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[proud mom]

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I hope you have a great road trip Carole. A trip with your mom to see relatives is priceless and wonderful. I am feeling a need to head up North to check in with my grandmother (yup she's 87) and mom in Oregon. The nice thing about going in your own car is that you have total control of the food. I have always carried an ice chest with kid friendly food in it for our trips. Now I can fill it with mom friendly food!

[imagood1]

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That sounds like fun mom -- we are looking forward to getting away, even if it's only a couple days.

This afternoon we decided instead of stopping for breakfast or lunch on the road (depending on when we leave) mom is going to fry some chicken thighs the night before and I'm going to make 2 deviled eggs (2 halves each is enough) and I'll make some cheese chips to eat along the road. We are going to eat breakfast here before we leave then will stop around noon (which should be more than half way there) to get out of the car, walk around and eat our lunch. When I was growing up we always had fried chicken in the back window when we left the driveway. Mom would also make bread and butter sandwiches, potato salad, deviled eggs, and once in awhile she would make apple turnovers.....we will be tapering that menu down....since most of that isn't Atkins (or diabetic) friendly...LOL!!!

We went and got some things to take with us this afternoon and both started putting things in boxes or sacks to take with us -- the coffee pot is already in the back seat -- VERY important item!!! I put decaf and regular coffee in snack size sacks so all we have to do is pour the coffee from the sack into the coffee filter (no measuring needed). I also measured out sunflower seeds in a couple snack size bags and 1 of dry roasted peanuts (a real treat for me). I eat sunflower seeds when I feel my blood sugar going down - it seems to help better than anything else to get my number back up to where I don't have that "fuzzy" feeling.

Jeff called this afternoon to see if we were getting ready to come up -- I think he's as excited as we are! The hotel we are staying in is 3 blocks from his office -- 3 miles from their house and 5 miles from my oldest nieces apartment -- so we are close to everything.

My excitement is showing is odd ways....I've been in the bathroom a few times today with a nervous stomach. At least it's today and not on the road (hopefully it goes away before that).

When we went to get supplies for the trip I decided to get some new makeup and start fixing myself up - I know -- shock!!! Oh well, baby steps -- it's been years since I really cared what I looked like so maybe now it's time to start!

[imagood1]

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I'm back from getting the oil change & car wash. When I got home I washed the windows inside and out .... so the car is ready to go! Yea!

Now it's laundry time -- have had a good breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast: 1/2 c (each) spaghetti squash and sauce (homemade)
sunflower seeds while waiting for the car
Lunch: 2 Nathan's hot dogs, 1/2c sauerkraut, 3 strawberries w/cream.

Dinner is pork chops, salad and squash (I think - we'll see when the time comes). I need more carbs so I'll have to get a snack in this afternoon with more carbs.....I'm having trouble this week getting enough food in and it's showing on the scales, no loss so I'm trying to get more higher carb foods in daily.

[proud mom]

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It sounds as if you are ready to go! I love your food plan. I also like that your mom is totally with you in the food planning. It really helps to have a co-conspirator! Have fun. Eva

[imagood1]

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It sounds as if you are ready to go! I love your food plan. I also like that your mom is totally with you in the food planning. It really helps to have a co-conspirator! Have fun. Eva

Honestly the only reason mom is on board with the food is because fried chicken has been a roadtrip staple in our family for years.....on a daily basis she gives me more grief than help with my eating. Once in awhile I get her to eat something that I'm eating and she does like a few things but has turned up her nose to most things.

[imagood1]

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The car is filled with gas, everything but the suitcase is in and I'm hoping we get to go tomorrow. Mom had a bad night (didn't sleep - was in the bathroom throwing up most of the night). She got up this morning for about a half hour and went back to bed. I made her some tea & toast but she couldn't eat the toast - she said it made her sick to her stomach. She's back in bed again....I'm hoping she feels better by dinner - being diabetic she needs to get something in her - when she took her blood arout 1:00 (before the tea and toast) was 218.

It's too late to cancel the room so either we go or we pay for a room we never stay in......I put 2 pads from the patio chairs in the back in case I need to make up a bed for mom to lay down on the way there or home, I also put a king size blanket in to put on top of the pads to make it more comfortable. We always take our pillows (I have a problem with strange pillows) so hopefully she will be comfortable if she needs to use the bed. We'll be taking a couple gallons of water so we'll both be well hydrated on the road - I take a huge glass with me whenever we leave the house so I'll just fill it up over and over on the trip.

I am making country style pork ribs in the crock pot for dinner. I figure there will be plenty for DH to eat over the weekend. I've been making a little extra of a few things the last couple days so there are leftovers for him while we're gone. He can cook for himself but I always feel better when there are things for him so he doesn't have to bother. He's working on another project for work that they haven't given him enough time to finish so he's been working longer hours -- so if he can come upstairs and warm something up instead of having to cook something he's more apt to eat better.

I better get up and get to doing something. I did my exercise early this morning so I had time to do everything else I need to do.

I'm taking the laptop with me so I'll hopefully be online from time to time over the weekend.

[Sd1136]

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I hope you have a fun and safe time!!
Hope your mom is feeling better too

[imagood1]

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Mom has been in bed all day - she got up and tried to eat earlier - we managed to get about a half cup of chicken noodle soup in her before she couldn't eat anymore and it's stayed in her stomach (yea!). After she ate she went back to bed until around 7:00 then I helped her get a shower and set her hair. She sat under the dryer for about a half hour and is now back in bed. I'm going to get her up again before I go to bed (decided to do another load of laundry - that's 2 for today) so when she goes back to bed I'll go to bed also.

Hopefully she won't have to use the little bed I've set up in the back of the car tomorrow but if she needs it - it's there for her.

Have a good weekend - I'm looking forward to ours!

[FLdoodette]

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Oh nuts ... you're on a road trip? I'm back and now it's your turn to disappear ... lol! Hope you're having a safe and good trip, my friend ... chat with you when you get back!

[imagood1]

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Hey Norah - I was back yesterday, just not online much. We took a quick trip to Iowa to take a TV for my niece. She needed a TV for her apartment at college and the one her dad said she could take from home was 1 step above black & white -- she was appalled!!! i had told her a year ago I had a TV she could have that was bigger than a 10 inch - and worked perfectly. This is the TV that will be in the living room of the apartment for everyone to watch when they aren't in their rooms watching their own TV (in other words - it will hardly get used...lol).

This morning I took the hubs to see our Endinologist for his 6 month check up. Other than the fact he needs to loose weight (SHOCK!!! -- NOT!) his A1C was down to 6.0 (he started at 14.something I don't remember).

I'm glad you are back -- like I said before -- I missed you!!

[imagood1]

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Made it to and from the sleep clinic....I'm night blind so it was a challenge getting there and back at dusk (and dark on the way home). Luckily I get to pick him up at 5:30 tomorrow not 8:00 like we originally thought. Unless I know where I'm going I rarely venture out at night because I know I don't see well enough. By the time I drove in the driveway and got out of the car I wanted to throw up - my stomach was so nervous!

Sleeping in tomorrow morning --- whoooo hooooo!!!! I enjoy not being the first person up in the morning. I changed the alarm so it wouldn't go off early and I'll set up mom's coffee before I go to bed. That way her coffee will be done when she gets up and then when I get up I'll start mine.

After I get up in the morning we are going to can as many quarts of diced tomatoes as we can get out of the garden. I had thought about making more spaghetti sauce or salsa but decided we eat more diced tomatoes during the winter than salsa - and I still have 6 half pints of spaghetti sauce left.

I'm hoping to get the 3 pounds I gained back over the weekend in Iowa off in a couple days. I'm still in keotsis but I know I wasn't drinking my regular amount of water and wasn't exercising like I do when I'm home. My whole routine was off kilter but I did manage to stay in keotsis.

One of mom's hearing aides stopped working on Friday so we go tomorrow to see what the matter is with it....that's at 2:00 -- I pick the hubs up at 5:00 so maybe we'll go do a little shopping/looking in between.

Hope you have a great Atkins day!!

[imagood1]

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I had a visit from the whooshie fairy last night -- woke up this morning 1 pound below the weight I gained back last weekend.....so I'm down 4 pounds this week - actually only 1 new pound but still...a pound is a pound is a pound!!!

Mom and I are going to the Festival of the Little Hills tomorrow. I've been wanting to go for a couple years now and I told mom not to even think about getting sick because WE'RE GOING!!!!! LOL

My blood sugar was 64 at 10:30 so i had a piece of celery w/cream cheese and some nuts.

Have a great weekend.

[proud mom]

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Lovely to have a visit from the whooshie fairy, you are right, a pound is a pound. Great job. I hope you enjoy the festival. I pulled tomatoes out of my garden yesterday, I need to decide what to do with them. Probably should set up a stand on the roadside . I love fresh tomatoes, just plain. The celery and cream cheese goodies taste great. I make them up for me and husband and kids eat them up. Much better than all the packaged goodies I'm sure.Have a great weekend. Eva

[Elizellen]

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Congratulations on your woosh, Carole

I hope you had a great time at the festival - I googled it and it looked as if it would have lots of interesting things to see and do there!

[imagood1]

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we had a great time Elizellen -- yesterday I took my mom and today I took the hubs. We walked all over the place and had a great time (and got a sunburn also!)