Thank you Gaia and Loki!

I've literally just put the phone down after a quick call with the MH nurse at my GP surgery... apparently "the doctor" (I'm assuming my GP) has sent off her report and said that I'll be using the license for ID purposes only, which is a huge relief and means that there isn't so much urgency to get my photo accepted for my passport now.

Within seconds of putting the phone down after that call and sending out a thank you to Gaia, there was a knock at the door and my second delivery of the day was given to me, so I sent a thank you out to Loki too (it had to be Him answering my bathroom prayer of getting the delivery to arrive after I'd finished in the bathroom and He put His chaotic stamp on it by getting it to arrive less than 30 seconds after the phone call had finished).

I'm just waiting for one more delivery now - my replacement HLTH bands and I'm gonna order some Pagany things as a thank you to Gaia and the Green Man which should hopefully be here tomorrow too.

Just got...

...the window for tomorrow's collection and it's between 11am and 1.30pm so I'll be able to have my breakfast and virus scan and hopefully backups in time and I'm gonna move the box into the hall as soon as I've finished my exercises (assuming I have a high enough 'Morning Stability' score of course) then relax.  It'll potentially be a late lunch, but that's OK.

It'll be good to finally get rid of it all as it wasn't wanted by anyone on Freegle and I'll be able to sort out the mugs and last cupboard when the box has been picked up too.

I bet they will come to the door when I'm in the bathroom if Loki is feeling particularly chaotic tomorrow! lol

It's now, officially...

...mince pie season, apparently <drool>  I've got 6 boxes of mince pies on next week's grocery order, so I'll be able to snack on a box of those each day instead of crisps and chocolates.

I don't celebrate Christmas or even Yule any more (because we lost Steve at the Pagan equivalent of midnight on Christmas Day) but I'm not gonna turn my nose up at the sugary delights of mince pies and treat-sized chocolates lol

I've decided to keep having the Weetabix instead of toast for breakfast during the colder months so that there's enough room in the freezer for my lunch proteins now that I'm allowed to eat properly for lunches.  Gotta try and remember to snack on toast rather than crisps until the loaf is finished so that I can get a bit more room in the freezer after that.

Aaaaaand... relax!

I'm now £280 lighter but I've got a clear, safe, tree-free back yard that's completely free of the Norway Maple, the Budleija bush and all the other weeds that were growing in it.  I've got the card for the company and he's offered to sort the concrete out for me so that all the gaps and holes are filled in to hopefully stop it from happening again.

Apparently there were two Norway Maples growing and I didn't have the first foggiest clue about the second one, but it's all gone now so I can start from scratch again whenever I want to.  I'm thinking I'll get a bird bath or bird table or something like that, but no more plants.

I've gotta stay out of my back yard "until tomorrow" which is no problem at all, but it's one less thing for me to worry about now and I can finally breathe.

Thank you Gaia, thank you Green Man and thank you Loki!

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

I've decided that...

...because I was so far into the 'safe zone' on Monday with my weight, missing one meal won't do me any harm and I'll definitely have toast for tea.  I had a solid breakfast too, so I'll only be missing one meal and I've got some me-friendly meal replacement shakes if I get hungry too.

The potatoes have started to sprout, so I'm not gonna risk it and my second reason for missing lunch today.

The first load of laundry has just finished so I've gotta sort all that out too as well as putting the third load in to wash and dry then put away, so it feels like Gaia is giving me all of these reasons to miss my lunch today.

No lunch photo today, but there will be a tea one for potentially my last meal photo of the week.

Ooooh!

So far this morning there have been 5 birds chatting to me and my app has identified all of them for me!

FIrst off it was a Herring Gull (which is my usual greeter), then a Magpie, then a Yellow-legged Gull while I was doing my exercises and now there's a Common Woodpidgeon (which sometimes visits me, but not regularly) and a Carrion Crow too!

Thank you Green Man and potentially Gaia!

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.

Litha 2026

If you, like me, are Pagan, it's time to celebrate another Sabbat this weekend!

I hope you all stay safe, well and happy no matter if you're going to Stone Henge or staying at home like me.

Blessed Be and take it easy on the Mead  😉

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

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?

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

Thank you Green Man!

There's been a very chatty Eurasian Blackbird somewhere very close to the front of my house since about 4.30am and s/he's been singing to me all day!

Thank you for the company, Green Man!

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day today and I'm completely poopey-dooped but I'm finally heading on up to beddy-byes now and I'm hoping that the delivery will be at a sensible time, hopefully not while I'm eating or doing my exercises please Loki 😏

My OddBox has already been delivered and put away but I only got 2 bananas this week so I've added some to Tuesday's order.  I've got 3 avocados to try for the first time in my life too - wish me luck!  😬

Gotta remember to weigh myself tomorrow too, so that I can see if I'm heavy enough to do my exercises or not.

Gotta bring the rubbish and recycling containers in when they've been emptied too.

The side effects are kicking in for the last time this week and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

So much for...

...a relax and recover weekend!  lol

I've already given away 2 things today and I've got one more still to go before I head to bed, but I'm getting there slowly now and Freecycle seems to be the non-food version of Olio, speed-wise lol  With Freegle, things could be waiting to go for days between being promised and being collected, but today's things were all offered just before I went to bed last night and the third thing of the day will be gone less than 24 hours after I advertised it!  

I've still got a couple of saucepans, a couple of frying pans and a couple of ice cube trays waiting to go to their new home before I tackle the last shelf in the more easily accessible cupboard, then it's just the difficult to access cupboards and especially drawers over by the kettle, but that's it then, thankfully.  It's been a big job, but worth it so far 'cos I've got cupboards for things that I'll actually use now, instead of just taking up space when other people could make better use of the contents of them and it keeps it all out of the landfill too, so I hope the Green Man is proud of me.

I'm sooo proud of myself for everything I've achieved in the last 3 years... the end is going to be in sight soon!

I was wrong again this morning

I assumed my monthly delivery would be here today when I saw that I had an email from Royal Mail, but it's due on Friday 1st May (aka Beltane) between 10.30am and 2.30pm instead - that'll teach me to make assumptions lol

Sorry for my second mistake in two days!

Mornin' all

For the first time since Sunday, I'm wearing fresh clothes!!  I got washed yesterday, but put the same clothes back on again... not this morning though - it's all fresh because I'm seeing my best friend today!

My blood pressure was back down to normal, my 10 morning pills went down fine, I've had my breakfast and a litre of water so far this morning, so I'm doing well!

The daily virus scan is almost finished, so I can get today's breakfast photos up when that's done and dusted and hopefully clear.

I'm sooo itchy this morning, but can't work out if that's because of hayfever or something else.  It's my skin that's itchy as opposed to my eyes so it could be anything!

Also, I was wrong last night before I went to bed - I said it was Beltane at sundown yesterday and it wasn't, it's sundown today to sun up tomorrow 'cos it's the Pagan Mayday (which is actually a Pagan celebration), so I'm sorry for my mistake.

The daily virus scan has just finished and it found an 'Advanced Issue' so hold on while I fix it... OK, all done and dusted until tomorrow now.

Time to get today's breakfast photos up.

BBS

Beltane 2026

It's not quite sundown yet but my pills are already kicking in and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now, but I wanted to wish you all a Blessed Beltane.

Stay safe and Blessed Be

Lunch tomorrow is definitely...

...fresh mushrooms and vegan mayo.

I was supposed to have that today, but I've been waiting for a delivery that was supposed to be here between 7am and 1pm, then it changed to 12.15 to 3.45 and now it's 6.15 to 8.15!

I'm expecting a Freegler to arrive at 5.15pm too, so I'm predicting that Loki will make both turn up either at the same time or very close together lol

Today (20th April 2026) I'm grateful for...

...Loki behaving Himself and getting my delivery to come after I'd finished my laps and exercises this morning.

I'm also grateful that my delivery seems to be appropriate sizes and that I could put most of my ginger beer into one of the items and still have 3 left over that there wasn't room for.

I'm grateful that I've paid my water bill and that it was considerably less than I was thinking.

I'm also grateful that I can afford to splash out on some me-friendly sweets with tomorrow's groceries and that the vegan bacon was a little bit cheaper than normal, so I've added a couple to my basket to give me a bit of variety if they are in stock tomorrow.

I'm grateful that I got today's plan knocked on the head so quickly today and I hope it's the same again tomorrow.  I've gotta remember to put the bags in front of the door after I've done my laps in the morning.

I'm grateful that my pills are kicking in and I'm gonna shut up, get the last to-do list together then head on up to beddy-byes.