Breakfast: home made quiche and coffee
Snack: two chocolate chip cookies
Lunch: a mix of boiled (old) broccoli, a boiled potatoe and cubed ham and a bottle of Diet Pepsi.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
April 2011 blood sugar readings...
April 2011
AM PM
1 Fri 168 230
2 Sat --- ---
3 Sun --- ---
4 Mon 167 198
5 Tue --- ---
6 Wed 185 ---
7 Thu --- ---
8 Fri 139 143
9 Sat --- ---
10 Sun --- ---
11 Mon 119 114
12 Tue --- ---
13 Wed 146 ---
14 Thu --- 180
15 Fri 147 131
16 Sat --- ---
17 Sun --- ---
18 Mon 158 178
19 Tue --- ---
20 Wed 159 187
21 Thu --- ---
22 Fri --- ---
23 Sat --- ---
24 Sun --- ---
25 Mon 147 131
26 Tue --- ---
27 Wed 131 159
28 Thu --- ---
29 Fri --- ---
30 Sat --- ---
31 Sun --- ---
AM denotes blood test immediately after getting out of bed in the morning and PM denotes a blood test two hours "after fork down".
AM PM
1 Fri 168 230
2 Sat --- ---
3 Sun --- ---
4 Mon 167 198
5 Tue --- ---
6 Wed 185 ---
7 Thu --- ---
8 Fri 139 143
9 Sat --- ---
10 Sun --- ---
11 Mon 119 114
12 Tue --- ---
13 Wed 146 ---
14 Thu --- 180
15 Fri 147 131
16 Sat --- ---
17 Sun --- ---
18 Mon 158 178
19 Tue --- ---
20 Wed 159 187
21 Thu --- ---
22 Fri --- ---
23 Sat --- ---
24 Sun --- ---
25 Mon 147 131
26 Tue --- ---
27 Wed 131 159
28 Thu --- ---
29 Fri --- ---
30 Sat --- ---
31 Sun --- ---
AM denotes blood test immediately after getting out of bed in the morning and PM denotes a blood test two hours "after fork down".
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
27 April 2011
_____Breakfast: cherios and coffee
________Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown
_______Dinner: Healthy Choice
Pre-Bed Snack:
________Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown
- chicken tenders
- French Fries
- corn
- roll with butter and
- water
_______Dinner: Healthy Choice
Pre-Bed Snack:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
26 April 2011
Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Sausage & Gravy (Potatoes, Eggs, Country Gravy & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee
Lunch: something probably for me but which I like...
Lunch: something probably for me but which I like...
- beef ballona sandwich
- CHEEZE-ITs
- bottle of Diet Pepsi
25 April 2011
Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee
Lunch #1: bag of popcorn (I forgot to bring the can of Campbell's Tomatoe soup I had planned on drinking) and coffee
Lunch #2: at McDonalds,
I had one of the best evening scores I've seen in quite a while: 131
Once again, proof I don't understand this diabetes. I would have thought the choc shake at lunch would have jacked it but I would probably have been wrong.
Lunch #1: bag of popcorn (I forgot to bring the can of Campbell's Tomatoe soup I had planned on drinking) and coffee
Lunch #2: at McDonalds,
- ¼ hamburger,
- fries,
- small chocolate Milk Shake (too much actually and too sweet... :-[ )
I had one of the best evening scores I've seen in quite a while: 131
Once again, proof I don't understand this diabetes. I would have thought the choc shake at lunch would have jacked it but I would probably have been wrong.
April 2011 blood sugar scores
APRIL 2011
AM PM
01 Fri 168 230
02 Sat --- ---
03 Sun --- ---
04 Mon 167 198
05 Tue --- ---
06 Wed 185 ---
07 Thu --- ---
08 Fri 139 143
09 Sat --- ---
10 Sun --- ---
11 Mon 119 114
12 Tue --- ---
13 Wed 146 ---
14 Thu --- 180
15 Fri 147 164
16 Sat --- ---
17 Sun --- ---
18 Mon 158 178
19 Tue --- ---
20 Wed 159 187
21 Thu --- ---
22 Fri --- ---
23 Sat --- ---
24 Sun --- ---
25 Mon 147 131
26 Tue --- ---
27 Wed --- ---
28 Thu --- ---
29 Fri --- ---
30 Sat --- ---
My morning and evening (2 hours after "fork down") scores.
AM PM
01 Fri 168 230
02 Sat --- ---
03 Sun --- ---
04 Mon 167 198
05 Tue --- ---
06 Wed 185 ---
07 Thu --- ---
08 Fri 139 143
09 Sat --- ---
10 Sun --- ---
11 Mon 119 114
12 Tue --- ---
13 Wed 146 ---
14 Thu --- 180
15 Fri 147 164
16 Sat --- ---
17 Sun --- ---
18 Mon 158 178
19 Tue --- ---
20 Wed 159 187
21 Thu --- ---
22 Fri --- ---
23 Sat --- ---
24 Sun --- ---
25 Mon 147 131
26 Tue --- ---
27 Wed --- ---
28 Thu --- ---
29 Fri --- ---
30 Sat --- ---
My morning and evening (2 hours after "fork down") scores.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter 2011
Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee
Snack: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and coffee
Lunch: Kathie had a craving for lobster tails so we went to the Casino Restaurant. There, we discovered they were running an Easter Brunch. So, of course, we tried it! The price was $12.99, which was less than the lobster tails and less than the steak I had been thinking of getting. So, I had:
Dinner: Healthy choice meatloaf and water then, some cottage cheese with grape jelly. This looks bad but is really quite nice. It reminds me of the cottage cheese and homemade (Grandma Maxson made) strawberry jam that Grandpa Maxson and I enjoyed.
Snack: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and coffee
Lunch: Kathie had a craving for lobster tails so we went to the Casino Restaurant. There, we discovered they were running an Easter Brunch. So, of course, we tried it! The price was $12.99, which was less than the lobster tails and less than the steak I had been thinking of getting. So, I had:
- omelet with
- sauteed onions,
- ham,
- bacon,
- cheddar cheese
- two slices of ham
- scalloped potatoes
- roast beef wrapped around some filler (the beef was fine, the filler not; Kathie didn't like the filler either)
- a Mombasa (orange juice and champagne)
- Strawberry dakeria
Dinner: Healthy choice meatloaf and water then, some cottage cheese with grape jelly. This looks bad but is really quite nice. It reminds me of the cottage cheese and homemade (Grandma Maxson made) strawberry jam that Grandpa Maxson and I enjoyed.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter 2011
Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee
Snack: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and coffee
Lunch: to be determined
Snack: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and coffee
Lunch: to be determined
23 April 2011
Breakfast: wheaties and coffee
Lunch: Ramon noodles with a can of chicken added and to drink, a cup of coffee
Snack: small bag of popcorn
Dinner: at Applebys,
Lunch: Ramon noodles with a can of chicken added and to drink, a cup of coffee
Snack: small bag of popcorn
Dinner: at Applebys,
- cup of "French" onion soup
- fajitas with steak and chicken
- sour creamme and cheese
- iced water
Friday, April 22, 2011
22 April 2011
_____Breakfast: three scrambled eggs with left over (cooked) hamburger and coffee
________Lunch: Wendies for
Pre-Bed Snack:
________Lunch: Wendies for
- ½ hamburger with katchup and mustard
- baked potatoe with butter and sour creamme
- medium "Diet Pepsi"
Pre-Bed Snack:
21 April 2011
Breakfast: At Burger King, their SOS but I didn't finish the potatoe thingies. I took them home.
Lunch: We went to Pizza Hutt and I had a slice of meat pizza, a slice of apple pie pizza, salad and vinalli pudding and two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"
Dinner: I was feeling sick to my stomach so I had milk toast, then the left over baked potatoe from the day before and a bottle of MGD.
Lunch: We went to Pizza Hutt and I had a slice of meat pizza, a slice of apple pie pizza, salad and vinalli pudding and two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"
Dinner: I was feeling sick to my stomach so I had milk toast, then the left over baked potatoe from the day before and a bottle of MGD.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
on "worried feet" in restaurnt or service in Dodge
Anthony Bourdain wrote that good restaurant managers "must have worried feet". That is, the owner/manager must walk around their restaurant asking customers how their meal is going:
This owner had a waiter who really shafted a customer with bad service, cold food, brought out the wrong drink and "as a courtesy" put in a large tip for himself (as I recall). The Head Chef found out about it. He gave the disappointed guests free meals, free fancy desert and apologized. Heshit canned fired the offending waiter. These guests had been on their way to a business convention where they could have ruined the restaurant's reputation in front of hundreds...
These places in town have different level of manager's "worried feet". They are:
- how is the service,
- how is the food,
- do you have any complaints?
This owner had a waiter who really shafted a customer with bad service, cold food, brought out the wrong drink and "as a courtesy" put in a large tip for himself (as I recall). The Head Chef found out about it. He gave the disappointed guests free meals, free fancy desert and apologized. He
These places in town have different level of manager's "worried feet". They are:
- Mariah Hills Restaurant. The manager (Ham) has very worried feet. He is always taking meals out or oberving or visiting with his customers. His food is a bit expensive but the food is excellent and the service quite good.
- Casey's Cowtown. The owner, Mike Casey, has worried feet. His food is excellent but the service is spotty. None the less, Mike likes to visit witih his customers.
- Appleby: The duty manager has not been displaying "worried feet" very much lately. The service is occasionally spotty but the food good.
- Montana Mikes: The duty manager has not been displaying "worried feet" much lately and the service is occasionally spotty. The food is very good but they seem to miss parts of the desert "Mudslide" quite often.
- Boot Hill Casino Restaurant. The last couple of times we where there, we never saw a manager, which means the manager did not have worried feet. He should have; the service was poor although the food fairly good. It really pisses off customers when you wait 5 minutes to 10 minutes before asking a distant waitress to have "your" waitress/waiter come take your order...
- Kate's. We've been there twice and the food good but the service basically non-existent. The waitress is probably vastly overworked as there appear to be maybe two waitress when they probably needed four or five. The waitress took our order and dropped off the bill. They don't seem to come around to issue refills. It may be more propoer to say the waitress appears to wait on frequent customers and new customers are ignored; this is the only way I can explain comments heard from a couple of frequent customres who claimed to have received good service.
- Finally, the place with the worst service I've had in years. This was the "Mexican Place" at the local Mall. Now, maybe they had a busy day, maybe the waitress was having a bad day and maybe the quality of the service just sucked. I don't know since we haven't been back since 18 December 2010 and don't plan on visiting anytime soon. There are simply too many other places in town with food of compariable value and better service. Money is too tight to spend on a place expecting bad service.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
20 April 2011
Breakfast: a ham and cheese sandwich on sour dough bread, with the sandwich fried and a cup of coffee
Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:
Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:
- large hamburger
- large fries
- glass of iced waer
- desert was a small chocolate milk shake at McDonald's (I should not have but I had an incredible craving for something sweet...)
- ruben
- creamme of potatoe soup with chunks of ham added
- gin-n-tonic
19 April 2011
Breakfast: cheerios and coffee
Lunch: I finished this note on the 20th and I can't remember what I had for lunch...
Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for dinner and had:
This restaurant has a salad/soup bar and we served ourselves. We wee about done with the salads when "our" waitress brought over rolls and butter. That mollified us a bit and we started feeling better about "our" waitress. Dinner came out and was fine. I ordered a desert ("Death by Chocolate" or chocolate cake with fudge drizzled on it.)
Then, we began waiting for the desert.
I can see it taking 10-15 minutes for a steak to be prepared but to wait about 10 minutes for a simple slice of cake seems excessive.
The food was fine and I hate to admit it but the desert was worth the wait. I will admit "our" waitress came around a couple of times during the meal and refilled our water glasses quickly. Kathie had a glass of red wine and "our" waitress did not ask if she wanted a refill...
In one of his books, Anthony Bourdain wrote that a "restaurant owner must have worried feet" [or words to that effect]. The owner must be walking around asking his guests how the meal is going and if they are pleased. The duty manager of the Boot Hill Casino restaurant was not doing this.
He should have been!
Lunch: I finished this note on the 20th and I can't remember what I had for lunch...
Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for dinner and had:
- salad
- small cup of noddle and chicken soup
- large steak (I took about 40% of it home)
- large "loaded" baked potatoe (which I took most of home)
- two rolls with butter and
- split a slice of chocolate cake with my wife
This restaurant has a salad/soup bar and we served ourselves. We wee about done with the salads when "our" waitress brought over rolls and butter. That mollified us a bit and we started feeling better about "our" waitress. Dinner came out and was fine. I ordered a desert ("Death by Chocolate" or chocolate cake with fudge drizzled on it.)
Then, we began waiting for the desert.
I can see it taking 10-15 minutes for a steak to be prepared but to wait about 10 minutes for a simple slice of cake seems excessive.
The food was fine and I hate to admit it but the desert was worth the wait. I will admit "our" waitress came around a couple of times during the meal and refilled our water glasses quickly. Kathie had a glass of red wine and "our" waitress did not ask if she wanted a refill...
In one of his books, Anthony Bourdain wrote that a "restaurant owner must have worried feet" [or words to that effect]. The owner must be walking around asking his guests how the meal is going and if they are pleased. The duty manager of the Boot Hill Casino restaurant was not doing this.
He should have been!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
18 April 2011
Breakfast: wheaties and coffee
Lunch: the leftover pizza from last night and a "Pepsi ONE"; I'll have to get a can or two of Diet Pepsi to bring to work for lunch.
Dinner: a Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and water
Lunch: the leftover pizza from last night and a "Pepsi ONE"; I'll have to get a can or two of Diet Pepsi to bring to work for lunch.
Dinner: a Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and water
Monday, April 18, 2011
17 April 2011
Breakfast: I left the milk home so that meant there was no point in eating my wheaties. (I'll have them tomorrow.) Instead, I had left over chopped ham (which I had brought with yesterday's lunch) and a bag of Cheeze-Its. I drank coffee with this repast.
Lunch: This was leftovers from yesterday's lunch:
Dinner: We had homemade pizza. I put chopped
The gin-n-tonic was a big mistake, especially since I drank it less than 2 hours before going to bed. The mistake was it filled my stomach too much after putting a heavy doughy meal (homemade pizza) in it and my stomach simply doesn't empty the way it used to. I ended up barfing about two hours after going to bed.
The diabetes is messing up my digestion and eating the wrong combination of food and drink certainly does not help!
Lunch: This was leftovers from yesterday's lunch:
- the rest of the meatloaf
- the rest of the boiled white rice
- the rest of the boiled broccoli and
- a bottle of Diet Pepsi...
Dinner: We had homemade pizza. I put chopped
- sharp cheddar
- Parmesan cheese from the block and
- a couple of "Baby Bel" cheese "disks"
The gin-n-tonic was a big mistake, especially since I drank it less than 2 hours before going to bed. The mistake was it filled my stomach too much after putting a heavy doughy meal (homemade pizza) in it and my stomach simply doesn't empty the way it used to. I ended up barfing about two hours after going to bed.
The diabetes is messing up my digestion and eating the wrong combination of food and drink certainly does not help!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
16 April 2011
Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee
Lunch: a fine traditional lunch of
Lunch: a fine traditional lunch of
- homemade meatloaf (too much oatmeal)
- boiled rice
- boiled broccoli florets (I'm still working my way thru the bag of broccoli florets I bought at Sam's about 3 weeks ago!)
- coffee and
- iced water
- two nice little steaks fried in my 10" cast iron fry pan,
- frozen hash browns fried in my 10" cast iron fry pan
- with unfortunately, bottled brown gravy. I should have let the steak juices and ketchup do the flavouring for the potatoes and
- a bottle of Michelob Lager (not the Mic Light and certainly not Mic Ultra, which I think is always filtered thru someone's kidneys...)
- desert was the last of the "no sugar, no fat" cooked chocolate pudding from yesterday
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
12 April 2011
Breakfast: leftover chicken (way too much garlic in it) and some bread stuffing (my dog demonstrated his magnificent ability to whine and occasionally utter a threatening bark as he "fought" for "his share" of my breakfast...
Lunch: We went to "Bella Italinia" {sp} for
I used to make meatloaf quite a bit. I think I should take my favourite fry pan, whip it out good and use it to bake some meatloaf. I'll make it about ½ good hamburger and ½ oatmeal with sauteed chopped onions and garlic. Maybe I'll rehash something popular in Navy meatloaf and put in finely chopped green peppers. I hated them in the early 1970s and picked them out; now, I think I'll just "trust the chef" and eat the silly things...
Lunch: We went to "Bella Italinia" {sp} for
- a fancy garlic bread dipped in olive oil
- white bread with butter to dip in the sauce of
- beef, cheese lasagna
- and two glasses of "Diet Pepsi, no ice..."
I used to make meatloaf quite a bit. I think I should take my favourite fry pan, whip it out good and use it to bake some meatloaf. I'll make it about ½ good hamburger and ½ oatmeal with sauteed chopped onions and garlic. Maybe I'll rehash something popular in Navy meatloaf and put in finely chopped green peppers. I hated them in the early 1970s and picked them out; now, I think I'll just "trust the chef" and eat the silly things...
Monday, April 11, 2011
11 April 2011
Breakfast: milk toast made with sour dough bread and coffee
Lunch: chicken fingers and fries at Arbys plus "Diet Coke"
Snack: small amount of ice creamme with chocolate topping (I was starting to get my appetite back...)
Dinner: a mixture of
Lunch: chicken fingers and fries at Arbys plus "Diet Coke"
Snack: small amount of ice creamme with chocolate topping (I was starting to get my appetite back...)
Dinner: a mixture of
- boiled broccoli florets,
- two hot dogs,
- two ripe bananas and
- iced water (supposedly ice cold drinks screw up digestion enzymes but the office water tastes putrid sans ice)
10 April 2011
Breakfast: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for breakfast. I had:
Lunch: Kathie made
Dinner: Marie Cal lender's Beef Pot Pie (Tender Beef) and water
The food was fine but it took a long time to eat; I am still "off my feed". My stomach was upset after eating so I guess my poor dog won't get a treat tonight (his "share" of my midnight snack :-D )
Post Note: I got home about 11:15 pm, walked the dog, took a couple of pain pills and Musinex {sp}, then went to bed. Everything came back up about an hour and a half later. The upside is my blood sugar the morning of the 11th was the best it's been in a long while: 119. So is that the secret to low blood sugar? Eat very little with dinner and don't let it stay down?
I would rather not be sick and have to worry about the blood sugar level than to be sick and wonder how long I'll be sick...
- a waffle with whipped butter and zero sugar syrup
- a small amount of bacon
- SOS over hash brown potatoes
Lunch: Kathie made
- baked chicken with
- bread stuffing and
- boiled broccoli florets preceding this
Dinner: Marie Cal lender's Beef Pot Pie (Tender Beef) and water
The food was fine but it took a long time to eat; I am still "off my feed". My stomach was upset after eating so I guess my poor dog won't get a treat tonight (his "share" of my midnight snack :-D )
Post Note: I got home about 11:15 pm, walked the dog, took a couple of pain pills and Musinex {sp}, then went to bed. Everything came back up about an hour and a half later. The upside is my blood sugar the morning of the 11th was the best it's been in a long while: 119. So is that the secret to low blood sugar? Eat very little with dinner and don't let it stay down?
I would rather not be sick and have to worry about the blood sugar level than to be sick and wonder how long I'll be sick...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
10 April 2011
Breakfast: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for breakfast. I had:
Lunch: Kathie made
Dinner: Marie Cal lender's Beef Pot Pie (Tender Beef) and water
The food was fine but it took a long time to eat; I am still "off my feed". My stomach was upset after eating so I guess my poor dog won't get a treat tonight (his "share" of my midnight snack :-D )
- a waffle with whipped butter and zero sugar syrup
- a small amount of bacon
- SOS over hash brown potatoes
Lunch: Kathie made
- baked chicken with
- bread stuffing and
- boiled broccoli florets preceding this
Dinner: Marie Cal lender's Beef Pot Pie (Tender Beef) and water
The food was fine but it took a long time to eat; I am still "off my feed". My stomach was upset after eating so I guess my poor dog won't get a treat tonight (his "share" of my midnight snack :-D )
9 April 2011 (updated...)
Breakfast: Kathie's big breakfast of:
Lunch: We had
I went into a hardware store to buy some red onion bulbs for our garden. The clerk did not know how much to price the bulbs. I spoke my math out loud and convinced her that my 6 little bulbs would be 6¼¢. She could not enter this figure on her register and entered 6¢. The machine definitely added state/county/city sales tax and I have to fork over 8¢. Such a high price :-D and I do hope this does my part in curing the state's budget deficit!
I went to work and was feeling worst. My pay forms were "locked in stone" on Wednesday and so it would be very hard to change the work schedule to let me take sick leave. I barfed twice in the early evening (or I should say I barfed multiple times at two different periods tonight.) I thought about the left over steak and baked potatoe from this past Tuesday (or Thursday?) and realized that I could never keep it down. I had boiled broccoli before leaving home but the small amount of olive oil and "butter" I'd mixed with the boiling water would probably resulted in the meal coming back up.
One of my co-workers was asking another fellow if he'd like something from Wendy's? I asked the guy on the phone to have Fred, the man calling, bring me a small chocolate Wendy's frostie. Fred brought it and it not only went down well but has stayed down... :-)
I'm trying to figure out what whacked me so hard. It just isn't normal for me to start barfing in the middle of the afternoon. (One to two hours after going to bed is far more normal). So, it could have been:
After I got home, I disappointed my dog by not eating anything. I went to bed and was worried that I wouldn't keep my pre-bedtime glass of water down. I kept having trouble breathing so I finally took a Musinex {sp} for that. I should have taken a couple of (anti)-pain pills as I kept tossing and turning. I finally took a couple and actually slept from around 3:30 am - 4 am till 8 am.
Sunday night, I am going to take that Musinex and the two (anti)-pain pills. They probably won't be necessary but it won't hurt...
- scrambled eggs,
- well cooked bacon,
- Serri Lee coffee cake and
- coffee
Lunch: We had
- 2 hot dogs in buns
- cottage cheese and
- potatoe chips and
- cold water
I went into a hardware store to buy some red onion bulbs for our garden. The clerk did not know how much to price the bulbs. I spoke my math out loud and convinced her that my 6 little bulbs would be 6¼¢. She could not enter this figure on her register and entered 6¢. The machine definitely added state/county/city sales tax and I have to fork over 8¢. Such a high price :-D and I do hope this does my part in curing the state's budget deficit!
I went to work and was feeling worst. My pay forms were "locked in stone" on Wednesday and so it would be very hard to change the work schedule to let me take sick leave. I barfed twice in the early evening (or I should say I barfed multiple times at two different periods tonight.) I thought about the left over steak and baked potatoe from this past Tuesday (or Thursday?) and realized that I could never keep it down. I had boiled broccoli before leaving home but the small amount of olive oil and "butter" I'd mixed with the boiling water would probably resulted in the meal coming back up.
One of my co-workers was asking another fellow if he'd like something from Wendy's? I asked the guy on the phone to have Fred, the man calling, bring me a small chocolate Wendy's frostie. Fred brought it and it not only went down well but has stayed down... :-)
I'm trying to figure out what whacked me so hard. It just isn't normal for me to start barfing in the middle of the afternoon. (One to two hours after going to bed is far more normal). So, it could have been:
- heat stroke as I felt better when I went inside at the Hardware Store. But, I didn't feel better when I went inside at work. I was thirsty but feared that I'd barf if I drank water. I drank a small amount of water and felt better until I barfed it up...
- hypoglycemia: I am a type 2 and simply don't get low blood sugar. However, the Wendy's frozen desert has sugar and after eating 3 or 4 spoon fulls, I felt much, much better. Maybe it was the hypoglycemia?
- It could have food poisoning. I may not have rinsed the fry pan off good enough and will really rinse it good before we use it next! (I don't give a shit if you aren't supposed to immerse it!)
After I got home, I disappointed my dog by not eating anything. I went to bed and was worried that I wouldn't keep my pre-bedtime glass of water down. I kept having trouble breathing so I finally took a Musinex {sp} for that. I should have taken a couple of (anti)-pain pills as I kept tossing and turning. I finally took a couple and actually slept from around 3:30 am - 4 am till 8 am.
Sunday night, I am going to take that Musinex and the two (anti)-pain pills. They probably won't be necessary but it won't hurt...
Saturday, April 09, 2011
9 April 2011
Breakfast: Kathie's big breakfast of:
Lunch: We had
I went into a hardware store to buy some red onion bulbs for our garden. The clerk did not know how much to price the bulbs. I spoke my math out loud and convinced her that my 6 little bulbs would be 6¼¢. She could not enter this figure on her register and entered 6¢. The machine definitely added state/county/city sales tax and I have to fork over 8¢. Such a high price :-D and I do hope this does my part in curing the state's budget deficit!
I went to work and was feeling worst. My pay forms were "locked in stone" on Wednesday and so it would be very hard to change the work schedule to let me take sick leave. I barfed twice in the early evening (or I should say I barfed multiple times at two different periods tonight.) I thought about the left over steak and baked potatoe from this past Tuesday (or Thursday?) and realized that I could never keep it down. I had boiled broccoli before leaving home but the small amount of olive oil and "butter" I'd mixed with the boiling water would probably resulted in the meal coming back up.
One of my co-workers was asking another fellow if he'd like something from Wendy's? I asked the guy on the phone to have Fred, the man calling, bring me a small chocolate Wendy's frostie. Fred brought it and it not only went down well but has stayed down... :-)
I'm trying to figure out what whacked me so hard. It just isn't normal for me to start barfing in the middle of the afternoon. (One to two hours after going to bed is far more normal). So, it could have been:
- scrambled eggs,
- well cooked bacon,
- Serri Lee coffee cake and
- coffee
Lunch: We had
- 2 hot dogs in buns
- cottage cheese and
- potatoe chips and
- cold water
I went into a hardware store to buy some red onion bulbs for our garden. The clerk did not know how much to price the bulbs. I spoke my math out loud and convinced her that my 6 little bulbs would be 6¼¢. She could not enter this figure on her register and entered 6¢. The machine definitely added state/county/city sales tax and I have to fork over 8¢. Such a high price :-D and I do hope this does my part in curing the state's budget deficit!
I went to work and was feeling worst. My pay forms were "locked in stone" on Wednesday and so it would be very hard to change the work schedule to let me take sick leave. I barfed twice in the early evening (or I should say I barfed multiple times at two different periods tonight.) I thought about the left over steak and baked potatoe from this past Tuesday (or Thursday?) and realized that I could never keep it down. I had boiled broccoli before leaving home but the small amount of olive oil and "butter" I'd mixed with the boiling water would probably resulted in the meal coming back up.
One of my co-workers was asking another fellow if he'd like something from Wendy's? I asked the guy on the phone to have Fred, the man calling, bring me a small chocolate Wendy's frostie. Fred brought it and it not only went down well but has stayed down... :-)
I'm trying to figure out what whacked me so hard. It just isn't normal for me to start barfing in the middle of the afternoon. (One to two hours after going to bed is far more normal). So, it could have been:
- heat stroke as I felt better when I went inside at the Hardware Store. But, I didn't feel better when I went inside at work. I was thirsty but feared that I'd barf if I drank water. I drank a small amount of water and felt better until I barfed it up...
- hypoglycemia: I am a type 2 and simply don't get low blood sugar. However, the Wendy's frozen desert has sugar and after eating 3 or 4 spoon fulls, I felt much, much better. Maybe it was the hypoglycemia?
- It could have food poisoning. I may not have rinsed the fry pan off good enough and will really rinse it good before we use it next! (I don't give a shit if you aren't supposed to immerse it!)
8 April 2011
Breakfast: I made a form of home made quiche out of
Lunch: the rest of the breakfast quiche and cold coffee
Dinner: since we expected the "R"s to shut down the government, we decided to splurge and have one more night on the town before we went into Mike_the_government_worker_reports_to_work_as_usual_and_gets_paid "in the sweet by an by". We went to Mariahah Hills, (aka "Ham's" place). We had quite a wait in the bar before we got seated. We wanted to go here since they have the best steaks in Dodge City and I like the view (Kathie thinks Casey's Cowtown has a better atmosphere but I know when to change a subject and so I did...)
I had:
I've read that if you eat slowly, your meal will fill you up and what I has tonight certainly did. We then did some shopping (Mr. G's Liquor and the 14th Street Dillions). I waited till 2 hours past "fork down time" to test my blood sugar. I recall it was 143, which is fine for me! Then, some gin-n-tonic and we watched the season finale of "Merlin". It is amazing how Merlin (AKA Emers) can keep fooling folks he is around so often. i.e. Arthur and Gwen. They finally revealed that Gaius, the step-father of Merlin, is also a wizard!
I am so looking forward to next season...
- a baked pie pan,
- about 6 oz cooked ham sliced and sprinkled on the pan bottom
- 4 eggs mixed with a big shot of 2% milk
- sharp cheddar cheese spread on the pan bottom with the ham and
- uncooked frozen hash browns spread on the top of the egg mixture.
Lunch: the rest of the breakfast quiche and cold coffee
Dinner: since we expected the "R"s to shut down the government, we decided to splurge and have one more night on the town before we went into Mike_the_government_worker_reports_to_work_as_usual_and_gets_paid "in the sweet by an by". We went to Mariahah Hills, (aka "Ham's" place). We had quite a wait in the bar before we got seated. We wanted to go here since they have the best steaks in Dodge City and I like the view (Kathie thinks Casey's Cowtown has a better atmosphere but I know when to change a subject and so I did...)
I had:
- salad with Thousand Island Dressing
- large fillet with "Ham's sauce" (the waitress offered us a steak sauce and I replied that it would be a sacrilege to put such a think on one of "Ham's fillet". She said a lot of people tell her that...
- large baked potatoe with sour creamme and butter
- roll with butter
I've read that if you eat slowly, your meal will fill you up and what I has tonight certainly did. We then did some shopping (Mr. G's Liquor and the 14th Street Dillions). I waited till 2 hours past "fork down time" to test my blood sugar. I recall it was 143, which is fine for me! Then, some gin-n-tonic and we watched the season finale of "Merlin". It is amazing how Merlin (AKA Emers) can keep fooling folks he is around so often. i.e. Arthur and Gwen. They finally revealed that Gaius, the step-father of Merlin, is also a wizard!
I am so looking forward to next season...
Friday, April 08, 2011
7 April 2011
Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee
Lunch: egg salad sandwich, bag of chips and water
Dinner: Healthy Choice chopped roast beef with mashed potatoes, brown gravy, carrots and apple crisp
We had two Healthy Choice meals left (chopped roast beef and meatloaf) and we both like the "meatloaf" meal. So, I put one in each hand, held them behind my back and asked her to pick. She picked the hand with the chopped roast beef and looked upset. So, I asked her "would you like the meatloaf?" "Yes", was her answer so I gave her the meatloaf meal. I wanted it too but I wanted her to be happy more than I wanted that meatloaf...
Lunch: egg salad sandwich, bag of chips and water
Dinner: Healthy Choice chopped roast beef with mashed potatoes, brown gravy, carrots and apple crisp
We had two Healthy Choice meals left (chopped roast beef and meatloaf) and we both like the "meatloaf" meal. So, I put one in each hand, held them behind my back and asked her to pick. She picked the hand with the chopped roast beef and looked upset. So, I asked her "would you like the meatloaf?" "Yes", was her answer so I gave her the meatloaf meal. I wanted it too but I wanted her to be happy more than I wanted that meatloaf...
Thursday, April 07, 2011
6 April 2011
Breakfast: wheaties and coffee
Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown, a steak salad with sauteed onions and a small bowl of cottage and cold water
Snack: banna split with only chocolate syrup at Dairy Queen...
Dinner: at Montana Mike's:
Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown, a steak salad with sauteed onions and a small bowl of cottage and cold water
Snack: banna split with only chocolate syrup at Dairy Queen...
Dinner: at Montana Mike's:
- salad with French Dressing,
- roll with butter,
- most of a nice steak (took the rest home)
- most of a baked potatoe (took the rest home),
- no desert (they lacked some of the ingredients for the "Mudslide") and
- glass of iced water...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
5 April 2011
Breakfast: McDonald's big breakfast of
Dinner: white sauce with boiled scrimp over spaghetti noodles and a beer (MDG), with a gin-n-tonic before bed...
- scrambled eggs
- sausage patty
- potatoe slab
- biscuit with "butter" and grape jelly
- coffee
Dinner: white sauce with boiled scrimp over spaghetti noodles and a beer (MDG), with a gin-n-tonic before bed...
Saturday, April 02, 2011
3 April 2011
Breakfast: at the Pancake house for
My wife felt sorry for "our" waitress and over tipped her. For the "gift" of coffee, I thought a $2 tip was fine; she insisted on giving "our" waitress $3.
I'm not normally tight with tips. If we had ordered off the menu, I would have been willing to tip higher; if we'd gotten coffee refills without me having to wave my hand and finally, wave my coffee cup (which is rude, I admit), I would not have minded a $3 tip (or even higher). :-(
Lunch: at El Zarpatia, the "new" Mexican place. I recently bad mouthed them based on their being busy and crowded during a buffet on Tuesday. Today, we ordered off the menu and
Snack: a co-worker brought in a tamalis and they were quite nice.
- SOS over hash brown potatoes
- some bacon
- a bisquit with grape jelly and
- coffee
My wife felt sorry for "our" waitress and over tipped her. For the "gift" of coffee, I thought a $2 tip was fine; she insisted on giving "our" waitress $3.
I'm not normally tight with tips. If we had ordered off the menu, I would have been willing to tip higher; if we'd gotten coffee refills without me having to wave my hand and finally, wave my coffee cup (which is rude, I admit), I would not have minded a $3 tip (or even higher). :-(
Lunch: at El Zarpatia, the "new" Mexican place. I recently bad mouthed them based on their being busy and crowded during a buffet on Tuesday. Today, we ordered off the menu and
- the food was much better,
- the service was much better (especially when compared with breakfast) and
- our waitress topped off our drinks before they were empty.
- their Supreme meal and
- the free order of desert and
- Diet Coke
Snack: a co-worker brought in a tamalis and they were quite nice.
garden (the beginning)
We rented a 15 by 20 foot plot to garden on. After about 15 minutes of
hoeing, we realized this wasn't working. Fortunately, a friend of ours
was watering his plot near us, came over to visit and suggested we have
our plot roto-tilled. We went to the garden shop we rented the plot from
and got the name of a fellow "farmer" who also did roto-tilling. We gave
him $10 and he said he would till our plot today.
hoeing, we realized this wasn't working. Fortunately, a friend of ours
was watering his plot near us, came over to visit and suggested we have
our plot roto-tilled. We went to the garden shop we rented the plot from
and got the name of a fellow "farmer" who also did roto-tilling. We gave
him $10 and he said he would till our plot today.
We're going out tomorrow to plant the broccoli, radish, carrot seeds. We
can't plant the watermelons until mid-May. We going to buy and plant
tomatoes in late May. I'm thinking of seeing if I can still buy potato
"starts" and broccoli "starts" and plant them tomorrow.
I'll have to post pictures as the garden progresses to my photo blog and
facebook page.
Friday, April 01, 2011
April Fool's Day 2011
Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat (my dog liked "his" share) and coffee (which my dog won't touch... :-D )
Lunch: at Wendy's for a
Dinner: this was meant to be a science experiment at seeing if I could get a low blood sugar reading; it failed as I "scored" 230 from:
Lunch: at Wendy's for a
- ½ pound hamburger with bacon
- baked potatoe with butter and chives
- medium "Diet Coke"
Dinner: this was meant to be a science experiment at seeing if I could get a low blood sugar reading; it failed as I "scored" 230 from:
- 1.5 small pieces of pork chop (about ½ pound of pork chops)
- two small potatoes, boiled
- a bunch of broccoli florets and
- iced water
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