Today's (6th June 2026) 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 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
• Bring in delivery
• Open delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Use delivery?
• Put delivery away
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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 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/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
• 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 just...

...farted without pooing myself for the first time in about 16 hours, which is a huuuge relief.  My wee is back to its normal colour again too, so maybe the rehydration powder I had for my breakfast is starting to kick in already??

Today's (6th June 2026) breakfast photos

Please don't read any further if you are reading at around the time you're eating 'cos it's gonna be a disgusting message...

I had explosive diarrhoea after lunch yesterday and my first wee of the day was dark orange, so I'm obviously dehydrated so will be just drinking water today.

My breakfast started off with a glass of water so that I could take all my morning pills, no change there, then I made a rehydration drink to try and get some electrolytes back into me after losing so much water yesterday and overnight.

Here are my two breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

Well, I managed to sleep for 4 hours overnight and my 'Morning Stability' score is 3, so in theory I can do my laps and exercises today, but I'm not gonna risk it until I'm reliably solid again.

My wee was dark orange which means I'm dehydrated, so it's gonna be water and rehydration drinks today so that I can get back to being hydrated again.

I've popped my 9 morning pills and added more hydration powders to Tuesday's order, so I'm good to go now.

The daily virus scan found an advanced issue which I've just resolved, so I'm good to go for the day now.

I've got a delivery due today to try and get more fibre into me next week so that my lunches aren't entirely fruit to try and prevent explosive diarrhoea again.  I've also included a pre-biotic & pro-biotic, electrolytes and a multi-pack of face masks to see how my body reacts and for a touch of luxury when I have my weekly baths.

Time to have my first rehydration drink of the day for breakfast, then get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBIAB (as long as my bottom behaves)

Nite nite orl

I'm wide awake but I need to rest 'cos I'm expecting a delivery starting at 7am tomorrow, so wanna be up in plenty of time.

I'll prolly be tossing and turning and not being able to sleep, but surely I need to rest even if I can't sleep, right?

I'll see you all at some point between now and 7am tomorrow.

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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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 - I got a tiny way in before my bottom exploded so haven't risked any more and won't be until 48 hours after the diarrhoea officially stops
• 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 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/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
• 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

Ah right, so tomorrow...

...I've gotta avoid fruit and high fibre things and keep myself hydrated with clear liquids and rehydration drinks, so looks like I'll be going hungry until this is over and done with then lol

I'm as sure as I can be that it's been caused by my huuuuge fruit consumption since Monday and very little fibre, so I'll keep myself hydrated and try and get more fibre into me when I have so much fruit as well as eating small snacks more regularly instead of just 3 meals and I'm not allowed fruit juice until it stops either, so I've gotta remember to have water with my Weetabix tomorrow.

Yuck!

I think my body is paying me back for having so much fruit this week lol

I had a touch of diarrhoea this morning then nothing until I started my laps then 10 minutes into it my bottom exploded on me before I could get to the bathroom and it's been the same every few minutes for the last 40 minutes!

I've got rehydration salts and anti-diarrhoea pills that I'll have to hopefully rapidly cure it again, but I'm not gonna have any fruit for lunch tomorrow and I've cancelled Sunday too, but I'm just gonna take things really carefully for the next few days and not have 8 portions of fruit for lunch again lol

I'm not gonna eat or exercise until my body has recovered, then I'll try and remember to spread the fruit out rather than have it all at the same time again lol

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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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 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/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
• 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 (5th June 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was really healthy, other than the 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion[fruit] pop!  I had 2 bananas, 2 apples and 2 pears for my lunch which apparently takes today's fruit and veg count (including the fruit juice I had with my breakfast) up to 11 today, which is double the recommended 5 portions!

Here's today's lunch 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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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 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/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
• 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 (5th 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
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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 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/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
• 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 (5th June 2026) breakfast photos

Today's breakfast came in two parts, for the first time this month (June) and consisted of my usual 500ml glass of water to take my 9 morning pills with, then I decided to try having a solid breakfast again because I was hungry and wanted to try not to snack, so I had choccie Weetabix with approx 150ml of soya milk and a freshly-decanted bottle of wonky orange juice which has all just come out of the other end of me lol

Here's today's two breakfast photos:

Mornin' all

Well, my Visible let me do the morning stability score reading this morning, so last time *was* just a badly timed blip, which I'm putting down to Loki.

So far this morning, other than taking my Visible reading (which was a huge 4 out of 5) I've been for 3 emergency wees, taken my blood pressure (which was right at the top of my own personal range), popped my 9 morning pills with my first breakfast and had my second breakfast for the first time this week I think.  I'm charging up my watch and I'm feeling nicely full, so hopefully I won't be snacking today.

The daily virus scan found an advanced issue, which is now resolved, so I can download my emails and get today's breakfast photo's up now, then today's to-do list, then wait for my breakfast to go down and settle a bit, then I can do my first set of laps and exercises today.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely freaking knackered so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Second 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 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Go to medical appointment
• Post letter
• Pick up prescription at long last
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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/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
• 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

Tomorrow morning will be...

...the real test of my Visible's battery.

Why?

Because it's at 68% right now, which is lower than it was before it went wonky and I had to reset it, so if I have to do that again tomorrow (and I really hope I don't) then I'll know it's a genuine issue with my Visible's battery.  If it's still ticking along nicely then I'll know it was just Loki playing tricks on me and it was just a badly timed technology blip is all.

Keep your fingers crossed that it was just a blip please?

First 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 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Go to medical appointment
• Post letter
• Pick up prescription at long last
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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
• Wait for last 7 x 5mg pills from the pharmacy "tomorrow" (aka Friday)
• 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
• 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/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
• 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

Grrrrr!

I've just opened the bag of my prescription that I collected after the medical appointment and they are my bladder pills that I ordered at the weekend instead of my anti-loopy pills that I've been waiting for, for the last 21 days.

I've called the pharmacy and asked when my anti-loopy pills were going to be available 'cos I've been told that they were on "priority order" for the last 10 days.  The lady "looked in the drawer and found some pills that are the same pills, but not the brand on your prescription".  I said that was fine and she said "we'll get them delivered to you tomorrow.  We've got a new system and I don't know how to use it, sorry" which is the third different excuse I've heard in 3 phone calls and 1 visit in person to the pharmacy so I don't believe a word they say any more and I'll be ordering my prescriptions as soon as the option is available online now, instead of waiting until 3 weeks before I run out.  

They've got a poster in the pharmacy saying that prescriptions will be available for delivery 2 days after they receive the request from the doctor, which should have been 15th May not 5th June!!  😡

Aaaaand... relax!

Just got back from my medical appointment and I had to have a blood test to check my Cholesterol because my anti-loopy pills can raise it, vitamin D because I so rarely leave the house and B12 because I'm a vegetarian with food allergies.  That all went fine, but the poor nurse was having all kinds of problems with getting my ECG reading to save into my records even though she could see it on her desktop, so I've gotta go back again on the 12th to have it done again.  She wanted me to check how much Vitamin D was in my multivitamin which I've just done and there's only 5ug in it and apparently the ideal dose is 15ug so that'll come back low and I'll be on the vitamin D pills/capsules again.

All in all a pretty good morning, so I think I've earned my lunch now!

Today's (4th June 2026) 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 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Go to medical appointment
• Post letter
• Pick up prescription at long last
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• 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 - fruit all week 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 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
• 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
• 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 (4th June 2026) breakfast photo

Today's official breakfast was just my usual 500ml glass of water to swallow my 11 morning pills with, but I've had a banana and I've currently got a mug of decaff instant coffee on the go atm too, but there's no photos of those 'cos they aren't my official breakfast lol

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

I had an OK night last night and woke up without wetting myself, which is a plus point.  My Visible score was 3 this morning, so just one set of laps and exercises after lunch today.

My blood pressure was reassuringly within my normal range and I've popped all 11 pills too, so I'm all set for the day now.  I had issues with my phone not wanting to send my blood pressure readings to my email address, so I had to restart it and try again, then it wouldn't let me into my email account to send the breakfast photo either, so that was frustrating.

Gotta remember to post the letter and pick up my prescription while I'm at my medical appointment today.  The letter is a DVLA form and I got a text to say my prescription was ready yesterday afternoon, so I've only had to miss one pill this time.

Time to get today's breakfast photo up then today's to-do list now I reckon.

BBS

Nite nite orl

The food has gone to an Olio-er, my prescription is ready at long long last (15 days today since the prescription was sent to the pharmacy), I've taken my pills and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now, in preparation for tomorrow's medical appointment for my "Mental Health/Severe Mental Illness review" tomorrow right before lunch.  I've also gotta remember to take my DVLA form with me to post on the way down to the surgery.  It's gonna be a loooong day tomorrow and I won't be able to have any caffeine otherwise I'll literally wet myself!

Gotta remember to put my key on in the morning so that I don't forget.

I've taken my Visible reading for the evening and I'm seriously struggling now so...

I'll see you all for a little while tomorrow.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Set back-ups going - started @ 6.37am and finished @ approx 8.50am
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee - caffeinated mocha this morning
• 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! - need to chase them up again tomorrow 'cos I've only got 5 left!! - apparently they are on priority order now again too, so looks like I'll have to take one every other day instead of every day again!
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Advertise spring onions on Olio
• 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 - fruit all week 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 melon or mango or spring onions - someone's coming for the food this evening! - the food has gone now, which is a relief
• 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 can dispenser
• Order more cans of pop
• 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
• 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
• 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 - first day without taking them so that I don't run out - gotta take them tonight - they are swallowed now and I hope the side effects kick in rapidly tonight after missing yesterday's dose
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Set back-ups going - started @ 6.37am and finished @ approx 8.50am
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee - caffeinated mocha this morning
• 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! - need to chase them up again tomorrow 'cos I've only got 5 left!! - apparently they are on priority order now again too, so looks like I'll have to take one every other day instead of every day again!
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Advertise spring onions on Olio
• 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 - fruit all week 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 melon or mango or spring onions - someone's coming for the food this evening!
• 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 can dispenser
• Order more cans of pop
• 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
• 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
• 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 - first day without taking them so that I don't run out - gotta take them tonight
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Set back-ups going - started @ 6.37am and finished @ approx 8.50am
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee - caffeinated mocha this morning
• 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! - need to chase them up again tomorrow 'cos I've only got 5 left!! - apparently they are on priority order now again too, so looks like I'll have to take one every other day instead of every day again!
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Advertise spring onions on Olio
• 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 - fruit all week 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 melon or mango or spring onions
• 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 can dispenser
• Order more cans of pop
• 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
• 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
• 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 - first day without taking them so that I don't run out - gotta take them tonight
• Go to bed

Today's (3rd June 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was mainly healthy in that it was an apple, a pear and a banana, but the liquid not quite so healthy (but could be a lot worse too) of a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Set back-ups going - started @ 6.37am and finished @ approx 8.50am
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee - caffeinated mocha this morning
• 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! - need to chase them up again tomorrow 'cos I've only got 5 left!! - apparently they are on priority order now again too, so looks like I'll have to take one every other day instead of every day again!
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Advertise spring onions on Olio
• 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 - fruit all week 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 melon or mango or spring onions
• 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
• 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
• 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 - first day without taking them so that I don't run out - gotta take them tonight
• Go to bed

Today's (3rd June 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same as it has been since Monday and will potentially be for the rest of the week too - just a simple, hydrating, 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

It's a good job that I'm a nosey neighbour lol

I've only got ¾ of a net curtain covering in my living room window but I've just seen someone putting a ladder up against the house opposite which made me suspicious, so I kept an eye on the man with the ladder and tried to think of how I would describe him to the police. 

Then I saw the house owner/tenant coming out and holding the ladder steady which was slightly more reassuring, but I called out to him and asked if everything was OK or if I should call the police and he explained that there had been water coming into his house and the person on the ladder was just assessing and fixing the problem. 

Judging by the position of the ladder, his issue seems to be in the same kinda area as mine was a few years ago, which could mean having to get a new roof for at least the front of their house, if not the back too, which could cost a pretty penny if they don't have house insurance!

I'll keep an eye on what's going on, but I'm less concerned now, just more nosey lol

Today's (3rd June 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run weekly virus scan
• Set back-ups going - started @ 6.37am
• 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
• Get washed and changed
• 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! - need to chase them up again tomorrow 'cos I've only got 5 left!! - apparently they are on priority order now again too, so looks like I'll have to take one every other day instead of every day again!
• 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 - I've lost 700g so that's good for me
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Advertise spring onions on Olio
• 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 - fruit all week 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 melon or mango or spring onions
• 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
• 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
• 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 - first day without taking them so that I don't run out - gotta take them tonight
• Go to bed