02.20.09 Lunch at Home and Dinner out with Grandma at Baker's Square

Woke up around 2pm and made Dave, Angie and I lunch which was five sweet turkey sausage links fried up and cut up mixed with one container of Trader Joe's Tabbouli and 4oz Mozzarella Cheese stuffed in 2 Joseph's Pitas per person. Had sugar free orange juice to drink with our meal.

My portion

After lunch we headed out to go visit grandma, Dave's mom. We got there and she showed us how nicely she rearranged her room.

She wanted Angie and I to pick out a pair of earrings from her collection. I chose a lovely white dangly pair and tried them on.

After that we went out to the common area and played cards for awhile. She wanted to play 234 where 2's are wild the first hand then 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's, J's, Q's, and then K's. When we were finished with the card game Angie played the piano for awhile and I played a bit after her.

Then we headed to Baker's Square. I had a bowl of Chili, the Broccoli Quiche and a slice of Sugar Free Banana Cream Pie.

My Chili

My Broccoli Quiche

My Sugar Free Banana Cream Pie

Dave & grandma

02.19.09 Quick Breakfast, Lunch after my Grandpa's Funeral Service & Dinner at Old Country Buffet

For a quick breakfast I ate an Atkins Chocolate Chip Granola Bar.

I did not photograph my food for the rest of the day. 

We picked up my mom at 8am and arrived at the church around 9am and met my sister and her boyfriend there. My grandpa arrived at the church around 9:15am and the pastor and church staff helped us setup photos and made sure everything looked very nice. From 10am to 11am was the open casket showing and it was terribly sad. The service celebrating his life took place at 11am to around noon and it was a very honorable and beautiful service...the pastor was very well-spoken. The pallbearers brought his coffin to the hearse while we all listened to the tolling bells.

Had a small luncheon with salad, turkey and roast beef half sandwiches, Gardetto's snack mix, lemonade, coffee and the gorgeous sheet cake my sister made in my grandpa's honor. I ate two small plates of salad, one half turkey and one half roast beef sandwich, a half cup of Gardetto's snack mix, two glasses of lemonade and two small pieces of cake.

Left at 1pm to head over to Fort Snelling Cemetery for his Interment. It was a very respectful service and it was hard to say goodbye to him. May he rest in peace.

Afterwards we headed to a gas station because my sister's breaks on her Mitubishi Eclipse were acting strange and Dave determined that the brake pads were terribly worn and needed to be replaced.

We dropped my mom off at home and headed back home ourselves and changed clothes and decided to go to Old Country Buffet because we didn't feel like cooking after the funeral.

I ate a small taco salad, a plate of fish and green beans, a plate of steak with zucchini and peppers, a no sugar added chocolate mouuse, and a bowl of nonfat frozen yogurt with no sugar added apples mixed in.

Went home and didn't feel like doing much the rest of the evening.

02.18.09 Quick Lunch, Big Dinner at Big Bowl

I'm off work until Monday night and have plenty to do in the meantime.

I left for my mom's at 3:30pm and brought a Kashi Soft-Baked Ripe Strawberry Bar to go with me.

We had an appointment at the funeral home at 4pm to finalize the funeral arrangements. They did a wonderful job and my grandfather would have been happy.

After the appointment we went to eat at Big Bowl nearby since we were starving. Ordered the Beef Thai Wraps and Chicken Stirfry Bowls.

Beef Thai Wraps

My portion

My Stirfry

Me with my Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Stirfry

My mom with her Chicken Teriyaki Stirfry

02.17.09 Dinner

Later on for dinner I made myself two pitas: each with 3 slices Hormel Natural Turkey Breast, 1 Tbsp Tribe Roasted Garlic Hummus, 1/8 cup Kraft 2% Italian Cheese, and 1 1/2 cups of Spinach. Also had a half cup of Cabot Cottage Cheese with a small cup of Del Monte NSA Peaches mixed in and a Hansen's Diet Pomegranate Soda to wash it all down.

Later on for my snack I had a cup of Trader Joe's Europen Style Yogurt sweetened with a packet of Truvia and 1/4 cup of Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola with 3 oz blueberries mixed in.

02.17.09 Lunch

Got loads of server alert tickets at a steady pace but it has finally calmed down now.

Around 10pm I ate the other cup of my Health Valley Organic Mild Three Bean Chili and 15 crushed 7 Grain Kashi Crackers mixed in. Also drank a Diet Hansen's Pomegranate Soda.

Surfing recipe sites and food blogs for good Orzo recipes...it's looking like Spinach Parmesan Orzo:)