Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast - just a mug of decaff instant coffee this morning
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Put bags in front of the door
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Put bags in front of the door
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, today is the day (all bar 12 hours) that I became a young widow and it's also the day that I stopped celebrating Yule and Lughnasadh became my new favourite Sabbat.

Steve has already given me a sign this morning, so I know I'm not alone in my grief today and Loki is looking out for me because today is gonna be absolute chaos.

I've taken my blood pressure, refilled the bottle with squash, popped my morning pills with my morning glass of water and run the virus scan so far this morning.  I'm not gonna get washed this morning 'cos I'll be having a bath as soon as my morning carer has gone and I don't think I'll have any breakfast either.  I've gotta put the bags down in front of the door when my lunchtime carer has gone, ready to bring in part 2 of my Christmas groceries then I can finally breathe again.

Time to get today's to-do list together then hopefully read a bit more of yesterday's book before my carer arrives.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've had a pretty good day today and reading the book got me out of my head for a while, so that was good and I'll try and remember to keep reading tomorrow in between carer visits and part 2 of my Christmas shop arriving.  I've gotta pay the invoice tomorrow too so that I don't forget!

I've popped my last two pills of the day now so it's time for me to head on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today I'm grateful for...

...finally getting my nose stuck in a book... it's taken me all day to get to page 94 but that's 94 more pages than I read yesterday!

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (20th December 2024) breakfast and lunch photos

You couldn't really get any simpler than my two meals today!

Breakfast was a pack of 8 chocolate biscuit breaks because the freezer was frozen shut so couldn't get the bread out and lunch was 6 mince pies and a 500ml glass of water so my carer spent the entire 15 minutes sitting down, lightly dozing, in preparation for the rest of her shift.

Here are today's breakfast and lunch photos:

That was...

...a huuuuge relief.

I got my first partly timed, partly fixed rate invoice for the support I received from the carers back in October and I've already saved myself over £200 for the month and two of the weeks were under £100 each which was even better!

My next invoice, in January, should be pretty much free as I didn't get carers because of my Covid jab from 28th October (I only had the morning carer) to 1st December so it'll hopefully only be about £20 then December's invoice in February will be my first fully timed one and will be about £300 rather than the £600 it has been up to now because it's only been one carer staying for the full 30 minutes and the others are around 15-20 minutes per visit, so about half the time that I've been paying for up to now!

Today's (20th December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

It seems like my laptop will be misbehaving today 'cos it's been on for almost an hour and hasn't let me run the daily virus scan yet!

I've popped all 12 morning pills, including yesterday's missed on and my two happy pills 'cos it's getting to be a real struggle to get out of bed each morning again.

I'm gonna spend today with my nose in a book and everything else can sod off.

Time to get today's to-do list together now methinks.

BBS.

Nite nite orl

I was really proud of my pill-popping this morning because I managed to get them all down without throwing my head back for the first 4 of them but my first night-time pill was a total shit-show and I had to take 5 gulps of squash and throw my head back 4 times before it eventually went down!

I've had a loooong day today and literally just remembered that I forgot to take one of my prescriptions this morning (it's 10 pills every morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays but I only took 9 this morning) and it's too late to take it now so I'll have to take it tomorrow morning instead and hope for the best.

I've just posted on FB asking for a crash-course in editing my NaNo MS for JanNo because it's full of firsts for me and I know barely anything about it so I'll hopefully get some feedback on editing a grown-up memoir as opposed to children's fiction before the end of the year!

My last delivery got posted through the door mid-exercise session this morning so I'm planning on spending tomorrow with my nose in a book and not moving far from the sofa all day - I need a day off from life and tomorrow is gonna be that day.

My FitBit is getting some emergency juice to see me through the night, but it's bed-time for me now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today, I'm grateful for...

...getting through two of the three cartons of oat milk and finally working out the reason why the milk was overpowering and why I could barely taste the chocolate.  I've got a litre left which I'll get through tomorrow, but that'll clear up a quarter of the top shelf which is enough room for the grapes on my grocery order that'll hopefully turn up on Saturday afternoon.

Thank you Gaia!

I was wrong, I'm sorry

I dismissed the idea of oat milk for foamy hot chocolates because the flavour overpowered the hot chocolate.  I was semi-wrong, I'm sorry.

The flavour *is* more intense than coconut milk, but I was only putting in half the amount of hot chocolate powder so of course the milk is going to taste stronger!  I've put the right amount of powder into my final hot chocolate of the day and the milk *is* still strong, but it doesn't overpower the chocolate so much now, so I was wrong and I'm sorry for my mistake.

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (19th December 2024) lunch photo

Today's lunch was even simpler than yesterday's because it was just 2 mince pies.  The photo was deeply critiqued, zoomed in on then eventually approved by my carer today, so if there's anything wrong with it then you've got higher approval ratings than her  😉

I've got a foamy, oat milk, vegan hot chocolate on the go now and I'm thinking that oat milk is a bit strong for hot chocolate's 'cos it overpowers the dreamy chocolatey flavour, so I'm gonna stick to coconut milk when I've finished off the two cartons I reckon.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery
• Put delivery away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (19th December 2024) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was just 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread without any liquid this morning.

I'm gonna spend the day drinking foamy hot chocolates and foamy decaff mochas to try and get through all the oat/coconut Barista milk that I've got so that I can clear up a bit more room in the fridge in preparation for part 2 of my Christmas shop which has got grapes in it, so they will need to be put in the fridge, right?

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (19th December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Make Facebook post
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Wash and dry wools
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Vacuum carpets
• Hang up wools
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, my nose and throat are neither a cold nor related to dust, 'cos they are both back with a vengence this morning so it's purely psychosomatic rather than anything physical.

I've taken my blood pressure, popped my 9 morning pills, run the virus scan and made myself a hot honey water.

Today's housework task is to sweep the carpets, so I'll do that between carer visits.

This blog post is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna publish it and put up today's to-do list.

BFN

Nite nite orl

I've had a loooong, tiring, stressful, knackering day today and my body is really struggling, so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now and I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• Drink fizzy drinks all day
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Phone pharmacy
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Bring in prescriptions
• Put prescriptions away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of crisps and mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Wash first load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Wash second load of laundry
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Dust shelves
• Clean bathroom - just gotta mop the floor now
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today I'm grateful for...

...not throwing up my lunch and being able to get back to my feet each time I fell.

I'm also grateful that I managed to get my non-wool clothes washed, dried and hung up this evening and that I managed to drink 3 litres today... just!

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• Drink fizzy drinks all day
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Phone pharmacy
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Bring in prescriptions
• Put prescriptions away
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of crisps and mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Wash first load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Wash second load of laundry
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Dust shelves
• Clean bathroom - just gotta mop the floor now
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (18th December 2024) breakfast and lunch photos

This is the first time I've had an internet connection since 6.30am so I'm gonna make it quick:

Breakfast was my usual two slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread with the last 250ml left in the carton of apple and mango juice.

Lunch was a 6 serving packet of crisps and 4 mince pies... I'll finish off the box this afternoon.

Here are today's two meal photos:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• Drink fizzy drinks all day
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Phone pharmacy
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of crisps and mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Dust shelves
• Clean bathroom - just gotta mop the floor now
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (18th December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• Drink fizzy drinks all day
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Phone pharmacy
• Bring in delivery??
• Put delivery away??
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of crisps and mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Dust shelves
• Clean bathroom
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I've woken up with a painful, cotton wool head so my memory is gonna be shot all day.

I've remembered that it's Wednesday so I've started off the weekly scan after taking my blood pressure and popping my 11 morning pills, including my two happy pills.  I've also sorted out my undies bag so won't need to get stressed out about not having any clean knickers until my carer decides that she knows best and messes up my organisation again.  It's only happened two or three times since my last laundry wash last week which I'm grateful for though.

Time to publish this and get today's to-do list together now me-thinks.

TTFN

Nite nite orl

Gotta remember several things tomorrow:- 

1. it's Wednesday so it's the weekly virus scan and backups
2. I've gotta phone the pharmacy about my prescription
3. Drinks will be of the fizzy variety so that I can get my liquid intake up
4. lunch is crisps and mince pies
5. I've gotta dust the shelves because I didn't manage it today

For tonight though, I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Thank you Loki!

I think Loki and I are starting to settle into our relationship now because I got the feeling that Loki wanted to play more tricks after my previous religious blog post, so I bargained with Him and we agreed that if He arranged it so that my deliveries and groceries didn't turn up together, then He could arrange it so that the second of the two things could turn up just as my arse hit the sofa.

That didn't happen which lulled me into a false sense of security so I got my purse out ready to buy something and the doorbell went just as I was taking my purse out of my bag!  lol

I've realised that my technology is prolly safe but that whenever Loki feels unnoticed, He will create havoc for me and I've just gotta be prepared and bargain with Him like I did today!

Thank you Loki!

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Pretty please, Gaia, Green Man and Loki...

...please get today's two deliveries to come between doing my blood pressure and groceries so that I don't need to get anxious about it?  Please?

Today's (17th December 2024) lunch photo

I decided to be kind to my lunchtime carer and get everything ready, including the kettle boiled, for my lunch of a mug of instant Minestrone Cup Soup so my carer can spend the entire visit sitting down, relaxing and socialising with her friends and family or, if it's the same carer as yesterday lunchtime, using TikTok but trying to hide it lol

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (17th December 2024) breakfast photo

Anyone fancy taking a guess at what my breakfast was this morning?  Yep, 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread with a freshly shaken (because I remembered this morning lol) and decanted 250ml bottle of apple and mango juice.  I've also had a 100g pack of chocolate covered raisins and a 400ml mug of hot chocolate to try and get my liquid intake up a bit but there's no photo of either of those.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (17th December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Refill bottle with squash
• Charge up FitBit
• Put new grocery order in
• Bring in first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery??
• Put third delivery away??
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Put bags in front of door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

It's a good job that I (I think) put the reminders on last night's final blog post because I haven't got a clue what I was supposed to be remembering today!

I've taken my blood pressure, popped my 10 morning pills, run the daily virus scan, refilled the bottle with squash, made myself a hot honey water and put my FitBit on to charge up so far this morning.

I'm gonna go and have a read of the reminders in last night's blog post then put today's to-do list together now methinks.

See you all again soon!

Nite nite orl

It's been a looong day today so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm gonna head to bed now.  I've gotta remember that two of the three deliveries are arriving "tomorrow by 10pm" and I've gotta fill up my squash bottle too, as well as a grocery shop, so it's gonna be a busy day tomorrow.  Both jobs for tomorrow though because right now I'm saying goodnight to you all and I'll see you in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Bring rubbish sack in
• Bring blue sack in
• Bring food waste caddy in
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Ask carer to help me change the bedding
• Bring bedding down
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Wash and dry bedding
• Put bedding on stairs to air
• Take bedding upstairs
• Put bedding away
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Sort out more of the spare room - gonna spend a decent chunk of tomorrow (Friday 13th) sorting it as I won't be online because of my agreement with Loki - I've done as much as I can before hopefully passing on the family heirlooms - my brother wants the heirlooms and is hopefully coming over to collect them before Christmas so I'll be able to sort the rest of it out after JanNo
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Bring rubbish sack in
• Bring blue sack in
• Bring food waste caddy in
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Ask carer to help me change the bedding
• Bring bedding down
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Wash and dry bedding
• Put bedding on stairs to air
• Take bedding upstairs
• Put bedding away
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Sort out more of the spare room - gonna spend a decent chunk of tomorrow (Friday 13th) sorting it as I won't be online because of my agreement with Loki - I've done as much as I can before hopefully passing on the family heirlooms - my brother wants the heirlooms and is hopefully coming over to collect them before Christmas so I'll be able to sort the rest of it out after JanNo
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today I'm grateful for...

...getting through today in one piece.

Short and simple today.

Today's (16th December 2024) lunch photo

Only 2 hours late with today's lunch photo!

It was my standard Monday lunch of leftovers from yesterday's Sunday roast with my in-laws - 2 servings of a vegetarian family roast, 1 serving of French beans, 1 serving of broccoli, 2.5 servings of hassleback roast potatoes cooked in vegetable oil all washed down with a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Bring rubbish sack in
• Bring blue sack in
• Bring food waste caddy in
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Ask carer to help me change the bedding
• Bring bedding down
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Wash and dry bedding
• Put bedding on stairs to air
• Take bedding upstairs
• Put bedding away
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Sort out more of the spare room - gonna spend a decent chunk of tomorrow (Friday 13th) sorting it as I won't be online because of my agreement with Loki - I've done as much as I can before hopefully passing on the family heirlooms - my brother wants the heirlooms and is hopefully coming over to collect them before Christmas so I'll be able to sort the rest of it out after JanNo
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed