29 September 2014

Breakfast:  oatmeal and a small piece of dark chocolate and (probably) too much coffee...

Snack:  a piece of dark chocolate and some coffee

Lunch: Red Baron Biscuit-Style Scrambles and can of "pepsi MAX".

Snack: a pumpkin cup cake

Dinner:  a Healthy Choice chicken and noodles dinner and then peanut butter and grape jelly on a single slice of sour dough bread, with a beer during dinner and a beer after dinner to celebrate "National Drink A Beer Day"! (Both were LandShark!)

Snack: I didn't bother...

 

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28 September 2014

 Breakfast: cheerios and 2 bananas and coffee

Snack: a piece of dark chocolate and later, a breakfast bacon/cheese pizza and can of Pepsi MAZ

Lunch: Kathie made:

• sirloin steak
• baked potatoes
• asparagus

I had cold water.

Snack: We went to Dairy Queen and both of us had banana splits. We probably should not have but sometimes you just have the "forbidden fruit"...

Dinner: Some boiled boneless skinned chicken with chicken pilaf

Snack: a gin-n-tonic and small piece of dark chocolate...

I was un-hydrated when I went to bed because I woke up feeling like my tongue was stuck to my mouth; I pried my tongue off with my left index finger. About an hour later, this happened again so I pried my tongue off, walked to the kitchen and drank a coffee cup of refrigerator water. This lead to phlegm in my mouth but I felt much better after drinking the water. I thought about a second cup but did not want to have to pee at 2 am...

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27 September 2014

Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee

Snack; small piece of dark chocolate

Lunch: The left over steak and potatoe soup from last night.

Lunch #2: We went to an Octoberfest at the local Knights of Columbus and I had:

• brat
• bierrock (I should have had two and skipped the brat)
• scalloped potatoes
• can of Diet Pepsi
• chocolate cake

Dinner: Healthy Choice chicken dinner

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26 September 2014

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: boiled then fried boneless skinned chicken and microwaved potatoes and a couple of little Oreo cookies for desert with a can of "Pepsi MAX"

Dinner:  We went to "Prime on the Nine" since Kathie wanted their crab cakes. She really liked them!

I considered the costs of a steak, thought of how fat in a steak can upset my stomach and went for:

• steak and potatoe soup (I ordered a cup but got a bowl; I will have the leftovers for lunch)
• spaghetti with meatballs
• iced water

The food was simply outstanding and the service excellent.

They should have the "wait staff" at both Applebees and the Casino Restaurant come to learn what good service is all about!  I won't talk about the service at "Kate's" or "Central Station Club & Grill" or "The Dodge House" or that Mexican Place at the mall as I haven't been to them is a while and don't know if the service is as wretched as it was several years ago. "Casey's Cowtown" is second to "The Prime on the Nine" for service... For that matter, the three buffets - Inn Pancake House, King's Buffet and the other "Chinese" Restaurant - have fine service given they are buffets.

There is a certain irony to the phrase "wait staff" as we get seated at either Applebee's or the Casino Restaurant and start waiting for the "wait staff" to acknowledge our existence. A waiter/waitress should be at your table in under 30 seconds from the time you are seated. You should not have to flag down a waitress (Applebees, our last visit) or be at minute 8 of your "ten minutes with no service and we walk out" count down (Casino Restaurant, our last visit) when "our" waiter, out of breath, hustled up.

I appreciate that waiting table is hard and poorly paid work but we are the customers and we pay tips so we deserve reasonably good service. In theory, tips are paid for good service. Now, it seems that tips are paid out of pity to the "wait staff" who are paid sub-minimum wage. We've been to foreign countries (England and Venice Italy) where the service was poor but then, they are paid living wages and don't expect or deserve tips; some waiters are insulted that you would even offer a tip. (This is a fact that Kathie could not seem to grasp...)

Dodge City "wait staffs" have a poor reputation for service. Sadly, they have earned this reputation...

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23 March 2014

Breakfast: a bacon breakfast pizza and coffee

Snack: a coffee cup of that instant cake, with some dark chocolate melted into it

Lunch: homemade spaghetti sauce with hamburger, garlic bread and cold water

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and a cup of coffee

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf and iced water

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22 September 2014

Breakfast: grits and two boiled eggs and coffee

Snack: coffee and a piece of dark chocolate

Lunch: ribs, aspargius, baked potatoe and cold water

Snack: coffee and a couple of little Oreos

Dinner: Marie Callender's Fetuccini with Chicken &  Broccoli

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Why it was higher after a night's sleep then after a full day is beyond me!

With a 102 two hours after dinner, I surely do not need insulin...

21 September 2014

Breakfast:  left over seasoned hamburger on a slice of bread, a piece of coffee cake and coffee

Lunch: at a buffet: chicken, rice pilaf, desert and 2 glasses of iced tea

Snack: some dark chocolate

Dinner: Healthy Choice Country Fried Chicken, piece of dark chocolate and iced water

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20 September 2014

Breakfast: home made fried shredded potatoes, the last egg and two hot dogs, plus coffee

Lunch: Kathie's "Mexican" and coffee

Snack (at work): a small piece of dark chocolate and iced water

Dinner: Healthy Choice County Fried Chicken and iced water (it being too late for coffee

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"micturition ergo sum"

19 September 2014

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: some cookies and coffee

Real Lunch: at McDonalds, for chicken disks, fries, a medium "Diet Coke"

Desert: ice creamme cone from Dairy Queen

Dinner: We went to Prime on the Nine and I had:

• prime rib
• baked potatoe "fully loaded"
• broccoli
• two bottles of Sam Adams "Octoberfest"

The food was excellent, the service very good and the beer was simply wonderful. This beer was truly not flavoured water or the proverbial "horse urine". The waitress asked us twice if we wanted desert; that is a nice change. She also asked if I wanted another Sam Adams; this is a touch I don't expect from "wait staff" any more. (The "wait staff" simply are not well trained in this half of the state.)

18 September 2014

Breakfast: Red Baron Biscuit-Style Bacon Scramblers, a can of Pepsi One and coffee

Snack: piece of dark chocolate

Lunch: romin and iced water

Snack: after the blood drive: a sandwich, chips, cookies and two little cans of orange juice

Dinner: we went to Applebys...

• cross cut ribs
• French fries
• cole slau
• iced water

The food was excellent; the service began awful and improved. Taken as a whole, the service was unsat.

The greeter seated us quickly and then we began to wait. "Wait staff" kept going by us. I told Kathie "let's wait another 5 minutes and if w don't get a waitress, we leave and go to Kings."  Kathie waited about 2 minutes and flagged down a passing waitress. She then sent over an old, seasoned, waitress who did a fine job of taking our orders. After a while, a young waitress walked up and said "I am your waitress tonight". She disappeared and we only saw her once again and that was after the old waitress asked if we wanted anything.

The old waitress brought us the bill without bothering to ask if we wanted desert. That was fine as we were too angry to order anything further.

SIGH

Applebys has lived up to the habit of find food and awful service. (A mixture of awful and good equals awful service.)

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17 September 2014

Breakfast: Oatmeal and coffee

Snack: a piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Lunch: at the DCCC for a Lion's Meeting:

• two well cooked hamburger patties
• fried potatoes
• desert
• glass of "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and for desert, a gin-n-tonic

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16 September 2014

Breakfast: McDonalds big breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuit with grape jelly and coffee

Lunch: two hot dogs and coffee

Snack: a chunk of dark chocolate and more coffee

Dinner: Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and then a single slice of sour dough bread with pb&gj

Post dinner: a gin-n-tonic

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14 September 2014

Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee

Lunch: baked chicken, stuffing, aspargius and coffee

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Snack2: a small amount of dark chocolate

Dinner: Hungry Man classic fried chicken (chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and a brownie) and iced water

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13 September 2014

Breakfast: Kathie made:

• scrambled eggs
• well fried bacon
• I warmed up coffee cake
• coffee

Lunch: burritos, hamburger, cheese, sour creamme and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Snack: as I was feeling a bit hypo, I had a couple of small pieces of dark chocolate

Dinner: Healthy Choice chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, white gravy and apple desert with a coffee cup of iced water and some mini-Oreos

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12 September 2014

Breakfast: left over steak, baked potatoe and coffee

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Lunch: several Mexican items, desert and "Diet Pepsi"

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Dinner:  Marie Callendar Country Fried Pork Chop & Gravy and iced water

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10 September 2014

Breakfast: left over steak from last night, 2 scrambled eggs and coffee

Lunch: chicken disks, home made French fries (quite good), brownie and glass of "Diet Pepsi"

Snack:  piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Dinner: Marie Callender's Swdish Meatball, ice cream with fudge topping, cold water and the wish that I had done better is my main course choice...

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9 September 2014

Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and coffee

Lunch: Dillion's Chicken, mashed potatoes and white gravy, veggies, cake with vanilla ice creamme and fudge frosting and a can of Pepsi One.

Snack: a chicken wing and a can of Pepsi One.

Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant and I had:

• salad with a small cup of beef noodle soup
• 16 oz prime rib (I ate about half)
• baked potatoe with cottage cheese from the salad bar
• iced water

Desert: I bought a piece of chocolate fudge and ate a small amount of it

Post blood sugar testing snack: a gin-n-tonic

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8 September 2014

Breakfast: at the Hampton Inn in Hutchinson Kansas for:

• oatmeal
• a cheese omlette
• coffee
• glass of orange juice

Lunch: at the State Fair for a butterflied pork sandwich, fries and a glass of "Diet Coke"

Snack: piece of dark chocolate

Dinner: Also at the State Fair, a bierock, chips and large "Diet Pepsi"

Snack: at home, a piece of dark chocolate and a gin-n-tonic

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7 September 2014

Breakfast:  two McDonalds breakfast burietos and coffee

Lunch: hamburger and fries and large "Diet Pepsi"

Snack: some dark chocolate

Dinner: at the Hutchinson Olive Garden:

• salad
• spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs (I had them bring out a little bit  more meat sauce)
• a chocolate desert that was about a quarter of a cup in size
• iced water

AM 92 and 107

My blood sugar right after getting out of bed about 6:30 am was 92. I then had breakfast and we went to the Kansas State Fair. I was tested at the Kansas Lions Health Screening Unit and came in at 107. So, I don't know if my BG had made it to 107 or if it had exceeded 107 and was dropping back towards 107...

6 September 2014

Breakfast: at IHOP for sirloin steak, 3 pancakes and coffee

5 September 2014

Breakfast: cherios and coffee

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and coffee

Lunch: two hamburger patties, two ears of corn on the cob and a little cake in a coffee cup

Snack: piece of dark chocolate and cofee

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Country Fried Chicken and iced water

Snack: a small piece of dark chocolate, popcorn and iced water

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3 September 2014

Breakfast:  grits and two scrambled eggs and coffee

Lunch: two chicken legs/thighs, mashed potatoes and brown gravy, piece of chocolate cake and "Diet Pepsi"

Snack: a couple of chunks of dark chocolate

Dinner:  two Hormel Compleats® Roast Bef & Mashed Potatoes and iced water

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2 September 2014

Breakfast:  creamme of wheat, two toasted English Muffins with grape jelly and coffee

Lunch: tuna sandwich and chicken flavoured roman and coffee

Snack: piece of dark chocolate

Dinner: Healthy Choice Country Fried Chicken, Reeces cups (2), another piece of dark chocolate and iced water

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Labour Day 2014

Breakfast:  A fine meal of:

• Kathie's left over steak from "Prime on the NIne"
• two scrambled eggs
• slice of sour dough toast with peanut butter and grape jelly
• coffee

Lunch: two hot dogs and coffee

Snack: a chunk of dark chocolate and yet more coffee...

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf (Meat loaf with rich brown gravy, creamy mashed potatoes, corn, and caramel apple desert) and cold water

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31 August 2014

Breakfast: spoon sized shredded wheat and my left over steak from the other night and coffee

Lunch:  We went to Applebys and I had:

• bowl of "French" Onion soup that actually had the bread in it this time,
• a ½ order of BBQ ribs,
• French fries
• a very small container of cole slau and
• iced water

Snack: some dark chocolate

Diner: A Healthy Choice chicken meal and later, a peanut butter and grape jelly on a single slice of sour dough bread

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