First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• 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
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the bras or scoop - someone's coming for the scoop and duvet thing and card on 9th January after their shift and someone's coming for the bras on Wednesday morning - today's the day for the bras - they couldn't make it after all, so the bras are going to the other Freegler who is also having the scoop, duvet thing and card
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crystalised ginger
• Make lunch of onion rings
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And me-friendly cheese
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And peanuts now in the drawers
• And loads of soft drinks
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (2nd January 2026) breakfast photo

For my first meal of the new year, I had my usual two slices of wholemeal toast with approx 10g of 'Buttery' spread and a 250ml bottle of Tropical juice this morning.

Here's my first breakfast photo of 2026:

Today's (2nd January 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• 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
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the bras or scoop - someone's coming for the scoop and duvet thing and card on 9th January after their shift and someone's coming for the bras on Wednesday morning - today's the day for the bras - they couldn't make it after all, so the bras are going to the other Freegler who is also having the scoop, duvet thing and card
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crystalised ginger
• Make lunch of onion rings
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And me-friendly cheese
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And peanuts now in the drawers
• And loads of soft drinks
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month - I'm still waiting for the email with it in to arrive in my inbox
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

How is everyone's 2026 going so far?

So far this morning I've rebooted my first phone so that I could take my Visible reading, then I came downstairs, took my blood pressure, rebooted my second phone because it didn't send the photos, then got washed and dressed, had my breakfast, started the daily virus scan and here I am.

I worked out yesterday that I eat and drink because I'm lonely but that if I can immerse myself in something then I don't snack at all.

My second edit of my second memoir is finished as of yesterday late afternoon so I've sent it to my best friend in the hopes that he can rip it to shreds so that I can make it the best it can be.

This first post of the day is getting a bit long so it's time for today's to-do list then I'll do the washing up and make my first hot drink of the day.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long ole day today 'cos I was downstairs and editing before 3am, but I found the first edit and finished the second run-through of the second edit this afternoon - the first edit of the second draft was completed by about 5am then I spent the rest of the day reading and correcting things like words out of place and too long sentences and little things like that in the second edit of the second draft of the day.

I've taken my last two pills on the first day of the new year and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all as normal again in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading
• 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
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Start editing my memoir - done and dusted in about 14 hours straight without eating or drinking anything
• Send edits to C every day if he agrees
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the bras or scoop - someone's coming for the scoop and duvet thing and card on 9th January after their shift and someone's coming for the bras on Wednesday morning - today's the day for the bras - they couldn't make it after all, so the bras are going to the other Freegler who is also having the scoop, duvet thing and card
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crystalised ginger
• Make lunch of onion rings
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And me-friendly cheese
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• As well as Pringles in the drawers
• And peanuts now in the drawers
• And loads of soft drinks
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month - I'm still waiting for the email with it in to arrive in my inbox
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (1st January 2026) I'm grateful for...

...finding, at last, the first edit that I put my second memoir through back in November and getting the second edit done in about 14 hours today.

I had 3 bottles of J2O before 9am and I've written an extra 3,000 words today.  It's not publishable yet, but is so much better than my first (vomit) draft and I want to put it through at least one more edit before I take on the task of remembering how to do everything to publish it on Amazon.

It's been a good day today.

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• 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
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Start editing my memoir - done and dusted in about 14 hours straight without eating or drinking anything
• Send edits to C every day if he agrees
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the bras or scoop - someone's coming for the scoop and duvet thing and card on 9th January after their shift and someone's coming for the bras on Wednesday morning - today's the day for the bras - they couldn't make it after all, so the bras are going to the other Freegler who is also having the scoop, duvet thing and card
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crystalised ginger
• Make lunch of onion rings
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And me-friendly cheese
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• As well as Pringles in the drawers
• And peanuts now in the drawers
• And loads of soft drinks
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (1st January 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading
• 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
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Start editing my memoir
• Send edits to C every day if he agrees
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the bras or scoop - someone's coming for the scoop and duvet thing and card on 9th January after their shift and someone's coming for the bras on Wednesday morning - today's the day for the bras - they couldn't make it after all, so the bras are going to the other Freegler who is also having the scoop, duvet thing and card
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the crystalised ginger
• Make lunch of onion rings
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• And me-friendly cheese
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• As well as Pringles in the drawers
• And peanuts
• And loads of soft drinks
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Put Visible PDF onto health site on 1st of every month
• Take Visible reading
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Happy New Year to those who celebrate it!  Let's hope that 2026 will be better than the previous few years!

So far this morning I've taken my Visible reading, then my blood pressure, then my pills, run the first virus scan of the new year (which was reassuringly clear) and I've just got washed and changed.

It's the start of JanNo today, so I'll prolly be less active than usual... I hope I remember to save the edits this time lol

Let's get today's to-do list together then officially start JanNo.