Sunday, 31 May 2026

Nite nite orl

A bit later than normal, but I was waiting for my OddBox delivery which has now been put away, so I'm heading 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

  • Take Visible reading - it couldn't take the reading because the battery was too low at 55%, so I'll have to try and remember to charge it up as soon as it gets to 60% now, which is frustrating
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now - I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or melon or mango
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible - I've obviously gotta charge it up before 55% now, unfortunately
  • Charge up phone
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps/water/ice cream
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Menu for 1st to 6th June 2026

Breakfast:

Choccie Weetabix
Soya milk
Juice


Lunch:

1 x spring onion
2 x pickled eggs
15g x Vegan Mayo
1 x apple
1 x pear


Tea:

Ice cream or soup, depending on what's available on Tuesday's grocery order

My OddBox has just been delivered and...

...the spring onions are huge this week, so I'll have one of those, a decent-sized apple and a decent-sized pear for my lunch and either ice cream (if there's enough in stock on Tuesday) or soup for my tea.


I've put the melon and mango onto Olio so I've just gotta be patient and hope there's some interest in both of them.


Next week is definitely gonna be a low calorie, healthier lunch week which will take considerably less preparation than this week's lunches and I can't wait!


Looks like...

...my lunches next week are gonna be apples and pears each day 'cos the strawberries have been replaced with a mango and a lemon that it's not safe for me to use, so I'll be advertising them on Olio and depending on how many apples and how many pears I get it'll either be 1 or 2 (small?) apples and 1 or 2 (small?) pears for each lunch.  I've got spring onions coming too as well as 2 jars of pickled eggs if I get hungry, but I'll be eating significantly fewer calories every day next week compared to this week lol


First update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - it couldn't take the reading because the battery was too low at 55%, so I'll have to try and remember to charge it up as soon as it gets to 60% now, which is frustrating
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible - I've obviously gotta charge it up before 55% now, unfortunately
  • Charge up phone
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps/water
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (31st May 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the last of the salad things which today consisted of the last approx 80g of baby leaf spinach, the last two vegan cheeses and approx 15g of Vegan Mayo, washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.


Here's today's lunch photo:


Today's (31st May 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - it couldn't take the reading because the battery was too low at 55%, so I'll have to try and remember to charge it up as soon as it gets to 60% now, which is frustrating
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible - I've obviously gotta charge it up before 55% now, unfortunately
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps/water
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (31st May 2026) breakfast photos

My last breakfast of the week was my normal 500ml glass of water to pop my 9 morning pills with and my normal warm weather breakfast of choccie Weetabix with soya milk and the last of the orange juice this morning.


Here's today's breakfast photos:




Mornin' all

I've only just realised that I didn't give my to-do list it's final update or say goodnight to you all last night because I completely forgot!  I'm so sorry!


Today is gonna be a bad day 'cos I almost didn't make it to the bathroom in time, my Visible didn't have enough battery power, at 55%, to take my morning stability score this morning so I dunno if I can push myself or not, then my phone decided that it didn't want to zoom in so I restarted it and it wouldn't open my camera for a little while.  When my phone eventually let me access the camera, I took my blood pressure and my phone wouldn't let me attach the photos to an email so I had to restart it again.  I filled the glass with water but was so thirsty that I drank half of it before I even left the kitchen, so had to refill it after my fourth wee of the morning and I'd only been awake for half an hour at that point.  My pills got stuck in my throat and I almost threw up several times.  I went for my fifth wee of the morning and made my breakfast but I couldn't zoom in or take the photo for about 30-45 seconds, which was annoying.


I've managed to log on to my computer and start my Visible charging up and the daily virus scan was clear, so I'm just gonna take it very gently today.


Gotta remember to take my recycling outside and refill my dosette box this afternoon, then put the OddBox container outside at about 5pm then wait to see if my delivery turns up again today or if I'll have to wait until tomorrow.


This first blog post of the day is waaay too long already so I'm gonna shut up now and get my breakfast photo up, then my to-do list.


BBIAB


Saturday, 30 May 2026

Second update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps/water
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (30th May 2026) tea photo

I knew I was forgetting something!  lol


My tea today was the same as my breakfast - a 500ml glass of water - because I was still full after my late lunch.


Here's today's tea photo:


First update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (30th May 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the penultimate salad of the week which, today, consisted of approx 50g of baby leaf spinach, the last (yellow) pepper, the last two spring onions, a vegan cheese and approx 15g of Vegan Mayo, all washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.


Here's today's lunch photo:


I swear I've just...

...seen Steve or his identical twin (who he didn't have) walk past my window!


This man was the same build as Steve was, same posture, same waddle, same chest hair, the same moles and marks on his side, same hairstyle and colour and even wearing the same clothes (topless and black, elasticated shorts)!!  This man is obviously very local to me, cos you don't tend to walk around topless at 8am unless you live very close by, right?


Today's (30th May 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have shower
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (30th May 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was just my normal 500ml glass of water to wash my 9 morning pills down with because I had a shower this morning and didn't want to throw up before, during or after it.


Here's today's breakfast photo:


Mornin' all

Well, the warm weather has officially started for me 'cos I broke out my shortest sleeved top this morning that I only wear when I feel really hot.


I decided to have a shower rather than a bath this morning and I'm not gonna do my laps or exercises even though my morning stability score was 3 out of 5 again this morning, I just don't want to risk it after the shower in case my legs give way underneath me.


I've popped my 9 morning pills with my only breakfast of a 500ml glass of water and I'm not gonna have the Weetabix for the same reason as the lack of exercises - I just don't want to risk pushing myself too much this morning.


My teeth and tongue have been scrubbed and I've just started off the daily virus scan, so I'm good to go until lunchtime now... the only time I'll be leaving the sofa is for bathroom breaks this morning.


This first blog post of the day is getting a bit long so I'm gonna shut up and get today's breakfast photo up, then my to-do list


BBIAB


Friday, 29 May 2026

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day again today and I'm really feeling it in my body now, so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading off to beddy-byes as soon as the side effects kick in.


I'll see you all in the morning when I've gotta remember to pull the water heating switch on for half an hour so that I can have a shower instead of a bath.


Nite nite orl


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

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up powerbanks
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

I've got...

...Steve's bank statements now and I've already found two bills that I paid him for that were several hundred pounds difference every month.  The first one was our phone/TV/internet which was £66 a month, then there's his domain names and hosting which was £12, Netflix was £10, electricity was £114, TV license at £22, Prime at £8, mobile phone at £27, I then paid him £3910 in one day for some reason, then there's 3 payments to "Jade Witter" for £2920 which I'm assuming was for 3 private porn shows (I didn't know he was using porn until I started cancelling his payments)... I'm only up to April 2022 (Steve passed away in December 2022) and I was moving across over £400 a month to "cover the bills" so lets see what the actual cost was, shall we?


£259 in actual bills coming out of his account.


I paid him £450 a month.


£450-£259=£191 a month going on porn and take-aways, plus the thousands to "Jade Witter" and covering any other bills that he couldn't afford each month is a lot of money going into Steve's account out of mine and him getting credit for "paying all the bills".


I know that it's too late to do anything about now, but I'm incredibly disappointed by how much he was lieing to me each month.


Time for pills then bed now I reckon.


That's the experiment concluded...

...for my phone at least.


After less than 25 hours of barely using it, it's lost 36% charge, so I will have to take my battery things in with me when I go into hospital for the surgery next year otherwise I'll be in the poo while I'm in there with no access to the outside world and bored out of my tiny brain the whole time too.


When I make the date public, can someone remind me to charge the powerpacks up the day or two before and put them into my bag that I'll be taking with me to the hospital please otherwise I'll totally forget! 

Third update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) tea photo

I've snacked the life out of today, so I figured I'd end the day with a 250ml mug of instant Minestrone Cup Soup for my tea, just to totally send my calorie count into the stratosphere lol


Here's today's tea photo:



I think I've decided to...

...have a shower instead of a bath tomorrow morning and that I'll only let the water heat up for half an hour instead of the full hour 'cos it's too hot to soak in a hot bath, even at 5am!!


Second update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Put Visible document onto health site on 1st of every month
  • Download, resize and save BP machine photos
  • Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
  • Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was mainly the same as yesterday's, in that it was a salad, but today it consisted of approx 80g of baby spinach leaves, 2 spring onions, 1 vegan cheese, 15g of Vegan Mayo and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop, but today I cut up an orange pepper too.


Here's today's lunch photo:


First update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do morning sit-ups
  • Do morning crunches
  • Do morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible
  • Charge up phone
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2026) breakfast photos

Today's two breakfasts were the same as yesterday's - a 500ml glass of water to pop my morning pills with, then 2 choccie Weetabix with approx 250ml of soya milk and a 250ml bottle of orange juice.


Here are today's two breakfast photos:



Mornin' all

I had to go for an emergency wee at 2am and again at 4am then finally gave up at 4.30am and I've been for at least two more wee's since then.  My Visible score was 3 again this morning and my blood pressure was 100.  My 9 morning pills have been popped with my first breakfast and my second breakfast has been eaten and washed up, so I'm good to go now.


My next OddBox payment was taken overnight, so starting on Monday it'll officially be hot weather and ice creams for my lunches.


The daily virus scan was still, reassuringly, clear so it's time to get today's first photo put up on here and Insta then get my to-do list together and then my laps.


BBS


Thursday, 28 May 2026

Nite nite orl

I've popped my last two pills of the day and the side-effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'm going to head on up to beddy-byes now.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl


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

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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 - 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do 75 morning sit-ups
  • Do 35 morning crunches
  • Do 75 morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible - started @ 4.01pm
  • Charge up phone - started @ 4.01pm
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today (28th May 2026) I'm grateful for...

...not snacking (other than the banana and pears) all day.


I'm also grateful that I had a proper breakfast this morning and that the orange juice woke my tastebuds up.


I'm grateful that the monthly virus scan of every single file on my laptop and in the cloud was clear.


I'm grateful that I've finished the cream off in plenty of time for the OddBox delivery of the juice on Sunday-Monday.


I'm grateful that I've had a pretty decent day today.


Phone charged in...

...2 hours which ain't so bad - let's see how long the charges last now lol


Visible charged in...

...1 hour and my phone is at 86% at 5.01pm


Fourth update to today's to-do list

  • Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 again today
  • 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 - 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
  • Add more books to my TBR pile - it's big enough for a while now
  • Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
  • Check forum
  • Announce birthdays if necessary
  • Refill bottle with squash
  • Get washed and dressed
  • Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
  • Take photo of breakfast
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Wash up
  • Put breakfast into NutraCheck
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Contact pharmacy about prescription - it's on priority order and will be here either today or tomorrow, which is a relief - it didn't turn up yesterday, so I'm hoping for this morning instead - a quarter of it turned up but I'm still waiting for the other 3 boxes!
  • Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend
  • Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
  • Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
  • Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
  • Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
  • Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
  • Advertise spare room things on Freegle
  • Weigh myself every Monday
  • Do morning laps
  • Do 75 morning sit-ups
  • Do 35 morning crunches
  • Do 75 morning twists
  • Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
  • Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
  • Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
  • Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
  • Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
  • Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
  • Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
  • Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now
  • 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 anything
  • Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion 
  • Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Make lunch of salad/chocolate/fruit
  • Take photo of lunch
  • Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put lunch into NutraCheck
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Refill dosette box every Sunday
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Do sit-ups in hall
  • Do crunches in hall
  • Do twists in hall
  • Charge up Visible - started @ 4.01pm
  • Charge up phone - started @ 4.01pm
  • Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
  • Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
  • Email service certificate to home insurers
  • Make tea of soup/crisps
  • Take photo of tea
  • Bring tea through to the living room
  • Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
  • Do washing up
  • Put tea into NutraCheck
  • There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
  • As well as choccie raisins too
  • 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
  • Close living room window
  • Close kitchen window
  • Close bathroom window
  • Close back door
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed