Where to take Mom to eat

Mom complains and says she does not like to go out to eat and that they serve the same old crap. Ignore her. I feel it is important for her to get her skinny little ass out of bed, put on makeup and dress at least 3 times a week. Give her about an hour to get ready and pick her clothes out for her or she will stare at the clothes in her closet for so long trying to make a decision that she gets disgusted. Help her along by putting her earrings in or fastening her shoes and hooking her bra. While she dresses heat up the curling iron. I never turn it off, I just connect it and disconnect it when we are done.

She cannot make decisions. If you take her to Red Lobster she seems to really like the popcorn shrimp lunch. Order it for her with a baked potato, butter no sour cream, salad with ranch on the side. When the salads (I eat too) arrive I give her my tomato and cucumber. She will pick at her salad. I give her the warm crusts off the biscuits. She will not get them on her own. I give them to her slowly throughout the meal so that she will eat them. Don't bother if they get cold. Sometimes the Sprite is strong enough for her, but it is best just to take her Dr. Pepper.

She seems to like the pizza at Florenza. I prefer to go and sit at the bar while it is baked. That gives me a break and I get the pizza hot from the oven. It's that hot thing again. She eats a mushroom, pepperoni (lite on the pepperoni) sausage pizza. You can add other veggies to it, but that is the basic we order. Tell her to fix her salad while you are gone. Take out her lettuce, shredded carrots, radish and cucumber and her glass bowl. I always have these veggies on hand since she has to have them. Make her more Ranch dressing if it runs out. The packets are in the kitchen pantry and there is always mayonnaise and sour cream. Don't let her make it because she puts too much milk and makes it runny and then wants to add more mayo and it gets nasty. Have her make her salad while you are gone or she will take too long after you arrive with the pizza and it will get cold. She probably will only eat the toppings because she thinks the bottom crust is too soggy. Heaven help us.

The Mexican restaurant Arriba serves decent food. I take her at lunch time because of the specials. She can't make a decision here either. Anytime I have let her change what she usually orders is a disaster. Order her the chicken flautas with rice not beans and a red sauce cheese enchilada. Ask the waiter to make sure they use only white cheese. Mom does not trust the yellow cheese, she thinks it is old. The flautas come with guacamole. I usually order the same but with the spinach green enchilada. Mom will take apart the flauta after about the second bite and eat the meat out of the center. Just look the other way. She will pick at the food and as I say "look for roaches" in it.

She will eat an In and Out Burger any time of the day or night. Order her burger without onions. If you are joining her, order the fries crispy since they are usually limp. She will pick at the fries so I don't order her any unless I am joining her. If she tells you to order it well done, don't bother, they always completely cook them.

I also get her out to get ice cream when ever she wants. Take her to Baskin Robbins and get her a cup with Butter Pecan ice cream. Sometimes she will want to go in and get a pint to go. If she asks for a cone be sure to get a cup because the ice cream will fall off her cone and the cup helps catch it. I usually leave her in the car with the air on because it is too hot right now. She always want me to eat one too so I order the kid size soft cone.