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Modified Keto day 14… Family birthdays, and mom’s dementia.

Some days I feel like I’m in a rut.  Doing the same things over and over and over.  Like my morning coffee.  Like deciding on continuing with the diet or try something else.  In all honesty, today I didn’t eat anything until around 5 pm.  And then it wasn’t much.  But I’m just not feeling myself.  I’m feeling bloated.  And with that feeling comes the feeling of being defeated.  Hopefully tomorrow, these feeling will be gone and I will have a much better day and week on my modified Keto journey.  At least that is what I am hoping for.

Today was a fun and somewhat productive day.  I managed to design our tumblers for our upcoming Carnival Vista cruise.  It is the first time I have used my Cricut Explore Air to cut vinyl.  I have completed one tumbler and even though it isn’t perfect, it will work perfectly for my needs.

My plan is to put things on the tumblers that are what my family wants on theirs.  So the variety includes a cruise ship, a couple of dolphins, a whale, a flamingo, a ships wheel, and a 3 anchors.  And each tumbler will also have everyone’s name on them.  Everything has been cut but I have not had the chance to put them on the tumblers.  Hopefully that will happen tomorrow.

This afternoon was fun. We had family birthday’s at my sister-in-law and brother-in-laws house.  We celebrated birthdays for my brother-in-law, my daughter, and my granddaughter Victoria.  This is always fun and there is always plenty of food.

On our way home, we had to stop at CVS to pick up a prescription for my mother.  She wasn’t expecting us to come over, but when we got there she was happy to see us.  She didn’t know she had a prescription ready but she told me she was out of a lot of her medications.  My mother’s dementia seems to be getting worse.  She hasn’t driven in over, no longer manages her medications, and does not manage her finances.  But she thinks she can do anything and everything.  Vascular Dementia is sad to witness.  We know that one day we will have to make some decisions about where she will be living.  But for right now, she is able to take care of her basic needs.  She does not cook for herself but we make sure she has plenty to eat.

My mother is very excited about our upcoming cruise.  Of course she thinks she needs new everything for the trip!!!  While I was at her house, we did some online shopping and got her some casual things to wear in the evening.  Now all she needs are some shorts and some dainty things and she should be good to go!!!

My hope for this cruise is that she makes some memories that will stay in her mind for a very long time.  My mom, daughter, granddaughters, and I will be making scrapbook pages after our cruise.  I hope that will help her with retaining the memories we make.

Modified Keto day 10 plus 3 packages in the mail!!!

I must honest, today started out real rough.  I woke up with a migraine that did not go away until around 6 this evening.  I managed to drag myself out of bed around 10 and decided to fix myself something to eat.  Today’s breakfast consisted of bacon and eggs.  And yes, I did have my normal coffee intake. But, once again, no Starbucks.

The cruise countdown cheered me up but didn’t make the headache go away.  I wonder if the diet has anything to do with the headaches…

I did receive some packages in the mail today.  One from Baublebar, one from Michaels, and UPS delivered 2 Shutterfly orange envelopes.  Not only did I get the replacement photos that UPS conveniently misplaced last month, I also received the replacement photos that Shutterfly sent.  But since I still had a headache, I did not open the packages.

In the late afternoon, I started getting a little hungry so I had the last of the left over chicken stuff I made yesterday and I also had one hotdog that was sliced and stuffed with cheese then wrapped in bacon.  My beverage of choice after my morning coffee was unsweetened ice tea.

Once I started feeling better I started opening a couple of the boxes.  Up first was Baublebar.  Today’s package only contained one pair of earrings, the Fantasia Drop Earrings.  I just love them and I cannot wait to wear them on our cruise.  I also received the Lobe Wonder Ear Support patches I want to try and the Devonne Sunglasses in pink which was a gift with purchase. I truly love they way they package their products.

Then I opened the box from Michaels.  I could not wait to see the different colors of vinyl I ordered.  I’m even more excited to start playing with them on my Cricut Explore Air.  I have plans for some tumblers and now that I have all of the different colors of Vinyl that I want, I’m going to really start on the tumblers this week.  Maybe even tomorrow!!!  These are the colors I ordered:  light yellow, red, grape, azure, med blue, caribbean, and flamingo.  I’m just so excited!!!

Now about the Shutterfly orange envelope thingy’s…  It is obvious that the original one was damaged and so far, I have been afraid to open that envelope.  But, I won’t know the extent of things until I do.  It didn’t take much to open the original package and I was really afraid that the photos would be damaged but, to my surprise, there was nothing wrong with them!!!  I guess now I can organize these photos as well as the photos from our Carnival Triumph cruise and a trip to Galveston.  There are plenty of photos to do some large scrapbooks!!!

With the headache finally gone, I feel energized!  I think I will use this time to do something productive.  I just do not know which productive thing I want to do.  I think I will start with the photos so they do not get messed up!