Tuesday, November 29, 2011

29 November 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: from Burger King, the "Chef's Choice". A hamburger with cheese,
bacon strips, lettuce, tomatoe slices, slices of red onion (which didn't
eat!) and the obligatory hamburger on a fancy bun. I drank a medium
"Diet Coke"

Dinner: left over rice pilof, chicken, broccoli florets and iced water

Desert was a couple of little Oreo cookies.

28 November 2011

Breakfast: cherios and coffee

Lunch: at Long John Silver for some fish "planks" and chicken "planks",
french fries and a soft drink

Dinner: left over baked chicken, rice pilof and boiled broccoli florets
(and Kathie thought I would not actually eat those broccoli florets I
bought at Sams...)

Monday, November 28, 2011

27 November 2011

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: roast beef on sour dough bread and a Diet Pepsi

Dinner: steak, baked potatoe and watger

Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving Day

_____Breakfast: bowl of cheerios and coffee

I was feeling very hungry and physically weak just before noon. This could only mean the paradox of hypoglycemia. This is a paradox because I am on pills that can lead to this. It also means that I am slightly safer from the  threats of high blood sugar and might even live longer than my Father did (68)

                Snack: a couple of chunks of dark chocolate and a large tablespoon of peanut butter
________Lunch: at the Boot Hill Casino restaurant:

  • salad
  • small cup of "Texas Chilli
  • slice of ham
  • slices of roast beef
  • slices of turkey loaf
  • mashed potatoes
  • turkey gravy
  • excellent corn casserole
  • small slice of chocolate cake
  • small slice of pumpkin pie
  • "Diet Pepsi"
We went to the Boot Hill Casino for Thanksgiving Dinner. We normally simply walk in and go straight to the restaurant desk. But today, we had to wait perhaps 20 minutes for so; it at least gave me time for a toilette break, which I needed after the coffee I had drank earlier!
When we were seated, we were fortunate enough to be at the back of the seating area, with a very clear view of the buffet area. This meant that we could see how many people were waiting in line. There were a lot of them! 
I got my salad first because salad comes before the main course and because there wasn't much of a line. I also grabbed a small slice of chocolate cake. (I was thinking of that hypoglycemia and the  fear they might have run out of chocolate cake; as it turned out, they had not!) Our waiter came over to ask us what we wanted to drink; he  "hunted" us down in the  salad line to ask this. Now, that is great service! 
After getting down with my salad, I got another salad plate and got a couple of slices of well cooked roast beef and one slice of ham; the waiting lines were still long and  I really wanted some meat!
When the line had finally disappeared, Kathie told me "go get lunch before the line is back". I was starting to feel full but took her advise. This was wise as the line immediately built behind me. They screwed up the layout of food or we were going ass backwards. I got my mashed potatoes and corn casserole before the ham and turkey. I had to break into the line to get turkey gravy but I apologized but got my gravy. The meal was fine and I took a slice of pumpkin pie as well. 
They gave out free "Diet Pepsi" but didn't offer to sell Kathie a glass of Marlow. She was a little pissed...
_______Dinner: A very simple meal of a bowl of Healthy Choice chicken noodle soup and a peanut butter and grape jelly on sour dough bread.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

19 November 2011

_____Breakfast:  homemade SOS and hash browns and coffee
________Lunch:  We went to Napolis (an Italian Restaurant run by two brothers from Naples, Italy) for

  • fresh baked bread with butter
  • spaghetti with meat sauce, meat balls and sausage
  • Diet Pepsi

The food was very tasty and the service quick and attentive. It was so atypical for most places in town. It helped there were only a small number of customers and both owners were present on the restaurant floor.
_______Dinner: Healthy Choice fish, rice, broccoli and an apple desert

Thursday, November 17, 2011

16 Novemvbver 2011

_____Breakfast: two hard boiled eggs mixed with boiled corn meal and coffee
________Lunch:  Casey's Cowown fvfor a hamburger, fries and cold water
_______Dinner:  Healthy Choice chicken, rice and veggies
Pre-Bed Snack: gin-n-tonic

15 November 2011

_____Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee
_______Lunch:  at Casa Alveraz, the special (a kind of taco, two other items, rice, beans andd Diet Pepsi

The service was very good and the waitress very attentative. The food was bland but priced very economically so I plan on going back.

_______Dinner:  Appleby's for a steak (ribeye), baked potatoe, andd split a brownies, ice creamme and fudge sauce for desert with Kathie. I had an MGD and was amazed they had a beer this good.

Monday, October 17, 2011

16 October 2011

Breakfast: homemade SOS on store bought mashed potatoes and coffee

Lunch: from Wendy's,
  • a quarter pound "baconator" (a quarter pound hamburger with bacon)
  • a baked potatoe with sour creamme and butter
  • a medium "Diet Pepsi"
Dinner: Healthy Choice meatloaf meal and water

Thursday, October 13, 2011

13 October 2011

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: Bacon (Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon & Cheddar Cheese) and a Pepsi One.

Lunch:  at Casey's Cowtown, a large hamburger, fries and two glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner:  at the reopened "Bad Habits":
  • split an order of potatoe skins with cheese, bacon etc with my wife
  • salad with French dressing
  • 10 oz ribeye steak (I ate about half of it)
  • baked potatoe (I had about half of this)
  • Texas toast with honey
  • iced water

The service was very, very good and the food quite good. Given the place was very crowded, I  was surprised at how fast the food came out.

12 October 2011

Breakfast: cherios and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown:
  • roast beef
  • mashed potatoes and brown gravy
  • corn
  • iced water
Dinner: a Healthy Choice meal of some kind of fish, rice, broccoli and a MGD

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

11 October 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: meat chilli and coffee

Snack: some peanut butter crackers

Dinner: From the Rat, a 3 piece box of "extra crispy" chicken, a very
small container of mashed potatoes and brown gravy, a biscuit with grape
jelly and water.

About an hour after going to bed, this dinner talked back to me and I
had another bout of vomiting. This is the first time is a couple of
months and was a reaction to eating greasy food too soon before going to
bed. (I can eat at the Rat for lunch without stomach problems.)

Monday, October 10, 2011

9 October 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Snack: bag of popcorn and more coffee

Lunch: leftover Zatarans from last night's dinner and the rest of my
morning coffee...

Dinner: Kathie made steak, baked potatoes and asparagus. I ate all the
asparagus and had leftover steak and potatoe (good for part of a lunch
later this week) and a bottle of MGD.

Sunday, October 09, 2011

8 October 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: left over steak and potatoe from the other night and a piece of
left over chicken from around Moanday. (This spelling taken from a
Harlan Ellison short story collection.)

Snack: a Dairy Queen banana split; Kathie had the munchies and I didn't
argue...:-)

Dinner: Zataran "Dirty Rice" and broccoli crowns (one of my favourite
meals) and an MGD.

Friday, October 07, 2011

7 October 2011

_____Breakfast: Burger King SOS on bisquits, potatoe thinges and coffee
________Lunch:  at King's Buffet for rice, various chicken and beef dishs and desert (and Diet Pepsi)
_______Dinner: 
Pre-Bed Snack:

32nd Anniversary

_____Breakfast: milk toast and coffee
________Lunch:  at the new Italian place,
  • bread dipped in olive oil
  • spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs
  • 2 glasses of "Diet Pepsi"
_______Dinner:  from Miraha Hills Restaurant, where I had:
  • 10oz Fillet Miyon with "Ham's special seasoning" (very nice)
  • baked potatoe with butter, cheese and bacon
  • iced water
The service was good and the food very, very good. It was quite expensive but worth every penny we spent. We also had the strange feeling of seeing a couple of the richer folks in town come in after us. The first was an MD was is also head of the rodeo; the second was our dentist (they came in with their wives).

As I said, the food was very, very good and the service good but we simply can't afford to go there often. Sure, we arranged to get a table with a great view of the golf course; normally, any view we get is of a busy street. I suspect the next time we go here will be my wife's birthday next July...

Monday, October 03, 2011

2 October 2011

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: peanut butter sandwich, chips and a Pepsi One

Dinner: steak, baked potato, broccoli and a bottle of beer (MGD)

Sunday, October 02, 2011

1 Octobre 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: can of corned beef hash with two eggs cooked on top of them and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: Healthy Choice fish meal with rice and broccoli and apple desert and a bottle of MGD

Thursday, September 29, 2011

29 September 2011

Breakfast: from McDonald, their big breakfast of
  • scrambled eggs
  • potatoe wedge
  • biscuit and grape jelly
  • coffee
Lunch: From the Rat, fried chicken legs, baked chicken legs, a wing and a small breast, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, "Diet Coke"

Dinner: a Healthy Choice Meatloaf dinner and cold watger

28 September 2011

Breakfast: cheerios and coffee

Lunch: at Casey's Cowtown for the Lions Club meeting:
  • fancy chicken soup, a cup of
  • salad
  • two pork chops with fancy sauce
  • baked potatoe with butter and sour creamme
  • two Budweiser
I was appalled by the poor choice of beers at the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant. With the exception of Budweiser and another beer (whose name I've forgotten), all their beers were "light" or "lite". (At least they didn't have any Michelob, which is really another way of saying no Michelob "Ultra" [piss poor}.) So, I went with two Bud; one with the appetizer and the second with the pork chops. It wasn't too many years ago that I would have turned up my nose at a Bud but then I could have bought
  • Tooth's KB Lager
  • Henry Wenihart Private Preserve
  • Michelob Lager
  • MGD
  • Fosters (in the "oil can")
  • and decent local micro brew beers!
Now, we've turned into a nation of phonies obsessed with "Low carbs", who don't drink real beers. If you want to do some real drinking, have a couple shots of vodka and chase them with cranberry juice. The vodka gives you the Ethanol (C2H5OH) and the cranberry juice flushes your bladder, which is a property of beer. I've drank cranberry juice to see what the fuss was about. I imagine it would go down smoother after a couple of shots.

Kathie and I went to Milwaukee a couple of years ago (a USA-Canada Lions Leadership Forum) and went to a couple of bars. Their selection of real beers was fantastic! We surely could use bars with such a old fashioned, manly, beer selection.

28 September 2011

Breakfast: cherios and coffee

Lunch: Subway Sandwich meatball sandwich, chips and a medium "Diet Coke"

Dinner: Hungry Man Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and cornb and a
couple of little Oreos and iced water

Snack: at home: gin-n-tonic