According to Plan or Not

This is the meal plan I came up with for last week, As usual things change around here based on TheHub's work schedule and of course Mom's needs.  I planned this around foods I had one hand or in the freezer. I intended to buy only a little produce this week, but I had signed up for the Misfits produce subscription box and it arrived this week.I have a lot of produce to use, but, other than the celery, none is anything I would normally buy.  I was less than pleased with it but will give it one more chance and if I still feel this way it will be cancelled. 

1, Keto German pork roast, cabbage, asparagus, mashed potatoes or cauli mash
2. Leftover roast, collards keto corn muffins
3. Spaghetti sauce with noodles or zoodles, tossed salad
4. (Anniversary Dinner) Pan seared scallops, asparagus, tossed salad,  potatoes (we are going out to celebrate the week after, but will have this on the actual day, unless TheHub goes to the Alabama game. If he does we might have this on Sunday.We have had so many anniversaries that I am OK either way)
5. Some type of soup with salad
6. Hot chicken salad, spinach, rolls or keto rolls
7. Sausage appetizer tray, tossed salad

And this is what really happened:

Monday: Had my usual morning with Mom. Thank heavens for the delete key her because I just unloaded frustrations here, but was able to get rid of them before publishing. I think venting to an invisible audience helped.

German pork roast, cabbage and asparagus

Tuesday:  Another day, another Mother day, another frustration added to the pile.  I am finding I have little patience with someone who is in a situation she cannot control and I truly do understand that. But this progression has magnified the more unpleasant parts of her personality making a sometimes difficult and demanding personality often unbearable.

Hot chicken salad, spinach

Wednesday: This was my day for my regular class so I had to be fully dressed and ready to go to Mom's for the 7:30 morning ordeal. This particular day started a little rough for her., which means it is also a little rough for me. Then after class I go do her mid week shopping at 3 different stores for  groceries because some of the things she uses are only available at one store. I also had to go buy her some new clothes. She has lost so much weight that all of her existing clothes are falling off of her.  I had just gotten to her house with food and clothes when the sitter told me of 3 more food items she needed that day. WTH! Text me!

TheHub called and I was seething venting about my frustrations dealing with  Mom's care. He wisely suggested we meet for a drink and to grab a quick bite to eat. Smart man! This is just one reason I still love him. He brought me a candy bar and suggested I not do keto for the evening. Another reason to still love him.

Laap from our favorite Thai dive and chocolate

Thursday: I was at Mom's not one, not two but three times before 3 pm. We did finally get her out for a little socialization. Her Sunday School class had their monthly luncheon and her caregiver and I managed to get her looking very nice (a first since August) and took her. Then we left for an hour so she could visit and eat.  When we got her back in the car all she did was gripe about how horrible it was. I @#&*ing give up!

When TheHub called about going to the wine tasting at The Pig I thought it was a splendid idea. They have a very nice wine shop in the store and every Thursday different distributors  are there  pitching their product (4-6 different wines each week) We always pick up a couple of bottles of something new to us after tasting them. On the way out, we noticed how beautiful the sky was and rode to the bluff to watch the sunset.  Once it was done we went across the street to a little restaurant instead of going home and cooking.

Veggie plate okra, collards, mashed potatoes (oops no keto Thursday either) 

                                      Unfiltered from the crest at sunset


Friday: Lots of Mom interaction again Friday. I think I was there 4 different times. It was raining cats and dogs and I needed to take Mom because she requires help getting in and out of the car along with walking. The sitter could not drive her, park, get her out of the car  and hope to keep her dry.  I got to sit in the parking lot for an hour, because obviously I have nothing better to do other than whatever Mom needs/wants and on Friday the most important thing in her world was a trip to the beauty parlor (a true walk back in time type of place) . With all the going in and out of Mom's I got soaked about 3 times, so I came home made soup and keto cornbread.  We are exciting Friday night folks. As soon as dinner was over I threw on my pj's and we watched a movie.

Veggie beef soup, keto corn muffins

Saturday: Game day and Anniversary! We woke and got dressed to go out to eat breakfast. It was later in the morning when we actually got there and we were pretty full when we left. We ran by the store to pick up a few things for Mom, stopped by her house and then came home to sock in and watch football games. At about 3 we had a bowl of leftover soup and decided we did not want to eat diner.

That night TheHub ate some Fritos and I had some nuts and cheese.

Snack food

Sunday: After church we were hungry since neither of us had eaten anything. We decided to have our main meal at lunch because we could! At supper time TheHub had another bowl of soup and I had pickles and an almost almond butter and sugar free jelly sandwich (small bowl with a tablespoon of almond butter topped with a dollop of sugar free blackberry jam). This is what we had for lunch instead.

Leftover German pork roast over mashed potatoes (TheHub), coleslaw

On to the new week which I hope will be better and I hope I will be less pissy.
Instead of a plan I think I am going to call it meal possibilities. It is a little more truthful.

1. Steak, new potatoes, tossed salad, grilled squash
2. White bbq chicken, caulitato salad, collards, keto or regular rolls
3. Veggie soup keto corn bread,
4. Hot dogs, tater tots (or not) coleslaw (We have had this every Halloween for the past 30+ years)
5. Chili, keto corn bread, some side vegetable tbd
6. Mississippi chicken over mashed potatoes or caulimash, tossed salad
7. Hamburgers, tater tots (or not) all the fixings that go with burgers

I need some uninterrupted time at home to do some serious keto prep. (Keto cookies, keto cake, keto waffles. . . yep all the really important foods)

I just reread this and noticed how negative I sound. It really was a bad week with Mom and I am hoping for a better one this week, even though she has already told me how disappointed she is in me. She is still convinced we are keeping her in a facility rather than in her house.  So I am leaving this up for me to read some other bad week and know it is survivable.