Mornin' all

Well, I've woken up to another 'Morning Stability' score of 3 out of 5 again, so I was all set to do another set of laps and exercises today, but something told me to weigh myself, which I did as soon as I came out of the bathroom from my first emergency wee of the day and my weight is under where the nurse wants me to be, so definitely no laps or exercises until I'm back up to where I should be... I can safely pig out on chocolate today and tomorrow though lol

A Freegler is interested in something and I've gotta remember to take photos of all the mugs and advertise them too.

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear and my morning pills have been popped and the water heating switch has been on for an hour now, so I'm gonna go and have my weekly bath.

Be back after my bath when I'll finish off reading and reviewing yesterday's book.

TTFN

Nite nite orl

It's been sooo good to spend the day with my nose stuck in this book, guilt-free and I'm proud of myself for not snacking at all.

Tomorrow is bath day, so I'll keep reading after I've had my bath and breakfast.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Mornin' all

I didn't get an early night after all last night and was still down here at 7.30pm unfortunately, so I've woken up feeling like I've barely slept.

My new personal blood pressure range seems to be 112-117 so still low, but not as bad as it used to be.

I've popped my 10 morning pills and had my breakfast, but I'm already breathless so I'm gonna try taking my inhaler before I do my laps and exercises (my 'Morning Stability' score was 3 again) this morning - gotta remember to swill my mouth out too.

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear again, so I'm gonna get my breakfast photos up, then today's to-do list, before I start reading.  I'm gonna try having creamy drinking chocolates instead of snacking on solids today - you watch me forget though lol

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely shattered/knackered, so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed.  I'm hoping I'll be able to read tomorrow in an attempt to break my comfort eating habit.  It's a new lunch tomorrow too with some me-friendly non-chicken pieces to go with the last two pieces of broccoli then Saturday I'll be trying out some hash brown bites that are specifically made for air fryers, along with more of the non-chicken pieces.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Gooood mornin' all!

I've woken up in a pretty decent mood this morning, that not even my discovery that my original phone refuses to work when the battery is below 40% spoiled.

My 11 morning pills have been popped and my blood pressure taken, so I'm good to go for the day now.

The daily virus scan was clear, so time to get today's breakfast photo's resized and put up, then today's to-do list, then read until lunchtime.

BBS

(Not quite) nite nite orl

I've popped my last two pills of the day but I'm not going to bed just yet.  I'm too hot and a bit grossed-out by the last chapter of the book I'm reading as well as the side effects not kicking in yet, so I'm gonna read a bit more before I hit the hay.  I'm closing down as many programmes as I can in the meantime so that it's less for me to do when the tiredness does actually finally arrive.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

I'm...

...absolutely knackered after waiting up for yesterday's delivery and only just getting 6 hours of sleep, so I'm gonna take my pills then head straight on up to beddy-byes for an early night tonight and I'm really hoping that I'll be asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow tonight!

I've finished the editing now and I've made a start on Steve's bank statements so I'm gonna try and do a bit every day with that so that it's not so overwhelmingly frustrating for me.

I'm gonna have a peach instant tea tomorrow after breakfast and me-friendly creamy hot chocolates for the rest of the day 'cos I need and deserve both of them!

Can someone remind me to put the vegan mayo onto Olio tomorrow please?  I'm gonna keep eating the fruit for my lunches so don't need it any more and don't want it to go to waste.

I'm also expecting my Omegas to turn up tomorrow and they are due around lunchtime, so it'll be early exercises (assuming my 'Morning Stability' score is high enough) and a late lunch of 2 apricots, 10 cherries, a banana and a large pear tomorrow.

Gooooood morning all!

I've woken up in a fantastic mood, so yesterday morning's new 5-HTP gummy has obviously kicked in!  My 'Morning Stability' score on Visible is only 1 out of 5 though, so no laps or exercises today.  

My memory is already playing tricks on me 'cos I was all ready to pour the soya milk onto my Weetabix when Gaia reminded me that I hadn't taken my morning pills yet and she's just reminded me again that I hadn't taken my 'Triple Omegas' yet either - thank you Gaia!  I'm obviously gonna be having a bad memory as well as low energy and high fatigue day today.

The daily virus scan has just finished and was reassuringly clear, so that's a positive.

Gotta remember to ask Alexa how Americans produce 'rhetorical' 'cos it's been bugging me since I went to bed yesterday lol

I tried the first bottle of the Flawsome apple juice with my breakfast this morning and I was dreading it being too sweet or too sour but I was wrong and it was gooooood!

I'm predicting that today will be heavily creamy drinking choccie-based to try and comfort my body into giving me a better Visible score tomorrow morning.  I'm also predicting that I won't get much reading done today either, but I hope I'm wrong about that.

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

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, heartbreaking, grief-filled, annoying day again today, so I've taken my pills and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes in a bit.  I've been able to do both sets of exercises and get Steve's bank statements ordered at last so that's a relief and I'm proud of myself for getting them all done.  My morning stability rating on my Visible was 4 again, so I think I've made pretty good use of it.  

I'm still waiting for 3 of my prescriptions, so that's annoying and disappointing, but there's nothing I can do about it until the pharmacy manage to get it delivered to them, so I've just gotta be patient I guess.

I finally bit the bullet and ordered another health tracker to go around my ankle that counts steps and monitors my blood pressure throughout the day and night, so it'll be interesting to see what that's like when it arrives.  It's apparently got a 30 day battery life, but I'm not holding my breath on that lol

I'll see you all in the morning when I'm determined to have a proper breakfast and get my nose stuck into a book.

Nite nite orl

Mornin' all

I've woken up with a Visible Morning Stability Score of 4 out of 5 so I'm doing both sets of laps and exercises again today.  My blood pressure was at the high end of my own personal reference range, but still in it.  I've popped my 9 morning pills, got washed and changed, had my breakfast, washed up and advertised the soya milk on Olio so that it doesn't go to waste and started off the weekly virus scan.

I'm still feeling sore, but nowhere near as bad as it was, thankfully.

I need to clear the drain again before I do my next set of laundry... you watch me forget though lol

Time to get my breakfast photo up before I start the weekly backups, then my to-do list, then start off the backups while I'm doing my exercises now methinks, then I'll carry on reading and reviewing yesterday's book.

Someone is coming for the soya milk at 4.45pm today, so that's a relief and means that I can clear out my juices before I start the new box of Weetabix.

BBS

That's me finished...

...reading for the day at the end of chapter 4 and the end of the chapter came out of the middle of nowhere!  No spoilers, but it'll be interesting to see how the author writes their way out of this... it's some excitement at last!

Gooooood morning all

Well, I woke up 2 minutes later than my watch alarm would have woken me up this morning, so that's OK.  My blood pressure machine kept throwing an error message at me so I changed the batteries and got the same error message and was about to give up before Gaia told me to read the instructions.  Apparently the error message was because the cuff needed to be refitted around my arm, so I did that and bingo!

I've popped my morning pills with my only breakfast this morning so I'm good to go with my laps and exercises now.  My Visible only gave me a score of 3 so just one set today.  The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear, so that's a positive to start the day on.

I've got an ARC book to read and review today too, so I hope it's not a tear-jerker early on otherwise I'll be answering the door to my groceries with a tear-stained face!

I've just put my next grocery order in, so I'm gonna get today's breakfast photo up, then do my laps and exercises, then put the bags in front of the door, then get today's to-do list together methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

The entire upper left quarter of my body has been stiff and sore all day, so I haven't been able to do much today so just read my way through a really useful book.  I'm hoping to do a bit more sorting out in the spare room tomorrow if the pain and stiffness has stopped and/or putting my new file together with the pockets so that I can put the OddBox recipes into it to keep them all safe and in one place.

I also wanna get washed and changed, hopefully without breaking my new Visible as long as my body has stopped being so stiff and sore in the morning.

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

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Today (14th May 2026) I'm grateful for...

...crawling through the day despite the constant agony in my neck, shoulder and upper arm today.

I'm also grateful that the first book I found and borrowed about my Alexa gave me so many things that I can say to her now.

I also found out this morning that my Visible is waterproof, so I'll be able, pain permitting of course, to get washed and changed tomorrow morning.

And finally, I'm grateful that the kitchen stuff was picked up at last, so I've got more room to do more tidying up in the spare room as soon as my pain and stiffness is better.

Gooood morning all!

I've woken up stiff as a board and my left shoulder and neck are killing me, but the Visible overnight reading worked and gave me a score of 3 out of 5 again, so I'll be able to do my laps, sit-ups, crunches and twists again today.  I've also discovered that my Visible band is waterproof, so I'll be able to wear it when I get washed and have my weekly bath, which is reassuring.

I've taken my blood pressure which was lower than my usual at only 98, taken my 10 morning pills and had my breakfast without the juice this morning 'cos I accidentally put the milk on before filling up the bottle.

Gonna spend today with my nose in a book, so don't worry if I'm quieter than usual.

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear, so it's time to get today's breakfast photos up then today's to-do list.

BBS

Tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday I'm determined to...

...read at least one book on my TBR pile and if it's one of the Alexa ones, I'll make a list and try each one out too.

Mornin' all

I definitely needed that extra hour of sleep this morning!  I woke up at 3am for an emergency wee, went back to sleep until 4am and again until 5am because I was so knackered.

So far this morning I've taken my blood pressure which was at the low end of my own personal normal range, popped my 9 morning pills, had my breakfast and started off the weekly virus scan which is already at 30%.  I'm not planning on moving far from the sofa today and potentially spending the day with my nose stuck in a book.

Time to get today's breakfast photos up and then my to-do list.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day today, but I managed to get half way through a medical biography without throwing up (although there were a couple of potential chapters) and I reckon I can prolly get through the last of the freezer for my lunch tomorrow so that I've got plenty of room for the sorbets I'll hopefully be able to start making on Wednesday.

I've taken my last two pills of the week and I'm gonna shut down now and try and wind down before I go to bed so that I can hopefully get a few hours sleep before I wake up desperate for a wee at 3am again.  If it happens again, I'll just stay up instead of crawling back into bed I reckon.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Nite nite orl

Well, I managed to get through a wonderful book in about 12 hours that was supposed to take 4 hours to read lol

I had a very disturbed night last night and I'm absolutely shattered now so I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning for the monthly virus scan and my groceries, but no laps or exercises 'cos I'm trying every other day rather than every day now that my weight is lower than where I want it to be.

Nite nite orl

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely worn out, so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes soon.

I've gotta remember that it's bath day tomorrow, so I need to pull the water heating switch in the bathroom so that I can have a hopefully long soak in a hot, lavendar-scented bubble bath.  Gonna do both sets of laps but no exercises and hopefully read and review a book tomorrow too.

I'm gonna try having a bit of time away from screens and wait until the side-effects kick in a bit more vigourously before I head to bed tonight, but I'm shutting down now, sooooo...

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl