The flood pictures are sad.

I am glad you find meaning and pleasure in your Hospice work.

I love sauteed cabbage! Dinner sounds great.

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Really need to get in the shower this morning....am struggling to do that.
I have oily hair from putting oil in it last night my way of forcing the issue the next morning...as I can not go to work looking like this!
Went to a mexican restaurant last night....
lets just say that my diet went straight out the window.
Sigh
disappointed with myself....
bizi

I have been skipping showers lately. It's very out of character for me, as I usually shower every day. I hope you got yours in.

I couldn't get through day 1 back on the South Beach Diet lol.
I have much higher expectations for today.

Yes kay I had to take a shower because of the oil in my hair! feels good once I am in there but...why is it so hard to get in there?????

not following your normal hygiene behavior is a sign of depression.
maybe journaling about your moods would help?

Some 4 years ago, When I was obsessed with dieting and losing weight and down to the 122 weight, I would go to the gym work out hard and sweat and then take a shower 3 times a week like clock work.
Because I got dirty.
Now that I don't work out nor sweat....so, don't feel like i need a shower.
It is only that my hair needs to be washed that I take a shower 1-2 a week.

Last night jeff worked late and said have dinner with out me so I went to fat pats(5 blocks from my house) and had a big bowl of chicken enchilada soup, very rich and savory, not on my diet! Jeff did not know of this. I had a left over salad and salmon that needs to be eaten so had no excuse for not eating at home, just did not want to.....I was going to go walking with a friend but that did not work out unfortunately....
anyway.
Today is Our 20th wedding anniversary officially!
We are going out to eat to celebrate at a fancy restaurant that we have not been to in a very long time. Charley G's.
Since we took our big trip in june and then another little one a couple of weeks ago...no gifts. I did buy him a nice card and some lottery scratch offs and one power ball ticket. So that if we win big we can quit our jobs and move to some island in the Caribbean.
Going out of town this morning...will call and make sure their roads are passable.
Then I am going out of town for my last visit today as well.
Pat owns a restaurant and he always feeds me so today I will just ask for some shrimp that jeff and I can share before we go out as an appetizer.

I like this quote from elizabeth kubbler ross:
Here is the full quote:
Have a good day yall!
bizi

Have a great official Anniversary.

Donna

I love that quote from Kubbler Ross

Happy Anniversary! I hope that you have a wonderful night out, and enjoy your meal!

Be careful when going out of town to see your clients today.

p.s. Good luck on the lottery tickets

Well last nite I slept a little due to being over full from dinner.
This was my day yesterday food wise:
For lunch spaghetti balls over tabbouleh and collards and squash, very yummy!

I saw my last client and they gave me shrimp and a baked potato along with the broiled shrimp. So when I got home I decided to eat the potato with out jeff knowing about it. I love baked potatoes! So there is some sneaking going on, not good.

I thru a dress on, look so fat...awful.
Went to dinner at 6;30 not particularly hungry though.
We proceeded to eat a lovely meal.
Started with a corn chowder was delicious but had these bits of pork that were so salty!!!!
I had one crab cake and had substituted the succotash with garlic spinach.
He forgot that and brought the succotash. and I asked about the spinach. He came back with the biggest bowl of spinach I have ever had.
It was at least 1 1/2 cups! Thankfully it was delicious with garlic and coarse black pepper. The crab cake was soggy. It had a pastry puff coating then inside was a mess of crab and sauce. It was very good tasting, guess I am used to crab cakes with a bit more stuffing to hold it together.
Jeff had the red fish with lump crab on top. He let me taste it and It was very good.
They had live piano music in the bar which was a nice touch. Jeff and I split a desert of white chocolate bread pudding which was very good.
I was stuffed by the time we were thru.
And this is why I did not sleep well.

I need to stop this sneaking and get back on my diet!
Bizi

I'm sorry the entire meal wasn't great, but at least the company and atmosphere were nice

It was so nice of your client to give you the potato and shrimp. When I was a home health aide, my clients, or their loved ones, were always trying to feed me! I got a lot of great recipes over the years!

I LOVE baked potatoes. I think that's probably my favorite food. A great filet mignon is a close second.

Were you really sneaking the potato from Jeff? Is he being critical of you as far as you sticking to your diet? Or were you sneaking because you just felt guilty in general?

I was sneaking in more ways than one.
and that is not good.
Yes felt guilty about it.
bizi

i am trying a new diet. lean cuisine meatloaf with mashed potatoes and a lot of mixed vegetables