Barbara

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Hi Barbara - I'm coming to your house to eat whatever they don't eat! - geez that Atkins "crap" sounds really kind of yummy how you describe it - maybe you could get a job hawking their books or something....I have an idea - what ever you buy at the grocery store that you don't open, as soon as they leave - take it back for a refund - also - some grocery stores have a policy where if you buy the store brand and you don't like it for whatever reason, even if it's open you can take it back for a refund - it's dirty - but you get your money back.... Lie like a rug....... And I don't think your heart is any tarnished at all.

About family - don't get me started....it is incredible that your one sister comes to visit - she cares about you....the 2 mile "island" sister - well, maybe you are better off with her so far away from you. Maybe she was the kind that would have looked to you for support and "stuff" - and since she knows it should be the other way around - she can't figure out how to do that, so she simply does nothing. I had friends like that....when I had the bar and always had "all access" passes to concerts, I had lots of friends - when I was bedridden for 8 months, I didn't see any of them, not to shovel my driveway, pick up stuff from the grocery store, visit - nothing....now I have one girlfriend that I actually see in person. I truly believe I have gotten the better end of the deal.

About planning to eat at your house - just say because of the new medicene, etc - that you prefer to eat your meals at the house because you are still having bouts of nausea at times from eating? "insert excuse here"? Be a rug Barb! .

I have no heart - I left it at the bar one night, when I owned it,

some jerk thought it was a new jello shooter - long gone now...full of poop!

Any ways - what time is dinner? and is snacking allowed throughout the day? Love ya my friend - have a nice day! - FayeBARBARA TORREY wrote:

Well, Faye, I think I've got a few plans for the cooking. The difficulty is that althought my sister is on the Atkins diet, she cheats her butt off (lol or on) whenever she comes up from the Cape plus a good friend of ours (who is diabetic) is coming too. Lovely news and I am looking forward to it. They live on Cape Cod...about 3 hours or so from here and very dear of them to come. My sister has a very difficult situation (her daughter is at home and on full life support) yet she still has been trying to manage to get up her about every six weeks. Incredibly kind of her. I see her more often than the sister that lives 2 miles away. Honest.

What inevitably happens is that I spend the extra bucks on the protein and stuff that works for her and then she wants to go out to eat. Gonna complain here and I know it sounds awful of me (and I really shouldn't given how she extends herself) since I know you won't tell a soul. I really don't have the $$ to both buy all this food (which I won't end up eating because of the nausea and appetite issues) and also spend the money to hit restaurants. I don't want to hurt her feelings so I've been keeping my mouth shut. I guess I'm going to have to say something and plan that we will eat here. Now don't I sound like an ungrateful wench (you can skip the heart of gold part....it's more likely pretty rusty)?

I'm going to get the stuff for, among other things, pecan crusted chicken breasts with a light dijon sauce (she can leave that part off), chili and cornbread, stuffed pork chops (can leave the stuffing out of hers or fill hers with broccoli and cheese) plus the other various and sundry things that you need to have on hand for guests/family. Since she loads the protein during the day I'll make sure that I have plenty of hamburg and cheeses on hand for her snacks throughout the day. I'll pretty much stick to my smoothies and juice but will try bits of what I make.

Prayers going for all of us. I enjoy your letters and your kind thoughts. The heart of gold appears to be a more apt description of you. Barbara