Mother isn't feeling the greatest, not since last week. Last Thursday i had to take her to the doctors because she was doing poorly...and he put her on antibiotics for a kidney infection. That medication seemed to make her feel worse and bothered her stomach and so i had to call on Monday and they switched the antibiotic and so far it hasn't helped.

When mother isn't feeling well...you kind of have to walk on egg shells with her...she cries at the drop of a hat. Say something wrong, she cries...ask how she's feeling, she cries. She has always been a crier but when she isn't feeling well, it seems to be overly exaggerated.

I haven't been out to have my walk yet. I am feeling down...when mother is like this it really gets to me...i mean i try to be a patient person and for the most part i am but when she is like this it is hard to deal with. I will just have to grin and bear it to the best of my ability.

Tonight i am making pork chops in a garlic/mushroom sauce with rice. I wish i could make it ahead of time...because i'd like to make it now, but i've never done it like that, so i'll just wait and do it later....at least i know what's for dinner. Lately i've been struggling to come up with ideas...i seem to be in a bit of a meal rut...always making the same things and getting utterly and completely bored with it. I need to add some new meal ideas to my repertoire...any ideas, keeping in mind i am cooking for four and i prefer plain and simple yet tasty.

Any help would be appreciated. = )