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Clean the coils under the fridge or find another theme for this blog?

Probably do both. First the coils.

Later…

Coils done. Changed themes and now taking break. Kid wants to use the computer.

For my diet exercise posts. I realize it can get kind of boring to read things like that.

I want to do what I’m doing not to wear smaller clothes, to be thinner, or because my husband wants me to be skinnier.

I’m doing this because I don’t want to lose toes, feet, legs, go blind, have a stroke or have a heart attack. I don’t want Joshua to
have to deal with a Mother who is a total freaking mess because she can’t control herself.

Years ago I watched a 10 year old little boy weigh his Father’s food, draw his insulin, and check his urine because his Father, a truck driver, had let his Diabetes go completely out of control. When he finally woke up to how bad it was his BG was 1000 and he was legally blind. He led his Father around by the hand. The boy was incredible and everyone in the Diabetes class was in awe of him.

A little boy shouldn’t have to be doing those things for his Father… or his Mother.

So I’m going to set up another blog.. oh joy screwing around with wordpress is such a joy! Blech! lol

I had planned to change the way I was eating anyway. The idea that I might be a diabetic made it a bit more important. Still waiting to find out about the blood test. lol I probably am or will be a diabetic. I have a bullseye on my forehead. My Father’s family and my Mother’s family have a history of it. My Mother was a diabetic who went from meds to insulin so I know the drill. I was her “chef” as Joshua has taken to calling me. lol I cooked for her using 3 different types of diet at different times. The diabetic exchange diet, vegetarian, and low-fat. During my cooking career which started when I was 3 (lol) I have cooked various types of food. French, asian, home-style, mexican, diet foods, and many more. The benefit of all of that is that I can make things at home and adapt them to a diet. It makes it easier.

Some dishes need more tinkering than others. Some need very little tinkering. I was thinking about chicken/shrimp creole yesterday. It’s basically tomatoes, seasonings, onion, a little bell pepper, and chicken or shrimp. Served over rice. The only thing I’d do is limit the amount of chicken/shrimp in each portion and maybe switch the rice to brown rice. But not necessarily. White rice’s glycemic value is not that much higher than brown so to make Richard feel comfortable with it I’d use white. The beauty of this recipe is that you can freeze individual portions of the sauce/chicken/shrimp and make rice to go with it later. You could also add a side salad to it and have a really good meal.

My main problem with changing the way we eat is that Richard hates the word “diet”. I think he thinks like most people do of cottage cheese, carrot sticks, celery, etc. It doesn’t have to be that way and it doesn’t mean you have to give up things you love. You have to adapt and be willing to make compromises but food doesn’t have to taste like prison food or bird food.

He despises no-fat sour cream. Okay, no problem. According to WW:

regular sour cream 1 tbsp
reduced fat sour cream 2 tbsp
light sour cream 3 tbsp
no-fat sour cream 1/4 cup

All of those are 1 point. I’ll switch him over to light sour cream. He’s had it before when I bought it by accident and didn’t notice. lol I’ll use the non-fat with a drop of lemon juice and seasonings to make a veggie dip. (Whipping it with a whisk helps.)

He has had no problems with the new bread I’ve bought, low calorie, high fiber, etc. We both have issues with the bagels I bought. Egad! They were awful! Wheat bagels are an abomination! We’ll use regular bagels and eat them less often using english muffins as well. He loves english muffins.

Salad dressings are another issue with him. I don’t blame him. I can’t stand the fat-fee dressings. So we’ll use some of the better reduced calorie dressings instead. He likes italian dressing so we’ll use that too in limited amounts. I found a really good red cal ranch and a fantastic asian toasted sesame the other day.

He loves pretzels. They are high on the glycemic index. I was surprised at how high they were. I won’t take away one of the things he loves. I’ll pre-package his pretzels in baggies in the amounts he can have. Maybe I can keep his paws off my reduced fat cheese nips that way. lol He likes those too.

One problem I’m trying to solve is that Richard doesn’t eat lunch. Working 12-8am makes that a problem. He sleeps after he eats breakfast and misses lunch and then has dinner. I’m thinking of giving him celery sticks, carrot sticks, pretzels, crackers and cheeses to take to work with him.

Ugh duty calls… backed up kitchen sink… I love living in apartments and having sink problems on a sunday…

Looks like we’ve got a really good chance of rain Monday. Thank god I thought worried about this in advance. If we don’t go I’ll tell the kid we’ll buy the two other expansion packs for Zoo Tycoon 2 that he wants. That ought to make him happy… one has mastodons in it. We’ll go ahead and do the pizza thing.

The timing on the kid’s birthday and Richard’s trip has been a pain. I’ve just about gotten everything ready for R’s trip. Have to make a trip to the store for a few more things and we’ll be ready.

I’m planning on hibernating while he’s gone and relaxing as much as a Mother of an 8 year old can.

Oi…he’s been hell on wheels lately. I think he’s been practicing for his Father’s trip.

I hope he doesn’t try to drive me nuts….

Belongs to a friend of mine… Arbitrary Elucidation

*Girlfriend, you have no idea how many times it took me to spell your blog name at 6 something in the morning. Thank God for copy and paste. lol Love the kitty in your image header!

Now I’m working on #3 for Richard’s Sister. She’s a Christmas freak like I am so her’s is a beautiful red, evergreen, and I used a bit of off-white to lighten it up a bit.

The change we made with Joshua has worked really well. One night he did 12 pages of math work for Richard. He didn’t push. The kid wanted to do more. I’m enjoying teaching the kid science. And that’s wild considering I absolutely HATED science when I was in school… back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.. it’s fun and he enjoys it so much. He’s really interested in the solar system. Every time we do his science he wants to re-read and go over the solar system chapter. lol

Having seen the date of my last post it’s time I spent a little time here in the future.

I will. I’ve been crocheting like mad and feel like yakking if only to read my own typing. lol

This blog is for my writing about my personal life and things unrelated to topics on my other blog. I’m not a “fluffy” person hence the name of the blog. I wanted some place to write about my family, the kid, and other things that happen to me everyday. Basically things that matter to me on a more personal level. Oh screw it.. this is enough for a first post.

I will be moving some links from the other blog over here. They’re not really related to politics and will fit well over here.