Donna's December thread
 

Hi everyone,

Its really been nice here in Lafayette. Derrick ended up picking
up a Tuesday night shift yesterday. So I took him and picked
him up. It looks like he will start working on Tuesday nights.
Maybe instead of doubles. Which is totally fine with me.
He will hopefully start scheduling the bus to take and pick
him up after this week. That will be even better most of the
time.

I am still very busy and looking forward to my last two weeks of
work and then Christmas break. Its coming. I'm looking forward
to a nice break.

Donna you have been working hard,

glad to hear you are going to get some time off at christmas.
((((HUGS)))))
bizi

Neat. How long will your vacation be. I bet you work really hard. Don't know where you get your energy from.
love
bobby

Bobby & Bizi

Since I can work on my couch or in this case Derrick's couch thanks
to Covid. It makes the energy less necessary. It makes my keeping
my data in my database a little harder because I don't always get
it all entered. Because I don't like over entering. And sometimes
it seems like I talked to same parent 10 times in a day.

But I really enjoy what I do, so it makes it easier to do it.

I took the week of Thanksgiving off because I felt I needed it and
now in two weeks we get two weeks off. We always get that its so
nice.

Donna

Great to hear that you took off a week at thanksgiving and now 2 weeks around christmas.
Awesome!!!!!!
love bizi

The whole of IN*SOURCE gets about two weeks for christmas vacation.
So it makes in so nice. And I am really happy with the outcome
of my meeting this morning. It went well for my parent and child.

Also Derrick is ready to go to work tonight. And I have WIll tomorrow.
It should be interesting. Derrick will be working, but I have to
pick him up tomorrow so we might eat dinner there at O'Charleys.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

They had cancelled Derrick's basketball practice today. Which was
so nice, because it was pouring down raining when we went to
run some errands. So I was originally returning home today for
the week till next weekend. But I'm staying till tomorrow. Because
I dont like driving in the rain. And so that is good.

William and I had a great day yesterday, and even though he spent
the day doing homework it was fine. Derrick had a great day at work.
Other than right after he got there they had a lockin, which was odd.

And not to many employees or customers either one there. But he
did his usual good. And other than being tired last night he was good.
I'm so glad not only does he like his job. They like him.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

What is a lock in?
bizi

They had to lock the doors so only the employees already there.
Could be there. Usually its for an criminal being caught.

But Derrick thinks they had a break with there computer system,
and something like that. And it was corrupted or something.
So they had to shut it down and fix it .


Donna

Well I came home this morning about 11 am. It was a good thing.
I seem to have not put on my calendar a google meet.
But I got the invite and got in to the meeting, and things went
well. So all was good.

I've been worried because I couldn't get the one for tomorrow morning,
so far I still haven't received it. Will see if it comes tonight. And then
wont worry. I told mom on Friday if it didn't come I wouldn't be there.

Anyway, I had a windy ride home. And it is cold in the house. Not sure
why the wind is so bad today.
Derrick, is printing out a cookbook, for his keto. And giving it for
christmas. He used all the ink from his new printer, so I'll have to
get him new ink before I go back.

Donna

donna, how much weight do you think derrick has lost?
bizi

Ugh, I have no clue.

He had been down to 225, which was good for him. But he ate
fudge the week of thanksgiving. So he went back up some.

I will have to wait and ask him again. He didn't get on the scales
last week. But I know my other son Devin and Meluvja have
lost a lot of weight with their being on Keto. Lots more than
Derrick I'd say. But I don't know for sure how much either.

I can see it looking at Devin, I think Meluvja told me around 50 lbs.
For her and I know Devin has lost at least that if not more.

Derrick I can tell has gone down at least one size in sweats, and back
in the size I think is good in jeans for him. He is wearing 36 x 32 .
But had been at 38 x 32 or 40 x 32 and I was worried he was going higher.

SO I'm glad he got back to 36 x 32.

Donna

congratulations to them for their weight loss. they must be so happy
I don't think I could do keto too many good foods that I love.
I am happy with my 14 pounds loss in 2 months.
I had spinach and lentil soup with a small container of tabouli added it to the soup. It was delicious!
bizi

that is so fantastic!

donna is this true? do they?


How many eggs a day on a keto diet?
You must eat at least six whole eggs per day. Eggs should be local, pastured eggs whenever possible. You should stop eating three hours before bedtime. You can drink up to three cans of diet soda per day but aim for one or less.[/B]

I don't know that they eat that many eats a day.

Derrick doesn't but he does love eggs. So he does eat eggs
most days. My son works a day job 10 hours 4 days a week.
And he doesn't for sure eat that many a day. But Meluvja
could easily as the day goes on. But I don't think so.
I've been with her when we are out for the whole day and
she doesn't then.

Bizi, most of the foods you talk about are on the keto diet.
The main thing that you can't have is potatoes. I know that
seems so odd. That and a lot of pasta. Derrick has finally
figured out he doesn't miss the baked potatoes, and he will
eat rolls, but instead of the number he ate before at restaurants,
he limits himself to one. Or two on special occasions.

We also buy the rolls that are considered good on keto. And potato
bread is considered good, for the kind of keto he does. But its only
one or two slices a day for him. If I was doing it it would be one slice.
But I don't have bread every day anyway.

Potato bread is my favorite. And they make keto bread. Derrick
is doing the sugar and flour that is for keto.

He has found that desserts are to sweet now. So that is helpful.
But he has one big downfall, candy bars.

The other thing he has that is helping, he needs to snack at
night. Someone told him to try a different snacking type diet.
I don't know what its called, but it is certain things he eats,
at certain times. And it really seems to be helping him.

Bobby, the other question he eats before bed at times, It doesn't
seem to matter if he does. And he does coke or pepsi zero. Which
he is trying his hardest to limit the amount, its hard for him. Water
and milk.

Donna

thanks so much. I once tried something like that but wound up cheating and gaining weight. i will look into potato bread. i didn't you could have. finally defrosting some red meat. i have a lot frozen. i have a lot of hamburg i give to robert's dog danny.

My husband just figured out why my house is so cold. He had
the second furnace that is downstairs turned off. So he turned
it back on and now I can get warm again. Finally, its been the
two coldest days. Ugh, I'm glad its better.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

that is so great.
love,
bobby

Oh so glad that he figured out the heater in your home.
Our house is a round 69 degrees a bit nippy but good for sleeping.
bizi

I am not usually one to get cold. So its odd for him to hear me
complaining about being cold. But I was. Heehee.

But its fixed now. And I hopefully wont be anymore.
I have to watch Derrick he seems to get cold easily and keeps
his heat higher than he should.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Y'all talking about the heat, geesh! My H keeps it at 63F here! I'm like always cold...except at night. And actually, I'm remembering that if it's too hot in my bed, I get blisters (on my toes and fingers). So, I guess it works for both of us... It's so hard to function though. I told him, I don't feel human most days. I wonder if I'd get more things done if it was warmer, but like I said, those blisters and I'd probably not be sleep. Ugh! My life sucks sometimes! (I don't want to complain though, because it could always be worse!)

Gee

63 would be great to me. It got down to 53 and falling here.

It was so cold outside was why. So it just needed to be back
up. My husband had been not home much he works all
the time. So sleeping at home is most of the thing he does.

So its not unusual when I'm at Derrick's for him to keep it cool
to try and save money.

Donna:hug::grouphug:

Derrick's basketball practice on Sunday was cancelled. Because
covid is rapping up around here. So when I go to town
we will go to the movie instead. He has been wanting to
go but we haven't had time when the weather has been
good. So its supposed to be really nice. So we will hopefully
go see Clifford and maybe something else.

I'm looking forward to CLifford I really have wanted to see it.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Oh so yeah it was REALLY cold then! Im glad you got it fixed.

Enjoy the movie!

Donna, hope that you get to see

the movie and that your weather

is nice for the weekend.
bizi

Well I'm hoping the wind goes down really a lot.

Having a good warm day and evening inside today.

Tomorrow I am hoping will be much better.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Okay everyone, the Clifford movie is fantastic, if you get the
chance to watch it do. Its great.

I had the best time. And then today we had a great christmas
party for work, just the west team. It was fantastic. I got a great
christmas present , I felt mine wasn't near as nice after I got
mine. Oh well I tried that is what counts right.

I stayed last night in a hotel and tonight, it was an almost
2 hour drive to get to the restaurant, with Derrick working tonight.
And since I didn't want to rush the stay at the restaurant, I decided
to splurge. And I'm so glad I did.

Donna

Glad that you splurged for yourself. You could do that more often.
bizi

Oh I do it more than I state at times. I really enjoy going and spending the
night at a hotel. I used to take Derrick but with his schedule now its not
as easy as it used to be. We would have to go on a Saturday and Sunday, maybe
Monday too night.

But that is fine.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I'm relaxing and enjoying my thursday right now. I'm still
working today and tomorrow. But not to hard. Many
of the schools are doing finals right now so not many need
my help. heehee, which is so just fine with me.

I'll take the break.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Hello everyone,

I'm going to give Larry a little background on Derrick, and then I will update the thread first on him. Derrick is my 30 year old with Developmental Delays,
and epilepsy (seizures). He has a job at O'Charleys for 2 months now, January
will be his 3rd month. Anyway I went and took him to Noble Romans, because he had a 2 hour wait between shifts. So we had decided to go eat outside
the mall before his second shift started. He was running a little late. So I had
gone in to see if he was coming. He came out and explained, that he had
offered because he has a savserv to do the dishwasher while they didn't
have one. He is a host, and a runner. And someday hopes to be a cook.
He took a training and got his savserv for this. Anyway, I guess the manager
on duty says, I'm going to ask the main manager, if its okay if we need you to
use you as a dishwasher, so derrick told him. That she had said, when he was hired that if they really needed one she would use him.

But once again, he proves he is a jack of all trades. And it had been his idea, he had seen a need and stepped in.

Also today is my Devin's birthday I believe he is 37, I can't always keep the age straight. He will be taking William my 15 year old grandson to his mom in Kentucky next Wednesday for Christmas. Then he will return. This is my intellectually delayed granson.

Donna

Hi everyone.

I have really been enjoying my time here. Its a great time. THe weather
has been pretty nice. Which is great for December.

I am not sure if I told you guys but on Saturday was Devin's 37th
I think birthday. Yesterday we took Kortni and Harmony's gifts
out to them. And they are enjoying, at least Harmony is her
gifts, especially her vacuum that was from good will. I've been
so lucky that I've found good things like that the last few years there
for her. I also got her some nice clothes and a doll. I will then
give her the boots and some more clothes I got her the 29th of
December for her birthday. I never remember all that Derrick gets
her, but I know she got to Minnie Mouse buckets, because she and
her mom had them on their heads on Facebook last night.

I also got her some finger nail polish. Anyway, then today I took
out Meluvja, Devin, William, Anthony, Jason, Riley and Brian's gifts.

So they will have them on Christmas. I'm hoping William gets to
get his before he goes to his mom's in Kentucky on Wednesday.
And then the rest will get there's on Saturday.

Then it will be me, Dale, Derrick and Dan for dinner on Saturday.

Derrick's House he works till 8:30pm on Friday.

Donna

merry christmas donna, I will miss you guys.
love bizi

I will definitely miss you too.

Have a great holiday.

Bobby

Derrick is at his christmas work party today, before he goes to
work it really made it a great day for his party. Since he also works
tonight. Also his dad's birthday is tomorrow, so he is making him
dinner and I'm helping him. He is making steak.

I love the fact that he likes to cook.

donna:hug::grouphug:

wish dale a happy birthday. What does he like to cook?
love
bobby
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love
bobby

Bobby

Derrick loves to cook, just about anything. He made his dad and I steak,
mashed potatoes and corn. It was good.

Today, we had a great christmas, Dan Derrick, Dale and I. Since Derrick worked
till 8:30 last night and we were cooking at his house most of the food. Except
the ham, which his dad cooked and brought. We ate at 2:00.

We had a great time, His dad loved all the Coca cola things Derrick got
him. He was a little surprised. It was all around the area at the good wills
this year. So he got a lot.

Donna

sounds so great.
love
bobby

glad you had a great christmas, donna!

Today is Harmony's Birthday. She turned 5 today.

We went to a dinner with all the family at a restaurant about
half way from all of us in a little town, called Rossville. It
was a great get together with great food. Most of us
were there.

All 3 of my sisters, and their husbands.
My one sisters, 3 son's and one girlfriend.
My one sisters, Daughter and her granddaughter
and Her son, his wife and 2 of their kids.
And the other sisters, Son and her daughter.
Then all three of my son's were their. And Meluvja.

And I think that was all.

IT was a great supper.

We had a great time catching up.

Donna :hug::grouphug: