Tuesday, 2 June 2026

I'm also gonna...

...try and remember to get washed and changed tomorrow for the first time since Saturday/Sunday.  I won't be exercising or eating anything solid until lunchtime and the virus scan and backups will be underway so I won't be able to do anything other than be surfing the internet until it's finished, so it feels like a good opportunity to make use of the boredom without throwing up.


Tomorrow morning is gonna be full of things for me to remember lol


I've decided that...

...no matter what my Visible score is tomorrow, I won't be doing any kind of exercise until I get back from my medical appointment on Thursday and only then if I feel up to it.  Having a couple of days off won't do me any harm and I don't wanna screw myself up before I go just in case my legs give way underneath me.


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
  • Get washed and dressed
  • 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
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Bring in delivery
  • Put delivery somewhere safe ready for my mum's birthday
  • 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
  • Put in next grocery order
  • Put bags down in front of the door
  • Advertise spring onions on Olio
  • Phone pharmacy
  • Bring in groceries
  • Put groceries away
  • Bring in delivery
  • Open delivery
  • Put delivery somewhere safe for my mum
  • 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
  • Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
  • 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 (2nd June 2026) lunch photo

My lunch today could only have been healthier if I'd swapped the Sparkling Mango pop with a glass of water to wash down the two apples and two pears today!


Here's today's lunch photo:



Aaaand... relax

That's my groceries and delivery arrived, so I can definitely have 2 apples and 2 pears for my lunch today, thankfully.


I've got a decaff coffee on the go now, so as soon as I've drained that I'll be able to have my first solid meal of the week.  I can relax for the rest of the day now though.


Just had...

...the email about my groceries and other than the ice poles, all of the ice cream is out of stock and the substitutes have got dairy in them, so I'll be rejecting them and living on drinks (probably drinking chocolates) for my tea this week.  I'm bound to have lost a lot of weight by my next weigh-in, but it can't be helped I guess.


Today's (2nd 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
  • Get washed and dressed
  • 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
  • Brush my teeth
  • Have caffeinated coffee
  • Bring in delivery
  • Put delivery somewhere safe ready for my mum's birthday
  • 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!!
  • 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
  • Put in next grocery order
  • Put bags down in front of the door
  • Advertise spring onions on Olio
  • Phone pharmacy
  • Bring in groceries
  • Put groceries away
  • Bring in delivery
  • Open delivery
  • Put delivery somewhere safe for my mum
  • 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
  • Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan
  • 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 (2nd June 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same as yesterday's breakfast and lunch - a 500ml glass of water.  I wanna try and eat at least one apple and one pear for lunch today, but it all depends on what time my delivery gets here again.  I'm gonna snack on hot choccies to get a few calories into me today, but there won't be any photos of those because they won't be official meals.


Here's today's breakfast photo:



Gooood morning again all

I've woken up in a positive mood and my new HLTH band said that I was asleep for almost 10 hours.  I've taken my blood pressure which was 110 this morning and popped my 10 morning pills with my breakfast glass of water.  It's not healthy to just live on water, so depending on what time my delivery comes today I'm gonna try and have fruit for lunch as long as it comes by 12.30pm.  I'm gonna put the onions onto Olio as I won't be able to eat them this week.


My 'Morning Stability Score' this morning was 3 out of 5 so I'm gonna do my laps and exercises this afternoon.


I've put my next grocery order in and the bags down in front of the door, so I've just gotta wait for the delivery and this week's groceries now


The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear and I've remembered to start charging up my power bank thing again.


Time to get the photos of the onions done and advertised on Olio, then my breakfast photo, then my to-do list now I reckon.


BBS


Monday, 1 June 2026

Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, tiring, stressful day today and I'm thoroughly wiped out after staying up until 9pm every night since Thursday last week, so I'm taking myself off to beddy-byes for my first night with my first HLTH band (the delivery I've been waiting for, for the last 10 days) around my ankle.


I'll see you all in the morning.


Nite nite orl