Christmas came together after all
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nlbarberAfter the various disruptions to family life in the last 2 weeks (death and funeral of a cousin, medical problems for niece), we've managed to pull Christmas together pretty much as we'd have liked to have it. We'd been talking about giving the adults' presents on Epiphany, if necessary. But the shopping got done (thank heavens for online stores, esp. Amazon), the menu has been planned and adjusted for diabetic concerns, and I'm just waiting on the prime rib to get to temperature before we start the last-minute dinner prep.
The nephew (age 6) is thrilled: he got lots of huge boxes, bigger than his sisters and more of 'em, mostly toys like Playmobile stuff. Much is dragon/castle/knight themed, as his room now has a dragon painted on the wall. Younger niece is buried in her Gamecube (I think it's a Gamecube--some variety of handheld game box). Older niece has the "iPod grin"--there was a iPod nano in her stocking. Big Christmas this year. Adults, having made extensive use of Amazon wish lists, have Good Stuff, too.
The dinner menu is prime rib, sauteed mushrooms, scalloped potatoes, squash-cheese casserole, green beans, broccoli with buttered almond topping, and whole-wheat angel biscuits. We'll save the dessert for tonight, which will be strawberry squares made with Splenda Blend instead of sugar. Oh, and the dog (next door) and my cats are happy--they get the dried beef that's trimmed off the rib roast after it dry-aged in the fridge all week.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it!
The nephew (age 6) is thrilled: he got lots of huge boxes, bigger than his sisters and more of 'em, mostly toys like Playmobile stuff. Much is dragon/castle/knight themed, as his room now has a dragon painted on the wall. Younger niece is buried in her Gamecube (I think it's a Gamecube--some variety of handheld game box). Older niece has the "iPod grin"--there was a iPod nano in her stocking. Big Christmas this year. Adults, having made extensive use of Amazon wish lists, have Good Stuff, too.
The dinner menu is prime rib, sauteed mushrooms, scalloped potatoes, squash-cheese casserole, green beans, broccoli with buttered almond topping, and whole-wheat angel biscuits. We'll save the dessert for tonight, which will be strawberry squares made with Splenda Blend instead of sugar. Oh, and the dog (next door) and my cats are happy--they get the dried beef that's trimmed off the rib roast after it dry-aged in the fridge all week.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it!
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Date: 2005-12-27 07:39 pm (UTC)The thing I found most annoying and least useful in the two other cookbooks I bought was their attempt to "simplify" the standard ADA & Natl Institutes of Health diabetic Exchange Lists. Which lists are the soul of simplicity, fer pity's sake! Thus, by trying to create their own new!improved!simpler! methods, all these other cookbooks really accomplished was to foster a gimmick, not anything useful. Disappointing. I fervently hope that Oxmoor sticks to their plain, straight-forward, trust the cook to have a working brain, thanks, nutritional analysis method. Sheesh. Just gimme the numbers; honest, I can do the third-grade math from there. Really. *schnort*
As Type-II, we probably don't have to be as obsessively precise in our measurements as a Type-I does, except in the initial phase of getting stabilized (where your niece is doubtless still at in the learning curve). Then you move into discovering what all the numbers, measurements and readings actually mean, how all the puzzle pieces and cause-and-effects fit together. And finally, you achieve a sense of "routine maintenance" about the whole thing--gradually it comes, but it does come, please be reassured.
Good luck!