for England and my eyes are watering and soooo itchy! - just turned it on - turned it off after about an hour
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell GP about new number
• Download and install medical app
• Tell media company about new number
• Download and install media apps
• Tell electricity company about new number
• Download and install electricity app
• Tell council about new number
• Tell care agency about new number
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm tomorrow
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - a definite must-do today 'cos I'm already sniffing and sneezing for England and my eyes are watering and soooo itchy! - just turned it on - turned it off after about an hour
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell GP about new number
• Download and install medical app
• Tell media company about new number
• Download and install media apps
• Tell electricity company about new number
• Download and install electricity app
• Tell council about new number
• Tell care agency about new number
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm tomorrow
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - a definite must-do today 'cos I'm already sniffing and sneezing for England and my eyes are watering and soooo itchy! - just turned it on - turned it off after about an hour
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell GP about new number
• Download and install medical app
• Tell media company about new number
• Download and install media apps
• Tell electricity company about new number
• Download and install electricity app
• Tell council about new number
• Tell care agency about new number
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away - it's due to go at 3pm tomorrow
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th August 2023) lunch photo

My groceries were only an hour and a half early this week lol  I'd literally had time to take two sips of water before there was a rata-tat-tat-ding-dong on the door and bell lol

To say that my lunch today was light is the understatement of the century lol  It was a portion of sweet and crispy salad, 2 slices of vegan ham, 4 radishes and 4 cherry tomatoes today and I'm 762 calories under budget, so I'm thinking I'll be snacking on chocolate coated peanuts and raisins this afternoon to try and bring my calorie count up a bit lol

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - a definite must-do today 'cos I'm already sniffing and sneezing for England and my eyes are watering and soooo itchy! - just turned it on
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell GP about new number
• Download and install medical app
• Tell media company about new number
• Download and install media apps
• Tell electricity company about new number
• Download and install electricity app
• Tell council about new number
• Tell care agency about new number
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Buy more PPE for my carers
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th August 2023) breakfast photo

A couple of hours after I made my usual breakfast of berries and cherries muesli, plant protein soya milk, a pack of apple and (3) grapes as well as my standard bottle of orange juice, I'm finally getting around to putting the photo up lol

Here's today's breakfast photo:

I dunno what changed but...

...I've got 53p left to use up on the electricity between now and midnight to be the same as I used up for the entire day yesterday!!!

I used £1.46 yesterday until midnight and 93p already today!

I'm shivering because I'm so cold but can't afford to turn the heater on today, seemingly!

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - a definite must-do today 'cos I'm already sniffing and sneezing for England and my eyes are watering and soooo itchy!
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Tell GP about new number
• Download and install medical app
• Tell media company about new number
• Download and install media apps
• Tell electricity company about new number
• Download and install electricity app
• Tell council about new number
• Tell care agency about new number
• Tell Benefits Agency about new number
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th August 2023) to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put bags down in front of door
• Bring in groceries
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Yet again my early night wasn't that early 'cos I was still awake an hour after I made my goodnight post last night lol

I've made myself a decaff coffee and taken my morning pills after I started the daily virus scan, so I'm good to go until lunchtime now.

My groceries are due this afternoon so I've gotta remember to put the bags down in front of the door and put in my next grocery order when the slots become available.  I'm gonna try and remember to do my laps as soon as I've had my breakfast and put the photo up, just in case they are almost an hour early again, like they were last week lol

This blog post is starting to get a bit long, so I'm gonna pubish it and start on today's to-do list before my morning carer arrives.

TTFN

Nite nite orl

I've had a busy day today, but I've finally got my new phone working and yesterday's trip into town is making me ache like mad and weak as a new-born wild deer, so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all tomorrow morning (assuming I remember and the techie deities are looking on me kindly).

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now - just finished and still clear of nasties
• Turn on air purifier - I definitely need to start using it again 'cos my hayfever is already back with a vengence!
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps - if it was safe for me to skip through them then I would, but I'll just be walking them as normal, then rewarding myself with a drinking chocolate - done and dusted... the drinking chocolate went down a treat
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now - just finished and still clear of nasties
• Turn on air purifier - I definitely need to start using it again 'cos my hayfever is already back with a vengence!
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps - if it was safe for me to skip through them then I would, but I'll just be walking them as normal, then rewarding myself with a drinking chocolate - done and dusted... the drinking chocolate went down a treat
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now - just finished and still clear of nasties
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps - if it was safe for me to skip through them then I would, but I'll just be walking them as normal, then rewarding myself with a drinking chocolate
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

*ahem*

My new phone now works!!

I'll be keeping very tight control over who has my new number to try and reduce the number of calls and texts I get and this number will just be for friends, family and professionals.

My other number still works, but I'm more likely to pick up calls and texts on my new number.  I will only be able to get emails to one of the email accounts I've put on that phone, so if you want my new number, just send me an email to the address you've got for me along with your contact details and if I want you to have my new number I'll reply to your message and give it to you.  The more you beg and plead and bribe and guilt trip me into giving it to you, the less likely it is to happen.

Only the people I trust get the new number from now on, so if I don't give it to you then you need to ask yourself why that is. 

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now - just finished and still clear of nasties
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th August 2023) lunch photo

Today's lunch couldn't have been easier for my carer 'cos it just involved opening and emptying out the two containers with the leftovers from yesterday's roast lunch with my in-laws and bringing the plate in here!

The leftovers consisted of 3 servings of Quorn family roast, 4 halves of roast potatoes (with enough vegetable oil to roast them in yesterday) and a portion of runner beans... I'm totally stuffed now but I've still gotta force over 200 calories down my cake-hole before my FitBit graph barely touches green this afternoon lol

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now - just finished and still clear of nasties
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Aaaand...

...the monthly scan has just finished scanning every file on my laptop without finding a single threat, so that's reassuring and means that I can open my email for the first time today now.

As soon as my lunchtime carer has gone and I've finished eating my lunch and putting the photo up on here and Instagram, I'll put my FitBit on to charge while I'm on the phone to the mobile phone company then that's more of my daily to-do list finished.

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27% - 30% now
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th August 2023) breakfast photo

Just my usual breakfast of berries and cherries muesli with plant protein soya milk, a pack of apple and (3) grapes alongside my usual 250ml bottle of orange juice this morning.

I've lost 600g in weight over the last week so I'm still in the healthy weight range for my height but not where I wanna be so I'm thinking I'll aim for mostly green days this week and if I go over then that's no biggie, but I definitely don't wanna go blue/under my daily calorie budget this week like I did two or three times last week.  If I lose too much more weight then I'll go back to having toast for breakfast instead of the muesli 'cos that's 1,000 calories in the bag just for one meal 'cos of the dairy-free spread that I have to use, but my lunches are usually under 400 calories so I need all the calories I can get for breakfast!

Here's today's breakfast photo:

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

• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan - currently at 27%
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Weigh myself
• Log my weight into FitBit
• Download, code and upload weekly spreadsheet
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Phone mobile phone shop about my account
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Morning all

Thanks to the reminder on my phone, I didn't open my email programmes this morning and set the monthly virus scan off instead.  It's done 11% so far which ain't too bad.

I've taken my first 4 pills of the week and am pondering on taking a painkiller and giving myself the full daily dose of B12 spray already this morning... might wait until my morning carer has been and gone first though.

Gotta remember to phone the mobile phone bods today... gonna wait until my morning carer has gone to see what the time is like then.  I just hope that they are open when I call them 'cos knowing my luck I'll get 2 late carers today lol

Up o 26% now that I've come back from having a poo lol

Time to put my first to-do list of the week up now I reckon.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

I've had a hectic and exhausting day today, so I'm gonna head straight to bed for a well-deserved early night.

Can someone remind me to weigh myself and phone the mobile phone company tomorrow so that I don't forget please?

For the last time this week, it's nite nite orl and I'll see you hopefully bright but not too early tomorrow morning.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Hopefully get SIM card sorted out - they've narrowed it down to being a problem with my account rather than with the SIM card
• Go to my in-laws for lunch
• Bag up rubbish - there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Take rubbish outside- there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Take recycling outside- there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Do my laps - I managed 10 active minutes while we were in town so I'm not gonna risk doing any more
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram - I very rarely do on a Sunday
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's virus scan
• Activate SIM card - keep your fingers crossed that it works otherwise I won't be happy lol
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

When my new phone/SIM card finally works...

...I'm gonna reward my patience and stubbornness and frustration with a loooong, hot, bubble bath and screw the world for the entire time I'm in there next week.

Why?

Because I'm still way under my electricity budget for each week so a couple of rapidly approaching budget days (like yesterday) won't break the bank.

I'm not deliberately not using electricity, but I've realised that there were a lot of "energy vampires" using up my budget unnecessarily, so by rapidly getting rid of those has brought my electricity waaay down which means that I'll be able to hopefully put the heating on for a couple of hours a day as well as having the baked beans/tinned spaghetti for lunch too.

Getting the electricity smart meter installed and set up was definitely one of the best decisions I've made and has saved me about half to two-thirds of my budget each month, purely by getting rid of Steve's chair, the microwave, the TV and all kinds of other media devices that were connected to the telly.

There's only about an hour and a half before it's my bedtime, but I've only used £1.22 of electricity and my budget is £4 a day!

I'm soo proud of myself right now.

 

That's my...

...browser caches cleared ready for tomorrow's monthly virus scan!

Can someone remind me not to open my email programmes tomorrow, like I do every Wednesday please?

I'm hoping it'll finish before my lunchtime carer gets here, but no probs if it doesn't, I'll just have to be patient is all.

Update on my SIM card

Marie was fantastic and true to her word, took me into the centre before going to her house for lunch and the person we spoke to in there thinks that the problem is with my account/type of SIM rather than with my phone or SIM card.

Apparently I've just gotta give them a ring tomorrow and explain that my new phone doesn't recognise the SIM after 2 brand new SIMS were sent to me, could they check my account to see if the account is set up to be for iPhone or Android.  I know what it should be and what I've asked for from the beginning, but it's what the man in the shop thinks is the problem, so the wrong box has been ticked and when that's been corrected, I should have lift-off.

I'd put the SIM card into the right hole and my phone works so they were both crossed off the list pretty rapidly, but the man tried it in his phone too and he had the same problem as I've been having, so he said about the wrong box being ticked and as soon as the right box was ticked I'd be good to go.

If it doesn't work, Marie has agreed to take me back in again next Sunday to see if they have any other ideas.

I still don't have a working phone, but I'm hopefully one step closer to it now.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Hopefully get SIM card sorted out - they've narrowed it down to being a problem with my account rather than with the SIM card
• Go to my in-laws for lunch
• Bag up rubbish - there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Take rubbish outside- there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Take recycling outside- there's not enough to go out so it's pointless for such a small amount
• Do my laps - I managed 10 active minutes while we were in town so I'm not gonna risk doing any more
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram - I very rarely do on a Sunday
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's virus scan
• Activate SIM card - keep your fingers crossed that it works otherwise I won't be happy lol
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Hopefully get SIM card sorted out
• Go to my in-laws for lunch
• Bag up rubbish
• Take rubbish outside
• Take recycling outside
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - keep your fingers crossed that it works otherwise I won't be happy lol
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Hopefully get SIM card sorted out
• Go to my in-laws for lunch
• Bag up rubbish
• Take rubbish outside
• Take recycling outside
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - keep your fingers crossed that it works otherwise I won't be happy lol
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' mornin'

I've been having huuuge internet issues this morning, so despite having been down her for over an hour, this is the first time I've been able to access the internet this morning!

I'm hoping to get my new SIM card installed into my new phone this morning so that I can actually use it for the first time in 3 weeks!

Not gonna have any breakfast this morning so I'll need to dig in to the peanut brittle when I get home - oh what a shame  😉

Gonna rapidly put up my day's to-do list before my internet connection dies on me.

BBIAB (but don't hold your breath, just in case 😉)

Nite nite orl

I've taken my last pills of the day and had a bath ready for tomorrow so I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes now and hope that I don't wake up at 3am, unable to get back to sleep again!

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps - just about to start them - finished them just before I got into the bath
• Turn on emersion heater
• Have bath ready for tomorrow
• Turn off emersion heater
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted tomorrow
• Give caffetierre away - they didn't turn up so I've just re-offered it
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps - just about to start them - finished them just before I got into the bath
• Turn on emersion heater
• Have bath ready for tomorrow
• Turn off emersion heater
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted tomorrow
• Give caffetierre away - today is their last chance
• Give hallway mat away
• Give Steve's weights away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (26th August 2023) lunch photos

I was waaaay under budget with my calories today, so I decided to crack open the peanut brittle too and I'm only 29 calories under now, thankfully.

My main lunch was, of course, sweet and crispy salad along with 4 radishes, 5 cherry tomatoes and a 6-day-old tub of houmous, so I've prolly given myself food poisoning now lol

Here are today's two lunch photos:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps - just about to start them
• Turn on emersion heater
• Have bath ready for tomorrow
• Turn off emersion heater
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - today is their last chance
• Give hallway mat away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (26th August 2023) breakfast photo

You'll never guess what I had for my breakfast!  lol  Yep, berries and cherries muesli, plant protein soya milk, a pack of apple and (3) grapes and my usual bottle of orange juice.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Do my laps
• Turn on emersion heater
• Have bath ready for tomorrow
• Turn off emersion heater
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - today is their last chance
• Give hallway mat away
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' al

How are you all doing this morning?  Me?  I'm still knackered and in pain 'cos I've been tossing and turning since 3am and I'm chilly too, so I'm thinking I'll have to start breaking out my Winter clothes again soon.

I've taken my morning pills and I'm giving my new phone one last boost of juice ready for tomorrow, while I'm waiting for my morning carer to turn up.

I'm definitely gonna have breakfast and do my laps today as well as have a bath - might try and do all that before my lunchtime carer turns up so that I've got the afternoon free to wait around for the caffetierre receivers to not show up again, despite promising that they would yesterday.  Today is their last chance 'cos it's been 7 days now since I promised it to them.

The daily virus scan was still, reassuringly, clear and my morning carer could turn up at any time now, so I'm gonna publish this then hopefully put my to-do list up before she arrives.

BFN

Nite nite orl

I've barely left the sofa today, but that's OK 'cos it's what my body was desperate for after the last week so I wasn't going to force myself to do anything other than go for wee's and eat my lunch today.  Back to normal again tomorrow though.

Time for me to close the curtains and head upstairs now I reckon.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning - I'll do it while my laptop is still on the floor after I've eaten my lunch - done and in a bag ready for Sunday
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow - I'll charge it up after I've had my lunch - it's a good job I didn't wait until tomorrow otherwise it might not have recorded my sleep 'cos it was at 66% when I attached it to the USB lead and the cut-off for recording steps and sleep and stuff is 65% on mine!
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news - there wasn't any
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill bottle with squash
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Blimey Charlie!!

I've been having a bit of a read of my main disability and I could've sworn that it affected 3-5% of the UK population but the page I've just read a paragraph of says " It is most prevalent among alcoholics. However in nonalcoholics the prevalence varies from 0.04% to 0.13%." so basically it's even rarer than I was thinking and it affects less than 1%!  <gulp>  Also, my psychosis is linked to the diagnosis rather than the depression too!  Basically I'm screwed for life and I'll be pill-popping the APs and thiamin for the rest of my life!

Another page has a list of the symptoms, so let's go through them and I'll let you know which ones I've got:

Balance problems or loss of coordination.  ✔

• Confabulation.  ✔ which is different from lieing and I correct myself straight away when I notice it has happened
• Confusion (delirium).  ✔
• Difficulty walking (unsteady gait).  ✔
• Drowsiness.  ✔
• Extreme loss of body heat (hypothermia).  ✔ I haven't knowingly become hypothermic but I'm always soooo cold, even in the middle of a heatwave!
• Heart issues, including rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) or low blood pressure (hypotension) kinda - my new watch constantly monitors my heart rate and blood pressure and I've been told multiple times that I've got low blood pressure but I haven't got a clue what a normal or rapid heartbeat is - it usually sits at around the high 70's to low 80's when I'm just sat around using my computer but gets into the low 100's when I'm doing my laps - is that high?
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Sixth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning - I'll do it while my laptop is still on the floor after I've eaten my lunch - done and in a bag ready for Sunday
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow - I'll charge it up after I've had my lunch - it's a good job I didn't wait until tomorrow otherwise it might not have recorded my sleep 'cos it was at 66% when I attached it to the USB lead and the cut-off for recording steps and sleep and stuff is 65% on mine!
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news - there wasn't any
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill bottle with squash
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning - I'll do it while my laptop is still on the floor after I've eaten my lunch - done and in a bag ready for Sunday
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow - I'll charge it up after I've had my lunch
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (25th August 2023) lunch photo

For my first meal in almost exactly 24 hours I had a serving/portion of sweet & crispy salad, 2 slices of plant-based cheese, 4 cherry tomatoes, 5 radishes as well as, of course, coleslaw.

I was still waaaay under-budget with my daily calories, so I had a Graze punnet of Salt & Vinegar Crunch and a 6 serving packet of crisps too, which put me nicely in the green but I'd already put my laptop back on the table by then, so couldn't take a photo.

Here's the majority of my lunch photo:

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning - I'll do it while my laptop is still on the floor after I've eaten my lunch
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow - I'll charge it up after I've had my lunch
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Book Review: "Just A Few Bumps" by Emily L Nash

Kindle Unlimited:
Paperback:
⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll already know that I start them all off with the full shebang of 5 stars and that I'm always hopeful that they will all be stuck firmly in place when I close the back cover.  You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars (usually for copyright or trademark infringement) but I always give my reason for removing each star.  I've extremely gladly replaced a star on the last page of a book, after the novel had finished when there was a magic little sentence about the reason I removed the star and I'm always hopeful that I'll read that sentence again each time I feel the need to remove a star for that reason.

Let's get going with the review shall we?

Nooooo!  Not already!  The author has used the names of two TV programmes and a streaming services as well as an internet search engine, so the first star is already coming off at only 6%!  I'm already hoping for that magic sentence at the back of the book and I'm not even in the double figures percentage-wise!

The first chapter was good... will it be a good choice for the author?

Oooh!  Chapter 2 was good too!  As long as you can forgive the trademark infringement that made me knock off the first star, this is a definite must-read for everyone - especially if you are a nosey parker like me lol

Chapter 3 was pretty gross, so make sure you don't read it around the time you eat  ;-)

Just finished chapter 11 and it makes me feel for paramedics who may have to deal with my rare mental health condition lol

You definitely don't wanna be eating around the time you read chapter 18 - it's even grosser than chapter 3!

That poor kid really needed her mum but what the mum did was unbelievable!

It's waaaaay past my bedtime now but I'm at 82% so I'll finish reading and reviewing tomorrow with any luck.

Mornin'!

I can't believe how some people treat our NHS and especially the paramedics - they are medical professionals, not cleaners fer flip's sake!!

I really don't know how this paramedic coped with that little girl but the next chapter had (I presume) a much better outcome... although all those doctors being huddled around the machine in confusion, maybe not!  lol

Just finished reading this book and it was an awesome read... one of those books that the one and only reason it's not the full whack of stars is 'cos of those early Trademark things.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast - I don't feel safe enough to make it today
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Fill in form that came through the post this morning
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now - and it's all fully charged again now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow
• Do my laps - I'm giving myself a break today for safety reasons
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - apparently they are coming either today or tomorrow for it, but that's what they've been saying for the last 6 days <shrug>
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Celebrate technology achievement with a drinking choccie
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch - it's underway now
• Charge up phone
• Charge up FitBit - I'll either do it after the delivery has turned up or possibly tomorrow
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry - I've done it already!!!  It was a setting in my Firewall and I set it to be trusted, hit print, et voila!
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

*ahem*

I appear to be a technology genius this morning!

Not only have I managed to print a Word document wirelessly but a Notepad document wirelessly too!

When Steve was alive, we tried everything and nothing worked, so we both eventually gave up and I had to lug my laptop upstairs to the wired connection, print the document then lug my laptop back downstairs.

Even two hours ago it was still the same (except that the printer is downstairs now) but I've somehow managed to set up the right permissions in my Firewall and it's fine now!

Today is gonna be a good day and I'm gonna reward myself with a drinking chocolate to celebrate!

Have I just...

...solved the printer problem?  Can I print wirelessly now?  Keep your fingers crossed that I've solved it purely by accident lol

I'll wait until my carer has gone, then I'll turn the printer on and try printing my review as an experiment.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Finish reading and reviewing yesterday's book
• Put review up on this blog, my website and Amazon
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Charge up watch
• Charge up FitBit
• Do my laps
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away
• Give hallway mat away
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry
• Read and review 7 Kindle Unlimited books
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

How are you all doing this morning?

Me?  I'm wiped out, wobbly, in pain, itchy, thirsty, my memory is shot, I'm weak and shaky and generally feeling pretty grotty but I've gotta put that to the back of the list of things I do for other people so that I can support them instead... same as always really.

I've taken my morning pills and the daily virus scan was thankfully clear, so I'm just waiting for my morning carer to turn up now, then I can have my breakfast and charge up my watch and FitBit although I've just checked Amazon and my order is due today instead of tomorrow by 9pm so I'll wait until that's gone before I charge up my FitBit... means that I can definitely have a bath tomorrow though, thankfully!

This blog post is already too long, so if you've got this far, thank you.

Gonna sort out today's to-do list now and hope my carer doesn't come while I'm doing it lol

BBIAB (I hope lol)

Nite nite orl

I've taken my nightly pills and it's almost an hour past my bedtime and I'm seething with rage at the mum in the book, but I really need to head to bed otherwise I won't be up in time for my carer tomorrow morning.

I'll be back again, as normal, tomorrow.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Turn on air purifier - I haven't turned it on today and oh boy have I noticed the difference with my hayfever so it definitely works for that at least!
• Have breakfast
• Put breakfast photo onto this blog and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer - will they turn up today or has the second cancellation gone through?  🤞 - that's 3 of the four cancellations completed, just gotta wait and see if my lunchtime carer turns up now... if she doesn't, then that's 100% of the cancellations sorted for this week for the first time since I started having the carers in!
• Get the house assessed
• Do my laps - gonna do them this afternoon as long as it's safe for me to do so - I'll let my lunch go down then do them this afternoon to give my legs as much of an opportunity to recover as possible... might steer clear of the protein this afternoon though otherwise I'll never be able to sleep tonight lol - and they are finished for another day
• Do the news
• Have lunch
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill - not gonna risk it today... waaaay too bloated
• Activate SIM card - Marie is hopefully gonna take me to get it sorted on Sunday
• Give caffetierre away - they didn't show up or contact me so I'm gonna re-offer it later - I've given them until 7pm to pick it up but if they don't I'll report them as a no-show and re-offer it too
• Give hallway mat away - they didn't show up or contact me so I'm gonna re-offer it later - it's been re-offered so I've just gotta play another waiting game again now
• Sort out wireless connection to the printer - I'll try again when the second coat of paint is done, dusted and dry
• Read and review 8 Kindle Unlimited books - I'm hoping to get a couple read and reviewed this week while I'm being assessed and quoted on/for - they are both done and dusted now, so I'm gonna start reading this afternoon as a reward for getting through it all and hopefully start to recover in preparation for Sunday - I'm up to 82% and it's waaaay past my bedtime so I'll finish reading and reviewing tomorrow, but I'm seething at the chapter I've just read, which maybe isn't such a good thing just as I'm about to head to bed!  lol
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed