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It's Monday -- after the hubs went to work I laid back down to try and relax after the weekend. Mom still isn't feeling well but she ate good tonight -- when she does this the only thing I can get her to eat and keep down is potatoes and gravy - so I made fried chicken (flour on theirs - mine in a seperate skillet) so I could make her white gravy. When I say "fried" chicken I don't fry it like they down in the south - with a skillet FULL of grease....I put a couple tablespoons of oil in the bottom of the skillet and fry it fast until it's crunchy & brown then turn it down and put a lid on it (so it cooks through) -- about 5 minutes before it time to eat I take the lid off and crisp the skin up again. Then I use the cracklings left in the pan and the little bit of grease to make the gravy.

After I got up I had lunch - Nathan's hot dog and the end of my faux-tato salad and an ounce of the grilled colored peppers we had the other night. Then went to 2 grocery stores to get supplies for the week. Also stopped at the UPS store to send back 3 dead harddrives to get them replaced. When I got back and the groceries were put away I started dinner and now that it's almost 8:00 I'm finally getting a second to sit and have a much needed cup of coffee!!

I had fried chicken (no flour) and spinach for dinner -- I really wasn't hungry but managed to get all my carbs in today and am completely full. I left a little of the chicken for tomorrow's lunch or a snack.

Talked to my brother this afternoon -- they had a nice weekend. My oldest niece is moving into her new apartment (and out of mom & dad's house) the 1st of August. She had an apartment at college but her cousin is staying there for the summer so they didn't have to store her furniture for a few months. It worked out for everyone that way. She has mom's living room set and most of the kitchen stuff was mom's and she has my old bedroom set so she was set up with everything she needed. I also gave her an extra big TV we had so she could see it - they one her dad gave her was a 13" and was so old I'm really surprised it was a color set...LOL! Last month there were 4 girls looking for a place to live together - then it went to 3 girls, back to 4 girls and now it's my niece and 1 other girl....they sign the lease tomorrow so there won't be any other girls allowed once that's done. The girls have been great friends all through school so I hope it works out for them. Her boyfriend got a job at the same company she's working - but in another department....he'll be moving to town in the next few weeks - he's in town all the time it's about time he got a job there...LOL!!!!!

I need to break out of the funk I've been in lately.....I don't seem to remember things because I'm not concentrating on things. I'm trying to take 1 thing at a time and get it back under control....Lord knows I don't do well in a world that has no control!

Have a great Atkins food day tomorrow!!