23 January 2011 (updated)

Breakfast: Healthy Choice Beef Pot Roast and coffee (I had planned on bringing wheaties and cheerios but brought the wrong container; fortunately, I had this Healthy Choice sitting in the office freezer for the past several months...)

Snack: cheeze-its and hot chocolate

Lunch: hamburger and tomatoe soup and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Snack: a couple of chocolate chip cookies at the Santa Fe Trail Association meeting

Dinner: steak, baked potatoe, asparagus and cold water

23 January 2011

Breakfast: Healthy Choice Beef Pot Roast and coffee (I had planned on bringing wheaties and cherios but brought the wrong container; fortunately, I had this Healthy Choice sitting in the office freezer for the past several months...)

Snack: cheeze-its and hot chocolate

12 January 2011

Breakfast: at the Lions Pancake feast: pancakes and a couple of sausage
paddies and coffee

Lunch: a couple of sausage paddies

Dinner: at Appleby's steak and chicken fieta, rice and ice water

18 January 2011

Breakfast: a hamburger bierock and coffee

Lunch: a Burger King large hamburger and fries and a medium "Diet Coke"

Dinner: Lean Cuisine Three Meat Pizza:

• pepperoni,
• Italian sausage
• and seasoned ground beef with
• reduced fat mozzarella cheese

Snack: a small amount of corned beef hash

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Breakfast: bowl cottage cheese with grape jelly and the left over eggs from yesterday plus a cup of coffee

Lunch: at King's Buffet, lots of pseudo-Chinese and "American" stuff and a couple of glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

Snack: some freshly baked bread with grape jelly

Dinner: Healthy Choice meatloaf and iced water, with a small piece of homemade bread and a bananna.

I felt ill from the late afternoon on and I'm wondering if it was something I ate for lunch or if my blood sugar is really off?  With a 2-hours-past-finishing dinner of 224, I think I really am ill tonight. I'll have to check the blood again tomorrow and see if it goes down any when I am (I hope!) feeling better.

16 January 2011

Breakfast: a kind of scrambled eggs, whose recipe I got from the Daily Globe. This was taken from a column written by an Amish woman (called the Amish Cook). As I recall, the recipe was
<blockquote>

• 5 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 heaping tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• "pepper to taste"

Mix the ingredients in a large bowl, then pour into a well greased skillet. Put a tight lid on the skillet and put over "medium heat. When half done, take the lid off", quarter the cooking eggs mixture, turn them over and finish cooking.

The cook did not say

• if this was supposed to be baked or cooked on the stove,
  
• didn't say how long it would  take to cook or
  
• how to tell when the meal was done.

I gave it about 8 minutes per side and checked how done it looked.

I'm thinking this somewhat bland meal could be spiced up with

• sauteed onion and
  
• sauteed garlic and
• chunks of ham and
• maybe light cream vice milk?
  

</blockquote>

Lunch: we had brots boiled in beer with green peppers and onions and iced water

Dinner: I had a "Healthy Choice" beef pot roast dinner with iced water

15 January 2011

Breakfast: At Boot Hill Casino Restaurant:

• waffle with butter and whipped creamme (very good!)
• SOS over hash browns
• small amount of crispy bacon
• 3 sausage patties
• coffee
• water

Lunch: a Healthy Choice meal (chunked beef, chunked potatoes, brown gravy, carrot disks and apple crisp) and iced water

Dinner: leftovers:

• the left over steak from last night,
• a freshly baked potatoe
• boiled broccoli
• boiled corns
• iced water and
• a bag of popcorn as a late desert...
  

14 January 2011

type 2 for 6 years, 8 months, 8 days...

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Snack: a bierock (hamburger) and coffee

Lunch: a Healthy Choice meal (meatloaf) and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: We went to the Miriah Hills Restaurant and I had:

• salad with French dressing
• ½ of an order of Mozzarella sticks
• a 16 oz rib-eye steak done medium
• baked potatoe with sour creamme and butter (I asked for more butter and got a little container of melted butter vice a chunk and that was a very nice touch!)
• two bottles "Coors Original" (this was one of the very rare occasions when I was the "Designated Drinker" vice the "Designated Driver"

The food was excellent and the only problem I had was the steak was not cooked to "medium" but to "medium rare". This often happens when Kathie and I both order steak; the cooks put both on and they both come out "medium rare". I probably should have bitched to the owner (Ham) but didn't feel like it.

Our waiter was on his 3^rd night working there so we decided to cut him some slack (also, Kathie knows him from work...). He kept forgetting to bring my water (I like more than a beer with dinner!) and started to pick up my plate after I asked for a box to take the left overs home in. The cheese sticks and salad was enough that I could not finish my steak and baked potatoe; I intended to take it home and did not want the restaurant to shit can my leftovers. After all, if I didn't eat that left over steak, my dog would surely eat it!

On a different issue, why is that local restaurants can't seem to get it through their heads that some of don't like diet -er- light/lite/Ultra beers and want a real beer such as:

• Mic Lager
• Coors Original
• Fosters Lager
• Henry Weinharts Private Reserve and even
• A Bud Lager

It must be a sign of the times?

12 January 2011

Breakfast: chopped sliced ham mixed with a can of yellow hominy and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:

• chicken fried chicken
• mashed potatoes with
• white gravy and
• a roll with butter
• and iced water

Snack: some left over corn bread with grape jelly

Dinner: baked hamburger on top of oven baked hash brown potatoes with beef gravy and cold water

I had some Pepto Bismo after eating this and that settled my stomach right down...

11 January 2011

Breakfast: Kathie made

• well cooked bacon
• scrambled eggs and I
  
• microwaved Serri Lee coffee cake
• and I had coffee

Snack: I helped judge Science Fair entries in Pratt and had a couple of cheese sticks, some coffee and several dark chocolate squares (I was hungry)

Lunch: at a little place in Pratt, I had

• fried chicken (two breasts and a thigh),
• mashed potatoes with
• white gravy and
• a roll with butter, washed down with
  
• two glasses of "Diet Coke"

Dinner: some homemade corn bread with grape jelly and baked hamburger and iced water and a beer (MGD)...

9 January 2011

Today is 6 years, 8 months and 2 days...

Breakfast: We went to the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant and I had the Sunday "Breakfast Club":

• waffle with butter and whipped creamme
• some bacon
• a couple of sausage patties
• SOS over hash brown potatoes
• coffee

We had good service.
I drank a small glass of "Diet Pepsi" while investing $3.00 (for a return of $3⁶⁰) in a penny slot machine.

Lunch: something special:

• a ribeye steak with margarine mixed with garlic powder and onion powder
• baked potatoe with margarine and sour creamme
• broccoli
• bottle of Diet Pepsi

Snack: some little Oreo cookies...

Dinner: Had a Healthy Choice meatloaf with mashed potatoes and brown gravy and apple crisp and iced water

Snack: bag of popcorn

8 January 2011

My life changed radically 7 May 2004 or 6 years 8 months 1 day ago...
I don't know if this could have been avoided but it might have been put off.

Breakfast: Kathie's big breakfast of

• bacon
• scrambled eggs
• Serri Lee coffee cake
• coffee

My dog enjoyed his share from both of us...

Lunch: at Appleby's

• cup of onion soup
• "sizzling fahiates"{sp} with
  
• steak
• chicken
• white cheddar cheese
• sauteed veggies
• sour creamme
• desert of chocolate moose in a large "shot glass" and
• two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

There was a man (in his late 20s) with a little girl (about 6 years old) seated at the table across the divider from us. At first, I thought he was talking to the air, like a classic lunatic, but he turned his head and I could see he had a little phone in his left ear. He simply looked like a head-case talking to the air. He got done with his "urgent" call, promised to call back and split out several statements at the child. It was apparent he was a "non-custodial parent" taking his daughter out to lunch and he didn't know how to engage the child in conversation. She continued coloring her Appleby's place mat and didn't reply. (Maybe I simply could not hear her?) He stopped trying to talk with the girl and Kathie and I went back to our conversation.

Several minutes later, he was back talking to the air and the girl was silently watching him. This time, it was easier to block him out.

Eventually, I noticed he was gone. Kathie had been watching him and told me he had never gotten a menu and thus, had never ordered. This was clearly not a case of "the customer is always right". He simply rubbed the waitress and waiter wrong and they admitted this when Kathie asked them.

He probably told his friends of his bad service at Applebys and that is a shame as it was his bad manners that lead to the "wait staff" not wanting to serve him. One of the many extra things kids in school apparently should be taught  is "pay attention to the person you took out to lunch!" That just seems like good manners and common sense to me...

Dinner: I had

• a largish ham sandwich
• bowl of corn (which I had to cook in the microwave) and
• iced water

This is a meal I won't be repeating soon! The ham was limp and the corn simply lacked flavour; I should have spiced it up with whatever I could have found in the spice cupboard!

7 January 2011

Diagnosed type 2 on 7 May 2004 or 6 years 8 months 00 days ago
I am somewhat calmer about the prospect of being on insulin than I was...

Breakfast: creamme of wheat, two slices of toast and coffee

Lunch: from Arby's, a beef sandwich, "curly" fries and a medium "Diet Pepsi"

They stopped serving Gyros which irritates me. I liked them...

Dinner: Marie Callender's Country Fried Beef Steak with mashed potatoes, gravy and glazed carrot and iced water (an appetizer of a small amount of ice creamme)

6 January 2011

Diagnosed type 2 on 7 May 2004 or 6 years 7 months 30 days ago
I am somewhat calmer about the prospect of being on insulin than I was...

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: At Pizza Hutt,

• a couple of pieces of meat pizza,
  
• a salad,
  
• apple pie pizza (one slice),
  
• a small cup of chocolate pudding and
  
• two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

The new manager (who has been there for a couple of months) has really done a change around in Pizza Hutt. The service is much better, the pizza is resupplied much quicker and it is a generally better "eating experience". I can now recommend eating here.

Snack: a couple of chunks of yellow cake and ice cramme

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

Snack: popcorn...something my Father ate a lot of after he was on insulin; he was told it would help his appetite and it did.

5 January 2011

Diagnosed type 2 on 7 May 2004 or 6 years 7 months 29 days ago
I am somewhat calmer about the prospect of being on insulin than I was...

Breakfast: my left over steak and baked potatoe, from last night and coffee

Lunch: At Casey's Cowtown, a steak sandwich, their great French fries and iced water

Dinner: left over beef stew and iced water; I later had some ice creamme...

4 January 2011

Diagnosed type 2 on 7 May 2004 or 6 years 7 months 28 days ago
I am somewhat calmer about the prospect of being on insulin than I was...

Breakfast: oatmeal with coffee

Lunch: We had an office luncheon and I had:

• my homemade beef stew
• a bowl of homemade potatoe soup with cheddar cheese
• a couple of slices of home made (not mine!) bread
• some ice creamme with whipped creamme
• a couple of glasses of bottled Diet Pepsi

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

• salad with "French" dressing and a small amount of cottage cheese
• most of a 16oz T-bone steak
• about half a baked potatoe
• chocolate cake
  
• water

We went there planning on going to the Casino's "Tuesday Night Italian Night" and found out they had stopped this effective the 4^th. It seems they were not getting enough customers. Well, I thought the idea of individually created sauces (either white or red and the extras you pick out) was good except I am a beef eater and there was no option to have ground round in one's red sauce.

This may have irritated more than just me; it may have been the kiss of death for many people.

So, Mike Casey had Spaghetti just once at "Casey's Cowtown" and that leaves the Italian place on Front Street. (This is a nice place but has no atmosphere.) I guess I have the choice of the Front Street place for OK Italian or the place at the Garden City airport for good Italian (about 2 hours round trip) or 5 hours round trip time to Wichita for really good Italian. It looks like it will be Front Street.

3 January 2011

Since diagnosis: 6 years, 7 months, 29 days

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: at Olive Garden in Wichita,

• salad with bread sticks
• spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs
• Diet Coke with no ice

We had a few problems, which we told the manager about:

• the waiter brought Kathie's meal with the wrong type pasta
• there was ice in my drink
• I had to flag down the waiter to get a refill

I admit the waiter was busy and his area was divided into two by a wall. Still, it looked like he was giving those on the other side of the wall much more service. I didn't mention  this to the manager. A waiter should realize that folks our age (I'm 59) often either tip lightly or tip a lot and it depends on the service received; I don't go for the automatic, obligatory, given the "wait staff" the maximum politically correct tip. That takes really good service (or the waitress being a friend of my wife).

Dinner: We were on the way back from Wichita and stopped at a Taco Hell Bell. One counter fellow said they had what my wife wanted and the other said they were permanently out of this item. We almost left...

Instead, we stayed and I had:

• 3 hard shelled deluxe tacos and
• split a nachos with hamburger, beans and cheese
• had a medium Diet Coke (or what it Diet Pepsi?)

It was eatable...

Snack: a gin-n-tonic after we got home and emptied the car of everything bought at Sam's and Borders, showered etc.

2 January 2011

Breakfast: I went to the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant for breakfast and had:

• scrambled eggs
• SOS on hashed brown potatoes
• well cooked bacon
• sausage patties
• biscuit with grape jelly and
• coffee

I think I hurt the waiter's feelings by not eating all that I took. I just wasn't hungry...

Lunch: Two bierocks and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: hamburger and baked potatoe and water

New Year's Eve

Breakfast: a little bit of cherios and coffee (something made me sick, I wonder if it was the milk?)

Lunch: boiled noodles and left over turkey and ham and water

Dinner: baked chicken, boiled rice and boiled broccoli and iced water

30 December 2010

Breakfast: egg salad made from two hard boiled eggs on a hamburger bun and coffee

Lunch: a McDonald's

• quarter pounder without cheese (both sides of the beef patty were covered with cheese!)
• large fries
• medium chocolate milk shake with whipped creamme (must be a Christmas thing?)

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Load (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

30 December 2010

Breakfast: creamme of wheat, slice of toast and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown,

• chicken tenders
• french fries
• corn
• iced water

Snack: some orange Sherbet with chocolate topping and a cup of coffee

Dinner: I decided to try something different and had a ham sandwich, a ½ turkey sandwich, carrots and iced water

28 December 2010

Breakfast: mixture of wheaties and cheerios and coffee

Lunch: Healthy Choice roast beef (chunks of roast beef, chunks of potatoe, slices of carrots and brown gravy) and water

Snack: a small amount of orange sherbet with chocolate sauce and then (at work) a piece of chocolate pie

Dinner: two Bierocks, white hominy covered with black pepper and with a chunk of margarine and water

Snack: another small piece of chocolate pie (I can't complain about my brother Charlie; neither of us could resist temptation!)

27 December 2010

Breakfast: two slices of sour dough bread in milk toast and coffee

Lunch:  a sliced turkey/ham sandwich and carrots with bottled water

Snack: orange sherbet with chocolate topping

Snack 2: some crackers with sliced sausage, sliced cheddar cheese and mustard at work

Dinner: Marie Callender's Country Fried Chicken & Gravy (White Meat Chicken, Cheddar Topped Mashed Potatoes & White and Yellow Corn) and iced water

Snack: several Ritz crackers

Christmas Day

Breakfast: We had forgotten to buy bacon the day before so Kathie lost her temper. I had scrambled eggs and coffee.

 

Lunch:

 

Dinner: we went to the Casino for their buffet and I had:

• salad with Thousand Island Dressing
• small piece of boneless, skinned chicken in a fancy sauce
• some little chunks of potatoe
• a big slice and a little slice of roast beef grilled to make it more well done
• a MIller Genuine Draft beer
• two types of desert: flan and something harder to describe

What was sad is that I could not finish all the roast beef and they would not let me take the left over slap of beef out; this was a buffet and they dindn't want me to take food simply to haul it out. I had intended to eat it all but could not. So, a nice piece of roast beef, sliced and grilled for me, had to me shit canned...

 

The food was excellent, the service quite nice and the atmosphere not too bad...

Christmas Eve

Breakfast: I'm writing this on the 26th and have forgotten...

 

Lunch: hamberger, fries and Diet Pepsi

 

Dinner; at Kathie's Aunt, sliced ham and a nice potatoe dish and a slice of choclate fudge desert

 

Sadly, it was the combination of three strange dogs, "little old lady house spell" and whatever but I had a real asma attack. I had forgotten my inhailor and had trouble breathing until we were about half way back. It included constricted breathing and dry throat. I was fine by the time we got back home; I should have treated this like a long distacne trip and packed the inhailor...

23 December 2010

_____Breakfast: not a traditional one but

• stewed pork chops
• rice
• coffee

________Lunch: I went to that new Italian place and had

• two slices of loaf shaped white bread (think 'Wonder Bread") dipped in sauce
• two and a half spiced bread sticke
• dipped in olive oil and
• spaghetti in meatless sauce
• two glasses of Diet Coke

_______Dinner: We went to the new place at the public golf course club house, Mariah Hills Restaurant and had

• nice salad with Thousand Island Dressing
• excellent steak with "Ham's topping" (butter and spices)
• baked potatoe
• small piece of desert
• water

I ate about half of my dinner and ate the left overs for breakfast the next mooring.

I think it is safe to say this is the finest Steak place you can go to in Dodge City Kansas. This is because

• the food is simply excellent
• the service is very good
• the view from the dining room windows is great and
• the owner ("Ham") has "worried feet" and checks the customers to see is the customers are happy and if everything is going well

In "Kitchen Confidental",  Anthony Burdoine wrote of the need for the manager to have "worried feet". That is, for the manager of the restaurant to make sure everything is going well and that only happy customers will walk out. It is a well known fact that angry customers will tell at least ten (10!) other people of their dissatisfaction. I personally try for higher numbers. Happy customers don't tend to tell as many people.

So, as a happy customer, I can safely say go to Mariah Hills for a great steak dinner!

Pre-Bed Snack:  gin-n-tonic

22 December 2010

Breakfast: not a traditional one but

• stewed pork chops
• rice
• coffee

There are left overs for tomorrow morning.

Snack: a piece of coffee cake and coffee

Lunch: Went to McDonald's and ordered

• A third pound hamburger with just catchup and mustard  (It took a couple of tries before this seemed to sink in and I guess the two slices of "processed cheese" just magically appeared on their own!)
• fries
• Diet Coke, no ice

Dinner: a Healthy Choice meatloaf, mashed potatoes and  brown gravy, corn and iced water

As an aside, the Burger King was back in service. My wife wanted to go there for lunch but I convinced her we should let them fully clean up after whatever maintenance they did.

21 December 2010

Breakfast: An odd mixture of instant grits and additions:

• two packets of instant grits
• a small piece of well cooked hamburger, chopped up...
• three hard boiled eggs
• squirt of mustard (too much as it turned out...
• coffee

Lunch: We argued and finally decided on Burger King. However, when we got to Burger King, Kathie commented: "I wonder if they're open; there aren't any cars". We pulled up to the front and saw a sign on the door which read "We're closed for maintenance and regret any inconvenience this causes." [definitely words to that effect, in other words, I'm not remembering the whole sign!]

I looked in the window and saw a woman looking back. I could not tell if she was drinking something or smoking a cigarette. The chairs were up on the tables. This is a very bad sign; usually, chairs on tables means a restaurant is going to be closed for a long time...

We decided to go to McDonald's but clearly a lot of Burger King fans had decided to do the same thing and the drive through line a McD's was backed up into the street. So, we went to Pizza Hutt. In the past, I have bitched about the

• poor service
• merely adequate food
• slow resupply of pizza
• slow refill of my "Diet Pepsi, no ice"

I now repent this. They have a new manager and he really has turned this Pizza Hut around!

• the service is now much better
• the food tastes better
• they resupply the pizza much quicker and
• I get refills of my Diet Pepsi without having to ask for them.

Dinner: a Healthy Choice Steamer meal and refrigerator cold water...

20 December 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and peanut butter and grape jelly on a hamburger bun and coffee

Snack: little Oreos and coffee

Lunch:  We went to "King's Buffet" and had a mixture of beef and chicken dishs, some rice, some sliced potatoes and choc pudding. Our waitress, who is Oriental (Chinese?) and who speaks English as a second language, had no problem with the "Diet Pepsi, no ice".

Dinner: Healthy Choice beef, potatoes, carrots, apple crisp and refrigerator water. (Oh, yeah, a gin-n-tonic...)

20 December 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and peanut butter and grape jelly on a hamburger bun and coffee

Snack: little Oreos and coffee

Lunch:  xxx

Dinner: xxx

19 December 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: hamberger and bowl of tomoatoe soup (with oyster cracker) and refrigerator water

Snack: (at the local movie theater): popcorn and most of a large "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: Healty Choice roast beef, potatoes, carrots and apple crisp with water and a gin-n-tonic for "desert"

18 December 2010

Breakfast: Egg salad sandwich and chips, plus coffee and cold water

Lunch: At this Mexican Place at the local mall:

• taco
• hamburger wrapped in dough (I don't recall the name)
• red rice
• glass Diet Pepsi without ice...

Unless I am totally wrong, those are "ice cubes" in my "Diet Pepsi, no ice".  My wife reminded me the waitresses are so used to putting ice in drinks that she probably wasn't aware of icing up my "Diet Pepsi, no ice". Still it annoys the crap out of me...

The service was simply awful! I mean really, really poor. They put us in a bad location (against a wall and hidden by the bar) and then ignored us until the waitress trundled up to take our order. I ordered Flan for desert and she wanted to bring it to me before the meal! Right there, I realized we were going to have problems! (This was a mall so being "Anglo" in a place with lots of Mexican customers should not have a problem.) We got the chips and salsa and eventually the food. "Our" waitress kept going to the other tables and I ended up having to wave at her to get her to come over and refill my drink.

When the meal was over, and "our" waitress came over to clear the table, my wife reminded her: "Where is his Flan order?"

"Oh."

We had to go to the cashier's station to get our bill. The Flan order was on the bill and we could well have paid for flan not received if we had not been so pissed off that we carefully read the bill.

That took about another eight minutes to get the Flan and the flan was fine

We had to go to the cashier's station to get our bill. The Flan order was on the bill and we could well have paid for flan not received if we had not been so pissed off that we carefully read the bill.

The service sucked; I hope my wife remembered that when she left the tip, in cash, on the table. But, knowing her, she had to have over tipped...

Dinner: We had the office Christmas Party at Casey's Cowtown. The meal consisted of:

• salad with a white dressing
• overcooked ribeye steak
• baked potatoe
• roll and butter
• iced water

The steak was a bit overdone but then Mike Casey had a house full of people doing Christmas Parties. So, it was excusable.

14 December 2010

Breakfast: wheaties, a banana and coffee

Lunch: Buffet at the "new" Mexican place owned by Mike Casey and a couple of "Diet Pepsis"

 Dinner:  We went to the new Miara {sp} Hills restaurant and I had

• small salad with a spicy Thousand Island Dressing
• a 12 oz (yes twelve ounce!) Fillet Mignon and
• a nice sized baked potatoe plus (since I was the designated driver)
• several glasses of ice water

In early April, we went to a place called "Hams", said to be the "best steak house in Dodge City". This restaurant was small and looked like a roadside diner; the steak was excellent and the side dishes very nice. They even had a nice selection of beers (that is, beers whose names did not include the words "Light" or "Lite" or "Ultra") and I was the designated drinker vice designated driver for a change...

The owner of Hams got the contract to run a restaurant at the city owned clubhouse at the city owned golf course. So, of course, we went. (Actually, I think Kathie looked at the "Healthy Choice" meals she had just brought home from Dillions and was thinking "I could go for an unHealthy Choice". I was game for "unHealthy" myself. Of course, I was game for "unHealthy"! If I wasn't, I might not be a diabetic looking at having to use Levemir injected insulin in about 1½ months!)

The service was fine, the food excellent, the view from the dining room quite nice and all-in-all, it was an excellent evening at a very nice place.

It looks like Dodge City has got a new and best-in-town steak house!

13 December 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: at "Pizza Hut" (and what is it my wife sees in this place?)

• several (3) pieces of meat pizza
• two slices of apple pizza
• small dish of pudding
• "Diet Coke"

The service was good; out waitress actually came over with the drink refill pitcher and insisted on refilling my drink ... as we were rising to leave!

None the less, she made the effort and we tipped her for it. I must have gotten too much sugar because I felt wretched for most of the rest of the afternoon.

Dinner: A Healthy Chice Bar-B-Que chicken, potatoe and apple desert and refrigerator cold water

12 December 2010

Breakfast: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and coffee

 Snack:a couple of glazed donuts and my bad coffee from this morning...

Lunch: We had "breakfast for lunch" and this was:

• well cooked bacon
• scrambled eggs
• Serra Lee Coffee Cake
• water

 Snack: We saw a cute movie and had popcorn and "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: Kathie made her rice pilof and put canned chicken in. The pilof was fine but the chicken sucked! I ended up putting lime juice and Worcester Sauce on it to kill that flavour that came with the chicken...

Knight cap of gnt...

11 December 2010

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean sausage and pancakes and coffee

Lunch: rest of the left-over tuna noodle casserole, cottage cheese and grape jelly and refrigerator cold water...

Dinner: We went to "King's Buffet" for the usual assortment of chicken dishes, some beef, rice, potatoe and desert (and iced water)

Snack: a gin-n-tonic...

10 December 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: Went to a new place where the "Safe" (a cafe) used to be. They had the same waitress but the cooks seemed different. The food was somewhat similar to the cafe which went out of business...

• small salad with Thousand Island dressing (this was new)
• "elephant stew": This is a beef and pork stew with potatoe, carrots and onions (oh yes, fungus er mushrooms)
• a glass of "Diet Coke"

It was quite nice...

Snack: I had a serious case of the munchies and went to Dairy Queen where I got a banana split, with all fudge topping and whipped creamme. I should not have but I did have a serious case of the ice creamme munchies...

Dinner: We're on a "Healthy Choice" kick and I had their

• meatloaf
• mashed potatoes
• brown gravy
• corn
• apple desert
• refrigerator cold water

9 December 2010

Breakfast: We went to Burger King and I had their new breakfast of

• scrambled eggs
• potatoe thingies (tater tots?)
• sausage patty
  
• three medium pancakes and
• coffee

This is their reply to the McDonald's "Big Breakfast" and has  better scrambled eggs than McD; these taste fresh made and are not dried out.

Lunch: We went to Olive Garden in Wichita and I had:

• salad
• bread sticks
• spegethie with meat sauce and meat balls
• 2 glasses of Diet Pepsi
• had this little choclate moose in a shot glass (very nice!)

Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for their Thorsday night sea food and I had:

• salad
• small piece of salmon with some kind of sauce
• several smallish scrimp (they didn't say if these were Gulf Coast or not...)
• three slices of well done roast beef!
• some dish based on sliced potatoes
• two little rolls with butter
• iced water

It was all quite good and the service today (Olive Garden and Casino) was good.

On the way from Wichita back to Dodge, I kept nodding off so we stopped at the Pratt McDonalds for coffee. That helped...

8 December 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown: steak sandwich, fries and iced water

Dinner: tuna noodle casserol (tuna fish, boiled noodles, tuna fish, big can of Creamme of Mushroom soup and potatoe chips on top), baked at 350º F and refrigerator cold water

"Desert": a double gin-n-tonic...

Pearl Harbour Day (69th Anniversary)

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: two bierocks (from Dillions), a can of Creamme of Chicken Soup (Campbell's) and a bottle of Diet Pepsi.

Dinner: some chicken I baked yesterday, boiled broccoli, a baked potatoe and iced water.

Snack: a hard shell taco with thin bean sauce (before dinner) and another hard shell taco after my 2-hours-past-dinner-blood-test.

6 December 2010

Breakfast: cheerios, a slice of toast with peanut butter and grape jelly and coffee

Lunch: My wife and I went to Sonic and I ordered

• #1 hamburger with mustard (it came without the usual ketchup)
• fries
• medium "Diet Coke" with no ice (this actually came with out  ice!)

Now, normally Sonic is very tight with handing out ketchup. I expect 2 or 3 little bags of the "precious" substance so I asked for "a lot of ketchup, please". When the order was read back, it included "extra ketchup". I knew better than to get excited about this...

When we sorted out the contents of the box lunch came in, I added up the "extra ketchup" and we had

 #####
#     #
      #
 #####
#
#
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little bags of ketchup. Yup, we really got the "extra ketchup"!

Dinner: chicken I baked yesterday, a potatoe I baked today, boiled broccoli and some iced water.

5 December 2010

Breakfast: creamme of wheat, a toasted hot dog bun and coffee

Lunch: We went out to breakfast and I had

• corned beef hash
• two eggs over medium
• slice of whole wheat toast with grape jelly
• coffee

Next time, I will get the

1. eggs over medium
2. hash browns
3. whole wheat toast with grape jelly and of course,
4. coffee...

Dinner: baked boneless chicken and baked potaoes

4 December 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: canned speghettie and "meatballs" and a slice of sour dough bread with peanut butter and grape jelly

Dinner: Healthy Choice Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, corn, some kind of apple desert and iced water

Snack: some cheese

3 December 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: chicken noodle soup from Quixos and since this didn't fill me up, an 8" "diet" pizza with tomatoes and "exotic" cheese (and water)

Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino and had dinner there. Since I was still doing the "don't-eat-red-meat" test of digestive track (which involved collecting fecal samples...), I could not have red meat. I told the waitress that I could not eat red meat ("doctor's orders") and she pointed out the fish section. So, I had...

• salad with Thousand Island dressing
• a very small cup of a homemade noddle soup with a couple of chicken chunks in it
• Mississippi deep fat fried catfish (good stuff!)
• french fries
• weird cole slaw
• roll with butter and
• split a "death by choclate" cake with Kathie.

Neither of us finished out meals so we ended up taking about ¼ to a third of our meals home. (I have to remember to finish off the desert tomorrow!)

We had very good service; it is so nice when the waitress actually cares about serving the customer and then does so well.

sick as a dog (and he was too!)

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:

• chicken tenders
• french fries (probably the best in town)
  
• large ear corn on the cob
• roll with butter and
• iced water

This was the good chicken, the good corn, the good meal; what followed was not..

Dinner: I went to the Rat KFC...

• two piece breast and wing, extra crispy
• mashed potatoes and brown gravy
• small piece of corn on the cob and
• biscuit

The wing was mostly breading and the breast was greasy; still, I was hungry and ate it...

My dog isn't so picky; he ate as much of the chicken as I gave him. I did notice it didn't taste quite up to par but I was hungry and had paid for the food.

The mashed potatoes must have been instant. They were the kind for which the phrase "hunger is the best appetizer" was invented; sadly, I wasn't hungry enough for this "Delicacy" (sarcasm!) ;-)

The small piece of corn on the cob was soggy and clearly had been stewing in the cooking water for waaaay too long!

The biscuit was crumbly and they didn't put any honey or "butter" in the bag (it tasted fine). However, I have grape jelly at home...

I drank a glass of cold water from  my refer; this was clearly the best part of the meal!

About an hour after going to bed, I was rolling around on the bed, barfing in my mouth and swallowing. I finally got up and stood over the toilet till all the dinner came back up. To paraphrase Vir Coto "It tasted so good going down, not so good  coming back up." It didn't taste so bad...

About 2 am, I woke up with my wife fussing with the dog (who had been sleeping between us). She got him to the end of the bed and I was wondering what was going on (sometimes being very hard of hearing can be a blessing!) Well, the poor dog barfed on the outer blanket. My wife stripped the blanket off the bed, walked the dog and came back to bed. Now, it could be argued that I should have been the one to take the dog outside. However, it was about 2 am and I had to un-rack (get out of bed) about 3:14 am. Had I walked the dog, I would have been so awake that I'd have lost my last hour of sleep...

So, what did dog and man have in common?

We both ate from the same piece of KFC extra crispy chicken breast!

This may be spurious reasoning but...

28 November 2010

Breakfast: wheaties, a banana and coffee

Lunch: two Rubins and potatoe chips and a bottle of Diet Coke

Dinner: chicken, rice and boiled broccoli plus iced water

27 November 2010

Breakfast: cherioes and coffee

Lunch: We went to the Italian place at the Garden City Airport. I had spethettie with meat sauce and meatballs, homemade rolls with butter and "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: left over turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy (with iced water)

Snacks: some peanuts and 4 little Oreos...

Thanksgiving 2010 (25 November 2010)

Breakfast: we had

• bacon
• scrambled eggs
• Seri Lee coffee cake
• coffee...

Lunch: traditional Thanksgiving fare of:

• turkey
• dressing
• mashed potatoes
• broccoli
• gravy
• rolls with pseudo butter and grape jelly
• cold water

Dinner: A Healthy Choice TV dinner and iced water...

Snack: a small piece of pumpkin pie with whipped creamme (shared with my dog, of course) and some turkey (which my dog also enjoyed...)

20 June 2010

Breakfast: at the Boot Hill Casino restaurant: SOS on hash brown potatoes, well cooked bacon stripes, a couple of well cooked disks of sausage, what must have been cheddar cheese scrambled eggs, coffee and iced water

Snack: a small piece of sliced turkey in a wrap and a sip of some God Awful "energy drink" (even Kathie didn't like it...) and then a small bottle of ice cold water (rather hard to screw up the taste of water!)

Lunch: home made speghettie sauce (2 pounds of hamberger, 2 cans of tomatoe sauce, around 1/4 cup of red whine, two tablespoons of brown sugar) over noodles and garlic bread with coldwater

Dinner: Marie Callender's Beef & Broccoli (Sliced Beef with Rice & Broccoli in a Savory Sauce) and iced water...
 

10 June 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: one (1!) slice of meat pizza and 3 little chunks of cake and a small amount of cole slaw.

Snack: a couple of little chunks of cake (the left over pizza from the office luncheon consisted solely of pizza contaminated with olives, mushrooms, onions and other crap...

Dinner: Marie Callender's Beef & Broccoli (Sliced Beef with Rice & Broccoli in a Savory Sauce) and iced water

11 May 2010

Breakfast: grits and coffee

Lunch: yogurt with frozen strawberries, later, three deep fried chicken legs (less what my dog begged from me!) and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Snack: I planned on having salad for dinner (around 7:30 pm) and about 5:25 pm, I was getting very hungry. So, I ate part of a pork chop and some rice that I had at work (left overs from 6 May)

24 November 2010

Breakfast: creamme of wheat and coffee

Lunch: a 2X hamberger Chulupia, hard shell taco and "Diet Pepsi" at Taco Hell Bell

Dinner: Hungry Man Boneless Pork Ribs: two textured slabs of boneless meat, small amount of mashed potatoes, red (tomato) gravy, a brownie and iced water

23 November 2010

Breakfast: left over hamberger from last night, mixed with two packets of instant grits, butter and water to make the instant grits and coffee

Lunch: left over baked chicken and rice pilof and a can of "Pepsi One"...

Dinner: at Montana Mike's:

• salad with Thousand Island Dressing
• 8 oz fillet
• "loaded" baked potatoe
• about ½ of a "Mudslide" (brownie, vanilla ice creamme, whipped creamme and chocolate fudge drizzle)
  

22 November 2010

Breakfast: (late) a small piece of keech and some fruit at "Cup of
Jo~nes" in Dodge City

Lunch: a 6" ham and turkey sub with lettuce, chips and a medium "Diet
Pepsi" at "Subway Sandwiches". They are cutting back on what they have
available and that really upset my wife, especially since they were
still advertising a sandwich (which she wanted) that had been
discontinued at least a week ago. They took that item off the menu...

Dinner: homemade pizza crust (slightly burnt) with topping and
hamburger. I made the mistake of putting dried onion flakes on it and I
had indigestion all night and slept very badly...

19 November 2010

Breakfast: first, I boiled two eggs and then added instant grits and cooked it. Alas, I burned some of the egg and had to throw it out; actually, I gave it to my dog who thought it was just fine!

Lunch: We went to "King's Buffet" and had chicken, rice, beef, a small amount of french fries, choc pudding and some vinallia pudding and Diet Pepsi. All stuff that probably wasn't good for me...

Dinner: Healthy Choice Beef Pot Roast (Roasted Beef with Cabernet Gravy, Carrots, Red Potatoes & Appled Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

Then, a bag of popcorn for "desert"...

18 November 2010

Breakfast:  left over roast beef, some mixed gravy and finely chopped potatoes and carrots and a slice of bread plus a cup of coffee

Lunch: Burger King XT burger, fries and a "Diet Coke" (I thought this was supposed to have a layer of crispy onions and cheese but it had neither. I wonder what they actually gave me?)

Dinner: Hungry-Man Boneless Pork Ribs (Pork patties glazed with barbeque sauce with home-style mashed potatoes and sweet corn - includes a chocolate brownie) and iced water

17 November 2010

Breakfast: leftover tuna noodle casserole and coffee

Lunch:  at Casey's Cowtown:

• roast beef
• mashed potatoes and
• brown gravy plus
• a roll and butter
• with iced water

Snack: a cup of vanilla ice creamme and a chocolate cookie

Dinner: Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Cajun Style Chicken & Scrimp (Chicken Tenderloin & Scrimp with Rice and Vegetables in Spicy Cajun -Style Sauce) and iced water (with two little Oreo cookies for an appetizer)

16 November 2010

Breakfast: corned beef hash and 2 eggs cook with this and coffee

Lunch: at a fairly new "Mexican" place, several hard shell tacos, refried beans and red rice, some other stuff and "Diet Coke"

 Snack:a choclate chip cookie (big mistake, it made me feel ill and I think it was an excessive sugar thing...)

Dinner: two chicken breasts, left over from this past Sunday; some boiled broccoli; some rice; iced water

 Snack: two little Oreo cookies

Jamie Bielinsi's "Swedish Meatballs"

Swedish Meatballs by Jamie Bielinski

1 10oz Jar Grape Jelly
1 10oz Bottle La Choy Sweet & Sour Sauce
1 10oz Bottle Heinz Chilli Sauce
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice

Place meatballs in slow cooker with mixture and heat until warm.
________________

The recipe doesn't state the source of meatballs.

23 October 2010

Breakfast: scrambled eggs (2) and a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich and a cup of bad coffee

Snack: a couple of chocolate chip cookies at a Health Faire we attended (we represented Kansas Lions Eye Bank)

Lunch: we had

• steak
• very small baked potatoe
• broccoli and
• cold water

Dinner: I had the left overs from Montana Mike's

• the rest of my steak
• remnants of two baked potatoes
• about a roll
• iced water

15 November 2010

Breakfast: peanut butter and jelly sandwich and coffee

Lunch: at Pizza Hutt, a couple of slices of meat pizza, a slice of apple desert pizza, a small cup of choclate pudding and a salad with 1000 Island dressing

Dinner: Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

Jamie Bielinsi's "Swedish Meatballs"

Swedish Meatballs by Jamie Bielinski

1 10oz Jar Grape Jelly
1 10oz Bottle La Choy Sweet & Sour Sauce
1 10oz Bottle Heinz Chilli Sauce
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice

Place meatballs in slow cooker with mixture and heat until warm.
________________

The recipe doesn't state the source of meatballs.

9 November 2010

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Bacon (Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee

Snack: two thick slices of sour dough bread, with low-fat margarine, toasted in the office toaster/oven

8 November 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: chopped up left over roast beef, potatoes, carrots and gravy (and water)

Dinner: a TV dinner of chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots and gravy (and water)

7 November 2010

Breakfast: sausage and pancakes, a peanut butter and grape jelly on toast and coffee (we had this at a hotel in McPherson Kansas)

Lunch: 6" Subway meatball sub, chips and a "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: meat pizza and some orange sherbert with choclate sauce for desert (and water...)

1 November 2010

Breakfast: a hodgepodge of left overs: part of a Ruben, part of a cheese sandwich (Tillamook Sharp Cheddar and Gudda), some over oven baked chicken and coffee

Lunch: baked pork chops and boiled rice plus a can of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: a Healthy Choice chicken meal and water, then, a gin-n-tonic and sunflower seeds for desert

31 October 2010

 Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: we went to Montana Mike's for:

• salad with Thousand Island Dressing
• ribeye steak done medium (I took the remnants home and will have them for breakfast later this week)
• baked potatoe
• roll with honey butter
• 2 glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

We have very good service from a young waitress who was very cute...

Dinner: a Healthy Choice meatloaf/mashed potatoe/corn/apple crisp dinner and a couple of pieces of dark chocolate my wife took from the goodies bowl for trick and treaters...

30 October 2010

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Sausage (Eggs, Potatoes, Sausage & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee

Snack: a small piece of the pork chop I baked for lunch (but will have tomorrow) and a small amount of the rice...

Lunch: One and a half Ruben, some potatoe salad and water

Dinner: boneless chicken I fried in my cast iron fry pan and some homemade bread (made from a can of bread dough) and a bottle of beer (I seem to be losing my taste for beer). As desert and after Kathie got back from a birthday party, a gin-n-tonic.

30 October 2010

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Sausage (Eggs, Potatoes, Sausage & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee

Snack: a small piece of the pork chop I baked for lunch (but will have tomorrow) and a small amount of the rice...

29 October 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and donuts and coffee

Lunch: Progresso Traditional Chicken & Wild Rice with a bag of Cheeze-Its added and a Pepsi One.

Dinner: a bowl of Campbell tomatoe soup with chunks of sausage, a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich and a small amount of orange sherbet

My post dinner blood sugar was too damn high, especially considering how little I had for dinner and the low levels of carbs...

29 October 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and donuts and coffee

Lunch: Progresso Traditional Chicken & Wild Rice with a bag of Cheeze-Its added and a Pepsi One.

25 October 2010

Breakfast: piece of sausage, milk toast and coffee

Snack: a small bowl of orange sherbet and chocolate topping (I felt completely drained after working out...)

Lunch: at Pizza Hut, salad, two slices of meat pizza, slice of desert pizza, some awful tasting chocolate pudding
I have to admit that while the selection wasn't too great, the service was fine.

Snack: a small bowl of orange sherbet and chocolate topping

Dinner: instant left overs made from a cheap steak, two chopped up and boiled potatoes, and broccoli
It was good but I felt the urge for something sweet after dinner and had to resist the urge to buy Oreos...

I broke down and bought some little cookies...

24 October 2010

Breakfast: Kathie's Big Breakfast of:

• well cooked bacon,
• scrambled eggs,
• Serri Lee coffee cake
• coffee

Lunch: We went with a nice Sunday lunch of:

• baked whole chicken
• stuffing
• broccoli
• small baked potatoe (which I had) and
• iced water

Snack: a cup of coffee and a square of dark chocolate (This was a real big mistake; I had indigestion for hours afterward.)

Dinner: Lean Cuisine Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes (savory meatloaf with gravy and creamy red-skin mashed potatoes) and iced water with a couple of little Oreo cookies for desert (and the subsequent heart burn...)

22 October 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: the rest of the left over sheghetti and iced water

Dinner: the usual mix with rice at King's Buffet and ice creamme for desert

Snack: two gin-n-tonic

21 October 2010 (updated)

Breakfast: cheerios with two bananas and coffee

Snack: left over spaghetti from the other night

Lunch: chicken and fish plus fries and a medium "Diet Pepsi" at Long John Silvers.

Dinner: a Healthy Choice Meat Loaf diinner and water

Snack: a double gin-n-tonic

21 October 2010

Breakfast: cheerios with two bananas and coffee

Snack: left over spaghetti from the other night

20 October 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:

• bar-b-qued ribs
• mashed potatoes with brown gravy
• roll with butter
• water

Dinner: at Montana Mike's

• salad with Thousand Island Dressing
• big steak
• baked potatoe with butter and sour creamme
• roll with cinnamon butter
• ice water

17 October 2010

Breakfast: piece of sausage and part of a bowl of wheaties; it wasn't so good and I think the milk has gone bad

Lunch: two brats boiled in cheap beer with chunked up green pepper, onion, garlic and the aforementioned brats (with a bottle of Diet Pepsi...)

Snack: some "homemade" bread (made from a can of "French Bread") and cold water

Dinner: a Healthy Choice Beef Pot Roast (Roasted Beef with Cabernet Gravy, Carrots, Red Potatoes & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water and for desert (a couple of hours after dinner): 6 little Oreos...I was very hungry. Unfortunately, about an hour after eating them, I felt ill...

16 October 2010

Good news: I had an A1C test done at the Health Faire today and my A1C had dropped from 8.5 to 8.3. So, I'm happy...

Breakfast: at Dodge House,

• scrambled eggs from a pan,
• a slice of bacon,
• several link sausage,
• SOS (with sliced link sausage) on hash browns
• a biscuit with grape jelly and
• coffee and ice water

The parking lot of the first place we went to was crammed and we simply could not find a parking place. We went to the Dodge House...

Lunch: at Applebys,  where I had the fahetias with steak and chicken, grilled onions, chopped tomatoes, white cheddar cheese, finely sliced lettuce and two glasses of "Diet Pepsi".

Dinner: a Healthy Choice "Classic Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

Snack: bag of popcorn and 2 Reese's Cups...

15 October 2010

Breakfast: grits with some pseudo-butter (but not enough) and two "thick" slices of baloney (sliced up) and coffee

Lunch: Went to Taco Bell and had a large (2x) steak Chalumpa {sic} and hard taco with a medium "Diet Coke" (just a little touch of Dr. Pooper Pepper in it...).  I have to admit, this was the best I've eaten at Taco Bell in well over a decade. It really was good! (Of course, "hunger is the best appetizer".)

Snack: didn't have one.  I sat down on the couch and started reading "Mission of Honor" by David Weber. My dog sat down next to my left leg and my older cat used my right leg as a pillow. I simply didn't want to disturb either one and didn't want to put the book down. Without giving a spoiler, I was reading the horrifying "Oyster Bay" (Manticore) section...

I did make the mistake of drinking a strong cup of coffee before going to work (about 2:30 pm while I was walking my dog) and then maybe ¼ to a ½ cup of coffee after I got to work. My stomach was upset for at least 3 hours after this. Tomorrow, no caffeine after noon!

Dinner: a fine mixture of left overs, fresh and canned

• the rest of the baked and then boiled steak from yesterday
• a can of sliced potatoes (which gave me a day's worth of salt!)
• a bunch of over boiled broccoli florets
• iced water
  

14 October 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's, a hamburger, fries and water

Snack: some more orange sherbet with chocolate topping

Dinner: a couple of small steaks, baked and then boiled, rice and boiled carrots

Snack: Oreo cookies (6), I was very hungry...

14 October 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: At Casey's Cowtown, the special: Spaghetti with meatballs and a red sauce (and iced water)

Snack: some sherbet with chocolate topping and a cup of coffee

Dinner: a hamburger patty, small baked potatoe and boiled carrots (and iced water)

Snack: a bag of popcorn and two Reese's'  cup

I was delighted that Mike Casey (owner of "Casey's Cowtown") has finally decided to serve spaghetti with meatballs and a red sauce; I have been bugging him for years on the subject and I think he came through well. I hope he has this available tomorrow and if so, I will order it.

12 October 2010

Breakfast: wheaties and coffee

Lunch: Healthy Choice Beef Pot Roast (Roasted Beef with Cabernet Gravy, Carrots, Red Potatoes & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

Snack: Cheeze-It Baked Snack Crackers and iced water

Snack: some orange sherbet 

Dinner: We  went to the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant for Tuscan Tuesday:

• salad
• some great pork and beef lasagna
• a strange white sauced substance
• green dough made with spinage

I asked the waiter what "pasta bar" meant. It turned out the two guys at a table were running a pasta bar and not a desert bar. I went back. The cook sauteed garlic, chopped tomoatoes, chunks of chicken in olive oil and added the red sauce and spaghetti noodles. (All of this is what I asked for.)

11 October 2010

_____Breakfast: at McDonalds, the "Big Breakfast" of

• scrambled eggs
• potatoe thingies
• biscuit with grape jelly
• coffee

________Lunch: From Subway, a foot long on whole wheat with ham, turkey, lettuce and a glass of "Diet Coke"
_______Dinner: rice with Chinese chicken and two scoops of orange sherbet with chocolate topping

10 October 2010

_____Breakfast: at Casey\'s Cowtown:

• a small pork chop
• hash browns
• 2 eggs over medium
• 2 slices whole wheat toast with grape jelly

________Lunch: two hamburgers and chicken noodle soup plus a bottle of Diet Pepsi
_______Dinner: balooney sandwich and some other stuff...

9 October 2010

_____Breakfast: Kathie's Big Breakfast of

• bacon
• scrambled eggs
• Sari Lee coffee cake
• coffee

Snack A Starbuck's Mocha and part of a chocolate chip cookie:
________Lunch:  at the Airport Restaurant in Garden City

• excellent rolls and butter
• spaghetti with meat sauce with meat balls and sausage
• Diet Coke

_______Dinner: a can of Tomatoe soup and a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich

               Snack: I attended the "Dora Hand" play in Dodge City Kansas. After the play, I had a wine punch and a very small choclate chip brownie (the smallest I could find...)

I enjoyed the play, which was very well done. I would put a link to it if I could find one in the Dodge City Globe.

          Dinner #2: a baloney sandwich on crusty "Italian" bread
 
Pre-Bed Snack: bowl of orange sherbet with chocolate topping

8 October 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: French dip, fries and "Diet Coke"

Snack: small amount of orange sherbet with chocolate topping

Dinner: small piece 8% fat hamburger, baked potatoe, 2 bananas broccoli and iced water

7 October 2010

Breakfast: cheerios, a banana and coffee

Lunch: from Sonic, a hamburger, fries and medium "Diet Coke"

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Classic Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf with Rich Brown Gravy, Mashed Potatoes , Sweet Corn Blend & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp) and iced water

6 October 2010

Breakfast: left over steak and the rest of the leftover rice pilaf and coffee

Lunch: roast beef, mashed potatoes and brown gravy and a fine roll at Casey's Cowtown (and ice water)

Snack: ice creamme with chocolate sauce

Dinner: Healthy Choice Chicken Romano Fresca (chicken tenderloins with whole grain pasta, broccoli, red peppers in romano cheese & butter glaze) and cold water.  Desert: some  more ice creamme and choclate chip cookies (2)

5 October 2010

Breakfast: small piece of steak and some left over rice pilaf and coffee

Lunch: We went to a fairly new place, "Bella Italia Ristorante". This is our second visit. I had lasagna, two slices of white bread and 2 glasses of "Diet Coke". The lasagna was quite good, the bread needs improvement and the service fine.

They seriously need to decorate the place; they need some pictures and there are two electrical outlets that should be removed, with all traces of their existence destroyed (this "Ristorante" used to be a photo shop.)

Given the number of hamburger joints, "Mexican" restaurants, and quick food places, "Bella Italia Ristorante" is a sorely needed addition to the local restaurants selection.

All things considered, I hope they stay in business.

Snack: a piece of chocolate cake and some vanilla ice creamme. (Given how crappy I felt about 10 minutes after eating this, I kind of wish I had not...)

Pre-dinner Snack: two ripe bananas

Dinner: left over beef stew and cold water

4 October 2010

Breakfast: small piece of pork chop, peanut butter and grape jelly on sour dough bread and coffee

Lunch: Pizza Hut for

• a salad
• two slices of meat pizza
• slice of apple desert pizza
• small cup of choclate pudding
• two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

The service was quite good! I hereby repent all the obnoxious remarks I made in the past about Pizza Hut; they seem to have gotten the hang of customer service. (I just hope they can maintain it...)

Snack: small slice of low sugar apple pie when I got to work (it was sitting out on a table being a perfect target for flies and germs...)

Dinner: home made stew with

• stewed (cheap) beef steak
• stewed pork chops
• potatoe
• carrots
• various seasonings...

and cold water with the stew.

3 October 2010

Breakfast: Kathie's big breakfast of

• well cooked bacon stripes
• scrambled eggs
• Serri Lee coffee cake
• coffee

Lunch: a ham sandwich, tomatoe soup with oyster crackers and a bottle of Diet Pepsi (the first I've brought home in a long time!)

Dinner: boiled pork chop and boiled potatoe and cold water

2 October 2010

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: at the Boot Hill Casino, I had

• salad and
• a small part of a cup of soup (there were too many mushrooms...)
• pot roast with
• mashed potatoes and brown gravy plus
• a medley of veggies (I ate the broccoli florets and yellow squash) and we
• split a piece of chocolate/caramel cake

I had a glass of Diet Pepsi after lunch

Dinner: pizza and a MGD

Post dinner "snack": a double gin-n-tonic...

29 September 2010 (updated)

  Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Sausage & Gravy (Potatoes, Eggs,Country Gravy, Sausage & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee

Snack: popcorn and coffee

Lunch: from Casey's Cowtown, a big hamburger, french fries and iced water

Snack: a small amount of orange sherbert with choclate topping

Dinner: a Healthy Choice meal of roast beef, potatoes, carrots and apple crisp desert (with cold water to drink)

29 September 2010

 Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls Sausage & Gravy (Potatoes, Eggs,Country Gravy, Sausage & Cheddar Cheese) and coffee

Snack: popcorn and coffee

28 September 2010

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Snack: 2 chocolate chip cookies

Lunch #1: "fresh baked" bread

Lunch #2: (after blood drive) a ham sandwich, chips, little Oreo cookies and coffee

Dinner: a Healthy Choice meal of "meatloaf", mashed potatoes, corn and water and for desert, some orange sherbet with chocolate topping

27 September 2010

Breakfast: from Burger King, SOS on biscuits, potatoe thingies and coffee

Lunch: a chicken sandwich from Sonic, onion rings, medium Diet Coke

Dinner: left over pizza from last night and water

26 September 2010

_____Breakfast:  at the Kansas City Mo airport,

• scrambled egg
• bacon
• spiced potatoe chunks
• 2 slices toast with grape jelly
• and coffee
  

There was something about the meal that disagreed with me and I did good to keep the breakfast down...

________Lunch: Also at the Kansas City airport:

• two little pieces of chicken breast
• mashed potatoes with some kind of spice
• veggies (carrots and squash)
• two glasses of Diet Coke

_______Dinner: at home, pizza from Pizza Butt Hutt and a beer
Pre-Bed Snack: a double gin-n-tonic

25 September 2010

_____Breakfast: at the Minneapolis Hilton

• bacon, sausage,onion omelet
• hash browns
• bacon
  

I compare my hand size with the "sandwich" here and the "sandwich" is about the width of my palm!
________Lunch: at the Lions Forum, IT WAS SMALL!

• about a 1/3 of a sliced meat and tomatoe sandwich
• small amount of potatoe salad on a single leaf of lettuce
• a dollop of whipped creamme on a chocolate chip cookie
• coffee

We went to the Hilton Bar and had several bowls of popcorn and three draft beers - MDG. It was excellent and makes me sad to think that while this bar had ten (10!) different good beers on tap, Dodge City bars have maybe four (4!) "light" or "lite" or "Ultra" beers and one of two dark or wheat on tap. Our bars are "uncompromisingly inferior" (to quote a character from "Andromeda Ascendant").

_______Dinner:at the Convention Center, we had

• salad with some kind of white dressing
• a chunk of well cooked roast beef
• mashed potatoes
• various veggies
• cheese cake
• 2 cups of "decaf" coffee
• and water

Of all the meals we had at the Convention Center, this was the only good one we had. Even then, the portions were skimpy...

23 September 2010

_____Breakfast: from the Milwaukee Hilton for breakfast:

• omelet with
  
  • bacon,
  • sausage,
  • ham,
  • cheese,
  • green leafs
  • and onion
• hash browns
• bacon
• coffee

________Lunch:  from a little diner, literally a hole in the wall, a

• beef sandwich
  
  • with cheese,
  • lettuce
  • and tomato
• chips
• can of Diet Pepsi

_______Dinner:  A group of us went to an Italian Restaurant run by the Corleone family (I didn't make any jokes about the Corleones being the drug dealer villains in "Miami Vice"!). There, I had:

• a MGD on tap and
• a bottle of "Blue Cow" and then it was dinner with
• excellent spaghetti, meat sauce and meatballs,
• decent bread and
• another bottle of "Blue Cow"

Fortunately, none of the deserts appealed to me so I was spared that sugar spiking...