Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole exhausting day today, but I'm going to bed with a relieved smile on my face.

I've gotta remember to pull the water heating switch in the bathroom and have a gorgeously hot, relaxing, bubble bath, without falling asleep lol

I've also gotta remember to put the blood pressure spreadsheet onto my health site that I should have done today, but completely forgot.

I wanna start to edit my second memoir tomorrow too... I only wrote it at the start of October but I've already forgotten what I've written lol

It's gonna be a day filled with sugar tomorrow 'cos I'm gonna try having hot chocolates for my snacks instead of chocolatey biscuit bars 'cos I've been under the liquid minimum today, which ain't good.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Wheel stool into corner of door to try and lower the seat
• Get my face scanned - gonna try with my arm against the front door tomorrow morning
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their items
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate - 4 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Review of "SCNNC 42 Watt GLS Clear Light Bulbs"

SCNNC 42 Watt GLS Clear Light Bulbs
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

Bullseye!

I've been desperately hunting for dimmable lightbulbs that didn't flicker and my hunt had always come up empty and I had flickering lightbulbs that it wasn't safe for me to use.

My lightbulb was on it's last legs this morning so I didn't have a choice but to try these out and I really wasn't looking forward to it, based on recent past experiences.  The more expensive ones flickered, so surely these would too, right?

Wrong!

The lightbulb got changed and I nervously turned the light back on, it didn't flicker at the maximum brightness so it had to as I dimmed the switch, right?

Wrong!

It didn't flicker at all and it's exactly what I wanted!

It's slightly less light at full whack than my previous bulbs but that's good for me too 'cos it means that I can have the light at full whack without risking keeping me awake before I go to bed at night and kicking off my insomnia.

I honestly can't find a single negative thing to say about these bulbs!

Today (31st October 2025) I'm grateful for...

I've had a very good day today and if it wasn't past my eating and drinking cut-off time, I'd be cracking open several bars of chocolate and getting the cream out of the fridge for a very hot, very creamy drinking chocolate right now!

I know now where I've gotta stand to try and get the scan for the ID card so I'll try and remember to do that tomorrow.

I'm majorly grateful to the Freegler for changing the light bulb for me... she really didn't have to but she did and I can see for the next few years now with any luck!

I'm just sooo grateful for everything that's happened today!  There were so many things that could have gone wrong for me today but they didn't and I'm soo grateful for that!

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Wheel stool into corner of door to try and lower the seat
• Get my face scanned - gonna try with my arm against the front door tomorrow morning
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their items
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate - 4 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Thank you Gaia and Loki!!

The Freegler has picked her things up and she's changed the lightbulb for me too and it's not flickering at all, unlike the other ones I've bought, so the shop I bought them from has found a regular customer and I don't need to ask my SIL to change it on Sunday either.  It's just the right amount of lightness too... not too bright at full volume but bright enough to see what I'm doing still.

Thank you Gaia and thank you Loki for letting me get out of the bathroom before she arrived! lol

It's officially sunset over here, so...

...let's get the celebrations started and crack open the Mead for Samhain!!!  🎉

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Wheel stool into corner of door to try and lower the seat
• Get my face scanned - gonna try with my arm against the front door tomorrow morning
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their items
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate - 4 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their item
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate - 4 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (31st October 2025) lunch photo

For today's first and only 'proper' meal (unless you count the chocolate this morning and the mince pie I'll have for tea) I had 3 vegan Southern Bites and 5g of vegan mayonnaise, washed down with a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their item
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate - 4 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

What happens if...

...you don't remove the seeds from red/yellow/green peppers and you just eat the whole thing except the stork please?  Will it give you food poisoning or even kill you or is it just that doesn't taste very nice?  Is it a taste rather than safety thing please?  I know that you're *supposed* to, and that's fine, but will I live if I eat the pips as well as the pepper please?

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their item
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Samhain

Merry Meet

It's Samhain as of sundown tonight, so I just wanted to wish any fellow Pagans out there reading this a Blessed evening of celebrations and take it easy on the Mead yeah?  😜

Merry Part
Until we Merry Meet again

Today's (31st October 2025) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Do first load of laundry
• Put first load of laundry on stairs to air
• Do second load of laundry
• Hang up first load of laundry
• Put second load of laundry on stairs to air
• Sort out and put away undies
• Hang up second load of laundry
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites and mayonnaise
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Give Freegler their item
• Do admin on Freegle
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

It was a very bad idea to have the two bars of chocolate for my "light meals" yesterday morning because now I'm not hungry at all, so I'll have to have a very late/no breakfast otherwise I won't be able to have anything for lunch.

I've taken my blood pressure (which was a bit higher than my normal, but still low), run the daily virus scan (which was still reassuringly clear), popped my 11 morning pills (including my mood stabiliser) with my first glass of water of the day and I'm now charging my watch up.

I've got a Freegler coming over to pick something up after her shift so I hope she doesn't run late otherwise it'll be another late night for me again!

Time to get today's to-do list together then go and get washed and changed and hopefully remember to put the first load of laundry on.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I'm not going to bed quite yet 'cos my watch is still charging up and I'm installing some updates on one of my phones, so won't be going anywhere until they've finished, but I'm shutting down my browser for the night now, so I'll see you all in the morning and I've gotta remember that I'm giving something to a Freegler tomorrow late afternoon.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have a bar of chocolate every 2-3 hours
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Vacuum the carpets
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Woops! lol

I had a silent call so just left the still-connected phone next to me on the sofa, then totally forgot about it for an hour and 6 minutes - woops!  lol

That doesn't come close to my record of 16 hours though lol

Opinions please!

I read online yesterday that I should eat a "small meal" every 2-3 hours to get rid of my belly fat, but I only managed that twice this morning - would a creamy hot choccie be a suitable "small meal" or does it have to be solid please?

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have a bar of chocolate every 2-3 hours
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Vacuum the carpets
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th October 2025) lunch photo

Today's lunch was totally new to me and consisted of 3 "Southern Fried Bites", 10g of a vegan mayonnaise and a 500ml glass of water.  I think I'll try 5g of the mayo tomorrow 'cos there was still about half left when I'd chomped my way through the bites lol

Here's today's lunch photo:

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have a bar of chocolate every 2-3 hours
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Vacuum the carpets
• Get my face scanned
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have a bar of chocolate every 2-3 hours
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th October 2025) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread washed down with a freshly decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

I'm gonna have a chocolate biscuit bar every 2-3 hours today too, so that I can prepare my stomach for the fruit snacks that have been recommended to help me to lose my belly flab.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (30th October 2025) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have a bar of chocolate every 2-3 hours
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of 3 Southern Fried Bites
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Goooood morning all!

I've woken up feeling really positive this morning!  I didn't want to get out of bed before my bladder forced me to and my first Visible readings of the day were high and out of range and I've got a bit of belly ache but I'm feeling especially good right now!

I've gotta try and remember to have a bar of chocolate every two to three hours today and I've got a choice between sit-ups and crunches starting on the 1st.

My 10 morning pills have been popped and I've gotta remember to refil the bottle with squash at some point today too.

The virus scan was reassuringly clear, so I can safely use the internet again today.

This first blog post of the day is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna shut up, publish it, put today's to-do list together, refill the bottle, get washed and changed and then make my breakfast I reckon.

Nite nite orl

I'm still wiped out after changing the duvet on Monday and the laps and sit-ups were done later than usual because of waiting for the Freegler to arrive, but I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heady off to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Charge up Inspire
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Give bedding to Freegler from 12-1pm
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Charge up Inspire
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Give bedding to Freegler from 12-1pm
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Starting tomorrow...

...I'm gonna attempt to have a bar of chocolate from the fridge every two to three hours 'cos apparently I should be eating smaller, more frequent meals to get rid of my belly flab and I should also be doing crunches as opposed to sit-ups to get rid of it too.  I've already got loads of fruit on Tuesday's order, but nothing I can have until then other than the chocolate, soo like with my tea's at the nurse's request, I'm introducing the 2-3 hourly snacks too so that it's not such a shock to my system next week.  My calorie count will be through the roof until I've finished the chocolate off, but I'll hopefully be getting plenty of fruit into me as of next week which won't be so calorific.

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Charge up Inspire
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Give bedding to Freegler from 12-1pm
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th October 2025) tea photo

Today's tea was the same as it has been for the last couple of days:  a mince pie.

Here's today's tea photo:

Scratch this morning's decision...

...not to do my laps or sit-ups today - it was changing the duvet cover that gave me the active minutes in my FitBit, not the laps like I thought, so I'm gonna let my lunch go down for about half an hour then do them hopefully without throwing up this afternoon.

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Charge up Inspire
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Give bedding to Freegler from 12-1pm
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th October 2025) lunch photo

I'm sooo glad I resisted having anything for elevenses today because the super firm smoked organic tofu has really filled me up!  It's the first time in my life that I've knowingly had it and I'll definitely be buying it again!  I didn't know how moisture-rich or dry it would be, so I had 10g of vegan mayonnaise and a 500ml bottle of Dandelion 'n' Burdock too.

Here's today's lunch photo:

I've decided to...

...not do any laps or sit-ups today, just to give myself the day off to recover.  Back to it again tomorrow, of course, but I'm using today as a recovery and reward day after pushing myself too far on Monday with changing the duvet cover and I went overboard yesterday with my laps too, so today is a recovery day.  I might do them again on Saturday, but I'm eating significantly less calories now that I'm not relying so heavily on chocolate and crisps.  I'm gonna try and go a second day without a drinking chocolate too, but I've got almost 1000 calories to play with so it's no great shakes if I can't resist after all lol

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Charge up Inspire
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Give bedding to Freegler from 12-1pm
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th October 2025) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same as it has been for a few weeks now - 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread with a freshly decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th October 2025) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 5 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I've woken up (obviously), taken my blood pressure, then my morning pills, then started off the weekly virus scan before having my breakfast and by the time I'd finished eating and drinking and put my laptop back onto the table, the virus scan had finished and "didn't find any issues" so that's good news.

Gonna start the backups off, then get washed and changed and charge my watch up before I do my morning laps and sit-ups.

Today is gonna be a good day.

Nite nite orl

It's been a busy, stressful day today, but I've dragged myself through it, taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler - they didn't turn up so I've reported and blocked them
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to homepage
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches for tomorrow's weekly scan and backups
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate - 5 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler - they didn't turn up so I've reported and blocked them
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to homepage
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches for tomorrow's weekly scan and backups
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th October 2025) tea photo

Today's tea was the same as yesterday's tea - a mince pie.

I've had a pretty healthy day today, the mince pie was the least healthy I've been all day because even my drinks have been just a 500ml glass of water each time!

There are 4 mince pies left and starting tomorrow, I'll be having things like vegetable nuggets or fingers or whatever.  My stomach has coped better with the last few weeks than I thought it would, so re-introducing proper foods instead of just instant soups for lunch seems to have done the trick!

Here's today's tea photo:

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler - they didn't turn up so I've reported and blocked them
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to homepage
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches for tomorrow's weekly scan and backups
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th October 2025) lunch photo

Today's lunch came in 3 parts, but I only remembered to take a photo of the first part!  It was 3 large, flat mushrooms and 10g of plant-based mayonnaise washed down with a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's only lunch photo:

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Progress at last!

I've just taken another selfie and this one has been accepted so I moved on to the next stage which was to follow a QR code, take a photo of my ID and scan my face but I only had 10 minutes to do it in and it timed out while it was connecting to my phone, so I'll try again later/tomorrow, but I'm one step closer now!

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I've got...

...a busy day ahead of me today!

Why?

Because I'm about to do my first set of laps and sit-ups, then I've gotta put the bags in front of the door, then bringing in an putting away my groceries, then giving the bedding to a Freegler, then lunch, then hopefully giving the folder back to a carer this afternoon which will hopefully leave me with enough time to do my second set of laps before bedtime!

Busy, busy, busy today!

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Give bedding to Freegler
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th October 2025) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was sort of my usual but I've got a 500ml glass of water instead of a 250ml bottle of Tropical juice that washed down my 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast and 'Buttery' spread.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (28th October 2025) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Put in next grocery order
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 10 mixed bars of chocolate
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Gooood morning all

I've woken up in a decent mood but sore and stiff and swollen after changing the bedding yesterday.

I forgot to take my Visible reading before I came downstairs so today's reading is a bit inaccurate.

My blood pressure was high for me, but still low in the reference range.

I've popped my 10 morning pills and set the monthly virus scan off, but haven't put in my next grocery order or had my breakfast yet.

This first blog post is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna publish it and get today's to-do list together now methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, stressful start to the week, but I'm proud of myself for changing the king-size duvet cover totally alone for the first time in my life.

I've potentially got a busy day tomorrow so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes slightly early.

It's the monthly virus scan tomorrow so won't be able to reply to emails until it's all done and dusted.

I'll see you in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Charge up watch
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Bring food waste caddy back in
• Bring blue sack back in
• Bring recycling box back in
• Send my book to final reviewer in December
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Take photo of duvet cover and pillow cases
• Change bedding
• Wash and dry bedding
• Take sheet and 2 pillow cases upstairs
• Air duvet cover and 2 pillow cases
• Advertise duvet cover and 2 pillowcases on Freegle
• Ask Jennifer to be my referee - she's not qualified to unfortunately
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Make tea of mince pie/soup
• Take photo of mince pie/soup for tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• Charge up watch
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up Charge6
• Charge up Inspire
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's monthly scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And Pringles on the side
• And choccie raisins in the fridge too
• And a box of 14 mixed bars of chocolate - 10 now
• And loads of soft drinks
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed