Nite nite orl

Even though I slept for an extra hour this morning and I haven't done anything active at all today, I'm still totally zapped of energy, so I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan - it found an advanced issue which is now resolved
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Order Omegas from H&B
• Order batteries from Amazon
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders - they've been delayed until 2 July now - they turned up just as I finished washing up
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink - one of my jobs for tomorrow (Wednesday)
• Give my memoir hopefully its final edit
• Bring in delivery
• Open delivery
• Put delivery away
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• Weigh myself on Tuesday to see if I can... - I'm only 100g into where the nurse wants me to be this morning so I'm not gonna risk it even though I can
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Tomorrow (Wednesday) I've gotta remember...

...that:

1. it's weekly virus scan and backups day
2. I've got a delivery due
3. I've gotta at least make a start on the hopefully last edit of my memoir
4. I can have creamy drinks again!!
5. That it's an apricot, cherries and maybe a banana for lunch
6. The screenshots and photos go into July folders instead of June
7. I've gotta keep an eye on my emails to see if my MP has replied to my email about his newsletter (and no, it's not what you're thinking lol)
8. Separate the recipes into the appropriate new binders

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan - it found an advanced issue which is now resolved
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Order Omegas from H&B
• Order batteries from Amazon
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders - they've been delayed until 2 July now - they turned up just as I finished washing up
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• Weigh myself on Tuesday to see if I can... - I'm only 100g into where the nurse wants me to be this morning so I'm not gonna risk it even though I can
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements/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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th June 2026) tea photo

There's another heatwave potentially on the way this week/next week so I wanna keep my frozen things for that, which means that I had a packet of onion rings crisps and a 500ml glass of water for my last meal of the month.

Here's today's tea photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan - it found an advanced issue which is now resolved
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Order Omegas from H&B
• Order batteries from Amazon
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders - they've been delayed until 2 July now - they turned up just as I finished washing up
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• Weigh myself on Tuesday to see if I can... - I'm only 100g into where the nurse wants me to be this morning so I'm not gonna risk it even though I can
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th June 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was supposed to be 2 apples, 2 pears, 2 easy peelers and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion pop, but I couldn't even break the skin of the easy peelers, let alone peel them, so I didn't have those today and just had the apples, pears and pop for my lunch instead.

Tomorrow will be a couple of apricots and a few British cherries along with a can of pop.

Here's today's kinda lunch photo:

I can now...

...satisfy my crunchy savory craving 'cos I've got 6 sharing packets of onion crisps and I can also satisfy my craving for creamy hot chocolates and maybe even experiment with the cherries too, to see what they are like dunked in squirty cream!

Today (and hopefully the rest of the week) is gonna be gooood now that I can satisfy my cravings!

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

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan - it found an advanced issue which is now resolved
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Put in next grocery order
• Order Omegas from H&B
• Order batteries from Amazon
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders - they've been delayed until 2 July now
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• Weigh myself on Tuesday to see if I can... - I'm only 100g into where the nurse wants me to be this morning so I'm not gonna risk it even though I can
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th June 2026) breakfast photos

Today's breakfast was the same as yesterday - a 500ml glass of water to take my morning pills with to start off with, then my usual solid breakfast of choccie Weetabix with exactly the right amount of soya milk this morning and a freshly-decanted 250ml bottle of Wonky Sweet and Sour apple juice.

Here's todays 2 breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

Well, I slept really well last night and woke up at 4am but turned over and went back to sleep until 5am.  I took my morning Visible reading and got a huuuge 4 out of 5 for my 'Morning Stability' score, so I'm gonna weigh myself just to check that it's safe for me to do it weight-wise then I'll get started on my exercises.

My blood pressure machine was a nightmare this morning and kept throwing up the same error message until I changed the batteries, then bingo!

I tried to take my pro and pre-biotics this morning, but they were all stuck in a huge lump so I've binned them and I'm gonna get more Omegas instead from Holland & Barrett 'cos I know that they don't all clump up.  I'm also gonna get some more batteries too.

Yesterday's delivery has been delayed (no shit Sherlock!) and the new estimated delivery date is "on or before 2 July" which is Thursday and 2 weeks since I ordered it for supposedly next day delivery!

I've also gotta remember to put the bags down by the door ready for my groceries and put in my next order too.

The daily virus scan found an advanced issue, so I'll publish this, put my breakfast photos up, then today's to-do list while it's resolving.

BBS

Nite nite orl

Like last night, I'm not going to bed quite yet, but I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm saying goodnight to you all now so that I don't forget lol

I'll see you all in the morning.

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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (29th June 2026) I'm grateful for...

...getting through the day without breaking down in tears because of it being my 3rd wedding anniversary as a young Yule widow.  I've kept myself busy and not let myself get too glum and I've almost made it now, thankfully.

I'm also grateful to my best friend for getting potentially the last set of edits to me for my second memoir that I'm gonna start working on tomorrow... they seem to be pretty easy fixes with just taking the American spellings out and replacing them with British spellings, then I'm hoping I'll be able to send him the last document before getting his seal of approval to hit the 'publish' button.

I'm grateful that I've come so far in the last few years and that I'm ready to rock and roll with writing my third and potentially last medical memoir while I'm recovering from my next set of jabs in Autumn.

Depending on my bladder of course...

...but my aim for tomorrow is to not get up before 5am.  If my bladder wakes me up at my usual 4am then that's OK, but it's looking like another late night again tonight so I wanna make sure that I'm getting enough sleep.

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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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 personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th June 2026) lunch photos

Today's lunch was a lot different to what I was planning this morning because I had to keep my ear on the door for a delivery that was due between 11.45am and 2.45pm.  It turned up waaaay too late to have my planned lunch so I dug into my dry fruit instead and was intending to have not only the dried papaya spears but the dried apricots too, but was too full after the papaya to think about even starting the apricots, so today's lunch was just the papaya and 1.25 litres of peach ice tea.

Here are today's two lunch photos:

Today's (29th June 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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 - I'm right where the nurse wants me to be now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th June 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same (other than the flavour of the juice) as last week: a 500ml glass of water to wash my morning pills down with, then my solid breakfast of choccie Weetabix with Plant Protein soya milk and a 250ml bottle of sweet and sour apple juice.  It'll be the same all week because last night's OddBox had another carton of apple juice in it.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Happy 24th anniversary Steve

It's our third anniversary without you and I'm missing you like crazy.  

We should be together and celebrating our anniversary rather than you being in Summerland and me still alive! 😢

I still love you and always will.

Miss you like crazy.

Mornin' all

My OddBox turned up at almost 9pm so I brought it in and put it all away before I went to bed and I fell asleep pretty quickly and easily, so maybe 7pm is too early for me and I should aim for 9pm bedtimes instead??

I've taken my first blood pressure reading of the week and it was really high for me but just about into the medical reference range, so I'm not too worried about it.

I've also popped my 10 morning pills and they all went down fine.  I've had my breakfast and weighed myself and I'm right where the nurse wants me to be, which is a relief, but can safely lose another 500g without going under and my Visible score was 3 today, so as long as I feel up to it I might gently stroll through a few laps today if I can motivate myself, but it's no big deal if I don't.

I'm expecting 2 deliveries today, so I hope they turn up earlier rather than later today so that I can get everything opened and used.

Gotta remember to bring in the recycling box and food caddy when they've been emptied too.

The daily virus scan was clear so I'm gonna get my first breakfast photo of the week up, then today's to-do list.

Nite nite orl

I'm not going to bed quite yet 'cos I'm not tired yet and I wanna try and stay up until my OddBox arrives so that I can bring it in and put it away before it goes off in the heat.  I don't wanna forget to say goodnight to you all again either, so I'm signing off for the week now and maybe shutting down so that I can start to wind down in time for me to head to bed at a decent time.  I've got two deliveries due tomorrow too, so it could potentially be a late night for me, although I hope not!

I'll see you all at some point in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Back up archive folder
• Delete archive folder
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Back up archive folder on 28th
• Delete archive folder from laptop on 28th
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 apples
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

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

...getting really good news on the unofficial weigh-in I've just done.  I'm slap bang on the exact weight the nurse wanted me to be and I'm sooo proud of myself for finally getting there after first being significantly over, then a bit under, then over but now I'm bang on the exact weight she gave me for my height, so I'll just be experimenting to see how to maintain that weight now.

I'm feeling sooo positive now and my OddBox is due at any time now so I'll have 400g of my favourite fruit (cherries) to devour this week and I can't wait!

I'm hoping that my 8 me-friendly creams will be in stock tomorrow (please Gaia?) so that I can devour as many creamy drinks as I want to and maybe have some with the cherries too, just to see what I think, 'cos I've never had creamy cherries before!

Today has been a very good day.

I've just unofficially weighed myself and...

...I'm bang on the right weight for my height and the exact weight the nurse wanted me to aim for when I went to have my health MOT.

It's officially weigh day after breakfast tomorrow and I might be a smidgen under by then, but I've got no reason to restrict the hot choccies now and can even snack on the dried fruit and nuts that I've got tubfuls of now, without worrying about going over my daily calorie budget. If the me-friendly squirty creams are in stock on Tuesday I'll be able to have creamy hot choccies and creamy decaff mochas too.

If I am a bit under where the nurse wants me to be tomorrow morning, then I won't be exercising no matter how good or otherwise my Visible's 'Morning Stability' score is... if it's at 4 (rare) or 5 (yet to happen) then I might do a few gentle laps to keep my heart healthy, but if it's below 4 then I won't risk it.

I've hopefully got a "bumper pack" of 400g of cherries coming with my OddBox hopefully at around 6pm tonight, so I'll be able to dig into those and other fruits next week without trying to calculate how many calories I'll go over quite so much as I have for the last few weeks.

I've got a celebratory drinking chocolate on the go which means I'll be awake and desperate for a wee at 2am again, but it's sooo worth it lol

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Back up archive folder
• Delete archive folder
• 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
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Back up archive folder on 28th
• Delete archive folder from laptop on 28th
• 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 - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• 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/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 - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• 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 apples
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• 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
• Charge up watch
• 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 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 water/ice cream/meal replacements
• 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
• Choccie raisins in the fridge 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 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
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th June 2026) tea photo

I was debating on whether or not to have any tea today 'cos I had extra fruit for lunch and it's nowhere near as hot today, but I figured that the ice poles were there to be eaten, so that's what I did and today it was a cola and then a lemonade ice pole.

Here's the last photo of the week - today's tea: