Oooh!

I've just unofficially weighed myself and I've lost 1.3kg in 2 days so I'm only 1.8kg overweight now as opposed to the 3.1kg that I was on Monday morning!

Mornin' all

I seriously struggled to get out of bed this morning, so when I eventually dragged myself out and downstairs, I knew it was past time for my magic pill.  I've taken my blood pressure which was back in the middle of my own personal reference range again this morning, which was reassuring.  I've also popped my 11 morning pills with my breakfast glass of water and started off the weekly virus scan, so next up is getting washed and changed then doing my exercises I reckon.  I'll go and get clean now, while the virus scan is running, then do my laps and exercises while the backups are under way.  I won't put my to-do list up until I've got washed and dressed though otherwise it'll be 2-3 posts with the same thing in quick succession.

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely freakin' knackered so I've popped my last two pills of the day a few minutes early and I'm gonna take myself on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning for the weekly virus scan.

Nite nite orl

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

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Download FitBit image
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Take photo and advertise hair things on Freegle
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And roasted jumbo corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Download FitBit image
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Take photo and advertise hair things on Freegle
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And roasted jumbo corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (10th March 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was a pretty healthy 300g of large flat mushrooms with approx 10g of Vegan Mayo all washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion[fruit] pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Third update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Download FitBit image
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Take photo and advertise hair things on Freegle
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Download FitBit image
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Thank you Loki!

I've had my first dose of caffeine this morning and I'd literally just come out of the bathroom, sat down and hadn't even had the opportunity to pull the table closer to me when my groceries arrived!  If the deliverer had been literally 30 seconds earlier I would still have been in the bathroom!

Thank you for timing it so perfectly, Loki!

First update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Download FitBit image
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (10th March 2026) to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Bring in third delivery
• Open third delivery
• Put third delivery away
• Bring in fourth delivery
• Open fourth delivery
• Put fourth delivery away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (10th March 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was a 500ml glass of water to take my first 10 pills of the day with.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

I've woken up feeling flat, but so far this morning I've taken my blood pressure, then my 10 morning pills (because it's Tuesday today) with my breakfast of a 500ml glass of water, then got washed and dressed and then finished off with the daily virus scan which was still, thankfully, clear.

I've got at least one, possibly two, maybe three deliveries due today, so I've gotta keep my ear on the door so that I can bring it all in when it arrives, as well as my groceries... I bet it'll all arrive while I'm doing my laps or exercises lol

Gonna go and do my laps now, then I'll put my breakfast photo and to-do list up so that I don't have to do two to-do lists so soon after each other.

Nite nite orl

I've had a very busy and thoroughly knackering three days on the trot and tomorrow won't be much better 'cos of doing two sets of laps and my groceries as well as a delivery, so it could be an even more knackering and later night tomorrow, but that'll hopefully be it then until Saturday morning when a Freegler will hopefully be coming to pick something up.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading straight on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Clear off the sofa
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Bring in recycling box
• Put recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in food caddy
• Put food caddy away
• Bring in rubbish sack
• Put rubbish sack away
• Pack away laptop
• Get ready for seeing my best friend
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Clear off the sofa
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Bring in recycling box
• Put recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in food caddy
• Put food caddy away
• Bring in rubbish sack
• Put rubbish sack away
• Pack away laptop
• Get ready for seeing my best friend
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (9th March 2026) to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Clear off the sofa
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Bring in recycling box
• Put recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in food caddy
• Put food caddy away
• Bring in rubbish sack
• Put rubbish sack away
• Pack away laptop
• Get ready for seeing my best friend
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (9th March 2026) breakfast photos

Today's first meal of the day was in two parts - my breakfast of a 500ml glass of water and a very early lunch of leftovers from yesterday's roast which was a vegetarian steak, broccolli, peas and sweetcorn with a second 500ml glass of water.

Here are today's two meal photos:

Mornin' all

Well, today is gonna be a busy day for me and I've already taken my blood pressure, popped my first 9 pills of the day and had my breakfast/lunch before washing up and weighing myself - I've put on 900g in the last 7 days, so it won't do me any harm if I miss a meal here and there this week.  I've gotta bring in and put away the rubbish and recycling containers when they've been emptied and I'm seeing my best friend today too.

I've run the daily virus scan and that was reassuringly clear, so that's a positive.

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

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, exhausting, social day today and I'm guessing that it'll be the same again tomorrow, so I've popped my last two pills of the week and I'm heading to bed now.

I'll see you all briefly in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Refill bottle with squash
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Tie up waste food bag
• Put bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Bag up rubbish
• Put rubbish into sack
• Take sack outside
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I noticed yesterday that..

...the days are ever so slightly staying lighter for just a smidgen longer.  It's almost 6pm and it's still just about light enough to see outside but last week it would have been black out there by now!

How can I...

...stop snacking out of boredom/loneliness?

I'm absolutely fine when I'm around others, but when it's just me I'm constantly having to resist reaching for snacks, usually at least once an hour, every hour.

I'm not hungry 'cos I had a big lunch, but I've gone looking for something to snack on 3 times in the last hour and a half to two hours, which really isn't healthy.

Any ideas gratefully received!

First update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Refill bottle with squash
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Tie up waste food bag
• Put bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Bag up rubbish
• Put rubbish into sack
• Take sack outside
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (8th March 2026) to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Refill bottle with squash
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Box up recycling
• Take recycling outside
• Tie up waste food bag
• Put bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Bag up rubbish
• Put rubbish into sack
• Take sack outside
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (8th March 2026) breakfast photo

For potentially my last photographed meal of the week I had a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

I've woken up sniffing and sneezing so I've either got another cold or it's hayfever again.

I've taken my blood pressure, popped my morning pills, attempted to uncap a glass bottle but broke two finger-nails instead, so I've gotta remember to ask M to do it for me.

I've also got washed and dressed and remembered to put moisturiser on the bottom of my little toe.

The last virus scan of the week was clear, so that's reassuring and time to get today's to-do list together and get my breakfast photo up for the last time this week.

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day and I'm knackered so I've popped my last two pills of the day (gotta remember to refill the squash bottle tomorrow morning) and I'm heading off to bed.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• Have shower @ 4.35am
• Wash hair
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get dressed
• Brush hair
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Tomorrow (Sunday) I've gotta remember to...

* get bag and cane ready

* box up recycling and take it outside

* tie up food waste bag, put it into the caddy and take it outside

* take blue bag outside

* bag up rubbish and take it outside

* refill dosette box

Second update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• Have shower @ 4.35am
• Wash hair
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get dressed
• Brush hair
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (7th March 2026) lunch photo

I've gotta remember to not snack after breakfast like I did again this morning!  lol

Today's lunch was 4 Veggie Fingers, 4 battered onion rings, about 10g of Vegan Mayo and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion[fruit] pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• Have shower @ 4.35am
• Wash hair
• Pull water heating switch off
• Get dressed
• Brush hair
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (7th March 2026) breakfast photo

My breakfast this morning finished off the loaf of wholemeal 'Toastie' bread, then I slathered the toast in approximately 10g of 'Buttery' spread and washed it down with a 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.  I've also got a me-friendly creamy caffeinated mocha on the go too, but there's no photo of that.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

I've decided to...

...have breakfast, but not do any more exercises this week.  My legs are feeling wobbly so I'm not gonna risk it.

Today's (7th March 2026) to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• Have shower @ 4.35am
• Wash hair
• Get dressed
• Brush hair
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, according to my FitBit, I was asleep for 8 hours and 43 minutes overnight and oh boy did I deserve it!

So far this morning I've pulled the water heating switch on in the bathroom, taken my blood pressure, popped my morning pills, run the daily virus scan, put the towels in the bathroom ready for my shower and plugged my watch in to charge up.  Bath time is 4.35am this week and I've gotta remember to do my exercises too.

Time to get today's to-do list together then go and have my shower now methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a truly exhausting day today, but I feel like I've achieved a decent amount, so I've taken my last two pills of the day bang on time and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning, when I've gotta remember to do my exercises that I missed yesterday or whenever it was this week, pull the water heating switch on and have a shower instead of a bath so that I can wash my grease-pit hair.

Nite nite orl

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

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler this afternoon
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• Refill can dispenser
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler this afternoon
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• Refill can dispenser
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (6th March 2026) I'm grateful for...

...technology and my air fryer and kettle and the mountain of snacks that I've got in the kitchen.  I'm also grateful for Freegle and Facebook.  And friends.  And support.  And my FitBits.  And not going downhill too fast health-wise.

I'm grateful that I've got a spare room and a bit more space to sort out things in the spare room so that I can bring them down and Freegle them too.

I'm grateful that I've got an Alexa device now and that, thanks to my best friend, I've discovered Baroque music on it.

I'm grateful that I've been able to semi-safely exercise twice today and that I remembered to charge up both of my FitBits before they died on me.

I'm grateful that I've had a reasonably good day today and that I've managed to achieve a pretty decent amount safely.

First update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler this afternoon
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• Refill can dispenser
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (6th March 2026) lunch photo

For my fifth solid meal this month, I had 4 Veggie Fingers, 3 battered onion rings, approx 10g Vegan Mayo and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion[fruit] pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Today's (6th March 2026) to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler this afternoon
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Give Passionfruit to Olio-er
• Give Lychees to Olio-er
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (6th March 2026) breakfast photo

I had a liquid breakfast today of a 500ml glass of water and a 250ml bottle of freshly-decanted Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

I went seriously over my calorie budget yesterday after snacking on crisps and chocolate while I waited for the "dispenser" yesterday so I'm gonna keep this short and do my exercises before catching up with everything including my breakfast photo and to-do list.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, exhausting, decision-heavy, expensive day and I'm knackered, so I've taken my pills and I'm going to bed.

I'll see you all in the morning when I've gotta remember the Freegler is coming in the afternoon and I've gotta arrange for the Olio-er to come for their things too.

Nite nite orl

Today's first and final update to today's to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Find out when appointment is for choosing reading glasses frames - it hasn't been booked in yet so no wonder I couldn't find it lol - Thursday 5th March at some point between 8am and 6pm but they'll call an hour before, so I've definitely gotta get washed and changed that day lol - it's an afternoon appointment so I've got the chance to thoroughly scrub myself clean in the morning so that I don't stink when Kevin arrives between 12pm and 5.30pm - today's the day!
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler on the 6th
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Give Passionfruit to Olio-er
• Give Lychees to Olio-er
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Coco Mint and Radley

I think they are the brands of my two new glasses frames and I know they aren't as well known as other brands, but they are posher than NHS frames - but how much more well-known please?  Are they just the next level up or are they quite well-known brands in the glasses fashion industry please?

I'm fine with both glasses either way, I'm just wondering how up-market/fashionable/posh I'm being this year is all.

Opinions please?

It's been...

...an expensive couple of months what with two new glasses frames and lenses, but I can officially relax for another year now.

Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day 'cos of a Freegler coming for some bits and bobs in the early afternoon and hopefully an Olio-er coming to pick up the last of the fruit from OddBox.  I've cancelled the subscription now unfortunately and put bananas and individual fruit bags on Tuesday's grocery order instead.  I'll definitely be going back to OddBox, it was just too much fruit, too soon after restarting to eat it was all.

Saturday morning is gonna be busy too 'cos of my shower and hair wash, laps to catch up on from today and the last Freegler coming to pick up their item at 10am too.  When I've caught my breath it's then my usual Sunday stuff, then Monday I'm seeing my best friend again (hi C!), Tuesday is grocery day, Wednesday is virus scan and backups then I can breathe a big sigh of relief on Thursday and Friday before my usual weekend stuff.

It's been bedlum for the last few weeks, but it's all starting to calm down a bit now, thankfully.

Aaaaand...

...relax.

I've chosen my reading glasses frames and they have been ordered and paid for, so the rest of the day is mine now - I'm thinking I'll have a J2O to celebrate lol

Today's (5th March 2026) to-do list

• 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 - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Find out when appointment is for choosing reading glasses frames - it hasn't been booked in yet so no wonder I couldn't find it lol - Thursday 5th March at some point between 8am and 6pm but they'll call an hour before, so I've definitely gotta get washed and changed that day lol - it's an afternoon appointment so I've got the chance to thoroughly scrub myself clean in the morning so that I don't stink when Kevin arrives between 12pm and 5.30pm - today's the day!
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler on the 6th
• Sort out more of spare room
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Give Passionfruit to Olio-er
• Give Lychees to Olio-er
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (5th March 2026) breakfast photo

For my first and potentially only meal today, I had 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast, slathered in roughly 20g of 'Buttery' spread and a freshly decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

I've had a pretty decent day so far 'cos I've taken my blood pressure which was slap bang in the middle of my own personal reference range, popped my 10 morning pills, got washed and changed, then made my first and potentially only meal today and I've currently got a mug of decaff coffee on the go too.

Overnight an Olio-er said they wanted the two things that I've currently got advertised on there and said that they would come "Thursday late morning" so I've asked them to be a bit more specific as I've got the dispenser coming to help me to choose my new reading glasses frames anywhere from 12pm to 5.30pm and I'm not gonna be answering the door until after he's left.

There was an update to my security software too, so I'm currently rocking the safest and most secure software that's available.

The daily virus scan has just finished and my laptop is all clear of nasties again, so I can open my emails and start my online day now.

I'm not gonna do any of my exercises today so that I don't stink when the "dispenser" gets here, I'll do them on Saturday instead.

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

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, exhausting day today, but I'm proud of myself for my laps, lack of caffeine, a proper lunch and reading such a wonderful book today.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.  I'm seeing a "dispenser" tomorrow afternoon so that I can choose the frames for my reading glasses.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Do backups
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/honey water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return
• Find out when appointment is for choosing reading glasses frames - it hasn't been booked in yet so no wonder I couldn't find it lol - Thursday 5th March at some point between 8am and 6pm but they'll call an hour before, so I've definitely gotta get washed and changed that day lol - it's an afternoon appointment so I've got the chance to thoroughly scrub myself clean in the morning so that I don't stink when Kevin arrives between 12pm and 5.30pm
• Give tissues and chocolate box and liners to Freegler on the 6th
• Sort out more of spare room
• Clean bathroom
• Clean kitchen
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Open Amazon delivery
• Use/put away Amazon delivery
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or fake ivy or seat cushion or empty chocolate box
• Make lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Give Passionfruit to Olio-er
• Give Lychees to Olio-er
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed